Necktie Optional episode 25 (10/8/2026)
Week two of The Return of the Pledge Drive was a local showcase, with about three-quarters of the hour coming from Bay Area, Santa Cruz, and Portland artists.
The Bay Area carried most of it. Slow Coast’s sunny beach rock, The Umbrellas’ jangly SF pop, Tony Molina’s guitar pop, Vetiver’s psych-folk, and Jay Som’s dreamy bedroom pop sat alongside Silver Shores, Indigo Elephant, Mae Powell, swell foop, Caleb Nichols, SWEET LEW, Maggie Gently, and Will Weston. Santa Cruz’s Trestles held down the home turf. Portland’s Blitzen Trapper, Fruited Planes, and MAITA rounded out the regional lineup…
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