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Listener-supported, Seattle-based radio station KEXP-- where, as it turns out, "the music matters"-- is holding its proverbial rumpled paper cup toward you, ready for your donations.

But the handout is for a good cause (freeform independent radio), and to the donor go some fine spoils. The third volume of the Live at KEXP compilation series features seventeen top-shelf artists from across the musical spectrum, recorded live in the KEXP studio. It's got everybody from Adult Alternative faves like the Shins and Peter Bjorn and John to edgier fare like Grizzly Bear, Hot Chip and Beirut to, um, the English Beat.

The collection is available right now to those who donate $100 or more to the station, though it'll become more reasonable (but far less beneficial to your karma) come August when it makes its way to stores.

And, if you're feeling particularly philanthropic, 365 smackers will earn you both the CD and a dual-vinyl copy with two bonus cuts: Thee Emergency's "Iceage Cobra Rules" and Anathallo's "A Great Wind, More Ash".

Live at KEXP 3:

01 The Long Winters - "Pushover"
02 The Shins - "Australia"
03 Frank Black - "(Do What You Want) Gyaneshwar"
04 Ghostland Observatory - "Move With Your Lover"
05 Lady Sovereign - "Public Warning"
06 The English Beat - "Hands off She's Mine"
07 Grizzly Bear - "Knife"
08 Cloud Cult - "Mr Tambourine Man"
09 Beirut - "Elephant Gun"
10 Under Byen - "Den Her Sang Handler Om At Få Det Bedste Ud Af Det"
11 The Black Angels - "The Prodigal Sun"
12 The Gossip - "Yr Mangled Heart"
13 The Shackletons - "Your Movement"
14 Peter Bjorn and John - "Young Folks"
15 Hot Chip - "And I Was a Boy From School"
16 Fujiya and Miyagi - "Collarbone"
17 Billy Bragg - "Waiting for the Great Leap Forward"

Vinyl bonus tracks:

Thee Emergency - "Iceage Cobra Rules"
Anathallo - "A Great Wind, More Ash"