After ten years at a National Public Radio station in Chicago, Mike Lidskin returned to California in 1997 and created Twirl Radio, a weekly two hour radio program which features the finest independent music and artists from the rock era. Mike’s on a mission to not “just spin rock music, but to educate listeners about this vital art form.” Indeed, he doesn’t just announce the songs, but gives histories about some of the artists, the albums, and the songs themselves.
You can catch Twirl live each Saturday afternoon, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM PST on Sacramento’s Voice, KUBU 96.5 FM, and archived right here, as well as at http://www.twirlradio.com. If you haven’t headed into your Saturday night with an earful of Twirl, you’re doing it wrong!
Artist | Track | Album
Bay Station | Look But Don’t Touch | Other Desert Cities
R. Stevie Moore & Jason Falkner | I Hate People | Make It Be
The Well Wishers | I’m Not The Enemy | A View From Above
Maxi Dunn | Why Do I Want You? | The Neglected Gambit
Bud Rogers | Slave To Passion | Whiteout
Sunshine Boys | Billy Boy | Single release
Spygenius interview
Spygenius | Shall I Show You In My Mirror? | Pacéphale
Spygenius | The Friendly Stars That Glow | Pacéphale
Walker Brigade | DIsEASE | Therapy Animal
Duncan Faure | Thank You For The Photograph | Single release
The JAC | I’m A Glass Of Orange Juice | Faux Pas
Edward Rogers | She’s The One | TV Generation
Elk City | Sparrow | Everybody’s Insecure
Pete’s Copter | Magic Circle | The Fowl Tone Sampler
Anton Barbeau | Creepy Tray | Natural Causes
Banjo Bones | Cowboy Dreams | Cowboy Dreams
Lannie Flowers | I’ve Been Waiting | Altered Sweet: A Tribute To Matthew Sweet
Piramid Scheme | Regular Guy | Get Rich Quick Too
Stephen Fearing | The Station | The Assassin’s Apprentice
Gail George | Because Of U | Bloom
Blake Jones & The Trike Shop | My Soft Rock Girlfriend | Make
THIS WEEK’S GUEST:
On today’s show, we were treated to a visit with Peter Watts and Ruth Rogers of Canterbury, UK band Spygenius. They’ve been around quite a while, but their entrance into the Big Stir* fold put them on my radar this year. So we asked the big, imperative questions, such as “Where did the name Spygenius come from?”, and “How do you pronounce the name of their album ‘Pacéphale’? That album, by the way, is being re-released on Big Stir Records sometime this year, and Spygenius is coming to California this summer, so we denizens of the Golden State will have our chance to see them play live. It was fun talking with them, 8 time zones away, and listening to a couple of their songs. You’d do well to give a listen to their music too. https://spygenius.bandcamp.com/album/pac-phale
*Big Stir: 1. Collective of bands, writers, radio people, venues, promoters of music, listeners of music. 2. Monthly series of live shows in Burbank, CA. 3. New record label. 4. Fanzine. 5. Philosophy revolving around a loose collective of items #1-#4, mostly centered around being inclusive when it comes to music performance and fandom.
