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In this broadcast, brand new music widely considered 'rock' though most is sonically harder to characterize. The first hour will feature moody, short pieces generally two to four minutes in length while in the second hour longer, noisier, drone-y guitar-driven pieces will be featured. Music from Deerhoof (with Wadada Leo Smith), Sleaford Mods, Thurston Moore, JOBS, Todd Goldstein, Field Works, Helvetia, PAINT, The Icebergs, Godcaster, Daniel Blumberg, Goat Rodeo, Tolouse Low Trax, numun, Garcia Peoples, Gunn-Truscinski Duo, Yo La Tengo, and Brendan Randall Myers. Plus a track from The Stooges (1970) and rare one from Charlie Parker. August 29 marks the 100th anniversary of Parker's birth.

After the local news at noon, “Overlooked” is a show focusing on overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational, and other fringe music, from early roots to contemporary experiments, a mix of familiar to rare, classic to weird.

Host Rob Saffer is the former Executive Director and Producer of the Creative Music Foundation. While living in Brooklyn for 25 years, he served on advisory boards for Celebrate Brooklyn and Symphony Space. He also curated the Brooklyn Museum’s summer jazz series and helped found The Mingus Big Band.