We are getting ready for an all-new, live-hosted  480 Minutes episode containing brand new music beginning at 9 a.m. Eastern U.S. Time today.  Our preparation involves listening to 50-80 albums worth of submissions, filtering out the crap, elevating the best of the best, figuring out how to present the best new stuff in context with recent playlist additions as well as classics, brewing strong coffee, and opening the mic.  How do you prepare for 480 Minutes?

480 Minutes today will feature new songs by Big Jesus (Atlanta, GA, @bigassjesus),  Happyness (London, England, @happynessmusic), Jackie Zealous (Santa Cruz, CA, @JackieZealous),   La Panther Happens (Tulsa, OK, @LaPantherTulsa), and  Pixies (Boston, MA, @pixies).

The award-winning  480 Minutes program is rebroadcast on Friday evenings beginning at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 5 a.m., and 3 p.m., and Sundays at 1 a.m. ET.

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