The Lunar Orbit is back, as promised, with all new music! Tons of great stuff was released last month, and I’m going to try and highlight as many of my favorite tracks as possible!Playlist: Scale & Feather "Creosote" from Creosote - SingleKusanagi "Polymorph" from Polymorph - SingleL.O.E, Alan Watts "After All Is Said & Done (feat. Alan Watts)" from After All Is Said & Done (feat. Alan Watts) - SingleMoraines "Anima" from Future HistoriesThere Was a Yeti "Matriarch" from AsymmetryPelican "Indelible" from Flickering ResonanceMusuem of Light "Get Paid" from DivinerGhosts of the Sun "Blood Ritual" from Blood Ritual - SingleVerbian "Pausa Entre Dias" from CasarderIsolation Drills "Ruriden" from Year TwoMetempsychosis "Ocean Metamorphosis" from Gaia FableKinski "Stumbledown Terrace" from Stumbledown TerraceAirships on the Water "In Place of Distance" from In Place of Distance - SingleIdiogram "Bevel" from Reunion of Broken PartsOrca "Impeccable" from TitleCity of the Lost "Memories" from Memories - SingleBARRENS "Periastron" from Periastron - Single
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March 21, 2025 – Pi-Divided-By-25′
We may be a little late, but I won’t miss a yearly tradition. Doing the show every other week means I missed, 3.14...PI Day! I can't miss PI DAY! That means we’re celebrating the only way we can – 3.1415926535 seconds of all math rock!Playlist: Rooftops "I Fast Early" from A Forest of PolarityVia Luna "Unwinder" from Heavy LightSuffer Like G Did "Beow" from Beow - Singletoe "Dual Harmonics" from Our Latest Number - EPChinese Football "Game Start / Electronic Girl 游戏开始 / 电动少女 (Audiotree Live)" from Chinese Football (Audiotree Live) - EPThe Most "F.A.C." from At OnceOf Two Minds "Natural Light" from Natural Light - EPTrying Science "Math Salts" from Next - EPParachute Day "Frisbee" from Thank You Notes - EPDesert Vows "Miyazaki Frontier" from Long Time, No SeeShaolin "Castle Freak" from Adiaphora - EPOrigami JP "From the Train Window" from Trains - EPZoo Strategies "A Single Hat Lost at Sea" from LanguagerIllegal Jazz Brunch "The Long Night" from Slice of LifeDefórmica "Novelesco" from PáramoFloral "Ebullient" from Floral LPDelta Sleep "Maconiklaus Culkinski" from ManagementStage Kids "Jafari's Revenge" from Killer TofuCuzco "You Said Number 11" from A Medicine for Melancholy - EP
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March 7, 2025 – A General Theory of Relativity
Einstein theorized that objects experiencing a greater gravitational pull will be subjected to time dilation, meaning the more gravity, the slower time passes. Well – he was right, and to counter that effect on The Lunar Orbit we had to move the whole dang show up 2 hours!Since we’re premiering a new time slot and might have some new listeners I’ve prepared a Post-Rock Primer, an Intro 101 course, with some of the biggest bands, post rockiest sounds, and longest crescendos I can find!P.S. Even though we're changing times, the podcast shouldn't experience any hiccups! Only difference is now the show will be coming out every two weeks. Apologies for less episodes, but I think this will give me a chance to put a lot more effort into each one and bring you a better show than before! Playlist: L.O.E "Reboot in Progress" from L.O.E EPCaspian "Wildblood" from On CirclesGod Is an Astronaut "Odyssey" from EmbersExplosions In the Sky "Last Known Surroundings" from Take Care, Take Care, Take CareKokomo "Go, Mordecai" from If WolvesRadiohead "Lotus Flower" from The King of LimbsYndian Mynah "Socks On Astroturf" from The Boys Scribbled Like MadAnd So I Watch You From Afar "A Beacon, a Compass, an Anchor" from Heirshubris. "Delmos to Phobos, Pt. 2" from Apocryphal GravityUnder Old Trees "Citadel" from Kelo - EPWe Lost the Sea "Challenger Part 2 - A Swan Song" from Departure SongsSLIFT "Ummon" from UMMONDeer Park Ranger "Shapeshifter" from Adaptation
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February 1, 2025 – 2024 Best of Two and New!
The Lunar Orbit returns to finish our Top 2024 releases list! Then after that I wanted to feature some fantastic new releases from groups like Living with Giants, Deeparshi Roy, Ysbryd Mawr, NRTHRN and many more! Some of these I missed from 2024, some just came out last month, and all are excellent! Tune in, will be a great show!Playlist: Mono "Oath" from OATHA Burial At Sea "DALL" from Close to Homeuppergaff "Progeny of This Universe" from Quiescent Yet Violent - EPGod Is an Astronaut "Heart of Roots" from EmbersWhale Fall "El Jinete" from FiveLiving With Giants "On The Fall and Rise of The Light" from On The Fall and Rise of The Light - SingleDeeparshi Roy "A Cascade of Collapse" from Dream SequenceYsbryd Mawr "Gwenci" from Pollen WoollenUlysses Station "All Light From Within" from All Light From Within - SingleSecond Joy "Around The World" from Second Phase - EPNrthrn "HIGH" from LITHIUMIllyria "Wanderlust (Instrumental)" from Wanderlust (Instrumental Edition) [Instrumental]Van Gogh Season "the forest of raining sun" from all's right with the world.Separated Skies "Your Thoughts Laid in Lavender" from Along With the Clouds, We Go - EPThe Reasonable Hope "Amidst the Pines" from Reminiscences - Single
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January 25, 2025 – Top Albums of 2024 (Pt. 1)!
This week, I finally made it to the studio to bring you The Lunar Orbits Top Albums of 2024! I have combed through a lot of the fantastic music from last year and come out on the other side with a 20-track long list of my absolute favorites. No particular order here, I can’t pick favorites that granularly, but rest assured everything you’ll tonight is stellar! Tune in to hear all the selections and get the scoop on some honorable mentions!Playlist: toe "キアロスクーロ" from Now I See the LightAfter Math "Making Memories (feat. Solar Sleeper & Oreana)" from Pathétique - EPWe Came From The North "Send/Return" from We Came From the North - EPGlories "Totem" from An Expanse of ColorPlanisphere "Bees Bees Bees" from MindstoryWess Meets West "Virtues" from AnclasUnwed Sailor "Dusty" from Underwater Over ThereThought Trials "Glioma" from This Has Always Been With YouFrom Beyond These Walls "City of Dystopia" from The DawnTreebeard "Erebus" from SnowmanMirror "Fight For Fools" from VOICESThe Supervoid Choral Ensemble "Track 7" from Live From the Downwhen TerminusTars "I'm Steady" from Per AsperaSolars "Inertia" from A Fading FutureMothership Mercury "Messenger" from Mothership Mercury
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.
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