Agony Shorthand

Agony Shorthand
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A new iteration of a long-running music podcast! Sub-underground dark corners of DIY sound, from psych to solo guitar to abstract pop to folk to heavy metalloid music - and other corners of the musical map.

  1. Agony Shorthand #3

    12/23/2025

    Agony Shorthand #3

    Too much adrenaline, junk shop glam, drugs in high school, giant girls in fifth grade, a fulfilled request from our trivia winner - and so, so much more.  Track listing: YUASA-EXIDE - A Hundred Bucks HONEYCOMBAK - Sex Change Sadie THE ARBORS - Love is a Groovy Game ANNA ST. CLAIR - L’Amour a Travers et a Tort FAUST - It’s a Bit of a Pain TINA HARVEY - I’m Waiting For The Man THE DICKS - Dicks Hate the Police THE INFANTS - Giant Girl in the Fifth Grade THE HUNS - Glad He’s Dead PLASTIC IDOLS - I.U.D. BOY PROBLEMS - Participation  AK-47 - The Badge Means You Suck LA DRUGS - High School HALF JAPANESE - Too Much Adrenaline SALAMANDER JIM - Black Star AXEL GRINDERS - Apparatus of Love BUNNYBRAINS - On The Floor Again

    1 hr
  2. Agony Shorthand #2

    12/13/2025

    Agony Shorthand #2

    Traveling the dark corners of DIY sound, from psych to solo guitar to punk to abstract pop to folk to heavy metalloid music – and other corners besides. Track listing: OKAY TEMIZ TRIO - Batum VIA - 1,000 M.P.H. PUPPET WIPES - Having Ceremony Over His Wife’s Corpse EXPLICIT CORPSE - I Gotta Gistol THE STROKE - He’s Gone SUBVERSE - Still Friends TINA FULKER - Midweek Girl ROWLAND TAYLOR - Roughshod Blues GWENIFER RAYMOND - Bonfire of the Billionaires JONATHAN HALPER - I Am a Hermit ONYON - Stereometrie VICIOUS VISIONS - Drugs BURNT ENVELOPE - Dirty Spirits SHARKEY’S MACHINE - Lear Jet Song THE 012 - Asbestos Lead Asbestos TWIN TALK - Keep It Heated

    1h 6m
  3. Agony Shorthand #1

    12/10/2025

    Agony Shorthand #1

    There's a new music podcast, and it's called Agony Shorthand. The host is Jay, and when you listen, you shall understand what it's all about and why it exists. (let it be said that it is not dissimilar from other podcasts once created by the same host).  TELEVISION - Horizontal Ascension LOS LLAMARADA - Something In My Head WALNUT BRAIN - Cabin 4 3 TOED SLOTH - Spark DANNY AND THE NIGHTMARES - Souvenir WINGED WHEEL - August 6, 2024 THE EDUCATED FOOLS - Chicky Squawk LONG JOHN HUNTER - El Paso Rock RANIL Y SU CONJUNTO TROPICAL - Cumbia En Tu Soledad BRIGITTE FONTAINE - Comme Rimbaud CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND - Triple Combination SCRABBLED - Waiting For Godot HAMS - Giving Thanks

    1h 4m
  4. Radio Dies Screaming #14

    07/27/2025

    Radio Dies Screaming #14

    Great to be back, just ignore the "razor blade throat" and listen to new stuff from Burnt Envelope, Eraser, Sun Cousto, Jeanines and Honey Radar, and gems from the library from the likes of Space Dust (pictured), Big Boys, Growth, BPeople and France.  Track listing: BURNT ENVELOPE - The Plugs JEANINES - What’s Lost WORLD OF POOH - Lock Yr Room HONEY RADAR - Chelsea Frame SPACE DUST - Cool Car PISSED OFF ZOMBIES - Garbage ERASER - Dinner Roll BPEOPLE - The Other Thing MR. SCIENCE - Sociobiology FAGLAR I BUR - Platt SMOKE BELLOW - Homecoming SUN COUSTO - I Don’t Wanna Talk THE PROLES - Police THE BIG BOYS - Red Green GROWTH - Ice Age FRANCE - Destino Scifosi (Part 1)

    1h 13m
  5. Radio Dies Screaming #13

    06/10/2025

    Radio Dies Screaming #13

    New material abounds this time around - FLEAS OF MERCY, GRAPHIC VIOLETS, ERASER, NOWHERE FLOWER, HEAVY MOTHER II, CHRIS BROKAW, PAPER JAYS, PHARDAH, ADDED DIMENSIONS and THE OBLIQUES - plus newly unearthed stuff from World of Pooh and Nice Smile. Track listing: ERASER - Talk To Me GRAPHIC VIOLETS - Broken Simulation ADDED DIMENSIONS - Time Blind WORLD OF POOH - Straw Man FLEAS OF MERCY - A Spell NOWHERE FLOWER - Winter Weeds THE SHALLOWS - Trial By Separation CHRIS BROKAW - Ghost Ship AGUATURBIA - Heartbreaker THE MORLOCKS - Born Loser THE TRASHWOMEN - Sling Rave Curvette NICE SMILE - It’s a Mess THE OBLIQUES - Cigarettes HEAVY MOTHER II - Heavy Burnout PAPER JAYS - Eats Its Tail PHARDAH - Village of Skulls

    1h 14m
  6. Radio Dies Screaming #12

    05/26/2025

    Radio Dies Screaming #12

    It has been a while, and don't we know it. Radio Dies Screaming #12 hopefully minds the gap w/ new stuff from Miranda Spatula & Nowhere Flower, The Obliques, Water Damage, Verdin Brothers + those fantastic World of Pooh and Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 reissues. There are other musical performances that you may find comfort the afflicted, while others that might afflict the comfortable. Give it a whirl if you're able! Track Listing: WORLD OF POOH - Acupuncture THE OBLIQUES - St. Petersburg TAV FALCO’S PANTHER BURNS - The Young Psychotics THE RENEGADES - Geronimo BIRD NAMES - Nobody Loves Me PEARLS BEFORE SWINE - (Oh Dear) Miss Morse THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND - I Won’t Hurt You VERDIN BROTHERS - Shady Sadie HARRIS NEWMAN - Bitten NEIL YOUNG - Motion Pictures WEBB CHAPEL - Springtime THINKING FELLERS UNION LOCAL 282 - Keeps Repeating MIRANDA SPATULA & NOWHERE FLOWER - Oaks Park STEREOLAB - Revox WATER DAMAGE - Reel 28

    1h 16m
  7. Radio Dies Screaming #11

    02/16/2025

    Radio Dies Screaming #11

    Track listing: NOWHERE FLOWER - Inside a Flower BRIDGET HAYDEN & THE APPARITIONS - Lovely on the Water TICKAWINDA - Cold and Raw DEPARTMENTSTORE SANTAS - Lost at Sea HOSE - Mobo SHOP REGULARS - Mischief LES LOUPS NOIRS - One Two For The Rock HONEY RADAR - Song For The Medical Mission Sisters OSTRAALY - Blind Melon (live in Jillong) NICK AND THE NOD - A Palace of Fords THE SPITS - Life of Crime DON HOWLAND & THE CHEATER SLICKS - Poor Me ASNAKECH WORKU - Mingizem Yene New FELA KUTI - Eke PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND - East-West

    1h 7m
  8. Radio Dies Screaming #10

    02/07/2025

    Radio Dies Screaming #10

    It may be unpredictable in nature and timing, but you know that Radio Dies Screaming will almost always bring it when it counts. Sorry for the long delay. Here's a new episode with new stuff from KROPPSKÄNNEDOM, INDEX FOR WORKING MUSIK, DON HOWLAND & THE CHEATER SLICKS, VOYEUR’S MARKET and some new never-issued stuff from LES RAZILLES DENUDES and HARDWARE. There's more besides that as well, as you'll surely discover. Track listing: INDEX FOR WORKING MUSIK - Chains DON HOWLAND & THE CHEATER SLICKS - Endgame BUDDY VINCENT - Wooden Bird Twist GIBSON BROS - Moon Twist LES RALLIZES DENUDES - Flame of Ice HARDWARE - Speed Unit THE FLOWERS - After Dark VOYEUR’S MARKET - Taking Care of Santa’s Business  PEER GROUP - I Saw That Movie THE SPROUTS - Doorbell KROPPSKÄNNEDOM - Mitt extatiska förakt NEGATIVE REACTION - The Hollow Men INDEX FOR WORKING MUSIK - Purple Born

    1h 12m
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A new iteration of a long-running music podcast! Sub-underground dark corners of DIY sound, from psych to solo guitar to abstract pop to folk to heavy metalloid music - and other corners of the musical map.

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  • Creator
    Agony Shorthand
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2025
  • Episodes
    243
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Agony Shorthand
  • Show Website
    Agony Shorthand

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