
Perhaps nothing has ever embodied the *true* spirit of New Music Friday quite like The Blessed Madonna’s latest single, a collab with James Vincent McMorrow and A-Trak, fittingly titled “Brand New.” Hear it here and prepare to dance so exuberantly that you lose the ability to (over)think. Plus, alt-folk wunderkind Quinn Oulton shares “Just Calm Down,” a track very much designed to help you do what its title suggests. AND we have the second installment of “Chang’s Favorite Thang” — it’s our freshly launched weekly segment where MBE producer Anna Chang shares the one song that’s currently ruling her world. Right now, it’s the Beatles classic “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” She’s sharing it in honor of the track’s undercredited lead guitarist Eric Clapton who will play the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, Oct. 12.
Peanut Butter Wolf goes deep into a lifetime of collecting, pulling from more than 50,000 records alongside a digital archive packed with unreleased music and overlooked discoveries. The founder of Stones Throw Records favors the underdog, moving through hip-hop, funk, soul, electronic music, oddball records, rarities, and sounds that resist easy categorization. Inspired by generations of adventurous DJs and selectors, the show treats digging as an art form and the unexpected find as the ultimate reward. Tune in every third Sunday of the month from 8 to 10pm.
A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time. Henry Rollins treats the radio as a place for serious musical exploration, bringing punk, experimental music, jazz, global sounds, independent releases, archival discoveries, and whatever else demands to be heard into the same restless orbit. The selections can travel across decades and continents in minutes, driven less by genre than an insatiable appetite for records and discovery. It’s radio for listeners willing to follow the music wherever it goes. Tune in Mondays from 10pm to midnight and Fridays from 8 to 10pm.