Left Of The Dial #373 - Adequately Audible
This week on the show we're playing the latest from Roger Waters. He's a founding member of Pink Floyd and that band's foremost creative force from the period when Syd Barret left in 1968 until Waters...
View ArticleLeft of the Dial #379 - Time To Play B-sides
I am all about that '90s nostalgia and this week on the show we get into it in a real big way from a couple of albums, one of which is a collection of demos and rarities from the Boston band Helium...
View ArticleLeft of the Dial #389 - Associated Acts
This week I'm playing the latest album from the massive Toronto indie rock collective Broken Social Scene. Hug of Thunder has 18 musician credits on it , and I thought it would be fun to see how far I...
View ArticleLeft of the Dial #397 - 2017 Newport Folk Festival
This week on the show we're featuring sets recorded at the 2017 Newport Folk Festival, thanks to NPR Music. Named as a folk music festival its focus is certainly on the broad spectrum of the genre, but...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #401 - So Much Sound
This week we're playing the music of Vagabon, which is the moniker of Lætitia Tamko. Tamko uploaded some songs to bandcamp not expecting much, got invited to play a famous underground music venue in...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #421 - No Glitches At All
This week on the show I've got new music from Benjamin Clementine. He’s a London musician who comes from a sheltered Catholic upbringing, was once homeless on the streets of Paris, and is now a Mercury...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #431 - What Remains Of The Airwaves
It's the stuff of legend. Malibu, California, 1976, Neil Young sits down with a guitar and records an album’s worth of material, largely unheard until now. Hitchhiker contains a lot of songs that have...
View ArticleLeft of the Dial #433 - Insatiable Perfect Neon
Ariel Pink's latest album is titled Dedicated to Bobby Jameson . Jameson is a '60s-era LA singer songwriter who was long thought dead until he reemerged by way of a blog and YouTube channel in 2007....
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #439 - I Only Listen To Fleeting Terrestrial Things
Morrissey got on Twitter just in time for 280 characters, though it looks like it's just a promotional account. Guy would probably like it. Anyway, he's got a new album on the way, titled Low in High...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #449 - The Beat Goes On
Sharon Jones sadly died of cancer last year, but while receiving treatment managed to record one last album. Soul of a Woman by Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings is high-energy, bold, and ultimately...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #461 - LISTENING
This weekend you can watch Thor: Ragnarok or you can watch SITTING , a film directed by Emily Yoshida and staring Mitski, who plays a professional "sitter," who watches as people take a designer drug...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #463 - Phasing
This week we've got new music from Deerhoof. Mountain Moves is one of the San Francisco band’s most accessible albums, despite being a relentless mashup of genres including chamber music, hip-hop, and...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #467 - Throwback Thanksgiving
As this week's show came together it occured to me how many '80s and '90s-era bands with new music were on the playlist. The Dream Syndicate, key members of the Paisley Underground scene, have just...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #479 - 2017 Newport Folk Festival Part 3
This week it's the third and final program featuring highlights from this year's Newport Folk Festival, courtesy of NPR music. We've saved some of the best performances for last so make yourself...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #487 - Our Favorite Music of 2017
I always find end of year lists to be fun, and I find it useful to focus my listening options down to something manageable. This year on the show I've played new music from over 200 albums, and one of...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #491 - The Sad, Sad Songs
Holiday songs are beginning to trickle in and it's not all so bad. Case in point are a couple of new recordings featured on Amazon Music's "Indie for the Holidays" playlist. Charly Bliss takes on the...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #499 - The Warmest Time
This week there are some more non-traditional holiday songs to feature, including one from the Seattle indie rock trio Dude York with a song about that awkward moment when you run into your ex during...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #503 - This Beat Right Here
This week we hear from the Algerian Tuareg rock band Imarhan. We’ll also hear from Panduranga Henderson, who put out spiritual music under the tutelage of Alice Coltrane, plus new music from Wild...
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #509 - The Airwaves That I Breathe
This week we'll hear new music from The Prids. Originally from Saint Joseph, MO and based out of Portland, Oregon since 1999, the band are set to release their fourth album after a harrowing setback....
View ArticleLeft Of The Dial #521 - Above Ground Radio
This week we're featuring something truly interesting and unusual. Dr. Demento is a radio personality who got started at the underground freeform station KPPC in Pasadena, CA. A colleague referred to...
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