DJ Chris Mussen presents all things modern indie, from shoegaze to psychedelic, dream pop to space rock, lo-fi to indie folk. Whatever you prefer on your indie playlists, A Constant Grin is sure to keep you smiling.
Podcast
A Constant Grin for 2:00pm on April 16th, 2021Fri, 04/16/2021 - 2:30pm | Chris MussenAll Bands Must Have Ands - Episode #2 |
A Constant Grin for 2:00pm on April 9th, 2021Fri, 04/09/2021 - 2:30pm | Chris MussenAll Bands Must Have Ands - Episode #1 |
A Constant Grin for April 2, 2021: Indie rock with an echoFri, 04/02/2021 - 2:30pm | Chris MussenEach week DJ Chris creates a "poem-sentence" that contains pieces of all the song titles played in the half-hour indie rock music mini-tour. This week's is "January spirit took a swing at the western blue day drop." This week's image is from the band "Hello Echo," whose song featured today is "A Drop Is An Ocean." The band was LA-based, genre alt-folk-rock, and this album "Echo" is their second, released in 2014. Illustration by band member Andy Sarno. "A Constant Grin" airs live Friday afternoon 2-2:30 PM and Chris has produced over 500 episodes. Check out today's 7-song playlist below. |
A Constant Grin for 2:00pm on March 26th, 2021Fri, 03/26/2021 - 2:30pm | Chris MussenValerie, Lulu, and Leron are grisslappan cello page turners in Arizona |
A Constant Grin for 2:00pm on March 19th, 2021Fri, 03/19/2021 - 2:30pm | Chris MussenThis is where we see a vacuum scurvy angel war |
A Constant Grin for 2:00pm on March 12th, 2021Fri, 03/12/2021 - 2:30pm | Chris MussenAnother nerd progression is passing out of orbit |
A Constant Grin for March 5, 2021 -- 'Wristwatch' starts a seven-song poemFri, 03/05/2021 - 2:30pm | Chris MussenThis week's one-line poem song descriptor is "Tall acid worms in plain priest wristwatch streams." It's derived from the seven song titles played this week on "A Constrant Grin" from the following artists: Pine Marten, Soltero, Land Lines, Saintseneca, Adam and The Amethysts, The Dinner is Ruined, and For Stars. Three of these bands are new to the show. |
A Constant Grin for 2:00pm on February 26th, 2021Fri, 02/26/2021 - 2:30pm | Chris MussenLittle rosy sugar tangerine is not worth the free divebomb swallow |
A Constant Grin for 2:00pm on February 19th, 2021Fri, 02/19/2021 - 2:30pm | Chris MussenKing Julius escapes never slide park |
A Constant Grin for 2:00pm on February 5th, 2021Fri, 02/05/2021 - 4:30pm | Chris MussenBeef safely dawned on space empires |
Comments
Hey I heard a song tonight on your show and I can't remember what the name of it was. You said it was a band that you hardly play on the radio and they're local? Do you have a playlist from your show tonight?
Chris is out this week, but here is his playlist for this show: https://kdrt.org/program-playlist/constant-grin-playlist-09182020
Lovin' the program!!
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