indie-fy {Better Than K-Tel}
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indie-fy {Better Than K-Tel}
Eclectic Wonderland — Indie-fy (Better Than K-Tel)
Air Date: November 19, 2025
Theme: November Comfort Mix
Mood: Fuzzy indie roots, musical friendship, long-distance mixtape love
This week’s Eclectic Wonderland is all about comfort and reunion. We’re talking root-deep indie faves, friend-sent treasures, and bands that span high school memories to soul-family collabs. From three tracks by The Mommyheads (I’m obsessed), to new released gems from Gala Violet (“Babbling Buffoon”) and This Twisted Wreckage, this mix hugs you with warm chords, then dances you gently through the wreckage.
We journey through lo-fi grooves from All India Radio, get Churchy & Church-adjacent with Kilbey Kennedy, Postcards From Pluto, Say Lou Lou, HEX, and more … before closing out with a sweet little kiss to my Record City days: The Way Moves, “Crown of Thorns.” Because the way moves… and so do we.
💌 Special thanks to:
✨ Mickey Fingers for his November I.D., Adam Elk Of The Mommyheads for the brilliant New CD, and Luke Skyscraper James for The Amazing New Single from This Twisted Wreckage!
✨ Friends who shared music this week, you’re part of the mix, always.
✨ You, for showing up to listen, week after week.
🌀 Playlist includes:
The Mommyheads • Kilbey Kennedy • The Church • Jack Frost •
Gala Violet • This Twisted Wreckage• HEX • Say Lou Lou •
Postcards From Pluto • Matthew Simpson-Morgan • Crystal Set •
🦖 And more indie comfort food for your ears.
🧣 For fans of: post-punk, lo-fi lullabies, indie memories, and chosen family sounds
🧃 Bonus track: “Till The End of Time” from People Like Us… because the mixtape never really ends, does it?
This Week's Photos From The Sound Garden Studio
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Today's Show Is In Loving Memory Of Zeus
The Church was his favorite band.
Steve Kilbey Of The Church & Zeus (December 3, 2003 - November 16, 2017)
Today's Show Is Loving Dedicated to Tabatha (Churchy Friend)
🌹 In Loving Memory of Tabatha | UZZA Forever
A Tribute from Tea
Some voices never leave you... they echo, linger, and rise again in the most unexpected places.
This week, we honor one of those voices: Tabatha, a fellow churchy, a friend, and a true force of nature.
Rich Rhonda. Tabitha. Tea. Mr. Announcer Man Zeus
She was someone I always loved running into at shows, full of life, laughter, stories, and spark. Truly beautiful, inside and out, with a fun-loving spirit that could lift the room. Even through serious health challenges, she carried herself with a light and energy that inspired me. You would never know the battles she faced — because she faced them with strength, wit, and style.
It’s still heartbreaking to know she’s left this earth. I really thought she was going to pull through.
But she left us with her voice. With songs. With memories. And with love.
Her husband Rich shared a set of unreleased UZZA demos this week... including a jaw-dropping ABBA cover and some searing originals. Listening feels like both resurrection and remembrance. It’s like she’s still here… fierce, brilliant, and unapologetically herself.
“She didn’t like ABBA, so of course I made her record one.”
— Rich
we invite you to go deeper ... to listen to the whole playlist and let Tabatha’s voice move through you.
Tabatha — thank you for being you. For showing us how to shine, even in the hard chapters.
You are missed. You are loved. You are heard.
Forever UZZA. 🌹
With love,
Tea
Playlist
✨ Dive into the full playlist below — with videos linked for every track, so you can watch, listen, and wander through the eclectic flow.
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Intro
1) The Mommyheads — Impulse Item
2) The Mommyheads — I’m Your Apocalypse
3) The Mommyheads — The Beast Is Back
Break) All India Radio — Lo Fi Groovy
Second Set
4) Kilbey Kennedy — When Time Has Run Out Kilbey Kennedy (Band Page)
5) Kilbey Kennedy — That’s Gotta Hurt
6) Kilbey Kennedy — Messiah Around
7) The Church — Another Century
8) The Church — A Strange Past
9) The Church — Space Saviour
10) Say Lou Lou — Under the Milky Way
Break) All India Radio — Bombay Mafia
Third Set
11) Jack Frost — Every Hour God Sends
12) The Crystal Set — Wholly Holy
ID) Mickey Fingers — November I.D.
13) Gala Violet — Babbling Buffoon
Sometimes, a song just falls out of you like it was waiting to be born.
“Babbling Buffoon” began with Tea singing “Bab-Bab-Bab… Babbling Buffoon…” on a random Zoom call. Mickey Fingers stopped everything and said, “Wait. What’s that?” And Tea replied, “I don’t know, it’s just in my head.” Mickey hit record, grabbed it voice-to-text, and the two followed the thread in real time. It bloomed on the spot ... raw, a little ridiculous, totally real.
The original track grew from a writing prompt (a letter to someone who drove her fuggen nuts), but what made it magic was how it was processed out loud... like it had to be sung into existence. They left the bones in. You can still hear the moment of birth in the final track.
This week, that track started looping in my head again... and I said, “I think it’s time.”
-Mickey Fingers (of Gala Violet)
ID) Luke Skyscraper James — I.D.
14) This Twisted Wreckage — Hiding In Plain Sight
15) Postcards From Pluto — Colorado
Break) All India Radio — Tropic Of Unicorn
Fourth Set
16) HEX — Monarch
17) Matthew Simpson-Morgan — To Somewhere Far (feat. Lisa Belles)
18) Tiare Helberg — Blue Orchid
20) Hitchcock’s Regret — Happiness
Break) All India Radio — Elizabethland
Fifth Set
21) I Monster — Won’t Give Your Love
22) POW! — Dream Decay
23) Automatic & Peanut Butter Wolf — Venus Hour (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)
24) Pop Tone — Slice Of Life
25) David J & Tim Newman — The Clock Becomes an Impersonator of Torture
Break) Kaizu — Shadow Man
Closer) The Way Moves — Crown Of Thorns
Fade) People Like Us — Till The End Of Time
🎶 Artist Spotlight: Adam Elk & The Mommyheads
“Adam Elk and the Mommyheads always release something that speaks to me. Brilliant lyrics, and albums that are true albums… not just a single padded with filler. It’s like nutrient-dense food for your ears; but not the bland, tasteless kind. It’s flavorful, comforting , soul food for your spirit.”
Once again, the Mommyheads deliver food for the soul.
Their latest release, No Quietus, is nothing short of brilliant. And honestly, I expected nothing less.
I’m still digesting it fully, it’s deep and lyrically stunning, relevant in ways that unfold with every listen. Musically, it’s beautiful in that way the Mommyheads always seem to achieve, like they’ve taken an unexpected journey straight into your emotional bloodstream, and every note knows exactly where to land.
These aren’t just songs… they’re sonic stories, sound sculptures, and poetic unravelings that nourish, surprise, and awaken something honest inside.
-DJ Tea
Thanks Checking Out Our Show Notes! ... a little love letter from our hearts to yours, wrapped in fuzzy guitars, old friendships, and new songs. Whether you found comfort in a familiar voice or danced with a new favorite, We hope something here felt like home. Please Come By Again!
Peace, Love & Cosmic Bunny Rabbits!
-Tea, Mr. Announcer Man & Dewey Lewis Special Thanks To Mickey Fingers for Helping Us Out!
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Peace, Love & Cosmic Bunny Rabbits!
-DJ Tea, Mr Announcer Man & Dewey Lewis