Threading The Needle

Welcome to the next one. Stick with me through dub, experimental, free musics and ambient. And to start, some rock.
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2 hours on 2 super influential labels from early 80s New York City: 99 Records and Neutral Records.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18247299/Searching-For-A-Thread

French avant garde and psych. And plenty of weirdness.
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Giving thanks with ska, roots and rocksteady.
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Uk folk psych, progressive and rock sounds from the holy days of the 1970s.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18154865/Searching-For-A-Thread

Drifty and windy folked out freak sounds.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18123171/Searching-For-A-Thread

Some oddball and weirdo rock ripe for the season.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18059987/Searching-For-A-Thread

60s and 70s psychedelia, from the pop-flavored to the far-out.​
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17869714/Searching-For-A-Thread

More ambient sounds and atmospheric vibes from guitar bands.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17839212/Searching-For-A-Thread

Exploring the consistently excellent independent label out of Chicago: Drag City. Since 1989.​
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17813056/Searching-For-A-Thread

A little runthrough of minimal synth and twilight post punk.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17755912/Searching-For-A-Thread

Some new music but developing artists against tired but wonderful songs.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17717417/Searching-For-A-Thread

Some indie, shoegaze, noise rock and some further throwbacks.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17698484/Searching-For-A-Thread

International curiosities and jazz-fusion laments.
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Swinging back with psych from Europe, the Far East, South America and the US.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17640958/Searching-For-A-Thread

Warm air, stiffled overcast, sweaty days with stoney stillness, guitar ambient and a few rough-around-the-edges rockers.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17582686/Searching-For-A-Thread

​A show that runs the gamut from dub and post-punk to ambient space rock and into jazz.
Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17582904/Searching-For-A-Thread

German ambient & rock with some modern-day fourth world experimentation.
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Psychedelic tones in folk, rock, ambient and experimental.
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A healthy dosing of ambient jazz and atmospheric improvisation.​
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Some more recent angular post-punk, recent classics and a bunch of other crunch. 
playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17268534/Searching-For-A-Thread

A quick set in tribute to Seymour Stein and some modern folky sike.
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More jazz from the outer fringes of composition.
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Springy bounce and some head-nodding jams.
Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17153053/Searching-For-A-Thread

Singer-songwriters askew...arty folk, sikefolk and chamber excursions.
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A continuation of some of my favorite lead-off tracks from full length records. A second installment from Episode 259: Side 1 / Track 1s. 
Tracklist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17093590/Searching-For-A-Thread

Healing music for all those who need it.

Far reaching spacerock, cosmic minimalism, interstellar experimentalism and far-out rock. Ya know in s p a c e.

Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17038017/Searching-For-A-Thread

For Adam, who could use some healing. And for Jeff Valla, RIP.
Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17011053/Searching-For-A-Thread

Women from the realms of neo classical, experimental, post-punk, minimalism and avant garde. 

Big beats and melodies on a reef.

Yes this winter ain't very wintery, yet. Melted ambient, jazz and out there sounds.

Some out there warped dub and rubberized rhythms.

Some old time sounds, folk, a bit out there, but back in too.

More free-spirited ambient and cosmic sounds, free music and mind-enhancing experimental.

Winterized, solstice-ready rock and experimental music with a few Christmas tunes thrown in. 

Very little punk rock here but bands / artists certainly being rebellious. 

Dedicated to the New Zealand legend playing his songs with The Clean, The Great Unwashed, Bailter Space, The Mad Scene plus various other projects and solo releases.

Psychedelic and far-out folk sounds plus a few tracks for Gal Costa

Some tracks by Low to honor the passing of Mimi Parker plus lots of cozy, familiar bands from the late 90s / 2000s.

Arty punk and experimental rock sounds from the late 70s / early 80s

Scary and freakish post-punk, rock and avant-garde sounds for Halloween.

Funky rhythms and feelings for a good friend.

Some indie, lo-fi and recent folkiness plus more ambient and experimental. Splashes of p s y c h as always.

Far-out sounds from all over the place, new and recent reissues. Exploratory music. A celebration of vinyl!

More modern punk and indie sounds with propulsion

Ambient jazz and minimalism. Fourth world madness, psych excursions and global meditations. But first June Of 44.

Synth heavyweights and synthetic sounds across genres.

Avant composers, free improvisation, out-jazz, experimental folk and some lo-fi.

Some lovely sounds for a lovely woman, dedicated to Camille. Far-out and down-out folk and spiritual sounds.

A nice slab of UK, US and a bunch of Australian punk scorchers.

Some indie, indie punk and the like that's a bit light on its feet.

Some rock and related before evolving into sonic tapestries and home recorded oddballs.

Mid to late 90's post-hardcore and post-punk all with a heavy duty backbeat.

Back for another episode of women in post-punk during the late 70s / early 80s. 

Skrony, angular and rhythmically focused punkish sounds from from the early 1980s.

2 hours of LGTBQ artists in celebration with Pride Month, June. 

1 hour of post-punk, punk 45 singles and the 2nd hour, a run through some excellent far-out psychedelic international comps

2 hours of meditative "Oms" from all kinds of spiritual musics.

Spacebound music, taking off and setting sail.

​A freaky and far-out smattering of heavy duty 60s and 70s platters. 

Out there sounds and vibes from electronic sounds, french free jazz, Japanese avant-garde and far-out minimalism.

Some avant-garde and spacious out-jazz from the 70s / 80s.

A pile of new records to me and to the world.

Punked up dub, or dubbed up experimental post-punk. Depending on your preference.

A new episode of this unintentional series. Post-punk from bands made up of women, in honor of international women's day.

Folk-psych sounds from the past. Hazy, spacious and glorious. For an apparent spring day.

Modern psychedelic sounds and far-out instrumental riffage over the last 25 years.

Snowed in, stoned out and blissed out "indie" rock. Introspective, toasted and spatial.

More outside of the box jazz sliding into some ambient textures at the back end.

Forward thinking rock music, angular sounds and post-punk vibes.

A tribute to the great spiritual vibraphonist Khan Jamal plus more spacious jazz sounds.

Going longform with modern classical, jazz, ambient and experimental sounds. Plus 2 tracks dedicated to James Mtume.

Returning to some heavy 60s and 70s hard rock n psych sounds from the US, UK and Germany.

A run of soul, funk and r&b christmas cuts plus some instrumental and moog flavored holiday vibes.

Focused in on Swedish hippie psych from the 60s / 70s.

​A cosmic blend of spiritual composers, jazz, experimental and sparse folk. 

A look at all the Chicago and Louisville bands that all merge and come to a head around the beautiful band Pullman.

A Halloween edition for Searching For A Thread. Creeped out experimentation, frayed spirits and shambolic sounds from the undead.

Post punk, post hardcore, harder edged indie and some soft too.