Herb Sundays 198: Anastasia Kristensen

The Copenhagen-based producer/DJ “channeling a slightly melancholic feeling. Dubby atmospheres, textural and moody synth riffs.”

Oct 4 • Sam Valenti IV

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September 2026

Herb Sundays 197: JP Haynie (Actual Source)

The Co-Founder of publisher/design studio/brand Actual Source, shares music that inspires his own recordings plus taste, shame and Nirvana.

Sep 27 • Sam Valenti IV

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Herb Sundays 196: James Ellis Ford

The prolific artist and producer (Blur, Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode) goes deep..."starts out quite spacey but later peppered with a few classic songs…

Sep 20 • Sam Valenti IV

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Herb Sundays 195: Spencer Doran (Visible Cloaks)

[Season 12 premiere] “impossible music" beyond the confines of human playing and composing by mechanical and digital means, as chosen by the Portland…

Sep 13 • Sam Valenti IV

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August 2026

Herb Sundays in focus: Electro 1997-2005 (Electroclash, New Electro, Disco Nouveau) pt. 2

Stories and favorites from the front lines + I was an Electro Malcontent + unseen photos by Will Calcutt

Aug 30 • Sam Valenti IV

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Herb Sundays in focus: Electro 1997-2005 (Electroclash, New Electro, Disco Nouveau) pt. 1

On the shifting of canon and whether “electroclash” truly existed. The Electro feeling was immense. Memoirs of the New Electro era part one.

Aug 23 • Sam Valenti IV

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Herb Sundays In Focus... The Durutti Column

The Durutti Column in review, as chosen and explained by Tom Krell (How to Dress Well)

Aug 16 • Sam Valenti IV and false world

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Herb Sundays 04: Lovefingers [From the Archive]

One of the great contemporary curators with "wholesome Sunday ballads for the whole family" plus other ruminations. Art by Cina.

Aug 9 • Sam Valenti IV

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Herb Sundays 51: SV4 + more [From the Archive]

An August playlist returns: The late summer sun in a seaside town beats against the quickly painted white walls. Art by Cina.

Aug 2 • Sam Valenti IV

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July 2026

Herb Sundays 194: Chanel Beads

[Season 11 finale] Third Eye Blind / Playboy Carti / Ricki Lee Jones = Enigmatic music for long drives

Jul 12 • Sam Valenti IV

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Herb Sundays 193: Carla dal Forno

The self-styled Australian musician with "Music that makes me feel alive, but in a kind of relaxed, dance slowly round the house or lie on the couch…

Jul 5 • Sam Valenti IV and carla dal forno

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June 2026

Herb Sundays 192: CFCF

The Los Angeles-based Canadian producer and DJ at the storage unit of retro colours that inform his work.

Jun 28 • Sam Valenti IV

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