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Zach Sizemore
The Lunar Orbit is a weekly(ish) exploration of all things post-rock, shoegaze, ambient, instrumental, esoteric, and beyond. We explore music which helps you feel like you’re being taken out into space and invite you to tune in and relax to as much as you want. Show is hosted first on WRIR 97.3 Richmond (wrir.org) Friday's at 1am, then published on all podcast feeds the next day.
For a full collection of every song ever played on the show visit: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/48TS78dqDrfTsgctqA84s2?si=81fc5f94f1ab4774
The rights to all songs played on this show belong to the respective bands or artists. If you like something you hear, please go support them! This show is meant to share the music I love with a wider audience.
November 23, 2024 – The Post-Moon Mining Operation! (Originally Aired November 18, 2023)
I'm lost in the woods again this weekend, so I'm bringing you a replay of an awesome show from this time last year! A little bit of everything on tonight’s show, post-doomgaze all the way to ambient soundscapes. Wanted to make sure to include the new tracks from last week’s show we couldn’t get to including brand new music from Lowercase Noises, and Seeress!Playlist: Have Near "Pervasive" from Facing Forward - SingleRocket Miner "Lotus" from Song for an October Sky (Remixed & Remastered)Seeress "Holograms" from Holograms - SingleArroway "Escape Velocity" from Hover Over - EPAll You've Seen "Old Formula" from TranslucenceDeadhead "U.R.O.K" from Bad DogThe TreeHouse Experience "Timeless Gatherings" from Timeless Gatherings - SingleParker "The Catalyst I" from DepartureThe Sound of Rescue "Forms (Seven)" from Formsconcrete twin "Silent Abyss" from Sound Source #04 "Re:Encounter" - SingleCity of Satellites "Skeletons (Manual Remix)" from Remixed-Ghost Island- "Your Doubt" from AssimilationYuzame Radio "Franceska" from Franceska - SingleSky Flying By "Wave Function" from Transformation as a Survival Tactic - EPArcheress "Wild Ocean (Cold)" from Pastel HousesWay Station "Last Launch Part II" from The Ships
01:57:1823/11/2024
November 2, 2024 – All Rockets Must Launch Before Winter
We’re coming down from Overdrive October with a bit more chill show. Great vibes to bring you into a (hopefully) chilly fall. Leaves changing, cider in a mug, rocket launches ever 3.14 minutes to keep the schedule of lunar refitting on track! Quick boys before we have to light these candles before winter, after that the migratory birds will block the flight path!!Playlist: Wander "Soar" from MourningWhale Fall "Fjord Lightning" from FiveWaking Aida "Blue Shelled" from Full HealSaxon Shore "This Shameless Moment" from The Exquisite Death of Saxon ShoreStage Kids "The Seven Pillars of Gulu" from Killer TofuVasudeva "On the Up" from GeneratorRanges "Seven Sisters" from The AscensionistLand Wars "Llori" from Land WarsMoonlit Sailor "New Zealand" from So Close to LifeAlex Henry Foster "A Silent Stream (feat. Momoka Tobari)" from Kimiyo (feat. Momoka Tobari)Codes In the Clouds "Washington" from As the Spirit WanesYears of Rice and Salt "Antarctica" from Antarctica - SingleThe Illusory Explainer "Deleted Scenes, Forgotten Sense’s" from Earth’s CoreBear the Mammoth "Eyes Still" from Years Under GlassGuilt & The Bear "The City In Fog, Pt. I" from The City
01:54:2902/11/2024
Overdrive October 26, 2024 – The Finale: Spooky Space Monsters and Cosmic Calamity!
Happy Halloween!! We are on our final week of Overdrive October! Tonight, we go out with a bang, a night of spooky space monsters, and cosmic calamity! The show this evening is full of mythical beasts’ head banging to crazy guitar riffs. A giant mythical Anubis dances to the sound of distorted horns, a band of skeletal astronauts’ jam with instruments made out of satellite scraps, cosmic horrors emerge from the depth of black holes, just to see how rad this party is! It’s our Halloween show, it’s a fund drive show, it’s the end of Overdrive October, what a blast!Playlist: Clutch "Behold the Colossus" from Monsters, Machines, and Mythological BeastsThe Sword "Winter's Wolves" from Age of WintersMargarita Witch Cult "Be My Witch" from Margarita Witch CultTwin Wizard "Sky Burial" from Glacial GodsHigh Priest of Saturn "Son of Earth and Sky" from Son of Earth and SkyMt. Echo "Lighthouse at the End of Time" from CirrusMorass Of Molasses "Hellfayre" from End All We KnowBlack Sabbath "Children of the Grave" from Master of Reality10,000 Years "From Suns Beyond" from 10,000 Years - EPHemelbestormer "Satre" from Satre - SingleYojimbo "Battlefield" from Yojimbo - EPDigital Domination "Cosmic Requiem" from Cosmic Requiem - SingleRedwitch Johnny "You, Me, & The Devil" from Tales of the Electric MistressThe Scimitar "Void Traveler" from DoomsayerLachlann "Jormungandr" from Bliss in the Abyss - EPMoonstone "Mushroom King" from Moonstone
01:51:1627/10/2024
Overdrive October 19, 2024 - He's Lost in the Woods Again!
Hey folks, I was adventuring in the woods last week and wasn't able to record an episode, so instead to keep Overdrive October going I am bringing you a re-run of last year's 3rd week! Originally broadcast October 21, 2023. Week 3!! Just in time for the Fall Fund Drive! Same deal, some awesome overdriven, distorted, heavier than the sun post-rock, AND some chat about how amazing WRIR is.Playlist: Four Stroke Baron "Cyborg, Pt. 2: The City" from Planet Silver ScreenRussian Circles "Quartered" from Blood YearKatre "The Run" from Behind the ResilienceToska "Chalk Teeth" from Ode to the AuthorPetyr "Grease 'em All" from SmolykEcho Says Echo "Our Toxic Surroundings" from PauseTalons "The Drowning" from We All Knowte' "Reika's Purity Loses the Puppet of "Red Flame" and Inscribes a Proclamation to Akurei. (Amendment)" from Kai - EPThe Redneck Manifesto "Sweet Pot" from Thirtysixstringsnuito "NeKoMaJiN Vs" from UnutellaOxes "Half Half & Half" from OXXXESAnd So I Watch You from Afar "Set Guitars to Kill" from And So I Watch You From AfarPoly-Math "Canticum II" from ZenithAstrosaur "Space Mountain" from Fade In // Space OutLe Temps Du Loup "Sihaya" from LeteoVogons "Improbability Gorilla" from The Ocular Theft of Other Peoples Wonderment - SingleJardín de la Croix "Caronte" from Ocean CosmonautsHyedra "Bosch" from HyedraMountain Caller "Feast at Half - Light City" from Chronicle I: The Truthseeker
01:56:3922/10/2024
Overdrive October 12, 2024 – Stranded on the Minotaur Planet!
We’re back with the second week of OVERDRIVE OCTOBER!! Will you roll well enough to escape the Minotaur's blade? Only one way to find out! Playlist: Tars "I'm Steady" from Per AsperaTreebeard "8X0" from NostalgiaInner Landscape "The Order of Things" from 3H33Nuummite "Krakatoa" from Celestial TriarchyBreaths "A Year on Fire (Instrumental)" from Lined in Silver (Instrumental) [Instrumental]Ephedra "The Sinica Experience, Pt. 2" from EphedraNazca Plate "Predator Eyes" from Nazca PlateBlack Sabbath "Rat Salad" from The Ultimate CollectionOuter Canyons "Ravine" from Ravine - SingleOcean Districts "Agarta" from Phantom IslandsMono "After You Comes the Flood" from Nowhere Now HereA Ghost in Rags "Welt in Asche" from AkaranoPsychonaut "All Your Gods Have Gone" from Violate Consensus RealityKalte Sonne "P3x-7763" from Laniakea CommuniqueOld Gods of Asgard "The Sea of Night" from Rebirth - Greatest Hits (Music from the Games 'Alan Wake' 1 & 2 and 'Control')
01:58:4115/10/2024
Overdrive October 5, 2024 – The Overdriven Albums of September!!
ITS OCTOBER \m/,(> . *DUN DUN chug chug* – Oh you’ve never listed to the show this time of year? Well, welcome…babies…to the Lunar Orbit’s Spooky Space Station: A Terrifying Gateway to Cosmic Horrors powered by RIFFS. For one whole month we do NO ambience, NO quiet hours, NO time outs – just straight heavy, overdriven, melt you face post-rock to fight off all the yearly ghosts and ghouls! Sit back, don’t relax, stay alert and vigilant because you never know what’s around the next corner! BOO!This is a special first edition of Overdrive October since I didn’t finish recapping the new releases from August and September, I’ve gone in search of the heaviest most overdriven releases I can find from last month, bringing you to them tonight!Playlist: Goodnight Sweet Prince "The Slugs Of Golgotha" from DosageSolars "A Hill to Die On" from A Hill to Die On - SingleChainsaw For Birthday "Graveyard Tales" from Inferno VoyageGod Is an Astronaut "Apparition" from EmbersGoodnight Sweet Prince "Psilocybin" from DosageAn Corporation "The White Dragon Horse" from An CorporationYENISEI "This Place Was A Shelter" from This Place Was A Shelter - SingleExxasens "This Will Destroy You" from This Will Destroy You Until You Wake Up - SingleGLACIER "Distant/Violent" from A Distant, Violent ShudderThe Supervoid Choral Ensemble "Truth-Telling Contest" from Live From the Downwhen TerminusDecimals "Sleep Paralysis" from ConvergenceCoda Found "Entering the atmosphere" from Return To OrbitAnarch "Low Spirits" from We Wound The Ones We LoveQoya "Karma" from Karma - SingleFlourish "New Cosmic Terror" from Deepest Wellsprings of BeingLocrian "Excarnate Light" from End TerrainMason van Kraayenburg "Ursa Minor (feat. Raphael Weinroth-Browne)" from Ursa Minor (feat. Raphael Weinroth-Browne) - Single
01:57:4206/10/2024
September 28, 2024 – The Albums of August
Trying to catch up with all the new releases I've been letting fly by - this episode recaps some of the best releases from August, 2024! Playlist: Kerretta "Eyes In The Bull Temple (Radio Edit)" from Eyes In The Bull Temple (Radio Edit) - SingleBrontide "Mineral" from Mineral - SingleFalling In A Dream "System Overload" from Dead Young Buck - SingleAnd So I Watch You From Afar "Gallery of Honour" from Megafaunauppergaff "The Tempest" from The Tempest - SingleFort "Three of Swords" from Over the Water, Where the Clouds Grow - SingleBuzz "Rainblur" from Back from Tartarus - EPthe abyss inside us "A Glimpse of Hope" from StigmaAfter-Math "Pathétique" from Pathétique - EPTreebeard "In Tooth & Claw" from SnowmanWalk Among Statues "Icarus" from HideoutSummer Fades Away "Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day" from Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day - SingleWe Came From The North "Send/Return" from We Came From the North - EPI Hear Sirens "In Absentia" from AcheronSierpowski "Corvus" from Constellation - SingleSeparated Skies "Your Thoughts Laid in Lavender" from Along With the Clouds, We Go - EPAlex Henry Foster "A Gesture, A Present" from A Measure of Shape and Sounds
01:58:2529/09/2024
September 14, 2024 – Pay to Play EVA
Did you see SpaceX completed the first in history commercial space walk? Pretty impressive, but the real question is what were they listening to in those fancy new helmets? Probably something like tonight’s episode. A back to basics all post-rock affair, lots of awe-inspiring sweeps, crescendos, and overdriven soundwaves perfect for your extravehicular picnic!Playlist: Challenger Deep "Like Giving Wings to a Tiger" from Like Giving Wings to a Tiger // Hollow Bastion - SingleShy, Low "The Beacon" from Snake Behind the SunThumos "The Great Beast" from Nothing Further Beyond - EPTransmission Zero "Still No Sign" from BridgesI Spell It Nature "The Courage to Leave" from NorthLOW-PASS "Δ" from Trimurti417.3 "581 (feat. Henry Teil)" from 34We Shine Every Night "Pyre" from Shelter - SingleEphilexia "This Rare Cow Killed Someone" from This Rare Cow Killed Someoneabout tess "I Want to Live In All the Remaining Lives With You" from Beautiful - EPWaking Aida "A Sort of Calm" from Full HealMiaou "always dreaming of things to come" from All Around UsOvum "Lost in Addiction" from MicrocosmosSolkyri "His Ghosts Will Invade Puerto Rico" from Are You My Brother?
01:56:2516/09/2024
August 31, 2024 – Kuiper Belt Milk Run
It’s a prog-a-palozza tonight on The Lunar Orbit. Spacy, out there, experimental, plus guitar solos! These are the perfect tracks for your solar road trip, fast enough to keep you awake but atmospheric enough to keep the zen.Playlist: Dead Meadow "Rest Natural" from The Nothing They NeedHuman Factor "Lake of Solitude" from Let Nature Take Its CourseFaces of the Bog "Precipice" from Ego DeathYin Yin "Alpaca Mountain" from The Rabbit That Hunts TigersThrow Down Bones "Our Home, The Holy Mountain" from Throw Down BonesGodspeed You! Black Emperor "First of the Last Glaciers" from G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!Arcadian Child "The Well" from ProtopsychoDaikaiju "Farewell to Monster Island" from DaikaijuElectric Wizard "Mountains of Mars" from Electric WizardGabor Szabo "Somewhere I Belong" from 1969Somali Yacht Club "Sightwaster" from The SunKungens Män "Öppen För Stängda Dörrar" from ChefAir "J'ai dormi sous l'eau" from Le Soleil est près de moi - EPMy Sleeping Karma "Tamas" from TriThe Holydrug Couple "Out of Sight" from Noctuary
01:58:1601/09/2024
August 17, 2024 – Action Packed Protoplanet
What is tonight’s show? Who knows. It’s some kind of combo of math rock, fast punk, heavy post, electronic and whatever else I could fit under the music normally on this show! Tune in and who knows what you’ll hear!Playlist:HARU NEMURI "MAKE MORE NOISE OF YOU" from 春と修羅Elephant Tree "In Suffering" from TheiaMUTEMATH "Quarantine" from Odd SoulGods. "Art of War" from HonestKiev "Ariah Being" from Falling Bough Wisdom TeethChikoi The Maid "Mental Warfare" from Small Maid in the Big WorldCleft "Me, Sugar (Live at ArcTanGent)" from Live at ArcTanGent 16Brontide "Caramel" from ArteryAlpha Male Tea Party "Judas the Tenderiser" from DroidsPoly-Math "Ekerot" from MelencoliaThe Physics House Band "Calypso" from Mercury FountainAlpha Male Tea Party "Have You Ever Seen Milk" from HealthTown Portal "Uncle Genie" from Chronopoly100 Onces "Oh Me Gee" from 100 One SaysPublic Service Broadcasting "Theme From PSB" from Inform - Educate - Entertain (Deluxe Version)Supergrass "Tales of Endurance, Pt. 4, 5 & 6" from Road to RouenBaxter Dury "I'm Not Your Dog" from The Night ChancersMogwai "To the Bin My Friend, Tonight We Vacate Earth" from As the Love ContinuesThree Trapped Tigers "Silent Earthling" from Silent Earthling
01:57:1118/08/2024
August 10, 2024 – Post-Fest Retroburn
The Lunar Orbit is back live celebrating a ton of bands from Post-Fest 2024, held a couple weeks ago in Indianapolis! I’ve dug through the artists to find some hidden gems, hopefully you hear something new and interesting!Playlist: Karate, Guns & Tanning "Graffiti Children" from Concrete BeachOutrun The Sunlight "Red Bird" from Red Bird - EPIf These Trees Could Talk "Deus Ex Machina" from Above the Earth, Below the SkyMan Mountain "Lucerna" from To Call Each Thing by Its Right Name - EPIdiot "100 Years of Paint" from Pure Luxury - EPNecromoon "Shoshana" from Nature Makes Our Graves For UsSparta "Guns of Memorial Park" from PorcelainInto It. Over It. "Midnight: Carroll Street" from ProperDeserta "Where Did You Go" from Every Moment, Everything You NeedREZN "Dread" from Let It BurnNight Verses "Trading Shadows" from From the Gallery of SleepUnwed Sailor "Little Wars" from Little WarsDikembe "Surfed In the Loft" from Ledge - EPLetting Up Despite Great Faults "Ricochet" from Crumble - EPThe Color of Cyan "To Another Road" from EgressThe Depth Beneath Us "Breath Made of Waves" from The Depth Beneath UsMetavari "How Much Darker" from How Much Darker b/w Street Smarts - SingleTheir / They're / There "Curtain Call" from Analog Weekend - SingleProper. "Bragging Rights (feat. Willow Hawks)" from I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting BetterOf the Vine "Even If I Never See You in This Life..." from East-the-WaterIt Was a Good Dream "Forgetting How to Speak" from Help Me to Recollect - EP
01:59:2710/08/2024
July 13, 2024 – The Albums of June
The Lunar Orbit is back after a bit of a break with all new music!! June was a big month for us, lots of major bands released new stuff, like God is an Astronaut, Oh Hiroshima, Glasgow Coma Scale, but a ton of small releases too! Hopefully you'll hear something you love and discover someone you haven't heard of! Playlist: Walk Among Statues "Surfer Skies" from Surfer Skies - SingleWohl "Dai" from Dai - SingleGod Is an Astronaut "Falling Leaves" from EmbersKhan Tengri "Apocalypse Man" from Apocalypse Man - EPMountainscape "Astrium" from IridescentDying Serenade "Beyond Her Eyes" from Beyond Her Eyes - SingleDotzd "Viento" from Viento - SingleOh Hiroshima "Swans in a Field" from All Things ShiningScale & Feather "Haze and the Clarity" from Haze and the Clarity - SingleWorld Times Three "Til the Robins Come" from In Hearts and StonePlanisphere "Shutter Speed" from MindstoryGlasgow Coma Scale "Syntagma" from Apophenia X / Live at Freak ValleyYomi Ship "Ronin's Lament" from Feast EternalAstetal "Subluminal" from Subluminal - SingleOutlander "Orbit" from Acts of HarmThis World Has Bees "Something That Just Is" from This Barren Place - EP
01:57:5213/07/2024
June 22, 2024 – Retro? Go! Apollo? Go! Guidance? Go!
A self-indulgent show this time around ("when aren't they?" Yeah yeah.). See it’s my birthday so I decided to surprise myself with an episode full of some of my top favorite songs! All genres are represented, post-rock, math-rock, psychodelia, prog, and even more! Each song is significant in its own way, be it personally meaningful, significant to the show, or just a kick ass track! With this much great music you’re bound to enjoy the episode, so come tune in!Playlist: Public Service Broadcasting "Go!" from The Race for SpaceYndian Mynah "Eisbein" from The Boys Scribbled Like MadLowercase Noises "A Rare Social Gathering / On the Porch" from SeafrontKaschalot "Whale Song" from Whale SongsPsycada "Halal" from Hiking LungKabul Dreams "Air" from Plastic WordsA Burial At Sea "Nice from Afar, Far from Nice" from A Burial at SeaCaspian "ASA (Live)" from Live at Old South ChurchWolfredt "The Flood" from TidesCompass & Knife "I Am Endless" from The Setting of the Old SunThis Will Destroy You "Quiet" from Young MountainAs In We "To Be Able to Be Ok" from As It Should Betricot "Melon Soda (Audiotree Live Version)" from Tricot on Audiotree Live - EPTiny Moving Parts "Common Cold" from CelebrateShy, Low "Dialectics" from Burning Day - Singletoe "グッドバイ" from New Sentimentality - EP
01:55:4122/06/2024
June 15, 2024 – Cosmonauts Needs Love Too
This episode will take some explaining lol. Last week I was browsing online and found a fantastic playlist of Russian shoegaze/math rock (credit to meritolly on YouTube) and got totally obsessed, so a lot of this playlist will be in Cyrillic! I couldn’t just leave it there though, so I packed this weeks show with tons of other international shoegaze, Midwest emo, and math rock. We’re touring the world of emo music, and since it only takes 90 minutes to orbit the earth, we should be able to see every country, and then some!Playlist: источник "когда?" from когда? - SingleI Love Your Lifestyle "My Yard" from We Go Way BackКасание "Одинокий космонавт" from Дни напролётdownt "Fis tel" from SAKANA e.p.princess of north sudan "Карусель" from Состоящим из воспоминаний - Singlekudaranai1nichi "Harajuku 5th Floor Secret Base" from reboundПекинский Велосипед "Последний кадр" from Не хочу забывать - SinglePia Fraus "Chromatic Nights" from Nature Heart SoftwareПасош "Вечеринка" from Каждый раз самый важный разSleepy Dog "Space Cadet" from Just Let Sleeping Dogs Lie - EPЮрский парк "всегдавсего" from всегдавсего - SingleEldritch Anisette "Japan" from Japan - SingleBird Bone "Вы не можете спать, когда рядом враги" from ЛейтмотивPolar Lows "Never Stayed Too Long" from Hereafter - Singlelakeside bird "новый день" from Losses - EPFor When You Can't Breathe "Watching over the Garden Wall With You" from Watching over the Garden Wall With You - SingleYuck "Hearts in Motion" from Stranger ThingsВокруг фонарного столба "Больно и приятно" from Скоро это всё пройдёт - EPисточник "так я в детстве все и представлял" from так я в детстве все и представлялOvlov "рассвет" from Budsконец солнечных дней "последний забег / метель" from короткая тропинка к сумасшедшему домуCyanish "Treasure" from Lighthouse - EPМарта "Москва" from проблемыLes Discrets "L'échappée" from Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées
01:58:1120/06/2024
June 1, 2024 – The Albums of May
This week, The Lunar Orbit brings you new releases from May! As always, plenty of fantastic post-rock releases to feature this month, more than I can fit in one show, but I did my best. Tune in to hear new music from bands all the bands listed below! Also, happy summer solstice month. It's finally that time of the year, when the earth's tilt toward the sun is at a maximum.Playlist: Lo, the Loyal Conscripts "Carrot Sell" from Carrot Sell (GO! Cut) - SingleWess Meets West "Transition" from Transition - SingleAnd So I Watch You from Afar "Do Mór" from Do Mór - SingleThe Mantra Discord "Reach" from The Lost Widow - EPMONO "Run On" from OathMountainscape "Iridescent" from Iridescent - SingleUnwed Sailor "Blue Tangier" from Underwater Over ThereKannon "Blue Nile" from Blue Nile - SingleThought Trials "Decades" from This Has Always Been With YouTreebeard "Incognita" from Incognita - SingleKalouv "Avec...?" from Sky SwimmerDeeparshi Roy "In Life's Grand Theater" from In Life's Grand Theater - SingleDerive in Me "The Epilogue of Cassandra's Prophecy" from The Epilogue of Cassandra's Prophecy - SingleFor What You Burn "Drifting Underwater (Revisited)" from Drifting Underwater (Revisited) - SingleMusala Nan Eilan "Asunti Na Coperna" from Glossolalia - EPPassage "Oasis" from Crystal
01:57:5601/06/2024
May 25, 2024 – Cosmic Overtures II
This week! I'm here to bring you another edition of Cosmic Overtures! 🚀 🪐 Long, extended, epic piece of post and prog rock. Like Tchaikovsky himself donned a space suit and blasted his symphonies as he flew to Mars.Playlist: SPRINTS "Cathedral" from Letter To SelfClouds Taste Satanic "Collision" from 79 A.E.Yes "The Gates of Delirium" from Relayer (Deluxe Edition)Sleeping Pandora "Santenna" from Yellow SphereWhale Fall "El Caracol" from It Will Become ItselfKarkara "Monoliths" from All Is Dust
01:58:1625/05/2024
May 18, 2024 – If the Moon is Such a Sailor, Where’s Her Ship?
This week on The Lunar Orbit, a little bit of everything! Bringing you new releases from a few bands that we couldn’t squeeze into the April shows, along with a grab bag of great post, ambient, and instrumental rock. This one goes loud, quiet, exciting, mellow, and everything in between!Playlist: LITE "Lower Mantle" from STRATA (Bonus Ver.)Glories "No Sky Can Blind You Now" from No Sky Can Blind You Now - SingleDan Caine "Consolations" from SignalsAlmøst Silent "Drawn In the Sand" from Gone With the SunMoes "If They Could Talk" from Smiles & ScarsFollowed By Ghosts "Sleep On It" from Still, HereSpacecraft "Moonrise over Seattle" from Drifting in Peace - EPRelease The Long Ships "The Heart of the Mountain" from WildernessWhen Colors Are Fading "A Fleeting Feeling" from Past Summers NotesZombie Western "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" from Endless SeaChikoi The Maid "Velocity" from VelocityAround the World In 80 Days "Ghost of the Future" from DissonanceLand of Fires "Komorebi" from Vsbydr - SingleHomem em Catarse "Hotel Saturnyo" from Sem Palavras, Cem PalavrasA Broken Sail "Ships In the Night" from Infinite Sets: 1 - SingleOften the Thinker "Quarter or Half of Greater or Less" from Better Part of Vice
01:57:4622/05/2024
April 27, 2024 – The Albums of March and April Pt. 2 – Spring Fund Drive Editon!
This week! 🚀 I’m bringing you part two of our Fund Drive special! A second week of all new post-rock, ambient, and instrumental goodness to celebrate all the awesome work that WRIR has been up to. Of course, you’ll get a chance to be a part of that too when you donate! If you would like to donate to the station it seriously would mean the world, to do so please visit wrir.org/donate. Playlist: Salt+ "Not It" from Not It - SingleMothership Mercury "Messenger" from Mothership MercuryWhat Aleph Said "Astral" from AulasyMyriad Drone "Valediction" from Valediction - Singlegoader "The Divine Worm" from Older GodsSkyggekat "ShadowCat" from At the End of the Rope EPThe Sun Burns Bright "The Wave That Took Us Under" from Our Eyes Were Drawn To the Inevitablesleepmakeswaves "All Hail Skull" from It's Here, But I Have No Names For ItMovement of Static "Perception" from ProjectionsRanges "X." from X. - SingleThought Trials "Oligo" from Oligo - SingleWinters Lane "December" from TrailsMaybeshewill "October" from October - SingleManeframe "Fading Metropolis" from Echoes of the BeginningJames Dorsett "Hope" from Defeat/Hope - Single
01:58:5229/04/2024
April 20, 2024 – The Albums of March and April Pt. 1 – Spring Fund Drive Editon!
This week I’m pulling out all the stops for WRIR's 2024 Spring Fund Drive! This episode will be the first of two shows featuring new music from the past couple months, including a fantastic mix of post-rock, ambient, and a little electronica. Plus of course, you’ll get to hear all about the awesome work WRIR has been up to, and all the great benefits of donating! If you would like to donate to the station it seriously would mean the world, to do so please visit wrir.org/donate. Playlist: Tottomori "Sunshine and Rotting Wood" from Dream MerchantMONO "Oath" from Oath (Triptych) - EPfade into obscurity "let them float" from the grief aftermathO'Bear "The Shore" from The Shore - EPSidus "Seismic Wave (Live in Athens, 10.12.2023)" from Seismic Wave (Live in Athens, 10.12.2023) - SingleSo Far As I Know "When Stars Collide And Fall Upon Us" from AweHalfway Line "A Mountain Passage" from Halfway Line - SingleCosmic Call "Good Days Will Come (feat. Hereafter & Parker)" from There Is Always HopeTars "To the Stars" from Per AsperaOverhead, The Albatross "Your Last Breath" from Your Last Breath - SingleSolars "A Hill to Die On" from A Hill to Die On - SingleMason van Kraayenburg "Draco (feat. Coastlands)" from Draco (feat. Coastlands) - SingleFrom Beyond These Walls "Distant Light" from The DawnHelsinki Horizon "Cellar Door" from SirensAtonalita "From The Furthest Sky" from From The Furthest Sky - Single
01:58:0321/04/2024
April 12, 2024 – What is a Moon Beam, Exactly?
Tonight is something like a heavy dream-wavy show. Kind of ethereal sounding, mixed with a lot of distortion. It’s an interesting vibe, and a ton of great music with bands like @east_thelane @astronomiesband @chanisswimming @sleepmakeswavesaus @thesunburnsbright and many more!Playlist:BLEED You Fucking Skies "Northstorm" from PrototypeChan Is Swimming "Operation Caroline" from Chan Is SwimmingDeeparshi Roy "In Nothingness" from In Nothingness - SingleNava Calma "A Last Hurrah for the Bedlam" from A Last Hurrah for the Bedlam - SingleGlories "Chosen Forms" from Chosen Forms - Singlesleepmakeswaves "All Hail Skull" from It's Here, But I Have No Names For ItEast, the Lane "Potsdam" from Close Your Eyes! Every Sun Sets to Rise AgainTin-Ear "Untitled" from Cadastral MapsTerrestrial "Sunrise" from Landscapes - EPThe Sun Burns Bright "Perpetual" from Our Eyes Were Drawn To the InevitableThe End of the Ocean "On Floating" from In Excelsis - EPLegendary Skies "Red Tails" from NavigationThe Low Blow "Angels" from The City of Glowing MetalAnti Quant "There In the Beams of the Moon" from EP 1 - EPSeeress "Empathy" from Empathy - Singlebottomshelf "Clot" from Bright Days - EPherveil "Pale Light" from Swirl - EPShirley & The Pyramids "High and Low" from Maid of TimeMurmurer "Destierro" from Pristinus - EPAstronomies "After I Fall Asleep" from After I Fall Asleep - Single
01:57:3713/04/2024
April 8, 2024 – The Eclipse!
After a little unplanned hiatus The Lunar Orbit returns. But, more importantly, the celestial event of the decade is upon us!! This week’s show is of course decided to the solar eclipse, and we’ll bring it in with a fun mix of post-rock, psych, ambient meditations, and some fun facts!Playlist: Skraeckoedlan "Cosmic Dawn" from Vermillion SkyA Collective Subconscious "Turiya" from TuriyaMoonshiba "Es Mi Tortuga (La Tortuga)" from Buscando / Perderse - EPThe Last Summer For Lucy "Kamtchatka Ice Surfers" from Congratulations to the Millionth Visitor at the South PoleDobbeltgjenger "Atomic" from When I've Gone to SpaceKaschalot "Supernova" from ZenithElder "Illusory Motion" from The Gold & Silver SessionsAround the World In 80 Days "Virus" from DissonanceWatermill "Planets" from Origins - EPLighter Co. "Gideon" from Out of the FurrowMoons Eat Stars "Scattered Fragments of a Lost Memory" from ExileTenchio "I Don't Understand (Verdeir Ver.)" from 004 Sigh-TM Stutter - EPShy, Low "Saudade" from HiraethArgo Vals "Koiduskaudid" from NokturnPile "Firewood" from Green and GrayMono "Silent Flight, Sleeping Dawn" from Hymn to the Immortal Wind
01:59:1209/04/2024
March 16, 2024 – 3.14 Times to Circle the Earth
Please join me for what is quite possibly one of the corniest themes I have ever come up with. March 14, 3.14, Pi-Day – which obviously means we’re doing an entire show of MATH rock. Why has no one thought of it before. The best pun ever made! Anyway, should be really good hope you enjoy!Playlist: LITE "Deep Inside" from StrataTotorro "Yaaaago" from Come to Mexicotoe "エソテリック" from For Long TomorrowThank You Scientist "The Amateur Arsonist's Handbook (Audiotree Live Version)" from Thank You Scientist on Audiotree Live - EPThe Robot & Me "The Kill" from Canoe - EPRooftops "Year as Lift" from A Forest of PolarityOrigami JP "Idea" from Idea - SingleFloral "Climbing a Wall" from Floral EPPiglet "Anthropology Anthology" from Lava Land - EPLowercase Numbers "Sexting Under the Stars" from No Songs About Girls - Singlemouse on the keys "aom" from machinic phylum - EPScale the Summit "Atlas Novus" from Scale the Summit (Digital Collection)American Football "Honestly?" from American FootballThe World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die "Heartbeat in the Brain" from Whenever, If EverStrawberry Girls "First Kiss" from Tasmanian GlowVelocirapture "Mountain Scar" from Planet Fun - EPLOOP POOL "The World Tree" from Circlejizue "atom" from storydowny "左の種" from 第一作品集『無題』再発
01:58:4617/03/2024
March 9, 2024 – The Albums of February!
This episode, we are back live with brand new music! Highlighting some awesome post/math rock releases from February! Come tune into hear bands like @nightverses, @aburialatseaband @ifthesetreescouldtalk @redpinemushroomofficial and many more! Really big month of new music so this will be fun!Playlist: Night Verses "Glitching Prisms (feat. Brandon Boyd)" from Glitching Prisms (feat. Brandon Boyd) - SingleA Burial At Sea "DALL" from Close to HomeErin Malone "Worth More" from Florescence - EPThe Lightsenders "Root" from The Burning of Llangernyw YewMy Unknown Friend "Elbrus Climbing" from Journey of a LifetimeYakhchal "Alex Dalgarno" from Beggars and Comets - SingleGoodbye Meteor "This Is Not Here" from We Could Have Been RadiantIf These Trees Could Talk "Trail of Whispering Giants" from Trail of Whispering Giants - SingleFrom Beyond These Walls "The Dawn" from The Dawn - SingleOnly Ever "Diatom Bloom" from Diatom Bloom - Singlegoader "Soothsayer" from Soothsayer - SingleMason van Kraayenburg "Corona Borealis (feat. Zealand the North)" from Corona Borealis (feat. Zealand the North) - SingleSchubmodul "Renegade One" from Lost In Kelp ForestRed Pine Mushroom "I. Ur" from EnkiHalfway Line "Tide Pools" from Halfway Line - SingleHans Zimmer "Lisan al Gaib" from Dune: Part Two (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
01:57:4010/03/2024
February 24, 2024 – All Hail Odie, the New Moon King!
For the first time in 50 years a US spacecraft has made it back to the moon! We’re back baby, Apollo be proud, Artemis here we come, all hail Odie the new Moon King! To celebrate let’s go play some fun, upbeat, fast paced post rock. I’m sure that’s what the probe had in its headphones as it was flying up there. Come party!Playlist: Hippie Love Party "Dim" from Hlpt1tanic "Oppenheimer" from Oppenheimer - SingleKaschalot "Distant Light" from Distant Light - SingleJohnnytwentythree "Exorcism" from Thirty Pieces of SilverOcean Districts "Lemuria" from Phantom IslandsDegree of Arc "Raptures" from RapturesSloth & Turtle "The Toys Are Back in Town" from Sloth & Turtle - EPMethadone Skies "The Velvet Suit" from The Velvet Suit - Singlerega "VIP" from MillionMoonlit Sailor "A Century Under the Influence" from We Come from Exploding StarsKitsugaki "Quanta Regis" from Los Que Bailan En Las SombrasLOW-PASS "Reconstruct" from TrimurtiClean of Core "A Sad Look" from SpectacleIll Considered "First Light (feat. Theon Cross, Kaidi Akinnibi, Robin Hopcraft & Ralph Wyld)" from Liminal SpaceSatellites "A Glorious Death" from Familiar ShorelinesKaizo Kids "Snowfall" from Kaizo KidsColin Phils "Trust/Fall" from Trust/Fall
01:55:4725/02/2024
February 17, 2024 – Psychic Space Jams Vol. 1
Hello! This episode we’re doing a whole show of psychedelic space rock guaranteed to calm your mind and ease your nerves on that loooong booster flight through the stratosphere. I've done these shows sporadically in the past whenever I felt the psychic pull, but decided to name this one volume one, and start counting from here - why not sounds fun, right!Playlist: Polyrhythmics "Roller" from Filter SystemThe Budos Band "Frontier's Edge" from Frontier's Edge - EPSpaceslug "Proton Lander" from LemanisColour Haze "Turns" from AllDeath Yak "For the Blood" from Bos Mutus - EPPharaoh Overload "Mystery Shopper" from #1Mirovia "Enter Rodinia" from Welcome to RodiniaWooden Shjips "These Shadows" from Back to Land (Deluxe Version)Gypsy Sun Revival "Pisces, Pt. 2" from Journey Outside of TimeFrozen Planet 1969 "Sunset Variations" from Meltdown on the HorizonMothership "High Strangeness" from High StrangenessWild Fuzz Trip "Kill the False Being Within" from Kill the False Being Within - SingleMount Hush "Black Moon" from Mount HushFamiliars "Bonanza" from All in Good TimeKorolev "Pygmalion's Revenge" from OnePlanet Sun "The Light" from Desert DreamDomboshawa "Mariposa" from Efterglans
01:53:4517/02/2024
February 3, 2024 – A Loooong Waaaaay Around The Moon
It’s a loooooong waaaaay to the moon! Inspired by our Challenger Pt 1 ending from last episode I’ve got a show full of long extended tracks – orchestra like movements of post-rock meant for the ultimate escapist listening session.Playlist: The Protomen "Battle Theme" from Present: A Night of QueenWe Lost the Sea "Towers" from Triumph & DisasterOutlander "Plans" from DowntimeRed Room Cinema "...At Long Last the Sun Has Set, and the Earth Driftsts Into a Much Needed Slumber" from Red Room CinemaEquus "Epona" from EutheriaYndi Halda "Golden Threads from the Sun" from Under SummerAlcôve "She Was Buried With Paper Wings" from As We Know ItSet and Setting "Fear of Obtainment" from Equanimity
01:53:4204/02/2024
January 27, 2024 – The Albums of Winter! Pt. 2
Look out, it’s The Lunar Orbit! Bringing you part 2 of new music from December and January. There was way too much awesome music put out to fit into one show, so tune in to hear even more!Playlist: Absence of Field "The Ghost Ship" from The Ghost Ship - Singlegoader "Mimesis" from Mimesis - SingleMieresch "Driving Song" from ObîrșiiMyriad Drone "Forlorn Hope" from Forlorn Hope - SingleInfinity Shred "Mapper 2023" from Shadow Jeweler 2023 - SingleHereafter "Requiem" from Requiem - SingleGolden Wreath "I Am Thinking of You" from Guide to the Night Sky - EPCannon Jay "Do You Think We Could Ever Turn This Around?" from Overcast Demosuppergaff "Progeny of This Universe" from Quiescent Yet Violent - EPinto the sun "We, Disciples" from Into the SunKinder "Winnie Looper" from Desastres naturales para niñossomething in the lake "Listener" from Daylight - SingleOv Yore "Loner" from Kalopsia - EPAthletics "When to Run" from When To Run - Singlesleepmakeswaves "Super Realm Park" from Super Realm Park - SingleWe Lost the Sea "Challenger Part 1 - Flight" from Departure Songs
01:53:2727/01/2024
January 20, 2024 – The Albums of Winter! (Dec/Jan Releases) Pt. 1
This episode we’re catching up on a ton of new music missed during the holiday season! A lot of awesome releases slipped under my radar while I was focused on winter vibes last month, so many in fact that I didn't even get to all of them on my list. So, join me for part one of our winter releases review and look out for part two next week with even more! Playlist: The Mantra Discord "Reach" from Reach - SingleRanges "II. Pillar of Mercy / Pillar of Severity" from 33Fall Of Leviathan "Spermwhale" from Spermwhale - SingleTuber "Eau Rouge" from Joyful ScienceVaudlow "In Loving Memory" from A Language UnspokenSLIFT "Nimh" from ILIONPARDALS "IV" from S/T IIHourglass and Space "Her Calling" from Her Calling - SingleFury & Solace "Endswell" from For Our SonsKitsugaki "Riron" from Farravalini - EPSound Collider "The Air Battle of Stralsund" from AnomaliesSuspension Bridge Workshop "It Ends Where It Begins" from 001circle&wind "Colors" from Metamorphosis - EPVolkan "Océanos" from Lo que no se puede evitarNeolithic "The Younger Dryas" from The Younger Dryas - Single
01:52:1620/01/2024
January 13, 2024 – Lunar Orbiters Celebrate Post-Festivus
To commemorate the first 2024 artist announcements from The Post Festival I’m bringing you our Post-Fest Highlights show from last year! Tons of awesome artists were at the Fest last year including Old Solar, Tiny Moving Parts, Whale Fall, Sunlight Ascending, and way more! Tune into this episode to hear them all!Playlist: Cloakroom "Gone but Not Entirely" from Time WellShipwreck Karpathos "Golden Axe" from Return to SilenceTiny Moving Parts "Common Cold" from CelebrateOld Solar "Spring Equinox: The Mountains Break Forth in Song" from SeeFacs "Teenage Hive" from Void MomentsThe World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die "Heartbeat in the Brain" from Whenever, If EverLehnen "Mute" from Negative SpacePit "RETURN TRIP (Electric Wizard)" from Cynical - SingleKowloon Walled City "Wrong Side of History" from Container Shipshubris. "Apollo" from EmersionAntlerhead "Seen It All" from Seen It All - SingleThe Appleseed Cast "Fishing the Sky" from Mare VitalisWhale Fall "The Dawn Thief" from The MadreanSOM "Awake / / Sedate" from Awake - EPStill Motions "An Epiphany" from MirrorsArms and Sleepers "Kepesh" from The Organ HeartsSunlight Ascending "(Fall) Old Friends Part Ways" from You Don't Belong Here
01:58:2313/01/2024
January 6, 2024 – The Best of 2023!
Welcome to The Lunar Orbit Best of 2023! Come listen as I struggle to fit all of my favorite post-rock from last year into a 2-hour block – presented in no particular order, and definitely not everything! This episode is a highlight reel, a best off, a sendoff to an awesome year of stellar releases!Playlist: Explosions In the Sky "Moving On" from EndNight Verses "Rose Wire" from Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1Tempus "Golden Rule" from Vida Coloridabellweather "Absent" from Bellweather - EPBear the Mammoth "Unserene" from Purple HausDin of Celestial Birds "Utopia" from The Night is for DreamersD. Majestic and the Spectral Band "The Tallest Man on the Moon" from The Tallest Man on the Moon - SingleKeep "Everything" from Happy In HereJunko Ueda & Poil "Kujô Shakujô, Pt. 3" from PoiL / UedaGolden Hymns Sing 'Hurrah' "Tape Reel Burnout" from The Great Dystopian Songbook III: Songs For the HomelandScaphoid "Gloom" from Echoes of the RiftWolfredt "The Seer" from IIIIWelmoed "Naga" from Ask & EmblaThe Joy Formidable "Cut Your Face" from Cut Your Face - SinglePulse of Silence "Across the Bridge of Illusion" from Across the Bridge of IllusionXHM "Morgenstern" from Fractalization - EPOften the Thinker "A Mother's Sting" from Sincere Insanity
01:54:4406/01/2024
December 24, 2023 – The Lost Christmas Show!
Alright, this one will take some explaining. As you'll hear at the top of this ep, the archival tool I use to pull episodes off the radio went down, meaning The Lunar Orbit 2023 Christmas Extravaganza has been lost to time....But, I didn't want to leave you with nothing during the holidays, so I've pulled the only previous Christmas episode I have saved, way back from when I first started the show on the radio - this is the 2020 Lunar Orbit Christmas Special. It's a little rougher than my newer shows, but I still love it all the same - lots of Christmas spirt, and holiday energy. The ep is full of ambient music, coupled with some post-ish or out there covers of Christmas classic. I also have included a special broadcast from some of earths favorite astronauts wishing everyone on earth a Merry Christmas. I can't tell you how sad I am to have lost the 2023 episode - but I hope this makes up for it! Hope you have a wonderful holiday season, and I will be back after the New Year with more new episodes! Playlist: "Apollo 8's Christmas Eve Message" arranged by Matthew TietjeBill Vencil as Chords of Orion "Lonely as a Cloud" Bill Vencil as Chords of Orion "Ambient Porch Music" Michiru Oshima "Amazing Grace" from the "Sora no Woto" Original SoundtrackLow "Little Drummer Boy" from ChristmasExplosions In the Sky, Brian Reitzell & Justin Stanley "The Sky Above, The Field Below" from Friday Night Lights (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Lowercase Noises "Stars" from MarshallDavid Crowder Band "Silent Night" from Oh for JoyHammock "Mute Angels" from Departure SongsWhere the Good Way Lies "Breathe" from The Wonder of It All - SingleThis Will Destroy You "They Move on Tracks of Never - Ending Light" from This Will Destroy YouKings (MHM) "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus" from Joy Has Dawned - EPDo Make Say Think "107 Reasons Why" from Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret HymnWhen the Clouds "November Song" from The Longed-For SeasonDavid Crowder Band "Go, Tell It On the Mountain" from Oh for JoyHammock "Winter Light (2015 Remaster)" from Kenotic (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [Remastered]Lowercase Noises "A Highway Shall Be There" from Carry Us All AwayThe Eagle and Child "What Child Is This (feat. Hunter G K Thompson)" from O Christmas, Vol. II - EPSatoshi Ashikawa "Still Sky" from Still Way (Wave Notation 2)Fumio Miyashita "See the Light" from White MorningPhoebe Bridgers "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from If We Make It Through December - EPLowercase Noises "Migratory Patterns" from Migratory PatternsSamuel Bath "Auld Lang Syne" from In the Bleak Mid Winter - Single
02:02:4024/12/2023
December 16, 2023 – A Snowstorm on Mars
A winter themed show this week! Lots of chill, cozy, atmospheric vibes perfect for a hazy winter walk or some contemplation by the fire. A lot of music in this genre can evoke a calm, slower atmosphere which, to me at least, feels perfectly suited to winter, but I made sure to get some music with that holiday chime as well. Hope you enjoy listening! Playlist:Old Solar "Your Goodness & Mercy" from Quiet Prayers (Redux) - EPExplosions In the Sky "Climbing Bear" from Big Bend (An Original Soundtrack for Public Television)False Horizon "Walking Barefoot on Grass" from Transitionrhubiqs "Motifs in F# Major" from Motifs in F# Major - SingleMesozoic "A Slow Success" from We Create Because All Will EndPillars "Of Salt and Sea" from Of Salt and SeaCodes In the Clouds "Sixes and Seventeens" from Codes in the CloudsMooncake "Chess Knight" from Zaris.Less.Is.More. "Birds Aren't Real (Chilled)" from This Small, Finite WorldWinterlight "Memories Are Flotsam" from Gestural AbstractionsCaspian "Sea Lawn" from The Four TreesThe Glass Pavilion "Signs & Wonders" from When the Blazing Sun is GoneAsleep Within Waves "Middle Cove" from StateraSatellites "Tallest Trees" from Familiar ShorelinesStartle the Heavens "Lull" from All that Is Wild & AliveCats Never Die "Care" from MorphineSlow Meadow "Palemote" from Palemote - SingleEthereal Silence "Creation of Life" from Creation of Life - Single
01:56:1916/12/2023
December 9, 2023 – Writing Poetry on the Return Trip
I've been loving the @mogwaiband album “As The Love Continues” so a lot of the tracks on this episode are inspired by the movements and builds on there! Lots of great stuff tonight including @monoofjapan with a wonderful winter themed track, @juniperridge with some jazz-rock, excellent guitar work from @marcroussel, great orchestral jamming from @fractal_band , and much more!Playlist: Mogwai "To the Bin My Friend, Tonight We Vacate Earth" from As the Love ContinuesMono "Scarlet Holliday" from Scarlet Holliday - SingleWe Lost the Sea "Nuclear City" from The Quietest Place On EarthMarc Roussel "Not Even Light Can Escape" from Not Even Light Can Escape - SingleOn Your Horizon "Untitled #1" from In, Empty - EPPublic Service Broadcasting "Lichtspiel I: Opus" from Bright Magiccasual joker "Treasures in a Place of Dread" from The Cave of the Alders - EPJuniper Ridge "Vermilion Cliffs" from Vermilion Cliffs - EPSunshine Reverberation "Experimental Neurosemantics" from Hive MindAthletics "III" from Who You Are Is Not EnoughTerrestrial "The Merging" from Terrain - SingleFractal "Сила (Syla)" from Missy - SingleZini "Isthmus" from Isthmus - SingleCuberdon "Gizmo Pt. 2" from Cuberdon - EPPigeons Without Wings "Combo #8" from Combo #8 - SingleThe Holy Circle "No Twilight, No Dusk" from Don't Disturb My Waking DreamThousand Yard Stare "Earthanasia" from Earthanasia
01:58:3709/12/2023
December 2, 2023 - A Shortfall of Gravitas...A Book or a Boat?
Back from the Thanksgiving break, I'm knee deep in schoolwork this week so I'm bringing you a really stellar episode which aired on WRIR back in July 2021! Hence the timely reference to the SpaceX ship. Something of a contemplative set this week, a lot of down tuning, and melodic rock. Lots of chimey, washy, weird sounds! Think you'll really enjoy it! Playlist: Black Hill "Night In a Mossy Hut" from Tales of the Night ForestDeer Park Ranger "Counterpart" from AdaptationDimwind "Blinds Drawn" from Slow Wave ViolenceHurry, Eskimo "Ninety Four Degrees Below Zero" from Hurry, EskimoDeer Park Ranger "Marionette" from WolfBlueneck "Lilitu" from The Fallen HostColaris "Maelstrom" from NexusHurry Up, Brothers "Wading In" from All is Beautiful. I'm Okay to be Alive. I'm Okay to Die.The End of the Ocean "A Dividing Line" from Pacific•atlanticPia Fraus "Autumn Winds (feat. Wolfredt)" from Autumn Winds - EPOur Last Hope Lost Hope "Kortege" from PersistMoons Eat Stars "Thus You Shall Go to the Stars" from Voyage EPLegendary Skies "Listen to the Water" from Navigation417.3 ">" from 2Ephilexia "Sun, Please, Explode" from Sun, Please, ExplodeLoud Exit "Dream Friend Dream Like a Resting Ship in the Night" from Loud Exit - EPSpoiwo "Yos" from Salute Solitude
01:57:5903/12/2023
November 18, 2023 – The Post-Moon Mining Operation!
A little bit of everything on tonight’s show, post-doomgaze all the way to ambient soundscapes. Wanted to make sure to include the new tracks from last week’s show we couldn’t get to including brand new music from Seeress!Playlist: Have Near "Pervasive" from Facing Forward - SingleRocket Miner "Lotus" from Song for an October Sky (Remixed & Remastered)Seeress "Holograms" from Holograms - SingleArroway "Escape Velocity" from Hover Over - EPAll You've Seen "Old Formula" from TranslucenceDeadhead "U.R.O.K" from Bad DogThe TreeHouse Experience "Timeless Gatherings" from Timeless Gatherings - SingleParker "The Catalyst I" from DepartureThe Sound of Rescue "Forms (Seven)" from Formsconcrete twin "Silent Abyss" from Sound Source #04 "Re:Encounter" - SingleCity of Satellites "Skeletons (Manual Remix)" from Remixed-Ghost Island- "Your Doubt" from AssimilationYuzame Radio "Franceska" from Franceska - SingleSky Flying By "Wave Function" from Transformation as a Survival Tactic - EPArcheress "Wild Ocean (Cold)" from Pastel HousesWay Station "Last Launch Part II" from The Ships
01:57:1819/11/2023
November 11, 2023 – Albums-o-October!
We’re back this week with a ton of the new releases that I missed last month! Turns out while we were focused on the heavy stuff tons of bands were throwing out killer new records left and right. This episode has some awesome new stuff from local bands Loxias, and Keep, plus lots of great newly released live performances and some fantastic new ambient records!Links to live performances:SLIFT – Ilion (Live on KEXP)Keep – Everything | Audiotree Livedistance – live at AraAlex Henry Foster – The Love That Moves (The End Is Beginning) [Live Session]Playlist: Loxias "Stormchaser (feat. June Kambourian & Sun Against Artemis)" from Until We Meet Again - EPSLIFT "Ilion" from ILIONKeep "Everything" from Happy In Heredistance "Undergrowth" from Over Time - EPAlex Henry Foster "The Love That Moves (The End is Beginning)" from Windows in the SkyThe World Is Fake "Energy" from CreationNovember Might Be Fine "Hope" from AllKolyma "Reverence" from Exit StrategyPictures on Silence "Soliloquy" from Mental HazeTime. Space. Repeat. "The Other Place" from ConsequenceWolfy "Burn Your Soul and Bleed Your Ears" from Sounding to NothingLanding Cliffs "Falling Through (feat. Joshua Degen)" from More Than Anything - EPRhone "Hazelcrest" from Hazelcrest - Single
01:56:0911/11/2023
October 27, 2023 - Overdrive October 2023 Mk.4: Happy Halloween!
Happy (almost) Halloween! Tonight is the finale to Overdrive October and our Halloween extravaganza! A show is full of spooky shoegaze, haunting psychedelic, and petrifying post-rock! Muhahaha! Plus, we continue the WRIR Fall Fund Drive!Playlist: Clutch "Nosferatu Madre" from Sunrise on Slaughter BeachPsychonaut "All I Saw as a Huge Monkey" from Unfold the God ManAfter Nations "Aon" from The Endless MountainOld Coke "Coffee Eyes" from Coffee Eyes - SingleEnd of Kumari "The Fall of the Lighthouse" from Stories from the Floating WorldAncestors "Antler Wings" from Neptune With FireSomali Yacht Club "Blood Leaves a Trail" from The SeaThe Odious "Mono No Aware" from Vesica PiscisNeander "Aas" from neànderOctober Drift "Airborne Panic Attack" from I Don't Belong AnywherePelican "Deny the Absolute" from Forever BecomingBask "New Dominion" from IIIHowling Giant "Stone Giant" from The Space Between WorldsMIAVA "Not in My Backyard" from The Fall of Public Man - EPHomecoming "Interlude" from Lp01
01:57:1429/10/2023
October 21, 2023 - Overdrive October 2023 Mk.3: Fall Fund Drive Edition!
Week 3!! Just in time for the Fall Fund Drive! Same deal, some awesome overdriven, distorted, heavier than the sun post-rock, AND some chat about how amazing WRIR is.Playlist: Four Stroke Baron "Cyborg, Pt. 2: The City" from Planet Silver ScreenRussian Circles "Quartered" from Blood YearKatre "The Run" from Behind the ResilienceToska "Chalk Teeth" from Ode to the AuthorPetyr "Grease 'em All" from SmolykEcho Says Echo "Our Toxic Surroundings" from PauseTalons "The Drowning" from We All Knowte' "Reika's Purity Loses the Puppet of "Red Flame" and Inscribes a Proclamation to Akurei. (Amendment)" from Kai - EPThe Redneck Manifesto "Sweet Pot" from Thirtysixstringsnuito "NeKoMaJiN Vs" from UnutellaOxes "Half Half & Half" from OXXXESAnd So I Watch You from Afar "Set Guitars to Kill" from And So I Watch You From AfarPoly-Math "Canticum II" from ZenithAstrosaur "Space Mountain" from Fade In // Space OutLe Temps Du Loup "Sihaya" from LeteoVogons "Improbability Gorilla" from The Ocular Theft of Other Peoples Wonderment - SingleJardín de la Croix "Caronte" from Ocean CosmonautsHyedra "Bosch" from HyedraMountain Caller "Feast at Half - Light City" from Chronicle I: The Truthseeker
01:56:3922/10/2023
October 14, 2023 - Overdrive October 2023 Mk.2!
Week 2 of 💥Overdrive October💥 Bringing you the most distorted overdriven head banging post-rock this side of Halloween 🎃 Ton of awesome music tonight including Night Verses, PILLARS, Mothra, and maaaaany more, tune in if you dare! 👻👻💀Playlist: Aligns & Rubicones "Friday Night Fire Fight" from Cyberpunk 2077: Radio, Vol. 1 (Original Soundtrack)Night Verses "Copper Wasp" from From the Gallery of SleepA Ghost in Rags "Akarano" from AkaranoShy, Low "The Salix" from Babylonica EPMothra "The Window" from Decision ProcessMovement of Static "The Passage" from NaegleriaIngrina "Leeway" from Etter LysLvmen "X" from MondoThe Sky Is "Depths" from Télépathie - EPpg.lost "Terrain" from KeyButterfly Explosion "Automatic" from Lost TrailsDarkseed "Comptine d'un autre été: L'après midi" from Astral Darkness AwaitsPatsy O' Hara "Tyrannis" from Deathinteresse
01:58:3314/10/2023
October 7, 2023 - Overdrive October 2023 Mk.1!
It’s October! The leaves are changing, spookiness set to max, and its week one of our annual tradition💥OVERDRIVE OCTOBER 💥A month of the heaviest, distorted, pulse pounding post-rock leading straight to Halloween!Playlist: Orsak:Oslo "079 Dutchman's Wake, Pt. I" from In IronsAudiolepsia "Beatrix" from MusesWolfredt "Assegai" from IIIIHiroe "Doom Moon" from Doom Moon - SingleNazca Plate "Yu Should Be a Ghost" from Nazca PlateTempus "Nemo" from Daba - EPPelican "The Creeper (Live)" from Arktika (Live)Black Math Horseman "A Barren Cause" from WylltHuntsmen "Kyoto" from The Colonel - SingleLighteater "Summoner" from AutoscopyFort "It's Dangerous To Go Alone...Take This!" from It's Dangerous To Go Alone... - SingleTurpentine Valley "Compromis" from EtchPSOTY "The Yawning Void" from SunlessLonesome "Be Strong" from To Myself, from Myself - EP
01:58:2107/10/2023
September 30, 2023 - The Albums of September
All new releases from the month, and lots of new to the show bands!Playlist: Parallel Colors "Forlorn" from Forlorn - SingleExplosions In the Sky "Ten Billion People" from EndFlourish "Neon Rain" from The Body Will Lead YouNight Verses "Rose Wire" from Every Sound Has A Color In The Valley Of Night: Part 1Delayed Schedules "F.R.E.E." from F.R.E.E. - SingleEver After "Conduit" from Conduit - SingleThe Gates of Summer "Helios Selene" from Beauty in the FallReft by Oceans "11'000 Volts" from 11'000 Volts - SingleAt the Grove "In Search" from InfinityWe Shine Every Night "Land's End" from Returnal - SingleVaudlow "Cascade" from Cascade - SingleNirguna "No Tommorow" from ConvergenceTempus "Grey Matter" from Vida Colorida*Ancients "Calamity" from Cosmic ArkThe Color of Cyan "Sunwounds" from EgressCosmic Call "Destruction" from Eternal Journey
01:58:0830/09/2023
September 16, 2023 – NASA Punk Aesthetic
It's all post-punk this episode! Fast guitars, dreamy riffs, overdriven vibes – good stuff! Have been diving into a lot of Midwestern emo stuff over the past week, which is where this episode came out of, a little all over the map between post-punk, shoegaze, emo, and some math rock(?) and whatever Death From Above 1979 is. Enjoy! P.S: Zach from the future here, this ep originally aired live on WRIR last year, still really proud of it! Playlist: mewithoutYou "In a Sweater Poorly Knit" from Brother, SisterVattnet "Better Ghost" from VattnetThe Thermals "Here's Your Future" from The Body, the Blood, the MachineAll Get Out "The Season" from The SeasonDry Cleaning "Scratchcard Lanyard" from New Long LegTouché Amoré "Limelight (feat. Manchester Orchestra)" from LamentThe Beta Machine "The End" from All This Time - EPPile "Firewood" from Green and GraySoviet Soviet "Change with the Sun" from Ghost - SingleDeath from Above 1979 "Free Animal" from Free Animal - SingleShame "Angie" from Songs of PraiseIDLES "Never Fight a Man with a Perm" from Joy as an Act of Resistance.Squid "Narrator" from Bright Green Fieldshame "Snow Day" from Drunk Tank PinkBalance and Composure "Reflection" from The Things We Think We're MissingSaves the Day "UNDRESS ME" from DAYBREAKNaked Pictures "Don't Care" from W I D ESlint "Good Morning, Captain" from SpiderlandThe Homesick "Male Bonding" from The Big ExerciseKaschalot "Supernova" from ZenithLotus "Colorado" from Nomad
01:59:4617/09/2023
September 9, 2023 - Starfield of Dreams
This episode is a weird mix of genres, I’ve been officially influenced by a popular music podcast, and became a fan of psychedelic German rock from the 70s. Then, there are the ambient bands I didn’t get to on last week’s show. Then I’ve been listening to heavy-post blues. Then to top it all off, Inon Zur and the Bethesda Boys drop one of the best ambient albums of the year with the Starfield soundtrack! So, we’re all over the star map this time!Playlist: Amon Düül II "Halluzination Guillotine" from YetiFaust "Krautrock" from Faust IV (Deluxe Edition)Krobak "So Quietly Falls the Night" from NightboundGoodbye, Titan "Mynot" from DaedalusApollo's Ghost "The Page" from Apollo's Ghost - EPThought Trials "The Cleansing Gene" from The Cleansing Gene - SingleLast Lungs "Look At That Old Grizzly Bear" from Look At That Old Grizzly BearAs In We "To Be Able to Be Ok" from As It Should BeA Burial At Sea "Tropic of Cancer" from A Burial at SeaRumble Young Man Rumble "The Brilliant Architect" from OriginsLowercase Noises, Naal "Immemorial Slumber" from Immemorial Slumber - SingleAdam Dodson, Anders Johanson "Atlantic (Asleep)" from Atlantic (Asleep) - Single
01:58:5509/09/2023
September 2, 2023 - New Music August!
It’s the beginning of the month which means we go over new music! New The Joy Formidable, Explosions in the Sky, Temples, and many more!Playlist: The Joy Formidable "Cut Your Face" from Cut Your Face - SingleDin of Celestial Birds "Launch" from The Night is for DreamersExplosion in the sky "Moving On" from Moving On - SingleRed Pine Mushroom "Horseman" from Horseman - SingleTFAP "Enigmatic" from The Waves Around UsTemples "Athenas" from Athenas - SingleFalse Hope of the Savage "Archipelago" from False Hope For The SavageJuffBase "Howling Void Of the Tempest" from Emptiness ReignsReformat "Prince Valium" from PrecursedAmalunga "Swallow" from DoloresSarkh "Helios" from HeliosThe Mantra Discord "We'll Find the Light in Darkness" from We'll Find the Light in Darkness - SingleRequiem "Tired, Hot and Bothered" from Tired, Hot and Bothered - SingleCelestial Tide Pools "No Summer Solace" from No Summer Solace - SingleEver Onward "Non-Sleep Deep Rest" from Box BreathingCelestial Tide Pools "Drifting" from Drifting - Single
01:58:3902/09/2023
August 26, 2023 - Ballad of the Space Pirates
Bringing you a fun show from the archives tonight, originally aired back in Nov 2020. Tons of great music, including Arctic Rise, There’s A Light, Release the Long Ships, and many more! Also, there may or may not be a dramatic reenactment of the dramatic siege of the International Space Station by forces unknown. Playlist: Arctic Rise "A Hero's Journey" from Frequencies Made VisibleThere's A Light "Farewell, My Friend" from A Long Lost SilenceRelease The Long Ships "Snow" from WildernessFlies Are Spies from Hell "Last Hour" from Final QuietShadow Universe "Cliffs of Etan Argemop" from The Unspeakable WorldInto Orbit "Shifter" from KinesisCathedral Ring "Northeastern Track Marks" from A Decade Alone on the AlpsGlasgow Coma Scale "Syntagma" from Apophenia - EPThis Makes Us Human "Glare" from This Makes Us HumanWay Station "Clouds Dropped Down" from The Way of MinstrelGoodbye, Titan "Mynot" from DaedalusAntethic "Modulor" from Ghost Shirt Societywe.own.the.sky "Youth" from HomeOften the Thinker "Such Rot Let Loose" from Greatest Possible TendernessFeather Child "Past Reflection" from Inner Self AbsenceAppalaches "Bress" from CyclesCalifornia Stop. "Everything Is Different but Nothing Ever Changes" from Names & Faces
01:59:3826/08/2023
August 19, 2023 – Heavy Mellow
I’ve pulled myself away from Baldur’s Gate 3 to bring you a fun prog-y, mellow distorted set! As you probably be able to tell by the first song, this is a very prog-rock inspired entry, kind of ambient, flowing, chilled out. How else to describe it, who knows just listen! Featuring bands like Wobbler, The American Dollar, My Brother the Wind, Barn Owl, I Hear Sirens, and many more!Playlist: Wobbler "Five Rooms" from Dwellers of the DeepYume Bitsu "I Wait for You" from Yume BitsuOrsak:Oslo "045 You're All Gone (feat. Anna Franzén)" from You're All Gone - SingleThe American Dollar "Mosaic" from Across the OceansOutlander "Return" from The Valium MachineBarn Owl "Pale Star" from Lost in the Glare (Bonus Track Version)My Brother The Wind "The Mournful Howl of Dawn" from Twilight In the Crystal CabinetFourteen Nights At Sea "Ghost" from Great NorthIiah "Aphelion" from TerraYears of Rice and Salt "Carnival" from Nothing of CitiesGoodbye, Titan "Mynot" from DaedalusTuesday The Sky "The Blurred Horizon" from The Blurred HorizonHiroshi Yoshimura "View from My Window" from Music For Nine Post Cards
01:59:2119/08/2023
August 12, 2023 – Best of 2022 (Re-Run)
Out of the office this week, so bringing a re-run of our Best of 2022 show! A (very incomplete) list of some of the best post-rock that was released last year! I have tried to make this a list of both some of the biggest releases of last year like Russian Circles “Gnosis", and El Ten Eleven’s “New Year’s Eve”, and some of my favorites like Deer Park Ranger, hubris., and Guilt & The Bear. This is an extremely incomplete list, but the most I could squeeze into two hours! 2022 was a VERY good year for post-rock releases, and it doesn’t even touch on all the fantastic ambient or math-rock music we got last year.Playlist: El Ten Eleven "New Year's Eve" from New Year's EveGod Is an Astronaut "Coda (Live 20 Year Anniversary Release)" from The Beginning of the End (Live 20 Year Anniversary Release)Hiroe "Black Mountain" from Wrought - EPDeer Park Ranger "Five Corners" from Tamalpaishubris. "Of Light" from Of Light - EPRussian Circles "Gnosis" from GnosisMøuntain "Ahres" from Our Engines StallOh Hiroshima "All Things Pass" from MyriadWander "Daybreak" from HomeMONO "The Place" from My Story, The Buraku StoryScale & Feather "All the Things Beneath the Glow of Streetlights (feat. Hereafter & Jason Keisling)" from ArizonaThe Sun Burns Bright "Absent" from A Hollow WorldShy, Low "Farewell: A New Beginning (I Hear Sirens Remix)" from Farewell: A New Beginning (I Hear Sirens Remix) [I Hear Sirens Remix] - SingleEf "Wolves, Obey!" from We Salute You, You and You!And So I Watch You from Afar "II Dive Pt 2" from JettisonLong Distance Calling "Kamilah" from EraserUnwed Sailor "Mais Oui" from Mais Oui - SingleGuilt & The Bear "The City Outside Time, Pt. I" from The City
01:58:3812/08/2023
August 5, 2023 - New Music July!
It’s the beginning of the month so we know what that means, new music time! Highlighting a ton of great music from July, plus a couple I missed from earlier.Playlist: Illiterate Light "Light Me Up (Audiotree Live Version)" from Illiterate Light on Audiotree Live (Audiotree Live Version)After-Math "Cry Havoc" from Cry Havoc - SingleWelmoed "Naga" from Ask & EmblaBear the Mammoth "Eugene" from Purple HausLoraine "After Everything, More Than Anything" from After Everything, More Than Anything - SingleHere Tonight "A Thousand Nights And Lights" from Here. Tonight.Scale & Feather "Failure Is the Function (feat. Hereafter)" from IsolationistXHM "Friedhof" from Fractalization - EPCave Paint "VI. Then" from Before Then, NowScaphoid "Gloom" from Echoes of the RiftDdent "Sans existences" from Ex Auditu (part 2) - EPMoon Prince "Deliverance" from Grunge AmbientGolden Hymns Sing 'Hurrah' "To the Partisan, Now and Forever" from The Great Dystopian Songbook III: Songs For the HomelandAaronson "Monoliths To Safe Passage" from The Great Swells That Carry Us Will Pull Us UnderThe Day When I Saw the Light "Family of Light" from Family of Light - SingleAtonalita "Autumn" from Autumn - SingleBen Haskins "Dove Calls" from Machinist
01:59:1105/08/2023
July 29, 2023 – Post-Fest Highlights!
Today, Post-Fest highlights! If you haven’t heard me talk about it enough a big post-rock festival is happening this weekend in Indianapolis. Even though I can’t bring you the show live from Post-Fest I can at least pretend! This episode I’m highlighting as many of the bands playing as I can in 2 hours, so strap in!Playlist: Cloakroom "Gone but Not Entirely" from Time WellShipwreck Karpathos "Golden Axe" from Return to SilenceTiny Moving Parts "Common Cold" from CelebrateOld Solar "Spring Equinox: The Mountains Break Forth in Song" from SeeFacs "Teenage Hive" from Void MomentsThe World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die "Heartbeat in the Brain" from Whenever, If EverLehnen "Mute" from Negative SpacePit "RETURN TRIP (Electric Wizard)" from Cynical - SingleKowloon Walled City "Wrong Side of History" from Container Shipshubris. "Apollo" from EmersionAntlerhead "Seen It All" from Seen It All - SingleThe Appleseed Cast "Fishing the Sky" from Mare VitalisWhale Fall "The Dawn Thief" from The MadreanSOM "Awake / / Sedate" from Awake - EPStill Motions "An Epiphany" from MirrorsArms and Sleepers "Kepesh" from The Organ HeartsSunlight Ascending "(Fall) Old Friends Part Ways" from You Don't Belong Here
01:59:1929/07/2023
July 22, 2023 – Set Course for Galaxy 500.
Tonight! Obviously, I have to feature the new Explosions in the Sky track from their upcoming album End, but then we’re doing a chilled out spacy Friday, featuring bands like Clutch, Black Mountain, Korbak, Kikagaku Moyo, and many more.Playlist: Explosions In the Sky "Ten Billion People" from Ten Billion People - SingleClutch "Spacegrass (Live)" from Pure Rock FuryBlack Mountain "Space to Bakersfield" from IVAmpacity "Asimov's Sideburns" from Encounter OneSomali Yacht Club "Up in the Sky" from The SunHigh Priest of Saturn "Ages Move the Earth" from Son of Earth and SkyCartographer "17:04 - Now Yours, Not Ours, Not Mine" from A Sea of SunshineKorbak "Marching for the Freedom We Have Lost" from NightboundDitch "One Way Trip to the Sun" from Boca Do InfernoMars Red Sky "Saddle Point" from Mars Red SkyThe Re-Stoned "Crystals" from AnalogThe Blue Angel Lounge "LSD and the Search for God" from The Blue Angel LoungeKikagaku Moyo "Tree Smoke" from Kikagaku Moyo - EP
01:59:5023/07/2023