WOTP Radio Podcast.

On this episode, guest artist, Marin born-n-raised but now LA-based Jess Sylvester, talks about the growth of his project MARINERO, his new LP "La La La," how films inspired the album's cinematic sound, and why you can take the boy out of the Bay but you can't take the Bay out of the boy.  Plus, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, a celebration of teenaged artists.  Meet San Francisco emerging teen brother band Swami 3 and dive deep into their self-titled debut pop-rock album.  Also, a "where are they now" update of four other young artists and/or bands previously featured on West of Twin Peaks Radio:  More Fatter, Broken Compass Bluegrass, Asher Belsky and Satya.  Plus, two full hours of brand new music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet Astral Americana band Aux Meadows....the lovely and experimental ambient alt-country project of three musicians who met at their kids' preschool in Oakland, which has developed into far more than a "dad" band.  Dive deep into their new LP "Draw Near."  Plus, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, a chat and deep sonic dive with guest artist Ryan Christoper Parks, frontman for the Oakland rock trio B. Hamilton.  The band just released a new, self-titled LP of truely wonderful Northern California rock -- influenced by the greats but entirely unique in its execution.  Plus, tons and tons of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, San Francisco's Tom Conneely & Birds of Paradise chats it up about his nostalgia-provoking new LP "New Kind Palace," about his growth since his last album, and why he loves life on the road.  Plus, tons of fresh genre-bending tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

For your convenience, here is the interview and deep sonic dive portion ONLY of the most recent episode of West of Twin Peaks Radio, featuring San Francisco band The 5 Highs talking about their cross generational/genre band, and all their new singles.    Please refer to episode #226 for the whole two hour show, on all platforms except Spotify. 

On this episode, meet emerging genre/generation-blending San Francisco band The 5 Highs - a group of musicians who bonded in a rehearsal studio parking lot after discovering they didn't like the other bands they were in (LOL).  Meet founding members Tata and Mellow, hear their story and dive deep into their new music.  Plus, tons of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet guest artist Oakland's Mike Walti - musician, producer, engineer and the creative force behind the project Organi, and dive deep into his sensuous new LP "Babylonia," a nostalgic sonic bath into 60's euro-pop with a Bay area twist.  Plus two full hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet Joey Coe and Luna Fuentes of the emerging indie folk band Mount Saint Elias - a five-piece project out of Oakland whose tragic beginnings have helped define its music and its purpose.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, San Francisco artist Michelle Zheng chats about her project LUNAR NOON - a collaborative of numerous Bay area musicians she brought together to create an epic, 15-track progpop, cinematic, art jazz   LP called "a circle's round."  Hear the story and dive deep into the album.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this year-ending episode, guest artists RAINBOW GIRLS chat about the sonic and lyrical evolution of their critically acclaimed new LP "Haunting," and the themes of grief, resilience, and the power of self and community it conveys to women and other marginalized people in these challenging times.  PLUS two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

Two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond, including a spotlight in this episode on San Francisco artist Benjamin Andrews, best know as lead guitarist for the band Con Brio.  Ben's upcoming debut solo EP "You're Doing Great" is filled with lushly orchestrated songs featuring his own tasty guitar work alongside other talented local musicians.   

On this episode, guest artist Ethan Miller of quintessential Northern California rock band Howlin Rain chats and dives deep into the band's epic 3 LP archival project "LOST AT SEA: Rarities, Outtakes and Tales from the Deep," 15 tracks of stellar 70's influenced rock revived and renewed from the cutting room floor.  Plus 2 hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, legendary San Francisco artist Chuck Prophet talks about the three C's:  COVID, Cancer and Cumbia, while we dive deep into his new LP "Wake the Dead" featuring Salinas Cumbia band Qiensave.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

Two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond, including this episode's guest artist spotlight on Animal Prince - an emerging project from Oakland-based duo Fae Nageon de Lestang and Grant McLeod, creatively combining synths and electronics with violins and percussion resulting in a vintage 60's/70's pop sound with a modern twist.  

On this episode, meet emerging Oakland singer/songwriter Margot James....who burst out of the gate fully formed with a brilliant debut LP showing both sonic and lyrical maturity and creativity.  We chat and dive deep into the new album, "Talker."  Plus two full hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, guest artist Kevin Linn of San Francisco chats it up about his project Sad Eyed Beatniks, dives deep into his new lo-fi neo-psych LP "Ten Brocades," and talks about Paisley Shirt Records, the cassette label he created for local "fog pop" artists like himself.  Plus two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond including a chat and deep sonic dive with guest artist, long-time Bay area musician Tom Relling, who's upcoming new LP "Long Time Later" is the stellar, no-skip, guitar-driven rock and roll album we've been waiting for!  

Flying into fall with a banger of a new episode featuring a guest artist spotlight on San Francisco psych-rock legend Kelley Stoltz, diving deep and chatting it up about his new LP "La Fleur," a creative flowering that he credits to a new family member, and his new role in the local music scene.  Plus two full hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

A special end-of-August episode featuring ALL Bay area artists who released new music this summer.  Plus two encore guest artist spotlights highlighting two terrific new summer LPs drops:  San Francisco collection Mild Universe's "Everything Must Change" and Oakland's Yea-Ming and the Rumors album "I Can't Have It All." 

This special Country-ish episode features encore guest artist spotlights on Bay area honky tonkin', toe-tappin,' cryin'-in-your-beer bands COUNTRY RISQUE and NOELLE AND THE DESERTERS.  Plus, tons of fresh new country-adjacent tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

The perfect summer LP has just arrived!  Bay area dance-adelic band MILD UNIVERSE has just released its long-awaited debut LP, "Everything Must Change," and it's a bop!  Guest artists, saxophone player Karina Alterman and drummer Sam Jones chat about the LP, growing up in San Francisco, and re-energizing the SF music scene post-pandemic.  Plus 2 hours of brand new tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, we lean into the many sub-genres of today's country music....with a spotlight on guest artist, Bay area-based Noelle and the Deserters and a chat and deep dive into her fantastic debut LP "High Desert Daydream".....a sonic journey from the mesas of Northern New Mexico to the Golden Hills of California.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.   

On this episode, return guest artists Sour Widows from Oakland chat and dive into their incredibly deep and meaningful debut LP "Revival of a Friend," an album that took the long-time friends/band 7 years to release  - a time period that was particularly tumultuous as they suffered great losses and dealt with grief, and growth.  Plus two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, the local spotlight is on Yea-Ming Chen of Yea-Ming and the Rumours, the alt-indie band out of Oakland whose new LP "I Can't Have It All" is a sonic journey into self-acceptance.  Plus, two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

Two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond, plus today's local guest artist spotlight on San Francisco's Slow Coast, the indie/NorCal beach pop project of Matt Lawton.  Hear our great chat and dive deep into his latest LP "Depths Like These" during the show's second, hyperlocal hour.  

Two full hours of eclectic fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond, including a guest artist spotlight on Richmond, California based guitarist/songwriter Victor Mitrani, aka LITTLE OIL.  His new LP "Twelve Songs" is a genre-fluid indie delight punctuated by Django-esque guitar rifts and layering.  Hear our chat and dive deep into the LP.  

On this episode, guest artist Derek Barber, aka PERHAPSY, has a conversation about the creative process and choosing art as a path, as we dive deep into his new shoegaze-adjacent indie LO "The Lost Paintings of Kathar."  Plus 2 full hours of brand new music from the Bay and beyond. 

In this special Best of West of Twin Peaks Radio, we revisit four guest artist segments from this year, spotlighting four top LP's of 2024:  The Helltones' "Medusa," King Dream's "Glory Daze V," Bad Tiger's "Bliss" and Wolf Jett's "Time Will Finally Come." 

On this atmospherically chill episode of West of Twin Peaks Radio, Sami Freeman and Mia Pixley - two Bay area composer/musicians - chat and dive deep into their two individual projects which are turning into a collaborative live art experience they are calling "Sea-Space."   Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet "America's riskiest queer country band," Country Risque out of San Francisco.  Their debut LP "Doe-eyed Loverboys and Saints" is a honky-tonkin', toe stompin', cryin' in your beer banger-and-ballad wonder.  Hear our chat about the expanding genre of country, and dive deep into the new LP.  Plus two full hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.

On this episode, returning guest artist Chris Jones of the Santa Cruz cosmic mountain band WOLF JETT chats and dives deep into "Time Will Finally Come," the group's new LP exploring the collective California traumas of climate change, COVID and culturally-divisive politics -- all while rocking and jamming!  Plus two hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.

On this 200th episode of West of Twin Peaks Radio, Bay area master collaborator, producer, and artist Jim Greer is guest artist, chatting and diving deep into two albums - both projects of the heart -that he released in February:  a solo effort called "You Are the Art," and an album of his mother's folk music from the early 50-s and 60's.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, San Francisco's Yasi Lowy and her band, BAD TIGER are guest artists, diving deep and chatting about their sophomore LP "Bliss," an indie delight of an album with a lyrical thread about growth, relationships, and developing a band culture.  Plus, 2 hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, a chat and deep dive with Darwin Siegaldoud, founder and frontman of the Oakland band The Helltones.  Their latest LP "Medusa" is a doo-wop retro rocker filled with songs of love, jealousy, darkness and drug addiction.  A top album released late in 2023.  Plus two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, West Marin-by-way-of-Oakland artist Jeremy Lyon, aka KING DREAM, joins me as guest artist to dive deep  into his new RnB tinged cosmic rock LP "Glory Daze V," and chat about the fluidity of the Bay area music scene and the beauty and curse of being an independent artist.  Plus 2 hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond. 

This special Best of the Bay 2023 episode is a full 2 hours of local music released this past year that deserves your attention and recognition!  In no particular order - 22 songs by Bay area artists and bands, many of whom were guests on West of Twin Peaks Radio this year.  

On this episode, take a trip to outer and inner space with Oakland's James Wallace, aka Skyway Man.  His new album "Flight of the Long Distance Healer" is a lovely, psych and 70's Brit pop spin.  Hear our great convo and dive deep into the album.  Plus two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet breaking indie/alt country rock artist The Last Gray Wolf, aka San Francisco's Conor Gleeson.  His amazing debut album, "Sharktooth," was born after endless COVID hours of guitar work, songwriting, and Grateful Dead immersion.  An incredible must-listen first effort!  Plus 2 hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.

On this episode, Oakland uber-producer/engineer/master collaborator Jeff Kolhede steps out from behind the boards and talks about his solo debut LP "Dismantle," a refreshingly romantic 70's alt-folk vibe LP with contemporary brushes of beautiful sonics.  Plus a full two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, San Francisco's Rachel Garlin dives deep into her latest LP "The Ballad of Madelyn and Therese" and talks about its theme of gay repression in the 1940's and its metaphorical relevance to our societal "repression" during COVID.  Plus, 2 hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond. 

On this episode, guest artists Sivan Lioncub and Chris Daddio, founders of the Oakland art rock/baroque pop project Everyone is Dirty, chat about their latest LP "Caramels for Grandpa," a sonic rock symphony that started as a tribute to Sivan's Holocaust surviving Grandfather, but turned into a trippy meditation on surviving near-death medical experiences suffered by both artists.  Plus, two hours of brand new music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, vocalist/lyricist Lalin St. Juste and bassist/producer Aki Ehara of the East bay band The Seshen chat and dive deep into the group's new LP "Nowhere," a concept album that chronicles the dissolution of the duo's romantic relationship, and it's evolution into a creative partnership.  Plus 2 hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet the wonderful Indianna Hale, a San Francisco singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist that mixes Spaghetti Western/Twin Peaks sonics with fuzzy guitars and vocals/lyrics that sound like if Lana Del Rey came from West Marin instead of West Hollywood.  We chat and dive into her new LP "Yesterday's Glitter."  Plus two hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond including a preview of the upcoming Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park. 

On this episode, San Francisco artist James Beastly swaps stories about surviving as a musician for the past 20+ years in San Francisco, as he celebrates the release of his second solo LP "Junk Values," a post-punk/indie examination of the the absurdity and beauty of life in chaotic times.  Plus two hours of brand new music from the Bay and beyond.  

In this Best of West of Twin Peaks Radio, interviews with four recent guest artists who dropped four of the best albums this summer. Oakland's Madeline Kenney, Berkeley's Maya Elisa, LA-by-way-of-the-Bay Zelma Stone and San Francisco's Marika Christine.

On this episode, meet San Francisco jazz/pop fusion, chill wave 4-piece group The Breathing Room...a band that met seven years ago at Community College and has been living together and making music ever since.  Hear our chat and deep dive into their debut self-titled LP.  Plus, two hours of fresh new music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, a special guest artist double header, featuring Oakland's Madeline Kenney with a very revealing conversation about a life-altering break-up while diving deep into her new LP "A New Reality Mind," and LA-by-way-of-the-Bay artist Zelma Stone who discusses dancing through grief and life in her new EP "A Dance." Plus tons of fresh new music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode - introducing Broken Compass Bluegrass, an extremely talented young band out of the Sierra Foothills that's lighting a fire in the California bluegrass scene.  Meet the four musicians and dive deep into their astonishing debut LP, "Fools Gold."  Plus two hours of bluegrass and bluegrass-adjacent new music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, Berkeley's Maya Elise (and The Good Dream) joins me with an extremely thoughtful conversation about her evolution from folk to mixed genre-indie, reading a room from a performing artist's perspective, and how her sound has evolved on the band's new LP "Everything We Watered."  Plus, new music from SF acid-psych band The Spiral Electric, a mini-chat with Ellie Stokes about the new Grooblen LP, and tons more fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode meet San Francisco's Marika Christine, a musician that's part of a youth art and music explosion that's re-energizing the City's cultural scene.  We chat about that and dive deep into her new debut solo LP, "Soft Like an Apricot."  Plus two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.