New episode of R U Kind up on @nqra.bsky.social featuring the likes of NRBQ, Paul Damian Hogan, Joe Westerlund, Papir, John Thayer, Improvement Movement, Mycota, Kassi Valazza, Way Dynamic, Yes, Vanity Mirror, Fleetwood Mac, Barry Walker Jr... nqra.live/r-u-kind/

R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff 💔

Jennifer Herrema and Kurt Midness (Black Bananas) lay two hours of ripe stank on your innards in Bad Bunch Radio. Make way for Brides of Funkenstein, Keith Sweat, Sonny Sharrock, some o' that oscillated Bill Laswell '90s p-funk tinkering, and more twee-baiting gnarl. Link in comments 👇

You know our love will not fade away, Donna 💔 On my last @nqra.bsky.social radio show I talked about how much I love Donna’s song “Rain” from Cats Under the Stars. Whatta song! youtu.be/YJ6pkQ7YTXg?...

Wrote a lil tribute to our late, great Donna Jean Godchaux, may she rest in peace... 🌹💀⚡️ nqra.live/donna-jean-g... @nqra.bsky.social

New Jazz Realities post: Scott LaFaro's bass alchemy, the musician/instrument spriritual connection + new Tacoma Park cassette + @nqra.bsky.social Jazz Realities No. 3 playlist & archive. Listen while you read. open.substack.com/pub/jazzreal...

New episode up on @nqra.bsky.social for some weekend listening. Not spooky but also not NOT spooky! 👻 nqra.live/r-u-kind/

Don't be shy, join us for The Mad Tea Party on nqra.live @nqra.bsky.social - music, hopefully your cup of tea, with thanks to: Georgia Ruth; @ivanmoult.bsky.social ; Quiet Marauder ; Part Time Signals ; @gentlegood.bsky.social via @bubblewrapcollective.co.uk @beastpruk.bsky.social |

Electronic experimentation of horror movie soundtracks from 1975, for your Halloween delectation, courtesy of The Signal w/ David Katznelson. Link in comments. 👇

Don't be shy, join us for The Mad Tea Party on nqra.live @nqra.bsky.social - music, hopefully your cup of tea, with thanks to: Meg Baird via Tompkins Square, Drag City | Meg Baird And Mary Lattimore via @3lobed.bsky.social | Mary Lattimore via @ghostlyint.bsky.social |

My latest (and possibly greatest) Oceanfront Property radio show is now available for streaming on @nqra.bsky.social. Dug deep into some tried n true cosmic classics for this episode:

Is there anything more satisfying than a Klaus Dinger beat with an ostinato bass line hanging on the root note octaves? Soundcarriers' kindly edifier of vibe, Leonore Wheatley, unfurls the magic of motorik in the latest Show Eclectico. Link in the comments.👇

Heya! So, in addition to Pome Pome Tones, I have another NEW radio show on @nqra.bsky.social and its an ALL private-press mixtape. Latest episode #2 just dropped - its HOT. Do you like music? I like music. 🎧 🎧 🎧 dig in: nqra.live/heavy-lidding/

Third instalment of Jazz Realities with Scott McDowell. Roots, identity, and politics abound in this episode and the sense of existential "WTF?" rings loud and clear. This is an explosively liberating set of music. Exactly what we need right now. Link in comments.👇

The best season is here—autumn with all its wistful mental journeying into the depths of slightly premature annual nostalgia. So here's four hours of solid autumnal mood-setting from NQRA to accompany it. Feat. Maureen Tucker, Mike Heron, Vainica Doble (pictured), and much more. Link in comments.👇

Don't be shy, join us for The Mad Tea Party on nqra.live @nqra.bsky.social - music, hopefully your cup of tea, with thanks to: @gweniferraymond.bsky.social via @wearebusybodies.bsky.social | The Bathers via @lnfg.bsky.social| Seamus O'Muineachain @omuineachain.bsky.social |

Do not miss this incredible episode of A/B: The Tape Show w/ Dylan Golden Aycock. Lost cassette missives from Oklahoma. nqra.live/a-b-the-tape...

Thanks to the amazing Shindig! Magazine for the NQRA Radio feature in this month's issue!! Text blurred, so if you wanna read it, you'll need to grab the mag. ❤️✌️

The Signal w/ David Katznelson #5 - Ancient Futuristic Music for Pets Set your woofers and tweeters to engaged. Link in comments. 👇

Don't be shy, join us for The Mad Tea Party on nqra.live @nqra.bsky.social - music, hopefully your cup of tea, with thanks to: Brussels Jazz Orchestra & Naima Joris | Carson McHone via @mergerecords.bsky.social | Adrian Crowley And Matthew Nolan @adriancrowley.bsky.social |

"How many times should people listen to Earl of Suave, Episode 3, at minimum, Andy?" Good answer. And appropriate. Prepare to get aurally mugged off by snot-nosed The Cramps, knuckle-dusted Wimple Winch, and more garage-punk rumblers. Bow to the Earl of Suave. Link (Wray) in comments. 👇

NEW EPISODE: Hope you're not doing anything for about four-and-a-half hours, because NQRA Station Selects requires your attention. You're just going to have to down-tools and focus on this, sorry. But don't worry, you'll thank us for it. Link in comments.👇

NEW MIXTAPE P-Funk zeep dive. We go zeeper than zeep with rare cuts from Eramus Hall, Mico Wave, Trey Lewd, and Enemy Squad, amongst others. Not to mention the legendary Parliament, Funkadelic, and Bootsy's Rubber Band, naturally. I think I see the mothership comin'. Ooh yeah! Link in comments. 👇

NEW EPISODE Jason Stoll returns with Sonic Rituals. 🧙‍♀️ nqra.live/sonic-rituals/

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 👇

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/