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In honor of Record Store Day, DJ Food rings in to talk to with JoE Silva about their mutual love for the flexidisc! Plus we get to new tracks from The Falling Spikes, sock jock and Robyn Hitchcock.

Synthesist extraordinaire Richard Barbieri (Japan, Porcupine Tree) joins JoE Silva to talk about his new solo LP "Hauntings." Plus new tracks from Memorials, Plastic Spirits and Georgia's Drivin N Cryin

Western Canadian psychedelic chanteuse Ora Cogan rings in to talk about her album "Hard Hearted Woman." Plus we spin new tracks from UK's Langkamer, singer Courtney Barnett and Georgia's very own Dipper Grande

A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers joins JoE Silva to talk about the new album "The Former Site Of..." Plus we spin new tracks from "The Lemon Twigs, Ora Cogan and The Outfit

Singer-songwriter Reine Orelia rings in all the way from Paris to tell us about her new EP. Plus we spin new tracks from Kim Gordon, Eleni Mandell and Star Moles

New indie sounds from The Medium, Vera Ellen and we get a voicemail from LAPêCHE. Plus we dial back the TARDIS to 1979 for a wayback track from Gary Numan.

Indie guitar icon Roger Miller of Mission of Burma fame calls in to talk about his latest project, Trinary System. Plus JoE Silva spins wonderful new sounds from the likes of Damaged Bug, which is a side project of Osees frontman John Dwyer, new semi-shoegazey material from over in Paris courtesy of an outfit called Dewey, and local guitar vibes from Atlanta's Reverends.

We get louder with new tracks from KÜKEN, Puffer and more. Plus we spin new sounds from Crooked Fingers, Ivan The Tolerable, and Danz CM!

Mary Lattimore left a voicemail about her fantastic new LP with Julianna Barwick "Tragic Magic" recorded with rare instruments from the Musée de la Musique at the Philharmonie de Paris. Plus we'll spin new indie pop from Heavenly, local Valentines sounds from The Corsican, and our fave ever track from Rufus Wainwright

Juliana Hatfield rings into the show to tell us about her new LP "Lightning Might Strike." Plus we spin new electropop from Chinese American Bear, get some indie guitar noise from Itch and the Nits, and take a moment to remember Sly Dunbar.

We put the spotlight on Oakland's Dandy Boy Records, featuring Ryli, Joel Cusumano, and The Goods. Plus we spin new dance floor cuts from Alexis Taylor, some indie pop from Scotland's The Just Joans and a wayback track from Juliana Hatfield

Tyler Ramsey rings in to tell about his new LP with pal Carl Broemel, "Celestun." Plus new post-punk joy from Dry Cleaning, deathcrash and an unreleased dance floor banger from Ron Deacon

Athens, GA synth siren Annie Leeth on her "Phantom Limb" album, plus new tracks from Indonesia's Well Whale, the return of anti-Folk God Herman Dune and indie guitar pop from Galore.

Electro-psych duo MEMORIALS ring in to talk about their latest single. Plus, we ring in 2026 with Sunday Mourners, Bluhm and the return of Holly Golightly

The second part of our review of the music that made up 2025, including tracks from Artificial Go, Pink Lady Monster, and Brainwasher