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The Sonic Bloom

Dec 30, 2025 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Esoterica

Happy New Year's Eve Eve

hey there!

The Sonic Bloom
5:02 PM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
5:04 PM
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5:07 PM
The Mommyheads - Race Car Brain
The Mommyheads Race Car Brain The Mommyheads N
No Quietus Mommyhead Music 2025
5:11 PM
Susana Baca - Afro Blue (Koop Remix)
Susana Baca Afro Blue (Koop Remix) Susana Baca
Luaka Bop Remix Luaka Bop 2005
5:14 PM
Death By Unga Bunga & Mike Krol - Therapy
Death By Unga Bunga & Mike Krol Therapy N
Raw Muscular Power Jansen Records 2025
5:16 PM
Bob Dylan - If You See Her, Say Hello
Bob Dylan If You See Her, Say Hello Bob Dylan
Blood On the Tracks Columbia 1975
5:22 PM
The Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side
The Magnetic Fields The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side The Magnetic Fields
69 Love Songs Merge Records 1999
5:25 PM
Cory Hanson - Bird on a Swing
Cory Hanson Bird on a Swing Cory Hanson N
I Love People Drag City 2025

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Great stuff! Collaborator of Ty Segall. L.A.-based musician.

5:28 PM
Screamers - Punish Or Be Damned
Screamers Punish Or Be Damned Screamers
Screamers Demo Hollywood 1977 - EP Superior Viaduct 2021

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5:35 PM
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5:41 PM
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cowgirl In the Sand
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Cowgirl In the Sand Neil Young
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Reprise 1969
5:50 PM
The Dead Milkmen - Smokin' Banana Peels
The Dead Milkmen Smokin' Banana Peels The Dead Milkmen
Beelzebubba Ryko/Rhino 1988
5:54 PM
Aunt Dracula - Wolfman Woods
Aunt Dracula Wolfman Woods Aunt Dracula N
Bum Hands 9833400 Records DK 2025
Out of Philly. https://auntdracula1.bandcamp.com
5:58 PM
Sic Alps - Cement Surfboard
Sic Alps Cement Surfboard Sic Alps
Napa Asylum Drag City Records 2011
Out of San Francisco.
6:02 PM
Theoretical Girls - Lovin in the Red
Theoretical Girls Lovin in the Red Theoretical Girls
Theoretical Record Acute Records 2002
Glenn Branca and Jeff Lohn no wave band in the 70s and 80s.
6:03 PM
Martin Dupont - I Met the Beast
Martin Dupont I Met the Beast Martin Dupont
The Complete Collection 1980-1988 Minimal Wave 2018
Martin Dupont is a French electro, new wave and cold wave band formed in Marseille in 1980.
6:07 PM
Feels - Unicorn
Feels Unicorn FEELS
Feels Castle Face 2016
Out of L.A.
6:09 PM
The Peacers - Kick on the Plane
The Peacers Kick on the Plane The Peacers
Peacers Drag City Records 2015
From San Francisco. Mike Donovan is also in Sic Alps, which I played earlier.
6:12 PM
Jan & Dean - Drag City
Jan & Dean Drag City
Drag City Capitol Records 1963

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6:14 PM
Tony Molina - Violets Of Dawn
Tony Molina Violets Of Dawn Tony Molina N
On This Day Slumberland Records, Speakeasy Studios SF, Olde Fade 2025

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6:18 PM
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6:21 PM
Metal Urbain - Lady Coca Cola
Metal Urbain Lady Coca Cola Metal Urbain
Les Hommes Morts Sont Dangereux Cleopatra Records 1981
From Paris!
6:25 PM
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - You Are in My Vision (1998 Remaster)
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army You Are in My Vision (1998 Remaster) gary numan
Replicas (1998 Remaster) Beggars Banquet 1979
6:29 PM
Malaria! - How Do You Like My New Dog (2019 Remaster)
Malaria! How Do You Like My New Dog (2019 Remaster) Malaria!
Compiled 2.0 Moabit Music 1981
Malaria! were an experimental electronic all female band from West Berlin formed in 1981.
6:32 PM
Full Flower Moon Band & Gustaf - Scene
Full Flower Moon Band & Gustaf Scene Full Flower Moon & Gustaf N
Scene - Single Dirty Power Studios / Silver Arrow Records 2025
A collab by Full Flower Moon Band (Australia) and Gustaf (U.S.).
6:34 PM
Gustaf - Starting and Staring
Gustaf Starting and Staring Gustaf N
Package, Pt. 2 Royal Mountain Records 2024
6:37 PM
Altın Gün - Neredesin Sen
Altın Gün Neredesin Sen Altin Gün N
Garip 2025
Founded in 2016 in Amsterdam. Altın Gün is a Dutch-Turkish psychedelic rock, also known as Anatolian rock.
6:42 PM
Exek - Sidestepping
Exek Sidestepping N
Prove The Mountains Move DFA 2025
6:46 PM
Total Control - Nervous Harvest
Total Control Nervous Harvest Total Control
Thee Oh Sees / Total Control Split Castle Face 2001
Total Control is a post-punk band from Melbourne.
6:49 PM
The Besnard Lakes - Disaster
The Besnard Lakes Disaster The Besnard Lakes N
The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse Jagjaguwar 2007
The Besnard Lakes are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, the band also includes Kevin Laing, Richard White, Sheenah Ko and Robbie MacArthur. From 2007 but new to the Barge! Dig it.
6:54 PM
SPRINTS - Can't Get Enough of It
SPRINTS Can't Get Enough of It SPRINTS N
Letter to Self City Slang 2024
Form Dublin, formed in 2019.
6:59 PM
Kas Product - Countdown
Kas Product Countdown Kas Product
TRY OUT IDO Productions 1982
7:01 PM
Mr. Dustbin - Bigfoot 1
Mr. Dustbin Bigfoot 1 Mr. Dustbin N
Bigfoot Feeding Tube/Carbon 2025
7:03 PM
Thomas Fehlmann - Little Big Horn
Thomas Fehlmann Little Big Horn Thomas Fehlmann N
Little Big Horn - Single Kompakt 2004
New to the Barge!
7:12 PM
DOLLY MIXTURE - How Come You’re Such a Hit With the Boys, Jane?
DOLLY MIXTURE How Come You’re Such a Hit With the Boys, Jane? DOLLY MIXTURE
Demonstration Tapes Spa Green 1982
7:15 PM
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7:22 PM
Paper Jam - This and That
Paper Jam This and That Paper Jam N
This and That 7820967 Records DK2 2025
7:23 PM
Sharp Pins - I Could Find Out
Sharp Pins I Could Find Out Sharp Pins N
Balloon Balloon Balloon Perennial / K Records 2025
From Chicago! https://sharppins.bandcamp.com/album/balloon-balloon-balloon-2
7:25 PM
Greg Freeman - Gallic Shrug
Greg Freeman Gallic Shrug Greg Freeman N
Burnover Transgressive Records 2025
From Burlington, VT: https://gregfreeman1.bandcamp.com/track/gallic-shrug-3
7:27 PM
Good Flying Birds - Wallace
Good Flying Birds Wallace Good Flying Birds N
Talulah's Tape Carpark Records 2025
7:29 PM
Brian Eno & John Cale - Spinning Away
Brian Eno & John Cale Spinning Away
Wrong Way Up [Expanded Edition] All Saints Records 1989
7:35 PM
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Pardon My Heart
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Pardon My Heart Neil Young
Zuma Reprise 1975
7:39 PM
Ovens - Bad Scene
Ovens Bad Scene Ovens
Ovens Tankcrimes 2022
https://tankcrimes.bandcamp.com/album/ovens with Tony Molina.
7:40 PM
Musette - Wiener Futurismo
Musette Wiener Futurismo Musette
A Cosmic Serenade Häpna 2015
7:44 PM
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)
Pet Shop Boys Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) Pet Shop Boys
Disco Parlophone UK 1986
7:48 PM
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7:52 PM
Fastbacks - What Will They All Say?
Fastbacks What Will They All Say? The Fastbacks
...And His Orchestra Popllama Records 1986
7:53 PM
The Partisans - I Never Needed You
The Partisans I Never Needed You The Partisans
The Partisans Captain OI! 1983
The Partisans are a Welsh punk rock band formed in Bridgend, South Wales, in early 1978.
7:56 PM
Chocolat - Apocalypse
Chocolat Apocalypse Chocolat
Tss Tss Bravo musique 2014
From Montreal! https://chocolatmtl.bandcamp.com/music