Fresh tracks, familiar names, and a little Anchorage electricity in the mix… This week on Alaska’s Fresh Catch, we’re spinning brand new music from Peter Frampton - his first original album in 16 years -alongside the ever-evolving sound of Death Cab for Cutie. It’s a blend of legends and lifers, each still pushing forward in their own lane.

Plus, Anchorage’s own The Robotz plug in and power up the show. They’ve just dropped a new album, and they stop by to spin a track and break it down - talking process, sound, and what’s driving this latest chapter.

This week, we’re serving up a fresh batch of new music from Kings of Leon, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Medium Build, and more. Plus, our guest is Alaska’s own John Gourley, frontman of the Grammy Award–winning band Portugal. The Man! I caught up with him before his Seattle show to talk about the band’s brand new album, SHISH, the creative process behind it, and a down-to-earth conversation you won’t want to miss. Tune in for fresh sounds and local stories that connect Alaska to the wider music world.

This week on Alaska’s Fresh Catch, we’re diving deep into new sounds that shimmer and surprise. We’ve got the ethereal power of Florence & The Machine, the irresistible indie energy of The Belair Lip Bombs, and a fresh wave of local talent - including the latest from Hope, AK's Ralph Castelli and a brand new single debut from Fairbanks’ own Casey Smith Project. And our featured guest this week is Everwalden, the Seward-based singer-songwriter who stops by to give his latest single a spin & share the story behind it. Tune in for a mix of discovery, artistry, and Alaska’s homegrown sound - it’s all happening this week on Alaska’s Fresh Catch!

Get ready for a brand new episode of Alaska’s Fresh Catch! This week, Brandi Carlile shines with new music, Mumford & Sons team up for a big new collab, and Valerie June brings her signature soul-blues groove with a new track. We’ll also introduce you to The Womack Sisters - and keep it local with new sounds from Alaska’s own Jesus B (Sitka), Clay Products (Anc), and more. Don’t miss Alaska’s Fresh Catch - where fresh tunes hit first!

Dive into the best of indie, folk, and alt sounds every week on Alaska’s Fresh Catch - your destination for handpicked tracks from world-renowned artists like The Mountain Goats, Bon Iver, Of Monsters & Men, and Neko Case - alongside some of the most exciting voices rising from the Last Frontier. From the haunting harmonies of Grace C. Elliot, to the raw power of Last Train, and the dark Americana edge of The Avery Wolves - we're casting our nets wide to bring you the boldest, brightest, and most beautiful music hitting Alaskan airwaves. Alaska’s Fresh Catch - Where global sounds meet local soul.

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This week on Alaska’s Fresh Catch, we’re bringing you an electrifying mix of music from Robert Plant (Solo), Samantha Fish, Langhorne Slim, Robert Finley, and Anchorage’s own Paul Jacks and Aspenyarrow. From powerhouse performances to fresh, exciting tracks, this episode is packed with music you won’t want to miss! Tune in and discover your next favorite song!

This week on Alaska's Fresh Catch, we’re diving into brand-new music from Phantogram, My Morning Jacket, Briscoe, and more - plus a special guest from the FBX music scene - Joshua LaBuda - the creative force behind Once & Future, joins me to spin a track from his brand-new record and talk about the stories and sounds that shaped it. Tune in for fresh sounds, great conversation, and a celebration of independent artistry - all on Alaska’s Fresh Catch, where discovery meets good taste!

Alaska’s Fresh Catch is your weekly dive into the best new music from the 49th state and beyond. We’re reeling in the latest from The Black Keys, Marcus King, and Lukas Nelson - alongside homegrown Alaskan talent like Portugal. The Man, Luna & Ursus, Chad Reynvaan, Middle Names, and more! From breakout locals to chart-topping national acts, if it’s fresh, if it’s moving, if it’s making waves - you’ll find it here. Catch the sound. Catch the story. Catch it first - on Alaska’s Fresh Catch!

This week we celebrate the official start of fall with a giant harvest of amazing tunes! Sarah McLaughlin is back with new music after a decade, we are celebrating BB King's 100th Birthday, plus music from Hockey Dad, The Beths, Zane Penny (Anc), Dilemma (FBX), The Rain Dogs (JNU) and more! Come join in the fun!

This week’s episode is loaded with sonic gems from all over the map - and a spotlight on some coming out of AK. We’re spinning fresh tracks from Fruit Bats, 54 Ultra, Parcels, and Alaska’s own Quinn Christopherson & Ashley Young. Plus, we’re sitting down with Juneau artist Josh Fortenbery for an exclusive chat about his upcoming sophomore album, Tidy Memorial. WE chat about the development of the new record and get a sneak peek at a brand-new track!

This week we welcome our newest station to the AKFC family, KUAC! To celebrate, we have an ALL FBX MUSIC EP! We are going to hear new tunes from artists like Once & Future, Jonny J Solo, new comer Jacob Haskin and we revisit the older work of a bunch of other great FBX bands!

This week new music from Spoon, Alabama Shakes, Medium Build and more!

This week on Alaska's Fresh Catch, we're wrapping up August in style with the lastest from the Kings of Leon, Mac Demarco, The Lone Bellow & more - and on the AK side of things im gonna spin some personal favorites from the Super Saturated Sugar String, Bethlehem Shalom, Young Fangs and others!

This week we continue with the Soundtrack to your Summer with some great new tunes! We are going to hear the latest from The Temper Trap, Indigo de Souza, King Princess AND MORE - plus some new tunes from Alaska from The 9th and the Night Sky, Paul Jacks, and a couple others!

PLUS: new music from Johnny Cash, St. Vincent, Amos Lee, and more!

This week we are talking with FBX based band, Sourdough's Dreams - and giving their new single a spin. Plus, new tunes from The Decemberists, Catfish & The Bottlemen, and more!

New tunes from Iron & Wine, Lo Moon, A. Savage, and more! Plus hearing from FBX artists, Joshua LaBuda & Feeding Frenzy as well as JNU surf Rocker, Capt. Kevin & the Wolf Eels! This week's guest is Marian Call, Program Director for the AK Musician's Initiative (AKIMI), about their new monthly resource program, Office Hours!

Celebrating female artists & women's voices on the show this week w/ AK artists Melissa Mitchell, Emily Kurn, Whiskey Class, and the Wool Pullers - plus our guest this week is Anchorage based musician Bethlehem Shalom. We debut her new single, "This is Love"!

And new tunes from Waxahatchee, Maggie Rogers and more!

This week we chat with Carl Besece of the band Gypsy Cowboys. The band is based in the rust belt, but Carl has been a long time player in the Talkeetna area music community since the 80's. We chat about his band and their latest album!

Also: a cover of the Talking Heads, new Cage the Elephant, Alice Cooper, & more!

This week we are catching up with Anchorage singer/songwriter, Zane Penny, to chat with him about his first tour this summer and his debut record, New Skin! Plus we are going to hear a previously unreleased track from Jewel, and new music from The Lemonheads, The Kills, Moby, J. Mascis, & more!

This week we are talking to James Glaves - an Anchorage musician & producer with quite a bit of street cred. He has toured with bands in the lower 48,played with Matt Hopper & The Roman Candles, helped get Medium Build off the ground, and is now releasing some great solo work. And with that, we are going to hear his new single, Another Summer (feat. Bethlehem Shalom).

Plus hearing from AK bands/Artists: Medium Build, Kuhar and The High Pets New Music from: Sleater Kinney, Noah Kahan, and more!

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New song from the BEATLES?!?! AND THE KINKS?!?!?! What year is it?

Plus new tunes from Vance Joy, MGMT & more!

This week's guest is AK alt pop artist, Bethlehem Shalom! We debut her new single, Grilled Peached, and catch up!

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Lots of new AK music this week with the latest from Zane Penny, The Freelancers, and Cariño - and we get to chat with a newer AK band, Eerie Flats. These guys are Anchorage based and we get to debut their new single, Hard Like Oklahoma! Also, new music from Kurt Vile, Juniper, and more!

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This week's show is FILLED TO THE BRIM with great music! We are going hear the latest from FBX Casey Smith Project as well as AK artist, Bethlehem Shalom's new one. Plus fresh tunes from Sierra Ferrell, Brittany Howard, and more!

New music this week from 80's British New Wave champions, Modern English - plus a new record from the Watson Twins, A. Savage, Billy Raffoul, and more! Our guest this week is Anchorage born musician, Emily Turner. She is 1/3 of the now Oregon based band, Free Creatures, who played a couple great sets at SalmonFest this year. We chat about the band, what's next, and take a listen to their new single!

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY SPECIAL: This week, in celebration of Indigenous People's Day (Oct 9th), we have a whole show packed to the gills with terrific indigenous artists from North America! We will hear from some Alaskan artists, some that played at A'awk Rock Fest this year, artists from the lower 48 & Canada. Some new, some old, all great!

Wow! This week, Anchorage producer, musician, and all around nice guy, Chad Reynvaan stops by the show to chat about his latest solo record, Generator! Plus, music from some kick ass Alaskan women like Ava Earl and Wash Your Hands - PLUS - new music from Cherry Glazerr, Grrrl Gang, Allah Las and more!

On this week's episode, I got to dig through the AK Public Media CD library & came out with some AK music gems! So this week is going to be mostly AK music - both new and old - with a sprinkle of national new releases too.

New music this week from: Medium Build, The National, Bleachers and more!

New music this week from Shakey Graves, Sufjan Stevens, Jack Johnson and more! Plus our guests this week are Casey Smith and Scott Joyce from the FBX based band, The Casey Smith Project! We are getting to know 2/3 members and debuting a new single!

SPECIAL SHOW ALERT:: It's the Áak'w Rock Music Festival in a couple weeks down in Juneau! It's the US's only all Indigenous music fest - and boy howdy - do they have a stacked line up this year!

Music from Alaskan artists and beyond including: Ya Tseen, Pumyua, Blackbelt Eagle Scout, Marc Brown and the Blues Crew, Quinn Christopherson, and more! Plus, we get the low down on the festival from festival Creative Director (and founding member of Pumyua) Qacung Blanchett and Project Director Neilga Koogéi.

This week is an Alaskan's Only show! It's not all new, but its all GREAT! Music from Once & Future, Ava Earl, The Roman Candles, SunDog, Ashley Young, and more!

And I have some classic "Mr Whitekeys" to wrap the show with (if you know, you know).

Getting down and dirty this week with some really tight new tunes. Death Cab for Cutie have a solid new single, Aussie band The Church return with a new song from an upcoming deluxe release of their latest album, and Al Green covers a Lou Reed classic. NGL, I didn't see that coming, but Al is a champ and it's worth a listen.

Plus this week we are chatting with Roland Roberts of the Roland Roberts Band. Those guys have been rising to the top of the AK music scene and had two stellar sets at SalmonFest this year and we talk about how he assembled his heavy hitting band and what's on the horizon for the group.

Also - some live Black Water Railroad too!

Future Islands make an appearance with the first single from a soon to be announced new album - plus, we are embracing the digital world and venturing into the electronic world a bit too. Our guests this week are Chris Miller & Hannah Sterns who are putting on this year's Sacred Acre Electronic Music Fest in Ninilchik Sept 8-10.

On this episode of AKFC, we are hearing new music from Better than Ezra, The Ventures (yes, the surf rock group from the 60's), and Lyle Lovett.

Plus, this week's guest is Ammon Swenson, host of Alaska Public Media's show, State of Art. We chat about how that show got developed and about sharing Alaska's rich cultural cache via broadcast. You can check out State of Art right here!

The band Semisonic are back after 20 years with a new album and a new single we are going to hear - plus new music from Wilco, Big Thief, and more! Our guest this week is Logan Rooney from the Anchorage band, The Jephries! The band just turned 10 years old and we sit down to chat about how that journey has been and what's ahead moving forward!

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On the menu this week: -A new cover from Dolly Parton -A new version of "Money" from Roger Waters himself -plus, new music from The Mountain Goats, Pleasure Pill, and Citizen!

This week's guests are musicians Cousin Curtiss & Harrison B. Curtiss started his music career in Alaska and comes back regularly on tour. We sit down to chat about this new EP, how tour has been going, and about his upcoming show at HooDoo Brewing in Fairbanks in August.

In this week's ep, we sample some new music from classic artists, including a song from Willie Nelson's upcoming 151st new album! Plus new releases from Peter Gabriel, Local Natives, Sonic Youth and more!

This week's guest is Matt Brenna from the Anchorage based band, The Jangle Bees!

Wowee! Getting down and funky this week with a SalmonFest 2023 preview special ep! We are sampling a seductive concoction of music from artists playing this year including the latest from Old Crow Medicine Show, Medium Build, Sierra Ferrell, Blackwater Railroad Company, and more! Plus I'm chatting with David Sterns from SalmonFest giving us the skinny on what's going down this year.

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In this week's episode, Canada has some strong representation from MUNYA, Metric, Dust Cwine and we get to hear a banging new single from X-Ambassadors feat Anchorage's own Medium Build! Plus we chat with Anchorage singer/songwriter Lauren S.H. Scantlebury about her creative projects and upcoming show at the Spenard Song Circle in Anchorage on 7/21.

This week we turn it up to 11 with new music from Jeff Rosenstock, a 'dead stock' new track from the Breeders, new music from our Canadian neighbors Pony Girl, and more. Plus, this week's guest is Joshua LaBuda, the creative mind behind the FBX based band, Once & Future.

All that are more on this week's Alaska's Fresh Catch!

This week we are trying some new music on for size from EG Vines, Oliver Hazard, and Aysanabee. Plus, this week's guest is Lauren Langford, founder of the Alaska Music Zine. We will be chatting with her about that project and spinning some great tunes! Come join in the fun!

Lots of new music this week including a cover of Tears for Fears, some collaborations from Belle & Sebastian as well as Leon Bridges, music from Canada and more! Plus, we get to introduce you to members of the Anchorage band Wiley Post and hear what's coming their way this summer.

All that and more in this week's Alaska's Fresh Catch!

Kicking on the show with some zepplin-esq rock out of Nashville courtesy of The Revival Sons - plus we hear the latest from Wye Oak, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Cut Worms, & more. This week Dave chats with Anchorage singer/songwriter & winner of the 2019 NPR Tiny Desk contest, Quinn Christopherson!

This week we explore the latest from Portugal. The Man, My Morning Jacket, and the Goo Goo Dolls. Plus, hearing songs from the 49th state from New Last Name, Village Mutt, & Gregory Rhodes.

Alaska's Fresh Catch (week of 5/22/23)

On this week's episode, we dive into new music from Blur, Thee Sacred Souls, Dan Croll, & Cat Stevens. Plus this week's interview is with Anchorage musican, producer, and co-founder of the Vitus Collective - Husse!