Every week, team NQRA brings you the latest new music and picks from our own overwhelmingly stacked shelves.
Genre-free, mood-shifting, and exploring both the surface level and depths of the underground, we’ll be playing everything from the latest releases on the best-known independent labels to private press finds from all corners of the earth.
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Latest episodes
Episode 12
1.
Sonny Sharrock
Broken Toys
2.
Slave Master
Day of the Requital
3.
Praxis
Interface/Stimulation Loop
4.
Zillatron
Bootsy and the Beast
5.
Axiom Funk
Orbitron Attack
6.
Jimmy G. & The Tackheads
Clockwork
7.
Johnny Blue Skies
Stay on That
8.
Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country
Better Deal Blues
9.
Waylon Jennings
Are You Ready For The Country
10.
Can
Zwei
11.
Bill Callahan
The Man I’m Supposed to Be
12.
Glyders
Hard Ride
13.
Bitchin Bahas
Graut
14.
Sir Richard Bishop
Pass the Juggernaut
15.
Carol Maia & Jeremy Gustin
Bubbles
16.
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt
Untitled
18.
Grateful Dead
Scarlet Begonias > Fire on The Mountain (1/31/78, Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL)
Episode 11
1.
Frank Hurricane
Cinnamon of the Mountains
2.
Geologist
Tonic
3.
Wet Tuna
Virtual Wildlife
4.
Bonner Kramer & Thurston Moore
Urn Burial
5.
Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart
Laundry Blood
6.
Hermanos Gutierrez
Sonido Cósmico
7.
Eat Static
Kinetic Flow
8.
Bruce Cockburn
Badlands
9.
Vassar Clements
Reno Shuffle
10.
The Blasters
Dark Night
11.
Wes McGhee
Fireball Custom Flyer
12.
The Congos
Can’t Come In
13.
James McMurty
Back to Coeur d’Alene
14.
Highdelberg
Saure Dropes & Süßer Wein
15.
Black Unity Trio
John’s Vision
16.
Los Lobos
Wake Up Dolores
17.
Astral Social Club
Rubber Lagg
18.
Grateful Dead
Scarlet Begonias > Fire on The Mountain (1/31/78, Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL)
Episode 10 (Tribute to Bobby Weir pt.1) Track List
1.
Sisa
La Primera Comunió (Excerpt)
2.
Grateful Dead
Sugar Magnolia
3.
Bob “Ace” Weir
Black Throated Wind
4.
Mickey Hart
The Main Ten (Playing In The Band)
5.
Kingfish
Lazy Lightning
6.
Kingfish
Supplication
7.
Grateful Dead
Cassidy
8.
Bobby & The Midnites
Haze
9.
Grateful Dead
Hell in a Bucket
10.
Bob Weir
Only A River
11.
Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros
Looks Like Rain
12.
Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros
Days Between
13.
Grateful Dead
Weather Report Suite
14.
Bob “Ace” Weir
One More Saturday Night
Episode 9 Track List
1.
Sisa
La Primera Comunió (Excerpt)
2.
Tilaye Gebre
Ālibek’agnimi
3.
Jake Xerxes Fussell + James Elkington
Mountain Time
4.
Glyders
Super Glyde
5.
Hans Chew
Dying on Borrowed Time
6.
Dunza
Mummy Is A Smuggler
7.
Tom Skinner
Kaleidoscopic Visions
8.
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band
Monte Carlo/No Limits
9.
Street Nights
Meg
10.
The Rolling Stones
Zydeco Sont Pas Salés
11.
Cocanha
La man
12.
Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical
Andalucia
13.
Tobin Summerfield
Post Pond
14.
Madteo
Metrazol (4 Art Ind Epil Cons)
15.
Richard Pinhas
A Piece for Duncan
16.
Harmonia
Walky-Talky
17.
Vainica Doble
Quien Le Pone el Cascabel al Gato
18.
Stereolab
You Little Shits
19.
Hideki Umezawa & Giuseppe Cordar
III Movimento
20.
Zig-Zag Band
Ndoita Ripi Zano
21.
Bitchin Bajas
Keiji Dreams
22.
Kinloch Nelson
Sunset Summer
23.
Masami Kawaguchi
The Dream Behind The Mirror
Episode 8 (New Year) Track List
1.
Sisa
La Primera Comunió (Excerpt)
2.
Mike Heron
Warm Heart Pastry
3.
Hot Tuna
Easy Now
4.
Neil Michael Hagerty & The Howling Hex
Fat Street
5.
John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band
Sunday Bloody Sunday
6.
Lou Reed
Follow The Leader
7.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Green River
8.
Funkadelic
You Can’t Miss What You Can’t Measure
9.
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Exodus
10.
The Stooges
1969
11.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Opera Star
12.
Dr John
In The Right Place
13.
Rolling Stones
Rip This Joint
14.
Bob Dylan & The Band
Million Dollar Bash
15.
The Velvet Underground
Rock & Roll
16.
Roky Erickson
Two Headed Dog
17.
Sonic Youth
Bull In The Heather
18.
Nirvana
Aneurysm
19.
Ramones
Surfin’ Bird
20.
Jane’s Addiction
Been Caught Stealin’
21.
Pavement
Summer Babe (Winter Version)
22.
Stereolab
Crest
23.
Dinosaur Jr
Out There
24.
Garcia Peoples
World’s An Illusion
25.
One Eleven Heavy
Old Hope Chest
26.
New Riders of The Purple Sage
Lonesome L.A. Cowboy
27.
Yoko Ono
Mindtrain
28.
Led Zeppelin
Custard Pie
29.
The Beatles
Dig A Pony
30.
Moby Grape
Hey Grandma
31.
The Velvet Underground
What Goes On
32.
Royal Trux
I’m Ready
33.
The Monks
Higgle-Dy-Piggle-Dy
34.
Aerosmith
Combination
35.
Funkadelic
Can You Get To That
36.
Van Morrison
Stoned Me
37.
Patti Smith
Gloria
38.
AC/DC
Walk All Over You
39.
Grateful Dead
Box of Rain
40.
Faust
Giggy Smile
41.
Mothers of Invention
Later That Night
42.
The Band
Up On Cripple Creek
43.
The Congos
Congoman
44.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Barstool Blues
45.
Soulmates
Them A Laugh And A Ki Ki
46.
Parliament
Do That Stuff
47.
Grateful Dead
Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain
Episode 7 Track List
1.
Sisa
La Primera Comunió (Excerpt)
2.
James McMurty
Black Dog & The Wandering Boy
3.
Camper Van Beethoven
The Day That Lassie Went to the Moon
4.
Robert Hunter
One Thing to Try
5.
D’Angelo & The Vanguard
Ain’t That Easy
6.
George Clinton
Bangladesh
7.
Polygon Window
Iketa
8.
The Jesus & Mary Chain
The Hardest Walk
9.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Hawaii
10.
Robert Wyatt
Memories
11.
MV&EE
High Motivation
12.
Circles Around the Sun
Hallucinate a Solution
13.
Wilco
I Must Be High
14.
Steve Gunn
Nearly There
15.
The Rolling Stones
That’s How Strong My Love Is
16.
Chango
Walk on Hell
17.
Can
Half Past One
18.
Dinosaur
The Leper
19.
Bob Dylan
Seeing the Real You at Last
20.
Bailter Space
Untied
21.
Ashtray Navigations
Cold Lemon Door & Side Table
22.
SML
Chicago Four
23.
Popol Vuh
Steh Auf, Zieh Mich Dir Nach
24.
Vibracathedral Orchestra
Otto
25.
Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice
Rot On
26.
Flying Burrito Brothers
Easy to Get On
27.
Meat Puppets
Up on The Sun
28.
Yo La Tengo
Flying Lesson
29.
Royal Trux
You’re Gonna Lose
30.
Neil Young
Act of Love
31.
Sturgill Simpson
You Can Have the Crown
32.
Triana
Abre La Puerta
33.
Blind Melon
Wilt
34.
Jimmy G & The Tackheads
All or Nothing
35.
Bob Dylan
I Shall Be Released
36.
Paul Bley Quintet
Around Again
37.
Waylon Jennings
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
38.
Hot Tuna
Bar Room Crystal Ball
39.
Grateful Dead
Help > Slip > Franklin’s
40.
Grateful Shred
Jack Straw
41.
Jerry Garcia Band
Rain
42.
Todd Snider
Stoner Yodel #2
43.
Frank Zappa
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
44.
Roky Erickson
Night of the Vampire
45.
Jorma Kaukonen / Vital Parts
Man for All Seasons
46.
Ginger Baker’s Airforce
Let Me Ride
Episode 6 Track List
1.
Sisa
La Primera Comunió
2.
Daniel Lanois
O Marie
3.
Iris DeMent
Our Town
4.
Basin Brothers
Tous Les Cadien Content
5.
Maureen Tucker
Heroin
6.
Stereolab
Jenny Ondioline
7.
Matt ‘MV’ Valentine
Wastrel
8.
Josh White
Hard Times Blues
9.
Fred McDowell
I Ain’t Gonna Be Bad No More
10.
Stone Harbour
Ride
11.
Willie Thrasher
We Got to Take You Higher
12.
Sonic Youth
Genetic
13.
Mort Garson
Symphony for a Spider Plant
14.
Desire
Zeros
15.
Tangerine Dream
Stratosphere
16.
Steve Vai
The Boy/Girl Song
17.
Mercury Rev
Bronx Cheer
18.
Dr John
Where Ya At Mule
19.
Expo 70
Ascerbic Lament
20.
Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts
Talkin’ to the Trees
21.
Eroc
Norderland
22.
Connie Acher
For Giving
23.
Townes Van Zandt
Only Him Or Me
24.
William Tyler & The Impossible Truth
I’m Gonna Live Forever
25.
Wayne Talbert & The Melting Pot
Suddenly
26.
Mike Heron
Warm Heart Pastry
27.
Master Wilburn Burchette
Contemplation
28.
David Crosby
The City
29.
Bob Weir
Only A River
30.
Vainica Doble
Doñana
31.
Sun City Girls
Rookoobay
32.
Träd Gräs och Stenar
Låt oss tänka ett par dagar
33.
Kraftwerk
Robots
34.
Deluxx Folk Implosion
Clothespin Suicide
35.
Royal Trux
Turn of the Century
36.
Jerry David DeCicca
Time the Teacher
37.
John Mayall
The Bear
38.
Beacon Street Union
The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens
39.
Nackt Insecten
The Atomic Age
Episode 5 Track List
1.
SML
Taking out the Trash
2.
Sir Richard Bishop
Rhythm Methodist
3.
Zig-Zag Band
Nyamutamba Newambwe (Play with Others)
4.
R.A. The Rugged Man
Legendary Loser
5.
Death
Born Dead
6.
David Crosby
Vagrants of Venice
7.
Bitchin Bahas
Reno
8.
Garrett Shider
Sugar Rush
9.
NRBQ
Green Lights
10.
Krissi Battalene
Blazing Star
11.
Ozric Tentacles
Space Between Your Ears
12.
Tortoise
Layered Presence
13.
Bo Hansson
The Black Riders’ Flight to the Ford
14.
Thresher Meets Underground Mountains
Movember Heatwave
15.
Lou Reed
Romeo Had Juliette
16.
Tom Skinner
Auster
17.
Lukas Nelson & Promise of The Real
Find Yourself
18.
Todd Snider
Turn Me Loose (I’ll Never Be The Same)
19.
Cory Hanson
Lou Reed
20.
Matt LaJoie
Ghost Pipe
21.
So Savoeun
លលកវាយំ (Crying Doves)
22.
Jerry Garcia Band
Run For the Roses
23.
Jane’s Addiction
Ocean Size
24.
Jimmy G. & The Tackheads
All Or Nothin’
25.
The Howling Hex
Where’s The Party At, Peaches & Cream? It’s Been a While
26.
Vega
Luz Verde
27.
Western Extra
Zig Zags on the Book of Changes
28.
Zachary Cale
Love’s Work
29.
FUJI｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜｜TA
Organ With Organ
30.
Psychic Temple
Band Time
31.
Dunza
Mummy Is A Smuggler
32.
Mdou Moctar
Sibidoul
33.
Vainica Doble
La Ballena Azul
34.
Willie Dunn
I Pity The Country
35.
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Borderland
36.
Off!
Wiped Out
37.
The Remains
Don’t Look Back
38.
La Banda Trapera del Río
Vulgaridad
39.
Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band
Better If You Make Me
40.
Volcano
Pine Cone
41.
Garcia Peoples
Weathered Mountain
42.
The Third Mind
Before We Said Goodbye
43.
The Hard Quartet
Six Deaf Rats
44.
Hoyt Axton
Light This Candle
45.
John Martyn
Couldn’t Love You More
46.
The Allman Brothers Band
Mountain Jam
Episode 4 Track list
1.
Michael Hurley
The Monkey
2.
Royal Trux
Second Skin
3.
Sisa
Tarronges I Arròs
4.
Funkadelic
Soul Mate
5.
Psychic Temple
NO RECALL
6.
Psychic Temple
Dream Dictionary
7.
Psychic Temple
Doggy Paddlin’ Through the Cosmic Consciousness
8.
Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts
Big Change
9.
The Dils
I Hate The Rich
10.
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
I Fall to Pieces
11.
Gabriel Yared
C’Est Le Vent, Betty
12.
Masayuki “Jojo” Takayanagi
Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
13.
Brittany Davis
Girl (Now We’re The Same)
14.
Jerry Porter
Wha! There Ain’t No Lovin’
15.
Kiko Veneno
Pequeño Salvaje
16.
Hallelujas
I’m Not Green
17.
Mothers of Invention
You Didn’t Try to Call Me
18.
Scientist vs Prince Jammy
Round 3
19.
Robert Fripp
1985
20.
The Third Mind
Reno, Nevada
21.
Os Mutantes
Panis Et Circences
22.
Armand Schaubroeck Steals
God Made the Blues to Kill Me (Strat Mix)
23.
Western Extra
The Minotaur Invents Its Own Maze
24.
The Clean
Too Much Violence
25.
Bedouin Ascent
In the Clouds
26.
Makaya McCraven
Los Gatos
27.
Johny Fahey
Fahey Establishes Rapport with the Tasmanians; A Disertation on ”Obscurity” (Spoken); The Return of the Tasmanian Tiger; Funderal Song for Mississippi John Hurt
28.
Harmonia
Deluxe
29.
Tim Buckley
Monterey
30.
Townes Van Zandt
Snowin’ on Raton
31.
Terry Riley
A Rainbow in Curved Air
32.
Jerry Garcia/David Grisman
Friend of the Devil
33.
Master William Burchette
Part Two: A Psychic Journey of Transformation
34.
Rollins Band
Move Right In
35.
Sun City Girls
Six Sticks
36.
P.G. Six
Old Man on The Mountain
37.
Hideki Umezawa & Giuseppe Cordaro
II Movimento
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