Broadcasting from the West Coast, DJ Commodore Theodore draws from very broad definitions of rock, soul, and punk to explore lesser-known and ethnocentric expressions of “heaviness” that are more commonly claimed by American artists. From records that were hidden under late-60s ashtrays to basement crates still being discovered, he assembles a sonic collage of scenes and genres spanning Midwestern to Near Eastern origins. Take in Hanover Floyd-worship, Marrakeshi acid-folk, Indonesian bell bottom jams, French prog, 70s Iggy homage, Turkish arena-psych, Nigerian hard rock, Akron avant-punk, and Dublin blown-amp blues. Let go of your baggage around genre boundaries and come hear the obscure and familiar in a strange new way. His weekly radio show HEAD EAST airs Sunday nights on XRAY.FM and also plays bass, saz, and oud in the heavy Eastern-psych trio Descending Pharaohs.

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