From the Third Row

From the Third Row, new wave nerves collide with rockabilly grease, cheap guitars, drum machines, busted hearts, and songs that sound better when the speakers are just beginning to distort.

This is music from the edge of the room, not the velvet rope. The weird singles. The reckless B-sides. The bands that looked like trouble and usually were. From twitchy 80s synths and post-punk paranoia to slapback echo, switchblades, pompadours, and three chords played like the rent is already overdue.

No nostalgia museum. No polite greatest-hits parade. Just records with teeth, sweat, attitude, and enough electricity to make the third row feel like the only place worth standing.

Thusdays 7 PM to 9 PM

Only on Pirate Cat Radio

KPCR 92.9FM, KMRT 101.9FM and KVBE 91,1