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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. 128 - You Can't Say Baby Butt Pants
  John Richards takes a break from making year-end Top 10 lists to gather some of his favorite songs of 2008 that might have been off the radar and not on a lot of critics' lists. And, as he looks ahead to the future, could it be "Baby Butt Pants" topping next year's lists? That's Arlie's prediction anyway. 1. Secret Machines - Now You're Gone 2. Talkdemonic - Duality Of Deathening 3. School of Seven Bells - Face To Face on High Places 4. David Byrne and Brian Eno - Strange Overtones 5. Quiet Village - Keep On Rolling 6. Flying Lotus - Camel 7. Fannypack - The Theme from Frank 8. The Very Sexuals - Carla 9. The Moondoggies - Changing 10. AC Berkheimer - For He's Not There 11. Autodrone - Strike A Match 12. Love Is All - Wishing Well 13. Longwave - No Direction 14. James Yorkston - When the Haar Rolls In
• Music That Matters, Vol. 127 - NW Series #5: South Puget Sound
  DJ Sharlese continues her series of regional Northwest bands, this time focusing on the variety of sounds coming from the south of Puget Sound. In this volume, you'll hear a selection of bands and artists mainly from Tacoma, WA, but also from Auburn and Olympia. 1. Paris Spleen - Tamby 2. People Under The Sun - Weird Liars In Love 3. Friskey - Hershey Kiss 4. Wallpaper - Shag Carpet 5. Makeup Monsters - Calamine 6. The Elephants - Humans Extinct 7. David Wolf - Nocnitsa feat. Jesse Hill of The Next Door Neighbors 8. Clemm Rishad - Sky 9. Kusikia - Heart 10. The Drug Purse - Upside Down Girl 11. Umber Sleeping - The Sky Show 12. Don’t Tell Sophie - Look No Cavities 13. The Fucking Eagles - Out Of This World 14. Can-U - Don’t Walk Away 15. Lozen - So Long
• Music That Matters, Vol. 126 - From Stardust to Sentience
  On his latest podcast, Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole ascends to transcendence with High Places, enters the majestic School of Seven Bells, and spools out the heavenly Weird Tapes. Fourteen songs -- all soaringly good! 1. The Lucksmiths - Good Light 2. Gang Gang Dance - House Jam 3. Fort Knox Five - Sao Funky 4. I Led 3 Lives - House of Ahmet 5. High Places - From Stardust to Sentience 6. School of Seven Bells - Iamundernodisguise 7. Weird Tapes - The Heavens 8. Marianne Dissard - Le Lendemain 9. Butcher The Bar - Sex Szene 10. Larkin Grimm - Ride That Cyclone 11. caUSE co-MOTION! - Which Way Is Up? 12. Private Dancer - She's A Company Man 13. Parts and Labor - Nowheres Nigh 14. The Tough Alliance - Neo Violence
• Music That Matters, Vol. 125 - The Truth
  Yo, it’s definitely time for you to add another hip-hop mixtape to your collection. KEXP’s DJ Chilly collects some of his favorite tracks from 2008 for this uninterrupted mix: 80 minutes of hip-hop’s finest MCs, DJs and producers. There’s a wide range of flavors here from the West, East, Midwest, and right here in the 206. 1. Jake One – The Truth (feat. Freeway and Brother Ali) 2. Atmosphere – Shoulda Known 3. Presto – Conquer Mentally (Large Pro Remix) (feat. Sadat X, O.C. and Large Professor) 4. EMC – Leak It Out 5. Madlib – Blindfold Test #10 (feat. J-Rocc) 6. The Mighty Underdogs – War Walk (feat. Chali 2na, Raashan Ahmad, Tash, and Zumbi) 7. DJ Muggs and Planet Asia – Pain Language 8. RZA as Bobby Digital – U Can’t Stop Me Now (feat. Inspectah Deck) 9. Factor – Lonely City (feat. Moka Only) 10. Common Market – Trouble Is 11. Grip Grand – Showtime (That’s Entertainment) 12. The Cool Kids – Black Mags 13. Champagne Champagne – Soda and Pop Rocks 14. Azeem – Latin Revenge 15. People Under The Stairs – Up Yo Spine 16. J-Live – The Upgrade (feat. Oddisee and Posdanous) 17. Lyrics Born – I Like It, I Love It 18. The High Decibels – Eye Of The Storm 19. Large Pro – Hot: Sizzling, Scorching, Torching, Blazing 20. Brooklyn Academy – Black Out (feat. Jean Grae) 21. GZA – Alphabets 22. The Gigantics – The Explanation (feat. Aesop Rock, Reason, Eligh) 23. Bash Bros. – Rock The Spot (Allstar Remix) (feat. Sean Price, Rakaa, Reef, Verbal Kent, Motion Man, Chali 2na and Big Pooh)
• Music That Matters, Vol. 124 - Aloha and Mahalo
  Midday Show host Cheryl Waters recorded this latest podcast just three days before leaving for a week's vacation. Two nights before, some dear friends asked if she wanted to go to Kauai with them. Of course, she said "Heck yeah!" and bought a plane ticket that night and was as excited by her spontaneity as she was about going to Hawaii. Before jetting away, though, she wanted to share a bundle of great music with you to enjoy. Aloha and Mahalo! 1. Stars - The Night Starts Here 2. She Keeps Bees - Gimmie 3. See Me River - Wake Up Are You Wasted 4. Blind Pilot - Go On, Say It 5. The Henry Clay People - Rock and Roll Has Lost Its Teeth 6. Constantines - Our Age 7. Au - rr vs. d 8. The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave 9. Tobacco - Hairy Candy 10. Larytta - Bauch Amp 11. Ursula 1000 - Electrik Boogie (Fort Knox Five Remix) 12. Junior Senior - Can I Get Get Get 13. King Khan and the Shrines - Outta Harm's Way 14. DJ Bitman - Ejale!
• 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.