Hangover Sessions

You're locked into BFF.fm, and this one's a big one. Episode three hundred and forty-nine of Hangover Sessions, live from the Oakland barn. Today is billed as the finale, with a question mark, because if 13+ years of doing this has taught me anything, it's never say never.

Today's guest is the magnificent Megan Slankard: San Francisco singer-songwriter, in for four original songs recorded live in the barn.

We're also doing our own twist on desert island discs, built entirely around Megan's favourite albums, some that made her who she is before she ever picked up a guitar!

And there's plenty of chitter chatter to get through, because Megan was in London not long ago recording at Abbey Road Studios. Yes, that Abbey Road. She's got stories.

So get the kettle on, or something stronger if that's more your Sunday morning. This is Hangover Sessions, episode 349, and we're not wasting a second of it.

Episode 348's a big one. Three of my favourite albums get the spotlight this time: Billy Strings' So Much For Goodbyes, Jungle's Sunshine, and LEISURE's Welcome to the Mood. Then we shift into the DJ mix I recently spun at Degrees Plato tap house in Oakland, proper trip hop and downtempo, think Nightmares On Wax, RJD2, Thievery Corporation, Bonobo, Portishead and Massive Attack.

We're also bringing back six live tracks from past guests. Andrés Cervantes' ethereal "The Shine Ain't The Same" off The Crossing, Mani Draper's gracious "Helpless", Di Leo's genuinely meaningful "The Mechanic," John Lester on his six string acoustic bass with "So Many Reasons" (met him after he performed a featured set at the Hotel Utah Saloon), Sean Forth's amped up title track "Only For Today" (true gent, is he), and Mae Powell's brand new (at the time), wondrous "Tangerine," track, off Making Room for the Light.

This is the penultimate show for now. Episode 349 lands September 27th with a very, very, very, very special local Bay Area guest to close things out, in style.

Don't miss that one!

Playlists from today's shows & ways to follow the amazing artists that performed live:

• DJ Webbles' Top Albums of Summer '26 Playlist
• DJ Webbles' Degrees Plato DJ Mix - August 2026

Local artist performances on prior Hangover Sessions (all available via Hangover Sessions' Linktree)

1. https://andres-cervantes.bandcamp.com/
The Shine Ain't The Same from The Crossing

2. https://www.instagram.com/manidraper/
Helpless

3. https://baybeats.sfpl.org/artists/di-leo
The Mechanic

4. www.johnlestermusic.com
So Many Reasons

5. https://www.instagram.com/sean_forth/
Only For Today

6. https://maepowell.bandcamp.com/
Tangerine

Episode 347: Dear Banshee. James Lucas, frontman of the Bay Area alt rock band, joined the show solo to play some of Dear Banshee's songs live, including a brand new track getting its world exclusive debut. Follow the band on Instagram @dearbanshee and check out their music on Bandcamp.

Episode 346 of Hangover Sessions welcomes back Rebecca Mimiaga, aka LOUIZA, for round two in the barn. Last time was a warm-up. This time she's bringing a live set and a fresh desert island list, plus news of her new single "Like the Moon," out now ahead of her upcoming EP Like a Queen.

The EP takes grief and turns it through a prism, with each track catching a different shade of processing loss. "Like the Moon" is the one about wanting to walk away from it all and begin again. Come for the tunes, stay for the barn chat.

Recorded live in DJ Webbles' barn. Follow LOUIZA on Instagram (@rlmimiaga) and/or via louizaband.com.

Hangover Sessions returns Sunday with Episode 345, featuring Ricky Brasco. 

Listen while we dig into their desert island discs; eight tracks that shaped their sound, and bring Audric, Carlos, Drew & Krever into the barn for a handful of live cuts. 

Good vibes throughout, as always!

Tune in worldwide on BFF.fm, 6 to 8 AM Pacific.

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Episode 344 opens with three tracks: new music from Jungle and Leisure, plus a local Bay Area pick. After that, the rest of the show belongs to our guests.

Canterbury Bells are back for their second appearance on the show. The Oakland-based alt-folk and queer indie rock outfit dropped their new album Knight & Day on May 1st. We sit down for a full interview, get through eight desert island tracks, and are joined in the barn by Nika, guest singer on album track Rosa. The band also deliver four gorgeous live originals: North, Rosa, Palace of the Moon, and Weather-vane. Through one of their desert island choices, we also end up talking about atolls. 

Did you know an atoll is essentially the coral tombstone of a sunken volcano? 
The volcano disappears; the reef lives on. Canterbury Bells would probably write a beautiful song about that.

Find them at canterburybellsmusic.bandcamp.com. 

Sunday mornings just got a whole lot more interesting. Episode 343 brings back the wonderfully weird and wildly talented Adrian and Meredith for a full re-introduction, and trust us, they've been busy.

These Nashville Bohemian swing-folk icons are fresh off finishing their new album Sometimes The Sunlight Wins (you heard it here first), and before the ink is even dry, they're packing their bags for a European tour to spread their particular brand of joyful chaos across the continent.

Tune in Sunday, May 24th from 6-8 AM Pacific on BFF.fm for new music, good stories, and the kind of conversation that makes a Sunday morning feel like it was worth waking up for.

Follow along and support their Patreon at www.patreon.com/cw/adrianandmeredith so you don't miss a single thing these two are cooking up.

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Episode 342 kicks off with nine tracks hand-picked by your host to ease you in, ease you out, and generally make whatever time of day it is feel a little more like the right time of day. We're talking Justin Jay, Baba Stiltz, a little Cymande with Celeste, some Laura Marling, a couple of Stones classics, and a few other things your friends probably aren't playing you.

Then: we turn it over to our featured artist. The Big Forgive are an Oakland punk band who believe in quality of life, playing fast, and not wasting your time. Their songs clock in under three minutes, their riffs are loud, their hooks are real, and their lyrics are smarter than they need to be. 

The band also perform several songs live on this show, and every second of it worth your ears ~ incl. a brand new song, coming to the web-waves + beyond very soon.

This is The Hangover Sessions. Happy Listening!

This week on Hangover Sessions, we're joined by Maggie Gently, the San Francisco-based indie/alt-rock artist whose melody-driven, heartfelt sound carries an unmistakable emo accent. Originally from New England, Maggie made her way west for love, and somewhere along the way fell in love with transitions, slowness, and California -- all of which bleeds beautifully into her music.

A former member of The Total Bettys, Maggie has grown into a deeply personal solo voice, writing with emotional honesty about the events of her life and seeing them in new ways. And if you've been around the BFF.fm community for a while, you already know her name.

Tune in for a conversation and a set that'll ease you right into your Sundaze. This is Hangover Sessions on BFF.fm -- your Sunday morning cure, after all!

The 340th Hangover Sessions welcomes Brian Weaver, the driving force behind Bay Beats -- a local music platform run by the SF Public Library that's currently accepting submissions through May 31, 2026. If you're making music, they want to hear it!

Head to BayBeats.SFPLpl.org/Submit to learn more.

Brian joins us to spotlight six local Bay Area artists with albums already featured on the platform, woven throughout a very personal desert island discs selection of his own.

Follow Bay Beats via SF Public Library at @SFPublicLibrary on Instagram -- and here's the full lineup of local acts and album tracks Brian picked for the show:

Anna Hillburg - Holdin' On
The Crooked Jades - Pretty Little Shoes
Tom Heyman - Searching for the Holy Grail
Mayya - Tide Shifts
Body Double - Poisonous Mind
Will Marsh and Joshua Sam Miller - Impermanence (featuring Aminah Chishti)

Happy Listening, folks!