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, …

I continued exploring recent releases from Boeckner, Camera Obscura, St. Vincent, Corridor, Fat White Family, Bolis Pupul, Justice, Mount Kimbie, Chanel Beads and Pearl Jam on the show this week, while the retro alternative set looked back to the (relatively!) recent past with a block of great tunes from 2010, inspire by my recent obsession with Ci…

I continued exploring recent releases from Cindy Lee, Chanel Beads, Local Natives, Bolis Pupul, Justice, Pearl Jam, The Black Keys, Gesaffelstein, Allie X and Wisp on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on great tunes from the year 1982, in honor of yet another Pitchfork Sunday Review of a classic album, this time Lou Reed’s…

I continued delving into recent releases from Gesaffelstein, Allie X, Cindy Lee, Mount Kimbie, Maggie Rogers, Vampire Weekend, English Teacher and Wisp on the show this week, while the retro alternative set traveled back to 1994, inspired by the recent Pitchfork Sunday Review of the brilliant debut album from the English post-rock band Bark Psychos…

I continued exploring recent releases from Maggie Rogers, Vampire Weekend, Waxahatchee, Lime Garden, Fabiana Palladino, Boeckner, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Yard Act on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on great tunes from the year 1985, in honor of the recent Pitchfork Sunday Review of The Waterboys’ classic third album…