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Playlist Archive
6/4/25
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The Backyard Committee
Born on a Leap Year – Surf Hotel Ghosts (2020)
T!lt
Praise – Terra (2025)
The Alex Butter Field
Gardener – Psychedelipop (2020)
The Damien Pratt
Mike Wallace – From the Tapes of Lenny Bruce, Volume 2 (1998)
Boyscott
Rocky Road – Spellbound (2024)
Lazy Trail
Drips (2024)
Eddie Golden III
Dream – Blazed (2020)
The Ambulance Chasers
Robin – TOO! (2025)
Pocket Vinyl
Audio Sickness – Rabbit on Fire (2024)
Pilm
hrsgrl (2024)
SG Carlson
Spangled Sun – Sing the Hits (2020)
AP Flynn
FOMO – Visitor (2024)
Sentiments
Mediocre Diary Days – Rot (2023)
Slow Pines
Lament for Clara Barton – Something You Could Never Have (2024)
Playlist Archive
5/28/25
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The Backyard Committee
The Way You Do – Surf Hotel Ghosts (2020)
Mother Juniper
Carolina – Write the Soil Lighter (2023)
Stadia
Instant Echo (2024)
Asher Kai
Reword – The Beast (2023)
MGMT
Nothing To Declare – Loss of Life (2024)
Figurine
Daughter Language – Worthy (2021)
The Ambulance Chasers
Robin – TOO! (2025)
Lys Guillorn
Steel Pier – Lys Guillorn (2003)
Shining Bones
Spore (2025)
Old Milk Mooney
Brick by Brick – Do Not Worry (2024)
Flowers from Tea
Love Again Demo (2023)
Sarah Dunn
Cottagecore Lesbian Daydream (2024)
A.F. Chimes
Stab Love – Stab Love (2023)
MJ Bones
Spade – This Machine Loves You (2025)
Xavier Serrano
Run for Your Life – Bell Chimes of Yesteryear (2019)
Playlist Archive
5/21/25
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Miracle Legion
Just Say Hello – Drenched (2016)
Carey
Daily – Stunted (2025)
The Sawtelles
Good and All – Crash 23 (2025)
Cat Crash
Venn-Diagram – CATASTROPHE: And Other Things I Never Told You (2024)
Overloded
20’s, Now What? – Miss President (2025)
Ruby Leftstep
Bitter End (2025)
Pond View
My Bosses Last Cig – Day Late, Dollar Short (2024)
Reale Wolfe
Jet Set – Pictures and Words (2024)
Ginger Bug
All the Way to Rockville – All the Way to Rockville (2018)
The Striped Bananas
Claudia Jennings – Dreams Upon the Mast (2021)
Sinooka
Tune Out – Space jungle (2022)
Eddie Golden III
Ollie North – Skateboarding Tricks Volume I: Flip Tricks Side B (2025)
Skating
Hey Please – Ultra Blue (2016)
Jacques Le Coque
Tip of My Tongue – Positively (2018)
Heatlamp
Baby Shampoo (unreleased)
5/14/25
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Miracle Legion
Sooner – Drenched (2016)
The Problem With Kids Today
You’re in Love with Junk (2021)
The Reducers
Company Man – The Red Album (1984)
Minus Points
Adjective Goth (2023)
Green Panic
What It’s Like (1986)
Foundations of Wednesday
My Weird Orthodontist (2025)
Mildly Allergic
Burden – Everyone Tells One Good Lie (2025)
Wearebison
Glistening the Screws (2024)
EGG!
Hard Year – BAIT (2020)
Will Jeffries
and in the panic dying (2020)
The Sawtelles
Go Between (Already Know) – Crash 23 (2025)
Sean Henry
Room in the Hall – Head (2024)
Holiday Clocks
Wonder Why – Holiday Clocks (1988)
Audio Jane
While You Were Gone – A Terrible Plan (2021)
Ambulance Chasers
Alley Flowers – TOO! (2025)
Orange Cake Mix
Dead Leaves of November – Oceanside 72 & Other Favorites (an assortment of compilation tracks 1994-2002) (2018)
Carey
Daily – Stunted (2025)
5/7/25
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Miracle Legion
And Then – Me and Mr. Ray (1989)
The Almighty Yellow Star
Passing through a Self – The Almighty Yellow Star (2025)
Ponybird
Feel (2021)
Mercy Choir
More than Ever – More than Ever (2018)
Lys Guillorn
When I Was a Tiger Lily – Three Songs (2006)
An Historic
The Rain by the Ocean – Something We Could Never Live With (2018)
Zoo Front
On the Way Past Trinity – Desert Child (2024)
The Sawtelles
Down There – Crash 23 (2025)
Untold Joys
death in the doorknobs – die at the movies (2024)
Waveform
Ballroom – Antarctica (2023)
Mildly Allergic
She Don’t See Me Now – Everyone Tells One Good Lie (2025)
Point Radar
Small Song – Petty Theft (2021)
The Ambulance Chasers
Tout Suite (2025)
Heatlamp
Look What They’ve Done to the Sun – This Is Heatlamp (2020)
4/30/25
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Miracle Legion
Giant Transatlantic Trunk Call – Me & Mr. Ray (1989)
Lys Guillorn & Her Band
Tinctoria (2018)
Low Ceilings
Quite the Architect –Powerwalker (2025)
The Striped Bananas
Rayguns of Love – Rayguns of Love (2023)
Stadia
Instant Echo (2024)
Carey
Trinity – Stunted (2025)
offering field
deirdre’s dream – hand reaching through flames
The Sawtelles
Crash 23 – Crash 23 (2025)
Snowpiler
Citrus – Superfloor (2022)
Double the Dial
Losing My Mind (2023)
zanders
Lipstick (2025)
Sinecera
Bicycle King – told me to slow down, I can hardly know now, if I'm dosing the coda with work of the heart or lines from a tale... (2021)
sundots
Dear You – Honeyspot (2024)
Skating
Dream Speed – Dream Speed (2018)
4/23/25
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Miracle Legion
The Backyard – The Backyard (1985)
sundots
Green – Honeyspot (2024)
Lazy Trail
Fruit Fly (2024)
Cole Crawford
Slinky – Tree House (2023)
Asher Kai
Reword – The Beast (2023)
Offering Field
no inner light – from hand reaching through flames (2025)
Pond View
Two Headed Boy – Mouthbreather (2021)
The Sawtelles
Beat the Odds – Crash 23 (2025)
Carey
Daily – Stunted (2025)
The Most
It Starts in Your Head – Of What We Have (2020)
Witch Hair
Motorcycle II – Out on Love (2018)
Glambat
Breathing Ritual (2022)
Dagwood
Trying To Be Kind – Pollyanna Visions (2024)
Heatlamp
Supersonic Eyes – This Is Heatlamp (2021)
PulsR
Prescience – Sent (2021)
4/16/25
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Miracle Legion
Closer to the Wall – The Backyard (1985)
Pond View
Multitasking – Sludge (2023)
Waveform
Lonely – Antarctica (2023)
Ghouls Etc.
I Don’t Wanna Die in Vermont (2025)
Angel Loor
Hate My Friends (2023)
SB Khi
What a Guy (2025)
MGMT
Nothing To Declare – Loss of Life (2024)
Short Punks in Love
Gem Spa Reunion (2005)
T!lt
Afterthought – Death Do Us Part (2024)
Figurine
Left Hand – Worthy (2021)
Lys Guillorn
In Sleep – Lys Guillorn (2003)
Heatlamp
Pointy Cat from Outer Space – This Is Heatlamp (2021)
Second Opinion
I Gotta Go! (2025)
Believe It, It’s Easy
Missing Him – You Can Believe It Too (2025)
Wally
Bell Weather - FELOPZD (2024)
The Striped Bananas
Silver Heels – Dreams Upon the Mast (2021)
4/9/25
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Miracle Legion
If She Could Cry – Me and Mr. Ray (1989)
Pond View
Heatwave – Sludge (2023)
MJ Bones
Spade – This Machine Loves You (2025)
Xavier Serrano
All My Dollars – Bell Chimes of Yesteryear (2019)
Waveform
Last Room – Last Room (2020)
Sean Henry
Room in the Hall - Head (2024)
Valley of Kings
Flesh and Blood – Victory Garden (1985)
Chopper
I Fell (For a Chance) – Chopper (1991)
Brian Larney
Why Should I Care? (2025)
T!lt
Dust Bunny Symphony – Death Do Us Part
Queen Moo
Capetown – Too Troo (2024)
Figurine
Daughter Language – Worthy (2021)
Lys Guillorn and her Band
How To Make a Mountain – Split 7-inch (2017)
Heatlamp
I’m Against Violence – This Is Heatlamp (2021)
The Tines
Emptied and Refilled (2024)
4/2/25
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Miracle Legion
The Heart Is Attached – The Backyard (1985)
Old Milk Mooney
Bugs and Daughters (2025)
The Damien Pratt
Baby Bird – From the Tapes of Lenny Bruce, Vol. 2 (1998)
The Damien Pratt
Baby Bird (Reprise) – From the Tapes of Lenny Bruce, Vol. 2 (1998)
Pond View
Don’t Let Your Feelings Get in the Way – Sludge (2023)
The Absolute Zeros
Brother Macrae – Dreams Gone Sour (1998)
Audio Jane
Hurricane You – We Always Make a Mess of Things (2024)
Zoo Front
Mary’s Hat – Re-Entry (2023)
Greenholt
Off the Hook – Shadow (2024)
The Dispossessed
Swan Song – Swan Song (1988)
Heatlamp
Big (circa 1992) Unreleased
Lys Guillorn
Throne – Lys Guillorn (2003)
Chronic Disorder
The Final Line – The Final Line 7-inch EP (1983)
Perennial
All Day and All of the Night – Perennial ’65 (2025)
Believe It, It’s Easy
You Can Believe It Too – You Can Believe It Too (2025)
3/26/25
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Miracle Legion
Sailors and Animals – Me and Mr. Ray (1989)
Lys Guillorn
Little Wren – Lys Guillorn (2003)
The Damien Pratt
Baby Bird – From the Tapes of Lenny Bruce, Vol. 2 (1998)
The Damien Pratt
Baby Bird (Reprise) – From the Tapes of Lenny Bruce, Vol. 2 (1998)
Flowers from Tea
Love Again Demo (2023)
Mildly Allergic
Blame – New Year’s Eve EP (2024)
The Striped Bananas
Silver Heels – Dreams Upon the Mast (2021)
Heatlamp
Clouds in the Sky — This Is Heatlamp (2020)
Ponybird
Six Eight – Deep Meats II (2023)
The Shellye Valauskas Experience
Over the Top – History of Panic (2018)
Illuminous
Found me Too (2023)
Xavier Serrano
Enantiodromia (2024)
Mercy Choir
More than Ever – More than Ever (2018)
The Luck Pushers
Arkansas Traveler – Surfing in West Virginia EP (2023)
MJ Bones
Clementine (2023) - New Haven
The Moon Shells
Fireworks – Storm Plants the Seed (2024)
3/19/25
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Miracle Legion
Stephen Are You There? – The Backyard (1985)
Heatlamp
I Need Yr Help, Darlin’ (2020)
The Tines
Emptied and Refilled (2024)
Brooke Dougan
Song Called IDK (2024)
The Squires
Going All the Way (1966)
The Not Quite
Mushroom People – The Not Quite (1986)
Orange Cake Mix
June Moonbeams – Harmonies and Atmospheres (2000)
The Alex Butter Field
Gardener – Psychedelipop (2020)
The Knife Kickers
Endless Loop – Nameless (2024)
A.F. Chimes
People In Connecticut – Stab Love (2023)
Little Silver
There Is Always Something I Miss – There Is Always Something I Miss (2018)
Believe It, It’s Easy
Missing Him – You Can Believe It Too (2025)
Queen Moo
Almost There – Too Troo (2024)
The Bargain
Seeds – Smile and Smile (2025)
Greenholt
Boss Level – Shadow (2024)
3/12/25
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Miracle Legion
Butterflies – The Backyard (1985)
Old Milk Mooney
Brick by Brick – Do Not Worry (2024)
Figurine
Jersey Cotton – The Dive (2022)
Second Opinion
I Gotta Go! (2025)
The Problem with Kids Today
What Else Could I Say – Born To Rock (2024) - New Haven
Wavy McGrady
Right Here – All in All (2025)
Audio Jane
Jackknife – We Always Make a Mess of Things (2024)
Heatlamp
Unhinge the Wax Piranha/Make a Tape Loop – This Is Heatlamp (2020)
Reale Wolfe
Jet Set – Pictures and Words (2024)
Farmertan
Human Resources – Big Songs for Little Places (2024)
Wally
Wide Awake - FELOPZD (2024)
Xavier Serrano
Run for Your Life – Bell Chimes of Yesteryear (2019)
The Sawtelles
Garden – The Sawtelles (yellow) (2002)
Perennial
Perennial ’65 – Perennial ’65 (2025)
Ovlov
Strokes – Buds (2021)
The Damien Pratt
Tear Myself Away - From the Tapes of Lenny Bruce, Volume 2 (1998)
3/5/25
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Miracle Legion
You’re the One Lee – Me and Mr. Ray (1989)
Kim Normal
Heart to Heart – Picturesque (2021)
Audio Jane
The Mark – We Always Make a Mess of Things (2024)
Bud Collins Trio
Do Not Reply (2020)
Mother Juniper
Apology from Hades – Write the Soil Lighter (2023)
Ovlov
Eat More – Buds (2021)
American Elm featuring Shandy Lawson
Me and Anna Lee (2025)
The Luck Pushers
Bill Cheatum – Surfing in West Virginia (2023)
Brian Ember
Tomorrow Looked Better Yesterday – Thank You (2024)
A.F. Chimes
Stab Love – Stab Love (2023)
Chistopher Cavaliere
Ghost of Love – Big Wheel Plus (2024) – Bridgeport
Lys Guillorn
Believe – Winged Victory (2013)
Ginger Bug
Don’t Stop Banging that Drum – Rise Up Where You Are (2023) – Ellington
Heatlamp
The Put-On Shoppe (2020)
The Damien Pratt
Welfare – From the Tapes of Lenny Bruce, Volume 2 (1998)
2/26/25
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Miracle Legion
So Good – Drenched (1992)
The Ambulance Chasers
Snake Oil Salesmen – Two Step in the Dark (2023)
Xavier Serrano
All My Dollars – Bell Chimes of Yesteryear (2019)
Reale Wolfe
Let Me Be Your Driver – Pictures and Words (2024)
Drifting North
Easy Pass – First Harvest EP (2025)
Perennial
The Mystery Tone – Art History (2024)
Goodnight Blue Moon
Undertow – Dawning Dream (2018)
Melanie Champagne
Circle Back – Circle Back (2024)
Old Milk Mooney
Dreams (2025)
Low Ceilings
Silicon Valley – Dig That Hole Again (2023)
Heatlamp
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round – This Is Heatlamp (2020)
Sean Henry
Burn It Out – Head (2024)
MJ Bones
Spade – This Machine Loves You (2025)
The Reducers
Life in the Neighborhood – The Red Album (1984)
Kim Normal
Heart to Heart – Picturesque (2021)
2/19/25
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Miracle Legion
Even Better– Me and Mr. Ray (1989)
The Almighty Yellow Star
Up or Down (2023)
Paul Haegar
Sunday Afternoon (1991)
The Moon Shells
Fireworks – Storm Plants the Seed (2024)
The Tines
Emptied and Refilled (2024)
The Sawtelles
Nitwit Scene – Poptelles (2007)
The Shellye Valauskas Experience
Cracked Up – History of Panic (2018)
One Hundred Faces
Carousel – (198-?)
The Alex Butter Field
Radiating So Quietly – Psychedelipop (2020)
Valley of Kings
Come Out Julie – Victory Garden (1985)
Heatlamp
Supersonic Eyes (2020)
Lys Guillorn
Impossible – Lys Guillorn (2003)
The Damien Pratt
Kid Gloves – Euthenasia (2001)
Farmertan
Idiot Boy – Female (1996)
2/12/25
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Miracle Legion
Just Say Hello – The Backyard (1983)
Litvar
Waiting for Something (2024) - Willimantic
Greenholt
Off the Hook - Shadow (2024) - Meriden
The Reducers
Company Man - The Red Album (1984) - New London
Heatlamp
I’m Against Violence – This Is Heatlamp (2020)
Farmertan
Human Resources– Big Songs for Little Places (2024)
Zoo Front
Mary’s Hat – Re-Entry (2023)
Wally
Tallgrass – Day by Day (2023)
The Damien Pratt
Mike Wallace - From the Tapes of Lenny Bruce, Volume 2 (1998)
MJ Bones
Clementine (2023) - New Haven
Lys Guillorn
My Lullaby – Wayward Children (2024) – re-release from 2009
The Not Quite
Let Her Go – The Not Quite (1986)
Double the Dial
Losing My Mind (2023)
Sean Henry
Virgo - Fink (2018)
2/05/25
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Miracle Legion
And Then – Me and Mr. Ray (1989)
Lys Guillorn & Her Band
Tinctoria (2018)
Zoo Front
On the Way Past Trinity – Desert Child (2024)
Butterflies of Love
Love May Be Possible – How To Know the Butterflies of Love (1998)
The Problem with Kids Today
What Else Could I Say – Born To Rock (2024) - New Haven
Valley of Kings
The Distance – Vicory Garden (1985)
Farmertan
Young and Stupid – Big Songs for Little Places (2024)
Sawtelles
Amnesia – Promises and Codes (2022) -
Greenholt
Off the Hook - Shadow (2024) - Meriden
Ruby Leftstep
The Comedown – (2024) - from the sticks of NW CT
The Tines
A Thousand Points (2024)
The Modern Look
Romance Minus One (1981)
Holiday Clocks
Mystery Stonewall – Holiday Clocks (1987)
MJ Bones
Clementine (2023)
Featured Artists
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American Elm featuring Shandy Lawson
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
Mercy Choir
MGMT
Mildly Allergic
Minus Points
Miracle Legion
The Moon Shells
The Most
Mother Juniper
N
The Not Quite
O
offering field
Old Milk Mooney
One Hundred Faces
Orange Cake Mix
Overloded
Ovlov
P
Perennial
Pilm
Pocket Vinyl
Point Radar
Pond View
Ponybird
The Problem with Kids Today
PulsR
Q
Queen Moo
R
Reale Wolfe
The Reducers
Ruby Leftstep
S
The Sawtelles
SB Khi
Second Opinion
Sentiments
Xavier Serrano
The Shellye Valauskas Experience
Shining Bones
Short Punks in Love
Sinecera
Sinooka
Skating
Slow Pines
Snowpiler
The Squires
Stadia
The Striped Bananas
Sundots
T
T!lt
The Tines
U
Untold Joys
V
Valley of Kings
W
Wally
Waveform
Wavy McGrady
Wearebison
Witch Hair
X
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zanders
Zoo Front