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From their first garage-psych albums, Wand has continued to grow in new and surprising ways – both in sound and scope. Their universally-acclaimed newest album, Vertigo, came out of hours of recorded jams that were gradually built upon and honed into densely textured, guitar-driven soundscapes. And they totally shred.

New York’s Nation of Language infectious synth-driven dance-pop is at once familiar and completely new. Recalling sounds decades-old to much more recent influences, their three albums each have varied sonic approaches denoting different types of movement, all tied together by a common sense of tender longing and grateful acceptance.

Combining punishingly heavy ferocity with the lyrical imagery to match, OK City’s Chat Pile plunge you head-first into the mirror of humanity’s worst impulses, “the worst I ever saw.” This episode also features extensive lessons on Alabama’s cinematic and Burt Reynolds’ history from Chat Pile’s Raygun Busch.

As frenetic as METZ’ taut, propulsive noise rock has been over their career, their sound has always constantly evolved and grown in its scope and layers. Their most recent album, Up on Gravity Hill, breaks new ground for the band musically and lyrically, zeroing in on human connection. METZ recently announced their indefinite hiatus, and we’re so pleased we’re able to preserve this excellent show.

Combining elements of post-punk, grunge, and shoegaze, MX LONELY began as a home recording project that has thickened up over time into their heavier fuzzed-out sound and ethereal vocal melodies.

Asheville, NC, stalwart MJ Lenderman has rapidly cemented his reputation as one of America’s greatest songwriters. His country-tinged rock (and vice-versa) songs perfectly capture moments large and small that make life a heartbreaking, hilarious adventure.

Ultra Lights from Atlanta perform healthy slabs of garage-adjacent punk with a little side of snarl.

Ft. Worth's trauma ray combines heavy hooks with gauzy vocals into a thunderously catchy yet warm doomgaze pillow.

obyn Hitchcock has spent nearly six decades creating surrealist masterpieces.

Patterson Hood has been exploring Southern identity throughout his long and storied career, both with Drive-By Truckers and in his solo work. In this intimate set, he shares songs old and new about the North Alabama world that shaped him, and the stories behind the songs.

The Jesus Lizard perform from Chicago, IL