Host · Dead Air
Maya Okafor
Former music-business reporter. Has read more royalty contracts than anyone should.
Podcast network + indie radio · since 2016
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Six shows, one 24/7 independent radio station and a basement studio in Bushwick. Stories about music, made by people who still buy records.
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The Master Tapes That Walked Out the Door
In 1998 a box of two-inch reels left a Brooklyn studio in the back of a cab. Twenty years later, they showed up on eBay.
Side B, Track 4: The Song Nobody Played
A 1979 deep cut that three different bands claim to have written — and the session notes that settle it.
Streaming Paid Me $11.42
Rosa opens her royalty statements on air and asks a label accountant to explain every line.
Four Tracks, One Bedroom, No Neighbours
Kim visits a songwriter who has recorded nine albums on the same Tascam since 1994.
The Van Broke Down in Nebraska
A four-piece, a dead alternator and a sold-out show 400 miles away. They made soundcheck.
Ghost Royalties, Part Two
Following the money from a defunct publishing company to a PO box in the Cayman Islands.
The shows
All showsSix shows. No filler.
Every show has one host, one obsession and a real producer.
Investigative · 142 eps
Dead Air
Music-industry true crime. Stolen masters, ghost royalties, vanished bands.
Hosted by Maya Okafor →
Music history · 96 eps
B-Side Theory
One forgotten record per week, pulled apart groove by groove.
Hosted by Gil Hartmann →
Live radio · 610 eps
Night Shift Radio
Three hours of new indie, live from Studio B every weeknight.
Hosted by Theo Brandt →
Interviews · 58 eps
Loud Money
How artists actually pay rent — the creative economy, unfiltered.
Hosted by Rosa Vidal →
DIY / lo-fi · 74 eps
Tape Hiss
Lo-fi field recordings, four-track confessions and DIY gear talk.
Hosted by Kim Ahn →
Touring · 113 eps
The Green Room
Tour stories told by the people who loaded the van.
Hosted by Dev Raman →Live radio · LH-FM
Today on the dial
Independent music, no algorithm, no ads between songs. Stream on any device or tune in at 101.3 in Brooklyn.
- Wake & Bake Beatswith Kim AhnLo-fi
- The Morning Rotationwith Rosa VidalIndie
- B-Side Theory Livewith Gil HartmannTalk
- New Noisewith Dev RamanIndie
- Green Room Sessionswith Dev RamanLive
- Night Shift Radiowith Theo BrandtIndieOn air
Voices
Meet everyoneThe hosts
Reporters, record-shop lifers and touring musicians.
Host · B-Side Theory
Gil Hartmann
Ran a record shop in Leeds for 22 years. Owns 14,000 LPs and one turntable.
Host · Loud Money
Rosa Vidal
Touring bassist turned economist. Will ask what your rent is.
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