The Damned – Neat Neat Neat – Damned Damned Damned – RIP Brian James. Boogie Down Productions – The Racist – Edutainment Lost Girls – Menneskekollektivet – Menneskekollektivet – Jenny Hval and Håvard Volden. Art Heist – October 16th : Evening – Demo Tape Kim Deal – Wish I Was – Nobody Loves You More Charif Megarbane – Hanadi – Habibi Funk 030: Hawalat The Fall – Cab It Up! (BBC Radio Session) – BBC Radio Sessions – [N] – This session was recorded on October 25th 1988.
La Sécurité – Ketchup – Ketchup / Detour – [N] Djilali Tiarti & Chaba Zohra – Matczaafiche Omizi – Sweet Rebels: The Golden Era Of Algerian Pop-Rai – The Ecstatic Electro Sound Of Original Rai Cassettes 1986-91 – [C] Basic – Tension Envelope – Dream City EP – [N] – Mikel Patrick Avery, Chris Forsyth and Doug McCombs. Billy Nomates – The Test – Metalhorse Samara Lubelski – Bill Nace Duo – Gravity Drains – 43/80 Creature Comforts – Massachusetts – Massachusetts Double Sun – Where Does the Sun Rise? – Where Does the Sun Rise? – From South Africa.
The Gizmos – Johnny Got A Gun – Hoosier Hysteria – Split LP with Dow Jones & The Industrials. Las Kellies – Closer – Suck This Tangerine Stander – Patience – Vulnerable Babe Report – DIY2K – DIY2K – [N] Smegma and L’Autopsie A Révélé Que La Mort Etait Due A L’Autopsie – A : Transmissions 1 to 4 (excerpt) – Transmissions des fluides
Thalia Zedek Band – Tsunami – The Boat Outside Your Window – [N] Cheb Tahar & Chaba Noria – La Hbibi Ouaalah Ela – Sweet Rebels: The Golden Era Of Algerian Pop-Rai – The Ecstatic Electro Sound Of Original Rai Cassettes 1986-91 – [C] Water Damage – Reel 28 – Instruments – [N] – Out in May! Robyn Hitchcock – Gene Hackman – Jewels for Sophia – RIP. T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo – Unité Africaine – Unité Africaine – Originally released in 1977. Photo- Curio – 0 and 2 and Coffee Stains – The Reelsounds Sessions Dow Jones & The Industrials – Set Yourself On Fire – Hoosier Hysteria – Cassette reissue of a 1980 split LP with The Gizmos.
The Bug Club – Have U Ever Been 2 Wales – Have U Ever Been 2 Wales – [N] Kumiko Sawada – Your Love’s Away – Love Me Or Leave Me – 1979 album, reissued. New York Dolls – Pills – S/T – RIP David Johansen. Learn more about an early 80s show of his in Princeton here. This is a Bo Diddley song. 盛洁 Sheng Jie (a.k.a. gogoj) and 邓博宇 Deng Boyu – 送魂使者 Soul Sender 2 – 送魂使者 Soul Sender Ministry of Bad Ideas – The Great Dumpster Fire – The Great Dumpster Fire Manu Dibango – Africa Boogie – Dibango 82 – Previously unreleased live recording by taped in Marseille, December 1982. Horsegirl – I Can’t Stand To See You – Phonetics On & On – [N]
Coriky – BQM – S/T – This is my attempt to summon a Coriky show in 2025. We’ll see if it works… My Heart, an Inverted Flame – The Metaphysical Swindle – Plague Notes, Unnamed, Unknown, A Finger Dragged Through Dust
Steve Earle – The Revolution Starts Now – The Revolution Starts Now – ALL MY SPACE FRIENDS ARE BACK! Fela Kuti & The Africa ’70 – Alu Jon Jonki Jon – Open & Close / Afrodisiac – Originally released in 1973. Darc Arc – Collapsing – Collapsing EP – [N] – Local. Chris Brokaw – Away From Me – Ghost Ship – He of Codeine and Come (among others). Rattle – Your Move – Encircle – [N] – Out Friday! Cheb Abdelhak – Ghir Hbibi Ouana – Sweet Rebels: The Golden Era Of Algerian Pop-Rai – The Ecstatic Electro Sound Of Original Rai Cassettes 1986-91 Selected By Cheb Gero – [C] SEER – The Skin – The Word for World is Forest – [N]
Death By Unga Bunga & Mike Krol – Therapy – Therapy Yuji Mitsuya – AFTER FIVE AT CAFE-BAR – Hi-Touch – Also on the new compilation “Tokyo Bliss.” The Lord – (like) Christs Naked Ice – (like) Christs Naked Ice – “Explorative compositions & collaborations from Greg Anderson (Engine Kid, sunn O))), Goatsnake, and Southern Lord Recordings curator)” Biche – Americanism – B.I.C.H.E. – [N] – With En Attendant Ana. Three Grebes – Typ! – You Did A Good Job Of Being A Pleasure To Know Marisa Paternoster – Your Mother Wants To Know – Paternoster Listener Alliance, Volume 1 – Scrawl cover! The Fluid – Candy – Glue (2024 Remaster) – Also their side of a split single with Nirvana.
MEMORIALS – I Have Been Alive – Memorial Waterslides – [N] Twilighters – Can’t You Stay a Little Longer – Eccentric R&B: The Cuca Label – [C] Neon Liminal – Summer Forever – Summer Forever Love Tractor – Festival – S/T – Originally released in 1982. Popular Music – Philadelphia – Popular Music Plays in Darkness – Neil Young cover.
DiskothiQ – Eagles – The Football Albums – National Conference – Birds went.
Split System – On The Loose – On The Edge / On The Loose – [N] Edition Redux – Other Nichols Other Dimes (for Herbie Nichols and The Minutemen) / Salto (for Jacob Lawrence) / Pony Up (for Rebecca Morris) – Broadcast Transformer – Music performed and improvised by Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan, Beth McDonald and Ken Vandermark. Moon Orchids – Taciturn – S/T – [N] Sho-Nuff – Monster Monster – Body Pressure – First-ever reissue of this 1983 album. Voice Imitator – Civic Nite Work (Ela Stiles Remix) – Civic Nite Work (Ela Stiles Remix) – [N] – New remix of a song off their album “Of How Hits.” Joshua Wayne Hensley – i’m proud of you, kid – i’m proud of you, kid The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries – Context – Decorations b/w Context – [N] – Strike Under cover.
Chris Gethard & John Cozz – Lord Let Me Die In Essex County – Lord Let Me Die In Essex County – [N] – Playing this twice, because I said I would.
Future Living – Grinning Time – Get Vasectomy – [N] Darius Jones – We Outside – Legend of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) My Dad Is Dead – Babe In The Woods – Shine(r) Tuluum Shimmering – The Carolina Lady – The Carolina Lady – “The first in the Tuluum Shimmering Records Folk Song Series. The Carolina Lady, aka: The Lady of Carlisle / The Lion’s Den / The Bold Lieutenant / The Fan. The version I’m most familiar with is Dillard Chandler’s.” Wussy – Oh! Sweet Nuthin – .mp3 – Velvet Underground song. Cheb zahouani – Zinek bekani – Gaa la jeunesse – Also compiled on the new collection “Sweet Rebels.” Lambrini Girls – Bad Apple – Who Let The Dogs Out – [N]
Tower Defense – Girl U Want – Repeat / Girl U Want – Devo cover. Johnny Yoshinaga – The Rain – Johnny SECOND The Bret Tobias Set – It Begins With a Lean – It Begins With a Lean – Happy Presidents’ Day! The Mountain Movers – Factory Dream – Walking After Dark The National Football League Marching Band – The Eagles’ Victory Song – The National Football League Marching Songs – [C]
OSees – Cassius, Brutus & Judas – SORCS 80 – “The Lost Set” from last week. Love Child – Asking For It – Never Meant to Be: 1988-1993 Split System – The Wheel – Vol. 2 Noun – Consumed – Wanted/Consumed Scared of Chaka – Baited Breath – Baited Breath Street Eaters – The Point – The Point Thine Retail Simps – Prismic Dangle – Strike Gold, Strike Back, Strike Out
Detention – Dead Rock ‘N Rollers – Dead Rock ‘N Rollers – [N] – Reissue including this New Jersey jokecore band’s 1983 single + more. Roy Haynes – Tangiers – Hip Ensemble – Soon to be reissued by WeWantSounds. The Replacements – Unsatisfied – Let It Be – As heard in the closing credits of “Flipside.” Green Milk From The Planet Orange – U-Boat – He’s Crying “Look” Matthew Hoopengardner – I Won’t Let You Down – Reserved Space – [N] – He of The Golden Boys. Cheb Bakr – Samh Almea’ad – Habibi Funk 029: Samh Almea’ad Tenpole Tudor – Swords of a Thousand Men – 45 – Well-used in an episode of “Say Nothing.”
Fucked Up – Year of the Snake – Year of the Snake – Happy belated Lunar New Year! Ammar El Sherei – El Kamh El Leila – Music From The East – Re-issue of a 1976 album by this Egyptian musician. Minibeast – Spots – The Maze of Now – Peter Prescott of Volcano Suns / Mission of Burma and band. Nick Drake and the Sad Beads – Know – S/T – “The songs of Nick Drake as performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.” clipping. – Change the Channel (clean) – Dead Channel Sky – Eggs – The Government Administrator (extended version) – The Government Administrator EP – A newly unearthed version of one of my all-time favorite songs, originally released in 1993. Delivery – Put Your Back Into It – Force Majeure – [N]
Handsome & King Shit – 20:55 – Live on WPRB – This might be the performance in the Wednesday Night Live Lookback Series with the least information around it…
The Feelies – Slow Down – The Good Earth – Xo. New Standards Men – Thundercloud in Aquamarine – Against Our Vanishings
Note: In the middle of my show last night WPRB suffered a massive network meltdown that initially made my broadcast slightly choppy (you can hear it towards the end of the mic break) before eventually turning unbearably jagged and finally silent. I’ve re-built the show so the second set sounds as intended and will air what would have been the final seven songs of the night when I’m on the radio next! – JS
The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel
Terry Gross – Sales Pitch – Huge Improvement Sammy Obot – Edue Ukot Akpa Itong – Nigeria Special Volume 3: Electronic Innovation Meets Culture And Tradition 1978-93 – [C] Arcwelder – Lafayette – Continue SAULT – ACTS OF FAITH – ACTS OF FAITH Silver Scrolls – Indoor Cat – Mind Lines Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra – Underneath the Star Dome – Live at the Adler Planetarium Crumbs – You’re Just Jealous – You’re Just Jealous
The Bug Club – The Intricate Inner Workings of the System – On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System Tidiane Thiam – Néené Africa – Africa Yontii SUMAC – The Stone’s Turn – The Healer Outer World – The Drum The Beat – Who Does the Music Love? Meatbodies – Move – Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom Three Grebes – You’re Not Going To Like It – You Were A Joy Coffin Pricks – Group Home Haircut – Semi-Perfect Crimes – 2011 recordings.
MEMORIALS – Lamplighter – Memorial Waterslides – Verity Susman (Electrelane) & Matthew Simms (Wire). El Khat – القات – Intissar – Mute Songs: Ohia – Translation – Live: Vanquishers – Recorded in Tilburg, Netherlands on October 9th, 2000. Bill Orcutt – The Four Louies II – The Four Louies Kim Deal – Coast – Nobody Loves You More Joshua Wayne Hensley – Get The Lights – Get The Lights – www.letterscharity.org Oneida – Reason To Hide – Expensive Air
Being Dead – Firefighters – EELS Mdou Moctar – Oh France – Funeral For Justice Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin – en / två / tre / fyra – Ghosted II Funmilayo Afrobeat Orquestra with Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Upside Down – Upside Down – Fela Song. “The only Afrobeat band in the world composed only of black women and non-binary people.” The Routes – Ceremony – Surfin’ Pleasures – Surf covers of Joy Division songs. Michel Jonasz – You Kill Me, I Kill You – Clara et les Chics Types OST – [C] – Reissue of a 1980 film soundtrack. BEEF – Spell – Il Manzo EP
CLASS – First To Finish Last – Total Punk – “Order Of The Dirty Plates” Singles Club 2024 Horse Lords – Truthers – As It Happened: Horse Lords Live Norio Maeda & All Stars – Yagibushi – Rock Communication Yagibushi – “…reinterprets 14 traditional Japanese folk songs into jaw-dropping Jazz Funk instrumentals.” Tropical Fuck Storm – Stayin’ Alive – Tropical Fuck Storm’s Inflatable Graveyard – Bee Gees cover. Mamman Sani & Tropikal Camel – Touareg Spaceship – Nijerusalem
SPRINTS – Literary Mind – Letter to Self Banda Los Cenzontles ft. David Hidalgo – Powderfinger – Powderfinger – Neil Young cover. The Exorzist III – Fourth Coming – Fourth Coming Rosali – May It Be On Offer – Bite Down BASIC – New Auspicious – This is BASIC – Chris Forsyth, Nick Millevoi & Mikel Patrick Avery. Jane Weaver – Univers (French Version) – Univers Pissed Jeans – Moving On – Half Divorced
Superchunk – Everybody Dies – 45 Ahmed Malek – La La La – Habibi Funk 027: Ahmed Malek – Musique Originale De Films (Volume 2) Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Nathan Salsburg & Tyler Trotter – The Evidence – Hear the Children Sing the Evidence – Extended Lungfish cover. 34 Trolley – Relaxation – Relaxation EP – Jarrett from Screaming Females. Featuring Marissa Paternoster plus Brittany Luna of Catbite. Aseethe – The Cost – The Cost Goat – Ouroboros – Goat Lame Drivers – Spring – Become An Island
Babe Report – Turtle of Reaper – Did You Get Better Bessa Simons – Sii Nana – Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In the Diaspora (1980-93) – [C] Hot Tubs Time Machine – No Thanks, Google Maps – 50 Shades Of Marcus / No Thanks, Google Maps Writhing Squares – The Damned Thing – Mythology Pedro The Lion – Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz Lupo Citta – White Bracelet – S/T Landowner – Landowner Plays Dopesmoker 666% Faster and with No Distortion
Shellac – Chick New Wave – To All Trains Al-Qasar (feat. Sami Galbi) – Ssir w ztam (Get Busy) – Uncovered – Sean Paul cover. Advance Base – The Year I Lived in Richmond – Horrible Occurrences Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet – Freakadelic – The Way Out Of Easy Wussy – The Great Divide – Cincinnati Ohio clipping. – Run It (Clean) – Run It Delivery – Digging the Hole – Digging the Hole
Bad Moves – Let the Rats Inherit the Earth – Wearing Out The Refrain Etran de L’AÏr – Ighre Massina – 100% Sahara Guitar Water Damage – Reel E – In E English Teacher – Nearly Daffodils – This Could Be Texas Camino Sound – Stacks – Corridor – Local. Charif Megarbane – Stella Marina – Habibi Funk Limited 002: Hamra / Red The Ex – The Evidence – 45
Chimers – 3AM – Through Today Jake McKelvie – Pump Fake – A New Kind of Hat Immersion Scriber – 050 – 050 En Attendant Ana – Magical Lies – 45 Black Artist Group – For Peace and Liberty Part 6 – For Peace and Liberty, In Paris Dec 1972 Faxed – New Dance In Hell – Grotesque Rescue – Mashes up the music of The Stones’ “Emotional Rescue” with the vocals of The Fall’s “Grotesque.” It works far better than it should.” Mary Timony – No Thirds – Untame The Tiger
Wintery Love – Rudolph’s Dreamcatcher – Three Songs With Rudolph Drumming – Watery Love cover with love from Chicago to Philadelphia. Hot & Sassy – Let’s Funk It Up – 45 – Originally released in 1980. Chris Corsano – I Don’t Have Missions – The Key (Became the Important Thing [and Then Just Faded Away])
It’s my 12th-annual ALL-HANNUKAH SHOW. Happy Hanukkah, everyone!
Yeti Crab Tunes – 8 Nights of Hanukkah (Punk Anthem) – 8 Nights of Hanukkah (Punk Anthem) Kosha Dillz – Dreidel Dreidel (HANNUKAH 2024 Song!!) Johnny “Stickerboy” Owens and Morning Star – Jewish On Christmas – Old Saint Nick and the Channukah Dybbuk Prim – Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel – Bugmas – [C] Lou Menchell & His Mambonicks – All I Want For Chanukah is Marilyn Monroe – Rob’s 2024 Christmas CD – [C] Poochy – Baruch Atah Adonai / Come Light The Candles With Us (feat. Emaline Friedman) – Here Comes Santy Do! The Holiday Scene – Eight Dates A Week (Song For Hanukkah) OY VEY – Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah (Rock Version) – A Very Punk Rock Hanukkah
Emotional – I Wanna Be Your Dradle – Gnartivity Scene – [C] – Originally by Ramones… The Los Pendejos – The Story of Hanukkah – A Very Anti-Christmas Heavenly Peace – Slow Hanukkah – Slow Xmas 4 – [C] Paul & Storm – Hanukkah on the Moon – It Might Be Xmas Howie Kantoff – Eight Days (A Hannukah Song) – 2023 RFHM Vol24 – A Bah Humbug Holiday! – [C] Chang and the Circus – Timmy Swallered The Dreidel – HOLIDAY EP – THE CATC HANUKKAH/CHRISTMAS ALBUM Ella Jenkins – Harmonica for Hanukkah – Songs Children Love to Sing – RIP. Angry Snowmans – Hanukkah – The Yule Album – In the style of The Adolescents…
The Manischefits – Hanukkah – Not the only reworking of this Misfits song I have! Brownbutter – Oy Chanukah – Absolutely Kosher Christmas (Cough) Holiday Special – [C] The Minus 5 (feat. Mike Mills) – Festival of Lights (Hanukkah Song) – Dear December DJ Tenderloin – Halevai for Hannukah (The Latke Mix) – Halevai for Hannukah (The Latke Mix) Chaki – How to Hanukkah – Christmas Funk Mitchell Shiner Latin Vibes – Sivivon Sov Sov Sov – Latkes Con Salsa Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart – Can I Interest You In Hannukah? – A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! – [C] Santa Sabbath – Electric Hanukkah – Children of the Sleigh
Electric Menorah – Charmonica For Chanuka – Charmonica For Chanuka Everything is Terrible – Hanukkah Homeboy – Chestnuts! – [C] Duck the Piano Wire – Last Night of Hanukkah – It’s Hanukkah Soupy Garbage Juice – Hanukkah at Charlie’s House – A Very Garbage Christmas 2022 – [C] Socalled – Dr Drei Dreidl – Lit Hanukkah 2020 – [C] David Nagler – Hanukkah in Cambodia – Recorded live at The Oracle Show #7 (Places) at Sid Gold’s Request Room, NYC, December 6, 2015 – Dead Kennedys. Seriously. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – 8 Days (Of Hanukkah) – It’s A Holiday Soul Party The Schleps – Maoz Tzur – 2023 EP
3 Speed Sleigh – H-A-N-U-K-K-A-H Nights – H-A-N-U-K-K-A-H Nights – Bay City Rollers. Hi, Commie! Beck – The Little Drum Machine Boy – Just Say Noel – [C] Teen Rom-Coms – Hanukkah (Please Come Home) Jon Fursh, Sydney, and Crew – Latkelicious Dee Bird – Latkelicious – The Hanukkah Project Dr. Dreidel – 8 Days of Hannuka – A Very Hairy Christmas Alex Frankel – Hanukkah In ’96 – Hanukkah+ – [C] Brad & Barry – Hanukkah Bitch (radio edit) – Brad & Barry Stuff Your Stocking – Members of Oneida.
Tambourines & Weekend Voodoo – Hanukkah Stomp – Hanukkah Stomp Bird Peterson – 8 Day Oil (Featuring Steven Davis) – Resound Presents: A Very Homie Holiday – [C] Amanda Duncan – Light Those Candles Bright – Amanda Duncan’s Holiday Classics Unexpected Vibe – Jewish Drummer Boy – Cincincrimcram Holiday Sampler – [C] Avi Jacob – Every Night of Hanukkah – Every Night of Hanukkah J-Tran – Four Potatoes Duckmandu – Hanukkah in Santa Monica – Quacky Holidays 2022 – Tom Lehrer cover. The Goblins – Ha-Ha Hanukkah – Ha-Ha Hanukah Comedy Variety Special – [C]
Don’t Trust Larry – Holy Hanukkah – Pissed on Christmas Smooth-E – Hannukkah Hey Ya! – With apologies to Outkast… Calamity Jane – Hannakuh Song – It’s Finally Christmas – [C] Spleverb – We Want Fun For Chanukah – 2016 Christmas Stories DJ Flack – O Chanukah Dubstep Bassline Remix – Menorah Mashups – [C] Susanna Hoffs, Aimee Mann & Ted Leo – Nes Gadol Hayah Sham – The Aimee Mann and Ted Leo Christmas Show – [C]
Jon Solomon can be heard every Wednesday evening across the Delaware Valley from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET on 103.3 fm WPRB.
A veteran, award-winning DJ with over three decades of experience, Solomon is also available to DJ parties, weddings or private events. Just ask him nicely.
