Courtesy Desk Favorites: August 2026 Part 1
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In service to independent music from around the world for 35+ years. I am thrilled to bring you the world on a platter.
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Vietnamese iced coffee + members of Woolen Men + Lithics = Must hear music
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In Memory of Dahlia and Chris
Courtesy Desk July 2026 Part 2
Tulsa Drone, Robyn Hitchcock, Cuticles, The Carp, The Grebes, Baby Cool, and more.
She’s an Indie Rocker: Untold Tales from the '90s Underground: Keep Passing the Open Windows Part 2
Tramps, CMJ, Blonde Redhead, Sunny Day Real Estate, Unwound, Foo Fighters, Modest Mouse, Elliott Smith, Lakeside Lounge, The Van Pelt, Coney Island, Reconstruction Records, Barry London
Courtesy Desk July 2026 Favorites Part 1
Post-punk, Retro-future, Neo-folk, No wave, Psych-rock, Indie rock, Experimental Jazz, MPB, Francophile faves, Electronic drone, and more.
She’s an Indie Rocker: Untold Tales from the '90s Underground: Keep Passing the Open Windows Part 1
Mars Bar, Jawbreaker, Jets to Brazil, Dahlia Seed, Björk, John Irving
Courtesy Desk June 2026 Favorites Part 2
Music has always been an act of continual discovery.
She’s an Indie Rocker: Untold Tales from the '90s Underground: Uncle Ray Part 3 (Conclusion)
Influence is measured as much by how you treat people as by what you accomplish, and that the smallest of gestures can alter a life.
Courtesy Desk June 2026 Favorites Part 1
Finding myself suddenly detached from an obsession that has accompanied me for most of my life is a shocking plot twist