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Friends, new and old. Welcome to Necktie Optional on Pirate Cat Radio. Two hours of indie rock that slips past the algorithm. Deep cuts, left turns, and songs that still have teeth. Every Thursday, noon to 2 PM. Cody’s in the driver’s seat. New set every week. Loose collar. Loud speakers. Walk in curious, leave with something stuck in your head. Start your weekend early. KPCR 92.9 FM Los Gatos. KMRT 101.9 FM Santa Cruz. KVBE 91.1 FM Portland.
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Necktie Optional
Friends, new and old. Welcome to Necktie Optional on Pirate Cat Radio. Two hours of indie rock that slips past the algorithm. Deep cuts, left turns, and songs that still have teeth. Every Thursday, noon to 2 PM. Cody’s in the driver’s seat. New set every week. Loose collar. Lo…
Episode #17
For today's episode we welcomed in Matthew Swinnerton and Natalie Sweeting of Events Santa Cruz! They came on air today to hype us up about their 100th Santa Cruz Midtown Friday Block Party tomorrow night (8/7), where local favorite Trestles will play a free show! We heard something from Trestles' latest album AND a star-studded lineup including them and Lol Tolhurst (of The Cure fame) covering Boys Don't Cry. Matthew and Natalie also did a little bit of guest DJing and told us about their musical loves and influences! The rest of the set returned to the show's usual footing: Michigander, Carver Commodore, and The Menzingers brought driving, guitar-forward rock. Mallory Hawk followed with thrashy, propulsive garage-punk energy off her newly released debut album, Chinook. Chloe Slater's "Mother Nature's Killing Spree" is a preview of her forthcoming debut album Riot Youth, built around a love story set against climate collapse, and Hannah Jadagu's dreamy 2022 Sub Pop debut single "Say It Now" brought things back to melodic footing. Liana Flores, Kings of Convenience, and the bird and the bee brought a folk-pop turn, while Ale Vanzella, Trails and Ways, and ISTA added bossa nova-ish and dance-leaning texture. Common People, Minus the Bear, and The Velvet Teen closed the show out with heavier, atmospheric rock. Handpicked, as always. Neckties remain optional.
Episode #16
A very special DOUBLE episode of Necktie Optional today to close out July's Keep Radio Weird pledge drive strong! A wide-ranging set that stretched well past typical indie-rock borders. Girl Scout and Kiwi Jr. opened with breezy, hook-driven guitar pop, while The Afghan Whigs and Cold War Kids brought grittier, soul-inflected rock. The Beths and Francis of Delirium kept things in familiar jangly indie-rock territory, and David Knudson and Jake Snider carried that same Minus the Bear lineage forward. Feeble Little Horse brought lo-fi guitar crunch, followed by a run of blues and soul: John Roseboro and Mei Semones ' genre-crossing cover, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram , and Tedeschi Trucks Band brought real blues-rock heft to the middle of the set. Sports and Twin Fan returned to jangly indie footing, and Cat Power 's "Like a Rolling Stone" cover added a folk-rock standard. Minus the Bear and Little Green Cars brought driving, atmospheric rock energy, Genesis Owusu and Ladyhawke injected a jolt of dance-inflected genre-bending, and Surfer Blood kept the guitars sharp. The show closed out gently with Iron & Wine , The Tallest Man on Earth , and Skeletons with Flesh On Them — folk-leaning, intimate, and reflective.
Necktie Optional
We just played the hits today! Cody's favorite songs from the first trimester of Necktie Optional, as well as live training for DJ Pickles. Cody will be back again on Thursday with business as usual!
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This is a very special episode where Cody gets to interview living legend Lonnie Jordan of War and discuss the band's confluence with lowrider and car culture in advance of Sunday's concert that will be a de facto homage to San Jose's cultural history as a lowrider capital. Thank you Lonnie for taking the time to talk to Pirate Cat Radio!
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