Seeing a lot of "Here's the best music of the first half of 2026" lists, so here's mine: 1. WU LYF - A Wave That Will Never Break 2. Sparta - Cut A Silhouette 3. Grade 2 - Talk About It 4. Lala Lala - Heaven 2 5. Hemi Hemingway - Wings Of Desire 6. Twilight Sad - It's The Long Goodbye 7. Social Distortion - Born To Kill 8. Brigitte Calls Me Baby - Irreversible 9. Chinese American Bear - Dim Sum & Then Some 10. Hannah Lew - Hannah Lew Looking forward to in 2nd half: Menzingers, Jack White, The Strokes, Parts & Labor, Mystery Jets, Wild Pink, Interpol, Brian Fallon, Wishy

Wondering if there are certain artists you would like to hear on KEXP that aren't played. I LOVE and rely on KEXP to keep me sane every day, so not trying to beat up on anyone. Specifically, and I’m sure I’ve mentioned it in other posts, I love CMAT’s music. Alone, with John Grant, all of it. I think her voice and songwriting are amazing. But she can be polarizing. That’s never stopped KEXP, and that’s a good thing. Just wondering if there are moratoriums in certain artists.

Is there any website or other service that has music listings? There was an in-store at Subpop that I missed - I didn't know Subpop was doing in-stores. Is it all Instagram now? Is there a live show aggregator?

Having grown up in Seattle, it would be tough to not go in that direction, but I could also be happy eating bbq in Austin just listening to Spoon and The Black Angels.

I haven't headspace for much of the digital world, but I thought it was worthwhile to acknowledge tomorrow will be the next Bandcamp Friday. If anyone has any bands or specific releases you're excited to check out, please share them! It looks like there is still time to pre-order a vinyl copy of Dark Chisme's self-titled LP in its fourth pressing. For the punk fans as well as those who might be looking for some of the fuzz associated with the 90s, I'd recommend the latest LP from my friends in Filth is Eternal called Impossible World that was released last month.