two hours tonight.  lucky you.  we kick things off with something irreverent & profane (as we’re wont to do), perform a GBV trifecta, and lull you into a nice haze early in hour 2 with some arena-style shoegaze.  this is what love sounds like. Tropical F*** Storm — Can’t Stop (edit)  /  Metro Crowd — Insect Doner  /  The […]

all the best from England, Australia, Slovenia & Brooklyn.  delivered in a dauntingly erudite dialect that sounds vaguely Western Mass. The Fat White Family — Tastes Good With the Money  /  Scientists — I’m Taking It With Me  /  Institute — Deadlock  /  Russian Baths — Parasite  /  Drahla — Pyramid Estate  /  Post Pink — B50 New  /  B Boys — Sound Frequency (Live at Rough Trade NY)  […]

the tourists are coming, the tourists are coming.  lock yourself in the car and behold new Wand, Beak>, Ride and more.  leave the engine running just for a little extra bass. Wand — Thin Air  /  BEAK> — Life Goes On  /  Bars of Gold — Plywood to Pine  /  Ride — Future Love  /  The Telescopes — Celeste  /  The Stroppies — First Hand  /  […]

first 30 = a packed trunk full of high-energy indie jams to scare off the IRS.  second 30 = Lauren Ruth Ward talkin’ & singin’ & hangin’.  and it’s all cuz you showed up. Bars of Gold — Worthless Chorus  /  Shiny Darkly — The Lake Mirrors It All  /  The Psychedelic Furs — Pulse  /  Spiral Stairs — Borderline  /  Nanami […]

hey, I’ve been painting the house.  and there are times when not all of the windows in the room were open.  so that spirit & mindset finds its way into tonight’s proceedings.  won’t be the last time. Priests — Control Freak  /  Patio — Boy Scout  /  W.H. Lung — Bring it Up  /  Control Top — Covert Contracts  /  Uranium Club — Grease Monkey  /  […]

we’ve raised the funds.  now you see what we do with the money.  regrets? Ty Segall — They Told Me Too (live)  /  Nanami Ozone — On the Ground  /  Razorbumps — Teach Me Somethin’ New  /  Vital Idles — Rustle Rustle  / Spiral Stairs — The Fool  /  White Denim — Head Spinning  /  Grim Streaker — Today New York (edit)  /  Nots — Half Painted House  /  Dehd — Lucky  /  Small Feet — Masquerade  /  Her’s — Low Beam  /  Patio — New Reality  /  Steve Adamyk Band — The […]

back from Austin and comin’ in hot.  new Goon, Low Life, Beach Slang and so much more of that crunchy peanut butter you love, and secretly share with the dog. Low Life — Lust Forevermore  /  Nothing — Pattern After Us  /  Goon — Datura  /  Uranium Club — Flashback Arrestor  /  Distractor — Zero Zero Zero (edit)  /  Leggy — Taffy  /  Vital Idles — Seconds  /  Dick Dale — Caterpillar Crawl (live […]

it’s a pre-tape, so that I can go to Austin next week and eat vegan BBQ.  and watch 100 bands.  I start by leaving you with Nothing, which is something I’ve been known to do. Nothing — Heavy Water / I’d Rather Be Sleeping  /  Daughters — Less Sex  /  Shiny Darkly — Time as a Person  /  POZI […]

seems I could dedicate the show to a fallen musician every week.  let’s do this one for Sara Romweber.  new stuff from Go-Betweens frontman Robert Forster, more from Down Under, and some cherished pre-Talk Talk nuggets.  safe to dive. Robert Forster — No Fame  /  Pond — Daisy  /  Spiral Stairs — Hyp-No-Tized  /  Bars of Gold — Sometimes  /  Mike Donovan — Digital […]

it can’t be Nashville every night… we start out with some bumps, but get the train back on the track with a little help from Royal Trux, POZI, Pom Poko and Sleaford Mods.  and it ends, fittingly, with silence.  (miss you most of all, Mark H.) Royal Trux — Year of the Dog  /  Bilge Pump […]