Lichens hosted a guest show on 18 June 2018. Lichens has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 21 episodes and was first played on 25 January 2013.

Lichens is the solo project of composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Robert A.A. Lowe based in Chicago, USA. Previously known as the bassist with art rock combo 90 Day Men, Lowe channelled his energies into long-simmering solo pursuits after the group went on hiatus following a European tour supporting it's 2004 disc Panda Park. He has appeared as Lichens at that summer's Arthur magazine-sponsored Million Tongues Festival, performing as a one-man show and utilizing effects…