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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, January 28, 2023

Like A Sacramento Motorist

Pulling out all the stops this weekend with music by Arlo Parks, U.S. Girls, White Lung & The Go! Team. Locals Farrow & the Peach Leaves, Foxtails Brigade & Coco Leilani. Plus more voicemail requests from Hey, Listener!s. Click in for the playlist!

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Saturday, November 19, 2022

No More Hot Dogs

New music from Genesis Owusu & Lee Fields kick off this week. Run the Jewels go south of the Border. !!! comes to town. New Frankie Cosmos & Dry Cleaning! All this and DIRE THREATS RE: YOUR HOT DOG CONSUMPTION! Click-a right here for the playlist.

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Saturday, November 12, 2022

The Night

New music from Julia Jacklin, Sorry & Archers of Loaf. Pearl & the Oysters are coming to town, so is Tycho (twice!). The Zombies, Sudan Archives, Cheekface round out the show. The full playlist is a click away. This one's for Kevin and for Mimi.

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Saturday, November 5, 2022

No Loafin'

Back in the driver's seat, Nick Brunner spins new cuts by Son Little, Field Medic, Lee Fields & this weekend's featured release from Archers of Loaf. Lots of local too with new tracks by Sol Caracol and hotplug. This one's for D.H.

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Saturday, October 29, 2022

The Halloween(ish) Extravaganza

A Halloween Show almost entirely in name only, a few scary tracks from Soccer Mommy, Yasiin Bey, and The Yeah Yeah Yeah mixed in with music that is only scary because of how frighteningly good it is! Andrew Garcia fills in for Nick Brunner this week!

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Friday, October 21, 2022

Head in the Clouds

What's that in the sky? It's a bird, it's a plane, no it's the Sky themed episode of Hey, Listen! Featuring Andrew Garcia in for Nick Brunner and musical artists including Vampire Weekend, Nick Drake, Ben Gibbard, Young Fathers, and Kate Bush!

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Saturday, October 15, 2022

A Bit of Early Spookin'

It's the Halloween Show... SORTA! An impatient Nick Brunner is gonna usher in the fall weather if it kills him this week with moody tracks from Nick Cave, Chromatics, Bauhaus and Caregiver. Plus a handful of new songs from Afghan Whigs. ... BOO!

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Saturday, October 8, 2022

Angry Letters & Missives!

New tracks from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Alvvays, Santigold and OFF! Let's weave in some Spoon, Bowie and Cat Power! Locals Fashionista Boyfriend, Dibia$E and Camilla Covington! This one's for Terp! Click in for the playlist...

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Saturday, October 1, 2022

Octo!

New music from LCD Soundsystem helps usher in the month. The Flaming Lips announced a reissue packed with 50 unheard tracks. New songs by Julia Jacklin, Sudan Archives and a big dose of local artsts like Vasas, hotplug and 7 Seconds too.

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Saturday, September 24, 2022

This Town Is Alive!

There are SO many live shows in town at the same time. Hear a bit of each to help you decide what to see. Plus, new music from Sampa the Great, Gogol Bordello, Beth Orton and Santigold alongside favorites from The Flaming Lips & Madness. Click here!

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Saturday, September 17, 2022

Neptunian

Son Little takes us somewhere Like Neptune. Sudan Archives takes us to prom a few months early. Cults, Sofi Tukker and Cass McCombs too. Local acts Blackburn and Citizen Snips rep Sacramento this week + a bunch of surprises too. Click here!

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  • 2023   
    • 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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