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The Sonic Bloom

Apr 19, 2025 3:00 AM – 5:00 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.

Just another Monday night!

Hey, let's pay tribute to Clem Burke with some Blondie and also lavish in the musical stylings of The Jam, SWANS, and more!

The Sonic Bloom
3:05 AM
Television Personalities - Part Time Punks
Television Personalities Part Time Punks Television Personalities
Paisley Shirts & Mini Skirts Overground Records 1980
3:07 AM
The Pastels - Crawl Babies
The Pastels Crawl Babies The Pastels
Truckload of Trouble Fire Records 1993
3:09 AM
Beat Happening - What's Important
Beat Happening What's Important Beat Happening
Beat Happening Domino Recording Co 2019
Released in 1985. Beat Happening formed in Olympia, Washington in 1983. Heather Lewis, Bret Lunsford (D+) and Calvin Johnson (Selector Dub Narcotic, The Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System, The Hive Dwellers), met at punk shows and decided they could do as well and why not. Arch your back to the primitive beat.
3:12 AM
Takeda - Momonohime
Takeda Momonohime Takeda N
Psychedelic Minimalism Vol. 1 2025
3:25 AM
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3:28 AM
Paul Weller - Bull Rush (Demo 1992)
Paul Weller Bull Rush (Demo 1992) Paul Weller
Paul Weller (Deluxe Edition) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2009
Released in 1992.
3:34 AM
The Ghostwriters - Sleedermauseman / Reference To Rota
The Ghostwriters Sleedermauseman / Reference To Rota Ghostwriters N
Objects In Mirrors Are Closer Than They Appear Dark Entries Records 1981
New reissue of Philly-based electronic duo, orig. release in 1981..
3:42 AM
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3:43 AM
Lalo Schifrin - Mannix (Long Version)
Lalo Schifrin Mannix (Long Version) Lalo Schifrin R
Mannix (Soundtrack) Aleph Records 1999

67fd8fdb6ca37.jpegGoing out to Lester! Mannix is an American detective television series that originally aired for eight seasons on CBS from September 16, 1967 to March 13, 1975.

3:47 AM
Lalo Schifrin - Fear
Lalo Schifrin Fear Lalo Schifrin
Mannix (Soundtrack) Aleph Records 1999
3:49 AM
Nightmoves - Nightdrive
Nightmoves Nightdrive Nightmoves N
Deep Entries (Gay Electronic Excursions 1979-1985) V/A Dark Entries 2024
3:54 AM
Split Enz - History Never Repeats
Split Enz History Never Repeats Split Enz
Waiata WM Australia 2006
Waiata (released as Corroboree in Australia) is the seventh studio album by New Zealand new wave band Split Enz, released in March 1981. Waiata is the Māori term for song and singing, while corroboree is an Aboriginal term.
3:57 AM
Screamers - Anything
Screamers Anything Screamers
Screamers Demo Hollywood 1977 - EP Superior Viaduct 2021
3:58 AM
The Gun Club - The Breaking Hands (12" Version)
The Gun Club The Breaking Hands (12" Version) The Gun Club N
Mother Juno (Deluxe Remastered 2023) Blixa Sounds 2023
4:03 AM
Death - Keep On Knocking
Death Keep On Knocking Death
...For the Whole World to See Drag City Records 2009

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The best! Death is an American musical group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1971 by brothers Bobby (bass, vocals), David (guitar), and Dannis Hackney (drums, percussion).

4:06 AM
The Weirdos - Jungle Rock
The Weirdos Jungle Rock The Weirdos
Destroy All Music Bomp! Records
4:09 AM
Crime - Rock 'n' Roll Enemy No. 1
Crime Rock 'n' Roll Enemy No. 1 Crime
San Francisco's Doomed Superior Viaduct 2022

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4:11 AM
JFA - Stage Dive
JFA Stage Dive JFA
Stage Dive - Single DC-Jam Records 2023
4:13 AM
Suicidal Tendencies - Possessed
Suicidal Tendencies Possessed Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies Frontier 1983
4:15 AM
Agent Orange - Breakdown
Agent Orange Breakdown Agent Orange
Living In Darkness (40th Anniversary Edition) Posh Boy Records 2018
4:18 AM
Bad Religion - We're Only Gonna Die
Bad Religion We're Only Gonna Die Bad Religion
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (Remastered) Epitaph 1982
4:20 AM
Hüsker Dü - It's Not Funny Anymore
Hüsker Dü It's Not Funny Anymore Hüsker Dü
Metal Circus SST Records 1983
4:30 AM
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4:30 AM
OFF! - Oblivion (Free LSD Blu-ray Bonus Track)
OFF! Oblivion (Free LSD Blu-ray Bonus Track) OFF! N
Oblivion (Free LSD Blu-ray Bonus Track) - Single Fat Possum 2024
4:34 AM
Minutemen & Black Flag - Fetch The Water
Minutemen & Black Flag Fetch The Water R
Minuteflag - EP SST Records 1985
Going out to Race and David!
4:36 AM
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4:40 AM
Blondie - Denis
Blondie Denis Blondie
Plastic Letters (Bonus Tracks Edition) [2001 Remaster] Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA) 2001
RIP Clem Burke.
4:42 AM
Blondie - Fade Away and Radiate
Blondie Fade Away and Radiate Blondie
Parallel Lines Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA) 2001
Written by Chris Stein.
4:46 AM
Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone
Blondie Hanging on the Telephone Blondie
Parallel Lines Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA) 1978
4:48 AM
Blondie - (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
Blondie (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear Blondie
Plastic Letters (Bonus Tracks Edition) [2001 Remaster] Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA) 2001
Plastic Letters is the second studio album by American rock band Blondie, released in February 1978, produced by Richard Gottehrer.
4:53 AM
Blondie - Rapture
Blondie Rapture Blondie
Autoamerican (Bonus Tracks Edition) [2001 Remaster] Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA) 2001
Written by band members Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, and produced by Mike Chapman, the song was released as the second and final single from Autoamerican on January 12, 1981.
4:58 AM
Los Piranas - Despectiva caridad
Los Piranas Despectiva caridad