I further explored recent releases from The Decemberists and Alice Merton on the show this week, while the retro alternative section took Pitchfork’s new 30 Best Dream Pop Albums list as inspiration for an epic hour-plus set.

I delved deeper into new releases from Amen Dunes, Frankie Cosmos and The Aces on the show this week, while the retro alternative set headed to the Far East for a block of great Japanese punk, indie-rock and pop music from the ’80s up to now.

I dug deeper into new releases from Jack White, Iceage and Sunflower Bean on this week’s show, while the retro alternative set explored some of the quirkier corners of New Wave and post-punk from the year 1980.

New tunes from Middle Kids, The Aces and Goat Girl debuted on the show this week, while the retro alternative set explored highlights from some of the best albums of the year 1996.

I continued to explore new releases from The Decemberists, Tracey Thorn and Superorganism on the show this week, while the retro alternative set looked back to the extremely fruitful music year of 1979 for a block of classic post-punk tunes.

I explored more songs from recent releases by Lucy Dacus, Tracey Thorn and U.S. Girls on the show this week, while the retro alternative set mourned the end of the print edition of the UK’s legendary music weekly NME with a block of artists championed by the magazine.

I delved deeper into recent releases from Belle and Sebastian, U.S. Girls and Car Seat Headrest on this week’s show, while the retro alternative set explored some of the best New Wave and post-punk of the year 1984 (with a bit of art-rock thrown in).

I debuted new tracks from Pale Waves, Superorganism and U.S. Girls on this week’s show, while the retro alternative set looked back to the year 1981 for some New Wave and college radio classics.

I debuted new tracks from David Byrne, U.S. Girls and Belle and Sebastian on the show this week, while the retro alternative set looked back to the modern rock and college radio standouts of 1993.

I debuted new tracks from Wye Oak and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks on the show this week, while the retro alternative set looked back 20 years to 1998, inspired by Pitchfork’s recent 50 Best Albums of 1998 list.