KXRW Vancouver Presents

Head Full of Bees

2nd & 4th Mondays 7pm-8pm

Head Full of Bees

Kevin Murphy

I discovered my parents’ Beatles records in 1979 and have been enthusiastically falling down musical rabbit holes ever since. A Camas transplant via San Diego, Austin,Memphis, Amsterdam, Seattle, Dallas, and Prague, I spent the ’90s masquerading as a professional musician in bands like Farside and 411. These days, my creative outlet is making playlists for friends that are intentionally eclectic and enthusiastically all over the map. My goal isn’t to prove how cool my taste is (because it’s not) but to share songs I genuinely love, regardless of genre or decade. It’s taken a long time for me to accept, but labels, as it turns out, are mostly nonsense. A good song is a good song.

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About The Show

Head Full of Bees is meticulously crafted as the musical equivalent of a rollercoaster ride – propulsive, unpredictable, and exhilarating. It is music unconstrained by genre or label; songs untethered from trends or expiration dates. Drawing on sounds from every corner of the world, the show transcends style, language, release era, and any other attempt at categorization. This is music that’s loud, innovative, quiet, new, old, classic, challenging, accessible, obscure, and massively popular. Good songs that refuse to be boxed in. So, buckle up and prepare to take the manic ride!

Episode Library

Head Full of Bees Episode 3 / April 13, 2026 Playlist Lightning Dust– “Wondering What Everyone Knows” / Canada / 2009 Bleach Lab– “Drown” / UK / 2025 Lush– “For Love” / UK / 1992 Muchachito Bombo Infierno– “Que Puede Salir Mal” / Spain / 2023 Maruja Limon– “Miralas” / Spain / 2025 Rumba Tres– “Y No Te Quedan Lagrimas” / Spain / 1979 Yannis & The Yaw w/ Tony Allen– “Under The Strikes” / Multinational / 2024 Eko Roosevelt– “M’onguele M’am” / Cameroon / 1980 Les Amazones d’Afrique– “Amahoro (Don’t Get Angry)” / Multinational / 2024 SRSQ– “Born Alone, Die Alone” / United States / 2026 Bragolin– “Into Those Woods” / Netherlands / 2018 Chasing Abbey– “Íorónta” / Ireland / 2025 Tin House– “Be Good, Be Kind” / United States / 1971 The Rattles– “The Witch” / Germany / 1970 Budgie– “Wondering What Everyone Knows” / UK / 1973 ...
Playlist for March 23, 2026 The Scratch– “Sally MacLennane” / Ireland / 2024 My Brightest Diamond– “Golden Star” / United States / 2014 Hüsker Dü– “Erase Today” / United States / 1985 (originally recorded) 1986 (released) Autoclave– “Dr. Seuss” / United States / 1992 Dikalo– “Equality” / Multinational / 1976 GraceCummings– “On and On” / Australia / 2024 Motorama– “Heavy Wave” / Russia / 2015 Gwenno– “Utopia” / Wales / 2025 LoudonWainrightIII– “The Drinking Song” / United States / 1972 Kefaya&ElahaSoroor– “Jama Narenji” / Multinational / 2019 ThePretenders– “Kid” / UK / 1980 MeLostMe– “Compromise!” / UK / 2025 EkatarinaVelika– “Vrt” / Former Yugoslavia (now Serbia) / 1982 ThePogues– “Sally MacLennane” / UK and Ireland / 1985 Intro and Outro music “Roddy Doyle” written and performed by K Murphy. Background music for this episode was “Book of Slim” performed byGene Harris and the Three Sounds(USA / 1969) ...
HFOB Playlist / March 9, 2026 / Episode 1 Florence Adooni -“Crosseyed and Painless” / Ghana / 2026 David Bowie -“1984” / United Kingdom / 1974 Dlina Volny -“Do it” / Belarus / 2021 Dandy Livingstone -“Rudy, a Message to You” / Jamaica / 1967 Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin –“The Deepest Breath” / Ireland / 2022 Sikiera –“Nowa Aleksandria” / Poland / 1986 Bruno Pernadas –“Problem Number 6” / Portugal / 2025 Dur-Dur Band –“Dooyo” / Somalia / 1987 (recording) 2013 (re-release) Hatchie –“Sure” / Australia / 2018 Melike Şahin –“Ortak” / Turkey / 2025 Alvvays –“Pressed” / Canada / 2022 Vashti Bunyan –“Train Song” / 1966 (recording) 2007 (re-release) Gabrielė Vilkickytė and Jauti –“Pražys” / Lithuania / 2022 Talking Heads –“Crosseyed and Painless” / United States / 1980 Intro and Outro music “Roddy Doyle” written and performed by K Murphy. Background music for this episode was “Guzleme” performed byRomanofrom (Tel ...

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