
First, THANK YOU. Our 2024 Fall pledge drive has been declared a smashing success because you are here. However it is that you engage with our work, you’re what keeps us going. And we’re going to follow those misty-eyed impulses deeper into our emotional landscapes. That’s because today is the release date of wildly influential, avant-electro-pop producer SOPHIE’s posthumous, self-titled LP. Tune in for the quiet power of “My Forever,” featuring the stirringly sweet voice of LA alt-pop artist Cecile Believe. Plus, tracks from Dora Jar, Kate Bollinger, and — ahead of kicking off the Fall season premiere of School Night — LA-based troubadour Daniel Blake.
More:KCRW Presents: School Night w/ Daniel Blake + more, Monday Sept. 30 @ Bardot
John Tejada maps electronic music across time, connecting the underground’s history with the sounds shaping its future. Deep cuts and new releases move through techno, electro, house, ambient, and other corners of electronic music, with each selection building naturally into the next. The show is as much about flow as discovery, tracing the ideas, rhythms, and innovations that continue to push electronic music forward. Expect established innovators alongside emerging producers and overlooked gems from decades past. Tune in to John’s show Tuesday and Saturday nights from 10pm to midnight.
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.