For our last episode of the year, we decided to do a music-only mixtape with songs from all the bands who came on to the show to pick songs throughout the year as well as some of our host Maria Elisa's favourite discoveries of 2019, in no particular order.  Tracklist: MUJERES - Junto a Tí BODEGA - How Did This Happen? AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS - Got You SURFBORT - Billy SANDRÉ - No LIFE - Good Health B BOYS - Energy VIAGRA BOYS - Worms PREOCCUPATIONS - Decompose DRAHLA - Twelve Divisions of the...

This month's guest selectors are B Boys, a band from New York we've been raving about for the past few months because we can't get enough of their fast anthemic punk which we honestly believe can get anyone out of a funk. They recently released their second album on NY indie label Captured Tracks, an all-time favourite of this house. On the second half of the show, our host Maria Elisa gets to play more bands than usual and she does not miss the opportunity, going from fast Spanish punk to...

In this month's episode, our guest selectors LIFE and OMNI help us cover all the bases as we move from postpunk to screamo to dance anthems to old-timey soul to spacey prog rock and much more. Having recently visited Barcelona while touring their sophomore album A Picture of Good Health, UK four-piece LIFE pick two newcomers and two classics in the form of Newmeds, Slowthai, LCD Soundsystem and The Fall. From the other side of the ocean by way of Atlanta, Georgia, OMNI share a few of their...

After the summer break we get ready for the new season with the help of Downtown Boys and Fidlar, who have picked a really fun and diverse selection of songs which go from dancey queer punk to bedroom synthpop to funk to punk to all the spectrum in the middle. We also get to hear cult sixties girlband She, and new songs by Tropical Fuckstorm, Abjects, The Chats and Priests.  TRACKLIST: LOS MARICAS - La Balada de Brauni DOWNTOWN BOYS - Lips That Bite BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND - In the...

After the summer break we get ready for the new season with the help of Downtown Boys and Fidlar, who have picked a really fun and diverse selection of songs which go from dancey queer punk to bedroom synthpop to funk to punk to all the spectrum in the middle. We also get to hear cult sixties girlband She, and new songs by Tropical Fuckstorm, Abjects, The Chats and Priests. TRACKLIST: LOS MARICAS - La Balada de Brauni DOWNTOWN BOYS - Lips That Bite BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND - In the...

The New Normal line up isn't just latín flavour, autotune and high hats. Maria Elisa from What Is The What will be reminding us why PS still has the firmest grip on emerging alternative guitar music on her live broadcast this afternoon, from RPS Studios at ABX 10.  

In this episode we move from the fast-paced anthemic punk of B Boys to the introspective sounds of Bonny Doon via lots of new and not so new releases from bands across the spectrum: Uranium Club, Shopping, Omni, Goat Girl, The Coathangers, Kevin Morby and Spanish newcomers Melenas. We listen to the lead single of Barcelona band Mujeres' latest EP, "Romance Romántico", and as guest selector of the day, their bass player Pol Rodellar picks three of his current favourites.  Playlist: B BOYS -...

In this episode we have two very special guests helping us bridge that space between the melancholy of winter and the spunk we need to get out of that cold funk. Let's call it our special February mixtape.  On Side A we have a few crushers picked by Canadian band Preoccupations' drummer, Wallace, including Cindy Lee, Orville Peck, cctv and a second appearance by our own favourites NOV3L. On Side B we get to shake off the funk with some punk as picked by Dani Miller from Surfbort, including...

For our last episode of the season before the summer break, we found it fitting to invite two of the bands that we played on the very first episode to pick some of their favourite songs for the show. Brooklyn's Bodega picks an eclectic selection which includes their guitar player's very new project, The Wants, as well as contemporary classics like Deerhunter or US Girls and a rather lesser-known song by The Who. On the other hand, we got Amyl & The Sniffers, who have become one of our...

The New Normal line up isn't just latín flavour, autotune and high hats. Maria Elisa from What Is The What will be reminding us why PS still has the firmest grip on emerging alternative guitar music on her live broadcast this afternoon, from RPS Studios at ABX 10.

In this episode we move from the fast-paced anthemic punk of B Boys to the introspective sounds of Bonny Doon via lots of new and not so new releases from bands across the spectrum: Uranium Club, Shopping, Omni, Goat Girl, The Coathangers, Kevin Morby and Spanish newcomers Melenas. We listen to the lead single of Barcelona band Mujeres' latest EP, "Romance Romántico", and as guest selector of the day, their bass player Pol Rodellar picks three of his current favourites. Playlist:B BOYS -...

In this episode we have two very special guests helping us bridge that space between the melancholy of winter and the spunk we need to get out of that cold funk. Let's call it our special February mixtape.On Side A we have a few crushers picked by Canadian band Preoccupations' drummer, Wallace, including Cindy Lee, Orville Peck, cctv and a second appearance by our own favourites NOV3L. On Side B we get to shake off the funk with some punk as picked by Dani Miller from Surfbort, including...

In this first episode of What Is The What we listen to freshly-released tracks from Cherry Glazerr and NOV3L, revisit some 2018 releases from Marbled Eye, Aliment, Mothers and BODEGA and discover an old favourite by 70s punk band Disturbed (not to be confused with the metal band by the same name). Representing South America we have Colombian band Los Maricas opening the show and a killer demo by Brazilian psych-punk band DUPLO. NYC newcomers Public Practice share a couple of songs by bands...

In this first episode of What Is The What we listen to freshly-released tracks from Cherry Glazerr and NOV3L, revisit some 2018 releases from Marbled Eye, Aliment, Mothers and BODEGA and discover an old favourite by 70s punk band Disturbed (not to be confused with the metal band by the same name). Representing South America we have Colombian band Los Maricas opening the show and a killer demo by Brazilian psych-punk band DUPLO. NYC newcomers Public Practice share a couple of songs by bands...