9/3/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Gotobeds – Prisoner Of Love – 45
Boogie Down Productions – Word From Our Sponsor – 12″
Richard Buckner – Witness – Our Blood
A Minor Forest – The Smell Of Hot – Inindependence
Tlahoun Gessesse + All Star Band – Alegntaye – Ethiopiques 17 – 1973.
The Karl Hendricks Trio – The Night Has No Eyes – The Jerks Win Again – http://www.tinyurl.com/karlhendricks
Literature – Chorus – Chorus – [N]

Like Like The The The Death – Hypnic Jerk – PRF BBQ 2014: The Bandcamp – [C]
Pizza Time – Ahora Es Mejor? – .mp3 – Jonathan Richman cover.
Holy Cities – Replicas – Demo
Howard Eynon – French Army – So What If Im Standing In Apricot Jam – Forthcoming.
Deafheaven – From The Kettle Onto The Coil – Adult Swim Singles Program 2014
Speedy Ortiz – Lost Something In The Hills – Rookie Magazine Theme Song – Sibylle Baier song.
Redd Kross – Kill Someone You Hate – No Heather, It’s Heather’s Turn – [C]

Josh Cheon – Dark Entries Records 5 Year Anniversary Mix – .mp3

Drive Like Jehu – Luau – Yank Crime – Could use more pipe organ.



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8/20/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Gotobeds – Wasted On Youth / Melted Candle – Poor People Are Revolting – [N]
Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness – The Cold Cut Re-Mix) – 12″ – RIP Don Pardo.
Azita – Parrots – Disturbing The Air
Mount Vicious – Princess Of The Brodeo – Don’t Be A Baby, Come & Get It
King Perry – Come Back Baby – Stompin’ Volume 9 – [C]
The Bats – Round & Down – Daddy’s Highway – Reissue.
Survival Knife – Divine Mob – Loose Power – [N]

Foreign Lawns – This Is Not My World – Good News For Modern Man
Fair Maiden – Lady Of Fortune – S/T
ALTO! – Maurice Rickard Remix – HFFL Remix Album
Saint Rich – Am I Wrong – Am I Wrong – Mikal Cronin cover.
Jurassic 5 – Lesson 6 (The Lecture) – S/T – RIP Don Pardo.
The Book-Burners – “Kapital” – .mp3
Primes – Tetragrammaton – PRF BBQ 2014: The Bandcamp – [C]

The New Pornographers – Dancehall Domine – Brill Bruisers – Unrelentingly joyous. – [N]
APB – Help Yourself – One Day 12″
Nadja – Now I Am Become Death, Destroyer Of Worlds – Radiance Of Shadows – 2007 album reissued. – [N]
Amor De Dias – Late Mornings – Street Of The Love Of Days – Alasdair MacLean of The Clientele & Lupe Nunez-Fernandez of Pipas.
Dr. Octagon – Technical Difficulties – Dr. Octagonecologyst – RIP Don Pardo.
The Suburbs – Love Is The Law – Love Is The Law
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat – No Fascination – Party Jail – [N]

Generalissimo – Digital Snakes – Benighted & Free – Police Teeth cover.
God Help The Girl – I Dumped You First – Soundtrack
Yukki Matthews – Chrysanthemum (Slow) – Funny Morning
Ellie Mae Morse – Oakie Boogie – 45
White Fence – Arrow Man – For…The Recently Found Innocent – [N]
Kemialliset Ystavat – Nakymattoman Hipaisuja – S/T
Black Lips – Funny – Underneath The Rainbow – [N]

Acid King – Queen Of Sickness – The Early Years
Joel RL Phelps & The Downer Trio – Sleepers Awake – Gala



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8/13/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Amanda X – Guatemala – Amnesia – [N]
Mudhoney – What’s This Thing? – The Lucky Ones – “Every snowflake is unique until it melts, and there’s no stopping the sun.”
Strand Of Oaks – JM – Heal – For Jason Molina. – [N]
Stnnng – Ring & Roar – Empire Inward
Nancy Sinatra – The City Never Sleeps At Night – 45
The Bismarck – Bedbreaker – 45
Geronimo! – 1000 Realities – Cheap Trick – [N]

Oozing Wound – Drug Reference – Adult Swim Singles Program 2014
Aviso Hara – Raspberry Beret – Mature & Unsatisfied – Prince cover.
M. Martin – Watch You Fall / Charybdis – A Harvest Of Ice
The Adverts – Bored Teenagers – No Heather, It’s Heather’s Turn – [C]
Lungfish – Computer – Pass & Stow
Seaside Caves – LES – .mp3 – Local.
Ty Segall – Susie Thumb – Manipulator

Nonagon – King Corky – PRF BBQ 2014: The Bandcamp – [C]
Pretenders – Pack It Up – II
Whodini – Rap Machine – S/T
Tia Carrera – Saturn Missile Battery – Cosmic Priestess – Band, not person.
Whales – The Crime – Size & Scale
Ergo Phizmiz – The Tinker Song – The Peacock – [N]
Eww Yaboo – Stolen Kisses – Keep Dreamin’

The Skull Defekts – King Of Misinformation – Dances In Dreams Of The Known Unknown – [N]
Scrawl – I’m Not Stuck – Travel On, Rider – “It might look like my wheels are spinning, I swear they’re spinning for a reason.” – [R]
Grupo Oz – Oz Machine – S/T – 1972.
Dragon Turtle – Beard – Distances
Burnt Ones – New Heros Of Subscription Services – Gift – [N]
Arnold Dreyblatt & Megafaun – Home Hat Placement – Appalachian Excitation
Numbers – Insomnia – Ee-uh!



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8/6/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Spider Bags – Japanese Vacation – Frozen Letter – [N]
Flowers – After Dark – Mutant Pop – [C]
Trans Am – Anthropocene – Volume X – [N]
Bratmobile – Cherry Bomb – Pottymouth – Runaways cover.
Dan Melchior un das Menace – Hunger – Hunger – [N]
The Poets Of Rhythm – More Mess On My Thing – Anthology 1992-2003
We Are Hex – Tongues – W.D.M.R.S. – [N]

Xetas – The Knife – 7″ – Forthcoming.
Brace/Choir – Five Fingered Leaf – Turning On Your Double
Fowlmouth – Mrs. Ramone – Smith
Splintered Man – I’ll Get Back To You – S/T
Body Futures – (That’s A) Big Smile (For Someone About To Drown) – Brand New Silhouettes
Black Eyes – Deformative – S/T
Literature – The Girl, The Gold Watch, and Everything – Chorus

David Kilgour & The Heavy 8s – Comin’ On – End Times Undone – [N]
P.J. Harvey – In The Dark Places – Let England Shake
Redredred – Enforcer – Pattern Completion – [N]
Eleventh Dream Day – Liz Beth – S/T
Human Adult Band – Garbage & th’ Trees – Trash Pickin’ – [N]
The Dead Milkmen – Watching Scottie Die – Bucky Fellini
United Nations – Revolutions At Varying Speeds – The Next Four Years

Diarrhea Planet – Spooners – Adult Swim Singles Program 2014
Savaging Spires – Fifty Percent Tape – We Should Be Dead Together
Courtis/Moore – King Pancre – KPPB
Sumerian Fleet – On To You – Just Pressure – [N]
Velocicopter – Tongues – PRF BBQ 2014: The Bandcamp – [C]
Stephen Brodsky – Liquid Knees – .mp3
Superchunk – I Don’t Feel Young – I Don’t Feel Young – Just when I thought I was caught up! Wye Oak cover.

White Lung – Sycophant – Deep Fantasy – [N]
TV Ghost – Stranger – Disconnect – [R]
Dexter Johnson & Le Super Star de Dakar – Borinquen Tropical – Live a l’Etoile – 1969. – [N]
Dog Faced Hermans – It’s Time – Mental Blocks For All Ages – [R]
Koushik – Ride It Out – One In A Day
Grave Babies – Breeding – Crusher
____________ – #4 – This Cover Was Intentionally Left Blank – Yes, that’s the band name.



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7/30/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

OBN IIIs – No Time For The Blues – Live In San Francisco – Again! – [N]
Beastie Boys – Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun – Paul’s Boutique – 25 years old!
Dama/Libra – The Chant – Claw – [N]
The Eastern Dark – Superstition – Girls On The Beach (With Cars)
Kahoots – It Appears That We Are Late – Take To The Fields – [N]
Ghost – Live With Me – Snuff Box Immanence – Rolling Stones cover.
Unholy Two – Hard Times Daddy – Talk About Hardcore – [N]

Reigning Sound – North Cackalacky Girl – Shattered – [N]
Crown Larks – Satrap – PRF BBQ 2014: The Bandcamp – [C]
Bob Bucko Jr. – LR72 – .mp3 – Silkworm cover.
Busses – Overload – Overload – Local.
Dot Dash – Seasick – 7″
Gauchiste – Untitled – Outtake
The Gotobeds – Rollin Benny – Poor People Are Revolting – Forthcoming.

TV Colours – I Soon Found Out My Lonely Life Wasn’t So Pretty – Purple Skies, Toxic River
Shabazz Palaces – Mindglitch Keytar TM Theme / Motion Sickness – Lese Majesty – [N]
Pussycat Trash – Mock Style Examinations – Non-Stop Hip-Action
People – These Words Make Up The Lyrics Of The Song – 3xaWoman – [N]
Superchunk – On The Mouth – “Mower”
The GTVs – Sh’bang! – Sh’bang! – [N]
XBXRX – The End Of Quitting – Sixth In Sixes

Zebras – Hollow Earth – 2014 Demos
The Rutabega – Fade Into You – .mp3 – Mazzy Star cover.
Pere Ubu – Golden Surf II – Carnival Of Souls
Highfield – One Of These Days – .mp3 – Local.
Jonly Bonly – Total Control – Put Together – Forthcoming.
Ty Segall – Music For A Film 1 – LAMC #7 – Split single with Chad & The Meatbodies.
Destruction Unit – Dust – Adult Swim Singles Program 2014

Electrelane – At Sea – No Shouts No Calls
Public Enemy – Bring The Noise – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back – Thus ends 12 years between karaoke performances.
The Family Ghost – Safety Corridor – No Dreams
Modern Hut – Life – Generic Treasure – As heard live on last week’s show!
Les Ambassadeurs – Homenaje A Los Ambajadores – Haiti Direct – [N] – [C]
Unseen – Pathetic Need – Seven Unlucky Sevens – [C]
The Young – Blow The Scum Away – Chrome Cactus – Forthcoming.



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Live performances #230 / #231 – Modern Hut & Noun.


Engineered 7/16/14.

Modern Hut live on WPRB

Noun live on WPRB



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7/23/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

OBN IIIs – Worries – Third Time To Harm – [N]
Whistle – (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin’ – S/T
New War – Josef’s Hands – S/T – [N]
Bassekou Kouate & Ngoni Ba – Amy – I Speak Fula – Featuring Zoumana Tereta.
Young Widows – The Last Young Widow – Easy Pain – [N]
The Early Stages – Wizard In The Fog – 7″
Zig-Zags – Magic – S/T – [N]

Total Control – Black Spring – Typical System – [N]
Schoolly-D – Nigger Entertainment (Radio Edit) – 12″
Sleepyhead – That’s Why You Need Us – Wild Sometimes – Bevis Frond cover. – [N]
Arthur Russell – See Through Love – Another Thought – Double LP reissue.
The People’s Temple – Fast Thrills – Musical Garden – [N]
Slumber Party – Sooner Or Later – S/T
The Dead Space – Master Forget – Faker – [N]

Modern Hut – Live On WPRB – 14:17 – http://www.dongiovannirecords.com

Noun – Live On WPRB – 14:52

Burn Permits – Pennies From Heaven – PRF BBQ 2014: The Bandcamp – [C]
LoveyDove – Luka Fisher – Showstopper
Ghetto Ghouls – Things – 45 – [N]
Joesepi – Frail Common Animal – .mp3 – Michael Dahlquist on drums.
Martyr Privates – Bless – S/T
Sleep – The Clarity – Adult Swim Singles Program 2014
The Mummies – (You Must Fight To Live) On The Planet Of The Apes – Death By Unga Bunga!!

Smallgang – Imminent Child – San
Jah Division – Transmission Dub – Dub Will Tear Us Apart – I can only assume you woke up this morning and thought “Oh, if only there was a band doing dub versions of Joy Division songs!!!”
System & Station – Occupied – S/T
Sterling Roswell – Asteroid No. B – 612 – The Call Of The Cosmos – Former Spacemen 3 drummer.
Chrome Cranks – Black To Comm – Diabolical Boogie – MC5 cover. – [R]



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Supplemental Reading.


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

RIP Tommy Ramone. He’s remembered by Jon Wurster here

Download the new full-lengths by Radiator Hospital and Yi for free or immerse yourself in a 28 track PRF BBQ compilation.

Merge has made a 1986 Volcano Suns set available for the first time.

Live on next week’s program, Modern Hut and Noun!




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7/16/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Silkworm – Scrawl – L’ajre – Michael Dahlquist. John Glick. Doug Meis. Gone nine years. Never forgotten.
The Fresh Force Crew – Rock Me – 12″ – The group that became Kid N’ Play.
Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop (Single Version) – S/T – RIP Tommy Ramone.
Oumar Konate – Maydeni – Addoh – [N]
Golden Starlet – I Wanna Go Out With You – Seven Unlucky Sevens – [C]
The Replacements – Kiss Me On The Bus – Tim – Produced by Tommy Erdelyi. RIP.
Lower – Daft Persuasion – Seek Warmer Climes – [N]

Radiator Hospital – Leather & Lace – Torch Song
The Alliance – Bustin’ Loose – 12″
Ramones – You Should Never Have Opened That Door – Leave Home – RIP Tommy Ramone.
A Sunny Day In Glasgow – In Love With The Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition of Passing) – Sea When Absent
The Karl Hendricks Trio – The Dress You Wore In Cleveland – A Gesture Of Kindness – You can help Karl Hendricks here: http://tinyurl.com/karlhendricks
Redd Kross – What They Say – Neurotica – Produced by Tommy Erdelyi. RIP.
Ladyhawk – Sinking Ship – No Can Do

Yi – Your Lucky Day – Crying
Divine Force – Holy War (Live) – 12″
Ramones – I Can’t Give You Anything – Rocket To Russia – RIP Tommy Ramone.
Eluvium – Chime / Rain Gently – Nightmare Ending
Death Of Samantha – Machine Language – Come All You Faithless
A Frames – Surveillance – S/T
Celibate Rifles – Back In The Red (Remix) – Thank You America 12″

White Fence – The Light – For The Recently Found Innocent
MC Miker “G” & Deejay Sven – Play It Loud – 12″
Ramones – She’s The One – Road To Ruin – Produced by Tommy Erdelyi. RIP.
Chung Antique – Bjork Yorke – PRF BBQ 2014: The Bandcamp – [C]
GSDahlquist – Bring Me A Monkey – .mp3 – Written by Stuart Dahlquist for his brother Michael.
Volcano Suns – Engines – Old Pain(t) – Live at City Gardens, 1986.
Speedy Ortiz – Bigger Party (clean) – Adult Swim Singles Program 2014

Noun – Outerspace – Holy Hell – Live on next week’s program along with Modern Hut.
De La Soul – Itzoweezee (A Capella) – 12″
Crooks On Tape – Wandered Again – Fingerprint
Shannon Wright – Method Of Sleeping – Dyed In The Wool
Pedestrian Deposit – Textile – Fatale
Bardo Pond – Kali Yuga Blues – Peace On Venus



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7/2/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Minutes – Raise Our Fists Up – Roland – Song of the summer.
Electric Hawk – Loud Pusher – PRF BBQ 2014: The Bandcamp – [C]
Jennifer O’Connor – Where Is Your Heart – Where Is Your Heart
The Moles – Beauty Queen Of Watts – .mp3 – First new music in 20+ years!
The Austerity Program – Song 32 – Beyond Calculation
The Front Bottoms – 12 Feet Deep – Rose – [N]
Monkey 101 – Supersonic – Rusts, Smut and Heart Rot – Finally available!

The Bad Doctors – In Time Of Plague – Burning City – Local. – [N]
Bobby Womack – Communication – Stop On By – RIP.
Eastlink – Overtime – S/T – Members of UV Race & Total Control. – [N]
The Columbines – For The Turnstyles – Flexidisc – Neil Young song.
Clipping. – Taking Off – CLPPNG – [N]
The Pawners’ Society – Phenobarbital – Pull The String – thepawnerssociety.bandcamp.com
The Rats – Come On Now – Killed By Death #24 – You win this round, Belgium. – [C]

Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Tuning Out – Rush To Relax
Watery Love – Skulls In Zen – Decorative Feeding – Local. – [N]
ISIS – Garden Of Light – In The Absence Of Truth
The Soft Pink Truth – Black Metal – Why Do The Heathen Rage? – Venom cover by Drew Daniel of Matmos. – [N]
San Andreas Fault – Voight-Kampff – 45
Electrelane – Long Dark – Rock It To The Moon
Superchunk – The Popular Music – Merge Records Sampler Spring/Summer 2014 – From “Indoor Living” reissue. – [N] – [C]

The Men – Pearly Gates – Tomorrow’s Hits – [N]
Jeff Cosgrove/Matthew Shipp/William Parker – Bridges Of Tomorrow – Alternating Current
Aaron Dilloway – Chain Shot – Chain Shot – Mixed with Casey Kasem’s “Little Dog Named Snuggles” clip and a Biz Markie 12″. RIP.



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