It was a day of jet-setting, starting in the dark hours of morning, and it wasn’t going to be over until the studio light went off. To keep up the energy levels, we presented a double-header of a special, first an hour of The Famous Polka, featuring songs titled after real (mostly) people, and following that two hours of Balkan Fever, with music that was far from exclusively Balkan but all fed into that manic two-step non-stop feeling.
Club Makumba is hot, the drinks are strong, and you’re not ready to leave just yet.
The sound of Chicano Batman is a half-dozen ice-cubes liquidly clinking in a tall glass.
Another batch of duplicates and substitutes!
Mustard Service is a variety of spicy and stinging that will bring a tear to your eye.
Khruangbin promises exotic destinations and luxurious accommodations in the distant hum of a prop engine.
It was a globe-spanning show, with listeners checking in from the Grand Valley, the Florida swamps, and as far as Japan, where it was already Wednesday lunchtime. Meanwhile, The Libertines are up to their old antics again, at least the ones where they sound like a recently unfrozen cadre of British Invasion troglodytes. Also fun: playing a track called “We Will Not Apologize” and following that up with “Stop Apologizing”. Sounds about right.
Holiday Ghosts bring you that refreshing fizzy jangle in a tall frosted glass.
Sometimes, you’re in the mood for something unrelenting and obsessive, and Meatbodies has what you need.
The Dandy Warhols are singing about a band, but it’s not the Misfits
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