SXSWfm: Bearded Sunshine – Jun 14

Listen to Americana music on the Bearded Sunshine SXSWfm specialty radio show stream that is now available on MixCloud. The award winning and revolutionary SXSWfm Americana music show “Bearded Sunshine“ is hosted by resident musical scholar and SXSW staffer Matt Small. Join Matt weekly as he dives into the aforementioned Americana music, current events, humor and other listener favorite topics. This is the opposite of every show you’ve ever liked.

SXSWfm is the official internet radio stream of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival. Last year its 30th anniversary was celebrated in Austin, Texas with over 2,200 official performers from more than 67 countries and happened again recently from March 13-19, 2017. This is a great way to discover new music.

 

Bearded Sunshine 32 – We Won. Yep. (6/14/2017) – 54 min

Playing tracks by Joan Shelley, If Birds Could Fly, Mandolin Orange, CF Watkins & Daniel Levi Goans, Watkins Family Hour and more.

 

This week, a new Champ is crowned and a sign war is waged! Join Matt as these topics are discussed and Americana goodness is played.

Playlist

This mix includes the following artists and songs.

• The Wild Reeds – Only Songs
• My Bubba – Dogs Laying Around Playing
• Look Homeward – Morning Light
• If Birds Could Fly – Skin and Bones
• Annabelle’s Curse – Spread Thin
• CF Watkins & Daniel Levi Goans – Francis & Jack
• Margaret Glaspy – Somebody to Anybody
• River Whyless – Sailing Away
• Pharis & Jason Romero – Ballad of Old Bill
• Julien Baker – Something
• Watkins Family Hour – Feeling Good Again
• Joan Shelley – Wild Indifference
• Mandolin Orange – Old Ties and Companions
• Jesca Hoop – The Lost Sky

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SXSWfm: Indie/Pop/Rock – Jun 15

The Middle Biscuit is a weekly SXSWfm specialty radio show stream, hosted by Elizabeth Spruiell on MixCloud, which focuses on indie/pop/rock music gems (about an hour long).

SXSWfm is the official internet radio stream of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival in Austin, Texas recently held from March 13-19, 2017. This is a great way to discover new music.

This is how Elizabeth describes her weekly show every Thursday at 12 & 6 CT.

What is the Middle Biscuit? Literally speaking, it is the warm, highly-coveted, center, perfect biscuit my brothers and I fought over when our Mom set down a pan of her homemade fare. Figuratively, the middle biscuit is a symbol representing any thing that is elite compared to those that surround it. Tune in weekly to feast on what I consider middle biscuit tracks and middle biscuit artists from the massive universe of indie-pop-rock. Mostly new stuff, sometimes classic, either way, you’ll get your fill.

Middle Biscuit #102 –  We All Know This Is Nothing (6/15/2017) – 55 min

Playing tracks by (Sandy) Alex G, DMA’S, Mac DeMarco, The White Stripes, Grizzly Bear and more.

 

Playlist

This episode includes the following artists and songs.

• The Stevens — Pulling All the Facts Together
• The White Stripes — Hello Operator
• The Blank Tapes — Somebody Somewhere
• Ra Ra Riot — Every Time I’m Ready to Hug
• Mac DeMarco — Still Beating
• LCD Soundsystem — Call the Police
• JMSN — Drinkin’
• The Killers — Indie Rock and Roll
• (Sandy) Alex G — Poison Root
• Grizzly Bear — Mourning Root
• Benjamin Booker — Truth is Heavy
• Blur — She’s So High
• DMA’S — Too Soon
• Songs Ohia — I’ve Been Riding with the Ghost
• Andy Shauf — Lick your Wounds

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SXSWfm: Bearded Sunshine – Jun 7

Listen to Americana music on the Bearded Sunshine SXSWfm specialty radio show stream that is now available on MixCloud. The award winning and revolutionary SXSWfm Americana music show “Bearded Sunshine“ is hosted by resident musical scholar and SXSW staffer Matt Small. Join Matt weekly as he dives into the aforementioned Americana music, current events, humor and other listener favorite topics. This is the opposite of every show you’ve ever liked.

SXSWfm is the official internet radio stream of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival. Last year its 30th anniversary was celebrated in Austin, Texas with over 2,200 official performers from more than 67 countries and happened again recently from March 13-19, 2017. This is a great way to discover new music.

 

Bearded Sunshine 31 – The Man (6/7/2017) – 1 hr 10 min

Playing tracks by The Honeycutters, Joseph, Blind Pilot, Ryan Bingham, Twin Forks and more.

 

This week America’s favorite Americana show gets to the bottom of the water slide video that is sweeping the nation. Is it fake or not!? Conspiracies and Americana music, there is no better way to get you through the rest of the week.

Playlist

This mix includes the following artists and songs.

• Joseph – Cloudline
• Brett Dennen – What’s the Secret?
• The Wind and The Wave – Skin and Bones
• Blind Pilot – Umpqua Rushing
• The Lone Bellow – You Never Need Nobody
• The Head and the Heart – Rivers and Roads
• Parker Millsap – Hades Pleades
• Ryan Bingham – Bread & Water
• The Honeycutters – Ache
• Peter Bradley Adams – The Longer I Run
• Twin Forks – Back To You
• Jamestown Revival – Journeyman
• Rayland Baxter – Ghost, Again

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Bleachers: Gone Now

Listen to indie pop music by Bleachers on the new album Gone Now from Jack Antonoff of Steel Train and Fun..

Gone Now (2017) – 12 songs, 40 min

 

Videos

This is a video from the new album.

Don’t Take the Money – 5 min 6 sec

 
Here are some videos from an earlier 2014 album Strange Desire.

Rollercoaster – 3 min 30 sec

 

I Wanna Get Better – 4 min 52 sec

 

Like a River Runs – 3 min 19 sec

 

Listen to more of their music at my Bleachers and Fun. posts with additional albums, videos, and links. This new album has been included there as well.

Photo credit: Gone Now @ Amazon (album cover)

SXSWfm: Indie/Pop/Rock (SMOOCHIE) – May 18

The Middle Biscuit is a weekly SXSWfm specialty radio show stream, hosted by Elizabeth Spruiell on MixCloud, which focuses on indie/pop/rock music gems (about an hour long).

SXSWfm is the official internet radio stream of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival in Austin, Texas recently held from March 13-19, 2017. This is a great way to discover new music.

This is how Elizabeth describes her weekly show every Thursday at 12 & 6 CT.

What is the Middle Biscuit? Literally speaking, it is the warm, highly-coveted, center, perfect biscuit my brothers and I fought over when our Mom set down a pan of her homemade fare. Figuratively, the middle biscuit is a symbol representing any thing that is elite compared to those that surround it. Tune in weekly to feast on what I consider middle biscuit tracks and middle biscuit artists from the massive universe of indie-pop-rock. Mostly new stuff, sometimes classic, either way, you’ll get your fill.

Middle Biscuit #101 –  SMOOCHIE (5/18/2017) – 54 min

Playing tracks by (Sandy) Alex G, Guards, The Proper Ornaments, Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else, Photo Ops and more.

 

Playlist

This episode includes the following artists and songs.

• Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else — Smoker’s Paradise
• The Shelters — Gold
• Smith Westerns — Best Friend
• Beck — Walls
• Cotillon — Convenience
• The Proper Ornaments — When We Were Young
• Conor Oberst — A Little Uncanny
• Guards — Not Supposed To
• Father John Misty — Smoochie
• Nada Surf — Concrete Bed
• Sic Alps — Cement Surfboard
• The Shins — 40 Mark Strasse
• Grandaddy — I Don’t Wanna Live Here Anymore
• (Sandy) Alex G — Bobby
• Photo Ops — You and Me Driving Cross Country

SXSWfm: Bearded Sunshine – May 10

Listen to Americana music on the Bearded Sunshine SXSWfm specialty radio show stream that is now available on MixCloud. The award winning and revolutionary SXSWfm Americana music show “Bearded Sunshine“ is hosted by resident musical scholar and SXSW staffer Matt Small. Join Matt weekly as he dives into the aforementioned Americana music, current events, humor and other listener favorite topics. This is the opposite of every show you’ve ever liked.

SXSWfm is the official internet radio stream of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival. Last year its 30th anniversary was celebrated in Austin, Texas with over 2,200 official performers from more than 67 countries and happened again recently from March 13-19, 2017. This is a great way to discover new music.

 

Bearded Sunshine 28 – Nuggs for Retweets (5/10/2017) – 1 hr 10 min

Playing tracks by Daniel Romano, Matthew and the Atlas, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Willy Mason, Lucinda Williams and more.

 

When news hits, someone has to break it. Matt takes the burden of that task by letting us know the new post that has the most retweets ever AND how a local school name change gets out of hand. All that mixed with your favorite Americana songs from yesterday and today.

Playlist

This mix includes the following artists and songs.

• The Jayhawks – She Walks In So Many Ways
• The Oh Hellos – Bitter Water
• Jackson Browne – The Pretender
• Matthew and the Atlas – On a Midnight Street
• Look Homeward – Steamboat
• Charlie Simpson – Would You Love Me Any Less
• Nick Mulvey – Fever To the Form
• William Fitzsimmons – Passion Play
• Black Prairie – Nowhere, Massachusetts
• Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors – Fight for Love
• Lowland Hum – Palm Lines
• Daniel Romano – Toulouse
• Willy Mason – We Can Be Strong
• Jonah Tolchin – THousand Mile Night
• Lucinda Williams – Can’t Let Go

SXSWfm: Indie/Pop/Rock – May 4

The Middle Biscuit is a weekly SXSWfm specialty radio show stream, hosted by Elizabeth Spruiell on MixCloud, which focuses on indie/pop/rock music gems (about an hour long).

SXSWfm is the official internet radio stream of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival in Austin, Texas recently held from March 13-19, 2017. This is a great way to discover new music.

This is how Elizabeth describes her weekly show every Thursday at 12 & 6 CT.

What is the Middle Biscuit? Literally speaking, it is the warm, highly-coveted, center, perfect biscuit my brothers and I fought over when our Mom set down a pan of her homemade fare. Figuratively, the middle biscuit is a symbol representing any thing that is elite compared to those that surround it. Tune in weekly to feast on what I consider middle biscuit tracks and middle biscuit artists from the massive universe of indie-pop-rock. Mostly new stuff, sometimes classic, either way, you’ll get your fill.

Middle Biscuit #100 –  I Never Had a Chance (5/4/2017) – 1 hr 3 min

Playing tracks by White Reaper, Day Wave, Hovvdy, Jesse Woods, Generationals and more.

 

Playlist

This episode includes the following artists and songs.

• Day Wave — Something Here
• The Drums — Heart Basel
• Summer Salt — Candy Wrappers
• Cold War Kids — Love is Mystical
• Generationals — In Green
• Ne – Hi — Sisters
• Hoops — On Top
• Jesse Woods — Bucklebunny
• Dan Auerbauch — King of a One Horse Town
• Whitney — You’ve Got a Woman
• Mac DeMarco — On the Level
• Happyness — The C is a B a G
• Portugal. The Man — Number One
• Hovvdy — Pretend
• PWR BTTM — Oh Boy
• White Reaper — Eagle Beach