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.”

I continued exploring recent releases from Interpol, Charly Bliss, The National and The Chemical Brothers on the show this week, while the retro alternative set featured a deep dive into some of my favorite lesser-known, semi-obscure and totally forgotten Britpop bands from the mid-’90s through the early ’00s.

I continued delving into recent albums from Jenny Lewis, Big Thief, Vampire Weekend and Billie Eilish on the show this week, while the retro alternative set looked back to 1989 for a block of mostly forgotten modern rock radio hits.

I continued exploring recent releases from Local Natives, Billie Eilish and Jenny Lewis on the show this week, while the retro alternative set ventured back to 1991 for a block of tunes that all appeared on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart that year.

I continued delving into recent releases from Local Natives, The Chemical Brothers and Billie Eilish on the show this week, while the retro alternative set looked back to the year 1986, with a special emphasis on a few jangle-pop bands that have never received play on West Of The Fields until now!

I continued delving into recent releases from Weyes Blood, Nilüfer Yanya and The Chemical Brothers on the show this week, while the retro alternative set ventured back to one of my favorite wells for a block of songs that all charted on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks in 1993.

I continued exploring recent releases from The Chemical Brothers, Billie Eilish, Weyes Blood and Jenny Lewis on the show this week, while the retro alternative set ventured back to 2008 for a block of electronic-tinged indie/dance-rock.

I continued delving into recent standout albums from Foals, Weyes Blood, Billie Eilish and Karen O and Danger Mouse on the show this week, while the retro alternative set remembered Kurt Cobain on the 25th anniversary of his death with a block of songs from 1991, the year of Nirvana’s breakthrough album “Nevermind.”