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The Lunar Orbit

The Lunar Orbit is a weekly(ish) exploration of all things post-rock, shoegaze, ambient, instrumental, esoteric, and beyond. We explore music which helps you feel like you’re being taken out into space and invite you to tune in and relax to as much as you want. Show is hosted first on WRIR 97.3 Richmond (wrir.org) Friday"s at 1am, then published on all podcast feeds the next day. For a full collection of every song ever played on the show visit:

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01:51:16

Overdrive October 26, 2024 – The Finale: Spooky Space...

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/10/27

Happy Halloween!! We are on our final week of Overdrive October! Tonight, we go out with a bang, a night of spooky space monsters, and cosmic calamity! The show this evening is full of mythical beasts’ head banging to crazy guitar riffs. A giant mythical Anubis dances to the sound of distorted horns, a band of skeletal astronauts’ jam with instruments made out of satellite scraps, cosmic horrors emerge from the depth of black holes, just to see how rad this party is! It’s our Halloween show, it’s a

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01:56:39

Overdrive October 19, 2024 - He's Lost in the Woods...

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/10/22

Hey folks, I was adventuring in the woods last week and wasn't able to record an episode, so instead to keep Overdrive October going I am bringing you a re-run of last year's 3rd week! Originally broadcast October 21, 2023. Week 3!! Just in time for the Fall Fund Drive! Same deal, some awesome overdriven, distorted, heavier than the sun post-rock, AND some chat about how amazing WRIR is.Playlist: Four Stroke Baron "Cyborg, Pt. 2: The City" from Planet Silver ScreenRussian Circles "Quartered" from

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01:58:41

Overdrive October 12, 2024 – Stranded on the Minotaur...

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/10/15

We’re back with the second week of OVERDRIVE OCTOBER!! Will you roll well enough to escape the Minotaur's blade? Only one way to find out! Playlist: Tars "I'm Steady" from Per AsperaTreebeard "8X0" from NostalgiaInner Landscape "The Order of Things" from 3H33Nuummite "Krakatoa" from Celestial TriarchyBreaths "A Year on Fire (Instrumental)" from Lined in Silver (Instrumental) [Instrumental]Ephedra "The Sinica Experience, Pt. 2" from EphedraNazca Plate "Predator Eyes" from Nazca PlateBlack Sabbath

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01:57:42

Overdrive October 5, 2024 – The Overdriven Albums of...

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/10/06

ITS OCTOBER \m/,(> . <)_\m/ *DUN DUN chug chug* – Oh you’ve never listed to the show this time of year? Well, welcome…babies…to the Lunar Orbit’s Spooky Space Station: A Terrifying Gateway to Cosmic Horrors powered by RIFFS. For one whole month we do NO ambience, NO quiet hours, NO time outs – just straight heavy, overdriven, melt you face post-rock to fight off all the yearly ghosts and ghouls! Sit back, don’t relax, stay alert and vigilant because you never know what’s around the next corner!

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01:58:25

September 28, 2024 – The Albums of August

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/09/29

Trying to catch up with all the new releases I've been letting fly by - this episode recaps some of the best releases from August, 2024! Playlist: Kerretta "Eyes In The Bull Temple (Radio Edit)" from Eyes In The Bull Temple (Radio Edit) - SingleBrontide "Mineral" from Mineral - SingleFalling In A Dream "System Overload" from Dead Young Buck - SingleAnd So I Watch You From Afar "Gallery of Honour" from Megafaunauppergaff "The Tempest" from The Tempest - SingleFort "Three of Swords" from Over the

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01:56:25

September 14, 2024 – Pay to Play EVA

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/09/16

Did you see SpaceX completed the first in history commercial space walk? Pretty impressive, but the real question is what were they listening to in those fancy new helmets? Probably something like tonight’s episode. A back to basics all post-rock affair, lots of awe-inspiring sweeps, crescendos, and overdriven soundwaves perfect for your extravehicular picnic!Playlist: Challenger Deep "Like Giving Wings to a Tiger" from Like Giving Wings to a Tiger // Hollow Bastion - SingleShy, Low "The Beacon"

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01:58:16

August 31, 2024 – Kuiper Belt Milk Run

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/09/01

It’s a prog-a-palozza tonight on The Lunar Orbit. Spacy, out there, experimental, plus guitar solos! These are the perfect tracks for your solar road trip, fast enough to keep you awake but atmospheric enough to keep the zen.Playlist: Dead Meadow "Rest Natural" from The Nothing They NeedHuman Factor "Lake of Solitude" from Let Nature Take Its CourseFaces of the Bog "Precipice" from Ego DeathYin Yin "Alpaca Mountain" from The Rabbit That Hunts TigersThrow Down Bones "Our Home, The Holy Mountain"

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01:57:11

August 17, 2024 – Action Packed Protoplanet

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/08/18

What is tonight’s show? Who knows. It’s some kind of combo of math rock, fast punk, heavy post, electronic and whatever else I could fit under the music normally on this show! Tune in and who knows what you’ll hear!Playlist:HARU NEMURI "MAKE MORE NOISE OF YOU" from 春と修羅Elephant Tree "In Suffering" from TheiaMUTEMATH "Quarantine" from Odd SoulGods. "Art of War" from HonestKiev "Ariah Being" from Falling Bough Wisdom TeethChikoi The Maid "Mental Warfare" from Small Maid in the Big WorldCleft "Me,

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01:59:27

August 10, 2024 – Post-Fest Retroburn

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/08/10

The Lunar Orbit is back live celebrating a ton of bands from Post-Fest 2024, held a couple weeks ago in Indianapolis! I’ve dug through the artists to find some hidden gems, hopefully you hear something new and interesting!Playlist: Karate, Guns & Tanning "Graffiti Children" from Concrete BeachOutrun The Sunlight "Red Bird" from Red Bird - EPIf These Trees Could Talk "Deus Ex Machina" from Above the Earth, Below the SkyMan Mountain "Lucerna" from To Call Each Thing by Its Right Name - EPIdiot "100

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01:57:52

July 13, 2024 – The Albums of June

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/07/13

The Lunar Orbit is back after a bit of a break with all new music!! June was a big month for us, lots of major bands released new stuff, like God is an Astronaut, Oh Hiroshima, Glasgow Coma Scale, but a ton of small releases too! Hopefully you'll hear something you love and discover someone you haven't heard of! Playlist: Walk Among Statues "Surfer Skies" from Surfer Skies - SingleWohl "Dai" from Dai - SingleGod Is an Astronaut "Falling Leaves" from EmbersKhan Tengri "Apocalypse Man" from

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01:55:41

June 22, 2024 – Retro? Go! Apollo? Go! Guidance? Go!

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/06/22

A self-indulgent show this time around ("when aren't they?" Yeah yeah.). See it’s my birthday so I decided to surprise myself with an episode full of some of my top favorite songs! All genres are represented, post-rock, math-rock, psychodelia, prog, and even more! Each song is significant in its own way, be it personally meaningful, significant to the show, or just a kick ass track! With this much great music you’re bound to enjoy the episode, so come tune in!Playlist: Public Service Broadcasting

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01:58:11

June 15, 2024 – Cosmonauts Needs Love Too

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/06/20

This episode will take some explaining lol. Last week I was browsing online and found a fantastic playlist of Russian shoegaze/math rock (credit to meritolly on YouTube) and got totally obsessed, so a lot of this playlist will be in Cyrillic! I couldn’t just leave it there though, so I packed this weeks show with tons of other international shoegaze, Midwest emo, and math rock. We’re touring the world of emo music, and since it only takes 90 minutes to orbit the earth, we should be able to see every

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01:57:56

June 1, 2024 – The Albums of May

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/06/01

This week, The Lunar Orbit brings you new releases from May! As always, plenty of fantastic post-rock releases to feature this month, more than I can fit in one show, but I did my best. Tune in to hear new music from bands all the bands listed below! Also, happy summer solstice month. It's finally that time of the year, when the earth's tilt toward the sun is at a maximum.Playlist: Lo, the Loyal Conscripts "Carrot Sell" from Carrot Sell (GO! Cut) - SingleWess Meets West "Transition" from Transition

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01:58:16

May 25, 2024 – Cosmic Overtures II

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/05/25

This week! I'm here to bring you another edition of Cosmic Overtures! 🚀 🪐 Long, extended, epic piece of post and prog rock. Like Tchaikovsky himself donned a space suit and blasted his symphonies as he flew to Mars.Playlist: SPRINTS "Cathedral" from Letter To SelfClouds Taste Satanic "Collision" from 79 A.E.Yes "The Gates of Delirium" from Relayer (Deluxe Edition)Sleeping Pandora "Santenna" from Yellow SphereWhale Fall "El Caracol" from It Will Become ItselfKarkara "Monoliths" from All Is

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01:57:46

May 18, 2024 – If the Moon is Such a Sailor, Where’s...

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/05/22

This week on The Lunar Orbit, a little bit of everything! Bringing you new releases from a few bands that we couldn’t squeeze into the April shows, along with a grab bag of great post, ambient, and instrumental rock. This one goes loud, quiet, exciting, mellow, and everything in between!Playlist: LITE "Lower Mantle" from STRATA (Bonus Ver.)Glories "No Sky Can Blind You Now" from No Sky Can Blind You Now - SingleDan Caine "Consolations" from SignalsAlmøst Silent "Drawn In the Sand" from Gone With

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01:58:52

April 27, 2024 – The Albums of March and April Pt. 2...

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/04/29

This week! 🚀 I’m bringing you part two of our Fund Drive special! A second week of all new post-rock, ambient, and instrumental goodness to celebrate all the awesome work that WRIR has been up to. Of course, you’ll get a chance to be a part of that too when you donate! If you would like to donate to the station it seriously would mean the world, to do so please visit wrir.org/donate. Playlist: Salt+ "Not It" from Not It - SingleMothership Mercury "Messenger" from Mothership MercuryWhat Aleph

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01:58:03

April 20, 2024 – The Albums of March and April Pt. 1...

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/04/21

This week I’m pulling out all the stops for WRIR's 2024 Spring Fund Drive! This episode will be the first of two shows featuring new music from the past couple months, including a fantastic mix of post-rock, ambient, and a little electronica. Plus of course, you’ll get to hear all about the awesome work WRIR has been up to, and all the great benefits of donating! If you would like to donate to the station it seriously would mean the world, to do so please visit wrir.org/donate. Playlist: Tottomori

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01:57:37

April 12, 2024 – What is a Moon Beam, Exactly?

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/04/13

Tonight is something like a heavy dream-wavy show. Kind of ethereal sounding, mixed with a lot of distortion. It’s an interesting vibe, and a ton of great music with bands like @east_thelane @astronomiesband @chanisswimming @sleepmakeswavesaus @thesunburnsbright and many more!Playlist:BLEED You Fucking Skies "Northstorm" from PrototypeChan Is Swimming "Operation Caroline" from Chan Is SwimmingDeeparshi Roy "In Nothingness" from In Nothingness - SingleNava Calma "A Last Hurrah for the Bedlam" from A

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01:59:12

April 8, 2024 – The Eclipse!

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/04/09

After a little unplanned hiatus The Lunar Orbit returns. But, more importantly, the celestial event of the decade is upon us!! This week’s show is of course decided to the solar eclipse, and we’ll bring it in with a fun mix of post-rock, psych, ambient meditations, and some fun facts!Playlist: Skraeckoedlan "Cosmic Dawn" from Vermillion SkyA Collective Subconscious "Turiya" from TuriyaMoonshiba "Es Mi Tortuga (La Tortuga)" from Buscando / Perderse - EPThe Last Summer For Lucy "Kamtchatka Ice

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01:58:46

March 16, 2024 – 3.14 Times to Circle the Earth

The Lunar Orbit ·

2024/03/17

Please join me for what is quite possibly one of the corniest themes I have ever come up with. March 14, 3.14, Pi-Day – which obviously means we’re doing an entire show of MATH rock. Why has no one thought of it before. The best pun ever made! Anyway, should be really good hope you enjoy!Playlist: LITE "Deep Inside" from StrataTotorro "Yaaaago" from Come to Mexicotoe "エソテリック" from For Long TomorrowThank You Scientist "The Amateur Arsonist's Handbook (Audiotree Live Version)" from Thank You

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