This month's R U Kind with Mike Newman stares down at you omnisciently like an ant on a picnic plate and asks, "By all means take a bite out of the Swing Out Sister jam. But when you're done, don't forget to wander over and nibble the fIREHOSE pâte and the Roy Orbison cheesecake." Link in comments

This month's R U Kind with Mike Newman stares down at you omnisciently like an ant on a picnic plate and asks, "By all means take a bite out of the Swing Out Sister jam. But when you're done, don't forget to wander over and nibble the fIREHOSE pâte and the Roy Orbison cheesecake." Link in comments

Warning: the tea at Alice's Mad Tea Party may cause sedative, hypnogogic, or just plain euphoric states. Just try not to float off into space when you dive off the top of the mountain, which is what this week's show is really all about: MOUNTAINS. Ah, glory! Link in comments 👇

Warning: the tea at Alice's Mad Tea Party may cause sedative, hypnogogic, or just plain euphoric states. Just try not to float off into space when you dive off the top of the mountain, which is what this week's show is really all about: MOUNTAINS. Ah, glory! Link in comments 👇

Another glorious hour of genre hopping with @azaliasnail.bsky.social Listen 👉 nqra.live/escape-maker/

David Katznelson returns with a spine-tingling blend of soul, blues, psychedelic missives, outlaw guitars, and cinematic zonked-ness. There's also a great look at Tarnation's Gentle Creatures album at 30. Take a deep breath... Link in comments 👇

Johnny Lynch is back with another smorgasbord of all things otherized. From the incendiary guitar histrionics of Jimi Hendrix through the tasteful modalism of Bill McKay to the spine-tingling "plain singing" of Kathy Heideman, these are stages and phases of ecstasy in flux. Link in comments 👇

SHOW ECLECTICO Episode 2: modal music 👇 nqra.live/show-eclecti...

This month on Transmissions from the Burrow, Uli and Swantje plunge you into the depths of three monster long-form jams from divergent paths across the underground. Settle in for an hour of true zone-out music or, if you're listening at the gym, set the treadmill timer to stun. Link below 👇

NEW EPISODE: Random MP3s from Henrietta Rowlatt’s collection for an hour of your time, what more could you want? New music from metal group Agriculture. A dub double from MANSLAUGHTER and Ghost Dubs. Plus music to soundtrack the day in the life of a bear! Link in comments 👇

NEW EPISODE: NQRA Station Selects. We got new music from P.G. Six, Western Extra, Michael Hurley, Makaya McCraven, and more. And we got mind-melters from Mothers of Invention, Scientist vs. Prince Jammy, and this mean-looking Rochester, NY mofo...👇 Link in comments.

NEW EPISODE: These midweek drops of Alice's Mad Tea Party are, we've said it before, a balm for the soul. If new musical discovery is your zone, Alice Peters-Burns is the knowledge font from which ye must quaff. Listen here 👉 nqra.live/the-mad-tea-...

The Shindig! editorial team is back with another blast of acid fried goodness. Turn on, tune in, and drop everything! Link in comments.👇

Three hours of Japanese psychedelic music, lovingly curated by NQRA. Link in comments. 👇

Carlos Giffoni is back with another hour of experimental, non-idiomatic improv, and noise music. There's a new track by Charmaine Lee at the top, plunging us into a meditative zone of tonal pile-up, white noise, drones, echoed voices, resonant chime, and free skronk fire. Link in comments.👇

"Can in-laws be outlaws?" LOL. David Lerner is one committed country music freak. This month, he's broadcasting from Oklahoma City while on a visit to see the parents-in-law, but that hasn't stopped him from beaming in a true shit-kicker of a show. Lerner = Lifer. Do it. Link in comments.👇

NEW MIXTAPE What even is "Cosmic American Music"? It's so hard to define in any way that makes sense outside of Gram Parsons' head. Nearly two-and-a-half hours of the stuff for your listening pleasure, now streaming at the NQRA site, tho'. Link in comments.👇

Bobby Lee is on a mission to hit the re-set button on all y'all Gen X negatividoids who say it's wrong to enjoy gated reverb on snare just cuz it reminds you of dad popping the cuffs on his linen jacket and swooshing his mullet while saying "this is REAL music!" through a mouthful of fondue. 🔗👇

We talked to Ben Chasny, Donovan Quinn, and James Toth about their amazing print zine, Head Voice, which uncovers the unorthodox recording techniques of some of the world's most exploratory musicians and DIY sound engineers. Now streaming on the NQRA YouTube channel. Link in comments. 👇

NEW EPISODE Beloved longtime champion of underground psychedelic indie rock radio, Alice Peters-Burns, is back for another week of slow-simmering, scuzz rockin', pastoral, and soul-enveloping jams from across the global scene. Listen here 👉 nqra.live/the-mad-tea-...

We talked to Jennifer Herrema about Black Bananas' new NQRA show, Bad Bunch, and general music appreciation in the age of algorithms. Link in comments 👇🏼

NEW EPISODE 808 State's Graham Massey continues his trek across global influence with an exploration of Japanese and Japanese-influenced music. As edifying as it is thrilling to listen to, this is a visionary musician-producer's take on the best of Japan, as well as the best homages to it. Link👇🏼

Black Bananas sift through a veritable thrift store of bullet belts, spandex pants, Nice'n Easy Blue Black hair dye, and homemade beer bongs. That's right, it's '83 all over again on Bad Bunch Radio. Vince Neil still has "Looks that Kill", and Ratt is so big that even Bob Dylan knows what's up.

NEW EPISODE: Andy Uzzell loves fuzz, spring reverb, and loosely tuned floor toms. That gasoline scented, melting pavement, beachfront vibe where the dweebs and the meatheads clash in sonic rendezvous. Pour yourself a malted and prepare to lose it. Link in comments.👇

One of the deepest, strangest, most exploratory shows on NQRA, Esculpido en Mármol is the brainchild of Santiago, Chile's Tomás Salvatierra. His show reaches into the local and far-flung underground and folk scenes to deliver an immersive mind-and-body experience. 👉🏻 nqra.live/esculpido-en...

Brand new 4-hour format for Station Selects on NQRA. Streaming right now with music from: • Steve Gunn • Dunza • Zig Zag Band • Matt LaJoie • Doug Sahm • Chicago Underground Duo • Gun Club And much more, including this wondrous Cambodian singer. 👇🏼 Listen at NQRA.live

NEW EPISODE: Thrilled to have James Toth back in the hot seat for a new episode of The Dub Zone. He has a brand new Dunza LP out and, though it's a world away stylistically, it's still easy to hear the dub influence seeping through the music. This show helps explain why 👉🏼 nqra.live/the-dub-zone/

We're mixing up the station selects format as of next week to include older and new music. There's a new 3-hour episode coming Monday. 🤙🏻

INTERVIEW: What is reality if not a set of in-the-moment decisions, improvisations, and desperate attempts to source the holy ecstatic moment? Scott McDowell—host of Jazz Realities on NQRA—may well have found the perfect way of putting it. Link to full interview in comments 👇🏼

Two more hours of mind blowing jams from the personal record collection of one of the greats of the free folk movement, Albany, NY's Johnny Lynch aka Wovoka. A true balm for the soul. Listen here 👉🏻 nqra.live/holy-room/

NEW EPISODE: Frank Hurricane is such a lifer that he made this killer show while out on the road—beamed in direct from the Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh, NC where he's playing TODAY! Join him as he talks mystical hiking and kayaking on the Appalachian trail. 🦐🦐🦐 Link in the comments! 👇

BRAND NEW SHOW! Heavy Lidding w/ Jeffrey Alexander (DWLVS, Heavy Lidders, et al) Listen here 👉🏼 nqra.live/heavy-lidding/

Scott McDowell shows are abstract paintings of global sound globules that, when you stand 10 feet back and listen to them whole, just make sense. Listen up close for yr fave tunes by D'Angelo, Ryan Davis, or Paul Bley. Or pull up an easy chair, stare into the void, and be like, "It's a sailboat!"

Another weekly cup of Alice Peters-Burns' herbal blend of dreamlike acoustic and electronic song-craft and psychedelic exploration. Follow the white rabbit and imbibe when instructed to do so. Listen here 👉 nqra.live/the-mad-tea-...

I’m finally digging into this episode this morning and it’s wonderful. I have a lot of these albums but not all, and it’s a delight to hear a bit of the behind-the-scenes on the whole thing.

God Unknown Records is a UK label founded in 2013. Notable collaborations Mark Lanegan, Soundgarden members, Monster Magnet, and Penny Rimbaud. Founder Jason's new NQRA show, Sonic Rituals is a glimpse into the mind of a seasoned, discerning curator/musician. Listen here👇🏼 nqra.live/sonic-rituals/

Dylan Golden Aycock dives headlong into his cassette collection of psych folk and improv revelry once again. Picture yrself flagrantly unravelling spools of tape in otherized wonder. If that's a positive self-image, then saddle-up hoss: this is yr ride to the other side. NQRA.live/a-b-the-tape-show/

Next week on NQRA—new shows from: • Black Bananas • Scott McDowell • David Lerner (Trummors) • Dylan Golden Aycock And more. Tune in at nqra.live

There's a new episode of Bad Bunch Radio w/ Jennifer Herrema and Kurt Midness (Black Bananas/RTX) coming next week. Catch up on episode 1 in the meantime here 👉🏼 nqra.live/bad-bunch-ra...

We had a lot of requests for track lists to accompany the shows on our pages. We've now added 99.9% of those and will be updating them every time we post a new show on the site. Example here 👉 nqra.live/the-dub-zone/

Birdman Records Founder, David Katznelson likes to please. But, when he asked, "Should I stick to one genre in each show?" we said, "Hell no!" This is the guy who signed Boredoms to WEA and Texas Tornadoes to Reprise back-to-back. Who'd rein in that kind of curatorial lunacy-cum-genius?

Queen of Lo-Fi* Azalia Snail is back with another genre-defying hour-long mix of music from past-past, recent past, and the relative now that's got everything you need for a perfect morning wake-up, a busy afternoon's toil, or late night zone-a-thon. Listen at NQRA.live/escape-maker/

There's a brand new episode of NQRA Station Selects up today on the home page. We've got new music from the Drag City, International Anthem, Three Lobed, and Silver Current labels, amongst others. Plus the debut single from this stunner of a new LP. NQRA.live

In A/B: The Tape Show, Dylan Golden Aycock digs into his collection of micro-released tapes to bring us a monthly rebuttal to algorithm culture. Episode 1 begins with a thunderstorm occurring on the porch in real time as the show is being recorded. Serendipitous, what? nqra.live/a-b-the-tape...

Brantley Fletcher is a wide-ranging DIY musician from rural Northeastern South Carolina, best-known for his long-running project, Plundershop, but active well beyond. His NQRA show, Burnt Branch Porch Party, is a trip through tape and time. Listen here 👉🏼 nqra.live/burnt-branch...

NQRA founder Nick Mitchell Maiato explores the singularly Spanish, complex, and psychedelic music coming out of Spain, which came to fruition in 1975 after Franco’s death. Abre la puerta, niña. Que el día va a comenzar. Listen at nqra.live/abre-la-puer...

New episode of R U Kind out today! Listen here 👉🏼 nqra.live/r-u-kind/

Thom Padmore is part curator, part creator, whose obsession with drones, tones and immersive music finds its outlet in the beautiful Slow Wave Sound, a kind of experiment in broadcasted hypnotones. Something we all need to bathe in once a month on NQRA. nqra.live/slow-wave-so...

This week on NQRA... • New episode of Station Selects • New Escape Maker w/ Azalia Snail • New R-U Kind w/ Mike Newman • New Mad Tea Party w/ Alice Peters-Burns • New Signal w/ David Katznelson • New Spanish rock show, Abre La Puerta w/ Nick Mitchell Maiato See you at nqra.live

No.1 on Mixcloud's global Psychedelic Rock and Garage Punk charts this week. Two hours of reminiscing, vibing, and incredible music from The Fleur De Lys, Kak, The Nerve, and much more. Psych out your Sunday. nqra.live/the-shindig-...