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KEXP Presents Music That Matters
Straight from the knowledgeable KEXP DJs to your ears, now you can listen to a wonderfully eclectic mix of full length songs. KEXP brings you the music that matters from some of its favorite artists from the Pacific Northwest and around the world. See what KEXP's all about at KEXP.ORG.

• Music That Matters, Vol. 123 - Fall Flu Shot Mix Tape
  DJ Rachel gives you an anti-viral shot in the arm of new, unreleased, and up-and-coming artists in this Fall Flu Shot Mix Tape, which will keep you company during these cold almost-winter nights. Put on your favorite slippers, grab a cup of hot tea, take a few shots of your preferred cough syrup, sit back and enjoy the ride! 1. Leo Gebhardt IV - Unfaithful 2. Lady Dottie and the Diamonds - I Ain't Mad At Ya 3. Marni Stern - Transformer 4. David Byrne and Brian Eno - Strange Overtones 5. Nobunny - I Know I Know 6. Raggedy Anns - Prospector Joe 7. Golden Triangle - Prize Fighter 8. So Cow - So Cow vs. The Future 9. Mika Miko - Capricorinations 10. Mad Rad - My Product 11. Frustration - We Have Some 12. Black Orphan - Video Kids 13. Wavves - Wavves 14. Gang Gang Dance - Princes
• Music That Matters, Vol. 122 - The Only Road I've Ever Been Down
  Morning Show host John Richards presents your soundtrack for walking the streets and getting where you need to go. Remember the video for "Bitter Sweet Symphony"? Same deal, but more bad ass. 1. Bound Stems - Taking Tips From the Gallery Gang 2. Bang Bang Eche - 4 To the Floor 3. One Day as a Lion - Wild International 4. Ten Kens - Bear Fight 5. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Woodfriend 6. All the Saints - Sheffield 7. Cold War Kids - I've Seen Enough 8. Man Plus - A Ghost Is A Ghost Is A Ghost (remix) 9. Passion Pit - I've Got Your Number 10. The King Left - The Storm In A Teacup 11. The Mugs - Could It Be 12. Rodriguez - Crucify Your Mind 13. Horse Feathers - Rude To Rile
• Music That Matters, Vol. 121 - Art On My Sleeve
  When DJ El Toro was in high school, he had a quote taped inside his composition book that read, "Sometimes we get bored. So we dye our hair." And boy did he: Orange, magenta, forest green. (That last one was an accident. Damn chlorinated pools.) This podcast celebrates the joys of an ever-evolving, polychromatic aesthetic, via a set of inspired, arty tunes - plus a couple of foot-stompers and booty-shakers. Colorful? Yes. Hair-raising? You be the judge. 1. The Week That Was - Learn To Learn 2. Simon Bookist - Carbon 3. Lake - Blue Ocean Blue 4. Mercury Rev - People Are So Unpredictable 5. The Dead Science - Throne (The Jump Off) 6. School of Seven Bells - Half-Asleep 7. Yo Majesty! - Booty Klap 8. Koushik - Be With 9. Ponytail - Late For School 10. Dungen - Det Tar Tid 11. Arthur Russell - Close My Eyes 12. O'Death - Mountain Shifts 13. Parenthetical Girls - Song for Ellie Greenwich 14. The Vivian Girls - All The Time
• Music That Matters, Vol. 120 - Names Only a Mother Could Love
  Not only do you get some pretty awesome catchy songs, selected by DJ Shannon, but think about how excited you’ll get reciting the song “Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyant” and saying the band “Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears” to your friends. Even your mom will smile. 1. Wild Beasts - Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyant 2. Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears - The Imitation of the Sky 3. The XYZ Affair - Evening Life 4. The Black Ghosts - Repetition Kills Me 5. Chairlift - Bruises 6. Telepathe - Chrome's On It 7. Florence and the Machine - Kiss with a Fist 8. Hello Saferide - Anna 9. Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next to Me (acoustic) 10. The Vanguard - The Antidote's Retreat 11. The Sugars - Black Friday
• Music That Matters, Vol. 119 - Benevolent of the Dandy
  Odes to adolescence, Cracker Jack boxes, and drumming mannequins -- you'll find it all in Kevin Cole's mix of 16 awesome new songs, from the deep groove of Thievery Corporation to the pop-punk of All Girl Summer Fun Band! 1. The Moondoggies - Changing 2. Bound Stems - Happens To Us All Otherwise 3. Crooked Fingers - Your Control 4. Stars - 14 Forever 5. Mercury Rev - Butterfly's Wings 6. Starfucker - Holly 7. Populous with Short Stories - Man Overboard 8. Thievery Corporation - Radio Retaliation 9. Jake One - The Truth 10. Subswara - TKM 11. Ani DiFranco - Alla This 12. Steve Wynn - Manhattan Fault Line 13. Stuporhero - Cyclops 14. All Girl Summer Fun Band - Something New 15. Minisnap - Leave It To You 16. The Spinto Band - Summer Grof
• Music That Matters, Vol. 118 - Raise You From the Dead
  Midday host Cheryl Waters presents a mix of songs that will lift your soul and help you forget the dark days ahead. 1. Rodriguez - Cold Fact 2. David Vandervelde - Hit the Road 3. Neil Halstead - Queen Bee 4. Karl Blau - Mockingbird Diet 5. Human Highway - The Sound 6. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - My Good Luck 7. The Broken West - Auctioneer 8. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Me + Yr Daughter 9. Lyrics Born - I Like It, I Love It 10. Pop Levi - Dita Dimone 11. The Herbaliser - On Your Knees (feat. Jessica Darling) 12. Ulrich Schnauss - Stars 13. Voyager One - The Future Is Obsolete 14. New Faces - Ms. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 15. These United States - Honor Among Thieves 16. Shane Tutmarc and the Traveling Mercies - Hey Lazarus!
• Music That Matters, Vol. 117 - A Bunch of Badass Songs
  Morning Show host John Richards presents a bunch of badass songs for this week's Music That Matters podcast. What more do you want? 1. Yeasayer - 2080 (from "Live AT KEXP Volume Four") 2. XX Teens - How To Reduce The Chances of Being a Terror Victim 3. The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight 4. Air France - Collapsing at Your Doorstep 5. Alaska in Winter - Close Your Eyes-Dance Party in the Balkans 6. Takka Takka - Silence 7. Hazelwood Motel - Erased 8. Dr. Dog - The Old Days 9. Glasvegas - Flowers and Football (demo) 10. The War on Drugs - Taking The Farm 11. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound 12. Elliott Brood - Write It All Down For You 13. King Khan and the Shrines - Land of the Freak 14. The Last Shadow Puppets - My Mistakes Were Made for You (recorded live at Avatar Studios) 15. XX Teens - Darlin'
• Music That Matters, Vol. 116 - Spotlight on Decibel Festival 2008
  DJ Alex shines a spotlight on select artists performing at this year's 5th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music event! Running from September 25th to September 28th, Decibel Festival will feature over 120 acts from 12 different countries, organized within 25 showcases across 11 different venues. Tune in to get a taste of this year's diverse and stacked roster, and check out www.dbfestival.com for more information! 01. Balún - A Surprise 02. Nalepa - Monday (The Glitch Mob Remix) 03. Jahcoozi - Gameboy 04. KiloWatts - Snakewinds 05. Lusine - Still Frame (Lusine Remix) 06. Jeremy Ellis - I Believe 07. Helios - The Obeisant Vine 08. Eluvium - Requiem on Frankfort Ave. 09. Tycho - The Daydream 10. The Sight Below - A Fractured Smile 11. The Bug - Insane (f. Warrior Queen) 12. Truckasauras - Ain't No Danbo (When He's Gone) 13. Barbara Morgenstern - The Operator 14. Dave Pezzner - Other Lover 15. Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish 16. Supermayer - The Art of Letting Go
• Music That Matters, Vol. 115 - DJ Shani's Local Picks
  Music That Matters, Vol. 115 - DJ Shani's Local Picks DJ Shani presents her current favorite Seattle bands in her 3rd Music That Matters Podcast. Check it out to hear new or unreleased tracks from bands like Panda and Angel, Truckasauras, Past Lives, AFCGT, The Curious Mystery, and more! 1. Love Tan - Ring Ring 2. Past Lives - Reverse The Curse 3. Portable Morla - Ode To A Willow 4. Mars Accelerator - Slow Science (When You're Right, You're Right) 5. The Curious Mystery - Outta California 6. Flexions - Ex-boss 7. Arbitron - Purge 8. The Limbs - Five Four 9. The Dead Science - Make Mine Marvel 10. Sokai Stilhed - Raw 11. Unlearn - Still Life With Actress 12. Panda and Angel - Make It Easier 13. Diminished Men - A Housewive's Dram 14. The Sea Donkeys - Lost At Sea 15. AFCGT - 2 Legged Dog 16. Truckasauras - Angels Sound Like Bottle Rockets 17. Daguerreotypes - Telegram to Tegucigalpa 18. The Luna Moth - Ghost Lilies Of The Whale Time
• Music That Matters, Vol. 114 - Let's Ride
  Buckle up for "Let's Ride," DJ Alex's latest mix of adventurous new sounds, highlighting the best of progressive beats, moody grooves, and psychedelic jams! 1. Buff1 - I Know the Secret 2. Koushik - Lying in the Sun 3. Andy Combs and the Moth - Let's Ride 4. Head Like A Kite - Daydream Vacation (Boom Bip's Homecoming Remix) 5. Azeda Booth - In Red 6. Matters and Dunaway - Memorial 7. Champagne Champagne - Cover Girls 8. Alias - I Heart Drum Machines 9. C-Rayz Walz and Kosha Dillz - I Love Jews 10. Circle Research - Nothing Can Save You 11. Stereo Image - Exposure 12. The Chap - Ethnic Instrument 13. Icy Demons - Miami Ice 14. Poni Hoax - Antibodies 15. Tussle - Rainbow Claw 16. Ponytail - Beg Waves 17. High Places - Head Spins (Extended Version) 18. John Matthias - Evermore 19. Prolyphic and Reanimator - Two Track Mind 20. Common Market - Tobacco Road
• Music That Matters, Vol. 113 - NW Series #4: Portland
  DJ Sharlese continues her series of regional Northwest bands, this time focusing on the variety of sounds coming out of Stumptown. In this volume, you'll hear a selection of her favorite bands performing at Musicfest NW on September 3rd - 6th. 1. The Shaky Hands - World’s Gone Mad 2. The Helio Sequence - Keep Yo