It's another album release party on West of Twin Peaks Radio, as The Reds, Pinks and Purples drop a new LP "Uncommon Weather." The man behind the project, Glenn Donaldson, is live to dive deep into the record, and chat about his creative spurt during the pandemic and how music advanced technologically during the pandemic. PLUS SF musician and adventurer Mark Joseph calls in to talk about his Pacific Crest Trail hike/fundraiser for the SF Venue Coalition. AND a full hour of brand new music.

On this episode, dreamy/psychy bi-coastal duo La Palma (SF and DC) releases their new album "Moonflower," and join me as guest artists to dive deep into the LP and talk about how they make such great music together despite never physically being together. Plus tons of fresh new tunes from the Bay and beyond.

On this episode, Oakland post-punk indie band Fake Fruit joins MJ as Guest Artists to chat about their self-titled debut LP and dive deep into the music. AND Santa Cruz's Henry Chadwick calls in to talk about his upcoming album and introduces the LP's first pre-release single, "Tomorrow is Today." PLUS tons of fresh music from the Bay and beyond!

It's an Americana/folk leaning episode of West of Twin Peaks Radio - as guest artist Kelly McFarling joins us from her home in West Marin to celebrate the release of her new LP "Deep the Habit," a project that echoes at times JJ Cale, Dire Straits and The Grateful Dead. PLUS tons of fresh new tunes from the Bay and beyond.

On this episode, San Francisco's Cool Ghouls, a band at the center of the city's garage rock scene for a decade, are live for a chat and deep dive preview into their new LP "At George's Zoo." Plus, The Well Known Strangers release a new EP "King Tide" and powerhouse vocalist Amber Morris checks in for a chat about the EP. PLUS tons of new music from the Bay and beyond.

Berkeley's Isaiah Mostafa is the guest artist on this episode - joining MJ live to talk about his 37 week project writing and producing a fully-realized song-a-week, diving deep into the project and chatting about the sonic diary he's created. PLUS a TON of brand new music from the Bay and beyond.

On this episode, we continue our exploration of local low-fi indie pop with San Francisco's Mister Baby, aka Kati Mashikian, who plays a LIVE set off her project "Sidewalk Pop" and talks about the charm, intimacy and authentic nature of so-called DIY music. PLUS Fred Barnes, manager of the SF venue The Chapel, calls in to talk about the LIVE Kelley Stoltz show next week and what that will look like. AND tons of brand new tunes from the Bay and beyond.

On this episode, meet the man behind the low-fi indie janglepop project The Umbrella Puzzles. Ryan Marquez was doing music from his house LONG before bedrooms pop became a "thing." We chat about all sorts of stuff, hear an acoustic song off AND some other tracks off his new LP "A Slowly Dawning Realization." PLUS of course a tons of brand new music from the Bay and beyond.

On this episode Santa Cruz cosmic street gospel band Wolf Jett joins me as guest artist. Not only did the pandemic derail their debut LP last spring....this past fall the devastating CZU Complex wildfire left their built-by-hand recording studio, as well as a band member's home, in ashes. We chat about the band's trial by fire, and do a deep dive into their prescient LP. PLUS a full first hour of brand new tunes, and a roundup of new local tracks released recently.

On this episode, SF garage psych rocker Kelley Stoltz joins me live to dive deep into his newest LP "Ah! (etc)" and talk about how his upcoming gig at The Chapel will experiment with how to do a safe, LIVE show in COVID times, and about all sorts of other stuff including his love/hate relationship with Spotify. PLUS tons of new tracks from the Bay and beyond. This show rocks!