About this podcast
I’m Salty Crayon — curator, signal booster, and the slightly unhinged engineer behind UpBEATs, a Sunday‑morning music ritual built for people who love discovering artists before everyone else catches on.
Every other week, I dig through the noise to bring you a hand‑picked lineup of independent musicians, genre‑benders, and sonic weirdos worth turning your volume up for. Think of this space as a mixtape with a pulse: part discovery, part storytelling, part “how did I not know this artist existed?”
I’m also the guy who occasionally breaks his own audio chain, fixes it at 3 a.m., and comes back with an even better show. Glitches happen — but the music never stops for long.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 82 episodes
- 75: RTFM · 1 h 22 min · Season 3 Episode 75You found the pirate radio frequency. Tune into another episode of UpBEATs with Salty Crayon on your sunday drive. Contact: https://linktr.ee/UpBEATs Website…
- 74: 0 Frequency · 1 h 36 min · Season 3 Episode 74You found the secret frequency to pirate radio UpBEATs. Not giving away the recipe of music artists, that is for you to tune in and find out. All contact info here…
- 73: Feed Your Feed · 1 h 40 min · Season 3 Episode 73Fix Your Feeds People! On your Sunday drive we are giving value to those who participate. New music from Matt Johner, The Fifity Four Plates, Nathan Abbott. Double Trouble genres…
- 72: VHS Vibes · 1 h 31 min · Season 3 Episode 72Fighting the daily slop on this Sunday's episode we reach back into the digital crate of yester years pre-slop music. The Velvicks, Cole Hansen, Caroline Hale, Iroh, Ollie, Seth…
- 71: Fork The Index · 1 h 26 min · Season 3 Episode 71We are cleaning the house of ai slop and nostr garbage in this episode. New music from Joe Martin's new album. We got Right Said Fred in the house. Some OG's and a Exclusive…
- 70: Risen · 1 h 17 min · Season 3 Episode 70On this Easter Sunday episode, we wash away your sins with new music from Joe Martin, Nathan Abbott, The Fifty Four Plates. We slow the drive down with a double set from The…
- Salty Sessions w Frankie Peroni · 2 h 6 min · Season 3 Episode 1Salty Sessions w Frankie Peroni The first episode of the new season starts out with none other than Frankie Peroni. After weeks of us working the audio issues out, we finally…
- 69: Major Glitch · 1 h 36 min · Episode 69Major Glitch After a long audio technical glitch, UpBEATs is back and turned back up to 11. New artists David Tarr, Steered and special closer. Throwbacks from FM Rodeo, Cheap…
- 68: UK Takeover pt 2 · 1 h 23 min · Episode 68UK Takeover pt 2 New Music Nudge Unit has again taken over the valueverse in this 2nd edition of UK Takeover. We have new artist Jaded Jester, and Super Set Sundays from Longy…
- Super Node Sunday · 1 h 23 min · Episode 67Super Node Sunday We kick off UpBEATs with this final battle of Spotify vs Podcastindex in today's game. First on the field is Frankie Peroni. Special teams GreenT and Fentlay…
- 66: Devil Inside · 1 h 20 min · Episode 6666: Devil Inside As we pay homage to INXS on this 66th episode of UpBEATs. We are thawing out with a firelog of new artists and tracks from The Fifty Four Plates, Robots Are…
- What's Old is New · 1 h 19 min · Episode 6565: What's Old is New First episode of 2026 and we are going back to 2023 with a rock only edition of UpBEATs. Rockin with Nate Johnivan, Captains of Moderation, A Cold Trip…
- 64: Radio Recap · 1 h 21 min · Season 3 Episode 64Radio Recap Closing out 2025 of UpBEATs with some of my favorite tracks throughout the year. Longy, The Fifty Four Plates, FM Rodeo, Mooky and more. Wondering through the…
- December Sun · 1 h 30 min · Episode 63December Sun Back for a little competition between our overseas artists vs USA in a friendly battle of the bands this episode. A pre-Christmas episode on your Sunday morning…
- Is This Thing On? Pt 2 · 1 h 15 min · Episode 62Is This Thing On? Pt 2 It's your Sunday morning drive with UpBEATs. Start shifting with The Fifty Plates, Hear My Roar and Kathryn. Taking curves with Fable, Vicious Clay. Many…
- Season 3 · 1 h 15 min · Season 3 Episode 61Season 3 New Season, New Format, New Artists and some new numerology to kick of the new season. This is your sunday drive. • f you got any value from the show today, I ask that…
- 2 Year Anniversary Special · 2 h 0 min · Episode 602 Year Anniversary Special We go back to 2023 to remanence of artists that were played starting from Ep 1 of UpBEATs and take you on a 2 year journey of past, present and…
- 59: Outtatime · 1 h 15 min · Episode 59Outtatime We're going back in time to 2023 and reliving tracks by $2 Holla, Survival Guide, Arreis, Delta OG. Jumping back in the time machine to 2025 with new tracks by The…
- 58: Fading Frequencies · 1 h 16 min · Episode 5858: Fading Frequencies Running with scissors on this sunday service, we have new artists and music from Mooky, Ben Kai, Suzanne Santo, CityBeach, and more. Tune into your HAM…
- Fall Into Melodies · 1 h 18 min · Episode 57Fall Into Melodies Its the first day of fall on UpBEATs and we're jumping in the leaves of music. We have some early discussion from the Podsage & Podfather before we kick off…
