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The Sonic Bloom

Feb 15, 2023 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM

Music

With Esoterica

folky, punky, poppy, jangly, post-punky, and psychedelic goodness of the musical variety coming out of your speakers courtesy of moi. oh yeah, and occasional show tunes.

The Sonic Bloom, your way.

hiiiiii, new music coming up!

The Sonic Bloom
3:03 AM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
3:04 AM
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3:07 AM
Mary Lattimore - Til a Mermaid Drags You Under
Mary Lattimore Til a Mermaid Drags You Under Mary Lattimore
Silver Ladders Ghostly International 2020
3:16 AM
Melenas - Despertar
Melenas Despertar Melenas
Días Raros Elsa Records 2020
Indie pop quartet from Pamplona, Spain.
3:20 AM
Melvins - Queen (Acoustic)
Melvins Queen (Acoustic) Melvins
Five Legged Dog Ipecac Recordings / Liberator Music 2021
Also featured on Stoner Witch.
3:24 AM
Melissa Manchester - Don't Cry Out Loud
Melissa Manchester Don't Cry Out Loud Melissa Manchester
Don't Cry Out Loud Arista/BMG Heritage 2002
Melissa Manchester "Don't Cry Out Loud" is a song written in 1976 by Peter Allen with lyricist Carole Bayer Sager that is best known as a hit single for Melissa Manchester in the US and for Elkie Brooks in the UK.
3:28 AM
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3:30 AM
Mesh - Missing Link
Mesh Missing Link Mesh
Mesh - EP Born Yesterday Records 2021
3:35 AM
Methyl Ethel - Scream Whole
Methyl Ethel Scream Whole Methyl Ethel
Triage 4AD 2018
Methyl Ethel is an Australian art rock band from Perth, signed to Future Classic in 2021 and formerly to Dot Dash and 4AD. The band consists of Jake Webb, Thom Stewart, Chris Wright, Jacob Diamond, and Lyndon Blue. Webb previously fronted Sugarpuss.
3:37 AM
Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer - Two of a Kind
Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer Two of a Kind
Two of a Kind Rhino Atlantic 2005
Released in 1961. Arranged and conducted by Billy May. Recorded over four dates in August 1961. At United studio in Hollywood.
3:42 AM
The Other Half - No Doubt About It
The Other Half No Doubt About It
The Other Half (Remastered) TTW 1967
Psych garage out of SF. Groovy, man!
3:45 AM
Gee Tee - Bad Habit
Gee Tee Bad Habit Gee Tee
Gee Tee Goodbye Boozy 2018
From Sydney, Australia.
3:46 AM
The Incredible String Band - Witches Hat
The Incredible String Band Witches Hat The Incredible String Band
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Rhino/Elektra 1968
Scottish psychedelic band formed by Clive Palmer, Robin Williamson and Mike Heron in Edinburgh in 1966.
3:50 AM
Paul Cherry - Between Me and Chicago
Paul Cherry Between Me and Chicago Paul Cherry N
Chicago - Single Sunset Music Productions Co., Ltd 2022
https://www.honeypunchmag.com/interview-paul-cherry
3:54 AM
Part Time - I Can't Get You Out
Part Time I Can't Get You Out Part Time N
I Can't Get You Out - Single 3561130 Records DK 2022
Part Time (stylized as PARTIME) was a North American pop band that was fronted by California-based musician David Loca (also credited as David Speck). Loca produced and wrote virtually all of the band's output, with most of their studio recordings created alone at his home.
3:56 AM
Orville Peck - Turn to Hate
Orville Peck Turn to Hate Orville Peck
Pony Sub Pop Records 2019
4:08 AM
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4:10 AM
Purling Hiss - Baby
Purling Hiss Baby Purling Hiss N
Drag on Girard Drag City 2023
PH playing wirth Chris Forsyth at Johnny Brenda's April 21st!
4:12 AM
The No Ones - Phil Ochs Is Dead
The No Ones Phil Ochs Is Dead The No Ones N
My Best Evil Friend Yep Roc Records 2023
4:16 AM
Spoon - I Can't Give Everything Away
Spoon I Can't Give Everything Away Spoon N
I Can't Give Everything Away - Single Matador 2022
4:16 AM
Ambrosia - Holdin' On to Yesterday
Ambrosia Holdin' On to Yesterday Ambrosia
Ambrosia Warner Records 1975

63e539dc9b93c.jpgAmbrosia is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1970. Ambrosia had five top 40 hit singles released between 1975 and 1980.

4:24 AM
Firefall - You Are the Woman
Firefall You Are the Woman Firefall
Firefall Rhino Atlantic 2005
"You Are the Woman" is a song by Firefall, released as the second single from their self-titled debut album. Written by Rick Roberts, then the group's frontman, the track is distinguished by the performance on flute of Firefall member David Muse and the lead vocals of Chuck Kirkpatrick.
4:27 AM
Men's Recovery Project - In The Eunich's Wine Cellar
Men's Recovery Project In The Eunich's Wine Cellar
Bolides Over Basra Load Records 2000
Men's Recovery Project was an American experimental noise rock band formed by Sam McPheeters and Neil Burke in Richmond, Virginia, active from 1993–2002. The group's post-modern absurdist musical attitude resulted in a diverse and consistently obtuse output, with varied material touching on electronic, avant garde, comedy and spoken word motifs that often alluded to their roots in hardcore punk.
4:29 AM
Six Finger Satellite - Herpe Gimme Strength
Six Finger Satellite Herpe Gimme Strength Six Finger Satellite
Half Control Load Records 2008
Six Finger Satellite (a.k.a. 6FS) are an American synthesizer-based post-hardcore band, based in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
4:30 AM
The Smiths - Cemetry Gates
The Smiths Cemetry Gates The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead Rhino 1986
4:34 AM
Jockstrap - 50/50
Jockstrap 50/50 Jockstrap
50/50 - Single Rough Trade 2021
Jockstrap, 50/50. Jockstrap are an English musical duo consisting of Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye, who met at London's Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2016.
4:38 AM
Algiers - I Can't Stand It! (feat. Samuel T. Herring & Jae Matthews)
Algiers I Can't Stand It! (feat. Samuel T. Herring & Jae Matthews) Algiers N
Shook Matador 2023
Algiers is an American-English post-punk band from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, formed in 2012. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Franklin James Fisher, Ryan Mahan, Lee Tesche, and Matt Tong. New single “I Can’t Stand It” (Feat. Future Islands’ Samuel T. Herring & Boy Harsher’s Jae Matthew)
4:41 AM
Lucinda Chua - Echo
Lucinda Chua Echo Lucinda Chua N
YIAN 2023

63e543abd5950.jpegLucinda Chua, from South London. Lucinda Chua shares the new song and accompanying short film, 'Echo' announcing her debut solo album YIAN, out March 24th via 4AD. Lucinda also announces her biggest headline show to date, at ICA, London on May 9th, tickets on sale Friday.

4:51 AM
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4:52 AM
Gruff Rhys - Layer Upon Layer
Gruff Rhys Layer Upon Layer Gruff Rhys N
The Almond and the Seahorse 2023
Gruff Rhys, Gruffudd Maredudd Bowen Rhys is a Welsh musician, composer, producer, filmmaker and author. He performs solo and with several bands, including Super Furry Animals, which obtained mainstream success in the 1990s. He formed the electro-pop outfit Neon Neon with Boom Bip. Layer Upon Layer from The Almond and the Seahorse, starring Rebel Wilson and Charlotte Gainsbourg.
4:55 AM
Overmono - Is U
Overmono Is U Overmono N
Good Lies 2023
Overmono, Raised in Wales, siblings Tom and Ed Russell both had successful careers in electronic music before they began collaborating as Overmono -- with Tom known for his hard-edged techno as Truss, and Ed for his rave-instilled bass work as Tessela -- although there was a brief time the brothers performed together as the hardware-based techno duo TR//ER. Is U from the album Good Lies.
5:00 AM
Yaeji - For Granted
Yaeji For Granted Yaeji N
With a Hammer XL Recordings 2023
Kathy Yaeji Lee, known professionally as Yaeji, is an American singer, DJ, and producer based in Brooklyn, New York. Her style blends elements of house music and hip hop with mellow, quiet vocals sung in both English and Korean.
5:02 AM
Mondo Lava - Jungle Top
Mondo Lava Jungle Top Mondo Lava N
Mondo Perdutti Primordial Void 2023
Band started in Davis, CA, now in both Oakland and Pamplona.
5:05 AM
the GOLDEN DREGS - Before We Fell from Grace
the GOLDEN DREGS Before We Fell from Grace N
On Grace & Dignity 4AD 2023
The Golden Dregs have signed to 4AD. Cornwall-born songwriter and producer Benjamin Woods has been working under this alter ego for almost a decade, deploying a gruff baritone in that Leonard Cohen/Matt Berninger/Stuart Staples mode over lush and thoughtful arrangements. 

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5:10 AM
The National - Tropic Morning News
The National Tropic Morning News The National N
First Two Pages of Frankenstein 2023
The National is an American rock band of Cincinnati, Ohio natives, formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1999. The band consists of Matt Berninger (vocals), twin brothers Aaron Dessner (guitar, piano, keyboards) and Bryce Dessner (guitar, piano, keyboards), as well as brothers Scott Devendorf (bass) and Bryan Devendorf (drums). CarinBesser, the wife of Matt Berninger, is not a band member but has written lyrics for the band alongside her husband since its 2007 album Boxer.
5:13 AM
Holt Bodish - Was it the beginning
Holt Bodish Was it the beginning N
Build Yourself a Space Petty Bunco 2022
Home recorded on the floor of a living room in Eugene, OR. Holt Bodish is best known as one third of Montana's finest treble strummers, Mordecai.
5:17 AM
Ian Wayne - Gimme Something
Ian Wayne Gimme Something Ian Wayne
Risking Illness Whatever's Clever 2020
5:20 AM
Angry Samoans - Inside My Brain
Angry Samoans Inside My Brain Angry Samoans
Inside My Brain - EP Nickel and Dime / Triple X Records 1980
The Angry Samoans is an American punk rock band from the first wave of American punk, formed in August 1978 in Los Angeles, California, by early 1970s rock writer "Metal" Mike Saunders, his sibling lead guitarist Bonze Blayk and Gregg Turner, along with original recruits Todd Homer and Bill Vockeroth.
5:22 AM
Gregg Turner - Another Lost Heartache
Gregg Turner Another Lost Heartache
Plays the Hits White Noise 2013
5:26 AM
Agitation Free - First Communication
Agitation Free First Communication Agitation Free
2Nd M.i.G - music GmbH 1973
Founded in Berlin, Germany in 1967 - Disbanded in 1974 - Reunited briefly in 1998, 2007 and 2012 A classic of the German space genre. Their current music is a combination of Progressive Rock and New Instrumental Music, with touches of Jazz and passages dedicated to an experimentation near to Ambient. Their originality was due to the blend electronic and repetitive musics with a lot of ethnic elements from North Africa, India, etc. Very much like your early ASH RA TEMPEL, GURU GURU type bands except with a cultural influence.
5:35 AM
Game Theory - If and When It Falls Apart
Game Theory If and When It Falls Apart Game Theory
Real Nighttime Omnivore Recordings 1985
5:36 AM
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5:44 AM
King Tuff - How I Love
King Tuff How I Love King Tuff N
Smalltown Stardust Sub Pop Records 2023
5:46 AM
Colin Blunstone - Caroline Goodbye
Colin Blunstone Caroline Goodbye Colin Blunstone
One Year Legacy Recordings 1971
5:50 AM
Television - The Fire (Remastered)
Television The Fire (Remastered) Television
Adventure Rhino/Elektra 2005
2nd studio album by Television released April 1978.
5:54 AM
Harshmellow - Debu Chan (feat. Dale Crover & Buzz Osborne)
Harshmellow Debu Chan (feat. Dale Crover & Buzz Osborne) Harshmellow
Harsh Realm 7" (feat. Buzz Osborne & Dale Crover) - Single Draplin Design Co. Records 2021
5:58 AM
Meg Baird - Star Hill Song
Meg Baird Star Hill Song N
Furling Drag City 2023