Porch FM

07/01/2024

PFM: Canada Day Special 2024

Happy Canada Day!
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/pfm-canada-day-2024/
Celebrate the Great White North with your pals on the Porch!
Wall-to-wall Canadian content to help soundtrack the occasion.
Let's get 'er goin' EH!

Check out the site for lots more Porch!
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm

06/23/2024

OUT NOW!
Porch FM: Impressions
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/pfm-impressions/
Make a great impression with help from GIFT, Memorials, Manic Vila, Beachwood Sparks, Pia Fraus, Chad VanGaalen, The Three O'Clock, and loads more.
24/7 via www.mixcloud.com/porchfm and across Portland radio KVRN-LP 101.5 FM, Sundays at 1pm PST
"We spend money we don't have, on things we don't need, to make impressions that don't matter."
~ Tim Jackson

06/16/2024

OUT NOW!
Porch FM: Parallel
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/pfm-parallel/
Get in line with Zip-Tie Handcuffs, The Lazy Eyes, Khruangbin, The Kidney Flowers, Flying Saucer Attack, Basement Spaceman, and loads more.
24/7 via www.mixcloud.com/porchfm and across Portland radio KVRN-LP 101.5 FM, Sundays at 1pm PST

"None but himself can be his parallel."
~ Virgil

Porch FM: Ep. 318 - Parallel "None but himself can be his parallel." ~ Virgil Check out previous episodes for lots more Porch! https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm Track list in the comments.

06/11/2024

OUT NOW!
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-shorts-1979/
The Porch Crew visits 1979 with help from The Specials, Gang of Four, The Monochrome Set, The Cure, Led Zeppelin, and lots more.
Drops are from films of the year too. Recognize any?

Check out more Porch!
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm

06/08/2024

OUT NOW!
Porch FM: Control
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/pfm-control/
Featuring Daisy Rickman, Hamish Hawk, Japanese Limo Boys, Opus Kink, The Dukes of the Strasosphear, Pernice Brothers, Cracker, and loads more.
24/7 via www.mixcloud.com/porchfm and across Portland radio KVRN-LP 101.5 FM, Sundays at 1pm PST

"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough."
~ Mario Andretti

06/02/2024

OUT NOW!
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-shorts-2000/
Hit rewind with the Porch Crew as we turn the clock back to 2000 with help from David Holmes, Yo La Tengo, Boards of Canada, Doves, and more!
Drops are from films of the year too. Recognize any?

Check out more Porch!
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm

06/02/2024

OUT NOW!
Porch FM: Sweat
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/pfm-sweat/
Featuring Dumb Posh Hippies, Dog Unit, New Order, Golden Hours, Hidria Spacefolk, The Bug Club, October Drift, and loads more.
24/7 via www.mixcloud.com/porchfm and across Portland radio KVRN-LP 101.5 FM, Sundays at 1pm PST

"Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things."
~ George Carlin

05/25/2024

OUT NOW!
Porch FM: Rescue
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/pfm-rescue/
Featuring The Asteroid No. 4, Arushi Jain, Langkamer, The Warlocks, The Bastia, King Hannah, The Durutti Column, and loads more.
24/7 via www.mixcloud.com/porchfm and across Portland radio KVRN-LP 101.5 FM, Sundays at 1pm PST

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save."
~ Will Rogers

05/18/2024

OUT NOW!
Porch FM: Epic
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/pfm-epic/
Featuring House of Love, Dion Lunadon, Tame Impala, Sjowgren, Kavus Torabi, Yard Act, Charles Moothart, Echo Kid, and loads more.
24/7 via www.mixcloud.com/porchfm and across Portland radio KVRN-LP 101.5 FM, Sundays at 1pm PST
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
~ George Orwell

05/11/2024

OUT NOW!
Porch FM: Bite
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/pfm-bite/
Featuring Frank Zappa, Gang of Four, Cedric Burnside, Miss Grit, Hollow Ship, Everything Everything, and lots more.
24/7 via www.mixcloud.com/porchfm and across Portland radio KVRN-LP 101.5 FM, Sundays at 1pm PST
"Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment."
~ Steve Albini

05/10/2024

4 years ago, Mic #1 and our pal, weddingdress put together an episode reflecting on some of the incredible work by the legendary Steve Albini. He was a hero of ours. We send our deepest sympathies to all who knew him in some way. Please enjoy the music. RIP, Steve.
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/pfm-showcase-05-steve-albini/

05/04/2024

OUT NOW!
Porch FM: Spin
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/pfm-spin
Featuring The Wonder Stuff, Melts, GIFT, The Ruby Suns, The Black Keys, Mind Spiders, Grauzone, and lots more.

24/7 via www.mixcloud.com/porchfm and across Portland radio KVRN-LP 101.5 FM, Sundays at 4pm PST

"Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change."
~ Alfred Lord Tennyson

04/27/2024

OUT NOW!
PFM: Falcon Machine
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/pfm-falcon-machine/

24/7 via www.mixcloud.com/porchfm and across Portland radio KVRN-LP 101.5 FM, Sundays at 4pm PST

"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."
~ Elbert Hubbard

05/14/2022

Keep on' keepin' on

Porch FM: Ep. 209 - Keep On Keepin' On "If you're going through hell, keep going." ~ Winston Churchill It's perhaps my favourite sentiment, and never more profound than in these early days post-COVID (maybe it's still too early to even call it that); "Keep on keepin' on". There's still lots to p***e...

04/24/2022

Take a deep breath and push play.

Porch FM: Ep. 206 - Breathe Deeper "When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'" ~ Yoko Ono Greetings, all. Thanks for visiting the Porch. We have lots of new and exciting material to feature in this episode; art rock from Parannoul, shoegaze from The Holyd...

04/16/2022

https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-ep-205-the-garden-of-the-tribe/
Fancy a trip to the garden?

Porch FM: Ep. 205 - The Garden of the Tribe "In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends." ~ John Churton Collins It's good to be back, dear friends. Thanks for joining us for another trip on the Porch. As Spring arrives, please feel welcome in our garden of aural treasures...

04/08/2022

Heads up!

Porch FM: Ep. 204 - Take Shelter "People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." ~ Isaac Asimov Welcome back, friends. You're about to enjoy an epic Porch trip that's part funky, part p***y, and thoroughly groove-infused. New tunes from the likes of Jack White, S...

04/02/2022

https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-ep-203-dark-passage/

Porch FM: Ep. 203 - Dark Passage "I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything." ~ Taylor Hawkins Greetings, all. It's with a sombre tone, of course, that we present this week's installment of the Mighty Porch FM. Another tragic passing and the all-too-familiar rock...

03/25/2022

Dropping it like it's hot ('cuz it is...)
Episode 202.
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-ep-202-clouds-of-your-mind/

Porch FM: Ep. 202 - Clouds of Your Mind "Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." ~ William Shakespeare Greetings, all. Welcome back to the Porch! 'tis finally the season of melting dog s**t (a.k.a, Spring) - and boy, do we have a mix that has absolu...

03/21/2022

Episode 201. Come on in.
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-ep-201-the-spaces-in-between/

Porch FM: Ep. 201 - The Spaces In Between "I believe in empty spaces; they're the most wonderful thing." ~ Anselm Kiefer Alright. The slate is (somewhat) clean. Episode 201... kind of feels like a restart and a continuation all at the same time. Thanks as always to those that have made a habit of ch...

03/11/2022

We hit 200!
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-ep-200-fear-my-society/

Porch FM: Ep. 200 - Fear My Society "No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power." ~ P. J. O'Rourke Two hundred episodes,....

03/06/2022

Porch FM debuts today on Portland radio KDOO 101.5fm at 1pm PST (4pm EST) and online via streaming station The Cave doa.fm in the same time slot. Drop by the Porch and say hi!

03/05/2022

It's the weekend! Time to visit your friends on The Porch.
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-ep-199-world-of-echo/

Porch FM: Ep. 199 - World of Echo "If you talk, you only repeat something that you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something that you don't know." ~ Bud Grant First things first; we normally would focus on the music and avoid stepping into political discourse, but we have to declare o...

02/26/2022

Out now!
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-ep-198-magic-that-works/

Porch FM: Ep. 198 - Magic That Works "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer Hi, all. Welcome back to the Porch. Thanks so much for making us a part of your day. We have a wondrous selection of music just waiting to be heard; new st...

02/23/2022

Wind-it-back Wednesdays!
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-episode-95-welcome-to-hell/

Porch FM: Episode 95 - Welcome to Hell Mic #1, HitGirl and Dr. Weirdstuff are back with another mix of new releases and deep cuts from the familiar and the obscure. Do your ears a favour and check it out! This week we feature tracks from Public Image Limited, Crocodiles, Stereo MCs, Bob Dylan, and s...

02/19/2022

Coming in hot! Episode 197 is here!
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-ep-197-happens-too-soon/

Porch FM: Ep. 197 - Happens Too Soon "You may delay, but time will not." ~ Benjamin Franklin Welcome back to the Porch, everyone. Thanks for stopping by. First things first, we have to take a second to recognize a milestone for one of our own: Dr. Weirdstuff just completed his 50th lap around the su...

02/17/2022

Wind it back Wednesdays.
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-episode-114-all-day-long/

Porch FM: Episode 114 - All Day Long The dog-days of summer have arrived. Beat the heat with another collection of cool tunes, brought to you by the Porch FM crew. We have new tunes this week from the likes of The Magnetic Fields, FEWS, Song Sung, and Phoebe Bridgers, as well as gems from The Pogues...

02/12/2022

To absent friends.
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-ep-196-light-up-the-sky/

Porch FM: Ep. 196 - Light Up the Sky "In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality." ~ William S. Burroughs Hi friends, thanks for joining us. This is a dark time of year around our fair Porch. It's been 3 years now since we lost our dear friend, Darryl, and it still fu***ng hurts. Music hel...

02/05/2022

Hot off the press.
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-ep-195-made-of-moods/

Porch FM: Ep. 195 - Made of Moods "Life and love go on, let the music play." ~ Johnny Cash Welcome to the Porch, friends. We've got a little something for all moods in this episode. From the visceral rock of Iggy & the Stooges, to the sparse, introspective soundscapes of Joy Division, the psychedeli...

02/02/2022

Wind it back Wednesdays
https://www.mixcloud.com/porchfm/porch-fm-episode-126-a-break-in-the-weather/

Porch FM: Episode 126 - A Break in the Weather "Just for the record, the weather today is calm and sunny, but the air is full of bulls**t." ~ Chuck Palahniuk Autumn is on its way out, friends. As the leaves fall and the temperature drops, we hope that you and yours are safe and well, wherever you ar...