I continued exploring recent releases from Charli XCX, Cassandra Jenkins, La Luz, Been Stellar, Mabe Fratti, John Cale, Washed Out and Rachel Chinouriri on the show this week, while the retro alternative set explored the chilled out and hypnotic world of new age music, with early ’70s explorers (Popol Vuh, Iasos), big instrumental hits (Mike Oldfie…

I continued delving into recent releases from Been Stellar, Charli XCX, A. G. Cook, Peggy Gou, The Black Keys, Kings Of Leon, Cindy Lee, John Cale, Goat Girl and Beth Gibbons on the show this week, while the retro alternative set looked back to some great tunes from the year 1984, in honor of yet another Pitchfork Sunday Review, this one for Franki…

I continued exploring recent releases from Charli XCX, Washed Out, Been Stellar, Fat White Family, Pearl Jam, Kings Of Leon, The Black Keys, John Cale, Beth Gibbons and Billie Eilish on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on excellent tunes from the year 1990, in honor of another recent Pitchfork Sunday Review, this one of t…

I continued delving into recent releases from Goat Girl, Bar Italia, DIIV, John Cale, Beth Gibbons, Cindy Lee, Corridor, Billie Eilish and Amen Dunes on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on the legendary NYC no wave scene of the late ’70s and early ’80s in honor of James Chance of The Contortions, who passed away last mont…

I continued exploring recent releases from John Cale, Charli XCX, Gesaffelstein, A. G. Cook, Peggy Gou, Goat Girl, Corridor, Cindy Lee, Beth Gibbons and Jessica Pratt on the show this week, while the retro alternative set was an extended tribute to legendary French singer-songwriter, occasional actress and fashion icon Françoise Hardy, who passed a…

I continued exploring recent releases from Peggy Gou, Goat Girl, DIIV, A. G. Cook, Beth Gibbons, Jessica Pratt and Girl and Girl on the show this week, while the super-sized retro alternative set strived to establish my own West Of The Fields “canon,” after a pair of new “best albums ever” lists, a poorly received one from Apple Music and a pretty …

I continued delving into recent releases from DIIV, Cindy Lee, Jessica Pratt, Billie Eilish, Bat For Lashes, Fabiana Palladino, Corridor, Amen Dunes, Fat White Family and Beth Gibbons on the show this week, while the retro alternative set featured a lengthy selection of great darkwave tunes, some from bigger names (Soft Cell, Clan Of Xymox, Xmal De…

I continued exploring recent releases from Maggie Rogers, Billie Eilish, Camera Obscura, A. G. Cook, Amen Dunes, Fat White Family, Fabiana Palladino, Mount Kimbie, Beth Gibbons and Cindy Lee on the show this week, while the retro alternative set took us back to 1993 in honor of another recent Pitchfork Sunday Review, this one of Scottish electronic…

I continued exploring recent releases from Mount Kimbie, Justice, A. G. Cook, Allie X, Jessica Pratt, Beth Gibbons, Cindy Lee, Camera Obscura and Maggie Rogers on the show this week, while the retro alternative focused on some classic ’90s alternative music from Japan, in honor of the recent Pitchfork Sunday Review of Fishmans’ “Long Season” album,…

I continued delving into recent releases from St. Vincent, Amen Dunes, Fat White Family, Corridor, Allie X, Cindy Lee, Mount Kimbie, Chanel Beads, Jessica Pratt and English Teacher on the show this week, while the retro alternative set paid tribute to legendary producer, musician and songwriter Steve Albini, whose engineering on records by Pixies, …