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Caitlyn interviews London-based artist Tally Spear and we hear the title track from her new release Bittersweet. Caitlyn also features several new alternative rock tracks, and Pat makes some picks for the Nelsonville Music Festival, which is happening this weekend....
A Boomer and a Zoomer discuss discovering new music in an age when 18-34 year-olds are abandoning FM radio in droves. Our Music Columbus Earn As Your Learn Intern, Caitlyn, makes her debut on The Ear Opener. Along the way...
Jerry Kranitz, author of Cassette Culture: Homemade Music and the Creative Spirit in the Pre-Internet Age, joins us to talk about the rise of cassette culture in the 1980s and its continuing presence today. Jerry selected some representative tracks that...
This week we focus on modern psychedelic music with selections and conversation with Kurt Orzeck, who writes a quarterly psych column for treblezine.com. We also stop in with Andrew Davis, one of the organizers of Midwest Psychfest, which is happening...
Features 3 songs from Water From Your Eyes’ latest album “It’s a Beautiful Place”. Plus new releases from Robber Robber, Future Islands, Pulp and more.
Post-punk, literally “after punk”, a genre of music you might have missed between the first punk explosion and the advent of MTV. This program samples some of the bands that fit that sound and that era. Most of them hail...
Bee Shuman and David Holm of the band Bee Humana are the guests this week. We hear a few songs that influenced Bee as a songwriter and also hear a couple tracks from Bee Humana’s EP. Plus there’s the usual...
New music from Mirah, Gus and the TV, and Modern Nature.
We’re still yearning for the promise of rebirth that is Spring, as evidenced by the third set of this week’s show. New stuff from Kevin Morby, Altin Gün, Charlotte Cornfield, The Outfit (Daniel Romano), Heavenly, and Special Friend.
Three sets: 1. Upbeat power pop, glam, and indie pop. 2. Mostly mellower singer-songwriter tracks. 3. A continuation of set 2 with an electronic DJ/Producer track thrown in the mix.
New music from Avalon Emerson & The Charm, Adult DVD, Annabelle Chairlegs, and Ken Park. Classics from R.E.M., Au Pairs, and Psapp. Plus more recurrent future classics from albums released last year.
Dig yourself out with new music from deathcrash, Ora Cogan, Red Skylark, Sanpaulo, Jeff Jakobs, Dry Cleaning, and Ski Team. Plus classics you’ll remember from when your world was not simultaneously on fire and covered with snow.
