Open Water

show 26 is about Giving Thanks — to the stewards of indie rock. (specifically, Wolf Parade, Merchandise, All Them Witches, LIV, His Clancyness, Joyce Manor, Power, Broncho, and a veritable cornucopia of other goodness.) will you ever be full?

show 25 heralds the swanson of A Tribe Called Quest, and transitions seamlessly into some goth-y goodness from Savages, The Chameleons and Protomartyr, and hitches a ride in the Wayback Machine for some Trip Shakespeare and Big Star. now how much would you pay?

show 24 lives in a post-Election haze interrupted by the death of Leonard Cohen. what can be said, when the title of the Joan As Police Woman track says it all?

show 23 has election fever, so — fittingly — it’s a bit manic and not too focused. new cuts from Duchess Says, CC Dust, Soft Kill & Cloud Nothings, plus the return of Earwig, and a PUP take on Phantogram. VOTE!

Happy Halloween from Open Water — a little Concrete Blonde to kick things off, alongside new cuts from The Shins, Pond, The Radio Dept., Futurebirds, The Oh Sees, and so so so so so much more unsafe candy.

show 21 shines brightly with the pleasing strains of the Matt Pond PA and Everyone is Dirty, but finds its angst again with Minihorse, Faux Ferocious, Year of Glad, Lovely Bad Things & Diarrhea Planet. yes, Diarrhea Planet.

show 20 casts the net wide, with new drops of goodness from Midnight Faces, Valley Queen & Crying, yet another from Cass McCombs’ fantastic new record, a Pond headtrip, and a deep cut from Fischer-Z

show 19 starts off on a mellow vibe, with Kate Bush's extended live prologue from her sold-out 2014 UK dates, goes abroad for a little Nena & Francis Cabrel, and brings it all back home with new Pixies, White Night, We Are Wolves and that good ol’ Beach Slang

show 18 is therapeutic, with some cathartic work from Joseph and Cymbals Eat Guitars, new stuff from Shovels & Rope, Phantogram and Beach Slang, and a Morphine drip

show 17 is all about great new cuts from Grandaddy, Beach Slang, Cymbals Eat Guitars and the man Leonard Cohen. plus a Kevin Shields remix of an Undertones classic, and a little something from… Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?