The Runcast with John Richards

John Richards and special guest, KEXP volunteer and marathon expert Ken Tarleton, take you through the DOs of being a runner.  1. Liela Moss - “Wild as Fire”  2. Mitski - “Geyser”  3. Blushing - “The Truth”  4. Calexico and Iron and Wine - “Father Mountain”  5. Black Pumas - “Colors”  6. Shovels and Rope - &l...

Greta Rose has collected 13 tracks that take you on an immersive, sonic adventure ranging from celestial shoegaze to dream-pop and eminent rock. An auspicious compilation climaxing with a trancey number "My Body" - the song and inspiration for the title of this podcast. Dive on in!  1. Tanika Charles - Tell Me Something  2. Reptaliens - Shuggie II  3. Emily Reo- Phosphenes  4....

Like the extravagant iridescent plumage of the peacock, DJ Kevin Cole’s latest Music That Matters mixtape comes in many musical colors and includes new songs from Hatchie, Kishi Bashi, Jamila Woods, Chong the Nomad, and Ibibio Sound Machine. Silken Peacock is also the color of my new record room!   1. Better Oblivion Community Center - Little Trouble  2. Crows - Chain of Being &nbs...

DJ Morgan guides you through a musical journey of the sessions that KEXP captured at the 2018 Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes, France, including tracks from Sink Ya Teeth, Nabihah Iqbal, and WOOZE.  1. The Blind Suns - Personal Way of Love  2. Nabihah Iqbal - Zone 1 to 6000  3. Praa - Do It All Again  4. WOOZE - Hello Can You Go  5. MADMADMAD - GWARN  6. Sink Ya Te...

Seattle summer is just around the corner and Cheryl Waters is here to bring you the soundtrack to warm days and nights, featuring new tracks from Diane Coffee, Body Type, Tacocat, and MorMor. Ida Wenøe - Another Kind of Love  Laura Gibson - Domestication .Diane Coffee - Not Ready To Go The Chills - Complex  New Age Healers - Hang On  Body Type - Stingray Tacocat - Hologram Ca...

KEXP's John Richards takes you along the full journey of a long run with songs of inspiration and fun including the one song he played 13-straight times while running the NY Marathon. Devon Welsh - I’ll Be Your Ladder Star Slinger - Choose Yourself Stats - Lose It TVAM - Psychic Date IDLES - Colossus The Budos Band - Old Engine Oil Left at London - Revolution Lover OCNotes - Better Days Nil&...

DJ Chilly, host of KEXP’s El Sonido, compiles a mix of recent modern Latin favorites featuring a wide array of genres from eleven different countries - from Costa Rica to Spain, the U.S.A. to Colombia and beyond. ¡Buen provecho! 1. Nicola Cruz - Hacia Delante (con Chato) 2. Combo Chimbita – Testigo 3. Los Blenders - Ha Sido 4. Yawners - La Escalera 5. Amor Elefante - San Cayetano...

In this ominously numbered episode, DJ Evie returns with a devilishly good set of sparkly songs that shimmer and shine, including new tracks from Kero Kero Bonito, Barrie, and Jamila Woods. 1. MorMor - Outside2. Pure Bathing Culture - Devotion3. Kero Kero Bonito - Swimming4. Peyote Ugly - Home5. Barrie - Clovers6. Kelly Finnigan - I Don't Wanna Wait7. Jamila Woods - Eartha8. Gemma - Miss U9....

DJ Troy “La Troix” Nelson picks out his favorite musical flavors in this bubbly mix that washes down like a fancy beverage. Sample new tracks from Weyes Blood, Julia Shapiro, and Diane Coffee in twelve-pack of melodic refreshments. 1. Weyes Blood - Everyday 2. Lowly - Stephen 3. Tender - Handmade Ego 4.  Martha - The Void 5.  Control Top - Covert Contracts 6. New Age Healers - Satellites 7. Diane...

Need some new music for your springtime adventures? Cheryl Waters has you covered with new tracks from Kevin Morby, Shana Cleveland, and Weyes Blood to bring more light into your musical life. 1. Shana Cleveland - Face of the Sun 2. Emma Lee Toyoda - Planes & Cranes 3. Fruit Bats - Getting in a Van Again 4. Kevin Morby - No Halo 5. Ibibio Sound Machine - Basquiat 6. Maribou State - Kingdom 7....

Would you like some good advice? Well, you've come to the right spot! It's the good advice Music That Matters podcast with John Richards, featuring new songs from Damien Jurado, Swervedriver, The Budos Band, and Leggy! 1. Star Slinger - Choose Yourself 2. The Cinematic Orchestra - A Caged Bird/Imitations of Life 3. Citizen Cope - The River 4. Damien Jurado - South 5. Telekinesis - Set a Cours...

You've made it this far against the odds and the power is in you.  DJ Kevin Cole provides your next level soundtrack with new music from Fontaines D.C.,  illuminati hotties, Helado Negro, Queen Zee, and more! 1. illuminati hotties - I Wanna Keep Yr Dog 2. Fontaines D.C. - Big 3. Versing - Tethered 4. N0V3L - Natural 5. Drahla - Stimulus for Living 6. Say Sue Me - At The End Of The Road 7. Ten...

DJ Alex hosts an intro course on his new weekly specialty show Pacific Notions that airs Sunday mornings 6-9 am PST and spotlights the best in ambient, neo-classical, new age, downtempo, post-rock, and other atmospheric styles. 1. Umber - Harvest 2. Jeff Mercel - No. 2 3. Jane Antonia Cornish - Memory Of Time 4. Eternell & endlesstrains - High Clouds 5. Kyte Mika - Constant Variables 6. Philip...

As the Seattle spring starts to emerge, amazing music is coming hard and fast and Cheryl Waters' latest mix helps you pick out some of the highlights of the last few weeks, featuring new tracks from Lady Lamb, Sharon Van Etten, Tacocat, and Better Oblivion Community Center. 1. Sharon Van Etten - Seventeen 2. Lady Lamb - Even in the Tremor 3. Cass McCombs - The Great Pixley Train Robbery 4. The Mou...

Grab your passport and join DJ Larry Rose as he takes an international journey to seek out some of the most infectious earworms from South Korea, Japan, South Africa, Germany, London, Canada, and the US. Included in the mix are great new songs from Chromatics, Yaeji, MorMor, Apparat, Nilüfer Yanya, Nakhane, and more! 1. MorMor - Pass the Hours 2. Men I Trust - Say, Can You Hear 3. Nilüfer Yanya -...

The latest episode of the Music That Matters podcast (starring John Richards as John Richards) isn't a running podcast but that doesn't mean you can't run to to these new songs from Strand of Oaks, Nanami Ozone, and Left At London. 1. Strand of Oaks - Weird Ways 2. Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock 3. Craig Finn - Blankets 4. Rudy Willingham - Pool Party 5. Sir Babygirl - Everyone is a Bad Frien...

DJ Don Slack goes through the lineage of American music to present a mix of songs for the moment we're in, including new songs from Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll, and Adia Victoria. 1. Hayes Carll – Times Like These 2. Ryan Bingham – Jingle and Go 3. Steve Earle & The Dukes – Dublin Blues 4. Our Native Daughters – Mama's Cryin' Long 5. Adia Victoria – Dope Queen Blues 6. Josh Ritter – Ol...

DJ Kevin Cole brings you a new music mix to circulate deep within your personal galaxy tapping into the lifeforce of sonic awesomeness with new songs from Ellis May, Pedro the Lion, Ibibio Sound Machine, Please the Trees, and more! 1. Criminal Hygiene - Hardly News 2. Ex Hex - Cosmic Cave 3. Eyelids - It's About To Go Down 4. Pedro The Lion - Quietest Friend 5. Vok - Erase You 6. Pion - Sympacide...

Ahead of the 2019 MoPOP Sound Off! semifinals, Audioasis host Eva Walker showcases the 12 Northwestern Under 21 artists competing in the local music competition. 1. Alex Cade - Woosha 2. Baja Boy - Finally Done 3. Crissy P - My Mind 4. Fuzz Mutt - Quiet End 5. Huey and the inFLOWentials - Stay Tru to it 6. i///u - Don't Need It 7. King Sheim - Grape Soda 8. Niamh - We Are Who We Are 9. Nora Meier...

DJ Miss Ashley brings you some of her current favorites from Jamaica to Zambia, Toronto to Italy, spanning reggae, Latin pop, and hip-hop beats. Let new songs from Jah9, Alex Anwandter, Waahli, and more bring you the right vibes from all over the globe! 1. Jah9 -  Heaven  2. Sampa The Great  - Energy 3. Kelissa - Take You There   4. Terror/Cactus - Voces de Barro 5. Alex Anwandter - Latinoamerican...

Follow the insomnia-ridden princess of the KEXP overnight onto the dancefloor to shake out your stresses and excesses while she weaves together her favorite new releases that include a placeholder, a Berlin heroine, and hidden gems from the enchanted land of Vancouver, BC. Plus, hear from Berlin electronic pioneer, Gudrun Gut, Justice McClellan of Mesa Luna, London new jazz artist, Nardeydey, and...

Sonic Reducer's DJ Jenn highlights a wave of brilliant new punks including Khiis, Lexicon, and Jabber, and pays tribute to Maximum Rocknroll on the day it announced the end of the print run of the essential punk zine. 1. Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries - Panic Attack 2. Big Joanie  - Fall Asleep 3. Jabber - Melt 4. Pylon Reenactment Society - Messenger 5. Special Interest - Disco II 6. Gumming -...

DJ Atticus returns with another round of music colored with shades of goth, including tracks from The Twilight Sad, Parisalexa, All Them Witches, and plenty of other witches. 1. All Them Witches - Diamond2. Blackwater Holylight - Sunrise3. Klaus Johann Grobe - Discogedanken4. Parisalexa - Hothead5. Jamila Woods - Giovanni6. Molly Burch - Wild7. Faye Webster - Kingston8. Still Corners - The Message...

Start off your year by surrounding yourself with new aural experiences when you dive into Cheryl Waters' latest mix of her current favorites, including new songs from Sloucher, Amanda Palmer, and Big Joanie. 1. Team Dreams - Black Screen2. Matthew Dear - Modafinil Blues3. Wild Pink - There Is A Ledger4. Sloucher - Up & Down5. Briston Maroney - Under My Skin6. John Parish - Sorry For Your Loss7...

DJ Kevin Cole brings a colossus mix of some of the best music of 2018, including tracks from artists both new and established that ruled KEXP's airwaves and in-studio sessions all year long. Love yourself and love this mix! It's what's really going on… 1. IDLES - Colossus2. Shame - Concrete3. Pearl Jam - Can't Deny Me4. Black Belt Eagle Scout - Soft Stud5. Jason McCue - When He Drinks6....