Local Fidelity

Local Fidelity is a weekly radio program that showcases the best new music from Brooklyn and the greater New York City area music scene. As an avid participant and gig-goer, host Tom Gallo guides listeners through the depths of the city’s unrivaled underground music scene with specially curated playlists and in-depth interviews with local artists that are just on the verge of breaking out. You can also catch the occasional live in-studio performance and hear recorded performances from Tom’s cassette archive, The McKenzie Tapes, which contains a plethora of live performances at various NYC venues over the course of the last 40 years.

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October 9th, 2021: Scenes From A Jersey City Ba...
The October 9th edition of Local Fidelity previewed an awesome basement gig that went down that night in Jersey City.
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October 2nd, 2021: Fall Foliage
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September 25th, 2021: Save OWL Compilation
The September 25th edition of Local Fidelity highlights some of the awesome tracks the appear on the brand new Save Our Wicked Lady Compilation.
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September 18th, 2021: September Songs
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September 11th, 2021: The Down & Outs
The September 11th edition of Local Fidelity features an interview with Ray and Benji of Brooklyn's The Down & Outs
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September 4th, 2021: Labor Day Weekend
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August 28th: New NYC Post-Punk + Favorite Frien...
The August 28th edition of Local Fidelity features a combination of new tunes and previews the awesome gig that happened that night at Our Wicked Lady
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August 21st, 2021: August Tunes
The August 21st edition of Local Fidelity features a mix of new New York City tunes and previews some great gigs.
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August 14th, 2021: Sunshine Rock
The August 14th edition of Local Fidelity features a ton of great new New York City tunes.
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August 7th, 2021: Midsummer Tunes
The August 7th edition of Local Fidelity is a mid-summer scorcher.
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July 31st, 2021: Maxwell's and The Hoboken Sound
July 31st marked the 8th anniversary of Maxwell’s closing!
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July 24th, 2021: Damn Jackals
Beau Croxton of Damn Jackals is Tom's guest for the July 24th edition of Local Fidelity.
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July 17th, 2021: Freezing Cold
Brooklyn's Freezing Cold joined Tom for the July 17th edition of Local Fidelity.
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July 10th, 2021: NO ICE
Jamie Frey of NO ICE chatted with Tom for the July 10th edition of Local Fidelity.
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July 3rd, 2021: 4th of July Special!
The July 3rd edition of Local Fidelity is our official 4th of July Weekend Special!
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June 26th, 2021: Tom's 34th Birthday Special!
Tom's birthday is on June 27th, so the June 26th edition of Local Fidelity is officially his bday episode!
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June 19th, 2021: June New Music
This summer has been off to an excellent start. The awesome tunes just keep on coming!
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June 12th, 2021: June Tunes
The June 12th edition of Local Fidelity episode features new music from No Kill, SUO, Alex Orange Drink, Hard Nips, Steele FC, The Planes, Acid Dad, Evolfo, Sheen Marina, and Nation of Language. Plus, we previewed the June 13th gig at 18th Ward Brewery with some choice cuts from Holy Tunics, Freezing Cold, Gorgeous, and The Backfires.
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June 5th, 2021: Endearments
The June 5th edition of Local Fidelity features an interview Kevin Marksson of Endearments!
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May 29th, 2021: Memorial Day Weekend
The Memorial Day Weekend edition of Local Fidelity features some awesome new tunes from Duchess Vera Kahn, Arch Nem, UV TV, T.V.O.D., 95 Bulls, Catcher, Veda Rays, Flash Trading, Women of the Night, and Hanford Reach.
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May 22nd, 2021: Spring Jams Part II
The May 22nd edition of Local Fidelity features new music from Dog Date, Spud Cannon, Murder Tag, The Planes, Griffin Jennings, Hello Mary, Women Of The Night, Endearments, Speed the Plough, James Mastro, Dentist (Band), TOLEDO, and more!
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May 15th, 2021: Five Fifteen
The May 15th edition of Local Fidelity was bumpin!
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May 8th, 2021: May New Tunes
Local Fidelity IS BACK! After one weekend off, we returned with a great playlist of awesome new music from your favorite local acts!
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April 24th, 2021: Spring Jams
The April 24th edition of Local Fidelity features new music from Black Wail, A Very Special Episode, Tuff Sunshine, The Planes, Spud Cannon, JW Francis, Little Hag, Atlas Engine, almost sex, Pend, Bandits On The Run, and more!
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April 17th, 2021: April New Tunes
The April 17th edition of Local Fidelity features a lot of that GOOD NEW SHIT!
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