This band from Chicago came flying in to our mindshare late in 2025 with their album release Ur A Star, and especially their track “Bad Heart” which caught our earholes so fast and furiously, it made our Top 19 Songs of 2025 list. We’ll spend time with lead singer and songwriter Ari Levin and learn…
Here’s our Top 19 Songs from 2025 – your next favorite songs, if you will. Our most fav of the year is the incredible track “Never Rest” from Great Grandpa. The other 18 songs selected are listed purely in chronological order based on release date of the album. • “Weird Birthday Song” by Kendall Lujan…
Every year WXPN puts out a “Greatest” prompt for the listernship community to chew on and submit their Top 10 list. The station then compiles, calculates and computes the highest ranking 885 from those submissions. This year, we are determining the Greatest Cover Songs of all-time. Here’s how WXPN is defining a cover: A cover…
Join us as we express gratitude and honor the guests we’ve had throughout the year and invite them back to share a message for the season and perform a holiday tune. We have messages and songs from: Kyle Lacy & Amanda D’Amico – “Holly Jolly Christmas” Kahone Concept – “Christmas, How I’ve Missed This” Joe…
When I recently was introduced to the music of Bird Streets, it immediately jumped out as something special. Described as running the gamut from claustrophobic folk, to anthemic indie pop, to punk rock freakouts – there’s something here for everyone. One song in particular has been living in my earholes since I first heard it,…
After one of the coolest moments of Musikfest this past year, and a killer set, we’re so excited to spend time with rockabilly blues man Kyle Lacy! Born and raised in Atlanta, based in NYC, this cat has the magical ability to transport an audience to the 1950s and experience rock-n-roll as it was taking…
A bunch of topics have been on my mind, and I wanted to talk about them with you all. Some of them are deep and that I wanted to ensure we got a musicians perspective on, so I reached out to my good friend George Hrab and he agreed to come on and banter with…
We were recently introduced to the infectious music of Nep and instantly knew we wanted to listen to more, and to hopefully bring her on the show. Multiple bangers later, here we are – right on the heels of the release of the brand new music on her debut full length release Noelle and right…
When my ears heard the first moments of the song “Rivers” by Daisychain, everything stopped. It was one of those moments. I knew we were in “nextfavband” land. A deeper dive in to their catalog reveled countless bangers – all tracks stay true to a core dripping with psych rock blues, but they often take…
We have such a wonderful treat for everyone this week – we are honored to bring you a fantastic chat with the world renowned cuatrista Fabiola Méndez! This brilliant musician picked up the cuatro (a classic folk guitar of Puerto Rico) at 6 years old and hasn’t put it down since. She learned to play…
We were so honored to be able to host the venerable Dr Dog on our show and loved our time with keyboardist Zach Miller. He took us through his early inspirations and then on in to the band – even experiencing some of the “chaotic and unhinged” live performances the provide along with us. We…
This was such a special conversation, and went differently than any prior episode – hence the “Part 1” shown here. We’ll have Lia back for a dive in to her personal journey and inspirations, but this one started in the asbstract and Lia, Galen and I decided to stay there. We played Lia’s brand new…