After about two dozen weeks of shows with interviews, capped off by last week’s Twirl Radio Pop Fest ’17, I thought it would be a good idea to just chill in the studio and play you some new music. I mean heck, that’s what I used to do on weekend afternoons before I had a radio show.

It becomes especially important to air out all this new music today. 2017 has been a banner year for new indie rock and roll, and instead of slowing down for the summer, the music’s been coming to me fast and furious. From Felsen to Chris Church to My Little Hum to Eric Peter Schwartz to Karla Kane to…well, you get the idea. Two-thirds of today’s show is all music released in 2017. A ton of music–yes, literally, I played 2,000 lbs of songs on today’s show!

Your homework assignment–listen to and support these artists in every way you can!

Artist | Track | Album
Maxi Dunn | How Was I To Know? | Welcome To Soonville
Chris Church | Fall Into Me | Limitations Of Source Tape
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | Clever Things | Pop Songs & Kyries
The Bottle Kids | Guitars In The Sky | Starry Eyed: The Records Tribute
Felsen | Private Airline | Blood Orange Moon
Cirrone | All Right All Night | Kings For A Night
Jason Berk | Changes By The Day | Everything Old Is New Again
R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner | I Am The Best For You | Make It Be
Eric Peter Schwartz | Two To Hold | Highway 45
Lisa Said | Some Dudes | Estranged
Supersmall | Between The Sun And Candlelight | Silent Moon
Edward Rogers | She’s The One | TV Generation
Gail George | Fool’s Paradise | Follow Your Bliss!
Duncan Faure | Back To The Day | 4
Karla Kane | Wishing Tree | King’s Daughters Home For Incurables
Jody Porter | In The Beginning… | Pacifier
Plasticsoul | Therapy | Therapy
Richard X. Heyman | Incognito | Incognito
My Little Hum | Geography Lesson | Remembering Houses
Matt North | I Sold It All | Above Ground Fools
The Pengwins | Just A Dream | Single release
Natalie Cortez & The Ultraviolets | Take You Home | Stupid Fresh Or Stupid Bad
The Mysteries Of Life | Coat Of Arms | Bad Advice
The Bookends | A Girl Like Me | Single release
The Bye Bye Blackbirds | Poison Love | Take Out The Poison
The Welcome Matt | Boutique City | More Empire Days
Leonty | Inside | Leonty
Sean O’Brien and His Dirty Hands | Trying To Stop | Single release

August 26, 2017
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Eric Peter Schwartz has become a regular on Twirl Radio over the past few years. This pretty much coincides with his prolific recording career–he’s had a late start, but has put out something near eight releases since 2013! His style is folky, rock and roll, and his lyrics are relatable. He sings from a personal point of view–lots of humor, both self-deprecating and otherwise, with a good dose of nostalgia and wisdom thrown in.

He’s done a lot of online Stageit and Facebook shows–so after attending one of these, I asked if he’d do a mini show for us on Twirl Radio–and so that’s what happened today on the air!

His next album, “Highway 45”, is slated for a September 1st release–which would mark the third recording he’s put out this year! More info at epschwartz.com.

Artist | Track | Album
Matt North | A Good Day In Nashville | Above Ground Fools
The Feelies | Turn Back Time | In Between
Maxi Dunn | Always Be My Friend | Welcome To Soonville
Natalie Cortez & The Ultraviolets | You Dear | Stupid Fresh Or Stupid Bad
Cirrone | Everything’s Fine Now | Kings For A Night
Karla Kane | Grasshopper Clock | King’s Daughters Home For Incurables
Edward Rogers | She’s The One | TV Generation

Eric Peter Schwartz interview
Eric Peter Schwartz | Regretville (live) | Live version
Eric Peter Schwartz | Last Ditch Man (live) | Live version
Eric Peter Schwartz | The Night Before Thanksgiving (live) | Live version

Lannie Flowers | My Street | Home Demos
The Welcome Matt | The Man In The Golden Tower | More Empire Days
Jody Porter | Waking Up (Is Hard To Do) | Pacifier
Gretchen’s Wheel | The Price | Sad Scientist
Saint Ashbury | Kauai | Dressing Babies
Sean O’Brien and His Dirty Hands | Sleeping With Me | Mistakes
Richard Turgeon | Bad Seed | In Between The Spaces
Duncan Faure | In The Right Place | Anthology
Sitcom Neighbor | Your Turn Next | Shag
Blake Babies | Your Way Or The Highway | Earwig demos
Plasticsoul | Therapy | Therapy
honeychain | Ready For The World To End | Crushed
Leonty | All Directions | Leonty
Richard X. Heyman | Everybody Get Wise | Incognito

August 12, 2017
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On today’s show, we were treated to a doubleheader: an interview with singer-songwriter Lisa Said, and a live, in-studio performance an interview with singer-songwriter Hannah Judson.

Lisa Said recently released an EP entitled Estranged. It’s a tight little song cycle–four well-written songs, crafted from personal experience. “Some Dudes”, the opener, is both hilarious and world wise. Think of it as a response to the Rolling Stones’ “Some Girls”, and you’ve got the picture. We chatted with Lisa from her home in Washington, D.C., and learned about what went into the making of Estranged, and what’s coming up next on the horizon for her. More info at lisasaid.com.

Right after that conversation, Hannah Judson came into the Sacramento studio, accompanied by none other than Twirl Radio favorite Pepe Espada, who “discovered” her for our audience! We chatted about her wide-ranging musical influences, which range from classical to folk to punk. And best of all–she performed two songs for us live in-studio, with her beautiful Gretsch guitar and this cool loop pedal, which gave her the ability to create her own backing vocals on the fly. You’ll simply have to hear it to believe it. More info at hannahjudson.com.

Bonus: check out this behind the scenes video of Hannah Judson performing in the Twirl studios, courtesy of Spencer Lidskin:

Artist | Track | Album
Cheap Trick | So Good To See You | In Color
The Pengwins | Go Away | Go Away
Leonty | Inside | Leonty
Richard Turgeon | I’m 30 | In Between The Spaces
Maxi Dunn | Make It Better | The Neglected Gambit
Bud Rogers | Intercity Mars | Starman
The Armoires | Responsible | Incidental Light Show

Lisa Said interview
Lisa Said | Some Dudes | Estranged
Lisa Said | Up Not Down | Estranged

Los Illegals | El Lay | Internal Exile
Felsen | Lay Kenneth Lay | Accidental Drowning

Hannah Judson interview/performance
Hannah Judson | Daniel (live) | Live in studio performance
Hannah Judson | Feather (live) | Live in studio performance

The Mysteries Of Life | Coat Of Arms | Bad Advice
The Taters | Smoke On Rt. 66 | Taters Party
Ruby Free | Owe To The Man | Shades
Duncan Faure | Ball & Chain | Pronounced “Four-Uh”
Gail George | He’s An Exclamation! | Follow Your Bliss!
Vegas With Randolph | The Better Part | Above The Blue
The Bye Bye Blackbirds | Alfred Starr Hamilton | Take Out The Poison

August 6, 2017
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