Tag: Sunny Varney
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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.
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Episode 2063: January 2025 New Music 6: The Chills, Matt Berry, The Night Flight Orchestra, Blind Golem, Time Rift
The New Music train is back on the tracks for 2025! Back in the U.S.A. for this journey, which features Scot Isom and Sunny Varney on a trip across the heartland. Our duo discuss recent music from The Chills, Matt Berry, The Night Flight Orchestra, Blind Golem and Time Rift.
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Episode 2039: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2024 Part 16: Beyonce, MJ Lenderman, Blood Incantation, Pøltergeist
Happy New Year and welcome to the Best of 2024 series! Our listeners are choosing their favorite album and song from last year and today it’s California and Illinois for you peoples. That means Craig Rosen – who picks Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter as LP of the year and MJ Lenderman’s “She’s Leaving You” as song of the year — and Sunny Varney – who picks Blood Incantion’s Absolute Elsewhere as album of the year and “Yesterday Fades” by Pøltergeist as song of 2024. Thanks Craig and Sunny!