The Runcast with John Richards

John Richards leads you through a mix of the top songs currently being rocked on the Morning Show. With new music like this coming out, 2016 ain't all bad. 1. Tom Brosseau - You Can't Stop2. Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam - A 1000 Times3. Geowulf - Saltwater4. Smokey Brights - In Demand5. Luxury Death - Radiator Face6. Decker - The Holy Ghost7. Pixies - Um Chagga Lagga8. Naked Giants - Ya Ya9. K...

In an episode of Music that Matters that doubles as a showcase for some of the region's most notable rock, electronic, and hip-hop outfits, Audioasis host Sharlese highlights thirteen of the Pacific Northwestern acts playing this year's edition of Bumbershoot, a music and arts festival that takes place on the Seattle Center campus (also the location of KEXP's New Home.) 1. Deep Sea Diver – Secrets...

From epic soundscapes to future R&B to classic power pop, DJ Kevin Cole brings the best to you on his latest Music That Matters mix.   1. Haley Bonar – Called You Queen 2. Petite League – French New York 3. Yeesh – Limbo District 4. Hockey Dad – So Tired 5. Field Mouse – The Order of Things 6. Blood Orange – Best To You 7. Sin Fang – Candyland (Feat. Jónsi) 8. Camp Cope – Done 9. Russian Circl...

You never need to wait to hear great music when you can always find it at KEXP. Cheryl Waters shares a mix of her recent favorites, including new tracks from Angel Olsen, My Bubba, and Camp Cope. 1. My Bubba - Charm2. Annabelle Lord-Patey - Oxytocin, Serotonin & Me3. Eskimeaux - Year of the Rabbit4. Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me5. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Wish6. Camp Cope - Flesh & Electricit...

DJ Atticus takes you on a journey through love - a series of emotions caused by serotonin and anxiety - featuring thirteen first-hand stories of love and heartbreak from Still Corners, Whitney, The Faint, Xenia Rubinos, and more.  1. Still Corners - Lost Boys2. Golden Gardens - Extrasolar Heartbeat3. Preoccupations - Anxiety4. Fujiya & Miyagi - Serotonin Rushes5. Klaus Johann Grobe - Geschicht...

Join John Richards as he takes advantage of KEXP's policy of loving everybody from everywhere with songs from countries like Sweden, Australia, Scotland, Israel, and England as well as cuts from Brooklyn, Philly, Grand Rapids, and – of course – Seattle! 1. LVL Up - Pain2. Middle Kids - Edge of Town3. Paws - N/A4. Heaters - Centennial5. Beach Slang - Punks in a Disco Bar6. Math and Physics Club - C...

Like a nomadic hunter-gatherer, DJ Kevin Cole travels the sonic sphere in search of the greatest new music. In this podcast he shares his latest favorites, including new tracks from Júníus Meyvant, The Jayhawks, Kutiman, The Coral, and more. 1. Júníus Meyvant – Beat Silent Need 2. Stephen Steinbrink – Impossible Hand 3. The Jayhawks – Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces 4. Kutiman – She's a Revolutio...

Music from Pinegrove, Pinemen, and a group that was formerly known as Pinecones (now Arbor Labor Union) feature in  a Cheryl Waters-curated Music That Matters podcast with an inadvertent pine theme. 1. Tomo Nakayama – Miss Misery 2. Blackberry Hill – Werewolf 3. Hot Hot Heat – Kid Who Stays in the Picture 4. Pinemen – That Certain Flavor 5. The Strokes – OBLIVIUS 6. LUH – Beneath the Concrete 7. G...

Larry Rose brings you a fun, genre-hopping mix that is the perfect soundtrack for enjoying warm summer days or heading out on your latest Pokemon Go adventure. 1. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – First World Problem 2. Alice Bag – He's So Sorry3. Blood Orange – Augustine4. The Amazing – Ambulance5. Crocodiles – Telepathic Lover6. Jay Arner – Personal Line7. VATS – Drag8. NAVVI – Simpatico9. Boxed In – J...

John Richards brings together some of his favorite tracks from around the world that he's been banging' on the Morning Show this summer all while Beth Orton performs in the studio down the hall. 1. Psychic Ills - I Don't Mind 2. Ghosts I've Met - Songbirds 3. Faye - Ancient Bones 4. Ages and Ages - They Want More 5. Belgian Fog - One Night Man 6. Crater - Ladder Song 7. Beth Orton - 1973 8. Angeli...

DJ Kevin Cole drops a vibey, life-affirming new music mix taking you from outer spaces to the chamber of plastic thrills. Includes new tracks from Holy Fuck, Deerhoof, Jessy Lanza, and Delorean.   1. Outer Spaces - Words 2. Amber Arcades - Turning Light 3. Holy Fuck - Neon Dad 4. Delorean - Limbo 5. Mitski - Happy 6. Still Parade - Chamber 7. Lisa Prank - Take It All 8. Male Gaze - Ranessa 9. Deer...

Cheryl Waters presents a mix of new songs that she's loving right now and hopes you will too!   1. Carter Tanton feat. Sharon Van Etten - twentynine Palms 2. Twin Peaks - Walk To The One You Love  3. The Ghost Ease - Gemini Rise 4. Speedy Ortiz - Death Note 5. Thee Oh Sees - Plastic Plant 6. Aesop Rock - Rings 7. David Bazan - Both Hands 8. Erik Blood - Quiet 9. Goodbye Heart - Lives on Lives 10....

From PWR BTTM to Patti Labelle, music by “out” artists and our allies powers KEXP's DJ El Toro through happiness, hopelessness, and hardship … and always steers me back towards love.    1. The Julie Ruin - I Decide 2. Lisa Prank - Starting Again 3. Alex Anwandter - Siempre Es Viernes En Mi Corazón 4. Boyfriends - Groovy 5. The Spook School - David Bowie Songs 6. Adult Mom - Survival 7. Thalia Zede...

Morning Show host John Richards presents a summer mix of new music from around the globe featuring Seattle's NAVVI, Ireland's Pleasure Beach, London's Big Deal and Norway's Death by Unga Bunga.   1. Mitski - Your Best American Girl 2. NAVVI - Close 3. Fear Of Men - Sane 4. The Kills - Heart Of A Dog 5. Local Natives - Past Lives 6. The Blessed Isles - Caroline 7. Pleasure Beach - Magic Mountain 8....

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole celebrates KEXP's Amplifiers with this exclusive new music mix.   1. The Blessed Isles - Like I Am Dreaming 2. The So So Glos - Going Out Swingin' 3. Mountains and Rainbows - See How They Run 4. Aesop Rock - Blood Sandwich 5. Tourist - To Have You Back 6. Eagulls - Euphoria 7. Islands - The Joke 8. A Giant Dog - Sleep When Dead 9. The Posies - Unlikely Places 10...

Swingin' Doors host Don Slack presents the latest Music That Matters podcast    featuring new songs from The So So Glos, Waco Brothers, Kristin Kontrol and    more.   1. Acapulco Lips - Awkward Waltz 2. Tacocat - I Love Seattle 3. Summer Cannibals - Full Of It 4. PUP - If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will 5. The So So Glos - Dancing Industry 6. Diarrhea Planet - Life Pass 7. White Lung - Below 8....

Whether you're attending in person or in spirit, Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents the perfect soundtrack for your trip to Sasquatch! Music Festival this year.   1. Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better 2. Julia Holter - Feel You 3. Briana Marela - Surrender 4. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love 5. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy 6. M. Ward - Girl from Conejo Valley 7. The Twilight Sad - There...

Morning Show host John Richards presents the 6th installment of KEXP's Runner Powered Podcast.   1. LUH - I&I 2. onDeadWaves - Blue Inside 3. Hammock - Everything and Nothing 4. School of Seven Bells - Ablaze 5. Fly Moon Royalty - Grown Man 6. Cullen Omori - Cinnamon 7. Minor Victories - Folk Arp 8. The Big Pink - Hightimes 9. Big Deal - Say Yes 10. You Won't - Ya Ya Ya 11. Caveman - Never Goi...

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole proves that the world is a beautiful musical place with a diverse set of new sounds that span the globe, including music from Seattle, San Francisco, Atlanta, Australia, Sweden, Scotland, Niger, and Connecticut's The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die.   1. The Sun Days - Don't Need To Be Them 2. PAWS - No Grace 3. The Coathangers - Make It...

Variety Mix host DJ Shannon brings you songs from the bands she's championing on her show, including The Crookes, Sticky Fingers, Man of Moon, Oh Malô and more.   1. The Crookes - I Wanna Waste My Time on You 2. Sticky Fingers - Outcast At Last 3. Balthazar - Then What 4. Telegram - Follow 5. The Intelligence Service - Can't Believe 6. Man of Moon - Sign 7. Frightened Rabbit - Get Out 8. Foreignfo...

Midday show host Cheryl Waters presents a new mix of great music, featuring songs from Kyle Craft, Fauna Shade and more.   1. Kyle Craft - Pentecost 2. Woods - Sun City Creeps 3. Prism Tats - Pacifist Masochist 4. DMA's - Timeless 5. DRÆMHOUSE - Lucky 6. Conner Youngblood - Diamonds 7. Kevin Morby - I Have Been to the Mountain 8. Pure X - Thousand Year Old Child 9. Fauna Shade - No Nostalgia 10. E...

Morning Show host John Richards presents a podcast of happy, upbeat music to bring in the Spring. This podcast features great new music from Manatee Commune, Prince Rama, Yuck and more.   1. Manatee Commune - Clay feat. Marina Price 2. Eleanor Friedberger - False Alphabet City 3. Little Scream - Love as a Weapon 4. Oberhofer - Sun Halo 5. Painted Zeros - Pretty Rig 6. Twin River - Antony 7. Island...

Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole drops 10 new musical treasures from the Nordic hinterlands to the Pacific Northwest including new Finnish rap, Icelandic chill, cinematic Seattle electronica and a healthy blast of rock from Bob Mould.   1. Bob Mould - The End of Things 2. Muncie Girls - Balloon 3. Big Ups - National Parks 4. Júníus Meyvant - Gold Laces 5. Vök - Waiting 6. Farao - TIAF 7. Agent Fresc...

This week Variety Mix host DJ El Toro compiles sixteen of his favorite new songs, a mix of the melancholy, moody, and melodramatic—plus a couple eleventh-hour barnstormers to make you tap your toes. The legendary chef Julia Child, who praised iceberg lettuce in her essential 1989 book The Way to Cook, inspired the title of this podcast.   1. Boyfriends - I Thought We Had Plans 2. Seth Bogart - Pla...

Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents another blissful set of tunes to delight your senses.   1. Daughter - New Ways 2. M83 - Do It, Try It 3. George Clanton - Bleed 4. STRFKR - Never Ever 5. Frightened Rabbit - Get Out 6. onDeadWaves - California 7. The Jayhawks - Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces 8. Fruit Bats - From A Soon To Be Ghost Town 9. Ringo Deathstarr - Stare At The Sun 10. Dude York -...