On today’s show, we chatted with Jim Coleman, one half of the New York electropunk due This Wilderness! They are about to release their debut album, “Sorry About Tomorrow”. It’s full of contrasts. The album is both challenging and exhilarating, both dark and fun, both negative and optimistic. Much of the music sounds electronic, yet the vocals are important, and up front. It’s definitely an artistic statement.

Jim told us that they’ve been doing guerrilla shows and videos in remote locations, such as parking garages. The DIY ethic is alive with these guys, yet their music is really sophisticated and well produced. With any luck, they might get out to the West Coast on tour this summer. I suggest you give these guys a listen. http://www.thiswilderness.net

We also premiered brand new 2018 music by The Orange Peels, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., Blake Jones & The Trike Shop, Bay Station, and more. It was a good day for music lovers!

Artist | Track | Album
The Orange Peels | Camera 2 | Trespassing
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. | Funhouse | Glamping
Dog Trumpet | Monkey Tank | Dog Trumpet
The Welcome Matt | Come Alive | More Empire Days
Maxi Dunn | Take It Or Leave It | Edmund & Leo
Two Dollar Pistols | Gettin’ Gone | You Ruined Everything
Cirrone | Uplands Park Road | Uplands Park Road
This Wilderness | D.O.G. | Sorry About Tomorrow
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | Alchemy C’mere | Make

Jim Coleman of This Wilderness interview
This Wilderness | Full Time Woman | Sorry About Tomorrow

Felsen | Spanish Jam Sandwich | Blood Orange Moon
Sparklejet | Somewhere Along The Way | Phonovella
Bay Station | Sands Of Time | Other Desert Cities
Duncan Faure | Lies And Promises | 4
Elk City | 25 Lines | Everybody’s Insecure
Felsen | Vultures On Your Bones | Blood Orange Moon
Tawny Thiele | Happy Together | The Fowl Tone Sampler
Steve Barton | Gimme Your Hand | Tall Tales & Alibis 3
Lannie Flowers | Day Glow | Single release
Gretchen’s Wheel | Walk Out | Altered Sweet: A Tribute To Matthew Sweet
The Bottle Kids | Her Heart Is Much Worse Than Her Bite | Let Me In On This Action
Heiskell | Still Life With Broken Heart | Emotional Terrorism
Michael Simmons | Dirt Nap | First Days Of Summer
Juliana Hatfield | Live On Tomorrow | Only Everything
Sean O’Brien and His Dirty Hands | Sleeping With Me | Mistakes

April 28, 2018
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On today’s show, we were treated to a visit with Peter Watts and Ruth Rogers of Canterbury, UK band Spygenius. They’ve been around quite a while, but their entrance into the Big Stir* fold put them on my radar this year. So we asked the big, imperative questions, such as “Where did the name Spygenius come from?”, and “How do you pronounce the name of their album ‘Pacéphale’? That album, by the way, is being re-released on Big Stir Records sometime this year, and Spygenius is coming to California this summer, so we denizens of the Golden State will have our chance to see them play live. It was fun talking with them, 8 time zones away, and listening to a couple of their songs. You’d do well to give a listen to their music too. https://spygenius.bandcamp.com/album/pac-phale

*Big Stir: 1. Collective of bands, writers, radio people, venues, promoters of music, listeners of music. 2. Monthly series of live shows in Burbank, CA. 3. New record label. 4. Fanzine. 5. Philosophy revolving around a loose collective of items #1-#4, mostly centered around being inclusive when it comes to music performance and fandom.

Artist | Track | Album
Bay Station | Look But Don’t Touch | Other Desert Cities
R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner | I Hate People | Make It Be
The Well Wishers | I’m Not The Enemy | A View From Above
Maxi Dunn | Why Do I Want You? | The Neglected Gambit
Bud Rogers | Slave To Passion | Whiteout
Sunshine Boys | Billy Boy | Single release

Spygenius interview
Spygenius | Shall I Show You In My Mirror? | Pacéphale
Spygenius | The Friendly Stars That Glow | Pacéphale

Walker Brigade | DIsEASE | Therapy Animal
Duncan Faure | Thank You For The Photograph | Single release
The JAC | I’m A Glass Of Orange Juice | Faux Pas
Edward Rogers | She’s The One | TV Generation
Elk City | Sparrow | Everybody’s Insecure
Pete’s Copter | Magic Circle | The Fowl Tone Sampler
Anton Barbeau | Creepy Tray | Natural Causes
Banjo Bones | Cowboy Dreams | Cowboy Dreams
Lannie Flowers | I’ve Been Waiting | Altered Sweet: A Tribute To Matthew Sweet
Piramid Scheme | Regular Guy | Get Rich Quick Too
Stephen Fearing | The Station | The Assassin’s Apprentice
Gail George | Because Of U | Bloom
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | My Soft Rock Girlfriend | Make

April 21, 2018
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Singer/ songwriter/ cellist. That’s a combination you pretty much never hear of. Well on today’s show, we chatted with singer/ songwriter/ cellist Serena Jost–where the combination actually does apply. The classically-trained cellist (and really, aren’t all cellists classically-trained?) was a founding member of the legendary female-driven, cello group Rasputina. Since then, she’s created her own space. She’s blended classical and folk-rock. Her new album, “Up To The Sky”, just came out a week ago, and was recorded over the course of two days at St. Peter’s Church in New York City. It was as if she stepped off a cliff into the musical abyss–and lived to tell. It was literally nothing but Serena’s voice and her cello, recorded live–singing as she played the cello. No overdubs, no backing musicians. And it came off beautifully, in the wonderful acoustic setting of the church. She was so inspired by this exhilirating session, that she composed some of the songs on the spot. The performance she turned in was spontaneous and alive. If you want to hear more, check out Serena’s music at www.serenajost.com.

Artist | Track | Album
The Re-Used Electrics | Pills | For Johnny
Piramid Scheme | Bandwagon Jumping Machine | Get Rich Quick Too
Bud Rogers | Pictures Of A Modern World (acoustic) | Single release
Maxi Dunn | You Took The Sunshine From My Heart | The Neglected Gambit
Texas | Tired Of Being Alone | BBC live session
Felsen | Self Medicate | Accidental Drowning
Sean O’Brien and His Dirty Hands | Mistakes | Mistakes

Serena Jost interview
Serena Jost | The Cut | Up To The Sky
Serena Jost | Silver Star | Up To The Sky

Lannie Flowers | Another Weekend | LIVE in NYC
Googen | Never Wanna Lose That Thing | The Fowl Tone Sampler
Elk City | My Manual | Everybody’s Insecure
Michael Simmons | No More Girls | First Days Of Summer
Duncan Faure | Where Is The Music | Pronounced “Four-Uh”
The Well Wishers | In Another Life | A View From Above
Juliana Hatfield | The Edge Of Nowhere | Please Do Not Disturb
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | Take A Look At The Stars | Make
Karla Kane | The Lilac Line | King’s Daughters Home For Incurables
Jody Porter | In The Beginning… | Pacifier
Spygenius | The Friendly Stars That Glow | Pacéphale
The American Professionals | Just Do Something | Sympathetic Overdrive
Steve Barton | Before I Get Too Young | Tall Tales & Alibis 3
Anton Barbeau | Magazine Street | Natural Causes

April 14, 2018
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If you remember back a couple of months ago at the Twirlie Awards, The Welcome Matt’s 2017 album, More Empire Days, tied for Album of the Year. Well I found out recently that Matt Langlois, the “Matt” in the band, was going to be in Sacramento this weekend. So I convinced him to join me on the radio. This was the first time we’d met in person, and we spent a whole hour and a half together!

We broke his visit into three segments. First, we heard some songs from his last two albums, and chatted about The Welcome Matt. Then–a real treat–he played a couple of songs live for us in studio, and really made them come alive! And finally, Matt got to play DJ. He brought along some songs from some of his favorite artists, and we spun them on the air. We also chatted with Matt’s wife Christine, a choreographer and dance professor, who’s been working on a program at Sacramento State University.

Before all this excitement got started, we had some other excitement on the show. We were given the great honor of world debuting a track from the forthcoming Blake Jones & the Trike Shop album, “Make”, to kick off the show. And we also played a brand new Jeff Litman song as well. All in all, a pretty big day for Twirl Radio!
http://welcomemattsf.com/

Artist | Track | Album
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | Make A New Day | Make
Jeff Litman | Only You | Crowded Hour
The Judybats | Poor Bruised World | Down In The Shacks Where The Satellite Dishes Grow
Maxi Dunn | Make It Better | The Neglected Gambit
The Armoires | Alexandra 619 | International Pop Overthrow Vol. 19
Tommy Sistak | Life Is Waiting There For You | Ready Set A Go-Go
The Wonder Stuff | Full Of Life (Happy Now) | Construction For The Modern Idiot

Matt Langlois interview
The Welcome Matt | Come Alive | More Empire Days
The Welcome Matt | Key Of G | POPJUNKFLUFF&HYPE
The Welcome Matt | The Boon | More Empire Days
Matt Langlois | My Town | Live in the Twirl studios
Matt Langlois | The Latest One To Go | Live in the Twirl studios
The Welcome Matt | Boutique City | More Empire Days
Aimee Mann | Freeway | @#%&*! Smilers
Gil Scott Heron | New York Is Killing Me | I’m New Here
David Bowie | It’s No Game (Part 1) | Scary Monsters
Courtney Barnett | Elevator Operator | Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Lou Reed | Dirty Blvd. | New York

April 7, 2018
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