Tag: Sunny Varney
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Episode 2290: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2025, Part 15
It’s time for our annual review of the best music of 2025, as chosen by our listeners. We have a triple header to close out the week, featuring best of 2025 picks from Noah Crane, Sunny Varney and Kevin Bartlett. Get ready for a plethora of great songs from last year!
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Episode 2270: November 2025 New Music 6: Blackwater Holylight, Troy Kingi, Speedclaw, Kadavar, The Riptide Rats
The November 2025 New Music Train veers from Dublin to Illinois in today’s episode, with both Liam McIndoe and Sunny Varney eager to share their discoveries. Songs from Blackwater Holylight, Troy Kingi, Speedclaw, Kadavar and The Riptide Rats are on the musical menu.
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Episode 2251: Rocktober 2025 New Music 7: Nektar, Courtney Marie Andrews, Moundrag, Southern River Band, Laura Cox
The Rocktober 2025 New Music Train makes one of its famous cross-continental journeys today, going from Sweden to Illinois. That makes Niklas Nygards and Sunny Varney your guides and they will bring you the latest on new material from Nektar, Courtney Marie Andrews, Moundrag, Southern River Band and Laura Cox.
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Episode 2231: September 2025 New Music 7: Castle Rat, Mirador, Shame, Emma Pollack
The September 2025 New Music Train is out for its final journey of the month and it’s a good one, as Sunny Varney hops on board to join Patrick for four doses of fresh tunes. Sunny discusses new records from Castle Rat, Mirador and Shame, while Patrick talks up the first solo album from Emma Pollack (Delgados) in nine years.
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Episode 2212: August 2025 New Music 7: Racing Mount Pleasant, Nourished by Time, Trombone Shorty, Shape of Water, Dinosaur Pile-up, Void
Following yesterday’s trip to Scotland, the August 2025 New Music Train is heading to New York City to pick up Jason Goebel, who then drives the train to Illinois, where Sunny Varney is waiting on the platform. That means an episode chock full of new tunes, featuring Racing Mount Pleasant, Nourished by Time, Trombone Shorty, Shape of Water, Dinosaur Pile-up and Void.
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Episode 2188: July 2025 New Music 7: Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band, Golomb, Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell, Wytch Hazel, One More Satellite, Brent Cobb
The long journey for the July 2025 New Music Train is nearing its end, but there are still a few more nuggets to uncover. In going from New York City to Illinois, Jason Goebel and Sunny Varney reveal new tunes from Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band, Golomb, Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell, Wytch Hazel, One More Satellite and Brent Cobb.
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Episode 2167: June 2025 New Music 6: Haim, Bruce Springsteen, King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard, Joanne Shawn Taylor, Volbeat
The June 2025 New Music Train starts off close to HQ for this episode, picking up Mike Snider in Northern Virginia before heading to the midwest to onboard Sunny Varney. New music from Haim, Bruce Springsteen, King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard, Joanne Shawn Taylor and Volbeat are on the menu.
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Episode 2149: May 2025 New Music 6: Menno Versteeg, Ezra Furman, Jesse Welles, Bibelhauser Brothers, Deraps, Paralyzed, Slung
The May 2025 New Music Train winds up it’s song-filled journey today with a jaunt through Midwestern America. On board are Scot Isom and Sunny Varney and they bring us new work from Menno Versteeg, Ezra Furman, Jesse Welles, Bibelhauser Brothers and Sam Bush, Deraps, Paralyzed and Slung.
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Episode 2127: April 2025 New Music 9: Wet Leg, Sunday (1994), Ally Venable, Samantha Fish, The Riven
The April 2025 New Music Train is earning it this month! Today, it takes off for Sweden to pick up Niklas Nygards and then heads back across the Atlantic to Illinois where Sunny Varney jumps on board. Along the way, you’ll hear about new work from Wet Leg, Sunday (1994), Ally Venable, Samantha Fish and wrap it up with The Riven, who are from Sweden!
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Episode 2080: February 2025 New Music 5: Bartees Strange, Panda Bear, Porridge Radio, Thundermother, Shrew, Warlung
The February 2025 New Music Train is on the tracks and heating up the rails! Today the train pulls into New York City to pick up Jason Goebel and then heads to the midwest to meet Sunny Varney. The former will tell you about new tracks from Bartees Strange, Panda Bear and Porridge Radio, while the latter is into new music from Thundermother, Shrew and Warlung.