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 07/16 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:56 PM
Perfume-V
Pavement
Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe
7:52 PM
Where It Lands (featuring Rosali and H.C. McEntire)
LOCAL
Andrew Sa
American Rough
7:51 PM
Jackals, False Grails: The Lonesome Era
1992
Pavement
Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe
7:46 PM
I'm Insane
1984
Ratt
Out of the Cellar
7:43 PM
I Shall Be Released
Smirk
Speculative Fiction
7:41 PM
What's This Generation Coming to?
LOCAL
1992
Urge Overkill
Stull
7:37 PM
Dead Horse (Apologies to Emma Lazarus)
Primitive Broadcast Service
MONSTERS
7:33 PM
Livin in the USA
Low Cut Connie
Livin in the USA
7:30 PM
Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves
1971. For Jim.
Cher
Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves
7:28 PM
NEW BOY
Nirosta Steel
My Skyscraper
7:24 PM
Point Breeze
2000
Marah
Kids in Philly
7:19 PM
Beginning To See The Light
1969
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
7:15 PM
Indianapolis
1997
The Bottle Rockets
24 Hours a Day
7:13 PM
Lost My Mind
LOCAL
Holy Joke
First Light to Fill My Eyes
7:10 PM
Deeper Than Inside
1985
Rites of Spring
End On End
7:06 PM
You'll Never Fix Me
Jack White
Frozen Charlotte
7:02 PM
Smokin'
1976. For Al.
Boston
Boston
Thu 07/16 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:57 PM
In My Own Time
LOCAL
Moonbird
Midwest Handsome
6:54 PM
Kung Fu Bikini
Guitar Wolf
More Jet
6:50 PM
Felt Right
LOCAL
2023
4x4 Animal Style
When I Was Young
6:47 PM
Fire
1968. For Chip.
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
6:44 PM
Shadow Inversions
2014
Smoke Fairies
Smoke Fairies
6:41 PM
The Tears of a Clown
1970
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
The Definitive Collection
6:38 PM
My Friend Jack
The Smoke
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond, Vol. 1
6:31 PM
Long Snake Moan*
1995. For Mike.
PJ Harvey
To Bring You My Love
6:27 PM
Seek And Destroy
mary in the junkyard
Role Model Hermit
6:21 PM
Two Hearts Beat As One
1983
U2
War
6:18 PM
Natural's Not In It
1979
Gang of Four
Entertainment!
6:15 PM
Can't Stand Losing You
1978. HBD, Stewart Copeland
The Police
Message in a Box (The Complete Recordings)
6:10 PM
Twist My Tongue
LOCAL
Sincere Engineer
Probable Claws
6:05 PM
i'm DADA
Holy Wave
i'm DADA
6:02 PM
Haunted
1993
The Cynics
Learn to Lose
Thu 07/09 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:56 PM
We're Gonna Be Okay
Dari Bay
Surprise Wish
7:53 PM
Tell Me What You See
2004
The Von Bondies
Pawn Shoppe Heart
7:48 PM
Say Hello To The Angels
2002
Interpol
Turn On The Bright Lights
7:45 PM
Yesterday's Numbers
1971
The Flamin' Groovies
Teenage Head
7:41 PM
Rusted Water
LOCAL
Red Red Meat
Jimmywine Majestic
7:37 PM
Stoney End
1971. For Jim.
Barbra Streisand
Stoney End
7:34 PM
The Huntsman
Meltt
Pathways
7:30 PM
All Along The Watchtower
1968. HBD, Mitch Mitchell
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Electric Ladyland
7:27 PM
Peace Frog
1970
The Doors
Legacy: The Absolute Best
7:22 PM
Bye Bye
Crazier
This Dog Spits
7:20 PM
Why Pick On Me
1966
The Standells
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, Vol. 4
7:18 PM
Tainted Love
1965
Gloria Jones
The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter... Ever!
7:15 PM
Tainted Love
1981. HBD, Mark Almond
Soft Cell
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
7:11 PM
Twist The Wire
District Five
GLUT
7:06 PM
Never Dressed for the Weather
LOCAL
Moonbird
Midwest Handsome
7:03 PM
I'm Glad You're Mine
1972. For Greg.
Al Green
I'm Still in Love with You
7:01 PM
I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman
2001. HBD, Jack White, b. 1975
The White Stripes
White Blood Cells
Thu 07/09 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:57 PM
Pilot Light
LOCAL
Sincere Engineer
Probable Claws
6:53 PM
Superball
1995
Helium
The Dirt of Luck
6:49 PM
Promised You a Miracle
1982. HBD, Jim Kerr
Simple Minds
X5 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
6:45 PM
Knocking at the Sky
For Max.
The Last Dinner Party
From the Pyre
6:40 PM
Hedgesitting
2026. For Matthew.
Cola
Cost of Living Adjustment
6:35 PM
Blake
King No-One
The Burden of Empathy
6:31 PM
2 Become 1
1996. For Mike.
Spice Girls
single
6:28 PM
Tell Me (What's on Your Mind)
2012
Allah-Las
Allah-Las
6:21 PM
Chance to Bleed
Kurt Vile
Philadelphia's been good to me
6:17 PM
Let's Kill Saturday Night
LOCAL
1998
Robbie Fulks
Let's Kill Saturday Night
6:14 PM
Back in Chicago
LOCAL
Meg and the Wheelers
Honky Tonk Wisdom
6:10 PM
Goo Goo Muck
The Cramps
Psychedelic Jungle / Gravest Hits
6:08 PM
Long Tall Sally
Guitar Wolf
More Jet
6:05 PM
Violet
1994. HBD, Courtney Love, b. 1964
Hole
Live Through This
6:01 PM
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
1976. HBD, Bon Scott
AC/DC
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Thu 06/25 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:55 PM
To The Rescue
Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mouse On Mars
Spatial, No Problem.
7:51 PM
Saturday Night
1974
Bay City Rollers
Rollin'
7:49 PM
Punk Rock in Basements
LOCAL
2024
Laura Jane Grace
Hole in My Head
7:46 PM
Bad Time
1975
Grand Funk Railroad
Great Hits
7:43 PM
The Landfill
LOCAL
Fruit Bats
The Landfill
7:38 PM
The Wind Changed
1995. For Matthew.
Able Tasmans
Store in a Cool Place
7:35 PM
Up All Night
Meltt
Pathways
7:31 PM
Never Say Die
1978. For Greg.
Black Sabbath
Never Say Die
7:27 PM
One Too Many Nights (featuring Sam Jr.)
Zoon
Happy Thought School
7:20 PM
Fantasy
1977
Earth, Wind & Fire
All 'N All
7:18 PM
I Would Die 4 U
Released this day 1984
Prince
Purple Rain
7:15 PM
Snack City
La Sécurité
Bingo!
7:10 PM
Fine, Fine Boy, A
1963. For Chip.
Darlene Love
Back To Mono (1958-1969)
7:06 PM
The Hell I Won't
LOCAL
Meg and the Wheelers
Honky Tonk Wisdom
7:04 PM
Big Bird
1968. HBD.
Eddie Floyd
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968
7:00 PM
Butter
1993. For Andy.
A Tribe Called Quest
The Low End Theory
Thu 06/25 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:56 PM
My World Fell Down
Sagittarius
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era - 1965-1968
6:52 PM
Loch Ness
1991. By request.
Some Velvet Sidewalk
Kill Rock Stars
6:50 PM
Tattoo Vampire
1976. HBD, Allen Lanier
Blue Öyster Cult
Agents of Fortune
6:46 PM
Lick It Up
1983. For Mike.
KISS
Lick It Up
6:42 PM
Myriad Harbour
2007
The New Pornographers
Challengers
6:39 PM
Weekend
LOCAL
The Honey Beat
The Honey Beat
6:35 PM
Since U Been Gone
2004
Kelly Clarkson
Breakaway
6:32 PM
Since You're Gone
1981
The Cars
Shake It Up
6:29 PM
Since You Been Gone
1979. For Jim.
Rainbow
Down to Earth
6:26 PM
STAR 4 STAR
LOCAL
Sports Boyfriend
Slice of Life
6:21 PM
Ariana Grande Latte
LOCAL
Dog Guitar
All Dogs Go 2 Heaven
6:18 PM
Shooting Shadows
Sweeping Promises
single
6:15 PM
Dior
feeble little horse
bitknot
6:11 PM
Behind the Wall of Sleep
1986
The Smithereens
Especially for You
6:08 PM
I Wanna Meet You
LOCAL
1966
The Cryan Shames
Sugar & Spice (A Collection)
6:05 PM
Pink Dust
Deadbeat Beat
From Here to Ohio
6:02 PM
Answer To Yourself
2010
The Soft Pack
The Soft Pack
Thu 06/18 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:53 PM
Corrupted Sky
SLIFT
FANTASIA
7:49 PM
Tomorrow Never Knows
1966. For Neal.
The Beatles
Revolver
7:45 PM
Taste of Cherry
The Creem
A Taste of Cherry
7:42 PM
I Fought the Law
LOCAL
2020
The Waco Brothers
RESIST!
7:37 PM
Make a Move On Me
1981. For Jim.
Olivia Newton-John
Physical
7:34 PM
Close Call
2007
Rilo Kiley
Under the Blacklight
7:30 PM
Just You 'N' Me
1973. RIP, Walter Parazaider
Chicago
Chicago VI
7:28 PM
Rhoda
1989
Slint
Tweez
7:24 PM
Offer
LOCAL
Trees Will Return
Trees Will Return
7:20 PM
Liar, Liar
1965
The Castaways
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era - 1965-1968
7:17 PM
Ride
1993
Brainiac
Smack Bunny Baby
7:14 PM
Careless Memories
1981
Duran Duran
Duran Duran
7:09 PM
Come Undone
LOCAL
Trash Kickers
Way Out, Somehow
7:06 PM
Ember
Iceage
For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
7:04 PM
Golden Slumbers
1969. For Paige
The Beatles
Abbey Road
7:01 PM
Let Me Roll It
1973. For Mark.
Paul McCartney and Wings
Band on the Run
Thu 06/18 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:57 PM
Things We Said Today
1964. HBD, Sir Paul
The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night
6:52 PM
Up
LOCAL
Sports Boyfriend
Slice of Life
6:49 PM
Burn It Clean
1988
Mudhoney
Superfuzz Bigmuff (Deluxe Edition)
6:45 PM
Unsung
Helmet
Unsung: the Best of Helmet 1991-1997
6:39 PM
Kerosene
LOCAL
1986
Big Black
The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape
6:35 PM
Ramona
LOCAL
TEEN BLUSH
2019
6:32 PM
Falling Ever Falling
1992
Bicycle Face
Trust and Obey
6:28 PM
Hermit
2016. For Matthew.
Cloud Becomes Your Hand
Rest In Fleas
6:25 PM
Never Dressed for the Weather
LOCAL
Moonbird
Midwest Handsome
6:19 PM
Mr. Soul
1967
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield Again
6:16 PM
Still Around
LOCAL
For Nick
Friko
Something Worth Waiting For
6:11 PM
Chance to Bleed
Kurt Vile
Philadelphia's been good to me
6:08 PM
Love Comes In Spurts
1977
Richard Hell & the Voidoids
Blank Generation
6:06 PM
War Rot
LOCAL
Edging
Unload Your Shame
6:03 PM
Ruby
2007
Kaiser Chiefs
Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Thu 06/18 · 5PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
5:59 PM
The Fallen
2005
Franz Ferdinand
You Could Have It So Much Better
Thu 06/11 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:53 PM
Fire Dali
Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mouse On Mars
Spatial, No Problem.
7:50 PM
Doesn't Matter to Me
2022
Wyld Gooms
single
7:47 PM
Jumping Someone Else's Train
1980
The Cure
Boys Don't Cry
7:45 PM
Nub
LOCAL
1991
The Jesus Lizard
Goat
7:42 PM
Swimming
LOCAL
Chaepter
Dragon of Shame
7:37 PM
Fall Down
1994. For Jim.
Toad The Wet Sprocket
Dulcinea
7:35 PM
Trapeze Baby
The Laughing Chimes
Behind Your Blue Fields
7:31 PM
Gimme Danger
1973
The Stooges
Raw Power
7:24 PM
Walking At A Downtown Pace
2021
Parquet Courts
Sympathy for Life
7:23 PM
Third Best Friend
The Bug Club
Every Single Muscle
7:19 PM
Breaking The Law
1980
Judas Priest
British Steel
7:15 PM
Just Like Me
1990. For Al.
L7
Smell The Magic
7:10 PM
Winter Came While You Were Gone
LOCAL
The Claudettes
Garage Glamour
7:07 PM
Dollar Bill
Jack White
single
7:04 PM
I'm Bound to Pack it Up
2000
The White Stripes
De Stijl
7:00 PM
Malaguena
For Greg.
Roy Clark
Roy Clark's Greatest
Thu 06/11 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:56 PM
Speedfreak Lullaby
LOCAL
2001
Kelly Hogan
Because It Feel Good
6:53 PM
Twist And Crawl
1980
The English Beat
I Just Can't Stop It
6:49 PM
Big Exit
2000
PJ Harvey
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
6:47 PM
Plump
1994
Hole
Live Through This
6:43 PM
If You Change
Widowspeak
Roses
6:38 PM
Massive Nights
2006. For Bill.
The Hold Steady
Boys and Girls In America
6:33 PM
Taste of Cherry
The Creem
A Taste of Cherry
6:30 PM
Over Under Sideways Down
1966
The Yardbirds
Over Under Sideways Down
6:27 PM
Signage
LOCAL
Trash Kickers
Way Out, Somehow
6:20 PM
Rain on the Scarecrow
1985
John Mellancamp
Scarecrow
6:18 PM
Let's Have a Party
1958
Wanda Jackson
Let's Have a Party
6:15 PM
Love
2025
Lambrini Girls
Who Let the Dogs Out
6:13 PM
Selfish
LOCAL
Edging
Unload Your Shame
6:08 PM
Just Not Moving
1993
Arcwelder
Pull
6:06 PM
Cruel
BROCKHOFF
Easy Peeler
6:03 PM
Journey To Tyme
Kenny & The Kasuals
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968, Vol. 2
6:01 PM
Sex Beat
1981
Gun Club
Fire of Love
Thu 05/21 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:54 PM
Memories
1979
Public Image Ltd.
Second Edition
7:48 PM
Southern Girls
LOCAL
1977
Cheap Trick
In Color
7:45 PM
Where I Belong
Weird Nightmare
Hoopla
7:41 PM
This Song
1976. For Jim.
George Harrison
Thirty Three & 1/3
7:38 PM
I Didn't Mean to Change My Mind
Prism Shores
Softest Attack
7:34 PM
One Way Ticket
Nerves
One Way Ticket
7:32 PM
One Way Ticket
LOCAL
ROOKIE
Rookie
7:28 PM
The Waiting
1981. HBD, Stan Lynch b 1955
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Hard Promises
7:26 PM
Greener Pastures
TV Star
Music For Heads
7:21 PM
Kill My Baby Tonight
2017
L.A. Witch
L.A. Witch
7:16 PM
Black Grease
2005
The Black Angels
The Black Angels
7:13 PM
El Ultimo
Las Cruxes
Las Cruxes
7:07 PM
House Of The Rising Sun
HBD, Hilton Valentine, 21 May 1943 – 29 January 2021
The Animals
The Best Of The Animals
7:02 PM
Hot Air Balloon
LOCAL
For Nick
Friko
Something Worth Waiting For
Thu 05/21 · 6PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
6:59 PM
Jane
1979
Jefferson Starship
Freedom At Point Zero
6:54 PM
Shut Up Kiss Me
LOCAL
2016
Angel Olsen
My Woman
6:50 PM
Mean to Me
The Lemon Twigs
Look For Your Mind!
6:47 PM
Midnight Cowboy
1992
The Cows
Cunning Stunts
6:44 PM
Cut Corners
2010
The Sadies
Darker Circles
6:42 PM
Ishamatsu
1963
The Centurions
Lost Legends of Surf Guitar I
6:38 PM
Finance
Choncy
Trademark
6:34 PM
Loomer
1991. HBD, Kevin Shields, b. 1963
My Bloody Valentine
Loveless
6:31 PM
Victim Of Luck
Metric
Romanticize The Dive
6:28 PM
Equestrian
2017. For Matthew.
Omni
Multi-task
6:22 PM
Manic Depression
1967
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Are You Experienced
6:17 PM
Testify Parts 1 and 2
HBD, Ronald Isley, b. 1941
The Isley Brothers
It's Your Thing
6:13 PM
Who Do You Love?
Brother Wallace
Electric Love
6:08 PM
Christine
1980. For Joe.
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Once Upon A Time: The Singles
6:06 PM
It Will Get Worse
LOCAL
2025
Lifeguard
Ripped and Torn
6:03 PM
Candy / Squeeze
Teen Suicide
Nude descending staircase headless
6:00 PM
Journey To The Center Of The Mind
The Amboy Dukes
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, Vol. 3
Thu 05/14 · 7PM
Time
Track
Artist
Album
7:55 PM
Showtime!
2025
Squid
Cowards
7:51 PM
Horatio Burns
Conscious Pilot
Human Poultry
7:49 PM
Why Do I Cry
The Remains
Nuggets
7:45 PM
It's Too Late
1971
Carole King
Tapestry (Disc 1)
7:40 PM
Somewhere Down the Crazy River
1987. For Cindy.
Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson
7:36 PM
Sin City
Flying Burrito Brothers
Farther Along: The Best of the Flying Burrito Brothers