West of Twin Peaks Radio

A special end-of-August episode featuring ALL Bay area artists who released new music this summer.  Plus two encore guest artist spotlights highlighting two terrific new summer LPs drops:  San Francisco collection Mild Universe's "Everything Must Change" and Oakland's Yea-Ming and the Rumors album "I Can't Have It All." 

This special Country-ish episode features encore guest artist spotlights on Bay area honky tonkin', toe-tappin,' cryin'-in-your-beer bands COUNTRY RISQUE and NOELLE AND THE DESERTERS.  Plus, tons of fresh new country-adjacent tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

The perfect summer LP has just arrived!  Bay area dance-adelic band MILD UNIVERSE has just released its long-awaited debut LP, "Everything Must Change," and it's a bop!  Guest artists, saxophone player Karina Alterman and drummer Sam Jones chat about the LP, growing up in San Francisco, and re-energizing the SF music scene post-pandemic.  Plus 2 hours of brand new tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, we lean into the many sub-genres of today's country music....with a spotlight on guest artist, Bay area-based Noelle and the Deserters and a chat and deep dive into her fantastic debut LP "High Desert Daydream".....a sonic journey from the mesas of Northern New Mexico to the Golden Hills of California.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.   

On this episode, return guest artists Sour Widows from Oakland chat and dive into their incredibly deep and meaningful debut LP "Revival of a Friend," an album that took the long-time friends/band 7 years to release  - a time period that was particularly tumultuous as they suffered great losses and dealt with grief, and growth.  Plus two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, the local spotlight is on Yea-Ming Chen of Yea-Ming and the Rumours, the alt-indie band out of Oakland whose new LP "I Can't Have It All" is a sonic journey into self-acceptance.  Plus, two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

Two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond, plus today's local guest artist spotlight on San Francisco's Slow Coast, the indie/NorCal beach pop project of Matt Lawton.  Hear our great chat and dive deep into his latest LP "Depths Like These" during the show's second, hyperlocal hour.  

Two full hours of eclectic fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond, including a guest artist spotlight on Richmond, California based guitarist/songwriter Victor Mitrani, aka LITTLE OIL.  His new LP "Twelve Songs" is a genre-fluid indie delight punctuated by Django-esque guitar rifts and layering.  Hear our chat and dive deep into the LP.  

On this episode, guest artist Derek Barber, aka PERHAPSY, has a conversation about the creative process and choosing art as a path, as we dive deep into his new shoegaze-adjacent indie LO "The Lost Paintings of Kathar."  Plus 2 full hours of brand new music from the Bay and beyond. 

In this special Best of West of Twin Peaks Radio, we revisit four guest artist segments from this year, spotlighting four top LP's of 2024:  The Helltones' "Medusa," King Dream's "Glory Daze V," Bad Tiger's "Bliss" and Wolf Jett's "Time Will Finally Come." 

On this atmospherically chill episode of West of Twin Peaks Radio, Sami Freeman and Mia Pixley - two Bay area composer/musicians - chat and dive deep into their two individual projects which are turning into a collaborative live art experience they are calling "Sea-Space."   Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet "America's riskiest queer country band," Country Risque out of San Francisco.  Their debut LP "Doe-eyed Loverboys and Saints" is a honky-tonkin', toe stompin', cryin' in your beer banger-and-ballad wonder.  Hear our chat about the expanding genre of country, and dive deep into the new LP.  Plus two full hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.

On this episode, returning guest artist Chris Jones of the Santa Cruz cosmic mountain band WOLF JETT chats and dives deep into "Time Will Finally Come," the group's new LP exploring the collective California traumas of climate change, COVID and culturally-divisive politics -- all while rocking and jamming!  Plus two hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.

On this 200th episode of West of Twin Peaks Radio, Bay area master collaborator, producer, and artist Jim Greer is guest artist, chatting and diving deep into two albums - both projects of the heart -that he released in February:  a solo effort called "You Are the Art," and an album of his mother's folk music from the early 50-s and 60's.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond...

On this episode, San Francisco's Yasi Lowy and her band, BAD TIGER are guest artists, diving deep and chatting about their sophomore LP "Bliss," an indie delight of an album with a lyrical thread about growth, relationships, and developing a band culture.  Plus, 2 hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, a chat and deep dive with Darwin Siegaldoud, founder and frontman of the Oakland band The Helltones.  Their latest LP "Medusa" is a doo-wop retro rocker filled with songs of love, jealousy, darkness and drug addiction.  A top album released late in 2023.  Plus two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, West Marin-by-way-of-Oakland artist Jeremy Lyon, aka KING DREAM, joins me as guest artist to dive deep  into his new RnB tinged cosmic rock LP "Glory Daze V," and chat about the fluidity of the Bay area music scene and the beauty and curse of being an independent artist.  Plus 2 hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond. 

This special Best of the Bay 2023 episode is a full 2 hours of local music released this past year that deserves your attention and recognition!  In no particular order - 22 songs by Bay area artists and bands, many of whom were guests on West of Twin Peaks Radio this year.  

On this episode, take a trip to outer and inner space with Oakland's James Wallace, aka Skyway Man.  His new album "Flight of the Long Distance Healer" is a lovely, psych and 70's Brit pop spin.  Hear our great convo and dive deep into the album.  Plus two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet breaking indie/alt country rock artist The Last Gray Wolf, aka San Francisco's Conor Gleeson.  His amazing debut album, "Sharktooth," was born after endless COVID hours of guitar work, songwriting, and Grateful Dead immersion.  An incredible must-listen first effort!  Plus 2 hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.

On this episode, Oakland uber-producer/engineer/master collaborator Jeff Kolhede steps out from behind the boards and talks about his solo debut LP "Dismantle," a refreshingly romantic 70's alt-folk vibe LP with contemporary brushes of beautiful sonics.  Plus a full two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, San Francisco's Rachel Garlin dives deep into her latest LP "The Ballad of Madelyn and Therese" and talks about its theme of gay repression in the 1940's and its metaphorical relevance to our societal "repression" during COVID.  Plus, 2 hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond. 

On this episode, guest artists Sivan Lioncub and Chris Daddio, founders of the Oakland art rock/baroque pop project Everyone is Dirty, chat about their latest LP "Caramels for Grandpa," a sonic rock symphony that started as a tribute to Sivan's Holocaust surviving Grandfather, but turned into a trippy meditation on surviving near-death medical experiences suffered by both artists.  Plus, two hours...

On this episode, vocalist/lyricist Lalin St. Juste and bassist/producer Aki Ehara of the East bay band The Seshen chat and dive deep into the group's new LP "Nowhere," a concept album that chronicles the dissolution of the duo's romantic relationship, and it's evolution into a creative partnership.  Plus 2 hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet the wonderful Indianna Hale, a San Francisco singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist that mixes Spaghetti Western/Twin Peaks sonics with fuzzy guitars and vocals/lyrics that sound like if Lana Del Rey came from West Marin instead of West Hollywood.  We chat and dive into her new LP "Yesterday's Glitter."  Plus two hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond including a previ...