Searching For A Thread
184 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThematic variations on deep listening from psych and avant-garde to post-punk and indie rock. Broadcasting on WRFI Community Radio for Ithaca 88.1/Watkins Glen 91.9 FM. wrfi.org
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Episodes
Episode 399: Free Musics for the Free Form
April 25, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBFree spiritual jazz, avant-garde and improvised sounds for the free thinkers among us. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18844173/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 398: Descent Into Space
April 12, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 156 MBSongs suited for sky-gazing and phenomena viewing. S P A C E R O C K. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18811178/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 397: Rainy Day Rockas
April 09, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBSome indie, post-punk and rock for a wet day. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18778503/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 396: Saviours of Rock
March 30, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBWomen taking the mic and showing how its done. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18746130/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 395: Black Women In Music
March 18, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBBlack women in soul, funk, jazz and avant-garde. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18682504/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 394: Sotto Terra de Rock
February 29, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBSome rather unknown indie and post-punk bands in recent history. A few more well-loved and a few more brand new. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18618437/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 393: Dusty & Angie
February 20, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 161 MBOn the day of St. Valentines, Angela is welcomed in to talk shop and play records. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18553980/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 392: Ex-Rock and the No-Fly Zone
February 01, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBMid to late 90s deconstructed and fragmented underground rock. Chicago plays a major role once again. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18489385/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 335: Episode 391: Splashin Thru With Colors
January 25, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 161 MBPsychedelic and progressive rock leanings for the Januaries with a slight focus to the UK Kent Canterbury scene. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18457846/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 390: Cerebral Inside-Out
January 18, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBWeird mood so we get moody with experimental wizardry and ambient music both meditative and strange. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18426740/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 389: Blissin' Out
January 11, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBA focus on Darla's Bliss Out Series in which indie bands did ambient and "chill-out" music from the mid 90s to mid 00s. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18396413/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 388: 2024 Cuts Deep
January 08, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBWelcome to the next one. Stick with me through dub, experimental, free musics and ambient. And to start, some rock. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18366306/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 387: 99 And Neutral
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 160 MB2 hours on 2 super influential labels from early 80s New York City: 99 Records and Neutral Records. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18247299/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 386: French Transmissions
December 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBFrench avant garde and psych. And plenty of weirdness. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18216124/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 385: Thanks And Praise
December 13, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBGiving thanks with ska, roots and rocksteady. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18185718/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 384: Trees In A Heron Forest
November 22, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBUk folk psych, progressive and rock sounds from the holy days of the 1970s. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18154865/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 383: Windsock Blues
November 15, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBDrifty and windy folked out freak sounds. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18123171/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 382: Freeekin Out
November 04, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBSome oddball and weirdo rock ripe for the season. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18059987/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 381: Somethin Psychedelic
September 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 162 MB60s and 70s psychedelia, from the pop-flavored to the far-out. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17869714/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 380: 6-String Cosmos
September 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBMore ambient sounds and atmospheric vibes from guitar bands. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17839212/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 379: The Weird, Wild & Wonderful World of Drag City
September 03, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBExploring the consistently excellent independent label out of Chicago: Drag City. Since 1989. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17813056/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 378: We All Love Synth...not that much
August 21, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBA little runthrough of minimal synth and twilight post punk. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17755912/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 377: Current Investigations & Withering Oldies
August 08, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBSome new music but developing artists against tired but wonderful songs. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17717417/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 376: No Regard For The Rights
August 05, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBSome indie, shoegaze, noise rock and some further throwbacks. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17698484/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 375: Getting Further Out and Within
August 02, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBInternational curiosities and jazz-fusion laments. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17669832/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 334: Episode 374: All Corners Of The Globe Psychedelia
July 25, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBSwinging back with psych from Europe, the Far East, South America and the US. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17640958/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 333: Episode 373: Summery Heat Sounds
July 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBWarm air, stiffled overcast, sweaty days with stoney stillness, guitar ambient and a few rough-around-the-edges rockers. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17582686/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 372: Supremely Cooked
July 08, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBA show that runs the gamut from dub and post-punk to ambient space rock and into jazz. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17582904/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 371: Pastoral Manipulations
May 29, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBGerman ambient & rock with some modern-day fourth world experimentation. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17413026/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 370: Tonal Fry
May 17, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBPsychedelic tones in folk, rock, ambient and experimental. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17355758/Searching-For-A-Thread
369: Transitions In Jazz
May 03, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 152 MBA healthy dosing of ambient jazz and atmospheric improvisation. playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17297773/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 367: Sire and Mod Sike Folk
April 22, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBA quick set in tribute to Seymour Stein and some modern folky sike. playlist here: https://spinitron.com/m/playlist/view/17210236
Episode 368: Precious Metals
April 22, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours - 165 MBSome more recent angular post-punk, recent classics and a bunch of other crunch. playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17268534/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 366: Deep Stretch Pt. 2
April 03, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBMore jazz from the outer fringes of composition. Playlist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17181424/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 365: Sprung & Flung
March 26, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBSpringy bounce and some head-nodding jams. Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17153053/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 364: Trust On The Outside
March 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBSinger-songwriters askew...arty folk, sikefolk and chamber excursions. Tracklist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17124695/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 363: Opening Rips
March 16, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBA continuation of some of my favorite lead-off tracks from full length records. A second installment from Episode 259: Side 1 / Track 1s. Tracklist here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17093590/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 362: Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe
March 07, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBHealing music for all those who need it.
Episode 361: In Orbit
February 23, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 165 MBFar reaching spacerock, cosmic minimalism, interstellar experimentalism and far-out rock. Ya know in s p a c e. Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17038017/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 360: Healing Powers Of Spacemen 3
February 23, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBFor Adam, who could use some healing. And for Jeff Valla, RIP. Playlist available here: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17011053/Searching-For-A-Thread
Episode 359: Woman At The Helm
February 11, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBWomen from the realms of neo classical, experimental, post-punk, minimalism and avant garde.
Episode 358: Ever Vested
February 06, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBBig beats and melodies on a reef.
Episode 332: Episode 357: Across Warm Glaciers
January 30, 2023 00:00 - 2 hours - 167 MBYes this winter ain't very wintery, yet. Melted ambient, jazz and out there sounds.
Episode 356: Innadub
January 21, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBSome out there warped dub and rubberized rhythms.
Episode 355: Bringing It Back
January 17, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 158 MBSome old time sounds, folk, a bit out there, but back in too.
Episode 354: Collaterally Damaged
January 05, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 164 MBMore free-spirited ambient and cosmic sounds, free music and mind-enhancing experimental.
Episode 331: Episode 353: To The Solstice
December 29, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 165 MBWinterized, solstice-ready rock and experimental music with a few Christmas tunes thrown in.
Episode 352: Punks Among Us
December 21, 2022 00:00 - 2 hours - 110 MBVery little punk rock here but bands / artists certainly being rebellious.
Episode 351: Hamish Kilgour
December 09, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBDedicated to the New Zealand legend playing his songs with The Clean, The Great Unwashed, Bailter Space, The Mad Scene plus various other projects and solo releases.
Episode 350: Cold Wind Blowin In
November 21, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 162 MBPsychedelic and far-out folk sounds plus a few tracks for Gal Costa