5/14/25 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Avon Dads – Straightlining – Straightlining – [N]
Soki Ohale – Wumaya Awuma – Nigeria Special Volume 3: Electronic Innovation Meets Culture And Tradition 1978-93 – [C]
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band – New Threats From The Soul – New Threats From The Soul – [N] – Out July 25th.
Deerhoof – Love-Lore 4 (Tenney / Silver Apples / Police / Kraftwerk / Williams / Feldman / Sun Ra / Parliament / Puthli / Morricone / Babbitt / B52s / Gubaidulina / Powell / Warwick / Graeber / Bailey / Jetsons / Braxton / Kurtag / Maxwell House / Stravinsky / Caetano / Nono / Penderecki / Cage / Brecht) – Love-Lore
mscz – duck – 8_28_24, 8.00 PM – Not An Album
The White Bird Band – Ya Ummi – Habibi Funk 031: A Selection Of Music From Libyan Tapes – [C] – [N]
The Lemonheads – Amazing Grace – Hate Your Friends – How was this *not* in the most recent episode of The Rehearsal??

Superchunk – Good Dreams – Come Pick Me Up
Warda – We Malo Pt 1 – We Malo – [N] – Originally recorded in 1975.
SUMAC & Moor Mother – Scene 2: The Run – The Film
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Stand Well Well (Grand Stand Version) – Stand Well Well – With Posdnuos of De La Soul.
Squid – The Hearth and Circle Round Fire – The Hearth and Circle Round Fire – [N]
Mike Tamburo – When I’m Gone Bury Me at Sea – When I’m Gone Bury Me at Sea
HOT SEAT – Microplastics – Microplastics – Local.

The Double – 19:15 – Live on WPRB – https://www.discogs.com/artist/478206-The-Double

Savage Republic – Sucker Punch – Customs – [N]
Betty Moorer – One More Time – Eccentric R&B: The Cuca Label  – [C]
BLACKPAW – Defenseless – Defenseless
BUZZ – Garasumado – DJ Notoya Presents Tokyo Bliss – Japanese Funk, Boogie and City Pop From King Records 1974-88 – [C]
Hydrogen Bonding Process – Interface – Misspent Youth
Naked Roommate – Fake I.D. – Do The Duvet



5/7/25 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Pere Ubu – Street Waves – The Hearpen Singles – RIP David Thomas.
I.S.C.A.C. Band – Igbo Nwe Egwu – Igbo Nwe Egwu – Originally released in 1986.
Roseblood – Doublespeak – S/T – Solo album by Kathy Foster of The Thermals, All Girl Summer Fun Band, Hurry Up, Slang, Woolly Mountain…
Eli Winter – Arabian Nightingale – A Trick of the Light – [N] – Written by Don Cherry.
Echo & The Bunnymen – All That Jazz – Crocodiles
Krown Rulers – Kick the Ball – Phanjam – From Camden, New Jersey.
Tar – Non-Alignment Pact – 7″ – Pere Ubu cover.

Shellac – Dude Incredible – Dude Incredible – Hard to believe that it has already been a year since Steve Albini passed away.
Libya Music Band  – Kol Al Mawaeed – Habibi Funk 031: A Selection Of Music From Libyan Tapes – [C] – [N]
Living Colour – Final Solution – Type – Pere Ubu cover.
Bitter Wish – Candy Slinger – Candy Slinger – “A psychedelic power trio comprising guitarist John Comune, bassist Clint Takeda (Bardo Pond/Double Wig) and percussionist Scott Verrastro (Kohoutek/Heavy Lidders).”
Bunnygrunt – Together Now, Very Minor – A Tribute to Game Theory
Lazy Salon – Free Prism – S/T
The Saints ’73-’78 – Nights in Venice – Live Nights in Venice Vol. 1 – This is Ed Kuepper and drummer Ivor Hay from The Saints with Mark Arm of Mudhoney on vocals, plus Peter Oxley (Sunnyboys) and Mick Harvey of The Bad Seeds / Birthday Party.

The Misteriosos – 31:04 – Live on WPRB – https://www.discogs.com/artist/2726592-The-Misteriosos

Government Issue – Beyond – You – We lost John Stabb 10 years ago today. RIP.
Napoleon Da Legend & Amerigo Gazaway – Serpico (Instrumental) – Serpico
Goat – One More Death – S/T
Weird Nightmare – Oh No – S/T – Alex Edkins of METZ with Chad VanGaalen.



5/4/25 : 20:00 – 23:00 pm ET


ALL-STAR WARS SHOW IV

A fourth consecutive year of three straight hours of music inspired by Star Wars! Much appreciation to DJ Ringworm for swapping slots so tonight’s broadcast could happen on May the 4th.

Background music: The Sonic All-Stars – “Intro / Main Title” – The Sounds of Star Wars

Coruscants – Willrow Runs Through Bespin – A Rotation Late And A Credit Short – “The Queers’ A Day Late And A Dollar Short by way of the Expanded Universe.”
Wordburgler – Force Ghost (Burden of a Master) – SpaceVerse
Headnodic – Funky Star Wars – Funky Star Wars
Szabologist – Lobot – Star Wars Songs, Vol. 1 
Brandon Roberts – Brasso – Andor: Season 2 – Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-3)
FAROFF – Brazilian Star Wars
Jedi Scum – Help Me Obi-Wan Kenobi, You’re My Only Hope – S/T

Background music: The Sonic All-Stars – “Tie Fighter Attack” – The Sounds of Star Wars

Youngee Wim – Bunky Dunko – Skeleton Crew – “Major Tom” in Huttese.
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires – Star Wars – 45
Denilson Félix sanfoneiro – Darth Vader Tema (Versão Forró)
Mac McCaughan – Only Do – Non-Believers
Osamu Shoji – The Throne Room – Star Wars
NEutral NErd – STar WArs FUnk – STar WArs FUnk
Wounded Lion – Dagoba System – S/T

Background music: The Sonic All-Stars – “Cantina Band” – The Sounds of Star Wars

Servotron – Red Robot Refund (The Ballad of R5-D4) – No Room For Humans
DJ Food – The Tracks Go Off In This Direction… – The Tracks Go Off In This Direction…
The Mountain Goats – The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All the Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones
Geoff Love & His Orchestra – Princess Leia’s Theme (Disco Version) – Star Wars and Other Space Themes
Joseph Scrimshaw – Don’t Call Me Prune Face (excerpt) – Rebel Scum
Altin Lazer Blaster – High Waves – Sounds from the Galactic Skylanes (Original Music from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor) – [C] – a/k/a Altin Gün!
The Thyme Machine – Star Wars – Top and Tail with The Thyme Machine

Background music: The Sonic All-Stars – “Imperial Attack” – The Sounds of Star Wars

The 7-10 Splits – Aunt Beru – Greatest Splits
Masayoshi Takanaka  – Star Wars Samba – Brasilian Skies
Great Disturbance – Beggar’s Canyon – Great Disturbance Is Your Father
Auralnauts – Andor (Main Title Theme) [1975 Version] – Andor 1975
XMAS – Star Wars – Forever
DJ Z-Trip & DJ P – Imperial March (Breaks Mix) – Uneasy Listening Vol. 1
Boris The Sprinkler – My Prom Date’s Parkin’ With Grand Moff Tarkin – Bits o’ Boris

Background music: The Sonic All-Stars – “The Throne Room and End Theme” – The Sounds of Star Wars



4/23/25 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Parts & Labor – Rest – Constant Future
The Charmels – As Long As I’ve Got You – Stax-Volt: The Complete Singles 1959-1968 – [C] – So *that* is where the C.R.E.A.M. hook comes from!
The Bats – Loline – Loline – [N]
El Hadra Abul Gheit – Gheitaniya Zar Rec 4 – Zar: Songs for the spirits
The Hard Quartet – Six Deaf Rats – S/T – Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Jim White and Emmett Kelly.
SAULT – S.O.T.H. – 10 – [N]
Kustomized – Fingertips – We’d Really Appreciate That, Too – Recorded live at The Empty Bottle on June 28, 1996.

Generation X – Wild Youth – Perfect Hits (1975 – 1981) – Originally released as a single in 1977.
Chimex G. Udensity And His Afrikan Band – Okpoko Na Azo Eze – Nigeria Special Volume 3: Electronic Innovation Meets Culture And Tradition 1978-93 – [N]
The Ministry of Bad Ideas – End of an Empire – End of an Empire – Premiere!
Ashley Bellouin & Ben Bracken – Strummed Strings – String Songs
Unrest – Light Command – Perfect Teeth – [N] – 30th anniversary expanded reissue.
Bosq – Alode (feat. Kaleta) – Love & Resistance
Cold Court – Twin – Twin – Local.

The Snow Fairies – 30:05 – Live on WPRB – https://www.discogs.com/artist/683528-The-Snow-Fairies

Germ House – Final Touches – World’s A Chore
Chaba Amina – Kindi Ebatal – Sweet Rebels – The Golden Era of Algerian Pop-Rai – [C] – [N]
Highlife – Motion Pictures – Motion Pictures – Neil Young cover.
Acid Mothers Reynols – Kicking Air Bricks – Vol. 3



4/16/25 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Brainiac – V1nc3nt Com3 On Down – Hissing Prigs in Static Couture
Fela Kuti – Suffering & Smiling – Music is the Weapon of the Future
GHOLD – Skhul VI – Stoic – [R]
English Teacher – R&B (Theo Verney Version) – 45
Lungfish – Put Your Halo On – Talking Songs for Walking / Necklace of Heads
Les Abranis – Akoudar – Album No 1 – [N] – Reissue of a 1983 Algerian private press album.
The Dwarves – Astroboy – Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows

The Lurkers – Ain’t Got a Clue – 45
T. P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo De Cotonou – Benin Mede Ma Gnin Messe – Unité Africaine – Originally released in 1978.
Water Damage – Reel 25 – Instruments – [N] – Out May 16th!
Agora Sci-Fi – Sloppy – Sloppy
Pissed Jeans – Waves of Fear – Waves of Fear – Lou Reed cover.
La Banda Chuska – Basic Bichos – Bar Secreto
Darc Arc – Crystal – Collapsing – [N] – Local.

Adam Arcuragi – 47:42 – Live on WPRB – https://adamarcuragi.bandcamp.com

Population II – Maintenant et Jamais – Maintenant Jamais – [N]
Meiko Kaji – Yadokari – Yadokari – Originally released in 1973.
The New Pornographers – Ballad of the Last Payphone – Ballad of the Last Payphone – [N]



4/9/25 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


pledge.wprb.com

Get ready to donate as you have a terrific, high energy time listening to the radio while I bring you three hours of hits with co-host Jen from Running Redlights! Here we go…again?

The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Shellac – Girl From Outside – To All Trains
Latryx – Say That – SoleSides Greatest Bumps – [C]
Mountain High – Life Coach – 45

The Damned – New Rose – Damned Damned Damned – RIP Brian James.
CZARFACE & MF DOOM – Meddle with Metal  (clean) – Czarface Meets Metal Face 
My Dad Is Dead – Babe In The Woods – Shine(r)

Tubeway Army – My Shadow In Vain – S/T
The UMC’s – One To Grow On – Fruits of Nature
Zero Boys – Livin’ In The 80s – Vicious Circle

The Ex – Beat Beat Drums – If Your Mirror Breaks – [N]
Etran de L’AÏr – Agadez – Agadez
Tenpole Tudor – Let The Four Winds Blow – 45

Mission of Burma – Devotion – Signals, Calls and Marches
Al-Qasar feat. Ssir w ztam (Get Busy) – Uncovered – Sean Paul cover.
The Fall – Put Away – The Complete Peel Sessions 1978 – 2004 – Broadcast December 6th, 1978.

Superchunk – Me & You & Jackie Mittoo – I Hate Music
Fadoul – Laylat Al Jadba – Habibi Funk 002: Al Zman Saib
Kim Deal – Crystal Breath – Nobody Loves You More
Agent Orange – Living In Darkness – Living In Darkness

The Avengers – We Are The One – S/T
Almighty & KD Ranks – Can’t Test We – Unreleased
Constantines – On To You – Shine a Light

Bad Moves – Hallelujah – Wearing Out the Refrain
Neil Young – Sample & Hold (Dance Remix) – Sample & Hold 12″
D-Nice – Crumbs On the Table – Call Me D-Nice
Telehealth – Do the In Betwee – Content Oscillator

Memorials – Acceptable Experience – Memorial Waterslides
Bobby Ramone – Stirring In My Room – Rocket To Kingston
Gang Starr – DWYCK (Album Clean Version) – Hard To Earn
Coffin Pricks – Right Kind Of Loot – Semi-Perfect Crimes

Death of Samantha – Coca Cola & Licorice – Strungout On Jargon
Horsegirl – 2468 – Phonetics On and On – [N]



4/2/25 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


pledge.wprb.com

Get ready to donate as you have a terrific, high energy time listening to the radio while I bring you three hours of hits with co-host Lili! Here we go!

The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Shellac – Chick New Wave – To All Trains
The Gift of Gab – Rhyme Like a Nut! (clean) – SoleSides Greatest Bumps – [C]
Mountain High – Co-op Schmo-op – 45

The Damned – Neat Neat Neat – Damned Damned Damned – RIP Brian James.
CZARFACE & MF DOOM – Bomb Thrown (clean) – Czarface Meets Metal Face 
My Dad Is Dead – The Water’s Edge – Let’s Skip The Details

Tubeway Army – Me, I Disconnect From You – BBC Radio Sessions – Recorded 10th January 1979, first transmission 16th January 1979.
The UMC’s – Blue Cheese – 12″
Zero Boys – Civilization’s Dying – Vicious Circle

The Ex – In The Rain – If Your Mirror Breaks – [N] – Came out yesterday!
Etran de L’AÏr – Ighre Massina – 100% Sahara Guitar
Tenpole Tudor – Swords of a Thousand Men – 45

Mission of Burma – Academy Fight Song – Signals, Calls and Marches
Al-Qasar feat. Sibel – Kişisel İsa (Personal Jesus) – Uncovered – Depeche Mode cover.
The Fall – Dead Beat Descendant – BBC Radio Sessions – Recorded on October 25th 1988 and broadcast on October 31st.

Superchunk – FOH – I Hate Music
Fadoul – Sid Redad – Habibi Funk 002: Al Zman Saib – James Brown cover.
Kim Deal – Coast – Nobody Loves You More
Agent Orange – Bloodstains – Living In Darkness

The Avengers – The American In Me – S/T
Almighty & KD Ranks – Trenton Where We Live (Original Version) – 12″
Constantines – Young Lions – Shine a Light

Bad Moves – Let the Rats Inherit the Earth – Wearing Out the Refrain
Neil Young – Mr. Soul (Dance Remix) – Sample & Hold 12″
D-Nice – Call Me D-Nice – Call Me D-Nice
Telehealth – Mindtrap – 45

Memorials – Lamplighter – Memorial Waterslides
Bobby Ramone – I Don’t Wanna Stand Up – Rocket To Kingston
Gang Starr – Work (clean) – Moment of Truth
Coffin Pricks – Group Home Haircut – 45

Death of Samantha – Simple as That – Strungout On Jargon
Horsegirl – Switch Over – Phonetics On and On – [N]
Burt Reynolds Mashup – Tricky Eisbaer (Run DMC vs Grauzone) – Mash To The 80’s
Delivery – Baader Meinhof – Forever Giving Handshakes

Wet Leg – catch these fists – moisturizer – [N] – Also came out yesterday!



3/26/25 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Superchunk – Bruised Lung (feat. Rosali) – Bruised Lung – [N]
CZARFACE – Savagely Attack (feat. Ghostface Killah – S/T
Magnolia Electric Co. – What Comes After The Blues – Sojourner
Accra Quartet – Batobe (They are Right) – Gbɛfalɔi (Travelers)
Ghost:Whale – Ghost:Whale – Echo:One
Abderrahmane Djalti – Ala Bladi Nebki – Sweet Rebels: The Golden Era Of Algerian Pop-Rai – The Ecstatic Electro Sound Of Original Rai Cassettes 1986-91 – [C]
Eraser – Dinner Roll – Hideout – [N] – Local.

Relay – New Domestic Landscape – Still Point of Turning – RIP Gerard Angelini.
Digable Planets – Dog It – Blowout Comb
Cyrus Pireh – What Are We Doing What Could Be Done? – Visitor
Doug Gillard – Dripping With Looks – A Tribute to Game Theory – Split single with Bunnygrunt.
Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas – Clock No Clock – Totality – [N]
Agora Sci-Fi – Portals – Portals
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Swimming Hole – Swimming Hole – [N] – An unexpected return!

Lewis & Clarke – 30:04 – Live on WPRB – https://lewisandclarkemusic.bandcamp.com

Fucked Up – Self-Driving Man – Disabuse – [N]
Koji Kobayashi – Bokura no Date – Tokyo no Yane/Bokura no Date
Minibeast – Defenders of the Sound – The Maze of Now – [N]
Rise Up, Dead Man – The Summoning – The Summoning
The Rezillos – (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures – Can’t Stand the Rezillos



3/12/25 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

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.

Mountain High – 18:04 – Live on WPRB – https://www.discogs.com/artist/892229-Mountain-High

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



3/5/25 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

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]

US Funk Team – 39:22 – Live on WPRB – https://usfunkteam.bandcamp.com

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