On this episode of the podcast show, I dig deeper into the work of the San Francisco-based label, Paisley Shirt Records. Started in 2013 by Kevin Linn and his friends as an outlet for the various recording projects that they were working on at the time, the label eventually became the sole operation of Linn’s who gradually expanded its focus to a wider range of artists making lo-fi pop, experimental outsider music, and post-punk sounds in the Bay Area (and beyond). Linn continues to release many of his projects such as Sad Eyed Beatniks, Present Electric, and Tam Lin on the label too.

I recently had a chance to speak with Kevin, and we discussed the beginnings of Paisley Shirt, the small community of artists and musicians he connected with through the Hit Gallery, the music he has been making as Sad Eyed Beatniks, and much more. You’ll hear that interview in a few segments throughout the show, and you’ll also hear track selections from numerous releases from the Paisley Shirt Records catalog. I hope you enjoy this episode. Feel free to get in touch if you have any comments or questions. As always, thanks for looking and listening.

• ~Introductory Music: Hospital “Warming Wool Rectangle” Hospital II (Paisley Shirt / PSR-63)
• Cindy “Party Store” 1:2 (Paisley Shirt / PSR-052)
• The Telephone Numbers “Ballad of Doug” The Ballad of Doug (Paisley Shirt / PSR-044)
• R.E. Seraphin “Exploding Head” Tiny Shapes (Paisley Shirt / PSR-028)
• Red Pants “Another Haircut” When We Were Dancing (Paisley Shirt / PSR-053)
• April Magazine “Blue” Sunday Music For An Overpass (Paisley Shirt / PSR-051)
• ~Interview segment with Kevin Linn of Paisley Shirt Records [17:20-34:10]~
• HITS “1-5-8” World of Dirt (Paisley Shirt / PSR-70)
• Tony Jay “A Dream Goes On Forever” Knife Is But A Dream (Paisley Shirt / PSR-71)
• Nights Templar “Lonely Like A Devil” Half The Year (Paisley Shirt / PSR-68)
• Flowertown “The Ring” Tourist Language (Paisley Shirt / PSR-67)
• Plastic Candles “Daisies” Futon Stereo Mix (Paisley Shirt / PSR-65)
• ~Interview segment with Kevin Linn of Paisley Shirt Records [49:11-1:03:36]~
• Sad Eyed Beatniks “Monumental Ensemble” Ten Brocades (Meritorio)
• Tam Lin “A Wooly Windowside”  .​.​.​across a snow​-​flecked mountain valley (Paisley Shirt / PSR-73)
• Present Electric “Snurr-skivan” Present Electric (Paisley Shirt / PSR-62)
• The Milky Baskets “Watch the News” The Paisley Overground (Paisley Shirt / PSR-06)
• Sad Eyed Beatniks “The Snows of Success” Claudia’s Ethereal Weaver (Paisley Shirt / PSR-57)
• ~Interview segment with Kevin Linn of Paisley Shirt Records [1:19:27-1:25:01]~
• CLF Suba “Fontenay Sous Bois” The Boy Who Paints Rainbows (Paisley Shirt | Jour de Pluie Records | Coolax)
• Tony Jay “A Good and Faithful Servant” The Boy Who Paints Rainbows (Paisley Shirt | Jour de Pluie Records | Coolax)
• Galore “New Living” Blush (Paisley Shirt / PSR-60)
• Whitney’s Playground “Rain Song” Sunset Sea Breeze (Paisley Shirt / PSR-61)
• Blue Ocean “Love” Blue Ocean (Paisley Shirt / PSR-50)
• Max Nordile “Lunch W Sunglasses” Vying For the Dime (Paisley Shirt / PSR-38)
• Snogs “Watercolor Boy” Boyfriend’s Dead (Paisley Shirt / PSR-39)
• Portabella “The Wrong Way” Return to the Fountain of Olives (Paisley Shirt / PSR-42)
• Hectorine “Saltwater” Tears (Paisley Shirt / PSR-47)
• Burner Herzog “Hard Times” Big Love (Paisley Shirt / PSR-32)
• Black Noun “I’m In Love With Your Band” Led Zeppelin V (Paisley Shirt / PSR-2)

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