The Lunar Orbit

Did you see SpaceX completed the first in history commercial space walk? Pretty impressive, but the real question is what were they listening to in those fancy new helmets? Probably something like tonight’s episode. A back to basics all post-rock affair, lots of awe-inspiring sweeps, crescendos, and overdriven soundwaves perfect for your extravehicular picnic! Playlist:   Challenger Deep "Like Giv...

It’s a prog-a-palozza tonight on The Lunar Orbit. Spacy, out there, experimental, plus guitar solos! These are the perfect tracks for your solar road trip, fast enough to keep you awake but atmospheric enough to keep the zen. Playlist:   Dead Meadow "Rest Natural" from The Nothing They Need Human Factor "Lake of Solitude" from Let Nature Take Its Course Faces of the Bog "Precipice" from Ego Death...

What is tonight’s show? Who knows. It’s some kind of combo of math rock, fast punk, heavy post, electronic and whatever else I could fit under the music normally on this show! Tune in and who knows what you’ll hear! Playlist: HARU NEMURI "MAKE MORE NOISE OF YOU" from 春と修羅 Elephant Tree "In Suffering" from Theia MUTEMATH "Quarantine" from Odd Soul Gods. "Art of War" from Honest Kiev "Ariah Bein...

The Lunar Orbit is back live celebrating a ton of bands from Post-Fest 2024, held a couple weeks ago in Indianapolis! I’ve dug through the artists to find some hidden gems, hopefully you hear something new and interesting! Playlist:  Karate, Guns & Tanning "Graffiti Children" from Concrete Beach Outrun The Sunlight "Red Bird" from Red Bird - EP If These Trees Could Talk "Deus Ex Machina" from Abov...

The Lunar Orbit is back after a bit of a break with all new music!! June was a big month for us, lots of major bands released new stuff, like God is an Astronaut, Oh Hiroshima, Glasgow Coma Scale, but a ton of small releases too! Hopefully you'll hear something you love and discover someone you haven't heard of!   Playlist:   Walk Among Statues "Surfer Skies" from Surfer Skies - Single Wohl "Dai"...

 A self-indulgent show this time around ("when aren't they?" Yeah yeah.). See it’s my birthday so I decided to surprise myself with an episode full of some of my top favorite songs! All genres are represented, post-rock, math-rock, psychodelia, prog, and even more! Each song is significant in its own way, be it personally meaningful, significant to the show, or just a kick ass track! With this muc...

This episode will take some explaining lol. Last week I was browsing online and found a fantastic playlist of Russian shoegaze/math rock (credit to meritolly on YouTube) and got totally obsessed, so a lot of this playlist will be in Cyrillic! I couldn’t just leave it there though, so I packed this weeks show with tons of other international shoegaze, Midwest emo, and math rock. We’re touring the w...

This week, The Lunar Orbit brings you new releases from May! As always, plenty of fantastic post-rock releases to feature this month, more than I can fit in one show, but I did my best. Tune in to hear new music from bands all the bands listed below! Also, happy summer solstice month. It's finally that time of the year, when the earth's tilt toward the sun is at a maximum. Playlist:   Lo, the Loya...

This week!  I'm here to bring you another edition of Cosmic Overtures! 🚀 🪐 Long, extended, epic piece of post and prog rock. Like Tchaikovsky himself donned a space suit and blasted his symphonies as he flew to Mars. Playlist:   SPRINTS "Cathedral" from Letter To Self Clouds Taste Satanic "Collision" from 79 A.E. Yes "The Gates of Delirium" from Relayer (Deluxe Edition) Sleeping Pandora "Santenn...

This week on The Lunar Orbit, a little bit of everything! Bringing you new releases from a few bands that we couldn’t squeeze into the April shows, along with a grab bag of great post, ambient, and instrumental rock. This one goes loud, quiet, exciting, mellow, and everything in between! Playlist:   LITE "Lower Mantle" from STRATA (Bonus Ver.) Glories "No Sky Can Blind You Now" from No Sky Can Bli...

This week! 🚀 I’m bringing you part two of our Fund Drive special! A second week of all new post-rock, ambient, and instrumental goodness to celebrate all the awesome work that WRIR has been up to. Of course, you’ll get a chance to be a part of that too when you donate!   If you would like to donate to the station it seriously would mean the world, to do so please visit wrir.org/donate .   Playlis...

This week I’m pulling out all the stops for WRIR's 2024 Spring Fund Drive! This episode will be the first of two shows featuring new music from the past couple months, including a fantastic mix of post-rock, ambient, and a little electronica. Plus of course, you’ll get to hear all about the awesome work WRIR has been up to, and all the great benefits of donating!  If you would like to donate to th...

Tonight is something like a heavy dream-wavy show. Kind of ethereal sounding, mixed with a lot of distortion. It’s an interesting vibe, and a ton of great music with bands like @east_thelane @astronomiesband @chanisswimming @sleepmakeswavesaus @thesunburnsbright and many more! Playlist: BLEED You Fucking Skies "Northstorm" from Prototype Chan Is Swimming "Operation Caroline" from Chan Is Swimming...

After a little unplanned hiatus The Lunar Orbit returns. But, more importantly, the celestial event of the decade is upon us!! This week’s show is of course decided to the solar eclipse, and we’ll bring it in with a fun mix of post-rock, psych, ambient meditations, and some fun facts! Playlist:   Skraeckoedlan "Cosmic Dawn" from Vermillion Sky A Collective Subconscious "Turiya" from Turiya Moonshi...

Please join me for what is quite possibly one of the corniest themes I have ever come up with. March 14, 3.14, Pi-Day – which obviously means we’re doing an entire show of MATH rock. Why has no one thought of it before. The best pun ever made! Anyway, should be really good hope you enjoy! Playlist:   LITE "Deep Inside" from Strata Totorro "Yaaaago" from Come to Mexico toe "エソテリック" from For L...

This episode, we are back live with brand new music! Highlighting some awesome post/math rock releases from February! Come tune into hear bands like @nightverses, @aburialatseaband @ifthesetreescouldtalk @redpinemushroomofficial and many more! Really big month of new music so this will be fun! Playlist:   Night Verses "Glitching Prisms (feat. Brandon Boyd)" from Glitching Prisms (feat. Brandon Boy...

For the first time in 50 years a US spacecraft has made it back to the moon! We’re back baby, Apollo be proud, Artemis here we come, all hail Odie the new Moon King! To celebrate let’s go play some fun, upbeat, fast paced post rock. I’m sure that’s what the probe had in its headphones as it was flying up there. Come party! Playlist:   Hippie Love Party "Dim" from Hlp t1tanic "Oppenheimer" from Opp...

Hello! This episode we’re doing a whole show of psychedelic space rock guaranteed to calm your mind and ease your nerves on that loooong booster flight through the stratosphere. I've done these shows sporadically in the past whenever I felt the psychic pull, but decided to name this one volume one, and start counting from here - why not sounds fun, right! Playlist:   Polyrhythmics "Roller" from Fi...

It’s a loooooong waaaaay to the moon! Inspired by our Challenger Pt 1 ending from last episode I’ve got a show full of long extended tracks – orchestra like movements of post-rock meant for the ultimate escapist listening session. Playlist:   The Protomen "Battle Theme" from Present: A Night of Queen We Lost the Sea "Towers" from Triumph & Disaster Outlander "Plans" from Downtime Red Room Cinema "...

Look out, it’s The Lunar Orbit! Bringing you part 2 of new music from December and January. There was way too much awesome music put out to fit into one show, so tune in to hear even more! Playlist:   Absence of Field "The Ghost Ship" from The Ghost Ship - Single goader "Mimesis" from Mimesis - Single Mieresch "Driving Song" from Obîrșii Myriad Drone "Forlorn Hope" from Forlorn Hope - Single Infin...

This episode we’re catching up on a ton of new music missed during the holiday season! A lot of awesome releases slipped under my radar while I was focused on winter vibes last month, so many in fact that I didn't even get to all of them on my list. So, join me for part one of our winter releases review and look out for part two next week with even more!  Playlist:   The Mantra Discord "Reach" fro...

To commemorate the first 2024 artist announcements from The Post Festival I’m bringing you our Post-Fest Highlights show from last year! Tons of awesome artists were at the Fest last year including Old Solar, Tiny Moving Parts, Whale Fall, Sunlight Ascending, and way more! Tune into this episode to hear them all! Playlist:   Cloakroom "Gone but Not Entirely" from Time Well Shipwreck Karpathos "Gol...

Welcome to The Lunar Orbit Best of 2023! Come listen as I struggle to fit all of my favorite post-rock from last year into a 2-hour block – presented in no particular order, and definitely not everything! This episode is a highlight reel, a best off, a sendoff to an awesome year of stellar releases! Playlist:   Explosions In the Sky "Moving On" from End Night Verses "Rose Wire" from Every Sound Ha...

Alright, this one will take some explaining. As you'll hear at the top of this ep, the archival tool I use to pull episodes off the radio went down, meaning The Lunar Orbit 2023 Christmas Extravaganza has been lost to time....But, I didn't want to leave you with nothing during the holidays, so I've pulled the only previous Christmas episode I have saved, way back from when I first started the show...

A winter themed show this week! Lots of chill, cozy, atmospheric vibes perfect for a hazy winter walk or some contemplation by the fire. A lot of music in this genre can evoke a calm, slower atmosphere which, to me at least, feels perfectly suited to winter, but I made sure to get some music with that holiday chime as well. Hope you enjoy listening!   Playlist: Old Solar "Your Goodness & Mercy" fr...