Jon Solomon : WPRB DJ

8/8/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

RIP Jason Noble.

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Rodan – The Everyday World Of Bodies – Rusty
Per Mission – Discovered / Incised – S/T
Shipping News – Nine Bodies, Nine States – Very Soon, And In Pleasant Company
Rachel’s – Family Portrait – Music For Egon Schiele
Easy Emo – Dead Prez vs. Shipping News – .mp3
Shipping News – Paper Lanterns (Zero Return) – Flies The Fields
Rodan – Tooth Fairy Retribution Manifesto – Monsters Of Rock II – [C]

Rodan – Before The Train – Peel Session
The YMD – The Beat That Makes The Native Nod – Excuse Me, We Are The Yah Mos Def – Samples Shipping News.
Per Mission – A Reminder (Orange) – .mp3
The Pauses – Don’t Wake Up – In Pleasant Company: A Mixtape For Jason – http://jasonnoblebenefit.bandcamp.com
King G & The J Crew – Sit Calm – Indestructible Songs Of The Humpback Whale – [R]
The Young Scamels – A Solemn Air – Tempest
Shipping News – Antebellum – One Less Heartless To Fear

Rodan – Exoskeleton – How The Winter Was Passed
Interstates – Another Body Another State – .mp3 – Shipping News remix.
Shipping News – Steerage – Save Everything
The Poison Arrows – Twenty Percent Brighter – Skull Drones part 2 – Remixed by Per Mission.
Rachel’s – Full On Night – Handwriting
Shipping News – Books On Trains – Split Cd with Metroschifter
Rodan – Darjeeling – Inclined Plane – [C]

Rodan – Tron – Aviary
Rachel’s – Reflective Surfaces – Systems/Layers
Truckstop – Truckstop Theme – Half Cocked: The Motion Picture Soundtrack – [C]
Kyle Crabtree & Jason Noble – Here In Your Mind – Metroschifter: Encapsulated
Shipping News – The Architect In Hell – Three-Four – [R]

Shipping News – Quiet Victories – Very Soon, And In Pleasant Company – RIP.

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Supplemental Reading.

Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. Above, Metuchen’s own Ralph Nielsen & The Chancellors.

RIP Bill Doss of The Olivia Tremor Control.

Free downloads as heard in set number two: A full record by Destroy This Place, an incredible Joel RL Phelps demo, new music from Minutes and the debut of Light Heat.

Ted Leo is additionally offering two recently recorded covers (a Donovan song and a tune written by Johnny Darrell) on his website.

Go Senegal!

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8/1/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

USS Horsewhip – Amish Rake Fight – Wants You Dead
BMG 44 – 44 – African Underground Vol. 1 – Go Senegal! – [C]
Don Cabellero – Delivering The Groceries At 138 Beats Per Minute – What Burns Never Returns – I can not un-learn what inspired this song title, sadly.
Ralph Nielsen & The Chancellors – Scream – Back From The Grave Vol. 2 – From Metuchen, NJ! – [C]
The Olivia Tremor Control – Love Athena – Singles & Beyond – RIP Bill Doss.
Naked Raygun – Coldbringer – Jettison – Every three years I see a Batman movie and then play this song.
Future Of The Left – Robocop 4 – Fuck Off Robocop – The Plot Against Common Sense – [N]

Destroy This Place – Fortunate Blood – Resurrect The Mammoth – Ex-Thunderbirds Are Now!
Ms. Melodie – Live On Stage – Diva – RIP.
Joel RL Phelps – On The Side – Pie Times
Can – Grabublau – The Lost Tapes
Minutes – Always National – .mp3
Light Heat – And The Birds – And The Birds – Quentin from Mazarin’s new band.
Wax Museums – Between – Eye Times – [N]

Mission Of Burma – What They Tell Me – Unsound – Playing for free in Brooklyn on Friday! – [N]
Public Enemy – Night Of The Living Baseheads – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Racetrack – The War At Home – Go Ahead & Say It
Golden Retriever – Eudaimonia – Occupied The With Unspoken – Members of Au and Parenthetical Girls. – [N]
The Evens – Warble Factor – 45
Arnaldo Antunes/Edgard Scandurra/Toumani Diabate – Cara – A Curva Da Cintura – [N]
Bolt Thrower – Eternal War – Realm Of Chaos

The Gun Club – Thunderhead – Mother Juno – [R]
John Fahey – Dry Bones In The Valley (I Saw The Light) – Old Fashioned Love – Congratulations, Trevor & Liz!
Ted Leo – Green Green Grass Of Home – Radio Lab – Johnny Darrell tune.
The Paver – A Waste Of Time & Space – Capolavoro
Heyward Howkins – The Raucous Calls Of Morning – Hale & Hearty – Local.
Lorelei – Three Interlocking Screens – Enterprising Sidewalks – Reformed. Forthcoming.
Bailter Space – Dset – Strobosphere – First record in 13 years. – [N]

Come – Bitten – Near Life Experience – Happy birthday, Chris Brokaw!
Gary Sloan & Clone – Mix He Said (Jam) – Harmonitalk – [N]
Shabazz Palaces – The King’s New Clothes Were Made By His Own Hands – Black Up
Giant Giant Sand – Recovery Mission – Tucson – [N]
Silverhead – Ace Supreme – Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet! – 1972. – [C]

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Supplemental Reading.

Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. Above, Jawbox completely reworks a song by The Avengers.

RIP Ms. Melodie, Sherman Hemsley and Red Burns of Sugar Skulls.

Details on August 5th’s Red Burns Memorial Show can be found here.

Today is Thurston Moore’s 54th birthday. Download a song from his new band Chelsea Light Moving. Free recordings by METZ, Lost Sounds and Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth are also there for the grabbing.

The latest Sick Room / African Tape and Caffeinated Recordings compilations are both full of great, gratis tunes.

This GSDahlquist piece “Bring Me A Monkey,” written for his late brother Michael, is quite honestly one of the most beautiful things I think I’ve ever heard.

Before I sign off for the week, the lengthy tour diary from Don Caballero’s final domestic jaunt is the sort of first-hand recount you can easily get lost in.

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7/25/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Dicks – Dead In A Motel Room – These People – Reissued. – [N]
Sugar Skulls – Light Of Despair – S/T – RIP Red Burns.
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army – Me! I Disconnect From You – Replicas
Debo Band – Asha Gedawo – S/T – Trad. wedding tune. – [N]
Mean Magic – Black Holes – Cdr
Boogie Down Productions – 7 Deejays – Edutainment – RIP Ms. Melodie.
Nervebreakers – Hijack The Radio! – Hijack The Radio – 1979. – [N]

METZ – Headache – S/T – Forthcoming. – [N]
Sharkey feat. Jean Grae – Summer In The City (Lovin’ It) – Sharkey’s Machine
Lost Sounds – A Foreign Play – The Lost Lost: Demos, Sounds, Alternate Takes & Unused Songs – [N]
Jawbox – Thin White Line – Cooling Card Cd5 – Avengers cover.
The Funstigators – Theme From “The Jeffersons” – Live At The YMCA – RIP Sherman Hemsley.
Chelsea Light Moving – Burroughs – Burroughs – Happy birthday 54th, Thurston Moore.
The Cesarians – The Creation Theory – Sick Room / African Tape Sampler 2012 – [C]

Cuffs – Private View – 45 – [N]
Spaceheads – Whatever Happened To Billy The Comedian? – S/T
Bing Selfish – Rekjavic – Selfish Works – [N]
Sugar Skulls – Swear & Sin – The Waking Hour – RIP Red Burns.
The Parasites Of The Western World – Politico – 7″ – 1980. – [N]
The Darkside – Guitar Voodoo – Volume One – [C]
Nonagon – Severe Presence (Live) – Caffeinated Recordings IV – Live at Quenchers Saloon. – [C]

The Gary – Rope – El Camino
Pylon – Gyrate (Pylon Mix) – Chomp More – Reissue bonus track.
Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth – Fires Burn Dim In The Shadows Of The Mountain – Split 10″ with Mico De Noche – Tad Doyle’s new band.
GSDahlquist – Bring Me A Monkey – .mp3 – Written for his brother Michael.
Ms. Melodie – To Sing All Night (Vocal) – Hype According To Ms. Melodie 12″ – RIP Ms. Melodie.
Victory & Associates – Plausibly Wild – 45 – [N]

Guardian Alien – See The World Given To A One Love Entity – See The World Given To A One Love Entity – [N]

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7/18/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Dicks – All Night Fever – Kill From The Heart – Reissued! Finally! – [N]
Scout Niblett – Just Do It! – The Calcination Of Scout Niblett
White Manna – Acid Head – S/T – [N]
Sugar Skulls – The Waking Hour – Live on WPRB – RIP Red Burns.
Konkoma – Kpanlogo – S/T – [N]
Killdozer – Hush – For Ladies Only – Deep Purple cover. RIP Jon Lord.
Final Solutions – Rubber Stamp Test – Songs By Solutions

Rebecca Gates & The Consortium – Suite Sails – The Float – RG is here in studio all night. She picked the songs for this set.
Califone – 3 Legged Animals – Roots & Crowns
Steve Gunn – Money Train Blues – Sundowner
Swell Maps – Let’s Build A Car (Single Version) – Jane From Occupied Europe
Autoclave – I’ll Take You Down – 45
Slovenly – To Tito With Love – Highway To Hanno’s

The Spinanes – Lines & Lines – Strand – [R]
Batida – Tirei O Chapeu – S/T – Featuring Ikonoklasta. – [N]
Joy Division – Atmosphere – Permanent – As covered by Codeine.
Chant! Chant! Chant! – Play Safe – Strange Passion – Early 1980s Irish post-punk. – [N] – [C]
Developer – Glitter & Stone – Another Song For The Weekend
Girls Against Boys – All The Rage – You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See
Baroness – The Line Between – Yellow & Green – [N]

Rebecca Gates & The Consortium – Harlesden To Vals – The Float – RG is here in studio all night. She picked the songs for the rest of the show.
Orchestre Super Borgou De Parakou – Wegne Nda M Banda – The Bariba Sound – [N]
Lungfish – Love Is Love – Love Is Love
Battles – Toddler – Gloss Drop

David Kilgour – You Forget – Here Come The Cars – First time on vinyl. – [N]

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Rebecca Gates co-hosts tonight!

This just in: Rebecca Gates (formerly of The Spinanes and currently of a stellar solo record titled “The Float“) will be my co-host tonight on WPRB. 7-10 pm ET.

Fun will be had. Don’t miss it!

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Supplemental Reading.

Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. Above, the PRF BBQ set by Heather Loves Silkworm.

RIP Dennis Flemion of The Frogs.

Download a Codeine demo, a Bone & Bell valentine, some United Sons Of Toil remixes and a Stuck session from The Gary.

Speaking of The Gary, here they are in fine form at Quencher’s in Chicago.

Well worth missing my curfew!

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7/11/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Avengers – Teenage Rebel – S/T – Stellar two disc reissue.
Alemayehu Eshete – Tchero Adari Negn – Ethiopiques 8 – 1970. – [C]
The Army – Percodans Please/Do The Nipsy – What Happened To Your Hand? – 1986. Steve Albini & Jay Tiller.
Crocodile Shop – April Reigns – Head.
The Frogs – I Don’t Care If You Disrespect Me (Just So You Love Me) – It’s Only Right & Natural – RIP Dennis Flemion.
Arc In Round – One-Sided – S/T – Local. – [N]
Silkworm – Internat’l Harbor Of Grace – Chokes!

Japandroids – Adrenaline Nightshift – Celebration Rock – [N]
Eric B. & Rakim – The R (Extended Remix) – Follow The Leader
Codeine – Kitchen (Demo) – When I See The Sun: Frigid Stars – Sunday in New York!
Mission Of Burma – 7’s – Unsound – [N]
Bone & Bell – Be Sweet To Me – Be Sweet To Me
The Gary – The Evidence – STUCK Presents…Hardly Sound – Lungfish cover.
Dogmatic Element – Just Friends – Strange Passion: Explorations In Irish Post Punk DIY & Electronic Music 1980-83 – [N] – [C]

Mudhoney – Ritzville – Head On The Curb – Previously unreleased version.
Jen Schande – I Really Like Sonic Youth & I Really Want To Have Sex With You – 19 Songs For & Inspired By Valencia: Chapter 19 – [N] – Jen from Shove.
Analogue – Punchout Turned Me Gay – Rock Proper
Destroyer – Savage Night At The Opera – Kaputt
Tar – Feel This – 45
Kalabius “Sapeltek” Simbolon – Pinasa Si Dun-Dungon – Smithsonian Folkways World Music Collection – Indonesian. – [C]
Morbid Angel – Chapel Of Ghouls (Re-mix) – Altars Of Madness – 1989 debut.

This Moment In Black History – Family Day At Euclid Beach – 45 – [N]
United Sons Of Toil – Panic (Metric Ton Of Soil Mix) – USOT Remixed
Light Coma – This Is Gonna Break Your Heart – Countermeasures
The Starlite Desperation – I’m Ready Again – Take It Personally
The Guns – Jetsons Theme Song – S/T – 1982. – [N]
Lozenge – Mr. Fancypants – Mishap – Live at the Empty Bottle, 2/23/02.
Dis- – Ed Was Solace – Small Fry 1 & 2

Torche – Sky Trials – Harmonicraft – [N]
Big Troubles – Never Mine – Romantic Comedy
Meddlesome Meddlesome Meddlesome Bells – Worried Land Blues – Worried Land – Local. – [N]
Victims Family – Have A Nice Day – 45

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