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Hosted By Nick Brunner

Cutting edge bands local, national and worldwide. Whether you’re looking to start your record collection or touch up the fringes, Nick Brunner leads you through two hours of Modern Music Discovery.

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LATEST SHOW | Friday, August 25, 2023

Yamanak-O-Meter!

This originally aired in March but would you know that if I hadn't just pointed it out... maybe all the references to Family Ties? Who's to say? Gorillaz, Little Simz, Portugal. The Man! & the machine that REALLY picks all this music. Click in!

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Automatic Ottoman

New music from Cheekface, Sacramento's Caregiver, Dry Cleaning & Automatic. Loads of songs from the back catalog too - Primitive Radio Gods, Nas with Amy Winehouse, Pulp and more good business. Click in for the playlist!

Saturday, June 25, 2022

To All the Mothers & the Sisters & the Wives & Friends

Blondie makes the Doors look good, a local extravaganza feat. Caregiver, Vasas & the kindness of neighborhood bartenders. Kevin Morby, Devin the Dude, Talking Heads - all your sanity & wits they will all vanish. I promise. It's just a matter of time.

Saturday, June 18, 2022

A Perfect Game

300 weeks on the radio and THIS is all we have to show for it? Yeah! Foxtails Brigade are in town this weekend, there's new music from Sac's Igwe Aka, Denzel Curry, the Drive-By Truckers take us to a dive bar & just in time for Father's Day: Dad Bod.

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Cruise Into Forever

Mixing it up this weekend for the sake of fun, funk and flavor. The Mattoid returns to bless us with a joyful new album. The mighty Jessica Bordreaux of Summer Cannibals has a new EP & we pay tribute to the ethereal Julee Cruise.

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Scoot Yer Face Off

The usual unusual modern mix of music discovery this week includes the latest from Phoenix, Spiritualized, Jordana and Kevin Morby. Sacramento reps DEFEM and Mediocre Cafe + we go back to 1985 and the Purple Rain Tour with Prince and the Revolution!

Saturday, May 28, 2022

...and I Bum Around

MAN is it nice to be back post-COVID. From random run ins to new tracks from Sharon Van Etten, Kevin Morby and !!! (covering R.E.M.?!?!) + a tribute to Andy "Fletch" Fletcher - it's an all new playlist of Modern Music Discovery. Click in.

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Black + White, Red + Green

Nick is out with COVID, so while he plans a banger new show for next week, please enjoy this Batman-laden playlist from earlier in the spring. Local Tiny Deskers, new tracks by Jack White, Matiel, Father John Misty, Ibibio Sound Machine and more!

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Watered Down

Tune in as Andrew Garcia attempts to carry water for Nick Brunner while he is away this week. This soggy, water themed episode of Hey, Listen! includes tracks from the like of Big Thief, illuminati hotties, Soccer Mommy, Modest Mouse and more!

Saturday, April 30, 2022

C8H10N4O2

Catch new music from Arcade Fire and Ibibio Sound Machine. Local artists Citizen Snips new record & Camilla Covington gets us Caffinated. A few songs out of time by Father John Misty, Beck & Blondie - all on Internat'l Indie Bookstore Day! Click in!

Saturday, April 23, 2022

Give Em The Slip

Sacramento is on display all over this weekend's playlist: DEFEM debuts its first ever full length! Harris Rudman and Nate Curry croon us day and night! Avivia le Fay & Jakhari Smith from their Tiny Desks alongside new Jack White, Calexico & Mattiel!

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