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Matthew McVickar
@matthewmcvickar.com
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💛 he/him • web developer music fiend
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My radio show from last night on @freeformportland.org with @andymcmillan.com, featuring lots more autumnal songs, is up for listening! I had a wonderful time doing this show.

www.mixcloud.com/welwing/some...

#freeformportland
screenshot of a playlist: Some Wonderful Noise: Episode 20 (November 7, 2025) Welwing: 1. Kid Koala — Nightfall 2. Kelly Moran — Echo in the Field 3. Cale Parks — Miss My Little Wizard Co-pilot 4. June McDoom — On My Way Andy McMillan: Autumn Mix 5. Field Music — Them That Do Nothing 6. Bill Callahan — Sycamore 7. Beach House — Lazuli 8. Wye Oak — Glory Welwing: 9. The Books — Getting the Done Job 10. Baths — Wistful (Fata Morgana) 11. Tujiko Noriko — Kiminotameni Andy McMillan: Black (Heavy) Mix 12. Bear in Heaven — You Do You 13. Portishead — Machine Gun 14. Low — Always Trying to Work It Out 15. Cocteau Twins — Persephone Welwing: 16. Maria Somerville — Garden 17. Jay Som — Ghost 18. Vines — I'll be here Andy McMillan: Yellow (Sad) Mix 19. Stars of the Lid — The Mouthchew, Pt. 2 20. Coldplay — Spies 21. Blonde Redhead — Misery Is a Butterfly 22. Gayngs — Cry Andy McMillan: Introduction to Andy Mix 23. The Horrors — Something to Remember Me By 24. Headache — That Thing with the Rabbit 25. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard — I'm Sleepin' In 26. Broken Social Scene — Cranley's Gonna Make It
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reposted by Matthew McVickar
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Portland! I’m joining my friend @matthewmcvickar.com on his show Some Wonderful Noise to play some sad autumn songs this afternoon, from 4–6pm! Tune in to 90.3 or 98.3 FM, or listen online at freeformportland.org.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Listen to SOME WONDERFUL NOISE on Friday, November 7th from 4–6pm PT Welwing plays a genre- and world-spanning mix of atmospheric, energetic, and percussive music with context and connections galore. Uncover offbeat pop, hypnotic electronic, and ambient music. freeformportland.org #MusicSky
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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You will never—and I mean never—guess how the episode of ‘The Drew Carey Show’ featuring The Blue Man Group went.
screenshot of Wikipedia text: The Drew Carey Show (2001) – During the episode "Drew Live III," the Blue Man Group experimented on Drew Carey as he slept on the train, making it look like he had sex with his nemesis, Mimi Bobeck. At the end of the show, it was revealed that their motive was for Drew to kill himself out of embarrassment so that they, along with John Ratzenberger, could take over the show.
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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This one rocks, a true hidden gem. soundcloud.com/turtlesmusic...
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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I will be on @freeformportland.org playing great autumnal music this evening from 4–6pm PT!

Tune in to 90.3 or 98.3 FM if you live in Portland, Oregon, or listen online at freeformportland.org.

#freeformportland
a photo of layered orange leaves with the blue sky peeking through; text overlaid: Some Wonderful Noise with Welwing • Friday, October 24th, 4–6pm PT • Freeform Portland • 90.3 FM • 98.3 FM • freeformportland.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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My radio show from Friday, October 10th on @freeformportland.org is up for listening!

Rainy-day folk, two from Dania’s new album, Joni with synths, not not jazz, actual guitars, actual waves, a brief house excursion, Pioulard, Pioulard sampled.

www.mixcloud.com/welwing/some...

#freeformportland
screenshot of a playlist: Some Wonderful Noise: Episode 18 (October 10, 2025) 1. Joe — Line to Earth 2. Teebs — Bern Rhythm 3. Vashti Bunyan — Here Before 4. Heather Woods Broderick — I Try 5. Julie Byrne — I Live Now As a Singer 6. Joni Mitchell — Shadows and Light 7. Kelela — Far Away 8. Dania feat. Rupert Clervaux — Heart Shaped Burn 9. Malibu — What Is It That Breaks 10. Loess — Chariv Canopy 11. Machine Woman — last days of the Montreal's summer you spoke softly 183 12. Rino — Kitestring 13. Tristan Arp — Spiral's Leap (DJ Plead Remix) 14. Mary Yalex — Soft High 15. Benoît Pioulard — Like There's Nothing Under You 16. Shugo Tokumaru — Lantern on the Water 17. The Beatles — She Said She Said 18. Unknown Mortal Orchestra — Thought Ballune 19. Crumb — Locket 20. Ezra Feinberg — A Spider Painted Over 21. Asher Gamedze — siyabulela 22. Alice Baldwin — Hydrops 23. Neil Cowley & Ben Lukas Boysen — Motes 24. ABOPF — Being 25. Dania — Personal Assistant 26. Steven Legget — Lakka 27. Avi C Engel & Bradley Sean Alexander — Daguerreotype 28. Kieran Hebden & William Tyler — Secret City 29. Marisa Anderson — Slow Ascent 30. Elin Piel — Dimma
October 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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My radio show from September 26th on @freeformportland.org is up for listening!

Haze, gaze, plonks, whirrs, Laurie Spiegel, thumb piano, The OO-Ray→Aphex Twin→Oklou, high-energy cut-up vocals.

www.mixcloud.com/welwing/some...

#freeformportland
screenshot of a playlist: Some Wonderful Noise: Episode 17 (September 26, 2025) 1. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma — Gift Song II 2. Ex-Easter Island Head — Two Coins 3. High Places — Namer 4. Low — Belarus 5. vhvl — hem 6. Toro Y Moi — Lissoms 7. Amon Tobin feat. MC Decimal R. — Verbal 8. Botany — Agave 9. Laurie Spiegel — Appalachian Grove III 10. lee (asano+ryuhei) — ---y-k--- 11. Kelly Lee Owens — Bird 12. Stella Chiweshe — Kasahwa 13. Prefuse 73 — Eleven Notes Thru 14808.err 14. Resina — Resin 15. The OO-Ray — Piru 16. Aphex Twin — Goon Gumpas 17. Oklou — thank you for recording 18. Julie Byrne & Jefre-Cantu Ledesma — Love's Refrain 19. Cocteau Twins — Pepper-Tree 20. James K — Doom Bikini 21. Dorisburg & Sebastian Mullaert — Archway 22. Circle Traps — Mirrors and Monuments 23. Surgeons Girl — Intimate Advance 24. Kareem Ali — They Can't Stop Us 25. Jeremy Greenspan & Borys feat. Christina Sealey — Stylite 26. Milinal — Brinta 27. Seefeel — Ever Me (Demo) 28. Leila feat. Luca Santucci — Don't Fall Asleep 29. Young Marble Giants — N.I.T.A. 30. Plaid — Uneasy Listening 31. The Chemical Brothers — Get Up on It Like This 32. Househead Samira — Throw It Up 33. Laurie Spiegel — Appalachian Grove I
October 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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🎉 On Monday I started my new job as the Full-stack Engineer at @calmatters.org and @themarkup.org. The people on my team are kind and talented, the work is important, and I’m very excited for this new phase of my career.
October 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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My show on @freeformportland.org from September 12th is also now up for listening on Mixcloud!

Glitches, bells, glitchy bells, Karin Dreijer two ways, Portland’s Dao Strom and Methods Body, rhythmic madness from NÍDIA and Chancha Via Circuito.

www.mixcloud.com/welwing/some...

#freeformportland
screenshot of playlist: Some Wonderful Noise: Episode 16 (September 12, 2025) Crystal Sting — Splash Party Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta — Una cumbia en Kinshasa Toumba — Identity Crisis Mouse on Mars — Wipe That Sound Mrs Jynx — Bedtime Stories Tomu DJ — Moon Park Salamanda — Rumble Bumble Four Tet — 0181 [Bells Excerpt] Disiniblud feat. Amigone — Blue Rags, Raging Wind Apparat — Birds Kara-Lis Coverdale — TOUCH ME & DIE The Knife — Like a Pen Shanti Celeste — Lights Carli — The Runner feat. Seinabo Sey Fever Ray — I'm Not Done (Therapy Session) Young Galaxy — Pretty Boy (Peaking Lights Remix) Nonkeen — Ceramic People Dao Strom — tender variation iv: [love|object|treason] Boundary — Juegos de Fe µ-Ziq — Mushroom Compost Methods Body — Quiet Pt. 2: Tell Us to Be NÍDIA — Nunun Chancha Via Circuito — Prima Pépe — Katta Karen Gwyer — Did You Hear the Owls Last Night? Sophia Loizou — Revenant RareBit — Mt Weather Rival Consoles — Unfolding
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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My show on @freeformportland.org from August 29th is also now up for listening on Mixcloud!

Cut-up piano, plenty drums, Röyksopp & Robyn & Olof Dreijer all at once, hazy drum-n-bass, Disiniblud’s wondrous textures, new Sofia Kourtesis, old Tam Tam.

www.mixcloud.com/welwing/some...
screenshot of playlist: 1. KMRU — space of uncertainty 2. Quixosis & Quantum Juan — Panterabyte 3. rrao — Tell Me 4. Cousin — PicL 5. Avalon Emerson & Priori — You're My World 6. Röyksopp & Robyn — Monument (Olof Dreijer Remix) 7. Luke Abbott — Modern Driveway 8. Surgeons Girl — Rescind 9. Alex Burkat — Tarot (Global Warming Mix) 10. ex_libris — #32 (Walrus) 11. Logic1000 feat. DJ Plead & MJ Nebrada — Every Lil' 12. Facta — Skyline 4 13. 1tbsp feat. Mietze Conte — No Nein 14. Ike — Stone Diviner 15. Cotton Mouth — Suchness 16. Nina Keith — Hereditary Trauma Dream Sprinting (Oxford Circle) 17. Okmiracle — Mutagen 18. Valentina Magaletti & YPY — Her Own Reflection 19. Skee Mask — 7am at the Rodeo 20. Disiniblud — whole30 Fight Club 21. Codek — Tam Tam 22. rRoxymore — Drunken Clouds 23. Mira Calix — Do I Ever? 24. Ellen Allien & Apparat — Do Not Break 25. Beats Unlimited — Optics (Digiflower Version) 26. Sakura Tsuruta — Double Standard 27. Sofia Kourtesis — Nitzan and Aminaa 28. Mor Elian — Beta Zest
September 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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My show from August 15th is now up for listening on Mixcloud!

New music from Portlanders @patriciawolf.bsky.social and The OO-Ray, dreamy polyrhythms, a suite from Yu Su, some shoegaze, and my dog’s birthday song request.

www.mixcloud.com/welwing/some...

#freeformportland
screenshot of playlist: 1. Patricia Wolf — Krummi's Theme 2. KK Junker — Jujinkai 3. Boundary — Llegada al cometa 4. Kilchhofer — Hedha 5. Ouri — Ego Extent 6. Doc Sleep — Cloud Sight Fade 7. Dukwa feat. Mar-G — Thoughts 8. Polygonia — Bloom 9. Masquer — Happiness (The Field Remix) 10. MJ Guider — Viñales 11. No Joy — I hate that I forget what you look like 12. Yu Su — Avanvera 13. C.A.R. — 19s 14. Tamaryn — Sandstone 15. Lightning Bug — The Right Thing Is Hard to Do 16. Gregory Uhlmann, Josh Johnson, Sam Wilkes — Arpy 17. Lori Scacco — Strange Cities 18. Caribou — Every Time She Turns Round It's Her Birthday 19. Holden & Zimpel — Time Ring Rattles 20. Actress x London Contemporary Orchestra — Hubble 21. ọmọ igi — what now 22. Arch Cape — Arrival 23. Dan Deacon — Woof Woof 24. NZO — Something's Changed 25. Mrs Jynx — Diving Loop 26. Kirk Barley feat. Matt Davies — Verre 27. The OO-Ray — Tunguska
September 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Jack Skellington somehow knows about Shakespeare, Kentucky, Eng-a-land, and France, but not Christmas.
August 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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I will be on @freeformportland.org playing absolutely unbelievably great music very soon: 4–6pm PT (7–9pm ET) this evening!

Tune in to 90.3 or 98.3 FM if you live in Portland, Oregon, or listen online at freeformportland.org.

#freeformportland
a photo of a sunset with pink and lavender and soft streaks of clouds over a pale blue sky; text overlaid: Some Wonderful Noise with Welwing • Friday, August 15th, 4–6pm PT • Freeform Portland 90.3 FM • 98.3 FM • freeformportland.org
August 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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My show from Friday on @freeformportland.org is up for listening.

New DJ Will Wier shadowed me and did a guest mix!

My favorite Perfume Genius remix, new stuff from @jasshaw.bsky.social, drums, strings, Portland’s own Arch Cape, Squarepusher, Nina Simone.

www.mixcloud.com/welwing/some...
screenshot of playlist: Some Wonderful Noise: Episode 13 (August 1, 2025) 1. Jas Shaw — A Vague Anchor 2. Squarepusher — Iambic 5 Poetry 3. Arch Cape — Red & Gold 4. Adrianne Lenker — symbol 5. Shlohmo — Seriously (Live) 6. Koreless — Moonlight 7. rRoxymore — Moodified 8. Broadcast — DDL 9. Yu Su — Xiu 10. Salamanda — Homemade Jam 11. Oliver Coates feat. Malibu — Norrin Radd Dreaming 12. Boom Bip — First Walk (Peel Session) 13. Djrum — A Tune for Us — *DJ Will Wier’s Guest Set* 14. Brian Eno & David Byrne — The Jezebel Spirit 15. Portishead — Sour Times (Live) 16. Aphex Twin — Acrid Avid Jam Shred 17. Nick Drake — Horn — 18. Paul de Jong — Age of the Sea 19. The Comet Is Coming — New Age 20. Cid Rim — Surge 21. Baltra — Work (It) Out (Extended Mix) 22. Bent — Invisible Pedestrian 23. Perfume Genius — Braid (mmph Remix) 24. Nina Simone — Who Knows Where the Time Goes
August 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Reposted by Matthew McVickar
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I Love this one Matt. You're looking good
June 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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This afternevening I will be subbing my friend’s show on @freeformportland.org. I’ll be playing 100% late-teens nostalgic favorites—no music from before 2003!

Tune in at freeformportland.org from 4–6pm PT.
a close-up photo of grass that has been hue-shifted to purple; text overlaid: Welwing subs for Triangle Time • Friday, July 11th, 4–6pm PT • Freeform Portland 90.3 FM • 98.3 FM • freeformportland.org
July 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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My radio show on @freeformportland.org is very soon! I’ll be playing only good songs from 4–6pm PT (7–9pm ET).

Tune in to 90.3 or 98.3 FM if you live in Portland, Oregon, or listen online at freeformportland.org.

#freeformportland
a photo of a sunset sky fading from light blue to orange with slate blue clouds; text overlaid: Some Wonderful Noise with Welwing • Friday, July 4th, 4–6pm PT • Freeform Portland 90.3 FM • 98.3 FM • freeformportland.org
July 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Reposted by Matthew McVickar
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Listen to SOME WONDERFUL NOISE on Friday, July 4th from 4–6pm PT on @freeformportland.org. Welwing plays a genre- and world-spanning mix of atmospheric, energetic, and percussive music with context and connections galore. freeformportland.org
July 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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A bonus Some Wonderful Noise! This ‘evergreen’ show was made for the station’s automation to play at random when nobody’s broadcasting.

It’s all electronic, meticulously beat-matched because I had time to really tweak it. I’m proud of this one!

www.mixcloud.com/welwing/some...

#freeformportland
screenshot of playlist: Some Wonderful Noise: Evergreen 1: Fin Fringes Filaments (June 2025) 1. Wata Igarashi — The Lamp 2. Andrea — Drumzzy 3. gyrofield — Occam's Razor 4. Varnrable — Cold Bright Hard Light 5. Yushh — Siro Silo 6. upsammy — Relict 7. Christina Vantzou — Percussion in Nonspace 8. Nadia Struiwigh — Lenticular 9. Machine Woman — Displacement of Mr.Sherman 10. Takecha — Hold Me Tender 11. BNJMN & Best Available Technology — Ghosting 12. Airaboi — These Times 13. Tam Nisam — Aethernaut 14. MinaeMinae — Flossensäume 15. Ploy — Intrigued by the Drum 16. Powder — Busy Port 17. Nabihah Iqbal — Untitled Friday 18. Steffi — Arms 19. Mikron — Ghost Node 20. IDRA — Air and Salt 21. Robag Wruhme — Beta Gora 22. Konduku — Kızılırmak 23. Pearson Sound — Robin Chasing Butterflies 24. Ciel — The Twirler (Central Remix) 25. Peach — Silky 26. Ellen Allien — Erdbeermund 27. Surgeons Girl — Rescind 28. Polygonia — Disha Shu 29. Tom VR — Chaotic Folds 30. Archivist — Star in a Circle 31. Klara Lewis — Msuic III
June 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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I am back on the low-power frequency modulation airwaves of @freeformportland.org tonight! Two hours of REALLY great music from 4–6pm PT (7–9pm ET).

Tune in to 90.3 or 98.3 FM if you live in Portland, Oregon, or listen online at freeformportland.org.

It’s gonna’ be so jamming, I PROMISE.
a close-up photo of a reflective obsidian stone with different colors, shadows, and textures; text overlaid: Some Wonderful Noise with Welwing • Friday, June 20, 4–6pm PT • Freeform Portland 90.3 FM • 98.3 FM • freeformportland.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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📻✨ I picked up a show to sub tonight from 6–8pm PT on @freeformportland.org, and it’s gonna be all good vibes and dance music! The brief from the DJ: “Feel free to play whatever you like, especially if it makes you feel good! :)” So I will! You can listen live at freeformportland.org very soon! 🌀💛
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May 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Today from 4–6pm PT I will be on @freeformportland.org playing two hours of really good music! Tune in at freeformportland.org or 90.3 FM or 98.3 FM if you’re in Portland, OR!
a photo looking up at pink flowers through green leaves, with text overlaid: Some Wonderful Noise with Welwing • Friday, May 23, 4–6pm • Freeform Portland 90.3 FM • 98.3 FM • freeformportland.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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“Why would we check the automated captioning? I’m sure it’s fine. Close enough, at least.”
A screenshot of an interactive programming course. The course is instructing the user to build an object in JavaScript using an Airbnb listing for a *castle* as an example. The captions for the teacher's verbal instructions say: "We can use the title, live like a king in my asshole"
May 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Steve Miller Band’s ‘The Joker’ but the Wolf Whistle Happens After Every Line. vimeo.com/789513598
Steve Miller Band’s ‘The Joker’ but the Wolf Whistle Happens After Every Line
Made this in 2020 and it got some attention on Twitter and a morning TV show.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM