Experimental, Post-Punk, Noise, Drone & Beauty.
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SOME of the best Expunkimental music of 2024. PLAYLIST: ARTISTSONGALBUMYEARLabelYellow SwansSide BOut of Practice II2024Collective JyrkBill HoristThe Acrobats of KatabasisSubstratum2024Right Brain RecordsLisa KohlIce Cream Truck, Tornado SirenNormal Sounds2024Moon GylphKim GordonShelf WarmerThe Collective2024MatadorTashi WadaUnder the Earth (feat. …
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once upon an eternity. PLAYLIST: ArtistSongReleaseReleasedLabelBarbara De DominicisHands (feat. Marco Bonini, Giulio Maschio & Erica Scherl)Body Maps2022FolderolMoonilenaFörlåtMinnet2024MolotonAutechreAll Tomorrow’s LinoleumAll Tomorrow’s Parties 1.02001ATPAaron Tyler Osborne & Shante ClairExcerpt from EternitiesTransmutation2024Personal ArchivesMe…
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what we learned from ’80s rock radio, done WTC style. will air on Freeform Portland when you least expect it. we don’t know either. Playlist:توسط Ricardo Wang
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in the grand tradition of mainstream radio WTC presents for Freeform Portland a program of two-fer-one songs! PLAYLIST: ArtistSongReleaseReleasedLabelUFOReasons LoveNo Heavy Petting (Deluxe Edition)2023Chrysalis Records LimitedUFOLookin’ Out for No. 1Obsession (Bonus Track Version)2008Chrysalis RecordsBauhausShe’s In PartiesBurning from the Inside1…
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stuffing vs. thanks PLAYLIST: ArtistSongAlbum Year Dylan Nyokis Part 1 Peasant Swill 2024Chocolate Monk Anthony Brown & group therAPy Arty-Fact Shake The Foundations: Militant Funk & The Post-Punk Dancefloor 1978-19842021Cherry Red Records Alice Shields The Transformation Of Ani Pioneers Of Electronic Music 2006New World Records Audrey Lauro In a l…
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anxiety circuit. november drain. PLAYLIST: ArtistSongReleaseReleasedLabelBody MettaGoodbyePrayer in Dub2024Hansu Mountain RecordsCocteau TwinsWhen Mama Was MothHead Over Heels19834ADBill HoristUrschleim HecklersSubstratum2024Right Brain RecordsTom DjllSpit TipsWe Geminis don’t believe in astrology2024Self ReleasedSenyawaSisaAcaraki2014dualpLOVERAnt…
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must be the season of the witch. PLAYLIST: ArtistSongReleaseReleasedLabelBob Bucko, Jr.Vampire in the Hall of MirrorsWhat If My Water2024Personal ArchivesAlien Sex FiendI’m Her FrankensteinWho’s Been Sleeping In My Brain1989AnagramUnwoundLook a GhostLeaves Turn Inside You2013Numero GroupVolcanic PinnaclesPhantom ShipVolcanic Pinnacles – EP2014Volca…
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Homecoming. PLAYLIST: ArtistSongReleaseReleasedLabelUnwoundOctober All OverLeaves Turn Inside You2013Numero GroupThe Body & Dis FigOrchards of a Futile HeavenOrchards of a Futile Heaven2024Thrill JockeyJP JenkinsMt. PleasantOregone V/A2006OregoneThurston MooreHypnogramFlow Critical Lucidity2024Daydream LibraryMelt-BananaBack to the WombScratch or S…
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a special mix for Freeform Portland to air when needed. PLAYLIST: JandekNo One AroundSeattle Friday2011Corwood IndustriesEnsemble for New Music Tallinn, Arash Yazdani & Talvi HuntInstruction Manual of How to Learn Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in 5 Minutes (2019) for four OtamatonesArash Yazdani: Propagation of Uncertainty2023KAIROSYellow Magic O…
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the autumn moon lights my way. PLAYLIST: ArtistSongReleaseReleasedLabel I.S. MathurShadows of the Show (feat. I.S. Mathur)The NID Tapes: Electronic Music from India 1969-19722023The state51 ConspiracyShirley Collins & Davy GrahamNottamum TownLes Cousins The Soundtrack of Soho’s Legendary Folk & Blues Club2024Cherry RedBoards of CanadaReach For The …
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and now we go underwater. PLAYLIST: Chandra ShuklaMeghawati Akash2024Ash International Kim GordonThe BelieversThe Collective2024Matador Jean-Michel JarreZero GravityElectronica 1: The Time Machine2014Ultra Records, LLC Lemon DemonTouch-Tone TelephoneSpirit Phone2016Lemon Demon Angel-11 PhantasmNachtlicht2017Self Released DIMISHAThe Citadel of the P…
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Posthumous Wally Shoup brilliance, new Bill Horist, new RLLRBLL, classic This Heat and so much more expunkimental music for Freeform Portland! PLAYLIST: Wally ShoupRe-Viewing Influences2X4tet2024Right Brain RecordsKo Shin MoonGasba78 Fragments2019Total TotemBill HoristAgents of the Lazarus TaxaSUBSTRATUM2024Right Brain RecordsRLLRBLLGolden SmokeGil…
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Psyching out from inner space. New RLLRBLL, New Bob Bucko Jr., New Tape Hiss, and a whole lot MORE! PLAYLIST: ArtistSongReleaseReleasedLabelRavi ShankarDhun Kafi (Spring Season)Into the Sixties Towards a Cosmic Music2024Cherry RedDr. Strangely StrangeRoy RogersLes Cousins2024Cherry RedRLLRBLLIrish NodIrish Nod – Single2024NillacatDaphne OramUrsa Ma…
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The great DJ Victrola needed a last minute substitute for Guitar Shop Radio on Freeform Portland and Team What’s This Called? jumped up to help! PLAYLIST: ArtistSongReleaseLabelThurston MooreThe Great TranslatorLuminous Mind (Four for Naropa)Ecstatic PeaceWilcoRadio Cure (2022 Remaster)Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2022 Remaster)NonesuchPSANCKClouds HouseP…
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13 #ExpunkimentalMusic Leopards to Nektar PLAYLIST: Leopards Ghost Cracked GlassLeopards2002Kill Pop TartsTim BuckleyI Never Asked to Be Your MountainGoodbye and Hello1967Rhino/ElektraBrandee YoungerSoul AwakeningSoul Awakening2019Brandee Younger Sun City GirlsFuneral MariachiFuneral Mariachi2012AbductionExpo 70Journey to the SunSonic Messenger2009…
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DJ Victrola is out and graciously asked Ricardo Wang to fill in for Guitar Shop Radio on Freeform Portland! Heaviness ensued. Slaylist: “All The World’s A Lounge” by Dandelion Adventure on John Peel Session – released by 1990 in Pumf Records & Tapes “Notre Dame (Mothership) – Edit” by Guru Freakout on Space Rock: an Interstellar Traveler’s Guide – …
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Season of the Shark… PLAYLIST: “عالم تاني Other World” by Maya Al Khaldi on Other World عالم تاني – released by Tawleef in 2022-03-16 “Redundance 5” by Porter Ricks on Porter Ricks – released by Mille Plateaux in 2021-09-24 “Global Warning” by Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O on TRUE STORY – released by New Soil in 2024-06-14 “Season of the Shark” by Yo La Te…
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Calm descends into chaos. PLAYLIST: “Lazy Calm” by Cocteau Twins on Victorialand – released by 4AD in 1986-04-14 “monsoon (edit)” by William Hooker, Roger Miller, Lee Ranaldo on monsoon – released by Atavistic in 2002 “Under God” by Clang Quartet on The Separation Of Church & Hate – released by Silber Records in 2003 “Unexpected Lodestar” by Time R…
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Asa, Lennon, and Ricardo all chime in with a plea to help support Freeform Porltand! If you are able, please consider becoming a Friend of Freeform. PLAYLIST: “The House of Eternal Being” by Sun Ra & His Arkestra on Live at Montreux – released by Inner City Records in 1976 “Metal Fingers in My Body” by Add N To (X) on Avant Hard – released by Mute …
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Lennon takes the lead on this extra show for Freeform Portland! PLAYLIST: Stray “All In Your Mind” [Stray (Expanded Edition)] Xiu Xiu “Hives Hives” [Knife Play] Chrome “Zero Time” [Half Machine Lip Moves / Alien Soundtracks] Aphex Twin “Xtal” [Selected Ambient Works 85-92] Shirley Kent “Butterfly On The Shore” [Sumer Is Icumen In: The Pagan Sound O…
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emergent radio for Freeform Portland. PLAYLIST: Eric Hausmann “Prowl” [Invisible Films] Hakarl “Nieomowienym (Damping Wells – Slack City Radio)” [radio business] Vivian Girls (Amy Denio,, Martin Hayes) “Big Dance” [Pat Graney Dance Company] Kevin Ayers “Eleanor’s Cake (Which Ate Her) – 2003 Remaster” [Joy Of A Toy] Naima “Chocolate Pixie ” [Clariti…
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The last flowers of May are blooming. PLAYLIST: Explosions In The Sky “It’s Never Going To Stop” [End] Whistling Jack Smith “I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman” [Instrumental Classics] Forrest Friends “untitled (excerpt)” [untitled] Tom Jones “Chills And Fever” [The Best Of … Tom Jones] Big Black “Bad Houses” [Atomizer] Sonic Youth “I’m Insane” [Bad Moon R…
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Step out in the sunshine for the swinging sounds of expunkimental music on Freeform Portland! PLAYLIST: Ken Woodman & His Piccadilly Brass “Town Talk” [You Can Walk Across It On The Grass: The Boutique Sounds Of Swinging London] Domenica Diovaleria “Friendship Chain” [Orange Clearing] The London Studio Group “Viva La Tamla Motown” [You Can Walk Acr…
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Ricardo Wang sits in as guest host for Guitar Shop Radio on Freeform Portland Saturday May the Fourth from 4-6 PM Pacific Standard Time. Space rock ensues. PLAYLIST: John Trubee and the Ugly Janitors of America “Space Time Continuum” [My Hope Is a Broken Dog Fading Beneath the Evening Tide] Sonic Youth “Silver Rocket (Album Version)” [Daydream Nati…
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16 year old Lennon tag teams with your host for two of the free-est hours of freeform music! PLAYLIST: Sex Funeral “Apple of My Third Eye” [Brokedown Palace Zones] The Sonics “You Got Your Head On Backwards” [Introducing The Sonics] Helium “Skeleton” [The Dirt of Luck] Somesurprises “Perseids” [Perseids] Béla Bartók “An Evening in the Village – Arr…
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DJ Victrola is off on a field trip for the Holiday, so she called in Ricardo Wang to fly the 420 Guitar Flag for this week’s Guitar Shop Radio program. Saturday, 4-6 PM PDT on Freeform Portland! Shop as normal, and avoid panic buying. PLAYLIST: Bob Dylan “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” [Blonde On Blonde] Butthole Surfers “Sweat Loaf” [Locust Abortion Te…
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the vibration of infinitesimal breaths. PLAYLIST: Amenra “Song to the Siren” [Skunk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)] Eyeless in Gaza “Antipathy Whisper” [Summer Salt & Subway Sun] Windsor for the Derby “exposito,” [Windsor for the Derby] Violet “HARD” [HEART/BREAK HARD/CORE] Mouse On Mars “Pinwheel Herman” [Niun Niggung] Sangwon Lee “Torturing…
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An extra show for Freeform Portland that will air when there is an opening that needs coverage. PLAYLIST: Viv Corringham “June (Havens Beach, NY)” [Soundwalkscapes] The Sun Also Rises “Death” [The Sun Also Rises] SLIFT “Confluence” [ILION] Kim Hiorthey “The Woods” [Dogs] Kim Krans “Dead Stars” [MIRRORMIRROR] Comus “The Bite” [First Utterance] Cayos…
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Spring sprung. PLAYLIST: BRYZ “Purple Spring” [Purple Spring] Scott Walker “Come Next Spring” [Scott 2] Al Wootton “Callers Spring” [Forest Trilogy] Gil Evans “The Pan Piper” [Sketches of Spain] Tara Clerkin Trio “In Spring” [In Spring] Sonic Youth “Making the Nature Scene” [Confusion Is Sex (Plus Kill Yr. Idols)] Omer “Spring” [Spring] David Åhlén…
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From the newest Mythological Horses to the oldest from Matmos and relics from Bugskull and Blowhole and Year of the Lips… …and More. Always More. PLAYLIST: Mythological Horses “Sky King” [Sky King] Year of the Lips “Unlucky Coin” [Year of the Lips] Splitter Orchestra “Diagram 1” [Shine On You Crazy Diagram] Domenica Diovaleria “a fen insignia” [a f…
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An “evergreen show” for Freeform Portland that may air at any time as needed, but YOU can listen RIGHT NOW: PLAYLIST: Sun Ra “Blithe Spirit Dance” [God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (Remastered)] Driftmachine “Dogov Godov” [Colliding Contours] Najma Akhtar “Ghoom Charakhana – Talvin Singh ‘Future Sound Of India’ mix” [It’s A Triple Earth] Paul McCa…
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The hot coals of selection. PLAYLIST: Soft Machine “Other Doors” [Other Doors] Neil Young & Crazy Horse “Slip Away ” [Broken Arrow] Yirinda “Galangoor Baya (Welcome)” [Yirinda] The Orb “Tin Kan” [Okie Dokie It’s The Orb On Kompakt] Sonic Youth “Making the Nature Scene” [Confusion Is Sex (Plus Kill Yr. Idols)] Orbit Service “A Calm Note” [A Calm Not…
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Bullet train to tranquility. PLAYLIST: Yoko Ono, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore “Running The Risk” [YOKOKIMTHURSTON] Sonic Youth “Expressway to Yr. Skull” [Walls Have Ears] Sun City Girls “Spook” [Mister Lonely – Music from a Film by Harmony Korine] Okapi “The Ferryman” [Carousel, Pt. II] Leo Okagawa “cleanup of fallen leaves” [just another day] Johnny…
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Sounds of illumination. PLAYLIST: Slowfoam “Soft Montage of Hypotactic Logic” [Worlding With Earth] Sun Ra & His Arkestra “Lights on a Satellite” [Live at Montreux] Ruins “Infect” [Symphonica] Dominique “Aquarium” [European Primitive Guitar (1974-1987)] Nihiloxica “Source of Denial” [Source of Denial] The Need “Mona Tinsley” [The Need Is Dead] GUHT…
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Asa joins Ricardo on a mission to unleash the Epicness. To air on Freeform Portland when you least expect it… PLAYLIST: Toby Fox “Battle Against a True Hero” [Undertale Soundtrack] DJ Shadow “The Mountain Will Fall” [The Mountain Will Fall] Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “From Her to Eternity” [From Her to Eternity (2009 – Remaster)] Toby Fox “Hopes and…
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Lets melt together. PLAYLIST: Les Phones “La Dance des Fourmis excerpt and Megalithe” [Orbitones Spoon Harps & Bellowphones, Experimental Musical Instruments] Kingsuk Biswas “Currents” [The Center of the World] David Kauffman “One More Day (You’ll Fly Again)” [Songs from Suicide Bridge] Soft Machine “Kayoo” [Further Perspectives & Distortion: An En…
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An orbital transmission that will pass through Freeform Portland as needed but in the meantime can help make you cozier in defense of the Arctic front. COZY PLAYLIST: Lucia Dlugoszewski “Angels of the Inmost Heaven – For Brass Quintet” [Lucia Dlugoszewski: Abyss and Caress] The Orb “Komplikation” [Okie Dokie It´s The Orb On Kompakt] Cheb i Sabbah “…
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phantom soundtracks amidst cautionary reverb PLAYLIST: Uger-Khan (Enrique Ugalde) “Meng Belek” [Songs of the Masters] Melt “On the Prowl” [Pure Melt] Emily Robb “Rolling Electric Ball” [If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection] Muslimgauze “Nommos’ Ghosts” [Classic Selection] Mong Tong “Ghost Island” [Tao Fire 道火] Steve Fisk “She Walks” [448 Deathless…
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The most expunkimental music of last year goes head to head with songs from 50 years ago! PLAYLIST: Feist “Calling All The Gods” [Multitudes] Black Sabbath “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – 2014 Remaster” [Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (2014 Remaster)] Lila Tirando a Violeta “Talking Trees” [Accela] Lou Reed “How Do You Think It Feels” [Berlin] Angel Bat Dawid “T…
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Anti-Seasonal Proto-Metal, Heavy Psych, Blackened Doom and Kings of Speed and Post Drone Hesh. If you haven’t heard it by now, you’re already def. SLAYLIST: Iron Butterfly “Iron Butterfly Theme” [Heavy] VÉHÉMENCE “Par le glaive” [Ordalies] Red Fang “Every Little Twist” [Whales and Leeches (Deluxe Version)] The Who “Shakin’ All Over – Live” [Live At…
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As the year winds down WTC provides an annual refuge from “holiday music”. PLAYLIST: André 3000 “Ninety Three ‘Til Infinity And Beyoncé” [New Blue Sun] Sun Ra Arkestra “Infinity / I’ll Wait for You” [Swirling] Killing Joke “We Have Joy – 2005 Digital Remaster” [Revelations] Dizzy Gillespie “Confirmation” [The Complete Live Performances On Savoy] Th…
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Travelling through space and rain. PLAYLIST: Bill Laswell “Outland Exploration – Outland Five” [Outland] Ornette Coleman “Change of the Century” [Change Of The Century] Hanging Freud “Falling tooth” [Falling Tooth] Van Der Graaf Generator “Man-Erg – 2005 Digital Remaster” [Pawn Hearts] Rose Mercie “Raindrops” [Rose Mercie] B.J. Thomas “Raindrops Ke…
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The cobweb covered walls begin to shake, there is a clanging of chains, a murmuring of voices from the other side, you hear a call between the screams of terror, you go to the old half forgotten phone in the wall, but the line is DEAD. SLAYLIST: Psionic Asylum “The Hall” [Music For Haunted Asylums] The Incredible String Band “October Song – 2010 Re…
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The stars are inside out. PLAYLIST: Smegma “World of My Own” [Mirage] Pere Ubu “Modern Dance (Live)” [June 1977 – PERE UBU IN The Shadow Of The Aeronautical Shot Peening Co.] Chrome “All Data Lost” [Chrome Box (Collector’s Edition) [Bonus Track Version]] Inigo Vontier, Thomas Jackson “It’s Right Here Man!” [Limbo Tracks III ] Fennesz “A Year In A M…
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As the Autumn Moon leads us… The new Pere Ubu and new Explosions in the Sky, the instrumental Negativland, and so much more! PLAYLIST: Pere Ubu “Crocodile Smile” [Trouble On Big Beat Street] Pauline Oliveros “The Beauty Of Sorrow (Excerpt)” [The Harmonic Series: A Compilation of Musical Works in Just Intonation] Explosions In The Sky “It’s Never Go…
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A special Friday Night 10 PM to Midnight What’s This Called? covers for The Tape Escape on Freeform Portland! PLAYLIST: Fenn O’ Berg “Part VI” [In Stereo] Lungfish “Shapes In Space” [Necrophones] The Dream Syndicate “Straight Lines” [Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions] The Orb “Close Encounters” [U.F.Orb] Hidden Orchestra “to dream is to…
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Words vs. walls. PLAYLIST: The Legendary Pink Dots “Postcards From Home” [The Museum of Human Happiness] Mecca Normal “When I Build a House Without Doors” [The Eagle & the Poodle] Portland Vows “Pink Noise” [The Witches of Hopwas Woods (circa 1984)] Material “Deliver” [Seven Souls] Lalalar “Serüven 101” [En Kötü İyi Olur] The For Carnation “Get and…
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An undated show for Freeform Portland that will broadcast when the need arises. Like a chill in the air. PLAYLIST: Virus2020 “Sufi” [Khushue] The Drood “Flies” [The Drood] Remora “Built to Destroy ” [Built to Destroy] Soft Machine “D.I.S.” [Seven] Au “Satellite (Live)” [AU and the Camas High School Choir: Live at Yale Union] Alien Sex Fiend “E.S.T.…
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Never was a cloudy day… PLAYLIST: Big Star “September Gurls” [Live on WLIR] Mission Of Burma “Nancy Reagan’s Head” [The Obliterati] Left Hand Cuts off the Right “Struggle Against Boredom” [Free Time/Dead Time] The Comet Is Coming “The Universe Wakes Up” [Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery] Kashimir “Camouflaged” [Camouflaged] Nadja “Green &…
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After the heatwave. PLAYLIST: Andrea Parker “The Swamp” [Here’s One I Made Earlier!] Forbes Graham “Conversations in an Ancient Forest” [I Continue] Earthmonkey “Ten of Your Earth Minutes” [Pharmacy Fields] Kasra Faridi & Aida Hormozian “The Fall Mov. II” [9th Annual Report (Mid Year Edition)] The Fall “Tempo House” [Perverted By Language (Expanded…
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