When an Obsession Gets Out of Hand
This week: The Odyssey Cult, Concepción Huerta, Wild Gods, Josh Mason, Takashi Murakami, and Azar Lawrence. Plus, Ethan Miller sticks around to explain what a lightning storm has to do with rock music.
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A Tolerance for the Unplanned
This week: Terri Lyne Carrington, David Norland, sachi's mirror, Jason Calhoun, Jolly Mare, and Josh Mason. Plus, Toronto art-folk songwriter Avi Engel has four resident boars.
The Room We Kept for Ourselves
This week: hackedepicciotto, Sophie Wellington, Chris Molanphy, Bondo, arc rae, and Terri Lyne Carrington. Plus, Joseph Branciforte built greyfade a streaming app so he could stop explaining why greyfade wasn't on streaming apps.
Built on Borrowed Sound
This week: Danalogue, Curió Curió, M. Geddes Gengras, Myth Math, St. Silva, and Chris Molanphy. Plus, Dave De Rose of Agile Experiments finished a record with an Athenian bus ticket.
Harmonies We Sing to Ourselves
This week: Suzanne Ciani, Steven Hall of Nirosta Steel, Shana Falana, Nolan Hildebrand, Mixol, and Danalogue. Plus, Philadelphia's Tyler Pursel wants his record to sound like a tree with a computer inside of it.
A Record of What Remains
This week: Steven Bernstein, Hen Ogledd, Scrimshire, Cento Threeo, Katsumasa Kusunose on jazz kissa, and Suzanne Ciani. Plus, Detroit's Chloe Drallos made a sad bastard album for single girls.
From the Middle of the Square
This week: Alden Hellmuth, Wild Up, Diles que no me maten, Matt Hinton, and sundayclub, with Steven Bernstein on the podcast. Plus, the once-anonymous Vorhex Angel put ice in their beer and dream of Finland.
The Politics of Touring
This week: Félicia Atkinson, Dave Douglas, Robert Margouleff, Alden Hellmuth, Chinese American Bear, and the combination of Bill Nace and David Watson. Plus, Chilean experimental duo Lorena Álvarez and Alejandro Palacios know kung fu.
The Limits of Technique
This week: Ora Cogan, Dave Douglas, Eliana Glass, Chik White, Myra Lee, and some remotely funny games. Also, Golems of the Red Planet are hanging ten, Masada style.
The Power of Dormant Seeds
This week: Patricia Wolf, Ora Cogan, Billy Polo, Bob Wagner, Mark Barrott, and Joseph Branciforte. Plus, Booker Stardrum and Evan Shornstein tell us the recipe behind the rhythmically absorbed chaos of their album 'OOPS!'
Buried Beneath the Universal Hook
This week: Zosha Warpeha's reverberations, Bob Bert's bang-bang, Phil Geraldi's alien country, Stephen Emmer's beautiful pathos, and Billy Polo's dub transmissions. Also, your humble editor's favorite 2026 albums (so far).
A Somber, Guitar-Driven Response
This week: Thurston Moore + Kramer, Christopher Tignor, George Grella, Wolfgang Seidel, and zzzahara. Plus, Mike Baggetta of mssv namechecks the Wipers and Gustav Mahler in the same sentence.