Between (like)new Radiohead and all the local artists performing this weekend at Red EX: VOL4 - it's practically Christmas, Your Birthday and The Moon Landing! New music from DEFEM, Tre Burt and a conversation with Shana from La Luz! Click in!
It's (almost) our 250th episode! Back from vacation, Nick's rested and ready to spin new music by Modest Mouse, Courtney Barnett and Sacramento's Basi Vibe. Plus hear tracks to melt with from TOBACCO, The Specials and Little Simz. Click in!
The Shins' debut turns 20 years old, Nick re-acclimates to society and a ton a new music too! Man on Man, Japanese Breakfast, The Tragically Hip, Destroy Boys and good times all lie within!
A playlist celebrating the work of Black Americans across rock, R&B, hip hop, soul and more. Local artists Camilla Covington, A Tribe Quartet, Nate Curry & Tre Burt plus The Coup, Toro Y Moi, Sunny War, and Saul Williams. Click in.
Andrew Garcia is in for Nick and brings us a playlist about workin'... for the weekend. Hey, Listen! standards like St. Vincent and Parquet Courts alongside classics by Dolly, Steely and Jonathan Coulton. Click in!
Local artists are all up and down the shop this weekend with new tracks by So Much Light and King Woman. We talk with NorCal artist I Am Strikes about songwriting, playing live and owning your image. The Cramps! The Clash! Come get this playlist!
Modern Music Director Nick Brunner spoke with I Am Strikes (aka Kelly Rosenthal) to talk about her musical inclinations as a child learning songs on a one-string ukulele, and why being yourself as an artist and a person is so important.
Caked with Sultry 70s Sleaze and a lot of fun - our featured release this weekend is Daddy's Home by St. Vincent. A packed-the-the-gills playlist this week with new Czarface x MF DOOM, Spud Cannon and locals like Best Move, Julian Never and more!
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Meet Chuck Moore, the voice behind the music of Cartalk. Lots of tracks from their debut this week. Nick talks with them about music, Mid American accents & playing live again. New music from Islands, Rosie Tucker and Madi Sipes on the playlist too!
Basking in the glow the warm, wonderful and relatively recent! Click in for lots of cuts from our two featured releases by Flock of Dimes and the second collaboration between Matt Sweeny & Bonnie "Prince" Billy. ALL THE GOOD STUFF lies within.
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