Jen Matson (DJ nstop)
@nstop.com
Cycles Per Second on @khuh.bsky.social 104.9 FM in Seattle ~ Wednesdays 6-7pm PT // Live music junkie, traveler, culinary noodler, record collector, cat cuddler, designer. http://www.nstop.com
Another new radio show this week, w/my picks from the latest crop of indie music to pass thru my headphones, incl releases from @lapochettesurprise.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social @tinyglobalmusic.bsky.social. @khuh.bsky.social broadcast now streaming online: www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Another new radio show this week, w/my picks from the latest crop of indie music to pass thru my headphones, incl releases from @lapochettesurprise.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social @tinyglobalmusic.bsky.social. @khuh.bsky.social broadcast now streaming online: www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...
I dipped into a random issue from May 1987 and found this highly entertaining European tour diary for The Chills. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I dipped into a random issue from May 1987 and found this highly entertaining European tour diary for The Chills. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/...
Unexpectedly found ourselves in Portland with nothing to do tonight, so why not see some Australian punk new and old? Wollongong duo chimers and The Saints ‘73-‘78 w/orig members Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay, plus Mick Harvey and Mark Arm (vox) among others. A fantastic double bill.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Unexpectedly found ourselves in Portland with nothing to do tonight, so why not see some Australian punk new and old? Wollongong duo chimers and The Saints ‘73-‘78 w/orig members Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay, plus Mick Harvey and Mark Arm (vox) among others. A fantastic double bill.
This and last week's show now up on Mixcloud! Two hours of Cycles Per Second, with the freshest underground jangle, drone, fuzz and roar from 🇩🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇸🇦🇺🇨🇦🇵🇱🇳🇿🇳🇱🇺🇸
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This and last week's show now up on Mixcloud! Two hours of Cycles Per Second, with the freshest underground jangle, drone, fuzz and roar from 🇩🇪🇫🇮🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇸🇦🇺🇨🇦🇵🇱🇳🇿🇳🇱🇺🇸
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/cycles...
Also, someone complimented my style and said I reminded them of Poison Ivy of The Cramps. I’ll take it!
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Also, someone complimented my style and said I reminded them of Poison Ivy of The Cramps. I’ll take it!
Fascinating session today with former Washington Post editorial cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social in conversation w/ @bretthamil.bsky.social, covering her background in animation thru to her time at the Post and how she came to leave the paper.
November 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Fascinating session today with former Washington Post editorial cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social in conversation w/ @bretthamil.bsky.social, covering her background in animation thru to her time at the Post and how she came to leave the paper.
Making the scene at Short Run Comix Festival. Tons of folks as usual, but much easier to move around in the spacious and airy new venue in Georgetown.
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Making the scene at Short Run Comix Festival. Tons of folks as usual, but much easier to move around in the spacious and airy new venue in Georgetown.
Also worth mentioning that every part of this show, including the cover art, is assembled by myself. (No AI here... ever!!) Images from old catalogs, magazines, record sleeves are colored, textured and reimagined for each week's show. Here's one example:
October 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Also worth mentioning that every part of this show, including the cover art, is assembled by myself. (No AI here... ever!!) Images from old catalogs, magazines, record sleeves are colored, textured and reimagined for each week's show. Here's one example:
Closing out the month with a clutch of October radio shows uploaded in the past week. Tons of great tunes from the indie underground that need more ears on 'em: Hedge Burners, Possible Humans, Lande Hekt, ONYON... (I could go on...) www.mixcloud.com/nstop/
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Closing out the month with a clutch of October radio shows uploaded in the past week. Tons of great tunes from the indie underground that need more ears on 'em: Hedge Burners, Possible Humans, Lande Hekt, ONYON... (I could go on...) www.mixcloud.com/nstop/
Circa 1994 playlist from my college radio show, scribbled around a pic of Sonic Youth on the back of a Record Collector mag.
October 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Circa 1994 playlist from my college radio show, scribbled around a pic of Sonic Youth on the back of a Record Collector mag.
Hey, Seattle: Not only is the Short Run Comix Festival happening in Georgetown this year (hooray!), this cool, FREE gig is happening at my local afterwards w/folks from The Shins, Califone, Low. 9pm this Saturday
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Hey, Seattle: Not only is the Short Run Comix Festival happening in Georgetown this year (hooray!), this cool, FREE gig is happening at my local afterwards w/folks from The Shins, Califone, Low. 9pm this Saturday
If you still need recs in the waning hours of Bandcamp Friday... I got ya. New CPS up now w/music fr artists/labels @glenndonaldson.bsky.social @lindymorrison.bsky.social @evernever.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social @indieordie.bsky.social @hiddenbayrec.bsky.social www.nstop.com/cycles-per-s...
October 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If you still need recs in the waning hours of Bandcamp Friday... I got ya. New CPS up now w/music fr artists/labels @glenndonaldson.bsky.social @lindymorrison.bsky.social @evernever.bsky.social @meritoriorec.bsky.social @indieordie.bsky.social @hiddenbayrec.bsky.social www.nstop.com/cycles-per-s...
The past three weeks' worth of Cycles Per Second, featuring (almost) three hours of the latest and greatest songs to tickle my ears, now up on ye olde Mixcloud.
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/
September 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The past three weeks' worth of Cycles Per Second, featuring (almost) three hours of the latest and greatest songs to tickle my ears, now up on ye olde Mixcloud.
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/
www.mixcloud.com/nstop/
Banana is intrigued
September 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Banana is intrigued
Ibex Clone are killing it rn with their set. New songs!
September 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Ibex Clone are killing it rn with their set. New songs!
Am sadly missing Gonerfest this year but the livestream is free and they got started about 10 min ago. goner-records.com/pages/gonerf...
September 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Am sadly missing Gonerfest this year but the livestream is free and they got started about 10 min ago. goner-records.com/pages/gonerf...
After much travel and live music, been catching up on getting the past two weeks' worth of Cycles Per Second shows up on Mixcloud. Here's two hours of my favorite new and newly-issued music, everything from jangly pop to prickly punk to bedroom ambient. www.mixcloud.com/nstop/
September 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
After much travel and live music, been catching up on getting the past two weeks' worth of Cycles Per Second shows up on Mixcloud. Here's two hours of my favorite new and newly-issued music, everything from jangly pop to prickly punk to bedroom ambient. www.mixcloud.com/nstop/
Designing and laying out a new issue of my fanzine about record collecting
September 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Designing and laying out a new issue of my fanzine about record collecting
Also, someone brought their cat to the gig ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
September 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Also, someone brought their cat to the gig ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Magical house show a couple of miles from my house: Rose Melberg and Fred Thomas
September 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Magical house show a couple of miles from my house: Rose Melberg and Fred Thomas
My right ear started acting up partway thru Phantom Tollbooth’s hi-volume set, so I decided to quit while I was ahead. Thx DromFest, hope to see ya next year! (6/6)
September 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My right ear started acting up partway thru Phantom Tollbooth’s hi-volume set, so I decided to quit while I was ahead. Thx DromFest, hope to see ya next year! (6/6)
I was skeptical about a Dambuilders gig that was billed as basically Dave Derby and friends. But when yr friends include Brendan Canty (Fugazi) and Sean Eden (Luna)… it’s gonna sound great, and it did. Surprise guest: original member Eric Masunaga! (5/6)
September 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I was skeptical about a Dambuilders gig that was billed as basically Dave Derby and friends. But when yr friends include Brendan Canty (Fugazi) and Sean Eden (Luna)… it’s gonna sound great, and it did. Surprise guest: original member Eric Masunaga! (5/6)
While I’d very much enjoyed Thalia Zedek’s solo set I caught a month prior in Seattle, the (almost) full band version was mind-blowingly good. Go see them if you can! (4/6)
September 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
While I’d very much enjoyed Thalia Zedek’s solo set I caught a month prior in Seattle, the (almost) full band version was mind-blowingly good. Go see them if you can! (4/6)