The Cold War Happy Hour

New music this week from Strange Lot (Austin, TX), Almost An Island (LA), A Place To Bury Strangers (NYC), and Winter (NYC) -- plus tons of great lost oldies from The Minutemen, Tonto's Exploding Head...

15 Sep 20252h

New music this week from Rona Rapadas, Sharp Pins, and Echa Cuervos--plus old faves from My Bloody Valentine, Pylon, Nikki Sudden, Minutemen, Die Haut & Nick Cave, Funkadelic, Tremelo Beer Gut, and to...

7 Sep 20252h

On today's show we pay tribute to Alfred Hilsberg, founder of Zickzack Records & What's So Funny About Records with an hour long set dedicated to the man who coined the phrase Neue Deutsche Welle (Ger...

31 Aug 20252h

New music this week from Rona Rapadas, Psy-Lounge, The Black Lips, Snooper, and a newly remastered/reissued release from Swell Maps (their John Peel sessions from May 1979) PLUS tons more. Thanks for ...

25 Aug 20252h

Music this week from Die Haut & Nick Cave, Ride, Sparks, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Mint Field, and The Silver Apples to name a few. Thanks for listening.

18 Aug 20252h

New music from Marta & Tricky, Datasal/The Sound Rays, Death & Vanilla, and N8noface--plus tons more. Thanks for listening.

10 Aug 20252h

New music this week from Snooper, The Black Lips, Nation Of Language, Almost An Island, Mien, Marta & Tricky, BLZZN, and Slow Salvation--also wanted to welcome our new station in Portland, Oregon, KVB...

3 Aug 20252h

This episode of the Cold War Happy Hour kicks off with a fascinating discussion on psychological and behavioral experiments, touching on topics like the influence of fear on affiliation and the impact...

27 Juli 20252h