Comedian, writer, actor and director Mike Birbiglia and his also-multi-talented wife Jen Stein – whose cat is named Mazzy Star – curate and discuss some of their favorite songs and recording artists, including Tegan and Sara, Sharon Van Etten, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah featuring Matt Berninger, The Rentals, and more! Produced by KEXP Variety Mix host Nate Prudhon. 1. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Better Days 2. Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better 3. ELEL - 40 Watt 4. Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up 5. Foxygen - How Can You Really 6. Sylvan Esso - Coffee 7. Maps - To the Sky 8. The Rentals - 1000 Seasons 9. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (feat. Matt Berninger) - Coming Down 10. Tegan and Sara - Back In Your Head (Live on KEXP) 11. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes 12. Conor Oberst - Zigzagging Toward the Light 13. Junip - Your Life, Your Call 14. Real Estate - It's Real

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Summer is gone but the music never stops. Here's another sampling of tunes from Midday Show host Cheryl Waters to usher you into fall. Featuring new songs from Owl John, J Mascis, Pete Molinari, Modern Kin, Ty Segall and more! 1. Ylja - Dúmdara lara 2. Fernando - The Dogs 3. Peter Matthew Bauer - Philadelphia Raga 4. Tom Eddy - Seeing Someone 5. Owl John - Red Hand 6. Allah-Las - Buffalo Nickel 7. The Barr Brothers - Half Crazy 8. Quilt - Saturday Bride 9. Split Single - Last Goodbye 10. Bear In Heaven - Time Between 11. BRONCHO - Class Historian 12. J Mascis - Better Plane 13. Pete Molinari - Hang My Head In Shame (feat. Barrie Cadogan) 14. Modern Kin - Abandon 15. Ty Segall - Feel 16. FF - Caught In A Dream

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Host Larry Rose takes Total Control of GRMLNs on a YACHT full of Bleached Caribou on Acid. Ok, those are just a few of the bands that appear on this new podcast that takes you on a wildly varying musical journey featuring some of Larry's favorite new rock, funk, soul, and electropop jams. 1. Caribou - Our Love 2. Operators - TRUE 3. YACHT - Where Does This Disco? 4. GRMLN - Numb 5. Bleached - For the Feel 6. Julian Casablancas + the Voidz - Where No Eagles Fly 7. Curtis Harding - Keep on Shining 8. Peliroja - Injusticia 9. The Radio Dept. - Death To Fascism 10. Total Control - Flesh War 11. Chet Faker - Gold 12. Populous - Fall (feat. Cuushe) 13. The Acid - Fame

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Seattle's Earshot Jazz Festival is respected for its massive and adventurous artistic legacy. Now in its 26th year as Seattle's major annual jazz festival, Earshot is known for presenting creative masters and important emerging artists, and for finding fresh synergies between international artists and Seattle's incredibly fertile music scene. This year's Jazz-That-Matters podcast is hosted by festival organizer John Gilbreath, who is also host of KEXP's long running Jazz Theater program, and zeroes in on a creative cross section of artists appearing all around Seattle this fall. 1. Taylor McFerrin feat. Nai Palm - The Antidote 2. Battle Trance - Palace of Wind I 3. Cuong Vu - Accelerated Thoughts 4. Industrial Revelation - Walking (Without) 5. Frank Catalano - Acknowledgement 6. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Betamax 7. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - I Speak Fula 8. Corey Harris - Fulton Blues 9. Johnaye Kendrick - Placebo Effect 10. Tri Minh's Quartet - Minimal Piano Dreams

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Host Kevin Cole features some of his current favorites on this edition of KEXP's Music That Matters podcast. Why? Purely because he loves them and hopes you will too! Includes new songs from Jen Wood, Goat, The Juan MacLean and more! 1. Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas - Caught Up 2. Ex Hex - Don't Wanna Lose 3. Jen Wood - Fell In Love 4. Flowers - Forget The Fall 5. SW/MM/NG - Some Dreams Come True 6. Tennis - Solar On The Rise 7. ODESZA - Say My Name (feat. Zyra) 8. Shaprece - Her Song 9. Kimekai - Le Loyon 10. Goat - Words 11. Martyn - Empty Mind 12. The Juan Maclean - I've Waited For So Long 13. Xeno & Oaklander - Sheen

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DJ Alex shines a spotlight on 16 artists performing at this year's 11th annual Decibel Festival, Seattle's premier electronic music and arts event, happening all over the city from September 24th to September 28th! As with years past, tune in to get a taste of this year's massive, diverse international roster and check out dbfestival.com for more information. 1. Natasha Kmeto - Channel 1 2. Lusine - Arterial 3. DJAO - Tan Jacket 4. Com Truise - Declination (feat. Joel Ford) 5. Son Lux - Lost It To Trying 6. Nick Monaco - Mating Call 7. Groundislava - Feel The Heat 8. FaltyDL - Heart & Soul 9. Arca - Thievery 10. Baths - Ocean Death 11. Millie & Andrea - Temper Tantrum 12. Martyn - Empty Mind 13. Blue Hawaii - Sierra Lift 14. Manatee Commune - White Smoke (feat. Marina Price) 15. Alice Boman - Be Mine 16. Kid Smpl - Protect

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KEXP Morning Show host John Richards is Vibing Geography. Featuring similar artists from different locations including Lawrence KC, Vancouver BC, Nashville, Seattle, Brooklyn, Duluth MN, Denver, Halifax Nova Scotia, Long Beach, Sweden and England. 1. Your Friend - Bangs 2. Frazey Ford - Done 3. Pony Boy - The Devil in Me 4. Anna Calvi (feat. David Byrne) - Strange Weather 5. You Me & Apollo - Don't Sleep For Free 6. Trampled by Turtles - Are You Behind the Shining Star? 7. Generationals - Black Lemon 8. Honeymilk - Light Entertainment 9. Hamilton Leithauser - Alexandra 10. Cousins - Phone 11. Makthaverskan - Asleep 12. Archie Bronson Outfit - Two Doves on a Lake 13. Tijuana Panthers - Fired 14. Beat Connection - Hesitation

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KEXP's Variety Mix host Sean invites you to space out and get vulnerable with Late Night Lachrymosity, a mix of sumptuous synth pop, cosmic R&B, cassette-smeared techno, sneering indie pop and a song about teenaged vampires. Dig in! You won't get too sad, we promise. 1. Braids - Victoria 2. CFCF - Strange Forms of Life (North Americans Remix) 3. Keel Her - In My Head 4. Cherry Glazerr - Cry Baby 5. Viet Cong - Unconscious Melody 6. Lust for Youth - Illume 7. Maria Minerva - Runaway 8. D. Tiffany - Tranq Moon 9. Throwing Shade - Sweet Tooth 10. Jessy Lanza - You and Me 11. Moiré - Dali House (Featuring Bones) 12. Fennesz - Static Kings 13. Hundred Waters - Out Alee 14. Oneohtrix Point Never - Music for Steamed Rocks 15. The Courtneys - Lost Boys

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Afternoon show host Kevin Cole provides your late summer soundtrack to Camp Bliss with new faves from Twin Peaks, Benjamin Booker, Beach Day, Allah-Las, Deep Sea Diver and more! 1. Twin Peaks - I Found A New Way 2. Alvvays - Adult Diversion 3. The Proper Ornaments - Stereolab 4. Beach Day - All My Friends Were Punks 5. Spider Bags - Back With You Again in the World 6. Makthaverskan - Slowly Sinking 7. Lonesome Shack - More Primitive 8. Benjamin Booker - Wicked Waters 9. Viet Cong - Throw It Away 10. Allah-Las - Had It All 11. Deep Sea Diver - One By One 12. Rubblebucket - Carousel Ride 13. Atmosphere - Flicker

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Bust out those seersuckers one last time and enjoy a mix of local, national and international artists as Midday Show host Cheryl Waters presents KEXP's annual preview of Bumbershoot, Seattle's longest running music and arts festival, this year featuring expansive roots twists from Valerie June, soul-inflected rock from The Afghan Whigs, slacker-pop from Mac Demarco, party hip hop from Danny Brown, dream surf from La Luz, sample heavy electronica from Mexican Institute of Sound and more! 1. Campfire OK - Wishing You the Best 2. Valerie June - Twisted & Twined 3. KINS - Absblurd 4. The Afghan Whigs - Algiers 5. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Body Electric 6. Cataldo - My Heart Is Calling 7. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy 8. The Dismemberment Plan - Invisible 9. Dude York - The Lake 10. Mexican Institute of Sound - Especulando 11. Poliça - Chain My Name 12. Danny Brown - Lonely 13. San Fermin - Crueler Kind 14. La Luz - Morning High 15. Iska Dhaaf - Everybody Knows 16. Cumulus - Hey Love 17. Pickwick - Window Sill

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