West of Twin Peaks Radio

On this episode, guest artist Oakland's Maryam Qudus -- the mastermind behind the project SPACEMOTH -- chats about her new LP "Inward Eye," how busy life has become since joining and touring with the LA-based band La Luz, and why - even though she has worked on music with the likes of Taylor Swift and Gracie Adams - she continues producing and engineering the projects of dozens of Bay area artists...

On this episode we spotlight THE GILMAN PROJECT, a collective of Bay area musicians who have partnered up on a charitable musical project for climate awareness non-profit Planet Reimagined, about surviving the modern world.  Spearheaded by producer, label head and artist Jim Greer along with Andrew St. James, Yunoka Berry, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, Angelo Moore, Cody Rhodes and Scott Padden, the projec...

On this episode, guest artist Oakland indie singer/songwriter Eric Silverman talks about "Bitter Honey," his fantastic new LP which goes down smooth and easy, masking the internal difficulties Eric faced while making it.  We also get in a brief Golden State Warriors discussion, as well as an enlightening chat about choosing a genre.  PLUS, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet the Oakland band Canterbury Bells whose long-anticipated debut LP "Knight and Day" is a wonderful spin through the group's unique brand of indie/alt folk.  Plus, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this special BEST OF episode, listen to conversations and dive deep into the new albums from four Bay area artists and/or bands:  indie dance banger "It's Not the Money We'll Remember" from San Francisco's ANALOG DOG, the thoughtfully beautiful take on art and artistry "The Found Paintings of Kathar" from Oakland's PERHAPSY, the double album rock and roll take on what it means these days to be...

On this episode, longtime Bay area indie artist Tom Smith (Smokin'Ziggurats, Office, Mazes, Social Studies, Silverware, Abracadabra) is my guest artist -- chatting about his new project OTOLITHS, created in the wake of becoming a new parent.  His debut LP "Lithos"  is a fantastic guitar-driven post-punk meets jangle pop experience that travels sonically through eras.  Plus, two full hours of fresh...

On this episode, meet emerging Oakland singer/songwriter Sophia Yau-Weeks, who was on an entirely different career journey when COVID forced her into isolation and the realization that music was her path.  Her lovely debut LP - "Misty Mountain" - is proof she made the right choice!  Dive deep into the album and hear our great conversation.  Plus, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyo...

On this episode, returning guest artist Derek Barber of the indie Oakland project Perhapsy shares his new LP "The Found Paintings of Kathar," and chats about authenticity of art and the artist in the age of AI.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, frontman Graham Patzner of the Oakland rock collective Whiskerman is guest artist, chatting and diving deep into the band's sprawling new double LP "American Hell," a sonic reflection on strange times and the evolving definition of what it means to be American. Plus, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, dive deep into the jammy new sophomore LP of San Francisco latin/psych/blues band BOLERO! and hear a great conversation with frontman Gregorio Perez Figueroa on topics including joy, beauty, music, art, and the Grateful Dead.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode meet San Francisco's Analog Dog,  a band that exploded out of COVID with a dancey sound when everyone was more than ready to shake their booties.  But those grooves are a way into the more serious messages the band is anxious to convey.  Hear my chat with founders Austin Waz and Rob Nicol, and dive deep into their new LP "It's Not The Money We'll Remember."  Plus two full hours of...

On this special episode in the wake of the passing of Bob Weir, former local guest artists of West of Twin Peaks Radio talk about how the Grateful Dead influenced their own music, the impact the band(s) have had on the Bay area music culture, and memories of some "Weir-d" Bobby encounters!  Plus of course, two hours of Dead music from the many iterations of the band. 

On this episode, Zach Carroll of the Sonoma-based project Evening Glass talks about the indie band's new genre-fluid LP "Postcards," as well as the burgeoning music scene in the Wine Region.  Plus, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, guest artist Bay area singer/songwriter Aviva Le Fey talks about her luxuriously beautiful new LP "The Fool," five years in the making.  We chat about the chaos in which the album was recorded, the difficulty of getting an LP made for an independent artist, and why releasing music is so emotionally fraught.  Plus, two full hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, San Francisco legend Sonny Smith of Sonny and the Sunsets talks about a trip to Senegal last year to meet and record with a handful of West African musicians -- and the resulting newly released album "The Diving Kind," a  record filled with refreshing new sounds marrying Senegalese music with NorCal vibes.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, Oakland cellist, composer and psychotherapist Mia Pixley returns as guest artist to talk about her new LP "Love. Dark. Bloom."  A sonic, therapeutic embrace of the darkness to free the mind and soul.  A perfect listen for long, winter nights.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Zach Elsasser from the East Bay indie project Affectionately.  Zach has been a frequent collaborator and touring drummer with Jay Som (aka Melina Duterte, a former East Bay high school classmate), and works with numerous other Bay area bands and projects.  He's just released his second solo LP titled "Then This Happens," a marvelous exp...

On this episode, dive deep into the debut solo LP of longtime Bay area underground songwriter/guitarist and member of multiple bands - Joel Cusumano.  "Waxworld" is a devastatingly fun power rock/pop album that belies the stories behind it, including a bad break-up and a stint in a mental hospital.  Here the interview - plus of course, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet singer/songwriter Cooper Kenward - a Napa Valley native now based in LA who lost his home in the Altadena fire just three weeks after recording his fantastic new LP "haha, now i'm sad."  Dive deep into this marvelous indie/vintage album and hear my chat with Cooper.  Plus, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet Owen, Gabe and Mickle of the Oakland slack rock band Cyan Pools, a tight power trio  that's honed its sound performing dozens of live shows since pre-COVID -- but just this August released their debut LP "Ecstatic Visions."  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

This special BEST of West of Twin Peaks Radio features chats and deep sonic dives with four recent female guest artists, who all released spectacular new albums over the summer:  San Francisco's Anna Hillburg's "Dangerously Impressionable," Sasha Reynolds and the new Fieldress LP "It's a Lot," Yea-Ming Chen's new band Ryli and their debut LP "Come and Get Me," and indie/jazz/pop/folk/psych songbir...

On this episode, Bay area indie troubadour Luke Sweeney returns with a new album "Novel Tea," a decade in the making and made up of many "Luke Sweeneys" - from teenager, to married man, to father - all of them musicians just looking to be honest and creative with their art.  Hear our chat and deep sonic dive....PLUS two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, guest artist Sasha Reynolds chats and dives deep into the debut LP of the Oakland band Fieldress called "It's A Lot," a project that has grown from a duo pre-pandemic, into a 5-piece indie/pop/alt-rock/psych jazz powerhouse.  Plus, two full hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode the spotlight is on San Francisco indie/folk/jazz singer songwriter Mae Powell, one of the city's most in demand artists who is on the verge of releasing her sophomore LP, "Making Room for the Light," a genre-blending beauty of a record with vocals that will capture and transport you.  Hear our convo and deep sonic dive into the album.  Plus, two full hours of fresh music from the...

On this episode, meet the founders of Ryli - a new East Bay band formed less than a year ago, and already rocking the Bay with a debut album that on the surface is a sunny/surf California vibe, but underneath hides lyrical tones of discontent and anxiety.  Kinda like all of us!  Founders Yea-Ming Chen (of Yea-Ming and the Rumours) and guitarist Rob Good (of the Goods) chat about the sonic spark th...