The Bottom Forty

Hear music from a Belgian band that now ranks in my top 15 live shows of all-time! I caught them in 2019 at Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavik. Also, new music from Pond and yet another new track from the unstoppable Guided By Voices and more. Thanks for turning on, tuning in and dropping by The Bottom Forty podcast.

Hear my old "meezer" cat Little Lyla make an appearance (listen close at the beginning), new music from Linda Lindas, King Gizzard plus a track from the first album Dave Fridmann produced after finishing The Flaming Lips epic release 'The Soft Bulletin' and more. Thanks. Be good to one another. 

New issue out now on virtual stands worldwide! New music from Ora The Molecule, The Parrots, an artist whose 1979 release was called “the greatest album ever recorded” by Stereo Review plus an unsigned band I first discovered in Iceland that sounds like what would happen if members of: Cocteau Twins, DJ Shadow, Enya and Portishead got together for a weekend in isolation.

Some great power pop from a stalwart of the Baltimore/DC music scene, Efterklang, some vintage stuff from a band with wit underneath white wigs and more!

Hear a new solo project from a member of Broken Social Scene, pre-The Hold Steady band Lifter Puller, The Murlocs and more!

Discover new music from Yorkshire, England teens The Lounge Society (RIYL Echo & The Bunnymen and other early '80s post punk alt), Upper Wilds, a catchy-as-heck new track from Yves Tumor and more. 

I'm publishing early this week due to the excessive temps here in Portland! I wanted to try and provide at least a half hour of "relief" to attempt and take some minds off the excessive heat. I "sweated" this one out so to speak. You'll hear the first new music from NYC's The Forms in a decade as well as Dutch band Pip Blom, an often overlooked UK band from the &...

New music from Pond, Wet Leg, a fantastic cover version of The Cure's "Fire In Cairo" and more!

This time we'll reveal the identity of Cub Scout Bowling Pins, hear an underground legend plus a track from a Portland musician that will give you hope to keep carrying on! Thanks for listening.

Pilot To Gunner were once referred to as Foo-gazi in Details magazine! We've got a new and unreleased track from their forthcoming LP to premiere for you plus new music from Public Service Broadcasting and a band who're celebrating SIX DECADES of making music. Hope you enjoy.

We're Aussie heavy as we celebrate our 20th issue! New music from Acid Tongue, Liars and we pay tribute to a recently departed friend. Thanks for turning on, tuning in and dropping by The Bottom Forty podcast!

New music from The Go! Team, Sleater-Kinney, CLAMM and a Portland band that came and went in just about two years!

The "Energizer Bunny™ of indie rock", instrumental Neil Young-ish vibes and more!

New issue! New tunes! Discover new music from Canadian power pop supergroup TUNS, the Tulsa twosome Sports, a lovely Smiths cover benefitting a good cause, vintage sound collages from the 1950s-1970s plus a gorgeous track from a Portland band you need to get to know ASAP. Hope you’ll join me for Issue #17 of The Bottom Forty podcast. Out now!

Sweet 16! We're all grown up. Well...not really. Discover great new solo track from Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals plus a Portland project that I think sounds like Noel Gallagher demoing "Wonderwall" with Cocteau Twins and more! Please subscribe and make a supporting pledge if you dig!

This time around new music from Villagers, NYC alt legends Quicksand, a project dedicated to a departed best friend, a band from Down Under that rivals GBV when it comes to output and more!

More good stuff for your week. You'll discover a band formed at Vassar College who put cute bunnies on their LP cover and have a cool video game for you to play on their website plus a hotly tipped band from the UK named after what you drop off and then pick up a few days later and more! Hope you dig.

New music from a UK band named after an odd sea creature, another from one whose members were the reason I moved to Portland, “nostalgia done just right” plus “N.R.B.Q. fronted by Jonathan Richman” and more! Please pass the word about this podcast. Say "hello": thebottomforty@gmail.com

Great new tunes plus an American jangle-pop gem from the '80s that you've most-likely never heard before!  Hey! We'd love to be friends! Reach us via email at: thebottomforty@gmail.com Love and light from up here! Greg (& Biscuit & The Fuzzbillies)

In this issue you'll hear music from a late member of an NYC duo who were one of the first to ever use the term "punk music" on one of their fliers in the early '70s plus some Brooklyn goth, my favorite UK band of the past decade, discover an excellent band from Grand Rapids, Michigan and more!

New issue just hit the virtual stands today! New music form Portland's Buddy Wynkoop who I think sound like what would happen if The Fall's Mark, E. Smith's body was taken over by Iggy and then backed by Parquet Courts (or something like that). Also, new music from two indie supergroups (one current one disbanded), an excellent duo from Norway and a UK artist whose new release was c...

Hi friends! We're back to (somewhat) normal in regards to the program after our annual B40 Top 40 of 2020 countdown. In this issue you'll find the discover great new music from: The Chills, Django Django, Babe Club and more. Plus, two amazing new side projects! One is from a member of Guided By Voices and the other from a member of Sloan. You'll also hear a lost track from from an o...

The final chapter in The Bottom Forty Top 40 of 2020. Hear a track from each of my top ten favorite LPs of 2020. Who'll take the top spot? Listen to find out! Hope you enjoy. Next...back to new music issues with some great stuff so far this year!   -Greg

Continuing to play tracks from my personal favorite releases of 2020. This time we're into the Top 20. Hope you enjoy. Thanks for listening and please consider making a pledge to become a monthly sponsor of The Bottom Forty. -Greg

Continuing my annual countdown personal faves from 2020 and playing you a track from each one. Hope you enjoy! Thanks so much for turning on, tuning in and dropping by The Bottom Forty™ podcast. Please consider becoming a patron by clicking the support link. Contact: thebottomforty@gmail.com