I continued diving into recent releases from Banks, The Black Keys and Black Midi on the show this week, while the retro alternative set marked the release of Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” with a block of tunes from the many classic QT soundtracks.

I continued exploring recent releases from The National, Holy Ghost! and The Black Keys on the show this week, while the retro alternative set marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with a block of tunes about everyone’s favorite satellite.

I delved deeper into recent releases from Black Midi, Thom Yorke, Mannequin Pussy and Bleached on this week’s show, while the retro alternative set looked back to 2004 with tracks off some of my favorite albums from that year.

I continued exploring recent releases from Thom Yorke, The Black Keys, Black Midi and Yeasayer on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on the great Throwing Muses (as well as related solo stuff from Kristin Hersh and tracks from ex-Muses member Tanya Donelly’s Belly), inspired by a new career retrospective on the 64 Quartets blog, the latest project from Chris O’Leary, the writer behind the brilliant David Bowie song-by-song blog Pushing Ahead of the Dame.

I continued exploring recent releases from The National, Hot Chip, Hatchie and Vampire Weekend on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on some of my favorite tracks from the standout albums of 1999.

I continued exploring recent releases from Hot Chip, Holy Ghost! and The National on the show this week, while the retro alternative set honored Philippe Zdar, the late French producer and member of electronic duo Cassius who tragically died in an accident last month at the age of 52, with a block of music he contributed to, both as a producer and as an artist.

I delved deeper into recent releases from Big Thief, Yeasayer, The National and Vampire Weekend on this week’s show, while the retro alternative set took a turn into the dark, twisted world of industrial music, inspired by this recent Pitchfork list highlighting their picks for the 33 best industrial albums of all time.

I continued delving into recent albums from Big Thief, The National and Charly Bliss on the show this week, and I checked out highlights from the recent massive leak of Radiohead’s “OK Computer” sessions that has now been officially released by the band. The retro alternative set jumped back to 1997 for a block of tunes that would have been contemporaneous with Radiohead’s third album.

I continued exploring recent releases from Big Thief, The National and Charly Bliss on the show this week, while the retro alternative set honored psychedelic rock icon Roky Erickson of The 13th Floor Elevators, who passed away at 71 earlier this month. Here’s the tracklist for the full show: West Of The Fields June 4, […]

I continued digging into recent releases from The National, Vampire Weekend, Local Natives and Charly Bliss on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on jangly indie-pop bands from the ’80s until now, inspired by Pitchfork’s recent Sunday Review of Felt’s 1986 classic “Forever Breathes The Lonely Word.”