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Exploring psych jams, outsider folk, minimal grooves, cosmic jazz, vintage blues, garage punk, Jamaican sounds, archaic synth composers and whatever else.

Searching For A Thread


    • Nov 11, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    Episode 4: Headstrong at the Laundromat

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024


    Special guest Noah joins me to run through recent joys in listening. 

    Episode 3: Takoma Records in the 1960s

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 112:29


    The history of Takoma records from the early recordings of John Fahey to Robbie Basho, to Bukka White as well as Leo Kottke and Craig Leon. Playlist: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/19642812/Threading-The-Needle

    Episode 2: A Solo Thread and a Needle to Bare

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 118:54


    Back in the helm, without a guest this time, navigating favorite songs over the last 2 weeks.Playlist: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/19546358/Threading-The-Needle

    Episode 1: Threading The Needle

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 118:02


    A debut show, and a reformation, with guest Angela navigating all kinds of interesting sounds.Playlist: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/19482514/Threading-The-Needle

    Episode 400: Thank You Friends

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2024 116:10


    Playing the hits (so to speak) and signing off.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18910010/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 399: Free Musics for the Free Form

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 118:37


    Free spiritual jazz, avant-garde and improvised sounds for the free thinkers among us.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18844173/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 398: Descent Into Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 104:42


    Songs suited for sky-gazing and phenomena viewing. S  P  A  C  E  R  O  C  K.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18811178/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 397: Rainy Day Rockas

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 118:09


    Some indie, post-punk and rock for a wet day.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18778503/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 396: Saviours of Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2024 117:35


    Women taking the mic and showing how its done.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18746130/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 395: Black Women In Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 117:48


    Black women in soul, funk, jazz and avant-garde.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18682504/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 394: Sotto Terra de Rock

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 117:57


    ​Some rather unknown indie and post-punk bands in recent history. A few more well-loved and a few more brand new.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18618437/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 393: Dusty & Angie

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 116:47


    On the day of St. Valentines, Angela is welcomed in to talk shop and play records.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18553980/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 392: Ex-Rock and the No-Fly Zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 118:33


    Mid to late 90s deconstructed and fragmented underground rock. Chicago plays a major role once again.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18489385/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 335: Episode 391: Splashin Thru With Colors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 117:40


    Psychedelic and progressive rock leanings for the Januaries with a slight focus to the UK Kent Canterbury scene.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18457846/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 390: Cerebral Inside-Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 116:20


    Weird mood so we get moody with experimental wizardry and ambient music both meditative and strange.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18426740/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 389: Blissin' Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 115:13


    A focus on Darla's Bliss Out Series in which indie bands did ambient and "chill-out" music from the mid 90s to mid 00s.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18396413/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 388: 2024 Cuts Deep

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 116:51


    Welcome to the next one. Stick with me through dub, experimental, free musics and ambient. And to start, some rock.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18366306/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 387: 99 And Neutral

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 116:41


    2 hours on 2 super influential labels from early 80s New York City: 99 Records and Neutral Records.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18247299/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 386: French Transmissions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 100:50


    French avant garde and psych. And plenty of weirdness.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18216124/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 385: Thanks And Praise

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 118:38


    Giving thanks with ska, roots and rocksteady.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18185718/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 384: Trees In A Heron Forest

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 117:45


    Uk folk psych, progressive and rock sounds from the holy days of the 1970s.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18154865/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 383: Windsock Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 116:06


    Drifty and windy folked out freak sounds.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18123171/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 382: Freeekin Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2023 115:32


    Some oddball and weirdo rock ripe for the season.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18059987/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 381: Somethin Psychedelic

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2023 117:33


    60s and 70s psychedelia, from the pop-flavored to the far-out.​Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17869714/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 380: 6-String Cosmos

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2023 119:34


    More ambient sounds and atmospheric vibes from guitar bands.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17839212/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 379: The Weird, Wild & Wonderful World of Drag City

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2023 119:04


    Exploring the consistently excellent independent label out of Chicago: Drag City. Since 1989.​Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17813056/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 378: We All Love Synth...not that much

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 117:37


    A little runthrough of minimal synth and twilight post punk.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17755912/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 377: Current Investigations & Withering Oldies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 119:32


    Some new music but developing artists against tired but wonderful songs.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17717417/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 376: No Regard For The Rights

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2023 118:34


    Some indie, shoegaze, noise rock and some further throwbacks.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17698484/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 375: Getting Further Out and Within

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 117:40


    International curiosities and jazz-fusion laments.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17669832/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 334: Episode 374: All Corners Of The Globe Psychedelia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 116:21


    Swinging back with psych from Europe, the Far East, South America and the US.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17640958/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 333: Episode 373: Summery Heat Sounds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 119:03


    Warm air, stiffled overcast, sweaty days with stoney stillness, guitar ambient and a few rough-around-the-edges rockers.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17582686/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 372: Supremely Cooked

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2023 119:32


    ​A show that runs the gamut from dub and post-punk to ambient space rock and into jazz.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17582904/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 371: Pastoral Manipulations

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2023 118:28


    German ambient & rock with some modern-day fourth world experimentation.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17413026/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 370: Tonal Fry

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 118:05


    Psychedelic tones in folk, rock, ambient and experimental.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17355758/Searching-For-A-Thread

    369: Transitions In Jazz

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 110:27


    A healthy dosing of ambient jazz and atmospheric improvisation.​playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17297773/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 368: Precious Metals

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2023 120:01


    Some more recent angular post-punk, recent classics and a bunch of other crunch. playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17268534/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 367: Sire and Mod Sike Folk

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2023 119:16


    A quick set in tribute to Seymour Stein and some modern folky sike.playlist here: https://spinitron.com/m/playlist/view/17210236

    Episode 366: Deep Stretch Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 118:06


    More jazz from the outer fringes of composition.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17181424/Searching-For-A-Thread

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    Episode 365: Sprung & Flung

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 117:45


    Springy bounce and some head-nodding jams.Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17153053/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 364: Trust On The Outside

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 118:32


    Singer-songwriters askew...arty folk, sikefolk and chamber excursions.Tracklist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17124695/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 363: Opening Rips

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 118:52


    A continuation of some of my favorite lead-off tracks from full length records. A second installment from Episode 259: Side 1 / Track 1s. Tracklist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17093590/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 362: Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 118:32


    Episode 361: In Orbit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 119:55


    Far reaching spacerock, cosmic minimalism, interstellar experimentalism and far-out rock. Ya know in s p a c e.Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17038017/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 360: Healing Powers Of Spacemen 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 118:39


    For Adam, who could use some healing. And for Jeff Valla, RIP.Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17011053/Searching-For-A-Thread

    Episode 359: Woman At The Helm

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2023 118:07


    Women from the realms of neo classical, experimental, post-punk, minimalism and avant garde. 

    Episode 358: Ever Vested

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 115:48


    Big beats and melodies on a reef.

    Episode 332: Episode 357: Across Warm Glaciers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 121:46


    Yes this winter ain't very wintery, yet. Melted ambient, jazz and out there sounds.

    Episode 356: Innadub

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2023 117:41


    Some out there warped dub and rubberized rhythms.

    Episode 355: Bringing It Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 115:12


    Some old time sounds, folk, a bit out there, but back in too.

    Episode 354: Collaterally Damaged

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 119:38


    More free-spirited ambient and cosmic sounds, free music and mind-enhancing experimental.

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