4/21/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Home Blitz – Perpetual Night – 45 – N
Vicki Anderson – Message From The Soul Sisters – Favorite Grooves – C
Disappears – Pearly Gates – Lux – N
Malcolm McLaren & The World Famous Supreme Team – Do You Like Scratchin’? – Buffalo Gals – RIP Malcolm McLaren.
Harlan T. Bobo – Bad Boyfriends – Sucker – N – “Bad boys make bad boyfriends.”
Malcolm Clarke – The Sea Devils – Doctor Who: The Music
JEFF The Brotherhood – Mind Ride – Heavy Days – N

O Level – We Love Malcolm – Messthetics Greatest Hits – C – RIP Malcolm McLaren.
Gang Starr – Code Of The Streets – Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr – RIP Guru.
So Cow – Dunno – Meaningless Friendly – N
Comets On Fire – Dogwood Rust – Casual Nostalga Fest – C – Live at SP20.
Joe Quarterman & Free Soul – How High – Golden Classics
Leatherface – Belly Dancing Stoat – The Stormy Petrel – N
Lemonheads – Hate Your Friends – Hate Your Friends – Thanks, Julia.

Craig Bevan & The Tourists – Modern Boy – Teenline no. 108 – C
Bow Wow Wow – C30. C60. C90. G0 – Twelve Original Recordings – RIP Malcolm McLaren.
Minutes – Never National – 7″ – N
Eleventh Dream Day – For Martha – Zeroes & Ones
The Victims – She’s Always Bored – Take It As It Comes – N
Lefties Soul Connection – The Chank – Skimming The Skum
Dianogah – You Might Go Off – Qhnnnl

Detention – NJOK – Expelled – Live next week on this show!
DJ John Doe – Untitled 28 – Fused Funk Vol. 3 – C
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Barstool Blues – Year Of The Horse
S Prcss – This Geometric Is Written Is: – MNML
Angelo Badalamenti – Jones & Truman – Twin Peaks – Released to celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary.
Martin Bisl – A Story (true) In Brooklyn – Sirens Of The Apocalypse – N
Th’ Faith Healers – Spin 1/2 – Lido – R

Personal & The Pizzas – Toss That Pie – Raw Pie
Didier’s Sound Spectrum – Composition #6 – 45
Kurt Vile – Invisibility: Nonexistent – Square Shells – N – Forthcoming.
Gang Starr – Soliloquy Of Chaos – Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr – RIP Guru.
Arthur Russell – Arm Around You – Calling Out Of Context 2×12″
Alexandre Caparroz – Pixoxo en Lua de Mel – Sexy 70
Blight – Armageddon – Detroit – 1982.



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Supplemental Reading.


This week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. As always, I’ve attempted to post them in the order they were played on-air.

Did you know there’s a Drive Like Jehu tribute band called Rome Plows?

Download the unreleased T.W. Walsh song “Badge” here.

All you could want to know about The Fall’s cover of “I’m Going To Spain.”



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4/7/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Drive Like Jehu – Super Unison – Yank Crime – In my head.
Billy Green – Stone Is A Trip – Stone – N – Original soundtrack.
The Loud Family – Slit My Wrists – Slouching Towards Liverpool – Live on WNUR.
Coconuts – Silver Lights – S/T – N
The Fall – I’m Going To Spain – The Infotainment Scan – Steve Bent cover.
Strange Boys – Night Might – Be Brave – N
Fuck Attack – Motivational Speaker – S/T

Tre Orsi – Manumission – Devices + Emblems
Ofege – You Say No – Try & Love – N – Nigeria, 1973.
Birds Of Maya – Regulation – Regulation – Double album with three songs. Makes sense.
Saturnine – The Clear – Mid the Green Fields
Faux Island – The Illinois – S/T – N
Nice & Nasty 3 – The Ultimate Rap – Big Apple Rappin’ – C
Boy’s Life – Cloudy & 47 – S/T

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Gimmie The Wire – The Brutalist Bricks – N
Bongos Ikwue & The Groovies – Otachikpokpo – Nigeria Afrobeat Special – N – C
Horseback – The Invisible Mountain – The Invisible Mountain
Saravah Soul – Nao Posso Te Levar A Serio – Shapes – C
Human Adult Band – Schizophrenics Control Th’ Weather – Mugwort & Sage – N
Party Photographers – Let The Red Lights Riot – 7″ – Local.
Angry Samoans – Lights Out – Faster & Louder – C – Never been so delighted to queue up the wrong song.

Point Line Plane – Give The Future A Break – The Necessary Effect: Screamers Songs Interpreted – C
Jad Fair – Samantha (song poem) – Split 7″ with Human Adult Band – N
TW Walsh – Badge – mp3 – With David Bazan. Unreleased.
Burning Star Core – I – Papercuts Theater – N
Nosferatu D2 – A Footnote – We’re Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On
Chico Hamilton – Final Reflections/Charlie Parker Suite – 88 Years Of Foreststorn – N
Cringer – For The Workers – Sasquatch & Other Nasty Little Freaks – C

Husker Du – Chartered Trips – Zen Arcade – R
Rhythm Funk Masters – Enormous Introduction – Afro-American-Arctic
Benjamin Shaw – Thanks For All The Biscuits – Thanks For All The Biscuits
Eldad Tarmu Chamber Jazz Ensemble – Song For The Queen Of Bohemia – Songs For The Queen Of Bohemia – N



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Supplemental Reading.


This week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. As always, I’ve attempted to post them in the order they were played on-air.

Much of this show featured music by the late Alex Chilton.

Steve Scariano of Prisonshake shares some great stories about Chilton from over the years.

Paul Westerberg remembers his mentor in the New York Times.

You can download the Minutes single for free.

Read more about the Joel Phelps demos I was discussing.



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3/31/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Replacements – Alex Chilton – All For Nothing – RIP Alex Chilton.
Eric Showboy Akaeze & His Royal Ericos – We Dey Find Money – Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound In 1970s Nigeria – N – C
Alex Chilton – Hey Little Child – Document – RIP Alex Chilton.
Family Plann – Come On Let’s Do The Breakdown – Absolute Funk 4 – C – 1971.
Black Tambourine – For Ex-Lovers Only – S/T – N
Big Star – Kizza Me – 3rd – RIP Alex Chilton.
Titus Andronicus – …And Ever – The Monitor – N

Double Dagger – Imitation Is The Most Boring Form Of Flattery – Masks – N
Mahmoud Ahmed – Aynotche Terabu – Ethiopiques 1 – C
TFT – Age Of Consent – Teen Beat No. 1 Record Label – N – C – New Order cover.
The Cramps – What’s Behind The Mask – Songs The Lord Taught Us – RIP Alex Chilton.
Soli – Negar – Pomegranates – N – C – “Persian pop, funk, folk & psych of the 60s and 70s.”
Big Star – Mod Lang – Radio City – RIP Alex Chilton.
Minutes – I Was 19, You Were 20 – 7″

Naked Raygun – Mein Iron Maiden – 7″ – New!
The Mebusas – Return-Pada – Blood Brothers – N
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) – …commemorates the life of Alex Chilton – U.S. House of Representatives – RIP Alex Chilton.
Alex Chilton – Take Me Home & Make Me Like It – Bach’s Bottom – RIP Alex Chilton.
Mi Ami – Harmonics (Genius Of Love) – Steal Your Face – N
Joel RL Phelps – Have You Seen – Basement Demos 1995
Comsat Angels – Lost Continent – Chasing Shadows
Notekillers – Papers – Cdr – N

Big Star – Nightime – 3rd – R – RIP Alex Chilton.
Eluvium – Cease To Know – Similes – N
The Sound Stylistics – The Players Theme – Play Deep Funk
Humphreys & Keen – La Vie! – The Overflow – Members of Able Tasmans.
Love Is All – Repetition – Two Thousand And Ten Injuries – N
Ed’s Redeeming Qualities – Lawn Dart – 7″ – R – Long delayed.
Nothing People – Remember How Cold It Was (part one) – Soft Crash – N

Seam – Petty Thievery – Are You Driving Me Crazy? – R
New York Art Quintet – Rosmosis – Old Stuff – N – 1965.
Excepter – Knock Knock – Alternation
The Silence Kit – Let There Be No Hurt – Dislocations – N
Alex Chilton – Bangkok – Alex Chilton’s Lost Decade – RIP Alex Chilton.



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Supplemental Reading.


This week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. As always, I’ve attempted to post them in the order they were played on-air.

RIP Chilly B of Newcleus. Check out the Jam On Productions web site for an endless assortment of free downloads from the band, including four track rough mixes, refrences and 24 track rough mixes.

Also passing away this week, Larry Cassidy of Section 25 at the age of 56.

Speed The Plow is back, recruiting new members from within their families!

Don’t get donor fatigue! Help the people of Chile by sending a $10 text message to the Red Cross.

Good to read that Guru from Gang Starr is conscious and recovering from a heart attack on Tuesday.

Finally, the trailer for the Rye Coalition documentary that is still being worked on.



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3/3/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Where Was My Brain? – The Brutalist Bricks – N
Newcleus – Let’s Jam – Space Is The Place – RIP Chilly B.
Section 25 – Bad News Week 2 – 12″ – RIP Larry Cassidy.
Speed The Plow – Swerve – Swerve – N – First recordings in 15+ years.
Violeta Parra – Ayudame Valentina – Chants Et Rhytmes Du Chili
British Meat Scene – Shatner’s Tactic – Chemikal Underground Records: Dramatis Personae – C
Pierced Arrows – Zip My Lip – Descending Shadows – N

No Friends – Never Ending Fight – Fest 8 – N – C – Pastacore!
Gang Starr – Take It Personal – Full Clip – Get well soon, Guru.
Section 25 – Crazy Wisdom – Crazy Wisdom 12″ – RIP Larry Cassidy.
Univers Zero – Straight Edge – Clivages – N
Our American Cousins – One Wish Too Many – One Last Kiss – C
The Styrenes – 2 Up, 2 Down – Hotel Cleveland Vol. 3 – C
The Sediment Club – Panic Berlin Fun – 7″ – N – Produced by Ivan Julian.

Giant Sand – Tumble ‘n’ Tear – Giant Sandwich – R
SJOB Movement – Countrylove – A Move In The Right Direction – N
Newcleus – Cyborg Dance – 12″ – RIP Chilly B.
Algernon – Debrief & Defect – Ghost Surveillance – N
The James Boys – Ah Ha Crazy Pt. 1 – Lost Treasures – C
Steffen Basho-Jungans – Smiling Penguins – Wooden Guitar – C
Able Tasmans – Hold Me 1 – How Much For Trade? – C

The Rye Coalition – Iron Fist In Velvet Glove – Hee Saw Dhuh Kaet
Gang Starr – Just To Get A Rep – Full Clip – Get well soon, Guru.
Shark Quest – Chicken Strings – Man On Stilts
Victor Jara – Lamento Borincano – Vientos Del Pueblo
Phantom Tollbooth – Crocodile To The Crown – Beard Of Lightning – …with Bob Pollard re-recording all the vocal tracks.
Newcleus – Computer Age (Push The Button) – Street Jams: Electric Funk – Part 2 – RIP Chilly B.
The Piranhas – Redundant – S/T

Andre Ethier – The Running Of The Bulls – 7″



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Supplemental Reading.


This week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. As always, I’ve attempted to post them in the order they were played on-air.

The Cotton Candy record on Teen Beat makes no sense, but watch the above commercial for it anyway.

Matablog has a preview for the new Ted Leo album.

Whatever happened to the members of Life Without Buildings?

Rob Warmowski transcribed a 1989 interview with Iain Burgess.

The web site of the very nice bodybuilder who called tonight’s show.



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2/24/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Constantines – Love In Fear – Tournament Of Hearts
Cotton Candy – Hot Wieners (All The Way) – Top-Notch & First-Rate – N – This record makes no sense.
Evergreen – Klark Kent – S/T
Strapping Fieldhands – Arrogant Flower – Discus – N – Reissue.
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – The Mighty Sparrow – The Brutalist Bricks – Forthcoming.
Linear Movement – Way Out Of Living – Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 1 – N – C
Fishsticks – Suck City – Cry Now, Cry Later Volumes 1 & 2 – C

Bloodsport – Rhymes Of Reason – I Am The Game – RIP Iain Burgess.
Quasi – Little White Horse – American Gong – N
So Cow – International Waters – Meaningless Friendly – Forthcoming.
The Champagne Socialists – Blue Genes – 45 – Ex-The Royal We & Bricolage.
Jason Willett – Late Night Moisturizer – Split 45 with Jason Urick – N
Life Without Buildings – PS Exclusive – Any Other City
The Stuffies – No One’s Gonna Miss You – Casual Victim Pile – N – C

Keelhaul – Pass The Lampshade – Kellhaul’s Triumphant Return To Obscurity
Wadada Leo Smith – Umar At The Dome Of The Rock, Parts 1 &2 – Spiritual Dimensions – N
Moe Tucker – Hey Mersh! – Hey Mersh!
The Verlaines – Driftwood – Stroke: Songs For Chris Knox
Creedle – Kundalini Oh! – Silent Weapons For Quiet Wars
Measles Mumps Rubella – Hollow Bodies – Fantastic Success
Religious As Fuck – Cher’s Son Part II – Fest 8 – N – C

Creeps On Candy – Life War – Wonders Of Giardia
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Nightime Rainbows – Nightime Rainbows – N
Marble Sheep – From The Centre – Message From Oarfish
Sic Alps – Superlungs My Supergirl – 45 – Donovan cover.
Maximo Rodriguez y Las Estrellas Panamenos – Chevere Que Chevere – Panama! 3 – N – C
Nervous Sex – An Intolerable Lightness Of Unbeing – Split 12″ with Drums Like Machine Guns
Medications – Safe & Sorry – S/T

Charles Mingus – Better Git It In Your Soul (Alt Tk) – Mingus Ah Um – Legacy Edition – N
The Tinklers – Hank Greenberg & Jackie Robinson – Crash
Versus – Eskimo – Hurrah – R



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Supplemental Reading.


This week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. As always, I’ve attempted to post them in the order they were played on-air.

RIP Iain Burgess, engineer extraordinaire.

Burgess died February 11th from a pulmonary embolism.

The Power Of Independent Trucking has a memorial and a mix to download of songs Burgess recorded.

On the Electrical Audio message board, Steve Albini remembers his friend fondly.

The Chicago Sun Times and Chicago Reader have published obituaries.

Burgess had a spare web site with pictures of the studio he built in France, Black Box.

On Facebook there is a page where you can pay your respects.



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