5/5/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Upper Wilds – Love Song #2 – Venus – Out in July!
Latyrx – “Say That (original)” – 12″
Julia Jacklin – Don’t Let The Kids Win – Don’t Let The Kids Win
Bird Of Maya – Porch Dude – Ready To Howl
Les Filles de Illighadad – Irriganan – At Pioneer Works – Live.
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Enola Gay – Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The ’80s Underground – [C]
Current Affairs – Cheap Cuts (7″ version) – Object & Subject

Fuzz – Returning – III – [R]
Issam Hajali – Ana Damir El Motakallim – Habibi Funk 010: Mouasalat Ila Jacad El Ard – Recorded in 1977.
Spouse – Rocket – Emergency!
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf – Methods – Big Shots
The Writhing Squares – The Pillars – Chart For The Solution – [N]
Retreaters – 4am Bird – S/T
Grave Flowers Bongo Band – Animal Lord – Strength Of Spring – [N]

Amanda X – 23:07 – Live on WPRB – http://amandax.bandcamp.com

God’s Hate – Social Class Warfare – S/T
June of 44 – ReRecorded Syntax – Revisionist: Adaptations & Future Histories In The Time Of Love And Survival
François Tusques – Sa Triste Histoire Il S’Offrit à Dire (Live Version 1969) – La Chasse Au Snark
Ghostface Killah – Daytona 500 (instrumental) – 12″ – Excerpt.
BODEGA – Treasures of the Ancient World – Shiny New Model



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4/28/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

CLAMM – Keystone Pols – Beseech Me – [N]
Digital Underground – Doowutchyalike – Sex Packets – RIP Shock G.
The Passions – I’m In Love With A German Film Star – Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The ’80s Underground – [C]
Dhidalah – NO WATER – NO WATER 10″
The Feelies – Fa Cé-La – Crazy Rhythms
Frank Foster – The Loud Minority – The Loud Minority – 1972 album, reissued.
Couch Flambeau – Welcome Home Snakes – Bunny Hideout – First record since 1998!

Styrofoam Wings – Stuck In A Museum – S/T
KRS-One – Turn The Volume Up – Between Da Protests [Extended Edition]
Kikagaku Moyo – Pond – Mammatus Clouds
Michael Legrand – Run, Brother Rabbit, Run – La Piscine OST – Reissue of a 1969 film score.
Tadahiko Yokogawa – Stop Me – Heisei No Oto: Japanese Left​-​field Pop From The CD Age, 1989​-​1996 – [C]
Wholewheat – I’ll Be Fine – Songs From My Parents Basement – The pride of Toms River, NJ.
Fake Fruit – No Mutuals – S/T – [N]

Mike Pace – 29:15 – Live on WPRB – https://thechildactors.bandcamp.com

The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries – MC Modern – Suns Out Guns Out
Lettuce Prey – New Sunrise – Melusina
Al Massrieen – Sah – Habibi Funk 006: Modern Music
Ola Sweet – Honeymoon – Carnation



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4/21/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikni Gospel

Mountain High – Co-op Schmo-op – 45
Lucy Dacus – Hot & Heavy – Home Video – Out later this year.
Eric B. & Rakim – Microphone Fiend – Follow The Leader
Advance Base – Kitty Winn – Live at Home
JOYFULTALK – New Biology – New Biology – Part of the Corona Borealis Longplay Singles Series 2020-2021.
Daniel Bachman – Year Of The Rat – Axacan
The Bismarck – This Train Runs On Two Rails – Bombs Of Patriots

Dow Jones & The Industrials – Can’t Stand the Midwest – Can’t Stand the Midwest 1979-1981
Caterina Valente – Ol’ Man River – Sweet Beat
Rocket 808 – Ghost Rider – S/T – Suicide cover.
Rachel Musson – For Pauline – I Went This Way
The Stammer – Wishing Well – Burden On The Living 10″ – Local.
Oumou Diabate et Kara Show Koumba Frifri – Wara – Music from Saharan WhatsApp 02
Red Fang – Arrows – Arrows

The Gotobeds – 40:47 – Live on WPRB – http://thegotobeds.bandcamp.com

Sillicone Prairie – PD2TB – My Life on the Silicone Prairie
Wau Wau Collectif – Thiante – Yaral Sa Doom
Zonal – Wrecked – Wrecked



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4/14/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


2021 Membership Drive show!

Jennifer O’Connor – The Death Of Pop – 2007 Membership Drive – pledge.wprb.com

Superchunk – Skip Steps 1 & 3 – No Pocky For Kitty
De La Soul feat. MF Doom – Rock Co. Kane Flow – The Grind Date
Eleventh Dream Day – Orange Moon – 45

Kiwi Jr. – Cooler Returns – Cooler Returns – [N]
Dangerdoom – The Mask – The Mouse & The Mask
Astute Palate – Loose Wings – S/T

Naked Raygun – Vanilla Blue – 45
Jane Weaver – The Revolution Of Super Visions – Flock
Ooga Boogas – A Night To Remember – S/T

The Gotobeds – New York’s Alright (radio edit) – Poor People Are Revolting
3rd Bass – The Gas Face (Radio Mix) – 12″
All Hits – Blockhead – Men & Their Work

Agent Orange – Bloodstains (1979 Original Version) – Living In Darkness
CZARFACE & MF DOOM – Meddle With Metal – Czarface Meets Metalface
maromaro1337 – Eruption – .mp3 – Van Halen cover on stylophone.
Silkworm – Yr Web – Lifestyle

Constantines – Young Lions – Shine A Light
Run The Jewels – The Ground Below – RTJ4
Prince – I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (1979 version) – Sign O’ The Times (Super Deluxe)
Sweeping Promises – Safe Now – Hunger For A Way Out

TV Priest – Decoration – Uppers
Fasoul – Sid Redad – Habibi Funk 002: Al Zman Saib – James Brown, reworked.
Marlowe – Dead A Lot – Marlowe 2
Electrelane – I’m On Fire – On Parade – Springsteen cover.

Dog Chocolate – Everyday’s The End Of The World For Someone – Snack Fans
SAULT – The Beginning & The End / Free – UNTITLED (Rise)
Cable Ties – Sandcastles – Far Enough

Fugazi – Target – Red Medicine
Alkibar Junior – Adouna – Music from Saharan WhatsApp 04
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments – My Mysterious Death (Turn It Up) – Bait & Switch – RIP Bob Petric.



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WPRB Membership Drive show this Wednesday night!


The past 13 months have been an exceptionally difficult time for WPRB, but they’ve also been a fairly incredible span for the station I’ve called home since 1988.

In March 2020, the station staff was suddenly pushed out of the physical studios due to the pandemic and we haven’t been back since.

But you would never know it.

While other radio stations remained stuck on automation, plans immediately went into place behind the scenes.

Equipment was purchased to be installed at the transmitter. Investments were made in hardware.

Microphones and headphones were shipped around the country. Software to broadcast remotely was acquired for dozens of DJs. 

A new playlist system was installed, with a robust Live Listener Chat to further a distanced community of broadcasters and listeners.

One year+ later, new programming debuts on 103.3 fm seven days a week, nearly 24 hours a day.

WPRB’s air sound is as good as it has ever been, with DJs broadcasting to you from California, North Carolina, England and of course New Jersey. 

An incredible effort with countless heroes behind the scenes. All on a shoestring. 

HECK, I DID A LIVE 25-HOUR CHRISTMAS MARATHON FROM MY DINING ROOM TABLE! REMEMBER THAT? I CRIED AT THE END!

This takes us to the 2021 Membership Drive (the station’s first in two years) and specifically this Wednesday night at 5:00 pm ET.

To celebrate 80 years of WPRB…

I’ll be broadcasting fully vaxxxxxxxx’d and LIVE from Mike Lupica’s Starlight Lounge, joined safely in-person by the wonderful Factorial. Then we all switch seats for ML’s show The Freeform Pathogen from 8-11 pm ET.

The three of us will be building an ongoing financial foundation throughout taking your tax deductible donations between catchy songs and belly laffs.

The station is nearing in on the goal of 800 donors for this year’s drive. We have an outside chance of getting there while we’re on the air through your contribution.

So, on Wednesday, April 14th starting at 5:00 pm ET please head to pledge.wprb.com (or use the embedded form below) to make a recurring or one-time donation to support an independent institution that has consistently given you so much in return against overwhelming odds.

Yrs,

Jon Solomon
103.3 fm WPRB



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4/7/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Kneeling In Piss – Return, Return + Types Of Cults – Types Of Cults – Out later this month.
Nana Love – I’m In Love – Disco Documentary – Full Of Funk
Shipping News – Claws – .mp3
Dry Cleaning – Unsmart Lady – New Long Leg – [N]
Sharhabil Ahmed – Malak Ya Saly – Habibi Funk 013: The King Of Sudanese Jazz
Kid Millions and Jan St. Werner – Sorrows and Compensations – Imperium Droop
Fishboy – The Last Waitsgiving – Waitsgiving

The Dead Space – Point Of View – Chlorine Sleep – 2015 album, finally released.
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Movement 6 – Promises
Fucked Up – Year of the Horse – Act Three – Year Of The Horse
Bounaly – Takamba – Music from Saharan WhatsApp 10
Flowers – Candour – 7″ – Part of the SLR30 singles series.
John Dwyer, Ted Byrnes, Greg Coates, Tom Dolas & Brad Caulkins – No Goodbyes – Endless Garbage
The Poison Arrows – Shattered General – War Regards

75 Dollar Bill – 38:20 – Live on WPRB – https://75dollarbill.bandcamp.com

Missing Pages – Highlighter Piss – 7″
John Krausbauer & Kaori Suzuki – Night Angel Of Dual Infinities – Night Angel Of Dual Infinities



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3/31/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Obits – Suez Canal – 45 – Ripped from today’s headlines (or a single from 2012).
Teno Afrika – 8 Ubers (Tribute to DJ Jaivane) – Amapiano Selections
Earthless – Sonic Prayer – Rhythms From A Cosmic Sky
Jonathan Richman – The Fading Of An Old World – SA – Updating a Modern Lovers tune.
black midi – John L – Cavalcade – Out in May.
Whatitdo Archive Group – Ethiopian Airlines – The Black Stone Affair – “Long lost soundtrack.”
Speed Stick – Pretty Sure – Volume One

Writhing Squares – Ganymede – Chart For The Solution – [N]
Dopolarians – The Emergence – The Bond – William Parker, Brian Blade, Kelley Hurt, Chad Fowler, Christopher Parker and Marc Franklin.
Bradford Cox – Mountain Battles – Bills & Aches & Blues EP3 (40 Years of 4AD) – [C] – They of Deerhunter. Breeders cover.
The Royal Arctic Institute – Tomorrowmorrow Land – Sodium Light EP
Kowloon Walled City – Container Ships – Container Ships
Advance Base – Mr. Chill – .mp3 – Dan Wriggins cover.
Oozing Wound – Riding The Universe – High Anxiety

Positive No – 21:26 – Live on WPRB – https://positiveno.bandcamp.com

The Lemonheads – Left For Dead – Lovey (30th Anniversary Edition)
The Underflow – Instant Opaque Evening – Instant Opaque Evening – David Grubbs, Matts Gustaffson and Rob Mazurek.
TEKE::TEKE – Kodomo No Kuni – 45 – Sub Pop Singles Club contribution.
Ice Cream Larry – Nix Rejection – New Dad Is On The Roof, Long Live New Dad



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3/24/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Corvair – Sailor Down – S/T
Lushlife – Depaysement – Redamancy EP – Featuring Dalek.
Dan Wriggins – All Things Being Equal – Mr. Chill – He of Friendship.
Jonathan Kane and Dave Soldier – Requiem For Hulis Pulis – February Meets Soldier String Quartet – [N]
The Breeders – The Dirt Eaters – Bills & Aches & Blues EP1 (40 Years of 4AD) – [C] – His Name Is Alive cover.
Mdou Moctar – Tala Tannam – Afrique Victime
100 Flowers – Triage – Drawing Fire+ – Record Store Day 2020 reissue.

SOUL GLO – Violence Against Black Women Goes Largely Unreported – Untitled LP
Natural Information Society with Evan Parker – d(OoOc) IV – descension (Out of Our Constrictions) – Recorded live at Cafe OTO.
Lucy Dacus – Thumbs – .mp3
Curtis Andrews – The Rainmaker – Speaking Hands
Jetstream Pony – Hit The Snow – Grief Of A (Frozen) Sailor b/w Hit The Snow
The Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr – Forssa Saeeda – Habibi Funk 009: Jazz, Jazz, Jazz
Engine Kid – Holes To Fight in – Angel Wings – 1994 album remastered.

Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band – 46:07 – Live on WPRB

En Attendant Ana – Words – Julliet
Los Wembler’s De Iquitos – El Puente de Aguaytia – Vision del Ayahuasca
Axes – Christmas Number One – Double A Side



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3/10/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


Live! From! Home!

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Nonagon – Jeff(s) – They Birds
Super Onze – Side B – Enregistrés Pour Yehia Le Marabout
SUMAC – Consumed – May You Be Held
Angel Bat Dawid & Tha Brothahood – London / We Hearby Declare The African Look – LIVE – Recorded at the 2019 JazzFest Berlin.
The Gary – Fallow Fields – Fallow

Fucked Up – Year Of The Horse – Act One – Year Of The Horse
75 Dollar Bill – intro/WZN#3 (evening 1st set) – Live At Cafe OTO
EXEK – Baby Giant Squid – Biased Advice
Naked Raygun – Broken Things – On The Rawks – [C]

Memorial Gore – 30:34 – Live on WPRB – http://memorialgore.bandcamp.com

Protomartyr – In My Sphere – No Passion All Technique



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3/3/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries – Betty Ford James – Suns Out Guns Out – Bob Weston, Chris Brokaw & Elisha Wiesner.
Jane Weaver – Pyramid Schemes – Flock – Out Friday!
Mia Clarke & Andy Moor – Guitargument (part 1) – Guitargument – They of Electrelane and The Ex respectively.
Ahmed Malek & Flako – Tape 9 (Part 1) – Habibi Funk 005: The Electronic Tapes
The Rutabega – I Don’t Believe in Crocodiles – PRF Thundersnow
I Think Like Midnight – Kit Lambert Begins To Dream – Interim Contingent – Local.
Street Eaters – Simple Distractions – Simple Distractions EP

Palberta – Big Bad Want – Palberta5000 – [N]
Nubiyan Twist feat. K.O.G. – If I Know – Freedom Fables
The Still – The Chunk – Got It – With Chris Abrahams of The Necks.
Black Country, New Road – Athens, France – For The First Time
Vapour Theories – Breaking Down (The Portals Of Hell) – Celestial Scuzz – John and Michael Gibbons from Bardo Pond.
Nightshift – Make Kin – Zöe
Slomosa – There Is Nothing New Under The Sun – S/T – From Norway. Thank you Cap’n Ahab!

Dog Chocolate – Dog Chocolate 1995 – Moody Balloon Baby
Fairuz – Entowrah – Maarifti Feek – Originally released in 1987.
Small Awesome – Be Nice – PRF/BLM – [C]
KMD – Humrush – Mr. Hood – RIP Zev Love X a/k/a MF Doom.
The Scarlet Henchmen – Crystal Palace – Spare Parts: The Night Owl Label – [C] – 1969 single.
Mogwai – Drive The Nail – As The Love Continues – #1 in the UK!
Boyracer – Hit & Miss (First Mix) – Kings & Queens Of The Do It Now! – [C]

Wussy – 28:20 – Live on WPRB – https://wussy.bandcamp.com

Damaged Bug – Sold America – Bug On Yonkers



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