4/9/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Didjits – Gold Eldorado – Hornet Piñata
Psyche – Torture – Re-Membering Dwayne – Unreleased 1983 recordings. – [N]
D. Charles Speer & The Helix – Shorty – A Bastard Cat – Distillation
Dungeons & Dragons – Black Dragon Bog – Talking Story Book – [R]
Psychic Wheels – Your Anatomy – Peripheral Drift – [N]
Marvin Gaye – Trouble Man – Trouble Man – Hail Hydra!
Hank IV – The Noise Of Carpet – III – Stereolab cover?

Toys That Kill – Who Scored? – Fambly 42
Bottomless Pit – The Big Game Is Every Night – Epitonic Saki Session – Songs: Ohia cover.
Shonen Knife – Green Tea – Overdrive
My Dad Is Dead – So Much To Lose – The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get – 2014 remix.
The dB’s – Sex Drive – Live at the I-Beam – Embarrassment cover. Recorded in 1984.
Christopher Bissonnette – Delusions – Essays In Idleness
La Peste – Not Today – S/T – Live at The Rat, July 1979.

OFF! – Legion Of Evil – Wasted Years – [N]
Benjamin Shaw – No One – Goodbye, Cagoule World
Comrade Question – Song About A Woman – Pepe Polo – [N]
Inventions – Peaceable Child – S/T
The Fluid – Hey 13 – Spot The Loon
Reds & Blue – What’s This? – Bring Time
Connections – Miller’s Grove – Year One – Members of 84 Nash, Times New Viking & El Jesus De Magico. – [N]

Cerebral Ballzy – Better In Leather – Better In Leather – [N]
Negativland – Helter Stupid – Helter Stupid
Withered Hand – Heart Heart – New Gods – [N]
Mother’s Day – Whoaa! – If I Only Had A Brain…
Chicago Underground Duo – Yaa Yaa Kole – Locus – [N]
Robyn Hitchcock – Devil On A String – Love From London
Ultimate Warriors – Song About Wrestling / Our Gimmick Is Wrestling – Discography – In tribute to an iconic figure and terrible person.

Jacuzzi Boys – Hotline – S/T
Phil Moore Browne – The Smallest Title (How?s The Air?) – Baggage Smasher
Speedy Ortiz – American Horror – Real Hair – [N] – [R]
Hum Of The Druid – Historically Cyclic – Trials
The Magic Words – Loaded For Bear – After The Storm – [C]



Supplemental Reading.


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

RIP Dave Gregg of DOA.

The downloads you come here for: De La Soul pairing their vocal tracks with J Dilla beats, “Cherry Dip” from Cloud, Epitonic presents Superchunk live at Saki in Chicago, a band called Motherfucker, yet another digital EP by the Book-Burners and the debut of Night Powers.

That’s it. Bye!



4/2/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Coathangers – Dereks Song – Suck My Shirt – [N]
June of 44 – Sharks & Sailors – The Anatomy Of Sharks – Happy birthday, Jeff Mueller!
Hiss Golden Messenger – Call Him Daylight – Bad Debt – His “lost” 2010 record. – [N]
Cobra Verde – Crashing In A Plane – Nightlife
Boogarins – Paul – As Plantas Que Curam – Brazilian duo. – [N]
The Stooges – Fun House (take three) – Fun House – RIP Scott “Rock Action” Asheton.
The War On Drugs – Under The Pressure – Lost In The Dream – [N]

Cloud Nothings – Psychic Trauma – Here & Nowhere Else – [N]
De La Soul – No More No Less – Smell The DA.I.S.Y.
Bowl Ethereal – The Sixth Sickener – Five Minutes
Ein Heit – Limelight – 45 – Rush cover.
Bardo Pond – Luna Sway – Shone Like A Ton – 1992 record, reissued.
Cloud – Cherry Dip – Cars & It’s Autumn
Ex Hex – Waterfall – Hot & Cold 7″ – Debut from Mary Timony’s new band.

D.O.A. – New Age – Bloodied But Unbowed – RIP Dave Gregg.
Matthew Shipp Trio – Path – Root Of Things – [N]
The Nation Of Ulysses – You’re My Miss Washington D.C. – 13-Point Program To Destroy America
Guinea Worms – The Credit Cards Lied – Split 45 with The In Out – [N]
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Cowgirl In The Sand – Live At The Fillmore East March 6 & 7, 1970
Crash Course In Science – Cardboard Lamb – Signals From Pier Thirteen – 1981. – [N]
Les Thugs – Suspended Time – Still Hungry

The In Out – Sticking – Agenda: The Ep – Limited to 300 copies. – [N]
Superchunk – 1000 Pounds – Epitonic Saki Session
The Silence Kit – I Could Be – Watershed
Motherfucker – Snot Rocket – Tae Kwon Do
The Book-Burners – Eyeliner – Revolver
Smallgang – Waiting For Your Life – After The Storm – [C]
Persons – Idealists Dead – The Lainmeyers Are Persons

Damaged Bug – Sic Bay Surprise – Hubba Bubba – [N]
Black Deer – I Almost Had A Moment Alone – Trail Of Tears
Nigh Powers – The Hand Of Glory – Demo
Destroyer – Del Monton – Five Spanish Songs



Supplemental Reading.


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

RIP Stooges drummer Scott “Rock Action” Asheton and Gary Burger of The Monks.

In the wake of Oderus Urungus/Dave Brockie’s passing, my friend Gregg Gethard shares a pair of GWAR stories.

The free, legal downloads offered up include The Rutabega covering Dinosaur Jr., the first sounds of new Philadelphia outfit Myrrias, an Epitonic Saki session from Lazy, two full-lengths by New Grenada, Dear Landlord sharing a new demo, yet another Radiator Hospital digital EP and more by Michigan’s Brown Company.

This The Twenty Best Post-Punk Albums You Probably Didn’t Know Existed piece introduced me to more than a few groups.

Catch a screening of the Slint documentary!



3/26/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Sonic’s Rendezvous Band – City Slang – Destroy All Monsters – RIP Scott “Rock Action” Asheton.
Tinariwen – Chaghaybou – Emmaar – [N]
MV & EE with The Golden Road – Canned Happiness – Fantasy Set – Live at Zebulon, January 2011.
Shoes This High – Mental Whiff – Straight To Hell – [N]
Slint – Nosferatu Man – Spiderland – “Breadcrumb Trail” documentary = highly recommended.
The Chambermaids – Electric Sky – Whatever Happened Tomorrow
Lerdo – Gran Canon – Division De Oro – Chilean.

OFF! – Hypnotized – Wasted Years
The Rutabega – Feel The Pain – .mp3 – Dinosaur Jr. cover.
Horseback – Chanting Out The Low Shadow – Piedmont Apocrypha – Record Store Day 2014 release.
McTells – Snowy White – Snowy White
Myrrias – Focus – Endless Winter Session – Local.
Doug Gillard – Overseas – Parade On
Lazy – Party City – Epitonic Saki Session

The Monks – Monk Time – Black Monk Time – RIP Gary Burger.
Johnny Noise – Faster – The Day Is Coming – [N]
Native Tongue – All Wronged Up – S/T – 1981.
Wooden Wand & The World War IV – Our Father The Monster – S/T
Eleventh Dream Day – Orange Moon – 45
Promised Land Sound – Wandering Habits – S/T
New Grenada – Emergency Brigade – Modern Problems

Dear Landlord – Hey Caroline – .mp3 – New demo.
Radiator Hospital – Solomon Grundy – TOTAL REQUEST
Brown Company – Tidal – Spring 2014 Pre-Release
Wussy – Teenage Wasteland – Attica!
Nachtambulous – Midnight Mass – The Holidays Don’t Have To Be So Rotten Vol. 4 – [C]
Creepoid – Truth – Wet – Record Store Day 2014 release.
Therapists – I Need It – Portland Mutant Party – [C]

Circle – Earthworm – Hollywood – [N]
Weird Hot – Coal Dragon – The Best Of Shawn Kilroy & Weird Hot – Local.



Supplemental Reading.


Happy Ash Wednesday! Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during tonight’s radio show.

If you want to help Philadelphia’s JJL replace their instruments, lost due to an arson that destroyed their practice space, you can do so here.

The free, legal downloads are copious. Check out Portland, Oregon’s ALTO!, a Turing Machine remix, Volcano Suns live on WERS, AZITA and the late Brian Torrey Scott, an old Quilty single, the debut album by Milwaukee instrumentalists Wereworm, new music from Benjamin Shaw, Beastqueef getting in the posthumous holiday spirit and a full record by Tyranny Is Tyranny.



3/5/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Polvo – Can I Ride – Cor-Crane Secret – Happy Ash Wednesday!
Deltron 3030 – City Rising From The Ashes – Event 2
Atlantic Thrills – Holy Mountain – S/T – [N]
Like A Fox – Gold – Where’s My Golden Arm? – http://tinyurl.com/helpJJL
Top Soil – Sea Of Black – Way Out
Twerps – Jam Song – S/T
Cosmic Psychos – 74 Seconds – Down On The Farm / Cosmic Psychos – [N]

Mean Jeans – Freaked & Geeked – Portland Mutant Party – [C]
The Selmanaires – In The Direction Of Yes – indieATL Session
ALTO! – Piece 1-3 – S/T
Turing Machine – If Its Gone Its On (Al Doyle remix) – What Is The Meaning Of Remixes
Volcano Suns – JAK – Live on WERS – April 7, 1985
AZITA & Brian Torrey Scott – Intro – Detail From The Mountainside – RIP Brian Torrey Scott.
Nox Boys – Save Me – S/T – Pittsburgh teens. – [N]

Die Schacht – Finsternis – 7″ – [N]
Quilty – Chris On The Beach – Black Hole
Wereworm – Hercules Is Cold – Wereworm Is A Place
The Mountain Goats – Up The Wolves – The Sunset Tree – As heard on this week’s episode of “The Walking Dead.”
Nothing – Get Well – Guilt Of Everything – [N]
Benjamin Shaw – Goodbye, Cagoule World – Goodbye, Cagoule World
PyPy – Pagan Day – Pagan Day – [N]

Shoes This High – The Nose One – 7″ – 1981 single re-issued. – [N]
Hospitality – I Miss Your Bones – Trouble
Beastqueef – Thirsty For The Blood Of You & Yours (Cheetah Eve Theme) – Songs Of The Christmas Cheetah
Bardo Pond – Sangh Seriatim – Refulgo – Forthcoming collection.
Tyranny Is Tyranny – The American Dream Is A Lie – Let It Come From Whom It May
Venus & The Razorblades – Dog Food – 45 – “Produced and directed by Kim Fowley.”
Split Single – Monolith – Monolith

Karp – Get No Toys (When You Pay The Money) – Suplex – [R]



Live performance #228 – Risk/Reward.


Engineered 2/20/14.

Risk/Reward web site

Killer / Keep Your Mouth Closed / In The Sea / Easy On The Heart / Addle Me



2/26/14 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Audacity – Pick Slide – Butter Knife – [N]
The Pawners’ Society – Judy Is A Punk – .mp3 – Ramones cover.
Mogwai – Remurdered – Rave Tapes – [N]
Scars – Adult/ery – Mutant Pop
saxRuins – Vrresto – Blimmguass – [N]
Jack Rose – Cross The North Fork – The Black Dirt Sessions
Warema KK! – Warema KK! – Indice De Desempleo – [N]

Night Sun – No Pressure – 45 – [N]
Don Muro – Squash (New Terrors Remix) – Squash Remixes
Memorial Gore – Total Recall – Endless Gore
Mirror Twin – A Shot – 45
Vertical Scratchers – These Plains – Daughter Of Everything
Okkervil River – Money Changes Everything – Golden Opportunities 3 – The Brains cover.
Dark Warble – Rider Waite – Moon Is Trouble

Risk Reward – Live on WPRB – 16:38 – http://riskreward.bandcamp.com

Andy Votel – Twisted Nerve Mixed – Twisted Nerve Mixed

Zulus – Kisses – S/T
Jon Autry – Warm Fire, Soft Snow – The Holidays Don’t Have To Be So Rotten: Volume Four – [C]



Supplemental Reading.


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

RIP Devo’s Bob 2.

Nothing but free, legal downloads from here on out. A digital single by Amateur Party, Flannelgraph’s latest The Holidays Don’t Have To Be So Rotten collection, Tractor Hips live on WXDU, Brazil’s Rakta, a five-songs-in-five-minutes demo from Bowl Ethereal, Fuzz covering The Kinks, Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band covering Television and two songs by TV Colours.

You can order Damnably’s Philippines Typhoon Appeal benefit compilation here.

Live on next week’s show: Risk/Reward.