NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of The Residents on 11 June 2020. The Residents has been played over 110 times on NTS, first on 3 February 2014. The Residents's music has been featured on 95 episodes.

The Residents is an experimental music and visual arts group from Louisiana, United States, largely shrouded in mystery and myth. The Residents began recording in 1967, although many of these recordings from their early years have still gone unreleased to this day. The earliest material from the group, traded among bootlegs, was recorded around 1969. In 1972, the group adopted the name The Residents and issued…