The 340th Hangover Sessions welcomes Brian Weaver, the driving force behind Bay Beats -- a local music platform run by the SF Public Library that's currently accepting submissions through May 31, 2026. If you're making music, they want to hear it!
Head to BayBeats.SFPLpl.org/Submit to learn more.
Brian joins us to spotlight six local Bay Area artists with albums already featured on the platform, woven throughout a very personal desert island discs selection of his own.
Follow Bay Beats via SF Public Library at @SFPublicLibrary on Instagram -- and here's the full lineup of local acts and album tracks Brian picked for the show:
Anna Hillburg - Holdin' On
The Crooked Jades - Pretty Little Shoes
Tom Heyman - Searching for the Holy Grail
Mayya - Tide Shifts
Body Double - Poisonous Mind
Will Marsh and Joshua Sam Miller - Impermanence (featuring Aminah Chishti)
Happy Listening, folks!
Playlist
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Asaw Fofor by Ignace De Souza & the Melody Aces on African Scream Contest 2 (Analog Africa No. 26) (Analog Africa) -
Smile and Go by SAULT on 7 (Forever Living Originals) -
From The Morning by Nick Drake on Pink Moon (UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)) -
Holdin' On by Anna Hillburg on Tired Girls (Speakeasy Studios SF) Local -
Pretty Little Shoes by The Crooked Jades on Empathy Moves The Water (Independent - Jade Note Music) Local -
Strawberry Fields Forever - Remastered 2009 by The Beatles on Magical Mystery Tour (Remastered) (EMI Catalogue) Local -
Surf's Up by The Beach Boys on The Smile Sessions (Capitol Records) Local -
Searching for the Holy Ghost by Tom Heyman on 24th Street Blues (Bohemian Neglect Recording Works) Local -
Tide Shifts by Mayya on Infinite Possible Futures (Independent) Local -
Rock & Roll by The Velvet Underground on Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition (Rhino Atlantic) Local -
Ashes to Ashes - 2017 Remaster by David Bowie on Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) [2017 Remaster] (Parlophone UK) Local -
Prisonous Mind by Body Double on Milk Fed (Zum) Local -
Impermanence (featuring Aminah Chishti) by Will Marsh and Joshua Sam Miller on Of Ancient Now (World - Indian Classical ● 2020) Local -
Primary - 2005 Remaster by The Cure on Faith (Rhino/Elektra) -
New Life by Depeche Mode on Speak & Spell (Venusnote Ltd.)