Exploring psych jams, outsider folk, minimal grooves, cosmic jazz, vintage blues, garage punk, Jamaican sounds, archaic synth composers and whatever else.
Special guest Noah joins me to run through recent joys in listening.
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
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
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
Playing the hits (so to speak) and signing off.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18910010/Searching-For-A-Thread
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
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
Some indie, post-punk and rock for a wet day.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18778503/Searching-For-A-Thread
Women taking the mic and showing how its done.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18746130/Searching-For-A-Thread
Black women in soul, funk, jazz and avant-garde.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18682504/Searching-For-A-Thread
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
French avant garde and psych. And plenty of weirdness.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18216124/Searching-For-A-Thread
Giving thanks with ska, roots and rocksteady.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18185718/Searching-For-A-Thread
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
Drifty and windy folked out freak sounds.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18123171/Searching-For-A-Thread
Some oddball and weirdo rock ripe for the season.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18059987/Searching-For-A-Thread
60s and 70s psychedelia, from the pop-flavored to the far-out.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17869714/Searching-For-A-Thread
More ambient sounds and atmospheric vibes from guitar bands.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17839212/Searching-For-A-Thread
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
A little runthrough of minimal synth and twilight post punk.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17755912/Searching-For-A-Thread
Some new music but developing artists against tired but wonderful songs.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17717417/Searching-For-A-Thread
Some indie, shoegaze, noise rock and some further throwbacks.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17698484/Searching-For-A-Thread
International curiosities and jazz-fusion laments.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17669832/Searching-For-A-Thread
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
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
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
German ambient & rock with some modern-day fourth world experimentation.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17413026/Searching-For-A-Thread
Psychedelic tones in folk, rock, ambient and experimental.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17355758/Searching-For-A-Thread
A healthy dosing of ambient jazz and atmospheric improvisation.playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17297773/Searching-For-A-Thread
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
A quick set in tribute to Seymour Stein and some modern folky sike.playlist here: https://spinitron.com/m/playlist/view/17210236
More jazz from the outer fringes of composition.Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17181424/Searching-For-A-Thread
Springy bounce and some head-nodding jams.Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17153053/Searching-For-A-Thread
Singer-songwriters askew...arty folk, sikefolk and chamber excursions.Tracklist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17124695/Searching-For-A-Thread
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
Healing music for all those who need it.
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
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
Women from the realms of neo classical, experimental, post-punk, minimalism and avant garde.
Yes this winter ain't very wintery, yet. Melted ambient, jazz and out there sounds.
Some old time sounds, folk, a bit out there, but back in too.
More free-spirited ambient and cosmic sounds, free music and mind-enhancing experimental.
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