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Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N.

by Bob N.

Mawkish Twaddle: Vexing musical purists of every stripe since 2017. It’s too twee and then it’s too abrasive. Rarely does it strike the right balance. Intrigued yet?

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  1. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 326, 1/20/24

    This week’s Twaddle, the second-to-last one on KXSF, is action-packed from start to finish. There are cracking new tracks from The Umbrellas, Pernice Brothers, Misty Lanes, theCatherines, Action Painting!, Straight Skirt, 心椒椒 PAPPER HEART, Savak, Tenniscoats, Grand Public, Bigott, Teini-Pää…

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  2. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 325, 1/13/24

    This week’s Twaddle has new sounds – all released in 2024, with just a few exceptions – from Rock Band, Library Card, Dancer, Pete Astor, Jordan Jones, The Infinites, Lupo Cittá, Ffenest, Volksempfänger, Spencer Segelov & Great Paintings, The Plastic Cherries, Station Sleeper, The Pheromoans, The...

  3. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 324, 1/6/24

    The first Twaddle of the nascent year includes dazzling new sounds from The Lovely Basement, Red Sleeping Beauty, SAVAK, Lupo Cittá, The Half-Cubes feat. Rob Bonfiglio, Svenssen, Herr Wade feat. Mark Monnone, Camille Bénâtre, The Happy Somethings & Slovenly Boy, Maria T, The Lemon Twigs, House Of...

  4. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 323, 12/30/23

    The final Twaddle of 2023 includes new sounds from Zenxith, The Spatulas, Flora, Ergo Phizmiz, Thomas Walsh, Finlay Clark, and Sleaford Mods. From 1956 through 2016, there are selections from The dB's, Rudy Ray Moore, Gary Lewis And The Playboys, The Pearly Gatecrashers, Velvet Monkeys, Momus…

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  5. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 322, 12/23/23

    This week’s Twaddle includes arguably the best Knickerbockers pastiche, a song produced and co-written by Leon Russell that no one knows, back-to-back tracks featuring prominent mallet instruments, possibly the most prominent harpsichord in a Guess Who song, a Roger Nicholls cover but no James...

  6. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 321, 12/16/23

    This week’s Twaddle includes new sounds from The Special Pillow, The Infinites, Ryan Power, Hygiene, Pine Point, Erik Voeks & The Ghosters, Charlène Darling, H31R, Co-Pilot, Finnoguns Wake, Astrid Sonne, Comet Gain, Fenn Is Cool, My Fat Pony, Witching Waves, Kombu Nori, The Beefields, Club 8…

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  7. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 320, 12/9/23

    We’re now well into the annual deceleration of the new release schedule. That was just the excuse I needed to sprinkle more than the usual number of older selections into this week’s Twaddle. But there was no dearth of new tracks in the program. Far from it, as I spun enticing new sounds from The...

  8. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 319, 12/2/23

    This week’s Twaddle contains three hours of relentlessly exciting, mostly new musical things. Specifically, there are sounds from Alluvial Nuggetts, The Treasures Of Mexico, Micko & The Mellotronics, The High Llamas, Mister Baby, Start Together, Discreet Charms, Red Pants, Herr Wade, Misophone,...

  9. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 318, 11/25/23

    Mawkish Twaddle is back after a monthlong break during which I visited Australia and New Zealand. This week’s program has exciting new sounds from The Cat’s Miaow, Sundae Painters, Watch Paint Dry, Extraa, Joe Ziffer, William William Rodgers, Red Pants, Hot Apple Band, Dark Tea, The Shna, Rachel...

  10. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 317, 10/28/23

    This week’s Twaddle is the last until November 25! What are you going to do for exciting new music during that time? I’d recommend just listening to WFMU all the time, but maybe you already do that. There are plenty of new sounds, exciting as always, in the program. They come from Annual Leaf…

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  11. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 316, 10/21/23

    This week’s program proves, once again, that Mawkish Twaddle is the most whimsical radio program on the San Francisco dial – and maybe beyond. There are exciting new tracks from Jean Caffeine, Luces Negras, Smoke Fairies, The Klittens, Portable Radio, Herr Wade, Jonny Swift, Robert Rotifer, The…

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  12. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 315, 10/14/23

    It was quite the week for new releases. There was so much quality stuff that I might never catch up – especially with a three-week break coming up in November. There are sparkling new sounds in this week’s Twaddle from Pencil, Dancer, Captain Starlet, The Evening Sons, Tar Of, Red Pants, Desoto...

  13. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 314, 10/7/23

    I’m back after a one-week break to see Joe Pernice play a couple of backyard shows here in the Bay Area of Northern California. This week’s program included new gems from The Popguns, Dark Tea, The Suncharms, Gonzalez Smith, Oliver Marson, Freezing Hands, The Garment District, Cormac O Caoimh…

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  14. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 313, 9/23/23

    This week’s Twaddle is perfect! There are 42 new songs and every one of them is a true gem and among the best tracks of 2023 thus far. Those new sounds come from Braake, Red Pants, Lulu Lewis, Trotski Nautique, The Garment District, Colored Lights, Duncan Reid And The Big Heads, Puppy Problems,...

  15. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 312, 9/16/23

    This week’s Twaddle is musically exciting. It includes stellar new selections from Freezing Hands, Cuticles, Golden Apples, Extraa, Duncan Reid And The Big Heads, Spearmint, Luggage, Keichi & The Coconut Groove, The Blankettes, The Lunar Laugh, Rita Braga, Silk Cuts, Drop Nineteens, The Nova...

  16. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 311, 9/9/23

    This week’s Twaddle has a truly excellent batch of new songs. The recording stars providing those tracks are The Fuzzies, Uni Boys, theCatherines, Portable Radio, Lower Plenty, The Fisherman And His Soul, Minerves, Lightheaded, Grand Drifter, Spirit Fest, Pretty In Pink, Soft Science, Melin…

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  17. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 310, 9/2/23

    This week’s Twaddle was taped in front of a canine audience two days prior to its airing. Only 29 percent of its content is new, but the remaining 71 percent won’t be familiar to most listeners (human or canine). From the present: Papernut Cambridge, Connie Lovatt, Soft Hearted Scientists, The...

  18. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 309, 8/26/23

    Mawkish Twaddle has returned after a week off, my first break since November 2019. The program includes spectacular new sounds from Feeling Figures, The Shivvers, Red Pants, Blue Ocean, Fuckleberry Hinn, Seablite, Fascinations Grand Chorus, Tamar Berk, Vasas Flora Och Fauna, The Radio Field…

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  19. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 308, 8/12/23

    This week’s Twaddle has excellent new sounds from Starcleaner Reunion, Hurry, Thomas Walsh, The Vapour Trails, Momus, The Flashcubes, The Half-Cubes, Vanity Mirror, Curling, The Spanish Amanda, Funeral Cake, Graeme Jefferies, Soft Science, Tiers La Familia, Birthday Girl, The Small Intestines,...

  20. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 307, 8/5/23

    This was a good one. Best Twaddle ever? I think it’s in the top 10! There are amazing new tracks from Water Machine, Tony Jay, Sheeplore, Soft Covers, The Upland Band, Spiral Dub, Östro 430, The Chickpea Darlings, Talking With Hands, Sydney Herds, Uni Boys, Onesie, Herr Wade, Belbury Poly, Charif...

  21. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 306, 7/29/23

    This week’s Twaddle is chockablock with excellent new sounds. The artists providing these tracks are Spearmint, Now, The Smashing Times, Red Sleeping Beauty, Monnone Alone, The Clientele, Ìxtahuele, Candy Whips, Patio, CR And The Nones, Mount Vernon Arts Lab, Colored Lights, 2m8o, The Cleaners…

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  22. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 305, 7/22/23

    I think this is one of the best Twaddles yet! There are new sounds from Famous Mammals; Animal Piss, It’s Everywhere; Cut Worms; The Bug Club; Perch; Hurry; Grand Drifter & The Cascarino; Body Double; The Flashcubes; Not Yetis; The Clientele; Keeley; Landowner; The No Colour Twins; Brontez…

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  23. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 304, 7/15/23

    This week’s Twaddle has fancy and fun new sounds from Soft Science, Life Strike, The Garment District, Sloppy Heads, Helpful People, The Goods, Otherish, Sandra’s Wedding, Happy As You Like, The Flashcubes, The 1981, Spirit Fest, Charif Megarbane, The Spires, Le Couleur, Kwartet Niek Hilkmann…

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  24. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 303, 7/8/23

    This week’s Twaddle is wild and exciting. It even includes a nearly seven-minute-long modern prog track! (That probably scared you away. Think of it as if contemporary prog were the new post-punk. Which it probably is.) There are new sounds from Fort Not, Smug Brothers, Groovy Uncle Featuring…

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  25. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 302, 7/1/23

    This week’s Twaddle includes splendid new selections from Puppy Problems, Cat Box Room Bois, The Small Intestines, Grand Drifter, Usurabi, Martyr Group, Special Friend, Lost Ships, Ex Norwegian, Carnations, Life Strike, The Sound Of Pop Art, Not Yetis, The Spires, Colored Lights, SANAM, Modern...

  26. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 301, 6/24/23

  27. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 300, 6/17/23

    This week’s Twaddle marks both the sixth anniversary of the program and its 300th episode. That’s more episodes than William Demarest appeared in on My Three Sons! There are brilliant new sounds from The Softies, Ergo Phizmiz, Sparkle*Jets U.K., Wobbly, Estranhos Românticos, The Misanthropes,...

  28. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 299, 6/10/23

    This week’s Twaddle includes exciting new tracks from Swansea Sound; Water Machine; French Cut; The Kingfishers; Dead Famous People; Y Dail; Headboy; CV Vision; Fairy Fross; jellyskin; BUSDRIVER; The Paselines; The Hannah Barberas; Vanity Mirror; Rob I. Miller; Birdpop; Good Looking Son; Life...

  29. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 298, 6/3/23

    This week’s Twaddle includes scintillating new tracks from Pog, Happy Feliz, Deep Dyed, The Black Watch, theCatherines, Panic Pocket, Herr Wade, Birdpop, Colored Lights, U.S. Highball, Ricardo Dias Gomes, Good Looking Son, Heatwaves, Blake, The Sheeps, Wireheads, The Hannah Barberas, Life Coach,...

  30. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 297, 5/27/23

  31. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 296, 5/20/23

    This week’s Twaddle has brilliant new sounds from Sparkle*Jets U.K.; Barbara; Sir Bobby Jukebox; Marc Jonson & Ramírez Exposure; The Anderson Council; The Hannah Barberas; U.S. Highball; The Spires; Alex Pester; The Holdens; Les Clopes; Asher White; C Turtle; Station 17; Rob I. Miller; The Salt...

  32. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 295, 5/13/23

    This week’s Twaddle has new sounds from Vanity Mirror, Photon Band, The Salt Collective feat. Peter Holsapple, Ne Galaktiset, Party Milk, Bill Pritchard, Nijuu, The Bordellos, Mathilda Brink, Herr Wade, BBBBBBB, Florina, Let 3, Sumos, The Toads, Doe St, House Of All, Bandit Voyage, The Happy...

  33. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 294, 5/6/23

    This week’s Twaddle has enthralling new sounds from Corvair, Gregory Jones, The Bordellos, Jeanines, Herr Wade, Sepä Juuri, The Happy Somethings, Neutrals, Panic Pocket, Immaterial Possession, Shangri-Lass, The Orbiting Human Circus, Johnnie The Bulgaria, Special Friend, House Of All, Catch…

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  34. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 293, 4/29/23

    This week’s Twaddle has 50 top-notch tracks in its three hours, including new selections from The Hannah Barberas, Firestations, Wireheads, The Anderson Council, Bri Dominique, Die Katapult, Air In The Lungs, The Clientele, John Monroe & Field Music, Black Thumb, Deuce, Vorderhaus, Hayden…

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  35. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 292, 4/22/23

    This week’s Twaddle includes new sounds from House Of All, Big Blood, The National Honor Society, April March & Staplin, Greg Brady And The Anchors, Daisy Clover, Monde UFO, Rob & Jay, Snowy, Hairband, Loopsel, John Southworth, Bar Italia, Terry, Pearl & The Oysters, The Sprouts, Linda Smith &...

  36. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 291, 4/15/23

    Twaddle no. 291 has exciting new sounds from Expensive Music Band, The Toads, Hairband, The Miami Dolphins, Giorgio Tuma, Philippa Nihill, Vanity Mirror, Las Los, The High Span, Withered Hand, New Estate, Ben Copperhead, Hulubalang, Braake, Martin Frawley, The Sprouts, Flasher, Terry, Divorcer,...

  37. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 290, 4/8/23

    This week’s Twaddle has dazzling new sounds from Gregory Pepper & His Problems, Sir Bobby Jukebox, Barbara, Emma Tricca, Asher White, Eyelids, theCatherines, Mt. Misery, Alex Fleuris, Paul F Cook And The Happy Somethings, Bruiser And Bicycle, Worriers, Martha Ffion, The Half-Cubes, Yfory, Kevin...

  38. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 289, 4/1/23

    This week’s program is a good one – possibly the best Mawkish Twaddle of the 289 I’ve done thus far. If you haven’t listened in a while (or ever), you should start with this episode! The 53 (!) songs include outstanding new tracks from The Vaxtones, The Sprouts, Yo Kinky, Vanity Mirror, Herr…

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  39. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 288, 3/25/23

    This week’s Twaddle has captivating new sounds from The Sprouts; Alison Eales; Super Hit; Tough Age; The Half Cubes; Strange Neighbors; Teenage Tom Petties; Von Korf; Connections; Cisser Mæhl; Tomten; Barrio Colette; Think About You; The Salt Collective; Brian Bordello; Eggs On Mars; The…

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  40. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 287, 3/18/23

    This week’s Twaddle includes nine artists from Northern California, seven from the Antipodes, four yet-to-be-released songs, 13 songs under two and a half minutes, Rick Wakeman (believe me, I’m as surprised as you are), and, probably for the first time in a while, nothing from Scotland. There are...

  41. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 286, 3/11/23

    This week’s Twaddle is certain to hold your attention for all three hours. There are cracking new tracks from Panic Pocket, Big Girl’s Blouse, Hot Coppers, Robbing Millions, Ger Eaton, Eyelids, Homework, Guardian Singles, Benedict Benjamin, Hairband, Bar Italia, Classic, The Hepburns, Nicholas...

  42. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 285, 3/4/23

    The 50 tracks in this week’s Twaddle include stimulating new sounds from Eggs On Mars; Lemon Pitch; Emma Tricca; Running Club; Sharp Pins; Eyes Of Others; Me Lost Me; The Hepburns; Ryan Wong; Pure Material; Herr Wade; Goliath; Nervous Systems; Proto Tip; The Laughing Chimes; Gloop Unit; The…

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  43. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 284, 2/25/23

    This week’s Twaddle is, I think, the best one in the nearly six years I’ve been presenting the program. Every song is a total gem. I mean, that’s pretty much always the case, but it’s especially true this time around. If you only ever listen to one Twaddle – but why would you do that? – it should...

  44. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 283, 2/18/23

    I don’t think there’s ever been a better Twaddle than this one. I mean, look at this lineup of recording artists whose new selections were played: Cinéma Lumière, Blues Lawyer, Irma Krook, Yalla Miku, Hairband, Surf Friends, theCatherines, appleseeds!, Cliff Hillis, The Hepburns, Evening Pines,...

  45. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 282, 2/11/23

  46. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 281, 2/4/23

    This week’s Twaddle is certain to please with its mellifluous blend of tracks that few ears have heard before. You’ll find (and maybe even hear) new sounds from Surf Friends, BRRDS, Dina Ögon, The Black Watch, Herr Wade, Salem Trials, The Happy Somethings, appleseeds!, Dead Anyway, Hamish Hawk,...

  47. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 280, 1/28/23

    The 280th edition of Mawkish Twaddle includes compelling new sounds from House Of All, Meadow Argus, The Telephone Numbers, Air In The Lungs, SUEP, The Drin, babybaby_explores, The Shang Hi Los, Mozart Estate, appleseeds!, YOCTO, Silver Biplanes, Drroomgordijnen, The Early Mornings, Terry…

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  48. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 279, 1/21/23

    This week’s Twaddle has wild new sounds (almost all of them released in the still shiny and fresh-smelling calendar year 2023) from Index For Working Musik, Alpaca Brothers, Pleasure Principle, Steady Holiday, Emma Tricca, Kacimi, Silver Biplanes, Dutch Uncles, Teen Angst, Storm The Palace, Peter...

  49. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 278, 1/14/23

    The musical floodgates opened this week! A wealth of amazing new sounds are in this edition of Mawkish Twaddle. You’ll hear from Ibex Clone, Married FM, Spiral XP, Tugboat Captain, Peter Hall, Apollo Ghosts, Sex Clark Five, The Owl Service, Purling Hiss, The Roves, The Happy Somethings, Blues...

  50. Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 277, 1/7/23

    This week’s Twaddle is an interesting one. An atmospheric waterfall that took place in the middle of the three hours short-circuited the station’s stream. The end result is that this program is nine and a half minutes shorter than the usual Twaddle. But don’t despair. There are excellent new…

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Mawkish Twaddle: Vexing musical purists of every stripe since 2017. It’s too twee and then it’s too abrasive. Rarely does it strike the right balance. Intrigued yet?

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