indie rock on KZSC Santa Cruz 88.1fm · thursday nights, 2006–2008 · programmed by Max Elman
the show
indie rock with a passion
about
Inspired by Death Cab for Cutie's track on Something About Airplanes, bend to squares took the title and applied it to the pressure placed on indie bands to conform to cultural standards and, in effect, get "bent" into the similar-sounding mush signed by big labels.
The goal was to give both big and small indie bands a chance to be heard, and ideally get the public interested in good new independent music. For over two years, Thursday nights 8:30–10:30pm.
cheers,
max elman
listen / time travel
Have a time machine? Head back to 2006–2008 and tune in:
Every track below links straight to Spotify — one click to play or add it. Whole shows can be copied or turned into a real Spotify playlist.
by the numbers
two years of thursday nights
Every song logged across the run of the show — the artists that kept coming back, and how the weeks stacked up.
songs played over time
monthly totals · April 2006 → October 2008
most played artists
top 12 by number of spins
most played songs
the tracks that earned repeat plays
deepest catalogs
artists by number of different songs played
the archive
every playlist
Search by artist or song, filter by year, and open any track in Spotify. Guest / subbed shows are marked.