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Madwonko
Why This Band Matters celebrates the artists whose influence reaches far beyond record sales and chart positions. Each episode explores the stories behind bands that changed the course of music, inspired generations of musicians, or created timeless work despite never receiving the recognition they deserved. From post-punk pioneers to underground legends, we uncover why these bands still matter and why they're worth discovering today.
22:00-00:00
Madwonko
Forgotten Albums shines a light on remarkable records that time, trends, or the music industry left behind. Each episode explores an overlooked album that deserves a second chance, diving into its story, the artists behind it, its influence, and why it still matters today. Whether it's a hidden post-punk masterpiece, an obscure progressive rock gem, or a lost psychedelic classic, Forgotten Albums celebrates the music history almost forgot and invites listeners to discover their next favorite record.
23:00-00:00
Madwonko
Rehearsal tapes. Room mics. Music that hasn't been fixed yet. This show is recordings from band practice spaces — my own band mostly, plus submissions from anyone willing to share the mess of a song still becoming itself. Half-finished riffs, blown takes, the drummer coming in a beat late. Wrong notes very much welcome.
22:00-00:00
Jah Bong
Jah Bong has been playing music that doesn't fit neatly into any category for longer than he'd probably like to admit. His tastes run from kosmische to kora, with long detours through anything that clocks in over ten minutes. The Space Cowboy is the natural result — a show built around the idea that the best music rarely comes with a genre label attached.
08:00-11:00
Vulture
Sonic Decay is Vulture’s weekly excavation into the beautiful ruin of sound. A collision of punk urgency, industrial abrasion, post-punk shadows, no wave weirdness, and other deliciously damaged transmissions. Expect distorted guitars, mechanical pulse, basement tape archaeology, and the occasional sonic ambush. Not background music. More like structural wear for your speakers.
23:00-00:00
Dave Ilwitch · October 17, 2026
From ancient rituals honouring the dead to Mexico’s Día de Muertos and Sicily’s Festa dei Morti, Halloween has a history far richer than pumpkins and trick-or-treating. A journey through ghosts, gods, sugar skulls and Sicilian grandparents who returned from the grave bearing gifts, tracing how the dead went from cherished visitors to creatures of fear.
Bobby Napoli · October 14, 2026
In a California music scene busy rediscovering the 1960s, Thin White Rope seemed to be excavating something older, stranger and considerably less comforting. Guy Kyser's unsteady, commanding voice and the intertwined guitars of Kyser and Roger Kunkel turned psychedelia, post-punk and country into music full of tension and unexpected beauty. Largely overlooked in their homeland, they found an improbable second home in Italy, where audiences embraced them with a devotion that America never quite managed. Five studio albums, countless European shows and a farewell in a small Belgian club: the remarkable story of one of alternative rock's most distinctive bands.
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