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Positive Vibrations
by Ian Ridsdale
Join Ian Ridsdale as he hosts Positive Vibrations. An exploration into the world of neo-psychedelia, psych music from the early 1980s until now. Ian also highlights bands and artists that pioneered the psychedelic sound after its peak in the ’60s, mixing in sounds of the paisley underground, dream pop, ’90s shoegazing, and all psych-inspired alternative and indie music since then. Hosted by Ian Ridsdale When Fridays from 10 PM – 11 PM Pirate Cat Radio - KPCR 92.9FM, 101.9FM & KPCR.org
Episodes
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Positive Vibrations 7-31-26
Locust - Your Selfish Ways Hydroplane - New Monotonic FM Diary - Keep Comin Up Lush - Lovelife Hoops - On Top Diiv - Under the Sun Knitting - Here Comes Froth - Briefly The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Anemone Pale Saints - Sight of You Radiator Hospital - Wall Between Us Dinosaur Jr - Several Got...
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Positive Vibrations 6-26-26
Can - Father Cannot Yell Deerhoof - Running Thoughts Sunday Mourners - Darlin’ Chris Cohen - In A Fable Chad Vangaalen - Old Heads MGMT - Of Moons, Birds, and Monsters Of Montreal - Already Dreaming Lotus Plaza - Strangers Wild Nothing - Shadow Real Estate - Pink Sky Widowspeak - No Driver…
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Positive Vibrations 5-22-26
A star is born.
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Positive Vibrations 5-1-26
Cocteau Twins - Know Who You Are At Every Age Slowdive - Sing Nashpaints - Boyfriend First Prism Shores - Kid Gloves Big Star - In the Street Television - Days Real Estate - Green Aisles Lande Hekt - Lucky Now Makthaverskan - Pity Party Pale Saints - Language of Flowers Television Personalities -...
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Positive Vibrations 4/24/26
Boards of Canada - One Important Message Officer John - You The Ah Club - 100 Lives Under the Sun Richard Powell - In the Morning Cortex - Huit Octobre 1971 Stereolab - The Flower Called Nowhere Mouse on Mars - Kompod Michal Turtle - Astral Decoy Ashra - Deep Distance Susumu Yokota - Tobiume…
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Positive Vibrations 4-17-26
Lamont Dozier - Interlude Inrain - Grow Dean Blunt and Panda Bear - 9 The Flamingos - This Heat Tina Fulker - Outdoor Girl The Motifs - Before the Bullfight Rocketship - I Don’t Know Why I Still Love You (Sweet Trick Remix) Sweet Trip - In Sound, We Found Eachother Ivy - Point of View Smashing...
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Positive Vibrations 4-10-26
Deux Filles - Our English Friends The Mod 4 - A Puppet Joyce Heath - I Wouldn’t Dream of It Parsley Sound - Ease Yourself and Glide Jan and Naomi - Microphone Bar ‘93 Ulrika Spacek - Showroom Poetry Hoops - Yeah Column - Sensuela Jude - Beverly Market Meeting Gold Celeste - Grand New Spin Ween -...
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Positive Vibrations 2-6-26
Roger Doyle - Queen of No Heart Colourbox - Edit the Dragon LA Vampires - Make Me Over Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland - The Sniper Cleo McNett - Never Far Kevin Ayers - Blaming It All on Love Hoops - Gemini (Demo) Godley and Creme - Cry Games - No Disguise The Cool Notes - Spend the Night The Rah...
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Positive Vibrations 1-16-26
2010s Show MGMT - It’s Working (2010) Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill (2010) Toro y Moi - New Beat (2011) Destroyer - Chinatown (2011) Wild Nothing - Disappear Always (2012) Mac Demarco - Ode to Viceroy (2012) Candy Claws - Pangea Girls (2013) King Krule - Easy Easy (2013) Spoon - Inside Out (2014)...
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KPCR 12/26/25
Chosen by my dad from his record collection F-Word - Do The Nihil (Live) Suburban Lawns - Gidget Goes to Hell The Fly Boys - Theme Song Agent Orange - Blood Stains The Alley Cats - Black Haired Girl The Dickies - Waterslide The Hated - Stereotyped Legal Weapon - No Sorrow Germs - The Other Newest...
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KPCR 12/19/25
Sonic Youth - Intro/Brave Men Run (In My Family) Iggy and the Stooges - Penetration Mudhoney - Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More Bar Italia - My Little Tony Ride - Kaleidoscope Smashing Pumpkins - Snail Wilco - I’m Always in Love Chris Cohen - In A Fable Margo Guryan - Sun The Rolling Stones…
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Positive Vibrations 12/5/25
Burt Bacharach - Lisa Art Garfunkel - Waters of March John Barry - Midnight Cowboy The Rolling Stones - Good Times Magic Sam - That’s All I Need The Velvet Underground - There She Goes Bob Dylan - I Want You The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset Nancy and Lee - You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling Tommy James…
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Positive Vibrations 11/14/25
Fixed audio from last week
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Negative Vibrations II
Oneotrix Point Never - Andro Deerhunter - Ghost Outfit Boards of Canada - Music is Math Broadcast - You Can Fall The Focus Group - Hey let loose your love White Noise - Love Without Sound Pram - Track of the Cat The Caretaker - C2-Misplaced in time The Advisory Circle - Mogadon Coffee Morning…
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Positive Vibrations 10-24-25
Soft Machine - Hope for Happiness (banger) Apples in Stereo - Strawberryfire (deep cut) Mandrake Handshake - Time Goes Up (new) Stereolab - Rainbo Conversation (classic) World Brain - Minute Papillon (banger) Vinyl Williams - Greatest Lives (deep cut) Night Tapes - Television (new) MGMT - Of…
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Positive Vibrations 10/17/25
Om Unit Meets Seekers International - Secret Location Horse Vision - Back of My Hand Tiffi M - Be Mine Love Spirals Downwards - Psyche Everything But The Girl - Take Me (Clifton Mix) Laurel Halo - Airsick Ydegirl, RIP Swirl - Spirals on My Tongue Cocteau Twins - Know Who You Are At Every Age Club…
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Positive Vibrations 10-10-25
Deerhunter - Backspace Century (banger) Ulrika Spacek - Silvertonic (deep cut) Cate Le Bon - Is It Worth It (Happy Birthday) [new] Playing The Fillmore in SF on January 30th New album is Michalangelo Dying The Velvet Underground and Nico - Femme Fatale (classic) Women - Group Transport (banger)…
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Positive Vibrations 9-12-25
Some 70s and 80s throwbacks in this one. All vinyl, mostly I think.
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Positive Vibrations 9-5-25
All vinyl all the time. Rehashing of one of my finest moments, mostly focused on international dance music.
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Positive Vibrations 8-29-25
Van Dyke Parks - Vine Street Panda Bear - Bros Neu - Sonderangebot/Weissensee Pink Floyd - Fearless King Crimson - I Talk to the Wind Robert Wyatt - A Last Straw Tangerine Dream - Betrayal Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Pt. 7 Jan Hammer Group - Don’t You Know
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Positive Vibrations 8-22-25
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey My Bloody Valentine - You’re Safe In Your Sleep From This Girl The Stone Roses - Elephant Stone The Go Betweens - Head Full of Steam Felt - Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow Prefab Sprout - Farin XTC - Earn Enough for Us Aztec Camera - Oblivious Arcade…
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Positive Vibrations 8-8-25
Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my Heart Squeeze - Tempted Pretenders - Mystery Achievement Elvis Costello - Radio Radio The Three O Clock - With a Cantaloupe Girlfriend The Cleaners from Venus - Only a Shadow Chris Cohen - Caller No 99 Tame Impala - Solitude is Bliss Hoops - Nothing But Net OMD -...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join Ian Ridsdale as he hosts Positive Vibrations. An exploration into the world of neo-psychedelia, psych music from the early 1980s until now. Ian also highlights bands and artists that pioneered the psychedelic sound after its peak in the ’60s, mixing in sounds of the paisley underground, dream pop, ’90s shoegazing, and all psych-inspired alternative and indie music since then.
Hosted by Ian Ridsdale
When Fridays from 10 PM – 11 PM
Pirate Cat Radio - KPCR 92.9FM, 101.9FM & KPCR.org
HOSTED BY
Ian Ridsdale
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Join Ian Ridsdale as he hosts Positive Vibrations. An exploration into the world of neo-psychedelia, psych music from the early 1980s until now. Ian also highlights bands and artists that pioneered the psychedelic sound after its peak in the ’60s, mixing in sounds of the paisley underground, dream...
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