Every Sunday night (8-10pm) Aaron Axelsen drops on two hours of the best in new music & Bay Area bands on Soundcheck. Here's what you heard on the first show of 2026:
8pm
TAME IMPALA- dracula (Gigamesh remix)
SPIRITUAL CRAMP- go back home (local)
YUNGBLUD- zombie (acoustic)
FLORENCE ROAD- break the girl
CROOKED TEETH- I know, I know (local)
JOYCE MANOR- I know where mark chen lives
LITTLE IMAGE- come sail away
SJOWGREN- cool over kind (local)
CAVETOWN- sailboat (Feat Chloe Moriondo)
GEESE- cobra
SCOWL- special (local)
TURNSTILE- blackout (vault)
TURNSTILE- sole
TRANSPLANTS- down in Oakland (vault)
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9pm
FATBOY SLIM x ROLLING STONES- satisfaction skank (extended mix)
THE TRIMS- killer at the door (local)
INTERPOL- obstacle 1 (vault)
BLOOD CULTURES- emptylands
DRIVE! DRIVE!- honest (local)
NOFX- linoleum (vault)
JEAN DAWSON- prize fighter
CHASING ABBEY- scartha
FONTAINES D.C.- in the modern world
CARDINALS- barbed wire
STILL RUINS- our penance (Blood Rave remix) (local)
HEALTH- ordinary loss
AUSTRA- fallen cloud
DAVID BOWIE- heroes (vault)