This was a rare non-Saturday episode of Twirl. I had a chance to webcast live during Thanksgiving morning, so we turned it into a bit of a marathon. The show ran 3-1/2 hours, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and we squeezed in 63(!) songs, all great, all indie.

Artist | Track | Album
Identical Suns | E.M.I.L.Y. | Identical Suns
Heiskell | Just Can’t Say | Arriving
Jason Berk | Changes By The Day | Everything Old Is New Again
The Pilgrims | Whole Level Down | Songs About The Letter W
The Taters | Such A Good Day | Menagerie
The Corner Laughers | Queen Of The Meadow | Matilda Effect
Mimi Betinis | Pontiac | Music Sounds
Bud Rogers | Intercity Mars | Starman
The Armoires | Caterwaul | Incidental Light Show
Karim Fanous | Thin Bits | Stir Crazy
Allyson Seconds | Little World | Little World
Brian Cullman | Memphis Madeline | The Opposite Of Time
Bay Station | Be Kind | Go Out And Make Some
Clay Howard | LOL | Who The Hell Is Clay Howard?
Duncan Faure | Back To The Day | 4
Gail George | He’s An Exclamation! | Follow Your Bliss!
The Big I Am | Tongue Tied | Single release
Scott McChane | Is This My Counry? | The Angels Of Madness Shine
The Bobbleheads | Mean Girls | Make Yourself Happy
The Chandler Travis Three-O | Air, Running Backwards | Bocce And Bourbon: The Comfortable Songs of Travis & Greenberger
The Scratch | Teen Idol | Mad Dogs And Englishness
Little Guilt Shrine | One Two | Boy Girl Boy
Kat Jones | Those Expensive Eyes | La Rosa, La Calavera
Kaz Murphy | Hardly Think About That | Home For Misfits
Lannie Flowers | Circles | Circles
Laurie Biagini | Crazy People On The Internet | A Far-Out Place
Pacific Soul Ltd. | Pacific Soul Time | The Dance Divine
Maple Mars | The Excursion | Galaxyland
Phyllis Johnson | Looking Up (From Down Below) | Single release
Teina Anthony | A Natural Life | Single release
Laurie Larson | Endless Thank You Loop | A Striking Resemblance
Maxi Dunn | How Was I To Know? | Welcome To Soonville
Anton Barbeau | Milk Churn In The Morning | Magic Act
Dear County | Oh My Darlin | Low Country
The Mysteries Of Life | Coat Of Arms | Bad Advice
The Whiskey Saints | Every Little Thing | 24 Hours
The Cherry Bluestorms | As Above So Below | Bad Penny Opera
Sean O’Brien And His Dirty Hands | The Final Say | Risk Profile
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | Forestiere Gardens | The Underground Garden
Cirrone | Uplands Park Road | Uplands Park Road
Dennis Holseybrook | Uh-Oh! Uh-Oh! | Merry-Go-Round
Cult Of Wedge | When I Was Young | Loch Ness Monsters and Motherships
Emily Zuzik Band | Motels | The Wild Joys Of Living
Girls On Grass | Father Says Why | Girls On Grass
Matt North | Seventeen Days | Above Ground Fools
Gretchen’s Wheel | Why Try | Fragile State
Crooked Flower | Too Broke To Fix | Between Two Stars
The Britannicas | Bleed Between The Lines | High Tea
Edward Rogers | Denmark Street Forgotten | Glass Marbles
Jet Electro | I Blame You | Tall Dark And Lonesome: The Story Of Slim Grinder
Natalie Cortez and the Ultraviolets | Up All Night | Twitch!
Sparklejet | Somewhere Along The Way | Phonovella

November 24, 2016
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Cindy Baker, a former Sacramento radio journalist, paid us a visit on today’s show. Back in May, she and I co-hosted the Access Sacramento Big Day of Giving radio marathon. We found that among our common interests of radio (talking into a microphone for 7 hours kind of cemented that bond) and food, we share a love of music. We both have a soft spot for the music of the 1990s. I knew I had to get her back on the show, so that we could hang out and play some tunes. She dug into her CD collection, and brought along an hour’s worth of music. To my pleasant surprise, she brought a few songs and albums that had been staples of Twirl Radio in the past–songs I really love. And I was exposed to some new songs I’d not heard before. I think we’ll have to do this again!

Artist | Track | Album
R.E.M. | Ignoreland | Automatic For The People
Blake Babies | AKA Deluxebury | Earwig Demos
DC Cardwell | Something Worth Voting For | Some Hope
Matt North | Jesus And Fireworks | Above Ground Fools
Allen Clapp | Moss Falls Like Rain | Six Seasons
Maxi Dunn | Why Do I Want You? | The Neglected Gambit

Cindy’s music set
311 | Don’t Stay Home | 311
Save Ferris | Goodbye | It Means Everything
Weezer | El Scorcho | Pinkerton
Luscious Jackson | Ladyfingers | Ladyfingers EP
Goldfinger | Here In Your Bedroom | Goldfinger
The Lemonheads | If I Could Talk I’d Tell You | There’s Something About Mary soundtrack
Pearl Jam | State Of Love And Trust | Singles soundtrack
Cornershop | Brimful Of Asha | Sleep On The Left Side
R.E.M. | Nightswimming | Automatic For The People

Allyson Seconds | Octagon | Little World
Cult Of Wedge | Oh Lindsay | Loch Ness Monsters And Motherships
Gretchen’s Wheel | Live Through You | Behind The Curtain
Duncan Faure | Back To The Day | 4
Huxley Rittman | If I’m Still Talking To My Mama | Big Stir compilation

November 19, 2016
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Artist | Track | Album
Scott McChane | Is This My Country? | The Angels Of Madness Shine
Gail George | Amaranthine | Single release
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | Red White & Blue So Blue | Pop Songs & Kyries
XTC | Melt The Guns | English Settlement
Cirrone | How Does It Feel | Uplands Park Road
Maxi Dunn | Make It Better | The Neglected Gambit

Anton Barbeau and Allyson Seconds interview
Allyson Seconds | Little World | Little World
Allyson Seconds | Burning Burning | Little World

Alan Fox Band | If You’re Scared | Coal Black Sky
The Mysteries Of Life | I Like You | Bad Advice
Duncan Faure | All At Once | Pronounced “Four-Uh”
Emily Zuzik | The Biggest Mistake | Detours
The Armoires | Fort Ashby | Incidental Light Show
Pacific Soul Ltd. | The Dance Divine | The Dance Divine
Son Volt | Drown | Trace
Lannie Flowers | Turn Up Your Radio | LIVE in NYC
Natalie Cortez & The Ultraviolets | Up All Night | Twitch!
The Jangle Band | It Won’t Break | Edge Of A Dream
Edward Rogers | Burn N Play | Glass Marbles
Gretchen’s Wheel | Second To Last | Fragile State
Peter Murphy | Cuts You Up | Deep

November 12, 2016
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Artist | Track | Album
Pacific Soul Ltd. | We Go High | The Dance Divine
Cartorson | Hearts On The Highway | Single release
The Mysteries Of Life | Take You Up | Bad Advice
Identical Suns | Unraveled | Identical Suns
Cirrone | All I Know | Uplands Park Road
Maxi Dunn | Change The Record | Edmund & Leo
Duggy Degs | Meltdown | Another Good Thought
Rob Martinez | Hangin’ On The Line | New Love Environment
Lisa Said | Comes And Goes | No Turn Left Behind
Sons Of Morning | Didn’t See The Man | Sons Of Morning
Pixies | Debaser | Doolittle
Gail George | You Are There | The Barrio Sessions
Agony Aunts | Back To Back Bill | Big Cinnamon
HUGElarge |D.O.G. | HUGElarge
Matt North | Seventeen Days | Above Ground Fools
Natalie Cortez & The Ultraviolets | Three Times | Twitch!
Chris Montez | The More I See You | Single release
Cult Of Wedge | The Day You Left Town | Loch Ness Monsters And Motherships
The Jangle Band | 282 | Edge Of A Dream
Deborah Crooks | Overseas And Faraway | Beauty Everywhere
The Catbirds | The Crutch Of Music | Catbirds Say Yeah
The Armoires | Double Blades | Incidental Light Show
Duncan Faure | The Day That I Found Love | 4
Lannie Flowers | Another Weekend | New Songs Old Stories
Sparklejet | Somewhere Along The Way | Phonovella
Nushu | Another Rainy Weekend | Hula
Gretchen’s Wheel | This Petrified Heart | Behind The Curtain
Felsen | Felsen’s Gonna Save You | Breaking Up With Loneliness

November 5, 2016
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Artist | Track | Album
Natalie Cortez & The Ultraviolets | Ghost Of You | Twitch!
Jet Electro | I Blame You | Tall Dark And Lonesome: The Story Of Slim Grinder
Pacific Soul Ltd. | Pacific Soul Time | The Dance Divine
Duncan Faure | Man Of A Thousand Dreams | Pronounced “Four-Uh”
Bud Rogers | Starman | Starman
Maxi Dunn | September Sun, October Morning | Operation Bubble
The Mysteries Of Life | Coat Of Arms | Bad Advice

PondHawks interview
The PondHawks | Bitter Game | Blue Light
The PondHawks | Wire Me | Blue Light

The Cherry Bluestorms | Bad | Bad Penny Opera
Bellygunner | Negative Kid | Machine Gun Built For Two
Jason Berk | Changes By The Day | Everything Old Is New Again
The Catbirds | Who’s Sorry Now | Catbirds Say Yeah
Lindy LaFontaine | Harmonics | Single release
The Rolling Stones | Respectable | Some Girls
The Armoires | Newberry Spectacle | Incidental Light Show
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | Sun Up | The Underground Garden
Edward Rogers | Welcome To My Monday Morning! | Glass Marbles
The Outryders | Last Scenes | Single release
Gretchen’s Wheel | Why Try | Fragile State
Cult Of Wedge | She’s A Witch | Loch Ness Monsters And Motherships
Matt North | I Sold It All | Above Ground Fools
Lannie Flowers | Circles | LIVE in NYC

October 29, 2016
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Artist | Track | Album
SLD | Do Or Say | Indigo Gray
Mimi Betinis | Didn’t We 1979 | Basement Tapes Vol. 1
Matt North | Miss Communication | Above Ground Fools
Maxi Dunn | Always Be My Friend | Welcome To Soonville
Cirrone | I Still Remember | Uplands Park Road
Felsen | Greetings From The Ghost Of Heavy Metal Rock And Roll | I Don’t Know How To Talk Anymore

Chandler Travis Interview
Chandler Travis Philharmonic | E | Waving Kissyhead Vol. 1
Chandler Travis Philharmonic | Your Wife And Mother | Waving Kissyhead Vol. 1

A Don Piper Situation | Aged And Wise | What It Is
Gretchen’s Wheel | The Fourth Wall | Fragile State
The The | Slow Emotion Replay | Dusk
Cult Of Wedge | When I Was Young | Loch Ness Monsters And Motherships
Gail George | More Than Me | International Pop Overthrow Vol. 18
Sophe Lux And The Mystic | Love Is Waiting | All Are One
The Bobbleheads | Turn The Radio On (The Perfect Song) | Make Yourself Happy
Lannie Flowers | Give Me A Chance | LIVE in NYC
Blake Babies | Don’t Suck My Breath | Earwig Demos
Duncan Faure | Lies And Promises | 4
Ass Ponys | Astronaut | Some Stupid With A Flare Gun
Agony Aunts | You’re So Vague | Big Cinnamon
The JAC | I’m A Glass Of Orange Juice | Faux Pas
The Armoires | Fort Ashby | Incidental Light Show

October 22, 2016
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Artist | Track | Album
Mimi Betinis | Pontiac | Music Sounds
Girls On Grass | What They Wrought | Girls On Grass
Daniel Trigger | Hold Back The Night | Single release
The Mysteries Of Life | I Like You | Bad Advice
Maxi Dunn | September Sun, October Morning | Operation Bubble
Identical Suns | Baby I’m Down | Identical Suns

Lindy LaFontaine Interview
Lindy LaFontaine | Alizee | Single release
Volary | Die A Little More | Out Of Shadows

Bud Rogers | Intercity Mars | Starman
Natalie Cortez & The Ultraviolets | Three Times | Twitch!
Duncan Faure | All At Once | Pronounced “Four-Uh”
Sons Of Morning | Outta My Head | Sons Of Morning
Edward Rogers | Denmark Street Forgotten | Glass Marbles
Gail George | You Are There | The Barrio Sessions
Nelson Bragg | Forever Days | Day Into Night
Nelson Bragg | Welcome To Nowhereville | We Get What We Want
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | Here Comes The Bus | The Underground Garden
Cult Of Wedge | The Day You Left Town | Loch Ness Monsters And Motherships
Lisa Said | Hard To Brake | No Turn Left Behind
The Pengwins | Shake Some Action | Single release
Chandler Travis Philharmonic | Your Wife And Mother | Waving Kissyhead Vol. 1
Matt North | Cronkite And Cosell | Above Ground Fools
Butch Young | Wonderful Life | Mercury Man
The Armoires | Responsible | Incidental Light Show

October 15, 2016
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Well, 750 shows is kind of like a half birthday–it’s not 700, it’s not 800, but it is cause for celebration–3/4 of the way to 1000! And we were given a couple of really nice presents for the occasion: in-studio visits with Gail George, visiting us from New York City, and The Corner Laughers, visiting us from San Francisco!

Artist | Track | Album
Cult Of Wedge | Oh Lindsay | Loch Ness Monsters And Motherships
The Cherry Bluestorms | A Better Place | Bad Penny Opera
Cirrone | All I Know | Uplands Park Road
Felsen | Felsen’s Gonna Save You | Breaking Up With Lonelinness
Lannie Flowers | Favorite Song | LIVE in NYC
Maxi Dunn | Make It Better | The Neglected Gambit

Gail George interview
Gail George | He’s An Exclamation! | Follow Your Bliss!
Gail George | A Wonderful Life | Single release
Gail George | Little Pink Notes | The Barrio Sessions

The Taters | Never Call Me Here | Taters Party
The Britannicas | Bleed Between The Lines | High Tea
The Armoires | Caterwaul | Incidental Light Show
Duncan Faure | Back To The Day | 4
Gretchen’s Wheel | Live Through You | Behind The Curtain
Three Minute Tease | MTV Song | Bite The Hand
Incredible Casuals | I’ll Do Anything | Nature Calls
Blake Jones And The Trike Shop | The Girl In The Camera Obscura | Teasers From The Whispermaphone

Corner Laughers interview
The Corner Laughers | For The Sake Of The Cat | Ultraviolet Garden
The Corner Laughers | Laughing Stars | Poppy Seeds
Vinnie’s Vipers | Sir Edmund The Entersplainer | Single release
The Corner Laughers | Good Hope | Matilda Effect

October 9, 2016
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Artist | Track | Album
Blake Babies | Your Way Or The Highway | Earwig Demos
Cirrone | Uplands Park Road | Uplands Park Road
Anton Barbeau | Circuit Beaker | Distortion Schlager
Duncan Faure | The Day That I Found Love | 4
Maxi Dunn | Change The Record | Edmund & Leo
Felsen | Lay Kenneth Lay | Accidental Drowning
Lannie Flowers | Turn Up Your Radio | LIVE in NYC

Interview with Arrica Rose and Mark Lynn
Dear County | Baby Let’s Dance | Low Country
Dear County | Oh My Darlin | Low Country

The Armoires | Fort Ashby | Incidental Light Show
Matt North | Cronkite And Cosell | Above Ground Fools
Gail George | Fool’s Paradise | Follow Your Bliss!
The JAC | Persistent Man | Faux Pas
Heroes Of Toolik | Perfect | Like Night
The Corner Laughers | Fairytale Tourist | Matilda Effect
Heiskell | Just Can’t Say | Arriving

Interview with Gwynneth Haynes
Sophe Lux And The Mystic | Love Is Waiting | All Are One
Sophe Lux And The Mystic | The Love Comet | All Are One
Blake Jones And The Trike Shop | Sun Up | The Underground Garden

October 1, 2016
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Artist | Track | Album
Maple Mars | Transcendental Guidance | Galaxyland
Juan Pablo Mazzola | Dave | Single release
HUGElarge | Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White | HUGElarge
Maxi Dunn | Always Be My Friend | Welcome To Soonville
Identical Suns | Common Ground | Identical Suns
T. Rex | Jeepster | Single release
Girls On Grass | Too Pretty | Girls On Grass
Crooked Flower | Too Broke To Fix | Between Two Stars
Lloyd Cole | Tell Your Sister | Don’t Get Weird On Me, Babe
Chandler Travis Philharmonic | E | Waving Kissyhead, Vol. 1
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | My Girl (She Brings Me) | IPO Vol. 19
The Carpetbaggers | Sin Now…Pray Later | Sin Now…Pray Later
The Well Wishers | Impossible To Blame | Comes And Goes
The Armoires | Alesandra 619 | IPO Vol. 19
The Taters | Sunshine | Recess
Jason Berk | Tell Me | Everything Old Is New Again
Duncan Faure | Man Of A Thousand Dreams | Pronounced “Four-Uh”
Lannie Flowers | Same Old Story | Same Old Story
Lannie Flowers | Come On Girl | LIVE in NYC
Gail George | On The Avenue | Follow Your Bliss!
The Who | Pictures Of Lily | Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy
David Brookings And The Average Lookings | You’re Right, It Went So Wrong | David Brookings And The Average Lookings
Gretchen’s Wheel | Live Through You | Behind The Curtain
Rich McCulley | Far From My Angel | Far From My Angel
The Mysteries Of Life | Coat Of Arms | Bad Advice
The Outryders | Last Scenes | The Outryders
The Red Button | I Could Get Used To You | She’s About To Cross My Mind
Felsen | Dr. Fujimoto Speaks | I Don’t Know How To Talk Anymore

September 17, 2016
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