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The Sonic Bloom

Jul 21, 2026 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Esoterica

i like folk, punk, post-punk, synth and show tunes. why limit ourselves?

hey!

tuesday...

5:01 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:02 PM		Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
5:10 PM		Erica Eso Iora Erica Eso N Songs In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand Hausu Mountain 2025
5:10 PM		Tom Waits I'll Be Gone (2023 Remaster) Tom Waits Frank’s Wild Years (2023 Remaster) Island Records 1987
5:17 PM		Tim Buckley Strange Feelin' Tim Buckley Happy Sad Rhino/Elektra 1968
5:24 PM		Pega Monstro Carocho Pega Monstro Pega Monstro Cafetra Records 2012
5:27 PM		Jacques Grêle et les Fausses Fuites Tu Me Manques Jacques Grêle et les Fausses Fuites N Too Small Turbo Discos 2018
5:31 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
5:32 PM		Shack Comedy Shack HMS Fable London Music Stream/Because Music 1999 Shack is an English band from Liverpool, formed in 1987 by brothers Mick and John Head. Emerging from the cult 1980s band The Pale Fountains.
5:39 PM		De Viaamse Primitieven Brandstichters De Viaamse Primitieven N Brandstichters & Oplichters Carbon/ Dropa Disc 2026
5:58 PM		Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever French Press Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever The French Press - EP Ivy League Records 2017
6:03 PM		The Nice Intermezzo: Karelia Suite (Live) Five Bridges (Bonus Track Version) [Remaster] Virgin Catalogue 1969
6:11 PM		Tracey Nelson Hercules Tracey Nelson N Hercules Perennial / K Records 2026 His name is Austin Noll, but he calls himself Tracey Nelson after his mom. Troubadour of Trouble Songs They’d be talking blues if he wasn’t talking so plain Keepsakes and Lockets Tracey Nelson is his mother’s name. He carries it with him wherever he goes. He's playing Elsewhere July 29 in Brooklyn.
6:15 PM		Laura Nyro Upstairs By a Chinese Lamp Christmas and the Beads of Sweat (Accompanying Herself On the Piano) Columbia 1970 "I've created my own little world, a world of music, since I was five years old", Nyro told Billboard magazine in 1970, adding that music provided, for her, a means of coping with a difficult childhood: "I was never a bright and happy child."
6:15 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:24 PM		Jack White Dollar Bill Jack White N Frozen Charlotte Third Man Records 2026
6:27 PM		Bona Dish 8AM Bona Dish The Zaragoza Tapes: 1981-1982 Captured Tracks 2013 Bona Dish were a scratchy pop punk group from Hertfordshire villages, brought together by their love of the Velvets, Supremes and each other.
6:30 PM		SLIFT Fantasia SLIFT N Fantasia Sub Pop Records 2026 Slift is a French rock band from Toulouse. They're playing LPR Oct. 7 in NYC.
6:39 PM		Craft Spells After the Moment Craft Spells Idle Labor Captured Tracks 2011
6:43 PM		Cielo Nublado Static Drizz Cielo Nublado N Hits Paisley Shirt 2021
6:48 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
6:49 PM		Joseph Allred The Old Gods Joseph Allred N The Old Gods Carbon/ Feeding Tube 2026 https://carbon-records.bandcamp.com/album/the-old-gods-2
6:59 PM		Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band Mutilation Springs Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band N New Threats From the Soul Tough Love Records 2025
7:14 PM		Lalo Schifrin No More Lies, Girl Lalo Schifrin Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 2004
7:16 PM		Tony Molina No One Told He Tony Molina Confront the Truth Slumberland Records 2016 https://tonymolina650.bandcamp.com/
7:19 PM		Mo Troper Dictator Out of Work Mo Troper N Exposure & Response Good Cheer 2017
7:22 PM		good flying birds Last Straw Good Flying Birds N Talulah's Tape Carpark Records 2025 From Indiana.
7:26 PM		Sharp Pins Every Time I Hear Sharp Pins N Radio DDR Perennial / K Records 2025 From Chicago! https://sharppins.bandcamp.com/music
7:29 PM		Kiwi Jr. The Extra Sees the Film Kiwi jr. Chopper Sub Pop Records 2022 From Toronto.
7:34 PM		Starcleaner Reunion Never Odd or Even Starcleaner Reunion N Umbrella Take Care Records 2026 New York-based indie pop band Starcleaner Reunion is set to release their debut full-length album, Umbrella, on September 25 via Take Care Records https://starcleanerreunion.bandcamp.com/album/umbrella
7:39 PM		Peel Dream Magazine Wish You Well Peel Dream Magazine Rose Main Reading Room Topshelf Records 2024 From L.A.! https://peeldreammagazine.bandcamp.com/
7:40 PM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
7:47 PM		Bongwater You Don't Love Me Yet Bongwater Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye (A Tribute To Roky Erickson) Rhino/Warner Records 1989
7:52 PM		Negativland Time Zones Negativland Escape from Noise Seeland 1987
7:57 PM		Bill Fox Wings of December Bill Fox N Resonance Eleventh Hour Recording Company 2025
7:59 PM		Ovens Your Ego Will Grow Ovens Ovens Tankcrimes 2022

Chat is archived.

hey

good evening all!

hey now. vulcan proverb?

good evening!

Hi, Dale and Riey!

how are you tonight?

pretty well, thanks!

Hey everyone

Hi Rob!

pouring pretty hard up hear northwest of nyc. some thunder too.

i bought frank's wild years when it came out. can't believe it's almost 40 years old.

wow, stay dry out there, dale!

i bought it then, too, dale! tom's wild years

one of my faves

this is pretty fantastic.

Yeah I just discovered it here at the barge and had to play.

I love some of the new records we get in

Digging this DJ Esoterica

Sweet, Kelly! Yeah, me, too.

Is that the first time you've played Erica Eso, Esoterica?

yes, david!

i think...

rolling blackouts giving me go betweens vibes.

yes i see that, dale

Laura Nyro didn't make the theatrical cut of "Monterey Pop", but she can be seen in the Criterion Collection DVD box set's 2 hours of outtakes.

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2343-laura-nyro-at-monterey-pop

thanks for letting me know:)

I was reading/skimming the wiki for Laura Nyro. What an amazing, talented, underappreciated songwriter & singer!

slift is pretty far out!

Is Tracey Nelson related to Tracy Nelson (of Mother Earth)?

no, not related

agree, dale!

so true, rob about LN

Cielo Nublado sounded great!

sweet, Rob!

Glad to hear it:)

This Ryan Davis is great!

Agree, Amy Lee, he is so talented, great songwriter.

Townes is one of my favs & there is a vibe .

oh yeah

for sure

I can't recall "No More Lies, Girl" from that movie.

yeah it is on the soundtrack

i am trying to find the singer's name

I just researched it. Bernard Ito is the singer. It was written by Lalo's wife Donna.

thanks, david:)

did you find where it is used in the film?

In an early scene, the song is heard from the car driven by the wounded robber Harry bluffs with his “Do I feel lucky?” line. Albert Popwell was that actor. He plays different characters in four Harry Callahan films, and had previously acted with Clint Eastwood in “Coogan’s Bluff”.

oh, interesting

thx for the info

Sharp Pins played in Atlantic City three weekends ago. I instead saw Inkie Wells, Marianne Toilet & the Runs and Horse Breakfast at Flemington DIY.

fun show today for hot pdx day!

thx kristin!

oh, cool, david!

Thanks, everyone! See youse next week!

Great show, Esoterica. Ending with Bongwater, yay! Drive safely and until the next time

Thx, Rob! Is the weather rough out tere?

there

well, i know you're i MD but still...

*in

@Esoterica, there are a couple of severe thunderstorms some 30 to 40 miles to my east, heading east. Hopefully they will weaken shortly. So, yeah, it's rough west of DC

And Negativland!

oh stay safe

Thx! You stay safe too!

thanks for the tunes!

Thanks, Dale!

You are welcome:)

ELEVEN

don't you kid yourself

I remember seeing Bongwater perform that Roky Erickson song on NBC-TV’s “Night Music” hosted by David Sanborn. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins sang the introductory part and the Pussy Willows were the backup chorus. Bob Weir and Alphonso Johnson played along too!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ewp1ETyIilM

whoa!

thanks for enhancing my drive through the wilds of hunterdon county, eso

thx for posting that i will watcf for sure @david

sweet, andrew!

stay safe with this weather.

@David, wow and wow. We're going to watch that video as soon as Eso's show is over

I saw the Pussy Willows several times before April March moved to the west coast to draw for "The Ren and Stimpy Show".

Bye!