Ben Salmon
@bcsalmon
bylines at Bandcamp Daily, SPIN, Paste, Aquarium Drunkard, the Portland Mercury and elsewhere. radio show at KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon.
this is currently the first thing you see when you walk into a Hollister … part of their “Summer Soundtrack” collection
Left Of The Dial // 07.09.26 📻: KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon 👂: kpov.org/left-of-the-... 🎵: BCMC, Kazuja Nagaya, Dagmar Zuniga, Will Mason Quartet, Video Salon, Marina Herlop, PAON, Staraya Derevnya, Nirosta Steel, Laura Agunusdei, Setting, Alex Dowling, π. Διονύσιος Ταμπάκης and more.
my kids have been doing mac ‘n’ cheese + crushed-up flaming-hot Cheetos recently, inspired by the Cobra Dogs hot dog cart
Broken Social Scene (with an appearance by Metric’s Emily Haines), live in Bend, Oregon.
Left Of The Dial // 06.18.26 📻: KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon 👂: kpov.org/left-of-the-... 🎵: Mexican Institute of Sound, Terror/Cactus, Rob & Jay, Hound Dog Taylor's Hand & Joe Paradiso, Mau Gatiyo, The Softies, Mo Troper, The Autocollants, La Sonora Mazurén, Slippers, Chancha Via Circuito and more.
Creekbed Carter Hogan and The Montvales, live at Silver Moon Brewing in Bend, Oregon.
watching the World Cup as Chiminigagua intended: in the corner of my favorite burrito shop on Earth
Left Of The Dial // 06.11.26 📻: KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon 👂: kpov.org/left-of-the-... 🎵: Rhododendron, Celestial Power, Sanae Yamada, Ben Wendel, Cryptic Shift, Gabriel Vicéns, Elder and more.
Left Of The Dial // 06.04.26 📻: KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon 👂: kpov.org/left-of-the-... 🎵: Spacemoth, somesurprises, Kratzen, Melenas, Horse Lords, Jan Jelinek, The Clean, Dummy and more + an hour of new indie-pop: Slippers, Cootie Catcher, Real Numbers, Hurry, feeble little horse, Love Burns, etc.
Left Of The Dial // 05.14.26 📻: KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon 👂: kpov.org/left-of-the-... 🎵: Sonny Sharrock, Ava Mendoza, Dan Meyer, Clams Casino, Wadada Leo Smith and Orange Wave Electric, Emily Robb, Bleary Eyed, Hatchback, William Parker, Seefeel, Cyrus Pireh and more.
very sweet photo I just stumbled across of people dancing during C.J. Chenier's set at last year's Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival in rural Washington state. Credit: Peter Dervin
Left Of The Dial // 05.07.26 📻: KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon 👂: kpov.org/left-of-the-... 🎵: Juni Habel, Harlan Silverman, Éliane Radigue, Elijah Minnelli, Six Organs of Admittance, Omar Cheikh, Ana Roxanne, The Upsetters, Matt Lowery and more.
I agree with you they've over-complicated it, and also ... I use NBA.com's schedule page because they've got the channel logos: www.nba.com/schedule
Left Of The Dial // 04.09.26 📻: KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon 👂: kpov.org/left-of-the-... 🎵: Caterina Barbieri, Bobby Lee, Marisa Anderson & Luke Schneider, SUSS, Sam Dunscombe, Kahil El'Zabar & Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Keven Louis Lareau, DÜÜL SUNS, Tape Loop Orchestra, Easy Sevens and more.
Left Of The Dial // 04.02.26 📻: KPOV 88.9 FM #inBend, Oregon 👂: kpov.org/left-of-the-... 🎵: Namian Sidibé, Annahstasia, Hearn Gadbois, Maxine Funke, Milkweed, Antoine Dougbé, Baths & Rachika Nayar, KINACT, Sara Parkman, Stiff Curls, Gregory Uhlmann and more.