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Music That Matters, Vol. 423 - Camp Bliss Aug 29, 2014

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Afternoon show host Kevin Cole provides your late summer soundtrack to Camp Bliss with new faves from Twin Peaks, Benjamin Booker, Beach Day, Allah-Las, Deep Sea Diver and more! 1. Twin Peaks - I Found A New Way 2. Alvvays - Adult Diversion 3. The Proper Ornaments - Stereolab 4. Beach Day - All My Friends Were Punks 5. Spider Bags - Back With You Again in the World 6. Makthaverskan - Slowly Sinking 7. Lonesome Shack - More Primitive 8. Benjamin Booker - Wicked Waters 9. Viet Cong - Throw It Away 10. Allah-Las - Had It All 11. Deep Sea Diver - One By One 12. Rubblebucket - Carousel Ride 13. Atmosphere - Flicker

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Music That Matters, Vol. 422 - Bumbershoot 2014 Preview Aug 22, 2014

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Bust out those seersuckers one last time and enjoy a mix of local, national and international artists as Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents KEXP's annual preview of Bumbershoot, Seattle's longest running music and arts festival, this year featuring expansive roots twists from Valerie June, soul-inflected rock from The Afghan Whigs, slacker-pop from Mac Demarco, party hip hop from Danny Brown, dream surf from La Luz, sample heavy electronica from Mexican Institute of Sound and more! 1. Campfire OK - Wishing You the Best 2. Valerie June - Twisted & Twined 3. KINS - Absblurd 4. The Afghan Whigs - Algiers 5. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Body Electric 6. Cataldo - My Heart Is Calling 7. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy 8. The Dismemberment Plan - Invisible 9. Dude York - The Lake 10. Mexican Institute of Sound - Especulando 11. Poliça - Chain My Name 12. Danny Brown - Lonely 13. San Fermin - Crueler Kind 14. La Luz - Morning High 15. Iska Dhaaf - Everybody Knows 16. Cumulus - Hey Love 17. Pickwick - Window Sill

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Music That Matters, Vol. 421 - Bring the Noise Aug 15, 2014

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KEXP's Morning Show host John Richards presents a new mix featuring tracks from Odonis Odonis, Tom Vek, Young Fathers, Brian Jonesetown Massacre, The GOASTT, King Dude and more. From fuzzed out post-punk to funked up Black Sabbath, there's a noise here for everyone. 1. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Jackson 2. Pink Mountaintops - Ambulance City 3. Odonis Odonis - Are We Friends 4. Tom Vek - Sherman (Animals In the Jungle) 5. Young Fathers - Get Up 6. Wussy - Teenage Wasteland 7. Brian Jonestown Massacre - Vad Hände Med Dem? 8. Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Thirteen Eyes 9. Gentlemen - Late Nacht 10. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Crushin' 11. Slow Club - Complete Surrender 12. The GOASTT (The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger) - Too Deep 13. Brownout presents Brown Sabbath - The Wizard 14. King Dude - Cloven Hooves (Of Fear)

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Music That Matters, Vol. 420 - Summer High Aug 08, 2014

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KEXP's Roadhouse host Greg Vandy brings you a late summer soundtrack that features many of his favorite new songs and artists of 2014, such as Israel Nash, Black Lips, Pete Molinari, The Donkeys, Nikki Lane, Sturgill Simpson, Evening Bell, and Saskatoon teenagers Kacy & Clayton. 1. Black Lips - Drive By Buddy 2. Pete Molinari - Hang My Head In Shame 3. Shovels & Rope - Stono River Blues 4. Daddy Long Legs - Blood from a Stone 5. King Khan & The Shrines - Pray For Lil 6. Hollis Brown - Train Round the Bend 7. The Donkeys - I Heart Alabama 8. Israel Nash - Through the Door 9. Israel Nash - Myer Canyon 10. Denver - A Way Out 11. Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All The Way Down 12. Evening Bell - Dust Storm 13. Wooden Wand - Uneasy Peace 14. Nikki Lane - All Or Nothin' 15. Bill Patton - Worrying 16. Bryan John Appleby - Backseat 17. Yucca Mountain - Isabelle Dinoire 18. The Deep Dark Woods - Charlie's (Is Coming Down) 19. Kacy & Clayton - The Downward Road 20. Barna Howard - It Hurts To Know

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Music That Matters, Vol. 419 - Dream City Aug 01, 2014

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Afternoon Show Host Kevin Cole brings you the perfect soundtrack for your dream city, including new faves from Pets, The Sugar Stems, Conor Oberst, French Style Furs, and Cold Beat. 1. Prom Body - My Paradise 2. Pets - Dream City 3. Cold Beat - Mirror 4. Sugar Stems - We Only Come Out At Night 5. Conor Oberst - Zigzagging Toward The Light 6. French Style Furs - (World In My) Bloodstream 7. Donovan Blanc - Hungry A Long Time 8. Skygreen Leopards - Selling T-Shirts 9. Garotas Suecas - Bucolismo 10. Got a Girl - Did We Live Too Fast 11. Slow Club - Everything Is New 12. Austra - Habitat

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Music That Matters, Vol. 418 - Summer Fun Jul 25, 2014

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So much music, so little time. Midday Show host Cheryl Waters has compiled a collection of summer songs that she loves, listen to find out why Cheryl always plays more than one Spoon song. 1. Luluc - Without A Face 2. Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances 3. Sleepy Kitty - Don't You Start 4. Liars - Mess on a Mission 5. Chad VanGaalen - Where Are You? 6. Young Fathers - Low 7. Benjamin Booker - Violent Shiver 8. French Style Furs - All The Way Down 9. Spoon - Rent I Pay 10. Spoon - Sister Jack 11. Eels - Mistakes of My Youth 12. Rural Alberta Advantage - Terrified 13. J Mascis - Every Morning 14. Total Control - Flesh War 15. White Fence - Mr. Adams/Who Feels Right?

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Music That Matters, Vol. 417 - Rockaway Beach Jul 18, 2014

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KEXP's Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole deliverers a set of hooky guitar-driven, blissed-out beach pop including new songs from Tennis, La Sera, Bleached, Parquet Courts, and Thee Oh Sees. 1. Tennis - Never Work For Free 2. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Masokissed 3. La Sera - Running Wild 4. Honeyblood - Killer Bangs 5. Bleached - For the Feel 6. White Reaper - Cool 7. Parquet Courts - Black and White 8. Beverly - Madora 9. Dead Stars - Wasted 10. Thee Oh Sees - Encrypted Bounce 11. Zig Zags - The Fog

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Music That Matters, Vol. 416 - Capitol Hill Block Party 2014 Jul 11, 2014

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KEXP's Sean Nelson brings you a new mix featuring artists performing at Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party this year. Preview CHBP with new songs and favorites from Spoon, Kithkin, Tennis Pro, The War On Drugs and Iska Dhaaf. 1. Spoon - Waiting For the Kid to Come Out 2. Lemolo - Beautiful Night 3. Tennis Pro - Kimberly 4. Iska Dhaaf - All The Kids 5. Angel Olsen - Forgiven/Forgotten 6. Kithkin - Altered Beast 7. Gaytheist - Ock of Rages (Live) 8. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes 9. Dum Dum Girls - Rimbaud Eyes 10. The Julie Ruin - Oh Come On

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Music That Matters, Vol. 415 - Simple & Sure Jul 04, 2014

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There is a simple & sure premise at KEXP. To discover and experience great music that brings fulfilment and enjoyment to your life. Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters for our latest Music That Matters podcast. We hope these tunes hit the spot. 1. Jessica Lea Mayfield - I Wanna Love You 2. The Woodentops - A Pact 3. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Coming Down (feat. Matt Berninger) 4. Wussy - To the Lightning 5. The Growlers - Change in Your Veins 6. Two Cow Garage - The Death of the Self-Preservation Society 7. Glass Animals - Gooey 8. Mas Ysa - Why 9. The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Simple and Sure 10. Sonic Avenues - Lost & Found 11. Twin Peaks - Baby Blue 12. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal 13. Bob Mould - Hey Mr. Grey 14. PUP - Reservoir 15. PUJOL - Circles

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Music That Matters, Vol. 414 - Big Gay Podcast 2014 Jun 27, 2014

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KEXP seems to get gayer every year, and this year's Big Gay Podcast, featuring twenty tracks spanning more than 40 years, is no exception. With everything from vintage queer country to an electronic interpretation of a black metal classic, El Toro's 2014 roundup of songs by, for, and about the LGBT community offers a little something for everyone. 1. K Anderson - 14 Year Old Me 2. Meshell Ndegeocello - Forget My Name 3. HERS - Warm 4. Justus Köhncke - Idee, Prozess, Ergebnis 5. The Soft Pink Truth - Let There Be Ebola Frost 6. Bikini Kill - Thurston Hearts the Who 7. Hervé & Zebra Katz - Tear the House Up 8. Trust - Rescue Mister (Null remix) 9. Aye Nako - For the Inverted 10. Gaytheist - Ock of Rages (Live) 11. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Body Electric 12. Lavender Country - Cryin' These Cocksucking Tears 13. Patrick Cowley - Mockingbird Dream 14. Gem Club - Michael 15. Tyson Meade - Nihilists Need Love Too 16. Bob Mould - The War 17. Tacocat - Hey Girl 18. Tenderfoot - Do It My Love 19. Thalia Zedek Band - Fell So Hard

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