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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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01:58:55

September 9, 2023 - Starfield of Dreams

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/09/09

This episode is a weird mix of genres, I’ve been officially influenced by a popular music podcast, and became a fan of psychedelic German rock from the 70s. Then, there are the ambient bands I didn’t get to on last week’s show. Then I’ve been listening to heavy-post blues. Then to top it all off, Inon Zur and the Bethesda Boys drop one of the best ambient albums of the year with the Starfield soundtrack! So, we’re all over the star map this time!Playlist: Amon Düül II "Halluzination Guillotine" from

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01:58:39

September 2, 2023 - New Music August!

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/09/02

It’s the beginning of the month which means we go over new music! New The Joy Formidable, Explosions in the Sky, Temples, and many more!Playlist: The Joy Formidable "Cut Your Face" from Cut Your Face - SingleDin of Celestial Birds "Launch" from The Night is for DreamersExplosion in the sky "Moving On" from Moving On - SingleRed Pine Mushroom "Horseman" from Horseman - SingleTFAP "Enigmatic" from The Waves Around UsTemples "Athenas" from Athenas - SingleFalse Hope of the Savage "Archipelago" from

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01:59:38

August 26, 2023 - Ballad of the Space Pirates

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/08/26

Bringing you a fun show from the archives tonight, originally aired back in Nov 2020. Tons of great music, including Arctic Rise, There’s A Light, Release the Long Ships, and many more! Also, there may or may not be a dramatic reenactment of the dramatic siege of the International Space Station by forces unknown. Playlist: Arctic Rise "A Hero's Journey" from Frequencies Made VisibleThere's A Light "Farewell, My Friend" from A Long Lost SilenceRelease The Long Ships "Snow" from WildernessFlies Are

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01:59:21

August 19, 2023 – Heavy Mellow

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/08/19

I’ve pulled myself away from Baldur’s Gate 3 to bring you a fun prog-y, mellow distorted set! As you probably be able to tell by the first song, this is a very prog-rock inspired entry, kind of ambient, flowing, chilled out. How else to describe it, who knows just listen! Featuring bands like Wobbler, The American Dollar, My Brother the Wind, Barn Owl, I Hear Sirens, and many more!Playlist: Wobbler "Five Rooms" from Dwellers of the DeepYume Bitsu "I Wait for You" from Yume BitsuOrsak:Oslo "045

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01:58:38

August 12, 2023 – Best of 2022 (Re-Run)

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/08/12

Out of the office this week, so bringing a re-run of our Best of 2022 show! A (very incomplete) list of some of the best post-rock that was released last year! I have tried to make this a list of both some of the biggest releases of last year like Russian Circles “Gnosis", and El Ten Eleven’s “New Year’s Eve”, and some of my favorites like Deer Park Ranger, hubris., and Guilt & The Bear. This is an extremely incomplete list, but the most I could squeeze into two hours! 2022 was a VERY good year for

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01:59:11

August 5, 2023 - New Music July!

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/08/05

It’s the beginning of the month so we know what that means, new music time! Highlighting a ton of great music from July, plus a couple I missed from earlier.Playlist: Illiterate Light "Light Me Up (Audiotree Live Version)" from Illiterate Light on Audiotree Live (Audiotree Live Version)After-Math "Cry Havoc" from Cry Havoc - SingleWelmoed "Naga" from Ask & EmblaBear the Mammoth "Eugene" from Purple HausLoraine "After Everything, More Than Anything" from After Everything, More Than Anything -

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01:59:19

July 29, 2023 – Post-Fest Highlights!

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/07/29

Today, Post-Fest highlights! If you haven’t heard me talk about it enough a big post-rock festival is happening this weekend in Indianapolis. Even though I can’t bring you the show live from Post-Fest I can at least pretend! This episode I’m highlighting as many of the bands playing as I can in 2 hours, so strap in!Playlist: Cloakroom "Gone but Not Entirely" from Time WellShipwreck Karpathos "Golden Axe" from Return to SilenceTiny Moving Parts "Common Cold" from CelebrateOld Solar "Spring Equinox:

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01:59:50

July 22, 2023 – Set Course for Galaxy 500.

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/07/23

Tonight! Obviously, I have to feature the new Explosions in the Sky track from their upcoming album End, but then we’re doing a chilled out spacy Friday, featuring bands like Clutch, Black Mountain, Korbak, Kikagaku Moyo, and many more.Playlist: Explosions In the Sky "Ten Billion People" from Ten Billion People - SingleClutch "Spacegrass (Live)" from Pure Rock FuryBlack Mountain "Space to Bakersfield" from IVAmpacity "Asimov's Sideburns" from Encounter OneSomali Yacht Club "Up in the Sky" from The

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01:58:50

July 8, 2023 - The Albums of June

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/07/12

It’s a new month, which means we get to go over all of the awesome albums which came out in the last one! June definitely did not disappoint, let’s highlight some!Playlist: The Smile "Bending Hectic" from Bending Hectic - SingleFollow "Glimmer" from Old HauntsBear the Mammoth "Cridge" from Cridge - SingleSo Far As I Know "To Life's Horror Is to Laugh" from To Life's Horror Is to Laugh - SingleAfter-Math "Live In Awe" from Live In Awe of Our Dire ExistenceHalocraft "Particle" from Duality -

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01:59:32

July 1, 2023 – Live from the Apollo 13 Birthday Party

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/07/01

In the last couple of weeks, we have gotten a ton of awesome live performances from a few bands, wanted to spend about the first half of the show highlighting all of those, and then the second half listening to a killer assortment pulled from our master list! Also fun fact, Apollo 13, you know with Tom Hanks, was released 28 years ago today!Links to all the live performances below:we.own.the.sky – Youth [Recorded live at Fuzz Club, Athens]All Them Witches – Full Performance (Live on KEXP)Bear The

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01:57:00

June 24, 2023 – Approaching Warp Speeds

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/06/24

Lots of fun fast paced music on tonight’s show, math rock and other esoterica!Playlist: Challenger Deep "Like Giving Wings to a Tiger" from The Stuff of LegendsYndian Mynah "Socks On Astroturf" from The Boys Scribbled Like MadJapanese Sunday "Because You're Still Breathing" from Black Box Volume 1Trampoline "Escher (Live)" from Escher (Live) - SingleElephant Gym "Witches" from Dreamstricot "Android" from FudekiSawce "Shonen" from Shonen - Singletide/edit "Ten" from Foreign LanguagesThe Joy

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01:59:47

June 10, 2023 – Entertainment Discs Go to Docking Bay 5

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/06/10

Another great new releases show you for you. Tons of awesome post-rock releases in May!Playlist: D. Majestic and the Spectral Band "The Tallest Man on the Moon" from The Tallest Man on the Moon - SingleEphilexia "Dreadfiend" from To Hell We Fly - SingleĒlūcescentia "Valoni" from Vuoret Jotka Laskeutuivat TaivaastaKlidas "Shores" from Shores - SinglePulse of Silence "Across the Bridge of Illusion" from Across the Bridge of IllusionStill Mountains "Into the Reach" from Into the Reach - SingleCount

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01:58:32

June 3, 2023 – Cosmic Overtures

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/06/03

We’re back live with LONG songs!! Overtures is the only way I can describe it. Perfect episode to let yourself be enveloped in the atmosphere of the music and enjoy.Playlist: King Buffalo "Goliath, Pt. 1" from OrionAll Them Witches "Acid Face" from Acid Face - EPElder "Weißensee" from The Gold & Silver SessionsKungens Män "Bortkopplad från tiden" from Stockholm MaratonDomo "Samsara" from DomoThe Kings Of Frog Island "Birth of a Star" from Birth of a Star - EP

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01:59:40

May 20, 2023 – Passing Through the Ionosphere on Our...

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/05/20

Good evening! A little bit of quieter show tonight! Have been in an ambient mood this week! Featuring a couple more new tracks that we I didn't get to last episode, then going into some great music from the week. Playlist is below! Playlist: Dallas Skies "About a Girl" from About a Girl - SingleShy, Low "Instinctual Estrangement" from Instinctual Estrangement - SingleIt Was a Good Dream "A Decoration For Your Time" from RememoryKwoon "Interstellar (Post-Rock Version)" from Interstellar (Post-Rock

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01:59:19

May 13, 2023 – Gather Round Kids, the Latest Starlink...

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/05/13

On this episode we’ve got a whole slate of new releases from March until now! Been a while since we did a more release show, so a lot to catch up on! Playlist: Party Dozen "The Iron Boot" from The Real WorkArhios "Bara" from MiscibleEntropia "Retox" from TotalEmpires of Light "The Lights Became Blood" from AberrationsFargo "Berlin" from GeliArctic Rise "A Species With Amnesia" from A Species With AmnesiaDimwind "First Light Never Stays" from The Futility of BreathingLesotho "Crown of Echoes" from

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01:58:32

April 29, 2023 – Apollo Was Only Possible with...

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/04/30

After talking about it for weeks Wolfredt have finally dropped their new album and it’s awesome! That’s tonight, along with new live music from Besra and a whole lot of classic killer post-rock to take us into the weekend!Also! This is our last show during the 2023 Spring Fund Drive! If you would like to donate to WRIR, go to WRIR-LP 97.3 FM · Fund Drive Donation Spring 2023 (lglforms.com)Playlist:Wolfredt "The Seer" from IIIIBesra "Dwell in Gloom" from Live at Rødhouse Studio - SingleSLIFT

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01:59:09

April 22, 2023 - Girl Scout Cookies Funded Apollo!

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/04/22

Tonight it’s the most wonderful time of the year. That’s right...The 2023 WRIR Spring Fund drive!! We’re celebrating the season with some big names like Explosions in the Sky (to celebrate their tour announcement!) and Caspian, plus some new (to me) bands like Diles que no me maten, Magic Sword and many more!!Playlist: Diles que no me maten "Wako" from La Vida De Alguien Más on Discos Hipnosis. Explosions In the Sky "Disintegration Anxiety" from The Wilderness on Bella Union.October Drift "Losing

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01:59:52

April 15, 2023 – Last Minute Trajectory Calculations

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/04/15

Inspired by me finally listening to the new Tricot album AND the new Covet album we got this week; I’m bringing you a killer math rock show! Tons of fast, technical, twinkling guitars plus some excellent overdriven vocal tracks – along with Tricot and Covet tune in for bands like The Mantra Discord, Psycada, Things Amazing, Standards, Asunojokei and a ton

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The Moon Needs a Midwest (March 25, 2023)

The Lunar Orbit ·

2023/03/29

A test episode for a new podcast uploads. On this episode we bring you a ton of great new post rock, including new tracks from Wolfredt, Methadone Skies, Winter Dust, We Shine Every Night and a ton more! Song List:Winter Dust "Castelli Di Sabbia" from Unisono on Voice Of The Unheard Records. Genre: RockWolfredt "Under the Spell" from IIII on Wolfredt. Genre: RockWe Shine Every Night "Sunset Choir" from Memory and Imagination on We Shine Every Night. Genre: RockMethadone Skies "The Velvet Suit" from

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