KEXP Presents Music That Matters

DJ Kevin Cole brings the thunder on his latest MTM mix featuring current faves from Thunderpussy, Mammút, the Suburbs, Ride and more. Light It Up! 1. Pickwick - Light It Up (Let It Burn)  2. The Suburbs - Hey Muse! 3. BD + The Sheeks - Do It 4. Songhoy Blues - Voter 5. Thunderpussy - Velvet Noose  6. Rainer Maria - Lower Worlds 7. Captain, We're Sinking - Trying Year  8. Mammút - The Moon Will Never Turn On Me 9. Ride - Lannoy Point 10. Michael Nau - Good Thing

As the temperatures start to heat up, Cheryl Waters keeps your summer rolling with another flowing mix featuring new songs from Briana Marela, Songhoy Blues, and Broken Social Scene. 1. Poliça - Still Counts 2. Briana Marela - Quit 3. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Anymore 4. Little Star - Anacortes 5. Songhoy Blues - Yersi Yadda 6. (Sandy) Alex G - Proud 7. Broken Social Scene - Skyline 8. Jay Som - Baybee 9. Blaenavon - My Bark Is Your Bite 10. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Cumberland Gap 11. Eyelids - My Caved In Mind

John Richards' seventh installment of the Runcast gets you lacing up and hitting the road with a slow-burn warm up from Minor Victories, fiery tracks from Broken Social Scene and Austra to keep you moving, and triumphant home stretch with Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam alongside plenty of other pulse-pounding tunes.     1. Minor Victories - Folk Arp 2. Ride - Charm Assault 3. Cloud Nothings - Modern Act 4. American Wrestlers - Amazing Grace 5. Ha Ha Tonka - Race to the Bottom 6. Hurray For the Riff Raff - Hungry Ghost 7. Broken Social Scene - Halfway Home 8. Ages and Ages - They Want More 9. The Districts - Ordinary Day 10. BNQT - Restart 11. Austra - Utopia 12. Sad13 - <2 13. Gems - X Valentine 14. Geowulf - Saltwater15. Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - A 1000 Times

DJ Riz and Larry Rose co-host this year's edition of the Big Gay Podcast, bringing you an infectious mix of music by, for, and about the LGBTQ community with songs from Courtney Barnett, Blood Orange, The Drums, Goldfrapp, Austra, Hurray For The Riff Raff, and more. They also mix in songs from Rainbow Riots, an original music album composed and produced by Petter Wallenberg featuring queer voices from the world's most dangerous countries to LGBTQ people.    1. Rainbow Riots - Freedom 2. Goldfrapp - Systemagic  3. Austra - Future Politics 4. Jay Som - The Bus Song  5. JusMoni - Hot Potato (f. StasTheeBoss) 6. Rainbow Riots - Equal Rights  7. The Drums - Heart Basel  8. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Hungry Ghost  9. Little Star - Linda Blair  9. CocoRosie - Smoke ‘Em Out (with Anonhi) 10. Rainbow Riots - Unmasked 11. SISTERS - Buck  12. Adult Mom - Survival  13. Courtney Barnett - How To Boil An Egg 14. Rainbow Riots - Stand Up For Your Rights 15. Blood Orange - Best To You    

Silver, sweet, and spectral tones fill Cheryl Waters' latest mix, with new songs from Chastity Belt, Palm, and Waxahatchee coloring in a vibrant soundtrack to the early summer.   1. Chastity Belt - Different Now 2. Dave Depper - Your Voice on the Radio 3. Maiah Manser - Sweet Hell 4. Lambchop - Relatives #2 5. Oumou Sangare - Djoukourou 6. Bayonne - Spectrolite 7. Palm - Walkie Talkie 8. IAN SWEET - #23 9. Waxahachee - Silver 10. Coco Hames - I Don't Wanna Go 11. Warm Soda - Young In Your Heart 12. The Hidden Cameras - Day I Left Home 13. Tim Cohen - John Hughes 14. Spiral Stairs - Trams (Stole My Love)

Besides music from a number of great artists, John shares stories about DJing weddings and how his son counts to eleventy billion. 1. Active Bird Community - Newbie 2. Las Rosas - Black Cherry 3. Century Palm - Then You're Gone 4. The Maldives - 2 Know U is 2 Love U 5. Marika Hackman - Boyfriend 6. PINS - Aggrophobe (feat. Iggy Pop) 7. Loose Tooth - Roach Motel 8. Vagabon - Minneapolis 9. No Joy - Hellhole 10. Vex Ruffin - Front 11. Baked - Stay 12. Arbouretum - Fall From An Eyrie 13. Michael Nau - Good Thing 14. Beach Fossils - This Year

Cheryl Waters' latest mix isn't just betwixt the Shire, it gathers music from the Arabian peaks of Afghan Whigs, the icy glimmer of Sóley, and the galaxy-roaming sounds of Shabazz Palaces.   1. Sóley – Sing Wood To Silence 2. Low Roar – Give Me An Answer 3. The Black Angels – Currency 4. The Afghan Whigs – Arabian Heights 5. Shabazz Palaces – Shine a Light 6. Emma Lee Toyoda – Nünü 7. Kelli Schaefer – Big Black Box 8. The Mountain Goats – Rain in Soho 9. The Cairo Gang – Real Enough To Believe 10. Gold Connections – Popular Fiction 11. My Goodness – Silver Lining 12. Chemtrails – Deranged 13. Hope Sandoval and The Warm Inventions – Let Me Get There (feat. Kurt Vile)

DJ Kevin Cole shares great new music he discovered and experienced recently at Tallinn Music Week, a showcase for new and emerging European artists across all genres that takes place in Tallinn, Estonia.   1. Giungla - Sand 2. Žen - Žal (Strand) 3. Frankie Animal - KICKDRUM KICKDRUM! 4. Mikko Joensuu - There used to be a darkness 5. Erki Pärnoja - Doors Dance 6. SU—MU - Real Men, Real Woman & Real Others 7. Argo Vals - T ruum 8. Teksti-TV 666 - Silmät kiinni ja kädet ristiin 9. Sløtface - Empire Records 10. The Holy - Ramses The Evil Brother 11. The Entrepreneurs - Ombre 12. Maarja Nuut & Hendrik Kaljujärv - Muutula 13. C Duncan - Like You Do 14. Sutari - Kupalnocka 15. Trad.Attack! - Must Madu 16. Kaschalot - Crabs in the Bucket 17. View - Lace Ft. LCMDF 18. Ulfur Ulfur - Tarantúlur 19. Hauschka - Familiar Things Disappear

Troy Nelson gets you primed for a killer Memorial Day weekend in the Gorge with a preview of this year's Sasquatch! Music Festival, featuring high energy rock, scuzzy punk, rootsy folk rock, and hard-hitting hip hop. 1. Sleigh Bells - Rule Number One2. Jagwar Ma - O B 13. The Radio Dept. - Committed to the Cause4. SISTERS - Trails5. Manatee Commune - What We've Got6. Aesop Rock - Rings7. Charles Bradley - Change for the World8. Courtney Marie Andrews - Irene9. American Football - I've Been Lost for so Long10. Thee Oh Sees - Plastic Plant

KEXP Overnight Creature (or DJ) Abbie takes you on an epic journey through her favorite tracks of the moment, ranging from minimal electronic coated in silky vocals to a spaghetti western with hints of trap. Additionally, hear Big Thief, Noga Erez, HMLTD, and Land of Talk break down the inspiration of their latest compositions.  1. You'll Never Get to Heaven - Images2. Marnie - Lost Maps3. God Colony - Fights (feat. Flohio)4. Agent Bla - Derogatory Embrace5. Noga Erez - Off the Radar6. Estrons - Strobe Lights7. Tanika Charles - Soul Run8. HMLTD - To The Door9. The Moonlandingz - Vessels10. Cende - Bed11. Big Thief - Shark Smile12. Meursault - Klopfgeist13. Cigarettes After Sex - Apocalypse14. Land of Talk - This Time