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Hosted By Nick Brunner

Cutting edge bands local, national and worldwide. Whether you’re looking to start your record collection or touch up the fringes, Nick Brunner leads you through two hours of Modern Music Discovery.

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LATEST SHOW | Saturday, May 27, 2023

Skinny Pickins

This week is packed with the latest from Arlo Parcks, Rahill and Indigo De Souza. We take a deep dive into this week's feature called Hardly the Same Snake by Skinny Pelembe. AND not one but TWO nervous breakdowns! This one's for Tina.

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Saturday, May 20, 2023

No Mess

Sacramento's Cleverly Detatched makes its CapRadio debut alongside new Alison Goldfrapp and Yo La Tengo. Deep cuts from Pavement and the Dandy Warhols scratch a 90s itch. Prince, Margo Price, Sault. Bump it loud this weekend!

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Saturday, May 13, 2023

TVZ Day

For no particular reason it's Townes van Zandt Day on the show. New tracks by Yyves Tumor, Pearl and the Oysters, Indigo De Souza and Blondshell. Throwbacks, old favorites and the usual mix of the unusual. Click here for the playlsit.

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Saturday, May 6, 2023

Sub Due Date

A rainy Sacramento Saturday inspired this week's playlist. Low key vibes from Harrison's new album lead the ... what's the laid back equivalent of charge? That. New music from Y La Bamba, a modern classic turn 10 and locals The Ruby Woos too.

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Saturday, April 29, 2023

Putting the Modern Back in Modern Music Discovery

2023's best of the year (so far)! Andrew Garcia fills in for Nick Brunner and (almost) exclusively plays tunes from this year, including new stuff from boygenius, Angel Olsen, 100 gecs, Feist, Yves Tumor, Deerhoof and more!

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Saturday, April 22, 2023

Navigate By Feel

This weekend it's warming up, the Kings are back in S.F. & there's an ocean of music to help tie your Saturday in a lovely little bow. Sharon Jones, De La Soul, Ramones, Eels. Click here for the full playlist!

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Saturday, April 15, 2023

Playoff Playlist

A landslide of locals for you as the Kings take on the Warriors! From the Sac Scene - new songs by Derek Thalken, The Snares and the debut of The Ruby Woos. New cuts from Thee Sacred Souls, Little Dragon, Chai and Caroline Rose. Click here!

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Saturday, April 8, 2023

Sakamoto San

Click in for new tracks by Beck, Baaba Maal, Jenny Lewis and Paramore. Local artists on deck this weekend: Newcomers Sol Caracol & LabRats. Established jams from Janelle Monae, The Cramps & all sorts of more fun! This one's for Ryuichi and Vivian.

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Friday, March 31, 2023

Guest Room

While we celebrate a basketball milestone in Sacramento we'll spin cuts from Th' Losin Streaks, Stereolab, SAULT AND scatter a bunch of tracks from The New Pornographers latest record Continue As A Guest throughout the show. Click in for the playlist

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Saturday, March 25, 2023

Another Sacramento Saturday

New tracks from Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Demon, Hello Mary and Alvvays. Local band Demon Wrangler, plus Easter eggs a plenty (and months early). Also a HUGE THANK YOU for donating to last week's fund drive. You made my week!

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Contemporary rock, local bands, live recordings and artists heard on NPR

Show Archive

  • 2023   
    • May   
      • Skinny Pickins
      • No Mess
      • TVZ Day
      • Sub Due Date
    • April   
      • Putting the Modern Back in Modern Music Discovery
      • Navigate By Feel
      • Playoff Playlist
      • Sakamoto San
    • March   
      • Guest Room
      • Another Sacramento Saturday
      • Cross Out
      • Yamanak-O-Meter
      • Automatic Ottoman
    • February   
      • Damn Good Coffee and HOT!
      • NorCal Dialect
      • Big Time Bowl Saturday!
      • Now in TELE-VISION!
    • January   
      • Like A Sacramento Motorist
      • Light It Up!
      • The New Batch
      • The Phone Number Episode
  • 2022   
    • December   
      • '22 In Review - A Cup of Kindness
      • The Annual, Contractually Obligated Holiday Extravaganza!
      • '22 In Review - Last Min Gifts
      • '22 In Review - Auto Reverse
      • 'Member? / '22 In Review - 'Member?
    • November   
      • ATUMnal
      • No More Hot Dogs
      • The Night
      • No Loafin'
    • October   
      • The Halloween(ish) Extravaganza
      • Head in the Clouds
      • A Bit of Early Spookin'
      • Angry Letters & Missives!
      • Octo!
    • September   
      • This Town Is Alive!
      • Neptunian
      • SacSound Saturday
      • A Giantic Nuclear Furnace
    • August   
      • mtn G.O.A.T.
      • See The Rise
      • Doris
      • Fashionista Forward
    • July   
      • Broad Shoulders
      • Beaba DoBea'DoBea'Doo
      • La Lechuga Nueva
      • Time Waits For No One
      • Automatic Ottoman
    • June   
      • To All the Mothers & the Sisters & the Wives & Friends
      • A Perfect Game
      • Cruise Into Forever
      • Scoot Yer Face Off
    • May   
      • ...and I Bum Around
      • Black + White, Red + Green
      • Watered Down
    • April   
      • C8H10N4O2
      • Give Em The Slip
      • Black + White. Red + Green.
      • SacTown Sound Machine
      • Lords of Local
    • March   
      • The Marvellous Ms. Marnie Stern
      • A Weekend Drive
      • Two Eighty Six
      • Funk Jail
    • February   
      • Playing in the Dark
      • Devil on the Davenport
      • Hoo Boy!
      • A Jaunt Through the Underworld!
    • January   
      • Good Time Grab Bag #1
      • Quinn-tessential
      • Tattooed Pre-Teen
      • (7)5 Years
  • 2021   
    • December   
      • (Even More of Some of) The Best of 2021
      • (Some of) The Best of 2021
      • The One Before the Holiday One
      • Night Sweats
      • Music For Speakers
    • November   
      • Autumnal Whimsy
      • Free Massage With Purchase
      • Fog Bank
      • reMemorize
    • October   
      • The Hey!-o-Ween Special
      • Show of Shows! (with Andrew Garcia)
      • SOUP!
      • Polly Jean Party Hat
      • Weirdos Gotta Stick Together
    • September   
      • Strong Indications
      • Time and Place
      • Mark It With An EX
      • Record Corrector
    • August   
      • Double Plus
      • Vibing
      • Still Living
      • Lords of Local
    • July   
      • The Collected Camilla
      • Love, Real Life and Roller Skates: Camilla Covington Discusses Their New EP
      • POP!
      • The Biz
      • Bicenquinquagenary! (+1)
    • June   
      • Shin-y, Shin-y, Ya
      • Freedom Day
      • Work It
      • Strikes Hard
      • I Am Strikes On Embracing Yourself
    • May   
      • Big, Daddy!
      • DiSKAgraphy!
      • Cartalk, Not *That* Car Talk
      • Flock of Superwolves
      • ...'preciate It
    • April   
      • TwoThirtyNine
      • Time and Place Pt. 2
      • The End of the Show
    • March   
      • Search Engine Optimized!
      • Six-y-Boiiiiii
      • A Year From Now
      • New 'Age
    • February   
      • Show Me Yours
      • Parks It Here
      • ValenTimes
      • SuperBowl LV-246
    • January   
      • Two Twenty Eight
      • Time and Place
      • One For Howard
      • Metal Fingers / Metal Face
      • Forward! To Your Past
  • 2020   
    • December   
      • The Best of It pt. 2
      • The Best of It pt.1
      • Overly Optimistic
      • FunderCats 2020
    • November   
      • Mind Reader
      • Thankin'
      • A Much Needed Check Up
      • From California...
    • October   
      • Heady Americans
      • You & Your Autumn Playlist
      • ...And I Must Scream
      • The Marvelous Ms. Marnie Stern
    • September   
      • Needs More Sault
      • Strength In Numbers
      • Ooooooh... Chalky!
    • August   
      • One Step Beyond
      • Colour Clash
      • Songs for the Scorched Earth
      • Warm, Weird, Woozy
      • An August Episode
    • July   
      • Streak Of Genius
      • Bicentennial, Man!
      • Mello Mordechai
    • June   
      • What's To Come
      • Phoenix Rising
      • Civil
    • May   
      • Socially Distant Saturday - Week 11 - Together
      • In Studio, Round 2
      • STAB!'d by John Ross
      • Not So Small
      • In The Cafe
    • April   
      • Socially Distant Saturday - Hearts of Oak
      • Sacramento, Italy
      • Socially Distant Saturday - Taking Stock(ton)
      • Socially Distant Saturday - Week 3 - The Thick of It
    • March   
      • HL Presents: A Local Artist Showcase
      • Sensing A Theme Here
      • Say The Magic Word
    • February   
      • A Flying Leap
      • Ye Gods!
      • Shauf'er
      • GONK!
      • Okay, Kaya … Kaya, Okay
    • January   
      • Morales, Mortal Man
      • Beliefable
      • Plague Sweats
      • The Year Ender
  • 2019   
    • December   
      • 25 Year Trail
      • Bush League
      • Enormous
      • Form and Fund Drive
    • November   
      • 2019-11-30 - HL169 - (REB HL125) Hunted
      • Hyperspace!
      • Greatest Grandpa
      • One Sixty Six
      • Autumn Leaves
    • October   
      • The Not So Halloween Show
      • Let's Get At Er
      • A New One
      • Long Song Singalong
    • September   
      • Support System
      • Golden Country Western Sing Em Ups
      • Living Life
      • Irvin Outfitter
    • August   
      • Moody Motorscooter
      • STRQ x Camilla In-Studio
      • Stay Silver...
      • One Fifty Two
    • July   
      • Fun... Incorporated!
      • Die Trying
      • The Lonliest Gigalo
      • Julius
    • June   
      • Hot Stuff Vol. 4
      • Hot Stuff Vol. 3
      • Hot Stuff Vol 2
      • Hot Stuff Vol. 1
    • May   
      • Balm
      • One Four Oh
      • Bring on the Budos
    • April   
      • OVER THE LINE!
      • The 420 Episode
      • This is POOR
      • Mighty Member Public Radio
    • March   
      • The Devil, You Say??
      • Like a House on Water
    • February   
      • Save Your Confections
      • Flyin, Flyin, Flyin
      • Guh-LIP-uh-Lee
      • Gillespie Gets Busy
    • January   
      • Hunted
      • Tuber Tosser
      • Lodged
      • One Twenty Two
  • 2018   
    • December   
      • A New One
      • Hey, Listen! on Holidays
      • The X in Christmas
      • Easy Listening Headbangers
      • Bone-uh FEE-days
    • November   
      • It's Glandular
      • Paper, Money
      • More Like YESvember...am I...amiright?
    • October   
      • Hallows
      • Look At The Rabbits
      • Long Song Singalong
      • Hey, Listener! Support It!
    • September   
      • Gallo's Humor
      • Son of Red EX!
      • In The Name of Fun!
      • Bob and Sheila
      • New Digs
    • August   
      • A Compilation Companion
      • What Remains In Light
      • The Travels of Topograf
      • Topografic Content
      • Centurian
    • July   
      • This is POOR
      • RICH Rewards
      • Sans Titre
      • In Summary, Let's Get Summer-y
      • Heated
    • June   
      • ¡Oye! Escucha!
      • High Country
      • Post-Party Progression
      • Evil Seagull
      • One Bad Bird
      • Really Though, You Can Tell Me
    • May   
      • Heavy Rotation
      • Easy Listeneing Headbangers
      • Morales: Mortal Man
      • ...is #1
    • April   
      • So So So SO So Much
      • Listening In Cursive
      • Frances HEY!
      • Big List, Tiny Desk
      • Post-Throat Rock
    • March   
      • In-Studio A Go-Go!
      • Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
      • So This Is Fund Drive
      • High Country
      • Huh. Forgot to Title This One
    • February   
      • ...And I Must Scream
      • Behold! A Screature Comes...
      • Golden Country Western Prairie Sing Em Ups
      • Ready, Aim, Fire Keith!
    • January   
      • BruTang!
      • Consarnit!
      • Heart Attack-ak-ak-ak-ak-ak-ak-ak
      • Años
  • 2017   
    • December   
      • Big Ol Jams
      • Yes We Kondabolu
      • Paralyzed by Hope
    • November   
      • High Country
      • You Know, Like Those Horrible Cookies
      • Just Like HEAVN
    • October   
      • So The Bartender Says to the Horse...
      • Dry Clean Exorcism
      • Heartbreaker
    • September   
      • The Beatles in Beirut
      • Existential Rigor!
      • Mr. Braindead
      • Hey, Listener Supported!
    • August   
      • Better Red Than Dead
      • Get Fiftyyyyyyy
      • The One Within
      • Bru Are You?
    • July   
      • Magic Michael Johnson
      • So So So So So Much
      • The Creationist
      • The "Whitman's Sampler" Episode - 2007-2017
      • In-Studio A Go-Go!
    • June   
      • Heated
      • Weekend At Mort's
      • Lordy, Lordy
      • No Vowels Required
      • Of Course We CAN
    • May   
      • Like Coffee & Cherry Pie
      • Peak Volume
      • Upsides & Downs
      • Gorillaz in High Castlez
      • Pro-Crastination!
    • April   
      • Deep Deep Deep State
      • Honored Honoree
      • Cobain Cowboy
      • Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
      • 29 Golden Fund Drive Greats
    • March   
      • SPOON!
      • Magnitude
      • A Woman's Place
      • Ye Gods...
    • February   
      • Jeans Genies
      • Heroes
      • ...is In Pursuit
      • Golden Country Western Prairie Sing Em Ups
    • January   
      • Hot Newness
      • Electrical Resistance
      • Take A Chance on James
      • On A Leash
  • 2016   
    • December   
      • On 2016
      • On Holidays
      • Just Relax!
      • Get On Up!
      • Our Own Spanish Soap Opera
    • November   
      • Hail to the King Woman
      • Home (for Sharon Jones)
      • Hail, Hail!
      • Get Bigger
      • Hey, HEY!!
    • October   
      • A Case To Be Made
      • Hallows
      • Morrissey Ate All The Podcast
      • Destroy Boys On Insight
      • Kiefer's Catharsis & Hood's Happiness
      • ...is In Pursuit
      • A Compilation Companion
    • September   
      • ...is Worth It
      • Tom Brosseau Live on Insight
      • The Guest List - Robert Barry's Talking Head
      • ...is #1

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