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Eva Walker guides us through the 20th annual (virtual!) Sound Off! Learn more about this 21-and-under Northwest music showcase and how MoPOP is “empowering tomorrow’s visionaries” (and get your tickets to the livestream) at mopop.org/soundoff. 1. Aurelio Valdez - Rent Money 2. Aurora Avenue - Wind 3. Brenna Bruce - Move 4. CANNXN - Uncomfortable 5. Kiddus Fecto - Senorita 6. Lexi Lalauni - Divine 7. Sundust - Someone New 8. Trevor Eulau - Music in Waves Eva Walker is the host of Audioasis, every Saturday from 6-9pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app, or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Gilbreath, host of Jazz Theater, curates an expansive mix from artists bending and shaping the ever-evolving art form that is jazz. Join us in celebrating International Jazz Day with music from Kamasi Washington, Kris Davis, Jeff Parker, Makaya McCraven, and more.  1. Brandee Younger & Dezron Douglas - The Creator Has A Masterplan 2. Kamasi Washington - The Rhythm Changes 3. Kris Davis - Diatom Ribbons 4. Steve Lehman / Sélébéyone - Are You in Peace? 5. Jeff Parker - C'Mon Now 6. Makaya McCraven - Young Genius 7. Meridian Odyssey - Interlake 8. Hafez Modirzadeh - Facet 27 Light & Facet 28 Nora 9. Maria Schneider Orchestra - Sputnik 10. Hafez Modirzadeh - Ponnonica 11. Jeff Parker - Build a Nest John Gilbreath is the host of Jazz Theater, every (early!) Monday morning from 3-5am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your insomniac overnight host, Abbie, takes you on a virtual road trip to her home away from home, Vancouver BC! Despite the border closure, we can still tour these amazing artists to your ears, bursting with yearning indie, R&B, pop, leftfield dance music, industrial techno, chillwave, and nostalgic folk. With mostly Vancouver-based artists, and a few who have since relocated internationally, this mix is a bite size version of all Vancouver's music community has to offer. 1. TRS - I Tried (ne m'oublie pas) 2. Biawanna - Quarantine BB 3. IAMTHELIVING x Teon Gibbs - Boxes 4. Sadé Awele, Bamzy - Care 5. Yu Su - Melalecua 6. Missy D - Rollin 7. Jayda G - Are U Down 8. Dacey - SUMMERTIMEISDONE 9. Sook-Yin Lee - Re-Veil 10. DEBBY FRIDAY - Runnin 11. ACTORS - Like Suicide 12. SIGSALY - Dark Horse Blood 13. Minimal Violence - Mankind 14. N0V3L - GROUP DISEASE 15. Devours - Two Kids 16. Doohickey Cubicle - Sign Here 17. des hume - Shockerbaby 18. Kylie V - Solace 19. Jody Glenham - The Sound 20. Blue J - Park Sound

We're taking a week off from posting podcasts and other online content, but you can always find a live DJ streaming on KEXP.org, the KEXP App, or 90.3 FM in Seattle. New episodes will return to your The Weekly Mix feed on Friday, April 23rd! Until then, visit old episodes or explore our other podcasts, Sound & Vision, Live on KEXP, and Song of the Day. And if you haven't had the chance yet, there's still time to take the KEXP Podcast Survey. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Things are happening! Bands are scheduling fall tours! But until enough people get vaccinated and concert-going is a reality, DJ Kevin Cole takes you on a musical journey featuring artists and songs from all over the world including Australia, Georgia (the country!), Spain, Senegal, Turkey, Trinidad, Mexico, Japan, and beyond. 1. Morningwhim - Talking to Myself 2. Flyying Colours - Goodtimes 3. Margaritas Podridas - Ceremonia 4. Anushka Chkheidze - Move, Move 5. Ora the Molecule - Creator 6. Hayes & Y - The Times 7. ACTORS - Strangers 8. Miss Grit - Grow Up To 9. Sorry - Cigarette Packet 10. Lalalar - Hiç Mutlu Olmam Daha İyi 11. IKOQWE - Falta Muito? (feat. Batida and Ikonoklasta) 12. Altin Gün - Maçka Yollari 13. Marinah - Noche de Plata (feat. La Dame Blanche) 14. Wau Wau Collectif - Thiante 15. Fimber Bravo - Call My Name Kevin Cole is the host of Drive Time on KEXP, Tuesdays through Fridays from 4-7pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate Se

Pacific Notions host DJ Alex shares a new meditative springtime mix of ambient, neo-classical, and new age songs to welcome the new season and provide a calming soundtrack for these transitional times. 1. Rhian Sheehan - Toward The Sun 2. Sweatson Klank - Light Bridge 3. The Green Kingdom - Morning Walk 4. Tiny Leaves - The Sweetness of the Morning 5. Hideyuki Hashimoto - Breath 6. Marika Takeuchi - First Light 7. Nick Schofield - Garden Court 8. Mary Lattimore - Thirty Tulips 9. Deniz Cuylan - Object Of Desire 10. Yasmin Williams - Sunshowers 11. Spencer Zahn - Sunday Painter 12. Tom Adams - Sunrise (Levi Patel Recomposition) 13. Six Missing - Plant Flowers 14. Loris S. Sarid - O like a tomato 15. Green-House - Sunflower Dance 16. Curved Light - Spring Branch 17. Pauline Anna Strom - Equatorial Sunrise 18. Frederik Valentin - Butterfly 19. Thomas Lemmer - Into A Distant Light 20. IKSRE - A Storm To Begin (Luminem Rework) 21. 36 & awakened souls - Guide Me Home (awakened souls Shoegaze Version) DJ Alex is t

DJ Evie delivers a mix of fresh cuts that will put a spring in your step, no matter the season. Tune in for new music from Claud, Ya Tseen, Django Django, Ocean Hope and more. 1. Field Music - Orion from the Street 2. Claud - Falling with the Rain (feat. Shelly) 3. RINSE - Back Into Your Arms (feat. Hatchie) 4. Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet 5. Keep Shelly In Athens - You (feat. Georgia Hurd) 6. Django Django - Spirals 7. Ya Tseen - Close the Distance 8. Nicola Conte & Gianluca Petrella - The Higher Love (feat. Raashan Ahmad & Carolina Bubbico) 9. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio - Aces 10. Madlib - The New Normal 11. Gabriels - Love and Hate In a Different Time 12. Quantic & Eddie Roberts - The Clock Won't Tick 13. shame - Station Wagon 14. Ocean Hope - What Kills Your Mind DJ Evie hosts a Variety Mix every Sunday from 3-6pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP App, or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenn from KEXP’s Sonic Reducer brings you a spring awakening of punk songs from the past year, including The Serfs, Shopping, Futuro, Taqbir and more. 1. Brontez Purnell - Forgive Me, Phillip 2. Spodee Boy - Rides Again… 3. The Serfs - Vanishing Act 4. Gen Pop - Me Alive 5. Shopping - Follow Me 6. Current Affairs - Draw the Line 7. Silicone Prairie - Dance to the Beat 8. All Hits - Blockhead 9. Futuro - Gestalt 10. Taqbir - Sma3 11. Defect Play - Dulled 12. Special Interest - Disco III Jenn is the co-host of Sonic Reducer on KEXP, every Saturday from 9pm to midnight PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app, or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Weekly Mix finds John Richards explaining why he had to burn Mark Lanegan's book and the reason his son Henry, age 8, interrupted the recording. Plus, a Morning Show hitlist that is not to be missed. 1. Peter Matthew Bauer - Mountains on Mountains 2. Middle Kids - Questions 3. Mogwai - Ritchie Sacramento 4. Morcheeba - Sounds of Blue 5. Wax Tailor - Just a Candle (feat. Mark Lanegan) 6. Barbarossa - Iris2Iris 7. Nation of Language - Deliver Me From Wondering Why 8. HAERTS - Shivering 9. The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Don’t Ever Pray In the Church on My Street 10. Claud - Cuff Your Jeans 11. Steady Holiday - Tangerine 12. The Hold Steady - Family Farm 13. Yard Act - Dark Days 14. Femi Kuti - As We Struggle Everyday 15. KOKOROKO - Baba Ayoola 16. El Michels Affair - Murkit Gem 17. Night Beats - New Day John Richards is the host of The Morning Show on KEXP, weekdays from 7-10am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener fo

DJ Morgan hosts KEXP's International Women's Day mix with conversation and original songs from Rain City Rock Camp in Seattle whose mission is to empower girls, women, and gender nonconforming individuals to engage their creative potential through music, champion equity, and thrive in a community of allies and activists. Women rock! 1. Amplified Youth Voices Interns - Rain City Rock Camp Song  2. The Shortcakes - Separation 3. New Century Queens - Regarding Regret 4. JLMPK? - A Girl Named You 5. Pluviophile - Rainy Day Recess 6. Bess & Amber - Gutter 7. 3 Sweet Germs - 3 Sweet Germs       8. We Are Here - It's Okay 9.  Even Burning - High School Sweetheart  10. What's Up - Through the Cosmos 11. Another Perfect Crime - When the Morning Comes 12. Adra Boo - Been Around (Since the Old Days) 13. Carly Sparkly - Still So Soft DJ Morgan hosts a Variety Mix, every Saturday from 12-3pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app, or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener f

As host of the Northwest music show, Eva Walker made this mix locals-heavy, with artists you need to know! She also sprinkled in some of her non-local favorites, both old and new. Artists include Beverly Crusher, Danny Denial, P.R.O. and more. 1. Beverly Crusher - Pills 2. Danny Denial - Everything Is Terrible 3. White Mystery - Party 4. Vanna Oh! - Chaperone 5. New Track City - Pride 6. SAULT - Free 7. BaLonely - Stories 8. Stephanie Anne Johnson and the Hidogs - American Blues 9. IDLES - Grounds 10. Mr. Dinkles - I’m off My Meds 11. Rev. Sister Mary Nelson - Judgment 12. P.R.O. - Blacky Joe 13. TxR - Michelangelo (feat. Othelle Omega the Oracle) 14. Christa Says Yay - We Like Space! Eva Walker is the host of Audioasis, every Saturday from 6-9pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app, or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drive Time host Kevin Cole dives into Bandcamp to bring you songs from Black artists innovating today. This mix of music discovery from all over the world will have you dancing, thinking, dreaming, and celebrating.  1. Yazmin Lacey & Congi - Follow Me 2. Jasik - Black Sands 3. R.A.P. Ferreira & Scallops Hotel - Yamships, Flaxscript 4. Kaiya Crawford - How Do I? 5. Navy Blue - Pressure Points 6. Witch Prophet - Darshan 7. Seba Kaapstad - Our People (feat. Quelle Chris) 8. Jahari Massamba Unit - Hommage À La Vielle Garde (Pour Lafarge Et Rinaldi) 9. Moor Mother and Billy Woods - Giraffe Hunts 10. Off The Meds - Wena 11. Dark Time Sunshine - Familiars 12. MoMA Ready - Saving Grace 13. Grove - Ur Boyfriend’s Wack 14. DJ Earl - STL Breathin 15. SPELLLING - Secret Thread Kevin Cole is the host of Drive Time on KEXP, Tuesdays through Fridays from 4-7pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Afternoon Show host Larry Mizell, Jr. brings a collection of new to newish music from Black artists you may not know! The taste is jazz-forward with notes of punk, hiphop and other, including Alfa Mist, Jahari Massamba Unit, Madison McFerrin and Wizard Apprentice. 1. Moses Boyd - Stranger Than Fiction 2. Alfa Mist - Run Outs 3. Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge - Spiritual Ideation 4. Jahari Massamba Unit - Riesling Pour Robert 5. Jeff Parker - Build a Nest (feat. Ruby Parker) 6. Moor Mother & Mental Jewelry - Look Alive 7. Wizard Apprentice & The Neighbourhood Character - Research Stage of Love 8. Madison McFerrin - Hindsight 9. Navy Blue - 224 10. Stas THEE Boss & Nappy Nina - Pandemy Stimmy 11. Bad Colours - Feelin' Like (feat. Jarv Dee) Larry Mizell, Jr. is the host of The Afternoon Show, weekdays from 1-4pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New mix, same damn luck! Cheryl Waters is back with another selection of goodies that's bound to help you find your new musical obsession. Settle in for tracks from Sevdaliza, Anjimile, Cherry Glazerr, BIIANCO and more. 1. Sevdaliza - Wallflower 2. The Weather Station - Atlantic 3. Knox Fortune - Come Over 4. The Besnard Lakes - Our Heads, Our Hearts On Fire Again 5. Anjimile - In Your Eyes 6. Jason McCue - First Time 7. Nilüfer Yanya - Same Damn Luck 8. Cherry Glazerr - Rabbit Hole 9. BIIANCO - Teeth Bared 10. Yung - Such a Man 11. Rose City Band - Only Lonely 12. Old 97's - I Like You Better 13. Fontaines D.C. - I Don't Belong 14. Nothing - Catch a Fade Cheryl Waters is the host of The Midday Show on KEXP, every weekday from 10am-1pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KEXP Early host Gabriel Teodros brings you an hour of new music to help calm the nerves and focus your energy in the new year. Featured artists include Navy Blue with Yasiin Bey, Ivy Sole, Native Dancer and Seba Kaapstad. 1. Navy Blue - Breathe (feat. Yasiin Bey) 2. Ivy Sole - HEAVY 3. Mumu Fresh - A Healing 4. Toni Banx - Chanel No. 5 5. Ciscero - Beautiful Mind (feat. Oddisee) 6. Seba Kaapstad - www 7. KAMAUU - MANGO (feat. Adeline) 8. Native Dancer - Pixies 9. ASTU - Source of Her (feat. Salami Rose Joe Louis) 10. Ego Ella May - Girls Don't Always Sing About Boys 11. Dave B. - Worthy 12. Tiffany Wilson - America (feat. Lady Tasz & Vitamin D) 13. Quetzal - Justice Never Dies 14. I Self Devine - The Disruptor Suite Gabriel Teodros is the host of Early on KEXP, every weekday from 5-7am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join KEXP’s daytime DJ line-up, Gabriel Teodros, John Richards, Cheryl Waters, Larry Mizell, Jr. and Kevin Cole, as they reflect on the 2020 releases that got them through the year that felt like a decade. They share standout tracks from KEXP favorites like SAULT, IDLES and Deep Sea Diver, as well as gems from Sa-Roc, Arlo Parks, Bartees Strange, Nappy Nina and more. 1. Sa-Roc - The Black Renaissance (feat. Black Thought) 2. Quelle Chris and Chris Keys - Sacred Safe (feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman) 3. Essam & Petty Pro - Write Your Name (feat. Prospect and Umar Zia) 4. Jah9 - Note To Self (Okay) (feat. Chronixx) 5. Ivy Sole - BITTERSWEET 6. Benjamin Gibbard - Life in Quarantine 7. SAULT - Wildfires 8. Smokey Brights - I Love You But Damn 9. The Neverly Boys - Never Come Down 10. Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King 11. Arlo Parks - Hurt 12. Nilüfer Yanya - Crash 13. Bartees Strange - Stone Meadows 14. Porridge Radio - Sweet 15. Dylan Cartlidge - Yellow Brick Road 16. SIR E.U. - Multimedia Artist

Morning Show host John Richards presents a mix to wake up to, to take on the day and burn brightly when it feels like the world is already on fire. 1. Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King 2. El Perro Del Mar - Dreamers Change the World 3. Lea Porcelain - Choirs to Heaven 4. Laura Veirs - Burn Too Bright 5. Pom Poko - Like a Lady 6. Nancy - 7 Foot Tall Post-Suicidal Feel Good Blues 7. Viagra Boys - Creatures 8. Stats - Naturalise Me 9. The Lounge Society - Burn the Heather 10. Kiwi Jr. - Cooler Returns 11. Gibraltar - O, Devilish Sailor 12. TV Priest - Decoration 13. Night Beats - That’s All You Got (feat. Robert Levon Been) John Richards is the host of The Morning Show on KEXP, weekdays from 7-10am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Larry Rose kicks off 2021 on a hopeful “up”-beat note (see first song), bringing you a mix of some of his recent favorites while covering a wide variety of genres, including electro-pop, R&B, hip hop, Afro-Caribbean grooves, and melancholic guitar-pop. Featuring music from Iska Dhaaf, The Notwist, Chromatics, Ghetto Kumbé, Park Hye Jin, Oneohtrix Point Never and more.  1. Iska Dhaaf - Up 2. The Notwist - Where You Find Me 3. Chromatics - TOY (ATRIP Remix) 4. Jim-E Stack - Note to Self (feat. Empress Of) 5. Ghetto Kumbé - Sola 6. 박혜진 Park Hye Jin - Like This 7. Oneohtrix Point Never - Long Road Home 8. Beach Vacation - Break the Ice  9. breathe. - London 10. The Reminders & CRLCRRLL - Lumumba 11. Radiant Children - Rare 12. Xperience feat. Tiffany Wilson - Cats & Dogs 13. Actress - Walking Flames 14. Daisies - Dido Larry Rose is the host of Larry's Lounge, Tuesday nights from 10pm-1am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.  Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/liste

For this New Year’s mix, Reverend Dollars brings the club to you. In her words, "For this podcast, I wanted to create a mix more reflective of the sets I would play at clubs and parties than what I do on the radio. Obviously, those kinds of spaces have been short on existence this year, but I really miss those type of environments. I've been able to do the occasional party mix here and there for livestream events, but it's not the same and I long for the community that exists around these gatherings of music and dance. I also want to place a focus on the brilliant sounds that Black electronic producers have been creating in 2020, even in this party void. Welcome to the new year, hopefully better than the last!” 1. Kareem Ali - Retaliation 2. Actress - Loveless 3. Ikonika - Kicks Count  4. Nidia - Chef  5. Boo Williams - Digital Crash  6. Blacksea Nao Maya - Africanalidade 7. Citizen Boy - Gqom Killa 8. MoMA Ready - Saving Grace  9. Honey Dijon - La Femme Fantastique 10. Zvrra - 002700 Sequence 11. DJ Q - All

Sonic Reducer & Christmas day DJ Brian Foss compiles 17 tracks of non-standard holiday tunes. 2020 has been a hard year so hopefully these mostly goofy songs will bring a smile to your face. Every year there are hundreds of new Christmas songs recorded and Brian did his best to find the good ones. We have tracks from bands from Portland, the UK & beyond. 7 songs are from Seattle bands including Black Nite Crash, Ball Bag, Marianna Spellman & Dragstrip Riot. 1. Gurr - Christmas Holiday (feat. Eddie Argos) 2. Mr. Husband - Covid Christmas 3. Soulpersona & Princess Freesia - Rudolph 4. Black Nite Crash - Let’s Get Drunk for Christmas 5. Queers - Ramones Christmas 6. Marianne Spellman - Santa’s A Drag 7. Ball Bag - If Justyn Makes It To Xmas 8. Left at London - Santa’s Homophobic 9. General Mojo’s - Our Last Christmas 10. Six Sundays - Holidays Back in the Day 11. The Crystal Furs - Drinking Alone on Christmas 12. The Down-fi - Santa’s Pissed Off 13. The Hasslers - Christmas Without Warning 14. Dragstrip Riot -