Yamanak-O-Meter!This originally aired in March but would you know that if I hadn't just pointed it out... maybe all the references to Family Ties? Who's to say? Gorillaz, Little Simz, Portugal. The Man! & the machine that REALLY picks all this music. Click in!Listen To Full Show/Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Overly OptimisticRadiohead's Kid A turned 20 this year. This week we ... celebrate? Maybe not the adjective for a record of gloomy landscapes dotted by digital bits but it did mark a significant new direction for the band. Plus Sa-Roc, Sault, Kinks & more. Click in! Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
FunderCats 2020T H E M E S H O WWWWWWW! Songs for and about pets this week as Hey, Listener!s from all over donate to the fund drive! Help make more Modern Music Discoveries for your friends, neighbors and total strangers in 2021 by donating. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Mind ReaderSweater weather calls for cozy cuts and that's what you'll hear starting with new EELS, Lianne La Havas, Cake and more modern music discovery! Click in for the list... Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Thankin'Listener letters and the latest Low Cut Connie, Sa-Roc and Zero 7... maybe one or two seasonal offerings from the Bob's Burger's Cast while we're at it. Click in for the list! Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
A Much Needed Check UpThe long overdue CapRadio debut of Nate Curry. His new release is is a concise 9 tracks of stellar vocal work, production and poetry. The Pharcyde celebrates 25 years of Labcabincalifornia... Orville Peck, Ariel Pink, Lillian Frances - CLICK IN! Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
From California...A new release with new takes on old (and not so old) favorites is our featured record this weekend. Strap in for the inimitable Sharron Jones and the Dap Kings & the latest by Open Mike Eagle, beabadoobee, The Mountain Goats & Sylvan Esso. Click in! Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Heady AmericansNew music to combat the encroaching darkness! Sylvan Esso, Rituals of Mine and Cass McCombs teams up with Angel Olsen, The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Noam Chomsky? AND our featured release The Flaming Lips' new full length, American Head. Click in! Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
You & Your Autumn PlaylistNew music from Bully (aka Alicia Bognanno)! The slow creep of time comes for Chavez! A former Sacamentin moves to the indie big leagues and a atone of music for the cooling weather. Click in for all of it! Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
...And I Must ScreamAllergies leave your host subdued this week but that gives us more time for new music by Slow Pulp, SAULT and Sharon Van Etten. A few from the stellar new EP by Camina and RTJ FINALLY gets to perform it's 4th record live. Click in for the playlist! Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Marvelous Ms. Marnie SternNew cuts from Rituals of Mine, a country classic cover and a conversation with guitar phenom Marnie Stern (Kill Rock Stars, Late Night With Seth Meyers). while she lives in Manhattan has an undying love of Sacramento pizza. Click in for the playlist! Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.