How else does he know all the music I like, sometimes even before I do?
Check out the track list for Music That Matters Volume 43:

Cloud Cult - Take Your Medicine
Wax Tailor - We Be
!!! - Must Be the Moon
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Unwanted Things
Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica
Explosions in the Sky [...]

[Update - Peter Bjorn and John will be live on NPR Monday, April 30th - often these shows are available for download after the fact if you miss the live show]
Continuing on the Scandinavian theme (Under Byen) are Peter, Bjorn & John, who’ve recently appeared on both Morning Becomes Eclectic and KEXP’s Live Performance podcast [...]

As I’ve said before, KEXP rocks.
Latest find, courtesy of KEXP’s live performances podcast, which recorded them at SXSW, is a Danish band called Under Byen. They remind me of the Sugarcubes crossed with Sigur Rós - and not just because they sing in Danish, which is as incomprehensible to me as Icelandic, but because they [...]

KEXP has a podcast series called Music That Matters.

You should immediately go download them all, if you haven’t been listening to them already.
The music is all over the map - different episodes have different themes, so there’s quite a range of different styles. Browse the previous episodes page to get a sense of what gets [...]