Supplemental Reading.


Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show.

RIP “Grit Lit” author Harry Crews.

Download as-yet-unreleased music of the duo The Hussy, a new song by Philadelphia’s GANG, the latest from locals Busses, some recommended ugliness via Male Bondage and a pair of older Police Teeth albums.

Remembering Arthur Russell on the 20th anniversary of his passing.

Keep grabbing the gratis sounds: A new OFF! jam and the entire Dangerbird album “Johnny” too.

The Low Times interview with Dave Wyndorf of Monster Magnet is essential listening.



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4/4/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

M.O.T.O. – Skeletons Need Their Sleep – Single File
Jennifer Castle – Poor As Him – Castlemusic – [N]
Mahmoud Ahmed & Ibex Band – Tezeta – Ethiopiques 19
Giant Sand – Man Of Want – Valley Of Rain – The first of many, many, many albums.
Mount Carmel – Swaggs – Real Women – [N]
Harry Crews – (She’s In A) Bad Mood – Naked In Garden Hills – Sonic Youth cover. RIP Harry Crews.
Tar – Giblets – Toast – Reunited!

The Hussy – Undefined – Weed Seizure – Forthcoming.
GANG – Only A Dream – mp3 – Local.
Ass Ponys – Two Week Vacation – Electric Rock Music (Expanded) – The Embarrassment cover.
Fine Day – Slowdive – January – Posthumous discography.
Obnox – Dr. Dank vs. Dr. Middie – Masonic Reducer – [N]
Busses – Metal – Metal/Shangri-La Ep
Male Bondage – High Road – S/T

Police Teeth – I Made Out With You Before You Were Cool – Real Size Monster Series
Sidi Toure – Woy Tiladio – Koima – Malian.
Vera November – Our Last Night Together – Four Songs By Arthur Russell – Verity of Electrelane.
OFF! – King Kong Brigade – OFF! – Forthcoming.
Lee Ranaldo – Shouts – Between The Times & The Tides – [N]
Pan-American – The Penguin Speaks – For Waiting, For Chasing
G. Green – Funny Insurance – 45 – [N]

The Golden Boys – Curtains – Dirty Fingernails – [N]
Zoomers – Johnny Has A Good Thing – Mike’s Apartment Demos 1984-88
David Buddin – Cantilce 4 – Canticles For Electronic Music – [N]
Monster Magnet – Longhair – Tab
Revilers – 1860 – S/T
Honolulu Mountain Daffodils – Psychic Hitlist Victim No. 8 – Spacelines: Sonic Sounds For Subteraneans – [C]
Many Arms – Beyond Territories – S/T – [N]

Superchunk – Crossed Wires – Majesty Shredding – [R]
Dangerbird – Suicide Solution – Johnny
The Brixton Riot – It’s Been Too Long – Palace Amusements – Local. – [N]
North Of America – Wet To – Brothers, Sisters



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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, an excerpt of the record Wilbo played on WPRB earlier in the day that kept me transfixed in my car.

On to the free downloads! The dudes in Nonagon. Off the next Grass Widow record. From next week’s new Screaming Females album. “I Am Collossus” by Meshuggah and a full live session from Death Of Samantha recorded live in Texas earlier this month.



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3/28/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Mind Spiders – Play You Out – Meltdown – Yes! – [N]
Mellesse Bonger & Tchista Band – Lebe Antchin Alena / Air Gourague – Ethiopiques 2 – [C]
SIC – Voltage Control – Thought Noises – 1979. – [N]
Eleventh Dream Day – Sonic Reactor – Riot Now!
Lee Fields & The Expressions – Wish You Were Here – Faithful Man – [N]
Liechtenstein – Postcard – Survival Strategies In A Modern World
Desendants – Unnational Anthem – Killed By Death #10 – 1980. – [C]

Nonagon – Vikings – PRF BBQ 2012: Rock Always Wins – [C]
Grass Widow – Goldilocks Zone – Internal Logic – Forthcoming.
Nervous Curtains – Wired To Make Waves – Fake Infinity – [N]
LovelyDove – Soft Sun – mp3 – Azalia Snail’s new project.
Spacin’ – Empty Mind – Deep Thuds – [N]
Screaming Females – It All Means Nothing – Ugly – Forthcoming.
Meshuggah – I Am Colossus – I Am Colossus

Throwing Muses – Jak – Firepile – Volcano Suns cover.
The Lemonheads – Balancing Act – 45 – Also a Volcano Suns cover.
Borracho – Grab The Reins – Splitting Sky
Ty Segall & White Fence – I Am Not A Game – Hair – Forthcoming.
King Blood – Silent Dust – Vengeance, Man – [N]
Death Of Samantha – Good Friday – Live on WFMU – Recorded at Beerland during SXSW.
Bitch Magnet – Joan Of Arc (Alternate Version) – Star Booty – Deluxe Edition – [N]

Cobra Verde – Despair – Viva La Muerte
Ikhwani Safaa Musical Club – Naomba Kwako Bibiye – Zanzibara 1
Buzz – L’Agent Secret – See You, Sioux – 1985. French. – [N]
The Most Secret Method – Callisto – Our Success
Spain – Sevenfold – The Soul Of Spain
Hounds & Harlots – Divisadero – Cdr – Forthcoming.
The Lost Sounds – You Don’t Know Remote Control – Rat’s Brains & Microchips

Magro Kuso – Laugh Track Man – 7″
K.S. Chithra feat. Mano – Pon Maaney – S/T – [N]
Codeine – Sea – The White Birch – [R]
Back To Comm – Mirror – Earth – Score for a Ho Tzu Nyen film. – [N]



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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.

Actually, just free downloads to offer in the latest installment (not that anyone’s complaining). Grab a great new song by Mean Jeans, check out the 1994 Peel Session by Eggs, discover Mike Pace of Oxford Collapse’s new band Child Actors, enjoy a digital single by The Young sample the bands playing the 2012 PRF BBQ and examine a gratis record from The Melvins.

I’d also strongly suggest a field trip to Pittsburgh between now and the end of the month as Sound Cat Records has discounted all of the Paul’s Cds stock by 50%.



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3/21/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Mean Jeans – Anybody Out There? – Mean Jeans On Mars – Forthcoming.
Batitda – Tirei O Chapeu – S/T
The Child Actors – Summer Lawns – mp3 – Mike from Oxford Collapse.
Eggs – A Pit With Spikes – 1994 Peel Session
The Young – Don’t Hustle For Love – Digital Single
Shannon Wright – Fractured – Secret Blood
The Men – Ex-Dreams – Open Your Heart – [N]

Void – Dehumanized / Get Out Of My Way / My Rules (live) – Sessions 1981-83
Pierre Raph – Gilda & Gunshots – The B-Music Of Jean Rollin – [C]
Dis- – Nicolae – PRF BBQ 2012: Rock Always Wins – Reunited! – [C]
Little Big League – St. John’s – 7″ – Local.
Nuta Jazz Band – Mpenzi Nakukanya – Zanzibara 3 – “The 1960s sound of Tanzania.” – [C]
Girls Of The Gravitron – Malthusian Lovesong – 45
Count Vertigo – X-Patriots – Killed By Death 10 – [C]

The New Christs – Coming Apart – Born Out Of Time
Staccato Du Mal – Walls Fade – Sin Destino – [N]
Whales – Seafearing – Whales/Minutes March 2012 Tour Single
Kool Moe Dee – How Ya Like Me Now – How Ya Like Me Now
The Karl Hendricks Trio – They May Be Paper – Coming In September 45
Muluqen Mellesse – Tenesh Kelbe Lay – Ethiopiques 3 – [C]
Spiral Jetty – Exactly How She Feels – Art’s Sand Bar

Fine Day – Soot – 7″
Indian Ocean – School Bell/Tree House – Arthur Russell…The Sleeping Bag Sessions
Wire – Pink Flag – The Black Session – Live in Paris, France. – [N]
The Feminine Complex – Time Slips By – Livin’ Love
Lord High Fixers – I Can’t Believe – 45 – The Fanatics cover.
Finks – Caveman – Compulation Volume 2 – [C]
The Melvins – We Are Doomed – The Bulls & The Bees

Cerebros Exprimidos – Romper La Red – Gree-Tah = Scream – [C]
Foreign Cinema – Palace Of Fine Junk – 45
Mars Ill – 2 Steps – Blue Collar Sessions
Circle – Potto – Raunio
Comet Gain – Thee Ecstatic Library – Howl Of The Lonely Crowd – [N]



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2/29/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Happy Refugees – Cold Shower – Return To Last Chance Saloon – 1984. – [N]
Billy Bragg – Waiting For The Great Leap Forward – Worker’s Playtime
Banda 11 De Enero De Murillo – La Cachona – The Original Sound Of Cumbia – [N] – [C]
Joel RL Phelps & The Downer Trio – Get The Chills – Blackbird
The Mallard – You Got The Critics – Yes On Blood
The Speaking Canaries – Menopause Diaries – Get Out Alive
Minor Threat – Stepping Stone – S/T – Monkees cover. RIP Davy Jones.

Fucked Up – Into The Light – Intended Play 2011-2012 – [C]
The Trypes – Here Come The Warm Jets – 1983/12/07 Folk City – Brian Eno cover.
Roommates – Back To The Sun/Girlfriend Swap – Winnifred – Forthcoming.
Bret Saunders – Leap Year 2012 – Leap Year 2012 – Thanks, Bret.
Spacin’ – Sunshine No Shoes – Deep Thuds – Forthcoming.
Mighty Sparrow – Sweet Loving feat. Sparrow’s Calypso Troubadors – Sparrowmania! Wit, Wisdom and Soul from the King of Calypso
The Mr. T Experience – Pleasant Valley Sunday – Everybody’s Entitled To Their Own Opinion – Monkees cover. RIP Davy Jones.

Jawbox – Won’t Come Off – S/T
Palomar – Absolutely Miserable – Sense & Antisense – [N]
Satisfact – Locate – The Third Meeting At The Third Counter
Pontiak – Panoptica – Echo Ono – [N]
Terminal 4 – This Was The Frippe Time – S/T
Druid Perfume – Honk Your Horn – 45 – Ex-The Piranhas.
Thee Minks – Outta Your Head – Are You Ready Now?

Circle The Sky – Knives – Wrong Roads – Local. – [N]
Engine Kid – Holes To Fight In – Angel Wings
The Walkabouts – My Diviner – 7″ – [N]
Enemymine – Cocoon Clo3 – The Ice In Me
Greg Ward’s Phonic Juggernaut – Above Ground – S/T – [N]
Skunk – Every Mother – Laid
State Of Alert – Stepping Stone Party – Flex Your Head – Monkees cover. RIP Davy Jones. – [C]

The Wedding Present – Pleasant Valley Sunday – Hit Parade Vol. 1 – Monkees cover. RIP Davy Jones. – [R]
Prince Rama – Golden Silence – Trust Now – [N]
Nihiti – The Ringing In (The Sun Is Rung) – Other People’s Memories
Hunters – Brat Mouth – Hands On Fire
Sonic Sum – Flatlands – Plasterman
Nina Hagen – I’m A Believer – The Best Of “Rodney On The ROQ” – Monkees cover. RIP Davy Jones. – [C]
Boys From Nowhere – Beg – Cyclone Death Machine

Tactics – National Health – Beyond The Southern Cross – [C]
The Lijadu Sisters – Cashing In – Danger



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2/22/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Disco Zombies – The Year Of The Sex Olympics – Drums Over London – Anthology. – [N]
Taking Pictures – Streaming Out – S/T – Unreleased.
Jennifer O’Connor – Running Start – I Want What You Want – [N]
MC5 – Borderline – Kick Out The Jams – RIP Michael Davis. – [R]
Banda Bajera de San Pelayo – Descarga En Cumbia – The Original Sound Of Cumbia: The History Of Colombian Cumbias & Purro As Told By The Phonograph – 1948-79. – [N] – [C]
Giant Sand – Live To Tell – Center Of The Universe – “Probably my favorite album.” – Howe Gelb.
Guilty Pleasures – Stretch Marks – Summer Strange – The pride of Bloomington, IL. – [N]

Whores – Tell Me Something Scientific – Ruiner – Forthcoming.
Allo Darlin’ – Still Young – Europe
Pelican – Lathe Biosas – Ataraxia/Taraxis
MC5 – The American Ruse – Back In The USA – RIP Michael Davis.
Teddy Ruxpin – Grunge Music – Cassette
Turing Machine – Slave To The Algorithm – What Is The Meaning Of What – Forthcoming.
Eleventh Dream Day – Between Here & There – Beet – “Like the MC5 way past midnight…”

Head On Electric – Sleep Slaughter Sheep – Sleep Slaughter Sheep – [N]
The Spinto Band – The Living Things – Shy Pursuit – Forthcoming.
Live Skull – Fort Belvedere – The Wailing Ultimate – [C]
Damien Jurado – Working Titles – Maraqopa – 10th album, at least. – [N]
Lord Sterling – Black To Comm – Weapon Of Truth – MC5 cover.
Rome – Leaving Perdition – S/T
Kepone – Loud – Ugly Dance

MC5 – Looking At You – ’66 Breakout! – RIP Michael Davis.
Dos – Intense Song For Madonna – The Bob Lawton Ep – Go see the Raymond Pettibon exhibit at TCNJ before it closes!
Tim Foljahn – God Song – Songs For An Age Of Extinction – [N]
Liasons Dangereuses – Los Ninos Del Parque Cp2 – 12″ – 1981.
Niao – Devotional Device – Prayer – Excellent. – [N]
Archers Of Loaf – Nevermind The Enemy – Vee Vee – Remastered reissue.
Red Mass – To All The Good People – 45 – Ex-CPC Gangbangs. – [N]

MC5 – Rocket Reducers No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa) – The Big Bang – RIP Michael Davis. – [R]
Bazooka – Jupiter – 45 – [N]
Hu Vibrational – On The Now (For Big Black) – Beautiful
Microstoria – Feld 1 – _snd
Gaylord Fields – Batman Episode 121: King Tut Bowls Over The Dynamic Duo – WFMU Reinterprets The Music Of Sun Ra – [N] – [C]
Joe+N – Bells For Alice – Exposure & Experience



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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.

RIP Richard LaValliere of The Haskels and Oil Tasters. There are a pair of nice remembrances here and here.

Assuck covers on ukelele? That’s what Ukelear Annihilation is for.

This new Torche song has me excited for “Harmonicraft.”

Grab the Estrogen Highs song I played here.

If you wanted to compare Dangerbird‘s cover, above is F.O.D’s original.

The Kyle Sowash solo song from late in the show is off a free compilation.



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2/15/12 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Haskels – Taking The City By Storm – 7″ – RIP Richard LaValliere.
K.S. Chithra feat. S.P. Balasubramaniyam – Vaa Veliye – S/T
Cloud Nothings – Wasted Days – Attack On Memory – [N]
Stanton Miranda – Wheel Over Indian Trails – Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Dance – [C]
Assuke – Taxes At Work / Circle A / Feasts Of War / Counterattack – Ukelear Annihilation
Art Con – Night Regulations – Claptrap 2012
Blasted Canyons – Lasers vs. Lizards – #1 – [N]

Torche – Kicking – Harmonicraft – Forthcoming.
The Trypes – Force Of Habit – Music For Neighbors – This reissue is fantastic.
Dustin Wong – Pink Diamond (edit) – Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads – Ex-Ponytail.
Oil Tasters – Get Out Of The Bathroom – S/T – RIP Richard LaValliere.
Estrogen Highs – I Wanna Be Tall – Irrelevant Future
Brief Candles – The Completist – Fractured Days – [N]
Superchunk – Lying In State – Hit Self-Destruct – Verlaines cover.

Gaunt – Valentine – Split 7″ with New Bomb Turks – For all the young lovers.
Org. Ritmos de Sabanas – Monteria – The Original Sound Of Cumbia – 1948-79. – [N] – [C]
Lesbian – Pedomorphienne/Autoeroticasphyxiography – Pedomorphienne/Autoeroticasphyxiography
Ted Lucas – Love & Peace Raga – S/T – 1975 solo record reissued.
Wooden Shjips – Crossing Remix (Andy Weatherall) – Remixes 12″ – Forthcoming.
Led Bib – Power Walking – Bring Your Own
Metal Urbain – Cle’ De Contact – Anarchy In Paris! – First Rough Trade single.

The Haskels – Baby Let’s French – 7″ – RIP Richard LaValliere.
Brothers & Sisters – Don’t Let’m Tell You – Eccentric Soul: The Nickel & Penny Labels – 1972. – [N] – [C]
Damien Jurado – Ohio – Rehearsals For Departure
Jason Urick – Don’t Digital – I Love You – [N]
Dangerbird – Powerload – III – F.O.D. cover.
Jason Adasiewicz’s Sun Rooms – Hi Touch – Spacer – [N]
A Minor Forest – Cocktail Party – So, Were They In Some Sort Of Fight? – Happy birthday, Andee.

Frustrations – The Drill – Negative Reflections – [N]
Loren Conners – On Our Way – Red Mars
Th’ Faith Healers UK – The People – Imaginary Friend – [R]
Kyle Sowash – What If The Ouija Board Was Right? – Not Songs But Anthems – Volume 2 – [C]
Christopher Robin – One Million & One Watts – 45



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