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A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the tireless pursuit of obscure musical artifacts. The explosive growth of DIY digitized archiving and recording means that now, more than any previous time, we can find lost and buried treasures, filter them through discerning ears, and present them to you in a way that renders them coherent and relevant. Join us on this journey through the dusty corners and hidden pathways to bring you the most creative part of our musical human cultural experience.
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Our adventures in label land continue with Important Records out of Massachusetts- home to an array of avant rock artists. Without much commercial appeal, this label has managed to put out high quality material from relatively unknown artists for two decades. In recent times, they have ventured into widening genres, and the result is a … Continued
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Our 9th in the series reviews mostly cassette releases. Artists include Richard Hronsky, Pauline Marx, Jean-Jacques Birge, Biota, BobVan, Chat Pile, Ben Lumsdaine, Pelayo Arrizabalaga & Eli Gras, Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath, Ahleuchatistas, Socket Head and Elephantine
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Another dive into the vinyl stack with new arrivals from Kode9, J. Dilla, Sunwatchers, DAAU, Blake Fleming, Celia Hollander, Portrayal of Guilt, Chat Pile, Slauson Malone, Public Broadcasting Service, Lorraine James, and Shifted Phases.
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A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the mystery of obscure music. The sheer volume of new and original artists is utterly overwhelming and A Box of Toys endeavors to pluck these voices out of their dusty basements and onto the airwaves for your listening pleasure. It is the culmination of a … Continued
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A Box of Toys is a radio program dedicated to the mystery of obscure music. The sheer volume of new and original artists is utterly overwhelming and A Box of Toys endeavors to pluck these voices out of their dusty basements and onto the airwaves for your listening pleasure. It is the culmination of a … Continued
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This was our sixth emerging artists show, with a bonus Winter Cleaning segment, featuring the work of Model Home, Nappy Nappa, P. Cain, Klein, Serpent With Feet, Bjork, New Age Steppers, Nurse With Wound, Mount Eerie, Drumetrics, Von LMO, People In Control, Family Fodder & Biota. *Originally Aired 2/9/21
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Our fourth emerging artists show included Aquarian, serpentwithfeet, Moor Mother, and Wolfsbane, most of which were featured on many future A Box Of Toys programs, though arguably, this is some of the best work by any of these groups/individuals. *Originally Aired 6/30/20
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This sampling from MOSTLY Bandcamp features (mostly) new music from Sockethead, Stade, Forgas Band Phenomena, Elephantine, Clever Austin, Blake Fleming, Sean Walsh with Nick Didkovsky, Jean-Claude Birge, Biota, Mt. Kimbie, Shame, Fridge, Pavel Milakon, Ryoji Tkeda, Yaeji, & Moin.
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From our mailbox to your airwaves, we have vinyl reissues and new releases from LiLiPUT, Heliocentrics/Gaslamp Killer, Radian, Joe Meek, Folklore Tapes, Royksopp, Lorraine James, Heinrich Mueller, Bonobo, Creation Rebel, NSRB-11, and Ellen Renton (with Lord of the Isles).
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Our third Emerging Artists show featured Clever Austin, Midwife, LEVL, Nazamba, Megan Thee Stallion and Collicutor. These artists have worked their way into regular rotation at A Box of Toys since this episode aired on June 9th of 2020. Comb the archives for related artists!
