• Gogol Bordello
    Feb 17 2026

    Eugene Hütz, the Ukrainian frontman for the New York City-based punk band Gogol Bordello, goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. He digs for New York hardcore, Greek rebetika, Einstürzende Neubauten, and an instrumental trio featuring former Fugazi members. Gogol Bordello's new album We Mean It, Man! is out now via Casa Gogol Records.

    Gogol Bordello's picks:
    • Iggy Pop - Zombie Birdhouse (CD)
    • Gorilla Biscuits - Gorilla Biscuits (7")
    • Ansambl Mileta Petrovica - Veseli Romi (LP)
    • Einstürzende Neubauten - Ende Neu (LP)
    • Markos Vamvakaris - Death Is Bitter (LP)
    • The Messthetics - The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis (LP)
    • Viagra Boys - Viagr Aboys (LP)
    • Thee Hypnotics - Live'r Than God (LP)
    • Grace Bergere - A Little Blood (LP)
    • Various Artists - NYContinuity Vol.1: New New York Does Old New York (LP)

    Featured Artist: Gogol Bordello

    Editor: Brendt Rioux
    Executive Producer: Rachael McGovern
    Producer/Director: Craig Miller
    Assistant Director: Derich Heath
    Cameras: Derich Heath
    Audio Recorded by: Patrick Emswiler
    Assistant Editor: Patrick Emswiler

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    13 mins
  • DJ Platurn
    Feb 9 2026

    Platurn, a Bay Area DJ, producer & founder of the 45 Sessions, goes record shopping at Amoeba San Francisco in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. He digs for classic hip hop, soul, electronic & progressive rock records, and talks about the album that provided a spiritual moment for him as a producer. Platurn's album Through Storm & Grief is out now via Four Finger Distro.

    DJ Platurn's picks:
    • A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (LP)
    • De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (LP)
    • Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca & The Soul Brother (LP)
    • James Brown - At Studio 54 (LP)
    • Kool & The Gang - Kool Jazz (LP)
    • Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (LP)
    • Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On (LP)
    • Roy Ayers - Coffy [OST] (LP)
    • Soft Machine - Six (LP)
    • Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine (LP)
    • Portishead - Dummy (LP)
    • Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out Of Season (LP)
    • Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information (LP)

    Featured Artist: DJ Platurn

    Editor: Michael Cruz
    Executive Producer: Rachael McGovern
    Producer/Director: Gabriel Wheeler
    Producer: Craig Miller
    Cameras: Gabriel Wheeler, Michael Cruz
    Audio Recorded by: Michael Cruz
    Assistant Editor: Patrick Emswiler

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    15 mins
  • Simon Raymonde
    Feb 2 2026

    British producer, Cocteau Twins bassist, and Bella Union co-founder Simon Raymonde goes record shopping at Amoeba San Francisco in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. He tells stories about The Fall, Patti Smith, jazz pianist Lennie Tristano, composer Dimitri Tiomkin, and shares his love of flexi discs and reggae 7" singles. Simon Raymonde's memoir In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor And Me is out now via Bonnier Books.

    Simon Raymonde's picks:
    • Kevin Cummins - Telling Stories: Photographs Of The Fall (BOOK)
    • Patti Smith - Bread Of Angels (BOOK)
    • Lenny Tristano - The New Tristano (LP)
    • Dimitri Tiomkin - 36 Hours [OST] (LP)
    • Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend (DVD)
    • Associates - Even Dogs In The Wild (Flexi) (7")
    • Haircut 100 - Nobody's Fool (Flexi) (7")
    • Tom Robinson - On Stage In Hamburg (Flexi) (7")
    • PigBag - Another Orangutango (Flexi) (7")
    • Prince Fari & Culture - Message For The King (7")

    Featured Artist: Simon Raymonde

    Producer/Director/Editor: Gabriel Wheeler
    Executive Producer: Rachael McGovern
    Cameras: Michael Cruz, Gabriel Wheeler
    Audio Recorded by: Gabriel Wheeler
    Assistant Editor: Patrick Emswiler

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    17 mins
  • Joyce Manor
    Jan 26 2026

    California pop-punk band Joyce Manor goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode! The band digs through the crates for pop-punk classics, indie pop gems, folk-punk nostalgia and lots more. Joyce Manor's new album I Used To Go To This Bar is out January 30, 2026 via Epitaph Records.

    Joyce Manor's picks:
    The Sundays - Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (LP)
    SOPHIE - Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (LP)
    Yazoo - Upstairs At Eric's (LP)
    Hum - Inlet (LP)
    Tigers Jaw - Tigers Jaw (LP)
    The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (LP)
    Gillian Welch - Soul Journey (LP)
    Angel City - Face To Face (CASSETTE)
    Paul Westerberg - Stereo/Mono (LP)
    Sam Cooke - One Night Stand! Live At The Harlem Square Club (LP)
    Defiance, Ohio - Share What You Got (LP)
    Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Streetcore (CD)
    Agriculture - Spiritual Sound (LP)
    Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (LP)
    The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Belong (LP)
    Alvvays - Blue Rev (LP)

    Featured Artist: Joyce Manor

    Editor: Charlie McTavish Smith
    Executive Producer: Rachael McGovern
    Producer/Director: Craig Miller
    Assistant Director: Derich Heath
    Cameras: Aaron Araki, Derich Heath
    Audio Recorded by: Patrick Emswiler
    Assistant Editor: Patrick Emswiler

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    14 mins
  • Petey USA
    Jan 20 2026

    Indie rock singer/songwriter and social media personality Petey USA goes shopping for CDs at Amoeba Hollywood and talks about wanting to write songs like Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse, feeling immersed in the Wild West through Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads, covering Alanis Morissette & more. Petey USA's latest album The Yips is out now via Capitol.

    Petey USA's picks:
    Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica (CD)
    Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs (CD)
    Third Eye Blind - Blue (CD)
    Various Artists - Vanilla Sky [OST] (CD)
    Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring/Billy The Kid: Suite/Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes/El Salón Mexico (CD)
    Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (CD)
    Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona (CD)
    The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It (CD)
    Tears For Fears - Rule The World: The Greatest Hits (CD)

    Featured Artist: Petey USA

    Editor: Mason Campbell
    Executive Producer: Rachael McGovern
    Producer/Director: Craig Miller
    Assistant Director: Derich Heath
    Cameras: Derich Heath
    Audio Recorded by: Patrick Emswiler
    Assistant Editor: Patrick Emswiler

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    13 mins
  • Nels Cline
    Jan 12 2026

    Nels Cline, the Wilco guitarist, composer & bandleader, goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood and talks about some of his favorite jazz musicians, including drummer Paul Motian and guitarist Jim Hall, and shares how the Minutemen changed his view of punk rock. Nels Cline's acclaimed 2016 Blue Note debut Lovers has been reissued to celebrate its 10th anniversary this year.

    Nels Cline's picks:
    The Derek Trucks Band - Joyful Noise (CD)
    Paul Motian - Tribute (CD)
    Paul Motian - The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note [Box Set] (CD)
    Jeff Parker - The Way Out Of Easy (CD)
    Jah Thomas & The Roots Radics - The Trojan Dub Albums Collection (CD)
    Roger Steffens - So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley (CD)
    Jim Hall - 3 Classic Albums Plus - Jazz Guitar/Good Friday Blues/Paul Desmond-First Place Again (CD)
    Tom Rainey Trio with Mary Halvorson and Ingrid Laubrock - Camino Cielo Echo (CD)
    Elliott Sharp - Sharp? Monk? Sharp! Monk! (CD)
    Stacy & Jimmy Rowles - Me And The Moon (CD)
    Minutemen - San Pedro Pin (MISC.)
    Teenage Jesus & The Jerks - Lydia Lunch Pin (MISC.)

    Featured Artist: Nels Cline

    Editor: Brendt Rioux
    Executive Producer: Rachael McGovern
    Producer/Director: Craig Miller
    Assistant Director: Derich Heath
    Cameras: Derich Heath
    Audio Recorded by: Patrick Emswiler
    Assistant Editor: Patrick Emswiler

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    14 mins
  • Liniker
    Jan 5 2026

    Brazilian soul superstar Liniker goes record shopping at Amoeba Music in Hollywood and picks up albums by Fela Kuti, Steve Lacy, and Rosalía, and finally finds the LP she's been looking for at record stores around the world. Liniker's Latin GRAMMY-winning album Caju is available via Jazzybelle.

    Liniker's picks:
    Solange - Sol-Angel And The Hadley St. Dreams (LP)
    Fela Ransome Kuti and Africa 70 - Expensive Shit (LP)
    Nathy Peluso - Calambre (LP)
    Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights (LP)
    Lianne La Havas - Lianne La Havas (LP)
    Beyoncé - B'Day (LP)
    Cleo Sol - Mother (LP)
    Mort Garson - Mother Earth's Plantasia (LP)
    Rosalia - Lux (LP)

    Featured Artist: Liniker

    Editor: Jacob Gray
    Executive Producer: Rachael McGovern
    Producer/Director: Craig Miller
    Assistant Director: Derich Heath
    Cameras: Derich Heath
    Audio Recorded by: Patrick Emswiler
    Assistant Editor: Patrick Emswiler

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    7 mins
  • Zac Farro
    Dec 15 2025

    Zac Farro, the Paramore founding member and drummer, goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood for Reggae, City Pop, Brazilian jazz & Nigerian funk, and talks about the lost art of the live album. Zac Farro's new solo album Operator is available via Congrats Records.

    Zac Farro's picks:
    Keith Hudson - Playing It Cool (LP)
    Dorothy Ashby - Dorothy's Harp (LP)
    Neil Young - Royce Hall, January 30, 1971 (LP)
    Ned Doheny - Separate Oceans (LP)
    Various Artists - City Music Tokyo (Corner) (LP)
    Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave (LP)
    William Onyeabor - Atomic Bomb (LP)
    Marcos Valle - Marcos Valle (LP)

    Featured Artist: Zac Farro

    Editor: Brendt Rioux
    Executive Producer: Rachael McGovern
    Producer/Director: Craig Miller
    Assistant Director: Derich Heath
    Cameras: Derich Heath
    Audio Recorded by: Patrick Emswiler
    Assistant Editor: Patrick Emswiler

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    10 mins