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The Sonic Bloom

Aug 24, 2025 1:00 AM – 4:00 AM

Music

With Esoterica

Chris Stamey!

Listen in as I play a chat I had with Chris Stamey of the dBs.

The Sonic Bloom
1:02 AM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
1:02 AM
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1:05 AM
Wings - Venus and Mars
Wings Venus and Mars Wings
Venus and Mars (2014 Remaster) Paul McCartney Catalog 1975
1:08 AM
Chris Stamey - (I Thought) You Wanted to Know
Chris Stamey (I Thought) You Wanted to Know Chris Stamey
Ork Records: New York, New York Numero Group 2015

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1:15 AM
Chris Stamey Interview Part I - Chris Stamey Interview Part I
Chris Stamey Interview Part I Chris Stamey Interview Part I
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1:24 AM
Chris Stamey - The One and Only (Van Dyke Parks)
Chris Stamey The One and Only (Van Dyke Parks) Chris Stamey
The Great Escape Car Records 2023
1:27 AM
Chris Stamey Interview Part II - Chris Stamey Interview Part II
Chris Stamey Interview Part II Chris Stamey Interview Part II
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1:41 AM
The Salt Collective - Where the Wild Things Are (feat. Juliana Hatfield & Richard Lloyd)
The Salt Collective Where the Wild Things Are (feat. Juliana Hatfield & Richard Lloyd) The Salt Collective N
Where the Wild Things Are (feat. Juliana Hatfield & Richard Lloyd) - Single Propeller Sound Recordings 2023
1:44 AM
Let's Active - Every Word Means No
Let's Active Every Word Means No Let's Active
Every Word Means No - Single Capitol Records 1983
1:48 AM
The Four Freshmen - It's A Blue World
The Four Freshmen It's A Blue World
Voices In Modern CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) 1955
1:50 AM
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1:53 AM
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Deep Purple Highway Star Deep Purple R
Machine Head Rhino/Warner Records 1972
HBD, Ian Gillan!
2:00 AM
Mike Polizze - Around Sound
Mike Polizze Around Sound N
Around Sound Paradise of Bachelors 2025
2:06 AM
Thee Oh Sees - Pixelated Moon
Thee Oh Sees Pixelated Moon Osees N
SORCS 80 Castle Face 2024
2:09 AM
The Circulators - Broken Mirrors
The Circulators Broken Mirrors The Circulators N
Insufficient Fun Total Punk 2024
From San Francisco.
2:11 AM
The Sleeveens - Give My Regards to the Dancing Girls
The Sleeveens Give My Regards to the Dancing Girls The Sleeveens N
The Sleeveens Dirtnap Records 2024
From bandcamp: "When Irish-born Count Vaseline/The Mighty Stef songwriter Stef Murphy met Stiff Little Fingers guitar tech Jamie Mechan in Nashville, Tennessee, it began a musical partnership of the highest order. After cranking out a few tunes at Mechan’s fledgling studio, 302 Sound, the duo started recruiting other musicians. The band was rounded out by drummer Ryan Sweeney (Cheap Time) and Eli Steele (Sweet Knives.) Dubbing themselves The Sleeveens, an Irish term for a trixter, the band got to work."
2:13 AM
Class - Be-Bop with the Rats
Class Be-Bop with the Rats Class N
A Healthy Alternative Feel It Records 2024
From Tucson!
2:16 AM
Motorbike - Afraid of Guns
Motorbike Afraid of Guns Motorbike N
Kick It Over Feel It Records 2025
From Cincinatti!
2:18 AM
Neutrals - Phantom Arcade
Neutrals Phantom Arcade Neutrals N
New Town Dream Slumberland Records LLC 2024
From Oakland, CA.
2:22 AM
Kenyon Hopkins - Ghost Train
Kenyon Hopkins Ghost Train Kenyon Hopkins
Ridin' The Rails 1960
2:25 AM
Erik Nervous - Short Attention
Erik Nervous Short Attention Erik Nervous
Assorted Anxieties Nailbiter Records 2018
2:25 AM
Skull Cult - Into the White
Skull Cult Into the White Skull Cult
Braindead - EP Going Underground 2019
2:27 AM
Tropical Fuck Storm - Stepping On A Rake
Tropical Fuck Storm Stepping On A Rake Tropical Fuck Storm N
Fairyland Codex Fire Records 2025
Tropical Fuck Storm are an Australian rock band and supergroup from Melbourne, Victoria, formed by Gareth Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin from The Drones.
2:37 AM
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2:38 AM
Black Country, New Road - Besties
Black Country, New Road Besties Black Country, New Road N
Forever Howlong Ninja Tune 2025
Black Country, New Road are an English rock band formed in Cambridge in 2018.
2:41 AM
Crime - San Francisco's Doomed
Crime San Francisco's Doomed Crime
San Francisco's Doomed Superior Viaduct 1991

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2:43 AM
The Dils - Tell Her You Love Her
The Dils Tell Her You Love Her The Dils
Class War Bacchus Archives 2000

68a4fded0ff73.jpgThe Dils were an American punk rock band formed 1976 and active until 1980, originally from Carlsbad, California, and fronted by the brothers Chip Kinman and Tony Kinman.

2:47 AM
Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
Donovan Hurdy Gurdy Man Donovan
The Hurdy Gurdy Man Epic 1968
2:48 AM
Obits - The City Is Dead
Obits The City Is Dead Obits
Let Me Dream If I Want To - Single Sub Pop Records 2012
2:52 AM
Eater - Sweet Jane
Eater Sweet Jane Eater N
The Album (2024 Deluxe Edition) Cleopatra Records 2024

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Eater was from North London (Finchley).

2:55 AM
Chelsea - No Flowers
Chelsea No Flowers Chelsea
Alternative Hits STRIKE FORCE ENTERTAINMENT 1979
Chelsea are an English punk rock band which formed in 1976.
2:57 AM
999 - I'm Alive
999 I'm Alive 999
999 Parlophone UK 1978
999 are an English punk rock band, formed in London in December 1976. From 1976 to 1985, their line-up consisted of Nick Cash, Guy Days, Jon Watson and Pablo LaBritain. LaBritain was temporarily replaced in 1980 by drummer Paul Edwards while he recovered from a motor accident.
3:01 AM
Angels of Light - Song For Nico
Angels of Light Song For Nico Angels of Light
How I Loved You Young God Records 2001
3:05 AM
Slint - Breadcrumb Trail (Remastered)
Slint Breadcrumb Trail (Remastered) Slint
Spiderland (Remastered) Touch and Go Records 1991
3:11 AM
Unwound - Look a Ghost
Unwound Look a Ghost Unwound
Leaves Turn Inside You Numero Group 2001
Unwound is an American post-hardcore band formed in 1988 in Tumwater and Olympia, Washington. It presently consists of vocalist-guitarist Justin Trosper, bassist Jared Warren, drummer Sara Lund, and guitarist Scott Seckington.
3:14 AM
The Groundhogs - Eccentric Man
The Groundhogs Eccentric Man Groundhogs
Thank Christ for the Bomb Fire Records 1970
3:22 AM
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3:23 AM
Neutral Milk Hotel - King of Carrot Flowers,  Pts. 2 & 3
Neutral Milk Hotel King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. 2 & 3 Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Merge Records 1998
3:26 AM
Wipers - Up Front
Wipers Up Front Wipers
Is This Real? Zenorecords 1980
3:29 AM
The Damned - Melody Lee
The Damned Melody Lee
Machine Gun Etiquette Ace Records 1979
3:31 AM
The Cramps - Lonesome Town
The Cramps Lonesome Town
Off the Bone EMI Records 1989
3:34 AM
Jawbox - Bullet Park
Jawbox Bullet Park Jawbox
Grippe + 5 Dischord Records 1991
3:37 AM
13th Floor Elevators - Fire Engine (Stereo LP Version)
13th Floor Elevators Fire Engine (Stereo LP Version) 13th Floor Elevators
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators Charly 1966
3:41 AM
Samantha e Adrian - Depois do Amor
Samantha e Adrian Depois do Amor Samantha e Adrian N
Samantha e Adrian Linear Labs 2025
3:43 AM
Superchunk - The First Part
Superchunk The First Part Superchunk
Foolish (Remastered) Merge Records 1994
3:48 AM
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Cutter
Echo & The Bunnymen The Cutter Echo & The Bunnymen
Porcupine Rhino/Warner Records 1983

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3:54 AM
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3:55 AM
Killing Joke - Kings and Queens (2007 Digital Remaster)
Killing Joke Kings and Queens (2007 Digital Remaster) Killing Joke
Night Time [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue 1985
3:59 AM
Tee Vee Repairmann - Checkout Queue
Tee Vee Repairmann Checkout Queue Tee Vee Repairmann
What's On TV? Total Punk 2023