new noise from Ovlov, Mike Krol, Chastity, Slang, Data, Former Member… some vinyl purloined at the finest SoCal wax emporiums, and weather more or less on the 12-and-a-halfs.  it’s a living. Ovlov — Spright  /  Mike Krol — An Ambulance  /  Ty Segall & White Fence — Body Behavior  /  The Jesus and Mary Chain — Surfin USA  /  Wild Pink — Burger Hill  /  […]

summer’s here, and that can only mean one thing — I’m drained from carpooling to camps.  let’s all sing a song for the 5 fwy.  and mean it.  Billy Moon — White Shoes  /  Beach Goons — Hunny Bunnies  /  Bodega — Warhol  /  Wimps — Cave Life  /  Lala Lala — Destroyer  /  Tanukichan — Bitter Medicine  /  Store Front — Rip the Price Off (demo)  /  School […]

it’s hot cuz the AC is out, but while the flesh is weak, the mind soldiers on, as we trip thru a Japanese garden boasting the formidable titans Bodega & Flasher, plus irreverent noise from f**k & Viagra boys, a Portland twofer, and more.  and fear not — the Bees aren’t doomed, they’re just back […]

did you know a group of rhino poachers got eaten by a lion today?  just as fitting is this mix o’ goodness, featuring all-new jangle from some longtimers new on inspiration (The Rock*A*Teens, The Chills, The Essex Green) and some other new stuff to keep summer hot & exciting.  like I like my men.  I […]

sure, I ended it with NIN.  consider yourself spared — coulda just as easily been Death Grips. The Dirty Nil — Bathed in Light  /  Culture Abuse — Rats in the Walls  /  Slumb Party — Silver Pyramid (Sax Version)  /  John Parish — The First Star  /  Hamish Kilgour — Flip Top Suitcase  /  The Clean — Tally Ho!  /  Purling Hiss — Walkin’ With Jesus  /  Wand — […]

Catalan band Mourn take us on in w/ vitriol, before we get all soft n’ cuddly w/ Culture Abuse’s advice for grads.  Protomartyr are back w/ more acid, and we do the generational baton-toss — Aussie style — btw The Go-Betweens & RBCF.  and the only real Darkness is live Darkness. Mourn — Barcelona City Tour  /  […]

Jonathan from Deep Cuts saves the day with the fussy turntable.  (in the immortal words of Julia Sweeney, “if it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.”)  we get back on the proverbial track with newness from Flasher, The Lovebirds, The Sea and Cake, and Vital Idles — and dig back into the heyday for post-Bauhaus […]

2 solid hours of greatness tonight, that takes us from Chicago to the Emerald Isle to Australia to South Korea, and fittingly ends up in the fertile ground of Manchester, England.  there’s some wandering vibes in hour one, and some early post-punk in hour 2.  in-between, we get more from Deeper, Lithics & JJUUJJUU, Rat […]

The Americans is over.  what’s one to do now?  try new angular post-punk from Lithics, Bodega & Fontaines D.C., plus a twofer from  Illuminati Hotties, and some head trips courtesy of JJUUJJUU and Church of sun (thanks, Dave!).  Kim K got to go to the White House, and all I got was this stinking’ administration. […]

The Posies — acoustic session & interview w/ Jon & Ken  /  The Posies — I Am the Cosmos  /  Naked Giants — Slow Dance II  /  La Luz — Floating Features  /  The Buttertones — Winks and Smiles  /  Guided By Voices — Daily Get Ups  /  Melvins — I Want to Hold Your Hand  /  Chromatics — Black Walls  /  Connections — Outro / Purely Physical