Sunday, January 8, 2023

Sonic Bliss #23-02 (January 8, 2023)

Sonic Bliss # 23-02
January 8, 2022



Hour 1
Air - Venus
Mary L. - St. Germain
Long Gone Blues - Billie Holiday (GXR Mix)
Someone To Love - Drugdealer
Inside And Out - Feist
Show Love - Everything Is Recorded
Little Fluffy Clouds - The Orb
The Hush - Rae & Christian 
Halo - Depeche Mode
Steer Your Way - Norah Jones
Castaway - Kate Havnevik
Into You - Richard X & Jarvis Cocker
Dayvan Cowboy - Boards of Canada
Milk - Garbage

Hour 2
Myth - Beach House
You And I - Delerium
Eyes Within - Gloria De Oliveira & Dean Hurley
As The Day Breaks - Carmen Rizzo w/Grant Lee Phillips
Jello - Lux
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Rhye
Misread - Kings Of Convenience
Elvis - Alpha
King Of The Mountain - Kate Bush
Shadow Man - David Bowie
As It Was - Vancouver Sleep Clinic
Stonemilker - Bjork
Silver Cruiser - Royksopp

Hour 3
Saturday Came Slow - Massive Attack
Strangers - Portishead
River - SAULT
Wild Wood - Paul Weller
Poems Of The Past - Fura
A Traveler's Delight - Plastyc Buddha
Windmills - Beauty's Confusion
The Trapeze Swinger - Iron & Wine
My Truth - Cocteau Twins
Cinnamon - Tamino
Debut - Melanie Laurent
You Feel Right - If By Yes
All We Ever Wanted Was Everything - Bauhaus
*Carnivores Unite - Blockhead



UTR 23-02 (Iggy Pop)

Under The Radar Radio #23-02
January 8, 2023

Pick Of The Week
Iggy Pop - Every Loser

Keep in mind, the swear words are not beeped or edited out on Spotify




















Hour 1
Iggy Pop - Frenzy
The Replacements - I Don't Know
The Subways - Black Wax
Dry Cleaning - Gary Ashby
Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
White Reaper - Pink Slip
Editors - Vibe
IDLES - Model Village
The Hold Steady - Sideways Skull
Iggy Pop - All The Way Down
Underworld - Get Your Shirt (f/Iggy Pop)
Death Valley Girls - What Are The Odds?
Enumclaw - Jimmy Neutron
Jack White - Lazaretto
Weird Nightmare - Our Love Will Still Be There

Hour 2
Morrissey - Rebels Without Applause
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - I'm Straight (Hippie Johnny)
Iggy Pop - Strung Out Johnny
Teddybears - Punkrocker (f/Iggy Pop)
Tom Waits - Goin' Out West
Gift - Share The Present
DEADLETTER - Binge
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake!
Sparklehorse - It Will Never Stop
King Tuff - Portrait Of God
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Pretty Boy
PINS - Aggrophobe (f/Iggy Pop)
Iggy Pop - Comments
The Lemon Twigs - Corner Of My Eye
Peter Gabriel - Panopticom  (yes, that is how it's spelled)



Sunday, January 1, 2023

Sonic Bliss 23-01 (January 1)

Sonic Bliss 23-01
January 1, 2023



















Hour 1
Catch You Dreaming - Ride
Form By Firelight - Jon Hopkins
Not That Sentimental Anymore - A Girl Called Eddy
Stars At Noon - Tindersticks
Lebanese Blonde - Thievery Corporation
Madrid - Holden
Don't Leave - Faithless
Sometimes It Happens - The American Dollar
Protection - Massive Attack
Across The Universe - Fiona Apple
Stranger In A Room - Jamie xx
One Night With The Valet - Tennis
Near The Black Forest - Vanessa Daou
First Day Of My Life - Bright Eyes
The Peace Song - Arteres Buipui

Hour 2
Breathe Me - Sia
Lucky Man - The Verve
Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd - Lana Del Rey
So Easy - Royksopp
Shattered - Koda
Lazy Lover - Brazilian Girls
Virginia Moon - Foo Figthers w/Norah Jones
Love Crime - Siouxsie Sioux
Tears From The Moon - Conjure One f/Sinead O'Connor
Rand McNally - Death Cab For Cutie
Face A La Mer - Blank & Jones
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
Be Here Now - Ray LaMontagne

Hour 3
Koop Island Blues - Koop
Hush Hush - Fila Brazillia
Porcelain - Moby
Sci-Fi Silence - Florist
Black Mermaid - Esthero
Satisfied Mind - Jeff Buckley
I Wish You Love - Friends Of Dean Martinez
Fleeting Instant - Delerium
Once Upon A Time - Air
Elsewhere (Freedom Sessions Mix) - Sarah McLachlan
It Never Goes - Zola Blood
Finding Beauty - Craig Armstrong
Why Won't You Stay - American Music Club
*Indulge Me - Olive 

*only on extended version



 

UTR 23-01 (1983)

Under The Radar Radio #23-01
January 1, 2023

Looking back at 1983
















Hour 1
Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science
Sparks & Jane Wiedlin - Cool Places
Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)
ABC - Poison Arrow
The Cure - The Love Cats
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Big Country - Fields Of Fire
R.E.M. - Sitting Still
Felony - The Fanatic
Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed
Tears For Fears - Change
The Fixx - Saved By Zero
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Hour 2
Ministry - Work For Love
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Echo & the Bunnymen - Never Stop
A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph)
Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
Laid Back - White Horse
Men At Work - Overkill
Bananarama - Shy Boy
Billy Bragg - A New England
Marshall Crenshaw - Whenever You're On My Mind
Nena - 99 Luftballoons
The The - Uncertain Smile
Bauhaus - She's In Parties
New Order - Age Of Consent


Sunday, December 25, 2022

Sonic Bliss 22-52 (Merry Blissmas)

Sonic Bliss 22-52
Merry Blissmas    (The Replay playlist is below)











Hour 1
Teardrop - Massive Attack
Number 4 - Sigur Ros
Carol Of The Bells - Bird & The Bee
Les Nuits - Nightmares On Wax
Winter Wonderland - Kate Havnevik 
Another Day - Air
Warm Water - Banks
Christmas Time Is Here - Vince Guaraldi
Silence - Delerium & Sarah McLachlan
Eight Candles - Yo La Tengo
Chilled Goodbyes - Medaka
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Over The Rhine
I Remember That - Prefab Sprout

Hour 2
Water In Our Hands - Dive Index
I'll Be Home For Christmas - She & Him
Cannonball - Damien Rice
Pavane - William Orbit (Gabriel Faure)
The Holly & The Ivy - Loreena McKennitt
Transatlanticsm - Death Dab For Cutie
All Is Full Of Love - Bjork
O Holy Night- Trombone Shorty
Holiday - Poor Moon
Frosty The Snowman - Cocteau Twins
Free Run - Xeno Sound System 
Waiting For You - Nick Cave
Enough Love - Mandalay
Snow Is Falling In Manhattan - Chili Gonzalez & Jarvis Cocker

Hour 3
Glory Box - Portishead
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Norah Jones
Catholic Country - Kings of Convenience
Everyday - Carly Comando
Breathe In - Frou Frou
River - Joni Mitchell
No Reason - Bonobo with Nick Murphy
Just A Girl, She Said - Dubtar
First Class - Khrunangbin
Petals - Bibio
Oiche Chiuin (Silent Night) - Enya
Greensleeves - Dave Brubeck
Snowlfake - Kate Bush
*Snow - Craig Armstrong

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Sonic Bliss 22-52 - Replay
December 31, 2022   (Only on WKLQ Grand Rapids)

Hour 1
Teardrop - Massive Attack 
Number 4 - Sigur Ros
Les Nuits - Nightmares On Wax
*Fool's Paradise - Cold Specks
Another Day - Air
Warm Water - Banks
*All I Need - Radiohead
Silence - Delerium & Sarah McLachlan
*Silhouette - Beauty's Confusion
Chilled Goodbyes - Medaka
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
*Let It Take You - Goldfrapp
I Remember That - Prefab Sprout

Hour 2
Water In Our Hands - Dive Index
*Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday) - Moby
Cannonball - Damien rice
Pavane (Composer Gabriel Faure) - William Orbit
*Azul - Bebel Gilberto
Transatlanticsm - Death Dab  For Cutie
All Is Full of Love - Bjork
Holiday - Poor Moon
*Twilight - pH Balance
Free Run - Xeno Sound System
Waiting For You - Nick Cave
Enough Love - Mandalay
*The Moon Song - Karen O & Ezra Koenig

Hour 3
Glory Box - Portishead
*Drive You Home - Garbage
Catholic Country - Kings Of Convenience w/Feist
Everyday - Carly Comando
Breathe In - Frou Frou
*Take Me Back - Blank & Jones
No Reason - Bonobo w/Nick Murphy
Just A Girl, She Said - Dubstar
First Class - Khruangbin
Petals - Bibio
*Under Ice - Kate Bush
*Strawberry - The Bionaut
*Snow - Craig Armstong
*Caribbean Blue - Enya
*Auld Lang Syne - Kaskade

*songs on the Replay version only








UTR 22-52 (Top Tracks of 2022)

Under The Radar Radio #22-52
December 25, 2022























Top Tracks of 2022


Hour 1
April March - Lift Off
Automatic - On The Edge
Editors - Karma Climb
Sasami - Make It Right
The Pixies - There's a Moon On
Boo Radleys - I Say A Lot Of Things
Art d'Ecco - Only Ones
Superchunk - Endless Summer
Momma - Speeding 72
Kula Shaker - Gingerbread Man
Ellevator - Slip 
Tears For Fears - Break The Man
The Afghan Whigs - I'll Make You See God
The Lazy Eyes - Fuzz Jam
Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker

Hour 2
Tchotchke - Wish You Were A Girl
Gretel Hanlyn - Motorbike
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Persistance
Iceage - All The Junk On The Outskirts
Liam Gallagher - Everything's Electric
Cola - Water Table
Martin Courtney - Sailboat
Sports Team - The Game
Windser - Friends I Barely Know
Rustbelt - Young And Punk
Dora Jar - Bumblebee
Softlung - The Other Side
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wolf
Archive - Fear, There and Everywhere 
Beach House - Once Twice Melody






Sunday, December 18, 2022

Sonic Bliss 22-51 (December 18)

Sonic Bliss #22-51
December 18, 2022




Hour 1
Astronauts - One Eskim0
High Point - Air
Say You Don't Mind - Taken By Trees
Hazey - Glass Animals
Urban Angel - Natalie Walker
Club Montepulciano - Hooverphonic
2000 Miles - Coldplay
Langsame Marmalade - Groove Armada
Sonhando Ipanema - Barriere
The Rose You Kept - Daniele Luppi & Greg Gonzalez
New York - St. Vincent
Let's Go Out Tonight - Craig Armstrong (The Blue Nile)
Cold Earth - Boards Of Canada
The Mummer's Dance - Loreena McKennitt

Hour 2
Exit Music (For A Film) - Radiohead
Weather Storm - Massive Attack
Thank Heaven 4 You - Esthero
Here It Is - Peter Gabriel
Thanking Like That - Hope Sandoval & the Warm Invention
Love In December - Club 8
Can't Do A Thing (To Stop Me) - Chris Isaak
Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
All-Inclusive (Instrumental) - De-Phazz
Made In The Dark - Hot Chip
Laura Palmer's Theme - Angelo Badalamenti (R.I.P., 1937-2022)
Make It Go Away - Holly Cole
Camouflage - Lo Moon
One - DJ Sun

Hour 3
Breathe - Telepopmusik
Xtal - Aphex Twin
Love You Like I Do - Vancouver Sleep Clinic
River - Herbie Hancock & Corinne Bailey Rae
Wait Til You See Him - Ella Fitzgerald (DePhazz Mix)
Tonight - Koop
Malmo - The Album Leaf
A Thousand Stars Burst Open - Pale Saints
Lux Prima - Karen O & Danger Mouse
How Deep Is Your Love - Justice Der
A Night So Still - Tindersticks
Pleasure Is All Mine - Bjork
Clean (Bare version) - Depeche Mode
x-Autumn In New York - Diana Krall


UTR 22-51 (Picks Of The Year Part 2 #5 - #1

Under The Radar Radio #22-51
December 18, 2022









PICKS OF THE YEAR #5 - #1
#5 Alvvays - Blue Rev
#4 Belle And Sebastian - A Bit Of Previous
#3 Sloan - Steady
#2 Wet Leg - Wet Leg
#1 FONTAINES D.C. - Skinty Fia









Alvvays - Pharmacist
Alvvays - After The Earthquake
Alvvays - Bored In Bristol
Alvvays - Tom Verlaine
Alvvays - Lottery Noises
Alvvays - East On Your Own

Ben Folds Five - Underground  (POTY 1995)
Belle and Sebastian - Unnecessary Drama
Belle and Sebastian - Young And Stupid
Belle and Sebastian - Prophets On Hold
Belle and Sebastian - Come on Home
Belle and Sebastian - A World Without You

The Clash - Clampdown (POTY 1979)
Sloan - Magical Thinking
Sloan - She Put Up With What She Put Down
Sloan - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Sloan - Scratch The Surface
Sloan - Human Nature

Sugar - A Good Idea (POTY 1992)
Wet Leg - Convincing
Wet Leg - Chaise Longue
Wet Leg - Supermarket
Wet Leg - Ur Mum
Wet Let - Too Late Now

Goat Girl - Badibaba (POTY  2021)
Fontaines D.C. - Jackie Down The Line
Fontaines D.C. - I Love You
Fontaines D.C. - Roman Holiday
Fontaines D.C. - Big Shot
Fontaines D.C. - In ár gCroithe go deo




Sunday, December 11, 2022

Sonic Bliss 22-50 (December 11)

Sonic Bliss 22-50
December 11, 2022



Glenlore Trails park in Michigan 


Hour 1
Burn - Anoushka Shankar
Dye - Tycho
Woodland - Nosaj Thing
Pilots - Goldfrapp
The Way You Dream - 1 Giant Leap w/Asha Bhosle & Michael Stipe)
Wait For Now - Cinematic Orchestra
Remind Me - Royksopp
Electra - Airstream
It's A Fire - Portishead
Voyeur - Baths
River - SAULT
Falling Short - Lapsley
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - The Smiths

Hour 2
Joga - Bjork
Out Of Town - Cantoma
Stars At Noon - Tindersticks
Black Milk - Massive Attack
I Promise - Radiohead
I'm In The Doorway - Tricky & Orland
Carol Of The Bells - The Bird & The Bee
The Loves - Paul Weller
Love Never Hurts - Fabio D'Andria & William Orbit
This Woman's Work - Kate Bush
Steer Your Way - Norah Jones
Lullaby - Leonard Cohen
Quiet Nights (Corcovado) - Karen Souza
God Give Me Strength - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach

Hour 3
Sweet Lullaby - Deep Forest
Seashell - Skylab
Amnesia - Dead Can Dance
Back To You - Flower Face
A Case For Shame - Moby with Cold Specks
Walk In The Park - Beach House
Shadows In Silence - Enigma
Inscribed In Jade - MoShang
Know How - Kings Of Convenience
Dust In Gravity (Acoustic) - Delerium
Being In Love - HNNY
Everything I Wanted - Billie Eilish
Cannibal - Jonsi w/Elizaeth Fraser
ot - Baby Don't Believe - Tennis

UTR 22-50 (Picks Of The Year Part 1 #10 - #6)

Under The Radar Radioi #22-50
December 11, 2022

PICKS OF THE YEAR #10 - #6

#10 Sea Power - Everything Was Forever
#9 Launder - Happening
#8 Drugdealer - Hiding In Plain Sight
#7 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Endless Rooms
#6 Built To Spill - When The Wind Forgets Your Name




















Sea Power - Folly
Sea Power - Green Goddess
Sea Power - Fire Escape In The Sea
Sea Power - Two Fingers
Elvis Costello - No Action (Pick Of The  Year 1978)
Launder - Beggar
Launder - Unwound
Launder - Intake
Launder - Become
Soul Coughing - Soft Serve (1996)
Drugdealer - Someone To Love
Drugdealer - Valentine
Drugdealer - Madison
Drugdealer - Baby
Drugdealer - Pictures Of You
Pretenders - Kid (1980)
Rolling Blackouts CF - The Way It Shatters
Rolling Blackouts CF - Blue Eye Lake
Rolling Blackouts CF - Bounce Off The Bottom
Rolling Blackouts CF - Tidal River
Rolling Blackouts CF - My Echo
Pogues - Fairytale Of New York (1988)
Built To Spill - Gonna Lose
Built To Spill - Understood
Built To Spill - Spiderweb
Built To Spill - Never Alright
Built To Spill - Fool's Gold

Sunday, December 4, 2022

Sonic Bliss #22-49 (December 4)

Sonic Bliss #22-49
December 4, 2022



















Hour 1
Little Monsters - Charlotte Gainsbourg
The Beginning - Twentyeight
I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Duende - William Orbit w/Katie Melua
Falling Out Of Love - Aqualung
Broken - Trifonic
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
Black - Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi w/Norah Jones
Dust - Bombay Dub Orchestra
Exploding Suns - King Gizard & the Lizard Wizard
To Be Free - Emiliana Torrini
Light Years - The National
You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart - Sinead O'Connor
Running With The Frontrunners - Ben Watt

Hour 2
Trophy - Bat For Lashes
Guitarra G - G Club
Cinnamon - Tamino
Gatekeeper - Feist
Last Broadcast - Doves
Equal Powers - Violents & Monica Martin
Something About Us - Daft Punk
It's Enough Now - Mandalay
Alone In Kyoto - Air
Helpline Operator - The The
Twin Flame - Weyes Blood
Wake Up Alone - Amy Winehouse
Follow You, Follow Me - Red House Painters
Tectonic Shift - Delirium

Hour 3
Helicopters - Deerhunter
A Grand Love Theme - Kid Loco
Para Sempre - Thievery Corporation
Open The Floodgates - The Smile
Night Time - The xx
Comme Si L'Amour - Shine
Most Days - Mojave 3
Destiny - Zero 7
Imagineering - Nightmares On Wax
Everybody Here Wants You - Jeff Buckley
Your Heart Is Gold - Ghostly Kisses
White Horses - Dean & Britta
You're All I Want - Cigarettes After Sex
Tumbleweed - 9 Lazy 9

UTR 22-49 (Vero / I Was A King)

Under The Radar Radio #22-49
December 4, 2022

Co-Picks Of The Week
Vero - Unsoothing Interior
I Was A King - Follow Me Home














Hour 1
Vero - Beluga
Peter, Bjorn & John - Second Chance
Automatic - Lucy
Meg Baird - Will You Follow Me Home
The Radio Dept. - Your True Name
Squeeze - Food For Thought
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Hate Dancin'
Cardigans - Your New Cuckoo
Vero - Beg!
Girlpuppy - Destroyer
Acid House Kings - Under Water 
Kula Shaker - Whatever It Is (I'm Against It)
Alvvays - Pressed
Jens Lekman - Some Dandruff On Your Shoulder
Vero - 22:12

Hour 2
I Was A King - Growing Wild
Death By Unga Bunga - Stare At The Sun
Morrissey - Rebels Without Applause
Artic Monkeys - Hello You
Aurora - Conqueror
Drugdealer - Valentine
I Was A King - Lo Pressure
Sondre Lerche - You Are Not Who I Thought I Was
Inhaler - Love Will Get You There
Royksopp - Poor Leno
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Pretty Boy
a-ha - Early Morning
I Was A King - Sweet Things
Kings Of Convenience - I Don't Know What I Can Save You From