I grew up on the radio and devoured everything rock-and-pop I could get my hands on.
About K-Tel
Scraped together my allowance to buy my own first album - it was either Rush's Moving Pictures or Pat Benatar's Crimes of Passion (or, um, maybe the Bee Gees' Sgt. Pepper). Before that, I had to tape Casey Kasem's Top 40 countdown off the Sunday radio and bribe my older sister to tape her Van Halen records for me. Fave genres are protopunk/garage, punk, post-punk, power pop, and I have a big soft spot for '70s AM yacht/cornball pop-rock. At UNC-Chapel Hill, I interned for the now-defunct Moist/Baited Breath indie label, wrote music reviews and conducted band interviews for The Daily Tar Heel and other local rags. Best interview of my life, though, was not really music related: Mister Rogers. But, yep, he played the ukelele.
Recent Playlists
Thu 11/12 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:56 PM
Elevation
1977. RIP, Richard Lloyd
Television
Marquee Moon
7:50 PM
Easy Lover
1984
Philip Bailey and Phil Collins
Constellations
7:46 PM
Grass
1986
XTC
Skylarking
7:43 PM
But It's Alright
1966
J.J. Jackson
Best of Loma Records
7:40 PM
Green Onions
1962. HBD, Booker T. Jones, b. 1944
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Green Onions
7:37 PM
Hurricane Touchdown
LOCAL
2026
Animal Panic
single
7:34 PM
Animal Nitrate
1993
Suede
Suede
7:30 PM
The Intersection
Radio Free Alice
What's In Between
7:25 PM
Dead Air
LOCAL
Molly Carberry
The Year I Went Blind
7:22 PM
Baby What's Wrong
1990
The Cynics
Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996
7:21 PM
White Album Girls
2nd Grade
Girls and Boys
7:17 PM
North by North
1987
The Bats
Daddy's Highway
7:13 PM
Personal Jesus (featuring Skye Edwards)
Nouvelle Vague
A Date with Depeche Mode
7:09 PM
Whenever You're Ready
1965
The Zombies
The Singles A's & B's
7:07 PM
Instant Karma!
1970. For Chip.
John Lennon
Signature Box
7:03 PM
Fictional Autonomy
LOCAL
Axis:sovA
Flowerage
7:00 PM
Division in Me
2024
Dead Ghosts
Hippie Flippin
Thu 11/12 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:57 PM
Cinnamon Girl
1969. HBD, b. 1945
Neil Young
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
6:52 PM
Manchester
LOCAL
Theron Humiston
Breeze
6:49 PM
I Can Feel the Fire
1974
Ron Wood
I've Got My Own Album to Do
6:44 PM
Stoner Butch Blues
LOCAL
Pinksqueeze
We Can Have It
6:41 PM
Turn A Square
2003
The Shins
Chutes Too Narrow
6:40 PM
Sure as Spring
2012
La Luz
Damp Face EP
6:36 PM
Don't Lie To Me*
Big Star
#1 Record/Radio City
6:35 PM
Madman Running Through The Fields
Dantalian's Chariot
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964-1969, Vol. 4
6:27 PM
Lie Down with Dogs Stand Up with Fleas
British Birds
Murmurate, Oscillate
6:22 PM
I Look Around
1983
Rain Parade
Emergency Third Rail Power Trip
6:19 PM
The Way It Goes
For Matthew. For the Panda.
World News
In Purgatory
6:16 PM
Please Return It
1996
The Posies
Amazing Disgrace
6:14 PM
my secret
1992
Heavens To Betsy
baby's gone
6:09 PM
I Spend My Time Crying
Twisted Teens
The Holy Cross Tigers
6:07 PM
You Must Be A Witch
1968
The Lollipop Shoppe
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, Vol. 3
6:02 PM
Against It
2014
Corners
Maxed Out on Distractions
Thu 11/05 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:54 PM
Sex Bomb
For Chip.
Flipper
Generic
7:49 PM
Omen Globe
Dummy
do you love the color of the sky?
7:47 PM
Bloodstream
Badvril
Lethal
7:44 PM
Eternalux
1993
Unwound
A Single History
7:39 PM
Ten Second News
1995
Son Volt
Trace
7:36 PM
Hickory Wind
HBD, Gram Parsons
The Byrds
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
7:31 PM
Last Time Around
The Del-Vetts
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968, Vol. 2
7:29 PM
Busy Body
1966
Jolly Green Giants
1966
7:25 PM
What Happens When You Turn the Devil Down
2016
The Mystery Lights
The Mystery Lights
7:20 PM
Bad Thoughts
Savanna Ruth
The Baseball Diaries
7:16 PM
Hold Back The Rain
1982
Duran Duran
Rio
7:13 PM
Weirdo Magnet
Disgusting Sisters
Skin & Blisters
7:09 PM
STAY ALIVE
Crawlers
TURN OFF THE TV
7:06 PM
He's a Liquid
1980. For Bill.
John Foxx
Metamatic
7:03 PM
Armalite Rifle
1979
Gang of Four
Entertainment!
7:00 PM
Academy Fight Song
1981
Mission of Burma
Signals, Calls & Marches
Thu 11/05 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:54 PM
To Know You is to Love You
2026. For Craig.
Martha Reeves
Searching
6:49 PM
Everything Is Coming up Roses
World News
In Purgatory
6:46 PM
Fascination Row
Canoe Speed
Ape Vibrations in the Deep Space Station
6:41 PM
Karma Police
1997
Radiohead
OK Computer
6:39 PM
Liar, Liar
The Castaways
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era - 1965-1968
6:34 PM
Prison Bound
1988. For Al.
Social Distortion
Prison Bound
6:29 PM
When The Glow Came For Us
DIIV
ZIRP!
6:23 PM
Baby Blue
1971
Badfinger
Straight Up
6:20 PM
Haunted Town
1981
The Effigies
Remains Nonviewable
6:18 PM
Ever Lovin' Man
2008
The Dirtbombs
We Have You Surrounded
6:12 PM
Disappear Here
Art d'Ecco
Scheele's Green
6:08 PM
Down to the Very Root
Damma Damma
Low Buildlings
6:04 PM
Path Through The Forest
1968
Factory
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond, Vol. 3
6:00 PM
My Best Friend's Wife
1991
Alice Donut
Revenge Fantasies of the Impotent
Thu 10/29 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:56 PM
Everyday Is Halloween
Ministry
Black Box: Wax Trax Records, the First 13 Years
7:52 PM
Born To Kill*
1977
The Damned
Damned Damned Damned
7:49 PM
Jack the Ripper
1963
Link Wray
The Swan Singles Collection
7:48 PM
All Hell Breaks Loose
1982
The Misfits
Walk Among Us
7:46 PM
Zombie Dance
1980
The Cramps
Songs the Lord Taught Us
7:42 PM
Gimme Danger
1973. HBD, James Williamson, b. 1949
The Stooges
Raw Power
7:37 PM
Third Country
Protomartyr
Hotel Usona
7:33 PM
Death Party
1983. For John.
The Gun Club
Death Party
7:27 PM
Firehose
LOCAL
Interlay
snow covers your insides
7:21 PM
Hell's Bells
LOCAL
Tar
1988 - 1995
7:19 PM
Werewolf
1960
The Frantics
The Complete Dolton Recordings
7:17 PM
No Werewolf
2014
Allah-Las
Worship The Sun
7:13 PM
Purgatory
World News
In Purgatory
7:08 PM
Across The Sky
Michael Kiwanuka
FUDGE
7:03 PM
Panic In Detroit
1973. For Neal.
David Bowie
Aladdin Sane
Thu 10/29 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:56 PM
Death Valley '69 feat. Lydia Lunch*
1985
Sonic Youth
Bad Moon Rising
6:51 PM
The Witch
1965
The Sonics
Here Are The Sonics!!!
6:49 PM
Dracula's Wedding
2003
OutKast
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below
6:46 PM
Ricochet
Dazy
MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2: 24 Songs From 2023-2026
6:44 PM
Gary Gilmore's Eyes
1977
The Adverts
Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts
6:41 PM
Ghost on the Highway
2021
L.A. Witch
One Way or the Highway
6:38 PM
Hoodoo Voodoo
LOCAL
Billy Bragg & Wilco
Mermaid Avenue
6:32 PM
Dead Souls
1981
Joy Division
Still
6:31 PM
Mansion
1985
The Fall
This Nation's Saving Grace
6:28 PM
Demolition
Fontaines D.C.
Dopamine Chamber
6:22 PM
Burn
Cindy Lawson
¡LONG LIVE THE RESISTANCE!
6:20 PM
Fast and Frightening
1990
L7
Smell The Magic
6:18 PM
I Put A Spell On You
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Cow Fingers And Mosquito Pie
6:15 PM
And It Goes On
Inkblot Page
Guide These Eyes
6:11 PM
There's A Ghost In My House
R. Dean Taylor
The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7: 1967
6:07 PM
Godzilla
1977
Blue Oyster Cult
Spectres
6:03 PM
Kick the Habit
LOCAL
Hard Femme
Lo-Fem
6:01 PM
Halloween
1981
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Juju
Thu 10/22 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:55 PM
Last Train
LOCAL
2010
Mavis Staples
You Are Not Alone
7:51 PM
Mud In Your Eye
Les Fleur De Lys
The In Crowd: UK Mod R&B/Beat 1964-1967
7:47 PM
Daughter of the Sun
1968
Sharon Tandy
single
7:44 PM
Tomás (featuring Chromeo & Empress Of)
girl ultra
RRRomeo
7:41 PM
Only Grey
2017
Cool Ghouls
Gord's Horse
7:37 PM
Don't Want to Know
World News
In Purgatory
7:34 PM
Twist And Crawl
1980
The English Beat
I Just Can't Stop It
7:30 PM
Rudie Can't Fail
1979
The Clash
London Calling
7:27 PM
City of Fun
1978
The Only Ones
The Only Ones
7:25 PM
Portal To Miami
RETAIL SIMPS
Real Simple
7:22 PM
Favours In The Beetroot Fields
2003
British Sea Power
Decline of British Sea Power
7:19 PM
Masculinity Crisis
LOCAL
2025. For Lilli.
Weaklung
All Problems No Solutions
7:15 PM
Pins
Gurriers
Nobody's Coming to Save You
7:12 PM
Heavy
For Al.
Sprints
Letter to Self
7:07 PM
Full Spectrum Dominance
Dummy
do you love the color of the sky?
7:03 PM
Plumage
2012. For Matthew.
Menomena
Moms
7:01 PM
Action Slacks
Zen Frisbee
Eat at the Burrito Bunker
Thu 10/22 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:58 PM
Who Are the Boys?
LOCAL
Buzzards
You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984
6:53 PM
Rodeo Clown
The Ratskin Family Band
Back to the Cuntry
6:51 PM
She's An Angel
1986. Happy 10th bday, Sebastian.
They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
6:47 PM
Converts
Protomartyr
Hotel Usona
6:43 PM
Plains of Nazca
1990
Sun Dial
Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996
6:39 PM
If Not Now, Then When?
2021. For Mike.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
L.W.
6:34 PM
Crosseyed
1996
Brendan Benson
One Mississippi
6:31 PM
War
2020
Waxahatchee
Saint Cloud
6:27 PM
TV Glow
LOCAL
Medical Miracle
Permanence
6:20 PM
Will When You Won't
1993
Arcwelder
Pull
6:16 PM
Silver Rocket
1988
Sonic Youth
Daydream Nation
6:14 PM
3rd Generation Nation
1978. HBD, Stiv Bators. 1949-1990
Dead Boys
We Have Come for Your Children
6:10 PM
Canary
Pardoner
Target Practice
6:07 PM
Bright Lit Blue Skies
1966
Rockin' Ramrods
single
6:05 PM
Had It
Dumb Crush
Can't Say It Wasn't Fun
6:01 PM
Couldn't You Wait
1994
Silkworm
Libertine
Thu 10/15 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:55 PM
Ghost Dance
1978
The Patti Smith Group
Easter
7:50 PM
You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory
1978
Johnny Thunders
So Alone
7:46 PM
Ride Lonesome
Beck
Ride Lonesome
7:43 PM
Get Down
LOCAL
The Bottle Rockets
Hell-Bent: Insurgent Country Volume 2
7:39 PM
Sensational
Wishy
Nature's Pill
7:35 PM
Your Love
1985
The Outfield
Play Deep
7:31 PM
Upside Down
1989
The Connells
Fun & Games
7:29 PM
Abba
1967
The Paragons
single
7:25 PM
Land Of The Lord
LOCAL
TV Buddha
Hallelujah Anyway
7:20 PM
Hoppin' Up And Down
1991
Sebadoh
III
7:17 PM
Crystal Village
2003
Pete Yorn
Day I Forgot
7:13 PM
Crystal Palace
Gizmo
All Your Worships
7:08 PM
Lavender – Gospel
Protomartyr
Hotel Usona
7:03 PM
Train to Miami
1993
Steel Pole Bath Tub
The Miracle of Sound in Motion
7:01 PM
Mirrorful
1996
Jawbox
Jawbox
Thu 10/15 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:57 PM
Morning After Blues
LOCAL
2016
Andre Williams
I Wanna Go Back to Detroit City
6:51 PM
My Daddy is a Vampire
The Meteors
From Beyond
6:48 PM
Cool for Cats
1979. For Jim.
Squeeze
Singles: 45's and Under
6:44 PM
(Get a) Grip (on Yourself)
1977
The Stranglers
Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus)
6:41 PM
Literary World
BODEGA
All Inside Aquarium
6:36 PM
Nite Train
2001
The Von Bondies
Lack of Communication
6:34 PM
Good Golly Miss Molly
1956
Little Richard
The EP Collection
6:31 PM
Basic Witch
Death Valley Girls
Welcome to Earth
6:25 PM
Gone Is The Sad Man
The Timebox
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond, 1964-1969, Vol. 2
6:21 PM
Caroline, Yes
2005
Kaiser Chiefs
Employment
6:18 PM
Garden of Light
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Same Place
6:12 PM
In Your Town
LOCAL
Able Baker
Able Baker
6:09 PM
I'm Not Like Everybody Else
1968
Chocolate Watch Band
Inner Mystique
6:05 PM
Get You Home
Imperial Teen
All Over You
6:02 PM
Gun Problem
1995
Railroad Jerk
One Track Mind
Thu 10/08 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:54 PM
Dramamine
For Mika and Elias
Modest Mouse
This Is a Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
7:49 PM
The World's Biggest Paving Slab
2024
English Teacher
This Could Be Texas
7:46 PM
Anxiety
2020
IDLES
Ultra Mono
7:44 PM
Life of Crime
1990. For Dave.
Laughing Hyenas
Life of Crime
7:41 PM
South Mouth
LOCAL
1991
The Jesus Lizard
Goat
7:38 PM
You've Been Changed
LOCAL
TV Buddha
Hallelujah Anyway
7:34 PM
Magic
2009. For Jim.
Selena Gomez
Wizards of Waverly Place
7:30 PM
Private Idaho
1980. For Craig.
The B-52's
Wild Planet
7:27 PM
The Cover of Rolling Stone
1972. For Ricky.
Dr. Hook
Sloppy Seconds
7:25 PM
I Got A Pill
Elephant Stone
ASHA
7:19 PM
Shake It Out
2011. For Mollie.
Florence + the Machine
Ceremonials
7:14 PM
Placeholder
Gilla Band
Pugnello
7:13 PM
Abolish Chance
LOCAL
Spread Joy
III
7:06 PM
Trouble Every Day
1966. For Greg.
Frank Zappa
Freak Out!
7:03 PM
I'm That Guy
2000. For Ted.
Compulsive Gamblers
Crystal Gazing Luck Amazing
7:01 PM
All The Rage
Wishy
Nature's Pill
Thu 10/08 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:54 PM
Long Snake Moan*
1995. HBD, Matthew. And PJH tomorrow.
PJ Harvey
To Bring You My Love
6:50 PM
My Wasted Friends
LOCAL
2001
Ike Reilly
Salesmen & Racists
6:47 PM
I've been everywhere
1996. For Des.
Johnny Cash
Unchained (American Recordings II)
6:44 PM
Bad Time
1995. For Liz.
The Jayhawks
Tomorrow the Green Grass
6:42 PM
I Just Wanted to See You So Bad
1988. For Pete.
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
6:37 PM
Funky Nassau, Pt. 1
1971
The Beginning of the End
Funky Nassau
6:32 PM
Buffalo Stance
1989. For Mike.
Neneh Cherry
Raw Like Sushi
6:28 PM
The Word
LOCAL
Able Baker
Able Baker
6:22 PM
Feed the Sewer
Protomartyr
Hotel Usona
6:19 PM
White Wedding
1982
Billy Idol
single
6:16 PM
Cold Caller
Adult DVD
Adult DVD
6:11 PM
Come On
1967
The Atlantics
Collectibles
6:08 PM
Fascination
2019. For Ronnda.
Beaches
The Professional
6:04 PM
Pt. Conception
Allah-Las
Sirenas
6:01 PM
Everything in Its Right Place
2000
Radiohead
Kid A
Thu 09/10 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:55 PM
Throbbing Gristle
2017
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Don't Get Lost
7:49 PM
Dark Rooms
LOCAL
Da
You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984