Astra Via – A Christmas Spirit

WORLD PREMIERE!

Who can help but admire the dedication of indie pop duo Astra Via to release a new holiday song every single year? We’ve featured “Merry Christmas, We Got This!” from 2020 and last year’s “It’s a Prepper Christmas” in our annual Holiday Spectacular podcast episodes, and now we get to delight in sharing with you the music video for their newest single “A Christmas Spirit”. Singer Olivia Mancini, also of Washington Social Club, and producer Jarrett Nicolay aka My New Mixtape deliver their own spin on Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol with their usual wit and wisdom and a groovy doo-wop beat that deserves to dislodge Mariah Carey from your brain. And A+ on the costume department!

Hometown Sounds wishes you Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and lots more live music in 2023!

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Podcast for December 6th, 2022

Dear Daria‘s Maryjo Mattea returns to the podcast to pick some new tunes and explore the MJCU.

Tracklisting:
Dear Daria – Dopamachine [Can I Be Frank?]
Emily Henry – How It Feels [single]
Kinda Evil – Teeth [single]
Junkyard Band – Love Soul Crank [single]
Grady – Sunnies [single]
Socieanic – Digital [Here’s the Album]

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Podcast for November 16th, 2022

Paul unplugs for a week at a cabin in the woods, while Tony has troubles with his AirPods.

Tracklisting:
The Casual Dots – The Frequency of Fear [Sanguine Truth]
Mikiah – Do Better [Dahlia]
Esko Tiko – weakening [Arthur at the Bottom of the Sea]
The Airport 77s – One Good Thing About Summer [We Realize You Have a Choice]
Jeff Draco – Fall For Another Day [Freezing in Hollywood]
Shamans of Sound – Pressure Dub [single]

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Podcast feat. Tom Liddle of the Haunted Boy project

In this episode Tom Liddle of the band Run Come See guest stars to preview his upcoming rock opera The Haunted Boy! See it at Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mt. Rainier on November 11th to 13th and 18th to 20th!

Tracklisting:
John Figura – Head Spinning
John Figura & Tom Liddle – Fire Power
Jess Eliot Myhre – Oh, You and I
Steve Kolowich – The Devil Ain’t The Half of It

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Podcast for September 23rd, 2022

Paul breaks in a tent, while Tony troubleshoots an overactive soap dispenser.

Tracklisting:
Ekko Astral – YXI [single]
Hyattsvillain – Kids Don’t Buy Groceries [Short Songs for a Fast Life]
Mannywellz – No Closure [Di Do / No Closure]
Anees – Leave Me [single]
Leechjul – Chamoon [Tunnel]
Ecstatic International – High Violence [EP]

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Podcast for September 6th, 2022

Paul takes on a giant multinational bank, while Tony recaps his history with Super Mario.

Tracklisting:
Sub-Radio – 1990something [single]
Dreamcastmoe – RU Ready [Sound Is Like Water Part 1]
The Owners – Red Room Nights [Pandemic Demo]
Cinema Hearts – Your Ideal [Your Ideal]
Tunnel – Lemonhead [Vanilla]
Stripmall Ballads – I’ll See the Elephant Now [Laundromat]

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Podcast for July 12th, 2022

Paul laments moving his comic book collection, while Tony says no to letting Geico watch him move.

Tracklisting:
Dupont Brass – Summer Vibes [single]
The Southern Ocean – Finish Line [single]
Pretty Bitter – Final Girl [Hinges]
Landon-Philip – Caribou [Junebug]
Carolyn Malachi – Brunch [single]
Bad Moves – My Favorite Game (The Cardigans) [AS IF!: A Songs From Teen Comedies Covers Comp]

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Podcast for June 17th, 2022

Tony buys a spork, while Paul buys a house.

Tracklisting:
Raw Poetic & Damu the Fudgemunk – Open Roads [Laminated Skies]
Klauss – Party Lines [Take French]
Bottled Up – Italo Love [Grand Bizarre]
No One Sphere – Where I Was [Isn’t Everything About Something]
Auto Lola – Wayward [Sonata Faction Presents: Idiomatic]
Goodbye Futureman – People Here, Running Out [Disappearing People]

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Luce Listening Party Recap & Finale

The Luce Listening Party, our collaboration with the Luce Foundation Center in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, concludes with a look back at some of our favorite moments in the series!

Featuring:
Maddi Mae
Bartees Strange
Yasmin Williams
Astra Via
Sol Power All-Stars
Rosie Cima
Night Train 357
Broke Royals
Wes Felton
Lotion Princess
Flowerbomb

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Luce Listening Party feat. Broke Royals

The Luce Listening Party, our collaboration with the Luce Foundation Center in the Smithsonian American Art Museum continues with special guests Broke Royals!

Tracklisting:
Broke Royals – Slam Band [single]
Broke Royals – Postcard [single]
Broke Royals – Bad Chemicals [Saint Luxury]
Spring Silver – Little Prince [I Could Get Used To This]
The Crystal Casino Band – Twenty-something Socialist [single]

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