Done a lot of moving around in the last two weeks and my old Nano has been my constant companion. When you’re in motion songs hit different in different spots. From tractoring around a SC pine farm to getting blinded by strobes at my first post-lockdown show. From the public transit slog from Newark airport to getting elbow deep into the dirt of my own backyard. Songs can come at you sideways, slip into a crack you didn’t know was there. So here’s an hour of (mostly) uninterrupted modern goodness in the style of walking around, soaking in the ambience of a place and *just* the right song.

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Full playlist:

• *Tobacco – Backwoods Altar*
• Breanna Barbara – New Moon
• Evolfo – Broken Hills
• No Thee No Ess – Chorus 
• Rubber Room – Royal Baby
• Weird Omen – I Will Write You Poetry 
• Pom Pom Squad – Crying 
• Arthur Satan – She’s Hotter Than The Sun 
• GUNK – Ground 
• Heavy Traffic – White and Green 
• The Malpractice – Get Father On The Phone 
• Wails – Don’t Mind Him, He’s Leaving 
• Smile Machine – Snail S(h)ell
• Extra Special – Johnny Got Lost 
• WEEED – Sun Song 
• The Uplifting Bell Ends – The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite 
• Supremo Massiv – Love In A Gun 
• Morgan Weidinger – Neverland 
• P.E. – Expectations 

I’m heading out on vacation for a couple weeks and as I refilled my old Nano with new selections, I decided to cherry pick some favorites to leave you with in this summer swelter. Many are from NYC, many are not, but they’re all great. Get out there and get your re-entry on.

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Full playlist:

• *Tobacco – Backwoods Altar*
• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Sleep Drifter
• Mind Spiders – Your Soul
• Prince Rupert’s Drops – Doldrums
• Slift – Doppler Ganger
• DAMP – Binsy 
• Aldous Harding – Old Peel
• Stimmerman – Mark Twain 
• USA Nails – See Yourself
• Sun Voyager – Caves of Steel 
• BIRDS – See It All
• The Harlequins – Not Yet Dead 
• Jeffertitti – Just Don’t 
• Mother Feather – Supernatural 
• campdogzz – Weighty Mist 
• The Mystery Lights – Someone Else Is In Control
• Aborted Tortoise – Making A Mint
• Personality Cult – Weigh Down 
• Oh Sees – Overthrown

It’s raining in Brooklyn and I needed some summery sounds so here’s a mix of old and new that sounds sweet to me.

Tune into new broadcasts of Freelance Fiends, LIVE every Monday from 11 PM – Midnight EST / 4 -5 AM GMT.

Full playlist:

• *Tobacco – Backwoods Altar*
• Funkadelic – Baby I Owe You Something Good
• Chaka Khan – Like Sugar
• Tobacco – Gross Majik
• Silver City – Another Dimension
• Fumaca Preta – Pina Colada 
• Guerra Despues De La Fiesta – Dejalo Sangrar
• Smokestack Lightnin’ – Look What You’ve Done
• Milton Nascimento – Os Escravos De Jo
• Cochemea – Burning Plain
• The Evil Usses – Pre Op Pop
• Cut Chemist – What’s The Altitude (feat. Hymnal)
• Jorge Ben – Ponta De Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma)
• Glenn Echo – Watermelon Sugar

If you had a radio in the early ’90s, before Clearchannel got a hold of terrestrial stations, then you know THAT sound. It’s been creeping into the modern releases in NYC and tonight I’m sharing some riffs and grooves that span then til now. Hope it fills you with that warm fuzz.

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Full playlist:

• Tobacco – Backwoods Altar
• Superbloom – 1994
• Silverchair – Pure Massacre
• Somnuri – Desire Lines
• Band Of Skulls – Bomb
• Pavement – Unfair
• Dead Tooth – Hell Shack
• Pixies – Bone Machine
• Morphine – Yes
• Crumb – Ice Melt
• Mister Goblin – At Least
• Shudder To Think – Earthquakes Come Home
• Motorhead – Mean Machine
• Banshee – The Law
• The Amblers – The Day I Gave My Sister Away
• The Dead Weather – Gasoline
• Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You

As we all creep back into the streets, mask-naked and trembling, I present here new rock releases from NYC to propel you into your favorite venues with the confidence of the deranged. Good luck!

Tune into new broadcasts of Freelance Fiends, LIVE every Monday from 11 PM – Midnight EST / 4 -5 AM GMT.

Full playlist:

• *Tobacco – Backwoods Altar*
• Creepseed – Yak Yak Yak
• Big Cream – Gatlin
• Ten High – Royal Blood 
• Native Sun – Off The Dial
• Television Overdose – Heaven
• Dark Bird – And It All Ends Well
• Torres – Don’t Go Puttin’ Wishes In My Head 
• Breanna Barbara – The Way Out 
• Old Lady – Not Scared (Libra’s Anthem)
• Holy Hive – I Don’t Envy Yesterdays
• Looms – A Quieter Way
• New Myths – Fever Dream 
• Superbloom – Mary on a Chain 
• Pelvi$$ – Life’s A Bitch
• The Advertisers – She Creeps 
• 95 Bulls – Young Love

Let’s take a real chill trip, man. Old, new, whatever. Just keep it chill.

Tune into new broadcasts of Freelance Fiends, LIVE every Monday from 11 PM – Midnight EST / 4 -5 AM GMT.

Full playlist:

• *Tobacco – Backwoods Altar*
• Coke Weed – I Could Be So Real
• Sa Ra – Glorious 
• Load Stone – Flower Pot
• Spirit – The Other Song 
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra – If You’re Going To Break Yourself
• Rita Monico – Thrilling 
• The Movements – Great Deceiver 
• King Crimson – Sailor’s Tale 
• The Soul Brothers – Goodbye Baby Goodbye 
• Overlake – Disappearing 
• Arzachel – Soul Thing (Queen Street Gang Theme)
• Nolan Potter – Jasper The Ritual Snake
• Calla – Televised 

The final Bandcamp Friday has passed and so I share my spoils from the end of an era, featuring a lot NYC bands and a whole lot of recommendations I lifted from Bands Do BK. Enjoy and go get vaxxed!

Tune into new broadcasts of Freelance Fiends, LIVE every Monday from 11 PM – Midnight EST / 4 -5 AM GMT.

Full playlist:

• *Tobacco – Backwoods Altar*
• Hot Knives – Static Bloom
• I Am Bones – Pollination
• Psychic Ills – Never Learn Not To Love
• Ghost Funk Orchestra – Asphault Homeland 
• James Lockhart Jr. – 2short
• Cocomofo – Rain
• Forever Honey – Alone Sometimes 
• San Salvo – Harpey
• Firefriend – Hexagonal Mess
• Timo Ellis – Left Without An Answer
• Nolan Potter – Theme From Eggbound
• Psymon Spine – Jumprope 
• Career Boy – Scam Jam 
• Datapool – Air Raid 
• The Tazers – Lonely Road