Jon Solomon : WPRB DJ

3/6/19 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Superchunk – Dance Lessons – Cup Of Sand
Public Enemy – Night Of The Living Baseheads (Terminator X Meets DST & Chuck Chill Out Instrumental Mix) – 12″
Let’s Active – Every Word Means No – Afoot – RIP Sara Romweber.
Writhing Squares – A Whole New Jupiter – Out Of The Ether – [N]
Prince – Automatic – 1999
The Feelies – Sedan Delivery – No One Knows – Neil Young cover.
?Fog – 5 Heads Of State – 7″ – [N]

Pedro The Lion – Black Canyon – Phoenix
MC Serch – Here It Comes Again – 12″
Pete Shelly – Homosapien – Homosapien
Laddio Bolocko – 43 Minutes Of… (excerpt) – Live & Unreleased 1997-2000
Car Seat Headrest – Vincent – Teens Of Denial
Lee Ranaldo – Time Stands Still – From Here -> Infinity
Kleenex – DC-10 – First Songs

Fugazi – Margin Walker – Margin Walker – [R]
The Bitter Tears – Slay The Heart Of The Earth – Jam Tarts In The Jakehouse
Mark Morgan – Supercomplication – Department of Heraldry
Gastr Del Sol – The Japanese Room At La Pagode – 2×45
Songs: Ohia – The Big Game Is Every Night (demo) – The Magnolia Electric Co.
Say Sue Me – My Problem – 45
Ralph Nielsen & The Chancellors – Scream – Back From The Grave Vol. 2 – [C]

The Carbonas – Blackout Waiting To Happen – 45
Low Read Center – Olive Shaped – S/T 10″
The Real Kids – Who Wouldn’t Want To Be The One That You Love – 28:18:39

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2/27/19 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Witching Waves – Eye 2 Eye – Persistence
Lakal Kaney – Soul Tamashek – Saharan Cellphones 2 – [C]
Wwax – Pumpkin – 45
Talk Talk – After The Flood – Laughing Stock – RIP Mark Hollis.
Thought Gang – Woodcutters From Fiery Ships – S/T – Lost 1992 recordings from Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch.
Patricia & Jimmy – Treat Your Child Pt. 1 – Home Schooled: The ABCs Of Kid Soul – 1974. – [C]
Uranium Club – Man Is The Loneliest Animal – The Cosmo Cleaners – Out next month.

Kolten Wong City – Beat The Shift – Expressed Written Consent
Reef The Lost Cause ft. DJ Skipmode – The Majestic (clean) – The Majestic – Local.
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – In The Capital – 7″
Howe Gelb – On The Fence – Gathered
Reptar – Cable – Lurid Glow
Sunwatchers – New Dad Blues – Illegal Moves
Skunk – Knob Off & Hurl – 4Play – Had zero idea this existed.

Mick Trouble – End Of The Lion – Kings & Queens Of The Do It Now! – [C]
Unearthly Trance – Mechanism Error – Relapse Sampler 2018 – [C]
The C.I.A. – Harm Joy – S/T – Ty Segall, Denee Segall & Emmett Kelly.
Suzanne The Plan – Roots – Plays Silkworm – https://www.change.org/p/jacob-bachmeier-make-silkworm-s-roots-the-state-rock-song-of-montana
Positive No – Houndstooth – .mp3
Talk Talk – The Rainbow – Spirit Of Eden – RIP Mark Hollis.
Eyelids – Camelot – Or

Ex Hex – Rainbow Shiner – It’s Real
Lonnie Holley – Copying The Rock – MITH
The Gazetteers – Come Play In Aberdeen! – Territory Songs
Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood – Feast To Famine – With Animals
Equipment Pointed Ankh – Dead Jim’s Dice – Equipment Pointed Ankh “Live”
Michael Harold Doty – 44 – The Birthday Single – The Rutabega cover.
Difficult – Born – .mp3 – John & Megan from Street Eaters + pals.

Gong Gong Gong – Sire – 7″ – Sounds a bunch like The Ex! – [N]
Karate – A New Jerusalem – In The Fishtank 12 – Mark Hollis cover. RIP.

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2/20/19 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Mike Krol – Nothing To Yell About – Power Chords – [N]
Etran De L’air – Agrim Agadez – No. 1
Owen – Poor Souls – Split 12″ with The Rutabega
Squid – The Dial – 7″ – Thanks for the tip, Casey.
Danielson – Ship The Majestic Suffix – Ships
3 Stars – Jersey Slide Pt. 1 – Home Schooled: The ABCs Of Kid Soul – 1971. – [R]
The Hunches – Explosion – Same New Thing – Demos circa 2002. – [N]

High On Fire – Electric Messiah – Electric Messiah – [N]
Saxon Lee And The Shadows International – Special Secret Of Baby – Nigeria 70: No Wahala – Highlife, Afro-Funk & Juju 1973-1987 – [C]
The Chills – Brave Words – Brave Words – Touring the area this week!
Damien Jurado – South – In The Shape Of A Storm – Out in April.
Collate – Communication – 7″
Crooked Fingers – You Can Never Leave – Red Devil Dawn
Minor Threat – Stepping Stone – S/T – “Skip, we love you.”

Otoboke Beaver – Anata Ga Falling Love Shita No Ha Watashi Ga Kirai Na Onnanoko – Okoshiyasu!! – Such fun.
Spacemen 3 – Rollercoaster – Performance
The Dead C – Staver – Red Ravers – Happy birthday, dad!
Ken Nordine – Purple – Colors – RIP.
Aspect Ratio – Davenport – .mp3 – Local.
YOB – Original Face – Relapse Sampler 2018 – [C]
Joy Cleaner – Car Crashing Through The Door – 7″

Sweaty – Sweet Baby – S/T
Lucy Dacus – La Vie En Rose – 2019 – Edith Piaf cover.
Plot – Gaze – S/T – Local.
Parquet Courts – We R In Control – Amazon Originals – Neil Young song.
Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore – Painter Of Tygers – Ghost Forests
The Brixton Riot – Bring On The Dancing Horses – Mint 400 Records At The Movies – Echo & The Bunnymen tune. – [C]
Borzoi – Tar Man / Tar Jane – Songs That Made America Great Again

David Boring – Brian Emo – Unnatural Objects & Their Humans – From Hong Kong.
Ill Considered – Petit Papa Noel – An Ill Considered Christmas
Don Babylon – Hopeless Man – Foul!

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2/13/19 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Heavy Metal – Schweinebastard – EP
Les Filles De Illighadad – Eghass Malan – Eghass Malan
The Rutabega – Seratonin – Split 12″ with Owen
Rodan – The Everyday World Of Bodies – Rusty
The Beths – Future Me Hates Me – Future Me Hates Me
Eight Minutes – Here’s Some Dances – Home Schooled: The ABCs Of Kid Soul – 1968. – [C]
Insignificant Others – Big Talk – S/T – Local.

Faith/Void – Dig Your Own Grave & Save! – Embrace Nothingness
Assif Tsahar, William Parker, Hamid Drake – In Between – In Between The Tumbling A Stillness
Silkworm – Numbered – Developer – Japan-only bonus track.
Neal Markowski – Gritty Teardrop – .mp3 – https://nealmarkowski.bandcamp.com/track/gritty-teardrop
Dinosaur Jr. – Over Your Shoulder – Without A Sound – Inexplicably popular in Japan presently.
The Spinanes – Epiphany (live on KTSB, 1993) – Manos – Expanded reissue!
We Should Be Laughing – Dog Years – I’m A Big Fan Of You, I Hope That You Are A Big Fan Of Me Too

Drinking Boys & Girls Choir – Keep Drinking!!! – Keep Drinking!!! – From South Korea.
A Merge Group – Abdulmajid / Joe The Lion – Plays “Heroes”
Endon – Doubts As A Source – Boy Meets Girl – Out Friday.
Mike Pace & The Child Actors – Hazy, Hot & Humid – .mp3
Dexter Story – Shuruba Song (feat. Hamelmal Abate) – Bahir
Wussy – Runaway – Getting Better – Jennie Mae cover.
Glazer – Will You Be Here Tomorrow? – On A Prairie, Live In The Dirt

Grace Vonderkuhn – Worry – Reveries – From Delaware.
Pete Galub – It’s Only Life – .mp3 – Feelies cover!
Critters Buggin’ – Sheets – Live At Moe 1 – [C]
Senior Living – Fooling Around – Cdr
Eleventh Hour Adventists – Wonder Blunts The Knife – Kings & Queens Of The Do It Now! – [C]
Mary Lattimore & Mac McCaughan – III – New Rain Duets – Coming in March.
SOA – I Hate The Kids – Flex Your Head – Dischord – Happy birthday Henry Rollins! – [C] – [R]

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Live performance #252 – Writhing Squares.

Engineered 1/21/2019.

Writhing Squares web site

Dirt In My Mind’s Eye / Steely Eyed Missile Man / A Whole New Jupiter

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1/30/19 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Soulside – Over And Out – Less Deep Inside Keeps
Azna De L’Ader – Zabaya – Zabaya – “Niger’s first rock band.”
Eric Bachmann – No Recover – No Recover
Monnone Alone – Cut Knuckle – 7″
Green River – Smilin’ & Dyin’ (Reciprocal 8-Track) – Rehab Doll (Deluxe)
Sigh Of Relief – September 2015 – .mp3 – Is this Bubba from Bedhead?
The Germs – No Tunnel – (Cat’s Clause) – RIP Lorna Doom.

Isotope Soap – High On The Wildlife – Kings & Queens Of The Do It Now! – [C]
“Financial Guru” Gregg Gethard – How To Destroy Your Enemies – Real Estate Investing Techniques
Virginia Wing – Ecstatic Arrow – Be Released
Zdenek Liska – Ikarie XB-1 – Ikarie XB-1 – Unreleased 1963 film score.
Primitive Man – Naked – Relapse Sampler 2018 – [C]
Nate Wooley – Lionel Trilling – Columbia Icefield – Out next month.
The Verlaines – New Kind Of Hero – Juvenilia

Writhing Squares – Live on WPRB – 31:35 – https://thewrithingsquares.bandcamp.com

Buzzcocks – Operator’s Manual – Love Bites – RIP Pete Shelley.
Peter Broderick – That’s Us / Wild Combination – Peter Broderick & Friends Play Arthur Russell
Black To Comm – Lethe – Seven Horses For Seven Kings – Out Friday.
Sacred Paws – Brush Your Hair – Brush Your Hair
Pedro The Lion – Yellow Bike – Phoenix
The Third Sound – Ruby – The Third Sound Of Destruction & Creation
Lame Drivers – This Pattern – .mp3

Replica – Motel 6 – Typical Girls Vol. 4 – [N]
Orchestre Bawobab – Ma Penda – Senegal 70 – [C]

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1/23/19 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

“Best of 2018 (part three)” and more!

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Swearin’ – Grow Into A Ghost – Fall Into The Sun
FIRE! – The Hands – The Hands
Yung Wu – Aspiration – Shore Leave – 1987.
Sleep – Antarcticans Thawed – The Sciences
Shopping – The Hype – The Official Body
Kurt Vile – Bottle It In – Bottle It In
F.O.D. – Welcome To Camden – No School No Core

Negative Scanner – Shoplifter – Nose Picker
Popera Cosmic – Les Esclaves – Les Esclaves – 1969.
Deafheaven – Honeycomb – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Body Futures – Another Broken String – Maybe It’s Just The Weather
LFZ – Naturalistic – Name Plus Focus
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – An Air Conditioned Man – Hope Downs
Bad Times – Whatcha Gonna Do About it – Streets Of Iron – 20th anniversary reissue.

Bellini – Greek Fire – Before The Day Has Gone
Acanthus – Le Frisson Des Vampires – The B-Music Of Jean Rollin 1968-1973 – [C]
Kikagaku Moyo – Gatherings – Masana Temples
Say Sue Me – B Lover – Where We Are Together
Exit Group – Cruel Fog – Adverse Habitat
Long Hots – Nickel & Dime – Monday Night Raw – Local.
Poster Children – Grand Bargain! – Grand Bargain!

Writhing Squares – Steely Eyed Missile Man – Out Of The Ether – Live on next week’s show!
Mat Daly – You’re A Bigger Jerk Than Me – The Wheel & The Alphabet: A Tribute To Karl Hendricks – Two years. Miss you, Karl. – [C]
Resavoir – Escalator (Live At Co-Prosperity Sphere) – Escalator
Maxband – Means To An End – Perfect Strangers
Steve Gunn – New Familiar – The Unseen In Between
USA/Mexico – Matamoros – Matamoros – Out March 2019.
The Dirtee Blondes – Total Mitosis Of The Heart – Total Mitosis Of The Heart – Local.

Dog Chocolate – Amateurs Forever – Moody Balloon Baby
Alpha Strategy – Save Us Neris – The Gurgler

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1/16/19 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

“Best of 2018 (part two)!”

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Superchunk – Our Work Is Done – 45
Anteloper – Oryx – Kudu
Protomartyr – Wheel Of Fortune – Consolation EP – With Kelly Deal.
I Think Like Midnight – Miner Pocket Draft Gear – This Land Is Your Mind – Local.
boygenius – Bite The Hand – S/T – Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers & Lucy Dacus.
LWW – PRC – 3PE
Lithics – Excuse Generator – Mating Surfaces

The Ex – Soon All Cities – 27 Passports – FINALLY.
Charles Bradley – I Feel A Change – Black Velvet
Bat Fangs – Bad Astrology – S/T
Achim Reichel – Tanz Der Vogel In Den Winden – Deutsche Electronische Musik – Experimental Rock & Electronic Music 1971-81 Vol. 3 – [C]
SUMAC – The Task – Love In Shadow
The Chills – In Harmony – Snow Bound
Hot Snakes – Six Wave Hold-Down – Jericho Sirens

Borzoi – The South Is Risen – A Prayer For War
Mint Mile – Disappearing Music – 12″
Kinski – Kinski 101 – Accustomed To Your Face
Mary Lattimore – It Feels Like Floating – Hundreds Of Days
Alberto Macario & Mariangela Rodin – Madfilth – Madfilth – 1980.
Resounding No – Hexed Pet – Gross Dominance – Local.
Mudhoney – Oh Yeah – Digital Garbage

Flasher – XYZ – Constant Image
Orchestra Of Spheres – Koudede – Mirror
SAVAK – Door Deals & Debt – Beg Your Pardon
Low – Poor Sucker – Double Negative
The Goon Sax – Get Out – We’re Not Talking
First Responders – Short Term Memory Loss – YOU RANG?
Ethers – Temporary Exiles – S/T

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1/9/19 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET

“Best of 2018 (part one)!”

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Superchunk – What A Time To Be Alive – What A Time To Be Alive
Czarface & MF DOOM – Meddle With Metal – Czarface Meets Metalface
Goat – std – New Games / Rhythm & Sound
FACS – Houses Breathing – Negative Houses
Photo-Curio – Maybe Next Summer – 10″
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – Land Of Ra – An Angel Fell
Wimps – OPP – Garbage People

Screaming Females – Fantasy Lens – All At Once
Marlowe – Honest Living – S/T
Schnellertollermeier – Rights – Rights
Light Coma – Getting Better – Concord
Prince – Cold Coffee & Cocaine – Piano & A Microphone 1983
Sunwatchers – The Hot Eye – II
Bodega – How Did This Happen?! – Endless Scroll

Fucked Up – House Of Keys – Dose Your Dreams
Jo Firestone – Celebrity Lookalikes (feat. Will Butler) – The Hits
Charnel Ground – The High Price – S/T – Chris Brokaw, James McNew & Kid Millions!
Connections – Isle Insane – Foreign Affairs
48 Chairs – Snap It Around – 70% Paranoid – 1982, originally.
Lucy Dacus – Night Shift – Historian
Upper Wilds – Dead Mall – Mars – Thrill Jockey

The Breeders – Blues at The Acropolis – All Nerve
Sidi Toure – Tchirey – Toubalbero
Fanzine – Deja De Lamentarte – Interferencias Vol. 2: Spanish Synth Wave 1980-1989 – [C]
The Mountain Goats – Song For Sasha Banks – .mp3
Oneida – Lay Of The Land – Romance
Mary Houlihan – Da Rawk Zone – Dream Phone
IDLES – I’m Scum – Joy As An Act Of Resistance

E – Untie Me – Negative Work
Yuzo Iwata – Border – Daylight Moon – RIP.

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