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The Sonic Bloom

Jun 22, 2025 1:00 AM – 4:00 AM

Music

With Esoterica

Tuesday again?!

Hi, there!

The Sonic Bloom
1:02 AM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
1:03 AM
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1:07 AM
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Halloween
Siouxsie & The Banshees Halloween Siouxsie & The Banshees
Ju Ju (Remastered) UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) 2006

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Juju is the fourth studio album by British rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was recorded at Surrey Sound studio with Nigel Gray as co-producer, and was released on 19 June 1981 by Polydor.

1:10 AM
The Cure - Grinding Halt
The Cure Grinding Halt The Cure
Three Imaginary Boys Rhino/Elektra 1979
Recorded and mixed at Morgan (Studio 4), Willesden. Producer, Chris Parry.
1:13 AM
Television Personalities - World of Pauline Lewis
Television Personalities World of Pauline Lewis Television Personalities
And Don't the Kids Just Love It Fire Records 1981
1:16 AM
Orange Juice - Falling and Laughing
Orange Juice Falling and Laughing Orange Juice
Coals to Newcastle Analogue Enhanced Digital Limited 2010
“Falling And Laughing” is Orange Juice’s debut single and the first single ever released on the Scottish independent label Postcard Records, which also signed released music by fellow Scottish bands Josef K and Aztec Camera. The single was released in February 1980 and was the first track recorded for the band’s Peel Session on 10/21/1980.
1:19 AM
Josef K - Sorry for Laughing
Josef K Sorry for Laughing Josef K
Entomology Domino Recording Co 2006
The band was formed in 1979 originally as TV Art by Paul Haig (vocals, guitar) and his childhood friend Ronnie Torrance. From Edinburgh.
1:22 AM
Magazine - Motorcade
Magazine Motorcade Magazine
Real Life Virgin Catalogue 2007
1:28 AM
Alice Cooper - Is It My Body
Alice Cooper Is It My Body Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits Rhino/Warner Records 2005
Released August 9 1974. Produced by Bob Ezrin, Jack Richardson, Jack Douglas.
1:30 AM
Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line
Electric Light Orchestra Telephone Line Electric Light Orchestra
A New World Record Epic/Legacy 1976
A New World Record is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Electric Light Orchestra. It was released on 15 October 1976, by United Artists Records in the United States and on 19 November 1976, by Jet Records in the United Kingdom.
1:41 AM
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1:41 AM
Frank Black - Headache
Frank Black Headache Frank Black
Teenager of the Year 4AD 1994
1:43 AM
Howard Devoto - Cold Imagination
Howard Devoto Cold Imagination Howard Devoto
Jerky Versions of the Dream Virgin Catalogue 2007
1:48 AM
Etran de L'AÏr - Igrawahi
Etran de L'AÏr Igrawahi Etran de L'AÏr N
100% Sahara Guitar Sahel Sounds 2024
Etran de L'Aïr ("stars of the Aïr region") is a Nigerien rock band consisting of brothers and cousins, all born and raised in the small neighborhood of Abalane in Agadez, Niger. https://sahelsounds.com/artists/etran-de-lair/
1:52 AM
Bounaly - Tamala
Bounaly Tamala Bounaly N
Dimanche à Bamako Sahel Sounds 2023
Ali "Bounaly" Traore, born in 1994 in Niafounke, Mali. Growing up under the influence of musical giants, including uncle Afel Boucoum, Bounaly started playing guitar at the age of 10. Fleeing to Bamako during the 2012 conflict, Bounaly carved a unique career his versatile style, from racucous wedding shredding, nostalgic acoustic fingerpicking to modern, synth-infused productions. (From Bandcamp).
1:58 AM
Los Mirlos - Cumbia de los Pajaritos
Los Mirlos Cumbia de los Pajaritos Los Mirlos
Cumbias Chicadelicas: Peruvian Psychedelic Chicha Pharaway Sounds 2014
The band was originally formed when some of the band's founders moved from the town of Moyobamba in Peruvian Amazonia to Lima in 1972. They are currently on tour!
2:00 AM
Los Pakines - Ramo de Rosas
Los Pakines Ramo de Rosas Los Pakines
Los Pakines Infopesa 2015
Peruvians Los Pakines started in 1972 as a surfy instrumental group with their influences ranging from the local Lima instrumental combos like Los Destellos (the Flashes) to international instrumental purveyors the Shadows and the Ventures.
2:01 AM
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2:09 AM
Keith Levene - Taang! Ting (Version 1)
Keith Levene Taang! Ting (Version 1) Keith Levene
Violent Opposition Rykodisc. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company 1989
2:13 AM
Toshi Kasai - Venom Hallucination (feat. Coady Willis)
Toshi Kasai Venom Hallucination (feat. Coady Willis) Toshi Kasai
Plan D - NE Joyful Noise Recordings 2022
2:15 AM
Godcaster - Judy Living Daylights
Godcaster Judy Living Daylights N
Judy Living Daylights - Single s/r 2025

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2:17 AM
Godcaster - All the Feral Girls in the Universe
Godcaster All the Feral Girls in the Universe Godcaster
Long Haired Locusts Ramp Local 2020
Godcaster released their debut album, Long Haired Locusts, in 2020.
2:20 AM
Neu! - After Eight
Neu! After Eight Neu!
Neu! 75 Grönland 2001
NEU! was formed in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1971 by multi-instrumentalist musicians Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother who were past members of the influential band Kraftwerk.
2:24 AM
Leopardo - Repetition
Leopardo Repetition Leopardo N
SIDE A / SIDE B 2025
2:28 AM
Atlantic Thrills - Dirty Love
Atlantic Thrills Dirty Love Atlantic Thrills N
Dirty Love - Single 2025
These guys are playing Foto Club June 26: Petty Bunco Presents Cheater Slicks Kilynn Lunsford, Atlantic Thrills.
2:31 AM
Simple Minds - Waterfront
Simple Minds Waterfront Simple Minds
Sparkle in the Rain Virgin Records 2003
Just saw Simple Minds for the first time the other night. Jim Kerr still brings it. And hey are touring with Modern English and Soft Cell. Really good show!
2:36 AM
Gong - Tried so Hard (2015 Remaster)
Gong Tried so Hard (2015 Remaster) Gong
Camembert Electrique (Remastered Edition) Charly 1971

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Gong is associated with the Canterbury scene. The group was formed in Paris in 1967 by Australian musician Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth. Band members have included Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Tim Blake, Pierre Moerlen, Bill Laswell and Theo Travis.
2:40 AM
Gong - The Pot Head Pixies
Gong The Pot Head Pixies Gong
Flying Teapot - Radio Gnome Invisible, Pt. 1 Charly Records 2006
2:43 AM
Hatfield & The North - Share It
Hatfield & The North Share It Hatfield & The North
The Rotters' Club EMI Catalogue 1975
Hatfield and the North were an experimental Canterbury scene rock band that lasted from October 1972 to June 1975.
2:47 AM
Egg - Germ Patrol
Egg Germ Patrol Egg
The Civil Surface Mason Records 1974
Band formed in 1968 and disbanded in 1974. The founder members of Egg were Dave Stewart who played organ, Mont Campbell on bass and vocals, and drummer Clive Brooks.
2:54 AM
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3:04 AM
The Whimbrels - She Is the Leader
The Whimbrels She Is the Leader The Whimbrels N
She Is the Leader - Single 2025
3:10 AM
Animal Piss, It's Everywhere - Beach Song
Animal Piss, It's Everywhere Beach Song Animal Piss, It's Everywhere N
Grace SOPHOMORE LOUNGE 2024
https://halfamillion.bandcamp.com/album/animal-piss-its-everywhere From North Adams, Massachusetts.
3:14 AM
The Cars - Shoo Be Doo
The Cars Shoo Be Doo The Cars
Candy-O Rhino/Elektra 1979
3:16 AM
The Cars - Candy-O
The Cars Candy-O The Cars
Candy-O Rhino/Elektra 1979
From my vinyl!
3:19 AM
Cabaret Voltaire - Digital Rasta
Cabaret Voltaire Digital Rasta Cabaret Voltaire
Micro-Phonies (Remastered) Mute 2013
Released in 1984. Cabaret Voltaire are an English music group formed in Sheffield in 1973 and initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson.
3:24 AM
The Cure - Fascination Street
The Cure Fascination Street The Cure
Disintegration (Deluxe Edition - Remastered) Rhino/Elektra 2010
Released in 1989.
3:29 AM
Palehound - Room
Palehound Room Palehound
A Place I'll Always Go Polyvinyl Records 2017
3:35 AM
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3:38 AM
Deux Filles - She Slides (Remastered)
Deux Filles She Slides (Remastered) Deux Filles
Silence & Wisdom (Remastered) De Wolfe 2016
3:40 AM
Wire - Map Ref 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W (2006 Remastered Version)
Wire Map Ref 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W (2006 Remastered Version) Wire
154 (2006 Remastered Version) pinkflag 2006
3:43 AM
The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
The Psychedelic Furs Heaven The Psychedelic Furs
Mirror Moves Columbia 1984
3:46 AM
Squirrel Flower - Conditions
Squirrel Flower Conditions Squirrel Flower
Contact Sports (Deluxe Edition) 2000 Pigs 2018
https://www.polyvinylrecords.com/pages/artists/squirrel-flower?
3:50 AM
Echo & The Bunnymen - Thorn of Crowns
Echo & The Bunnymen Thorn of Crowns Echo & The Bunnymen
Ocean Rain WM UK 1984
3:54 AM
La Chica - La Loba
La Chica La Loba La Chica
La Loba Zamora Label 2022
Sophie Fustec (born in Paris), better known by her stage name La Chica, is a French-Venezuelan folk singer.