I continued exploring recent releases from Phoebe Bridgers, Jessie Ware, Hum, JARV IS… and Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on songs from the great ’80s alternative compilation “Left Of The Dial,” released by Rhino Records in 2004. Oh, and I might have squeezed a couple tracks in at the end from a little-known singer-songwriter named Taylor Swift.

I continued delving into recent releases from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, The Strokes, Phoebe Bridgers and The 1975 on this week’s show, while the retro alternative set focused on songs that hit the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the year 1989.

I continued exploring recent releases from Purity Ring, The Strokes, The 1975, Car Seat Headrest and Rina Sawayama on the show this week, while the retro alternative set focused on Joy Division, New Order and the many side projects and spin-off bands that their members have been part of over the years.

I continued exploring recent releases from EOB, Purity Ring, The Strokes and Hayley Williams on the show this week, while the retro alternative set paid tribute to recently passed Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider with a block of Kraftwerk classics, in addition to songs from artists influenced by the iconic German electronic group.

I continued exploring recent releases from Rina Sawayama, Empress Of, The Strokes and Fiona Apple on this week’s show, while the retro alternative set ventured back to 2002 for a block of great tunes released during that year.

I continued delving into recent releases from Rina Sawayama, Empress Of, The Strokes and Waxahatchee on this week’s at-home edition of West Of The Fields, while the retro alternative set zipped back to 1988 for a block of great tunes released that year.

I continued exploring recent releases from Waxahatchee, Empress Of, Yves Tumor and Sorry on this week’s show, while the retro alternative set paid tribute to two great musicians lost to COVID-19, cult New Wave singer Cristina and Fountains of Wayne co-founder Adam Scheslinger, who also had a prolific career in film and TV soundtrack work.

I continued exploring recent releases from Christine and the Queens, U.S. Girls, Pearl Jam and Sorry on another recorded-from-home edition of West Of The Fields, while the retro alternative set jumped back a decade to 2010 for a block of great tunes from albums released that year.

I continued exploring recent releases from Caroline Rose, Soccer Mommy, Moaning and U.S. Girls on this first from-the-basement, stay-at-home, all-podcast episode of West Of The Fields, while the retro alternative set took us back to 1998 for a block of great tunes from albums released that year.

I continued exploring recent releases from Moaning, Porridge Radio, Best Coast and Grimes on the show this week, while the retro alternative set gave a nod to our current era of “social distancing” with a block of songs about solitude and staying apart.