This special Best of the Bay 2023 episode is a full 2 hours of local music released this past year that deserves your attention and recognition! In no particular order - 22 songs by Bay area artists and bands, many of whom were guests on West of Twin Peaks Radio this year.
Playlist
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Reality MInd (Tiny Telephone Sessions by Madeline Kenney on The Same Again: ANRM Tiny Telephone Session (Carpark Records) New Local -
I Drew a Line by Madeline Kenney on A New Reality Mind (Carpark) Local -
Rollercoasters by Medscool on Raw (Daddy Blast Records) Local -
Music and Heart by Marika Christine on Soft Like an Apricot (Ghost Mountain Records) Local -
Bright Skies by The Breathing Room on The Breathing Room (The Breathing Room) Local -
All The Birds by Analog Dog on single (Digital Cat) Local -
Escher Girl by Grooblen on A Wormhole is a Freeway to the Stars (Riot Daddy) Local -
The Wild Card by King Dream on single (King Dream) New Local -
Glass Buildings by Jacob Aranda on War Planes (Speakeasy Studios) Local -
Foggy Valley by Damma Damma (Arlonius Monk Music) Local -
Next Wave by The Seismics (Oumuamua Records) Local -
Don't Waste My Time by The Helltones on Medusa (The Helltones) New Local -
Tragedy Dolls by James Beastly on Junk Values (James Paulos) Local -
Wax Mannequin Mode by Everyone Is Dirty on Caramels for Grandpa (Donut Time Audio) Local -
Better Bird by Maya Elise & The Good Dream on Everything We Watered (Maya Elise & The Good Dream) Local -
Angora by The Canterbury Bells on single (Manzanita Bay Records) Local -
Bunnies by Indianna Hale on Yesterday's Glitter (Perpetual Doom) Local -
Mood Indigo by Asha Wells on Water Words (Royal Oakie Records) Local -
Cheap Hotel Reprise (feat Aux Meadows) by Michael James Tapscott on Charlie No-Face EP (Royal Oakie Records) New Local -
Cheap Hotel by Michael James Tapscott on The Beasts of History (Royal Oakie) Local -
Ascending Ghosts by Go By Ocean on Can I Communicate With the Unknown? (Royal Oakie) Local -
the truth can hurt you when you look at it with selfishness by Credit Electric on six (Credit Electric Union) Local -
Cruel Dream by Adam Spry on Slightly Off Kilter (Big Honey Records) Local -
Flown Down by The Last Gray Wolf on Sharktooth (Gulch Alley Records) New Local -
Fool's Gold by Broken Compass Bluegrass on Fool's Gold (Broken Compass Bluegrass) Local -
talk talk by abracadabra on Shapes & Colors (Melodic) Local -
Nuclear Summer by Step Children on Gnar Noir (Step Children) Local -
Hold Me by The Seshen on Nowhere (self released) Local -
Green by Cardboard People on Cardboard People (War Chant Records) Local -
Wonder Why by Jeff Kolhede on Dismantle (Jeff Kolhede) New Local -
Do Something Good by Skyway Man on Flight of the Long Distance Healer (Mama Bird Recording co) New Local