Bonus Tracks: The Official Blog of Spotlight On

March 20, 2024

Spotlight On at SXSW

Just in case you do not get enough of my charming baritone ringing through your earholes, I wanted to share some recent news with you. On March 12, I participated on a panel at SXSW called, "The Cost of Admission & the Next Era of Ticketing", w…

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March 19, 2024

Radio Free 23: 14:00 - Ambient Excursions

Tune in for hour two of Ambient Excursions Host Kona Swenson. Night Devotion - Jorge Reyes, Steve Roach, Suso Saiz, Suspended Memories Madison - Adam Wiltzie, Stars of the Lid Shinsen - Susumu Yokota Surfacing - Windy & Carl Return of a S…

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March 18, 2024

PEPTALK-ing With PEPTALK, The All-Female Self-Produced Trio Band

Formed as a passion project for crafting pop hooks and collaborative songwriting, PEPTALK, the indie-pop Australian trio band, brings infectious fun energy & a fierce desire to tell your girl crush you like them. Made up of Phoebe Sinclair, Lara…

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March 12, 2024

Radio Free 23: 13:00 - Ambient Excursions

Boldly go with Ambient Excursions Host Kona Swenson. Your nervous system will thank you. Rosetti Noise/Chrystal Garden And A Coda - Harold Budd Om Mani Padme Hum - Constance Demby Towards the Blue - Steve Roach Einklang - Peter Michael Hamel …

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March 11, 2024

America is Killing Its Youth: Martin Rev and the Artistic Legacy of Suicide

A conversation with Martin Rev is an inspiring event. Let alone that he is one-half of one of the greatest musical duos of all time, engaging in conversation with the man tends towards thinking about the bigger subjects in life and art. To hear Rev …

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March 5, 2024

Radio Free 23: 11:54 - Rock and Roll Stew

Rock and Roll Stew host Stuart Fanne throws all the ingredients into this batch... Semi Multicoloured Caucasian - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Planet Caravan - Psychic Temple Town Crank - Clark Keleya - Orchestra Gold Panther Burn - C…

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March 4, 2024

CZUCHWICKI's 'Phosphenes': A Spiraling Blend of Child-Like Nature Visuals and Industrial Trip-hop

Meet Jonty Czuchwicki, the driving force behind CZUCHWICKI, a musical project that effortlessly blurs the lines between drummer, producer, and audiovisual artist. Czuchwicki's journey began with the 2021 release of "Reoccurring Dream," a five-track …

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Feb. 29, 2024

Yo La Tengo, New York, NY, February 29, 2000

Yo La Tengo, Town Hall, New York, NY, February 29, 2000 with support act Lambchop This was a slow, quiet show in support of And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out, a slow, quiet record.  The band may have taken that aesthetic to the extrem…

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Feb. 27, 2024

Radio Free 23: 11:00 - Rock and Roll Stew

Stuart Fanne takes over Radio Free 23 to present the first helping of his infamous rock and roll stew... Can't You Hear Me Knocking - Rolling Stones Dust Radio - Chris Whitley Thirteen - Big Star Life on Mars? - David Bowie Ashes to Ashes - D…

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Feb. 26, 2024

The Mystery

When considering the most current discoveries in astronomy one may not think about Hip-Hop. However, over the course of its first fifty years, Hip-Hop artists have rhymed about the movements of the sun, moon, and stars in multitudinous songs and fre…

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