Radio Free California Episode 2352, the last new show of the year, radio station notes, cheap shots, etc.

 

Tons of new indie music to close out the year with. Guillermo Ladd, Eaves Wilder, Dream & Onion, Wishy, Yard Act, Blank Spot, Nik Fields, The Umbrellas, Real Estate and much more, including a coda from Jon Batiste. Enjoy!

Yeah, I'm a day late posting this. Give me a break, it was Christmas! I'll bet next week is a day late too.

A couple of things about this week's playlist: This is almost entirely made up of indie acts, although a few signed acts are up there. The record industry, even now, is still in a radio mind-set and knows that all radio station play "best of" music for the last week of the year, so almost no one releases new music, unless it's something special, like the Jon Batiste track that closes out this set. I nearly missed it too, but man, what a great song. I expect next week will be similar - like a last breath before an onslaught of new music mid-January.

ALBUM SHOW NOTES

This week will be slightly different, as we will be playing TWO EPs by Guillermo Ladd back to back: "Insight" and "Insight Vol. 2". Between the two they make up a full album, and he refers to this as a single album in his Spotify biography, so why not play both and close out the year with an artist who should be a freakin' superstar. Don't let the Spanish Language dissuade you - this is as solids an outing of alt/pop as you will ever hear.

The Album Show will run this Thursday December 28th at 9am and 9pm Pacific Standard Time.

For those of you who stay away from Spotify this playlist will be played this Wednesday December 27th at 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm and 6pm PST. All of the songs I feature on Radio Free California are played as part of the regular rotation. .

One last programming note: Every Sunday at 10am and again at 10pm we will feature our show "10 at 10", where we play 10 (and sometimes 11 or even 12!) songs from a year we pick at random. Again, all times are PST. Last week was 1966 (playlist below) and for next Sunday's show we're going to feature a small selection of songs from.. well you'll have to tune in to find out!

Cheap Shots:

Nothing like getting drawn into someone else's wars.

The musical legacy of Seseme Street is just amazing. No snark in this link.

Fucking Snowflakes.

Despite how they are described I don't think anyone has been embarrassed by the antics of these assholes.

A few words from the man who was going to be the "Next President."

Given that this program costs her state nothing you really have to think it's all about the mean.

I've been to Liousiana and I had no idea that this was a thing.

"Fucking Putin, Shoigu, bitch! What the fuck is going on?". There; fixed it.

Lock him up!

He's been outed!

It sure as fuck ain't for "bone spurs".

I'm an old-timer. I faught in the Battle of Y2K.

Will she or won't she? And it's not about her football-playing boyfriend.

I would imagine that the only person actually bummed out by this is Dick Tracy.

Here's a dipshit who can't tell the difference between self-aggrandizing and criminally delusional.

There's getting your conviction overturned on a technicality, and then there's "It might be legal in Nebraska."

You first, numb-nuts.

"I am your new Santa Claus."

Don't seem to be quite in the Christmas Spirit, do they?

She's French, ya fuckin' moron.

Ross Perot, Kennedy Edition.

And becuase I love you, here is an entire album recorded live in a single take at Prince's Studio.