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Room 485

Room 485

Room 485 is an hour of ex-roommates and close friends DJ Ballzella and DJ Bmickel introducing each other to songs they think the other will love. Listen every week to find out if they succeed in convincing each other to add new music to their favorite playlists.

# of Episodes

92

Host

DJ Ballzella

First Aired

December 10th, 2023

Last Episode

June 22nd, 2025

Previous broadcasts

June 22nd, 2025

Bob Dylan, Dry Cleaning, Yasuaki Shimizu, Sylvan Esso, and more.

June 15th, 2025

Smog, Jakubi, Thievery Corporation, Devo, and more.

June 8th, 2025

Black Country, New Road, The Modern Lovers, The Replacements, a picture of her, and more.

June 1st, 2025

Djavan, Quiet Light, Gang Of Four, Juana Molina, and more.

May 25th, 2025

Sadurn, SZA, Big Thief, Jennifer Paige, and more.

May 25th, 2025

? & The Mysterians, Men I Trust, Ravyn Lenae, and more.

May 18th, 2025

Pat Benatar, The Spits, Fievel Is Glauque, The Kinks, and more.

April 27th, 2025

Kitty Craft, Jakubi, Freckle, Quiet Light, and more.

April 20th, 2025

Bob Dylan, Juana Molina, Cowgirl Clue, Hudson Freeman, and more.

April 13th, 2025

Sam Hunt, Jake Owen, Sean Paul, and more.

April 6th, 2025

Babehoven, Lorde, Susannah Joffe, The Secret Sisters, and more.

April 6th, 2025

peach tinted, Dazey and the Scouts, Bon Iver, and more.

March 30th, 2025

LCD Soundsystem, Old Growth, Beach House, The Baxbys, and more.

March 30th, 2025

Playfair, Dazey and the Scouts, and more.

March 23rd, 2025

Car Seat Headrest, Florence + The Machine, Madonna, Joni Mitchell, and more.

March 23rd, 2025

Momma, Eiafuawn, The Shins, Lady Gaga, and more.

March 16th, 2025

Pat Benatar, Caroline Polachek, Two Lone Swordsmen, Djavan, and more.

March 9th, 2025

Still Woozy, Stereolab, Delta 5, Perfume Genius, and more.

February 23rd, 2025

Bloomsday, Lauryn Hill, Sharon Van Etten, Stromae, and more.

February 23rd, 2025

Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn, Voxtrot, Ratboys, Solo, and more.

February 16th, 2025

Entral, Philip Harper, and more.

February 9th, 2025

Radiohead, Pinegrove, Mitski, Erika de Casier, and more.

February 9th, 2025

Mitski, and more.

February 2nd, 2025

feeble little horse, Momma, Deftones, The Shins, and more.

February 2nd, 2025

Liam Harris, Cat Power, The Shins, Momma, and more.

January 26th, 2025

Yo La Tengo, Caroline Polachek, Slow Pulp, Fiona Apple, and more.

January 26th, 2025

Cat Power, The American Dawn, Caroline Polachek, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more.

December 13th, 2024

Father John Misty, Dry Cleaning, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Honey Stretton, and more.

December 6th, 2024

Maggie Rogers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prefab Sprout, Erykah Badu, and more.

November 29th, 2024

Van McCoy, The Drifters, Otis Redding, George McCrae, and more.

November 22nd, 2024

Yukihiro Takahashi, Etta James, Bobby Darin, The Chiffons, and more.

November 15th, 2024

Michael Liggins, John Lewis, Al Green, Sly & The Family Stone, and more.

November 8th, 2024

Car Seat Headrest, Wayne Newton, Ratboys, Indigo De Souza, and more.

November 8th, 2024

Ray Charles, and more.

November 1st, 2024

The Emotions, Conan Gray, Ethel Cain, Tyzo Bloom, and more.

October 25th, 2024

Squirrel Nut Zippers, Dead Man's Bones, The Cure, Halestorm, and more.

October 25th, 2024

Al Green, The Marías, Radiohead, and more.

October 18th, 2024

feeble little horse, Varsity Mac, Grimes, *repeat repeat, and more.

October 18th, 2024

The Japanese House, Linda Lyndell, and more.

October 11th, 2024

Broken Social Scene, feeble little horse, Florence + The Machine, Clover County, and more.

October 11th, 2024

Irma Thomas, Allen Toussaint, and more.

October 4th, 2024

Dawn, and more.

August 14th, 2024

The Roots, Bobby Darin, The Miracles, Al Green, and more.

August 7th, 2024

Al Green, Nat Turner Rebellion, Andy Williams, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and more.

July 31st, 2024

Wednesday, I Monster, Ranjita Kumari, Clairo, and more.

July 31st, 2024

Billie Eilish, and more.

July 24th, 2024

Yukihiro Takahashi, Glen Campbell, Dawn, Betty Carter, and more.

July 17th, 2024

Hugh Masekela, The Miracles, Funkadelic, Al Green, and more.

July 10th, 2024

Funkadelic, Punch-Drunk Love, Clarence Clemons, Glen Campbell, and more.

June 20th, 2024

Punch-Drunk Love, Aretha Franklin, Dion & The Belmonts, Della Reese, and more.

June 13th, 2024

The Roots, Etta James, Linda Lyndell, Koko Taylor, and more.

June 6th, 2024

Dinah Washington, Gil Scott-Heron, Carmen Lundy, Charles Trenet, and more.

May 30th, 2024

Liloh., Car Seat Headrest, Geese, Clairo, and more.

May 30th, 2024

Joni Payne, and more.

May 23rd, 2024

Foster The People, ILLENIUM, Otha, Alvvays, and more.

May 16th, 2024

Katy Perry, The Strokes, Paramore, CAKE, and more.

May 16th, 2024

TV Girl, The Goo Goo Dolls, Paramore, The Greeting Committee, and more.

April 23rd, 2024

James Vincent McMorrow, Adna, Fab, Troye Sivan, and more.

April 16th, 2024

Oumou Sangare, Thievery Corporation, Jorge Drexler, U2, and more.

April 9th, 2024

Lauryn Hill, Umalali, Funkadelic, Donald Byrd, and more.

April 2nd, 2024

Steely Dan, Fishmans, Bastien Keb, Cannonball Adderley, and more.

March 26th, 2024

Van Morrison, Ichiko Aoba, Alex G, For Tracy Hyde, and more.

March 19th, 2024

Papa Bear & His Cubs, Pure Bathing Culture, Hovvdy, Artur Nunes, and more.

March 12th, 2024

Depresión Sonora, Hazel English, Hovvdy, Al Green, and more.

March 5th, 2024

Lauryn Hill, John Coltrane, Monie Love, Kurt Vile, and more.

February 27th, 2024

Cookies, Diego Lorenzini, The Convenience, Thievery Corporation, and more.

February 20th, 2024

Bastien Keb, Minnie Ripperton, Jim Croce, mei ehara, and more.

February 13th, 2024

Sufjan Stevens, Car Seat Headrest, Rosa Passos, Lucy Dacus, and more.

February 6th, 2024

Lorde, Donald Byrd, Bruce Springsteen, Fiona Apple, and more.

February 6th, 2024

Jorge Ben Jor, Liloh., and more.

January 30th, 2024

Bruce Springsteen, Glee Cast, Car Seat Headrest, Katy Perry, and more.

December 10th, 2023

Pinegrove, Lola Young, Radiohead, Low, and more.