BumbleBee Brunch Indie Playlist: January 30th, 2026

Kristen Eck
Jan 31
3 min read

Kristen Eck's Friday January 30th, 2026 BumbleBee Brunch Indie Music Playlist

HOUR ONE:

The White Stripes - Icky Thump (2007) Lola Young - Can We Ignore It? (2025) Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember (1980) Father John Misty - The Old Law (2026) The National - The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness (2017) Hooverphonic - 2Wicky (1996) *** The Bee's Knees Song of the Week:

Robert Ellis Orrall - Wildflowers And Heather (2025) Wayward Vine - The Fall (2026) Echo & The Bunnymen - Bedbugs And Ballyhoo (1987) Foster The People - Call It What You Want (2011) Soda Blonde - Dream Big (LIVE with the Irish National Symphony Orchestra) (2025) The Candykins - Submarine Song (1991) Mission Of Burma - Academy Fight Song (1981) They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (1990)

HOUR TWO:

Valencia Grace - Lucky You're A Star (2025) Lucinda Williams - The World's Gone Wrong (2026) Nothing But Thieves - Trip Switch (2015) The Legal Matters - Temporary Thing (2026) Frank Zappa - Muffin Man (1975) The Spackles - Be My Anchor (2026) Cape Crush - Calm & Delivered (2026) Arcadia - Goodbye Is Forever (1985) Laptop - Confused (2026) Richard Neuberg - Crow Needs The Pine (2026) Marianne Faithful - Broken English (1979) Muse - United States Of Eurasia (2009) Live - White, Discussion (1994)

*** The Bee's Knees Song of the Week is the #1 song of the week in the BumbleBee Radio Top-10, as reported each Friday on Radio Indie Alliance. This week's song is "Wildflowers And Heather" by Boston artist, Robert Ellis Orrall.

The Bee's Knees Indie Song of the Week: Robert Ellis Orrall - Wildflowers And Heather

Check-out Robert's new album "Wrong Thing" on his Bandcamp page and hear "Wildflowers And Heather" right here on BumbleBee Radio!

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