oh messy life

Oh Messy Life – July 2, 2026 Show Notes

Track 1: Johnny Bell – Under the Sycamore at Rock Creek

A review on the BandCamp page for this album, FIELD TRIPS, describes this music as “Twangbient”.

Track 2: Hans Reichel – Return of the Knödler show

From a compilation of Reichel’s guitar tracks, Dalbergia Retusa.

Track 3: unkle G – riding my bike to the studio feat. unkle foreign, unkle clay & unkle marco

Something mellow from EquiknoxxMusic.

Track 4: Horse Lords – Eureka 378-B

I saw that the acappella intro from their new album, Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!, flowed directly into track 2 so I decided to play both tracks.

Track 5: Horse Lords – Brain of the Firm

And here is the second track from the album, Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!

Track 6: Laddio Bolocko – A Passing State of Well-Being

The Horse Lords tracks inspired me to go back to the 90s for some Laddio Bolocko. Somehow I missed until recently that Laddio Bolocko had a member of Dazzling Killmen.

Track 7: Marisa Anderson – Zar

Another track from the album The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music.

Track 8: π. Διονύσιος Ταμπάκης – Φῶς Ἱλαρόν καὶ Ἠλεκτρικόν

The Bandcamp page says Fr. Dionysios Tabakis is a priest in Nafplio, Greece who records music at home.

Track 9: Shabaka – Call The Power

I had this track kicking around for a few weeks looking for a good spot to fit it in.

Track 10: Hannah Peel – Mantis vs Horse

Another track from the collaboration between Hannah Peel and Beibei Wang, The Endless Dance.

Track 11: Headboggle – b07 Skywriter (120bpm)

My grandfather used to write on a Smith Corona Skywriter typewriter.

Track 12: Takkak Takkak – Hino-Tori

From the album Abu, out on Nyege Nyege Tapes.

Track 13: Pekodjinn, Neya – Copão

From No Baile Do Djinn Vol. 2.

Track 14: Los Orientales de Paramonga – Me Voy Pa, La Montana

From the Analog Africa compilation Los Orientales de Paramonga 1972-1976.

Track 15: Awkward – SR5 1

From SECRET REMIXES VOL 5.

Track 16: Mestizo Beat – The Jaguar

Off of the album Jaraguá, from this LA group.

Track 17: Cut-Rate Druggist – Bleed The Breaks

Off of the new album, Blistering, from this Oakland duo.

Oh Messy Life – June 18, 2026 Show Notes

Track 1: Marisa Anderson – Rop Koh

Another track off the excellently named The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music.

Track 2: Mitski – Instead of Here

From the KZSU A File.

Track 3: the Mountain Goats – Shallow Grave

Going out to some Mountain Goats super fans over at West Oakland Punks With Lunch.

Track 4: Algebra Suicide – Little Dead Bodies

I saw an East Coast free form radio DJ post a story about playing this track and decided to work it into my show.

Track 5: LEENALCHI – Bird

From their new EP, Here Comes That Crow. (They also recently showed up in a Bandcamp Daily piece about Korean Folk Pop.)

Track 6: YĪN YĪN – Pingpxng

I found this one via Bandcamp promo email.

Track 7: Mestizo Beat – Two Eleven

Some funky stuff off of the album Jaraguá from this Los Angeles based group.

Track 8: Orchestra Gold – Nema (Love)

Going back for another track from the album Dakan ∴ [Destiny] from this Oakland group.

Track 9: Secret Sidewalk – Zombie Crabs

Off of the album Sutro Sound Bath from Alex Abalos, Mike Boo, Michael Reed, Marcus Stephens.

Track 10: stepskipper – Modulo

Off of the release Hot Surfaces from this Portland, Oregon group recently described by a pal as indie math rock.

Track 11: Don’t Ask – Trash Human

One of my favorite local groups.

Track 12: The Love Songs – BonneVicci Rides Again

The Love Songs recently reunited for a show at 924 Gilman Street and this seemed to be an appropriate track to play in advance.

Track 13: DIÄT – Nausea

Punk rock out of Berlin via Iron Lung Records.

Track 14: Totalna Tama – Zarobljen sam

Off of the self titled release from these Oakland punks.

Track 15: FIELD OF FEAR – Black Beating Heart

Off of the new album, SCORPION, from this Oakland band, out on Transylvanian Recordings.

Track 16: DEATHGRAVE – Species Jumper

Off of their split release with BLACK GANION, also out on Transylvanian Recordings.

Track 17: Kristin Hersh – Dark Eyed Junco

Ending the show off with more wonderfulness from Kristin Hersh.

Oh Messy Life – June 11, 2026 Show Notes

Track 1: Sandy Chamoun – Khafiy

From the record Sawt El Doumouh out on Beirut’s Ruptured Records.

Track 2: Me Lost Me – Simmering

From Abundance, the soundtrack to a live dance performance.

Track 3: Freddy Da Stupid – Back to Pangea Part II (Jazzapella Version)

From the KZSU A file.

Track 4: Cocanha – Adissiatz Palhassonaira

Another track off of their amazing new album Flame Folclòre.

Track 5: Hermanos Gutiérrez – Canto Andino

Off of the upcoming album Los Ojos Del Cóndor.

Track 6: YaM – Trees on Noe

Taken from a live performance over at our fellow radio station KXSF by this local improv duo.

Track 7: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis – Rules of the Game

Off of the album Deface the Currency.

Track 8: Phillip Greenlief & Amanda Irarrazabal – riverbeds – cauces de rios

Off of la verdad es la verdad, from the duo of Phillip Greenlief, long time bay area improvisor recently located to Maine, and contrabass player Amanda Irarrazabal.

Track 9: Beth Custer Ensemble – Hymn For The Hopeful

Ending the jazz portion with a track from these local treasures.

Track 9: People Like Us – Nu Moment Valley

The B-Side of a lathe cut 7″ single originally part of a fundraising campaign, now available on digital.

Track 10: Brycon – Man is a Gang

This track and the previous had me thinking about the sonic overlap between experimental sample art and hip-hop production.

Track 11: Secret Sidewalk – Right Quick

Of of the album Sutro Sound Bath from the amazing collaboration of Alex Abalos, Mike Boo, Michael Reed, and Marcus Stephens.

Track 12: The Peanuts – Koi No Ophelia

Then ducking over for a quick taste of 1960s Japan.

Track 13: mssv – Help

And ending the show with something new from the trio of Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges, and Mike Watt.

Oh Messy Life – June 4, 2026 Show Notes

Track 1: Jenny Scheinman – All Species Parade

The title track from this 2024 album by one of my favorite violinists.

Track 2: The Difference Machine – God’s Watching ft. Opio

Always cool to hear a Hiero cameo.

Track 3: Slint – Glenn (albini rough mix)

According to the Bandcamp notes, this is one of a couple of demo tracks Slint recorded with Albini in 1989.

Track 4: matt robidoux – shrimp dance

From the album music for aluminum corn.

Track 5: Bob Ostertag – Machine State, No. 1

The Bandcamp liner notes include a long essay about playing early analog synthesizers.

Track 6: Khalab & Baba Sissoko – Nimamasa

From the album Foli Bah.

Track 7: San Kazakgascar – First Nation Spy

From the album Emotional Crevasse, which also features a track recorded at KZSU.

Track 8: SACRED PAWS – Simple Feeling

Always happy to work some Ray Aggs into the show.

Track 9: stepskipper – Simple Domain

Heard about this Portland, Oregon band on a work call.

Track 10: Echo Is Your Love – We Don’t Speak Numbers

Gavin from Stickfigure Records tells me there might be new stuff from Echo Is Your Love soon.

Track 11: HELL BOUND POUND – PIG CHI LEE

One of the younger volunteers from West Oakland Punks With Lunch organized a benefit show, so I thought I would play tracks from all the bands, starting off with these Richmond, CA punks.

Track 12: Shark in the Water – Eaten Alive

At the benefit show this band was 100% committed to their theme, with shark props everywhere.

Track 13: Party Force – I Hate Cops to the Max!

Friends or the station and regulars on the Wednesday Night Live program.

Track 14: The Vaxxines – Drink Beer Destroy

These folks ended the benefit show with a powerful set and some special guest vocalists.

Track 15: Remember Sports – Bug

Ending the show with a band I found on KDVS’s charts.

Oh Messy Life – May 28, 2026 Show Notes

Track 1: Rent Romus, Heikki Koskinen, Otherworld Ensemble – Poleeni Encore

From the album Lament to Joy (The return of the blessed sons).

Track 2: Willem Kollektief Breuker – Song of Mandalay

One time many years ago, KZSU DJ Kremit the Horn and I talked about doing a
radio show where we would alternate tracks, me picking tracks from Willem Breuker and Kremit picking tracks from Raffi.

Track 3: Henrik Olsson – Homeshredder

From the upcoming album Antumbra Ensemble on Cuneiform Records.

Track 4: Jim Campilongo – MATE TIME

I’ve been a fan of Campilongo since his time with the 10 Gallon Cats.

Track 5: Gitkin – Git Git

Going back for another track from the album Where the South Winds Wail.

Track 6: MONEY CHICHA – CHINGADERAS CRUDAS

From the album ONDA ESOTÉRICA.

Track 7: Yeison Landero – Cumbia Sin Fronteras

I found this one via Bandcamp promo email.

Track 8: Mao Skaay, Ritmos Cholulteka – Cumbia Na Tuga (Susobrino Remix)

From the collection of remixes of the album Cumbias Transatlánticas.

Track 9: Tinariwen – Amidinin Wadar Nohar

From the KZSU A File.

Track 10: Avalanche Kaito – Talitakum

The title track from the album Talitakum, from this trio spanning Burkina Faso, Belgium, and France.

Track 11: Cocanha – Flame Folclòre

The title track of their album Flame Folclòre, by this duo out of Toulouse, France.

Track 12: Hannah Peel – Awaken The Insects

From the album The Endless Dance a collaboration between Peel and Chinese percussionist Beibei Wang.

Track 13: Charbel Haber – The unfortunate meeting of an accident and the goddess of time on a dissecting table

From the album May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable.

Track 14: OMINESS – Beneath An Elm

These Bay Area folks put on a very intense live show.

Track 15: Leila Abdul-Rauf – Stripped Before The Eye Of Death

Off of the album Andros Insidium.

Track 16: Ken Pomeroy – Look at Miss Ohio

I’m always happy to hear more from Ken Pomeroy.

Oh Messy Life – May 21, 2026 Show Notes

Track 1: Charbel Haber – Phosphorus resting by the entrance of a quantic maze

Another fun track title from the album May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable out on Beirut, Lebanon’s Ruptured Records.

Track 2: SUSS – Sunset I

The opening track off of the quite literal album title, Counting Sunsets.

Track 3: Future Museums – Fede Nella Magia

I found this one via Bandcamp promo email.

Track 4: Salamanda – allez, pousse!

Going back for one more track from the Basil album in the Music To Watch Seeds Grow By series.

Track 5: matt robidoux – dream window

Off of the m e s h s o n g s ep from a regular performer on KZSU’s annual Day Of Noise.

Track 6: Tinariwen – N’ak Tenere Iyat

Off of their album Hoggar.

Track 7: Cocanha – Remenanuèch

I heard this one over on Ben’s Some Songs Without Words show.

Track 8: Tropisphere – Despierta y Baila

More fun stuff off of “Los Demos” from this local synth trio.

Track 9: Moskito – Idolar

I found this via WFMU’s Heavily Played Records.

Track 10: Takeshi Inomata & Sound L.T.D. – Black Angel

From the Wamono compilation of Japanese psych rock, Far East New Rock Invention 1969-1975.

Track 11: dj pnutz – Dollar Bin Drum Breaks

I discovered dj pnutz via her collaborations with Jihad the Roughneck MC. This particular track off of the album Goodbye San Diego seemed to vibe with the previous track, and I dedicated it to KZSU DJ The Dead Kenny G’s of the show The Dollar Bin.

Track 12: π. Διονύσιος Ταμπάκης – Ἠλεκτρικαὶ Ὑμνωδίαι

According to the Bandcamp page Fr. Dionysios Tabakis is a priest of the Orthodox Church in Nafplion, Greece who records music at home.

Track 13: Street Eaters – Tempers

From last years Opaque. Congrats to Megan on the MFA degree!

Track 14: Bed Maker – Miss Dickens

Looking for something to vibe with the Street Eaters track, I went back to Washington D.C.’s Bed Maker.

Track 15: 8 Bark – Back To You

Ending the set off with one of my all time favorite bands, 8 Bark, out of Chicago back int he 90s.

Track 16: Whiskey Sunday – Jackie and The Beast

I did a mini tribute set on my show to San Jose punk Dover when I heard he had passed back in February. I saw they were doing a tribute show, so I closed the show with another Whiskey Sunday track. R.I.P.

Oh Messy Life – May 14, 2026 Show Notes

Track 1: Tinariwen – Imidiwan Takyadam

From the album Hoggar.

Track 2: Aldous Harding – One Stop

From the album Train on the Island.

Track 3: The Peanuts – Ara Wa 15 Wo Natsumatsuri

According to the Bandcamp liner notes, The Peanuts were twin sisters Emi Itō and Yumi Itō.

Track 4: Brycon – Poker Dogs

I might have accidentally attributed this to the wrong album on the air. It’s actually from Avenue. In my defense, Brycon dropped five albums in April 🙂 .

Track 5: Long Twins – Swimming Backwards

I found this one via Bandcamp promo email.

Track 6: Tropisphere – Beyond The Yard

From their debut release, “Los Demos”

Track 7: Wendy Reid – Twittering Machines

I saw Wendy Reid was playing a show via the Flyermire website.

Track 8: Harry Partch Ensemble, Danlee Mitchell – Scene 1. Background for the Transfiguration of American Undergrads in a Hong Kong

The Wend Reid track made my think of Harry Partch, so I found this track from a The Bewitched: A Ballet Satire. The Bandcamp liner notes say “this 1980 production on his original set of instruments, directed by Danlee Mitchell, was the first Partch work to be taken abroad.”

Track 9: Salamanda – the blue wine

From their release in the Music To Watch Seeds Grow By series (Basil).

Track 10: Charbel Haber – This show ends in the past

From the wonderfully titled album May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable from Ruptured Records out of Beirut, Lebanon.

Track 11: Jenny Scheinman – Miss Collins

I got an email from Bandcamp saying the Scheinman had recovered the rights to two old albums and they were now up on the Royal Potato Family Bandcamp.

Track 12: James Brandon Lewis & Lutosławski Quartet – Encore: Take Me To The Water

Sounds like it’s just Lewis solo on this encore at the end of the album These Are Soulful Days.

Track 13: neutrals – Stop The Bypass

Starting off a selection of Bay Area punk with a track from neutrals lovely 2024 album New Town Dream.

Track 14: Shellshag – Sweet Hoodie

Going for a nostalgic track from Shellshag talking about old shows and S.F. venues.

Track 15: Super Apes – Carry On

From last years album, Kill The Humans.

Track 16: Never Bored – Dolly is The Boss

I love the premise of this song, nominating Dolly Parton to dethrone Bruce as The Boss.

Track 17: Piss Profits – Can’t Not Do It

I caught a fun set from Piss Profits at an outdoor show in Hayward and it was top notch! I walked away from the show with the lyrics to this song stuck in my head.

Track 18: the Monorchid – Sink the West Coast

Going back to 1998 for a track from Washington D.C.’s the Monorchid.

Track 19: Electrosleep Int’l – These Purchases

From Anthology Volume 1 via Stickfigure Records.

Track 20: Reversal Of Man – Get The Kid With The Sideburns

Ending the punk set off with a track from another band re-uniting after 25 years. I caught their recent set at Gilman Street and it was quite intense.

Track 21: Fleur – Jour D’été

Ending the show with a track from Fleur out of Netherlands.

Oh Messy Life – May 7, 2026 Show Notes

Track 1: Wednesday – Elderberry Wine

Off of last year’s album, Bleeds, from Asheville, North Carolina’s Wednesday.

Track 2: Negro Leo – Cênico, Provável, Cosmético

QTV Selo sent an email for Bandcamp friday so I went back and grabbed another track from Negro Leo.

Track 3: Roody – Zire Miza

I found this track via the Bandcamp article: Cyrus Moussavi of Mississippi Records Spotlights Iranian Music He Loves

Track 4: Tropisphere – Vibrant Sea

Another track off of the brand new release “Los Demos” from this Oakland synth trio.

Track 5: Jihad the Roughneck MC – Underpinnings

Off of the new release with DJ Pnutz, Psychotic Breaks.

Track 6: Brycon – Jordan Walsh Defense

Off of (Avenue) B, one of five albums Brycon dropped in April.

Track 7: Tom Djll – sailfloss

Taking a turn for the experimental with a track off of a new release for Tom Djil, Souvenirs from the Nonsuch Exploder Series.

Track 8: Let Spin – Have a Go, Hero

I found this one on the Bandcamp Daily feature, The Best Jazz on Bandcamp, April 2026.

Track 9: VOCO – Sleeping The Big Sleep

Off of the wonderfully titled album Goat Haggle at the Black Market.

Track 10: Tim Bulkley, David Dvorin & Randy McKean – Twitchy

I noticed this trio via the Bay Improviser Calendar.

Track 11: Softcult – She Said, He Said

I found this one via the KDVS Weekly Charts.

Track 12: Shellac – This Is a Picture

Going back to a track from 1998’s Terraform.

Track 13: Dazzling Killmen – Blown (Face Down)

From the remastered version of their 1994 album, Face of Collapse. Dazzling Killmen just came through town and folks that attended have said the show was amazing.

Track 14: Cedric Brooks – Satta Masa Ganna

Ending the show off with some amazing dub from the 1978 album United Africa.

Oh Messy Life – April 30, 2026 Show Notes

Track 1: matt robidoux – side a (excerpt)

matt robidoux is a regular performer on KZSU’s annual Day Of Noise. I was delighted to find this piece centered around recordings of a young matt very excited to take a boat trip to see some seals.

Track 2: Isorhythmics – Unearthed

I found this one via an event listing from Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics.

Track 3: Yassine Nana – Fatma

Off of Modern Pop from Mauritania (1984-1989), via Les Disques Bongo Joe.

Track 4: Serokolo 7 – Bonkoko Bagana

The Bandcamp liner notes for the album Maramfa Musick Pro say that “Mapanta is a village-rooted electronic form emerging from Ga Skhukhune (formerly Ga Masha) in Limpopo, homeland of the Bapedi (Marota) people. […] Tracks are commonly built in FL Studio, using shared sound packs passed informally between producers in the village.”

Track 5: Tropisphere – Microtension

Off of the new release, “Los Demos” from this Oakland synth trio featuring members of Ritmos Tropicosmos.

Track 6: Mohammed El Akkad – Samai Farah Faza

From the Canary Records release El Salaam: an Egyptian Master Qanunist in the U.S. ca. early 1970s.

Track 7: Alvarius B. – Rock N’ Roll

Continuing some Egyptian vibes from Alan Bishop of the Sun City Girls.

Track 8: Damaged Bug – HOAK

Another project from John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees.

Track 9: LEENALCHI – Here Comes That Crow

The title track, Here Comes That Crow, from the upcoming album from South Korea’s Leenalchi.

Track 10: Brycon – fire way up north

From Lobster Toes II, one of five albums from Brycon released in April.

Track 11: Jihad the Roughneck MC – Restitution

Of of the new release with DJ PNutz, Psychotic Breaks.

Track 12: TOTAL CONTROL – Retiree

Starting the punk set off with a track off of the Iron Lung Records reissue of this Australian bands album, Henge Beat.

Track 13: Los Idiotas – La comunidad

Then over to Valladolid, Spain for some garage punk courtesy of Slovenly Recordings.

Track 14: Sick Thoughts – 19977

Then another reissue, also courtesy of Slovenly Recordings.

Track 15: These Bastards – Stretched Memories

Stoney Maloney recently hooked me up with a vinyl copy of the amazing self titled LP from These Bastards.

Track 16: Deseos Primitivos – Boba

Starting a mini set-within-a-set of bands that played a rad benefit show this weekend with Oakland’s Deseos Primitivos.

Track 17: Totalna Tama – Sve što vidim je tama

Continuing the mini-set of bands on the benefit show with another Oakland band, Totalna Tama.

Track 18: Piss Profits – Complete Thought

And finishing off the punk set with track from the long awaited debut recording, The Fountain, from new band Piss Profits, featuring members of Silent Era, Mutilated Tongue and a zillion other bands.

Track 19: Tony Molina – Dear Nellie Goodrich

Ending the show with a lovely new single from the West Bay’s Tony Molina.

Oh Messy Life – April 23, 2026 Show Notes

Track 1: Jim Jarmusch and Anika – Spooky

From the soundtrack to the film Father Mother Sister Brother.

Track 2: $hu$hot X Senz Beats – Pizza Froide

Over to Québec for the beginning of the eighteen minute continuous mix St-Sauveur Tech-Fleece.

Track 3: Davus – 940

Then over to Montevideo for some hip hop in Spanish.

Track 4: Tom Bickley – Budapest

This came in via Bandcamp promo email while I was putting together the show and I liked how it fit here.

Track 5: Duende, Mao Skaay, Ritmos Cholulteka – Cumbia Del Apagón (DUENDE Remix)

A remix of a duo I played on the show last month.

Track 6: Adeem the Artist – multi-ball my madness away

A fun ode to pinball from the release notes from inside.

Track 7: Alvarius B. – Rooftop Blue Cameo

Egyptian tinted blues from Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls.

Track 8: Ishaaq Aarkistra – De Forest

I had this track sitting around for a couple weeks waiting for a spot to fit it in.

Track 9: Julia Sabra – My love is like the sea

From the album Land 02: A compilation for the displaced in Lebanon

Track 10: Salamanda – hungry snail

Off of the basil release from a series entitled Music To Watch Seeds Grow.

Track 11: Los Nickelos – Guaracha Fredo

From Les Belgicains – Na Tango Ya Covadia 1964-70 volume 2.

Track 12: Candeleros – La Meseta (Caribombo Remix)

From the E.P. El Bululú.

Track 13: Trupa Trupa – Backwards Water

From the KZSU A File.

Track 14: Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!! – Delincuente

Working in another track from these Spanish garage rockers.

Track 15: The Okmoniks – Sorority Club Song

Then back to the bay for The Okmoniks.

Track 16: The Bananas – East of Arden

Then over to Sacramento for The Bananas.

Track 17: Choncy – Just Like Them

Starting the next set of with Cincinnati’s Choncy.

Track 18: DakhaBrakha – Yanki

Then over to Ukraine for a surprisingly jaunty track from DakhaBrakha.

Track 19: Gravedodger – Thousand Winds

And back to the bay for Gravedodger.

Track 20: Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti – Almost Waking

From their album Almost Waking.