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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2/24/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Kneeling In Piss – USA Will Start Another War – Tour De Force
3rd Bass – The Gas Face (Radio Mix) – The Gas Face CD5 – RIP Zev Love X, a/k/a MF Doom.
Heatloaf – Shoulder To Die On – Sweet Stroke – Local.
Oneida – The Real Economy Travel – The Brah Tapes
Chris Brokaw – The Night Has No Eyes – Puritan – Joined by Thalia Zedek for a wonderful Karl Hendricks cover.
xpoemsx – We Are Saved – Hermione The Seagull EP
Squitch – Egg – Learn To Be Alone

Upper Wilds – Mars – Mars
Jalil Bennis Et Les Golden Hands – Mirza – Habibi Funk 007: An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World – [C]
Modern Studies – The Body Is A Tide – The Body Is A Tide EP
Milford Graves – Nothing 5-7 – Percussion Ensemble – RIP.
Riker – Haunted – Descending
Coin Locker Kid – We Differ Like The Moonbeams From Lightning. – The Ghost Sonata
A B – Hollow Sounds – South Shore – Andy from Swirlies.

U-Men – They! – S/T – Originally found on the Deep Six compilation.
Omar Khorshid – Ya Nassini – With Love – 1978 album by this Egyptian artist reissued.
NIHITI – A New Kind Of Weather – A New Kind Of Weather
Joshua Abrams – Blunt Sun – QuaranTunes Series No​​.​​006 – Limited edition Lathe 12″.
Blue Feeling – And My Baby’s Gone – Spare Parts: The Night Owl Label – [C] – 1968 single.
Love Tractor – Buy Me A Million Dollars – S/T – Their debut from 1982, remastered and re-released.
Grrrl Gang – Ghost To You (Live at Teras Belakang) – Honey, Baby – Indonesian.

Nick Millevoi’s Desertion Duo – 29:18 – Live on WPRB – https://nickmillevoi.bandcamp.com

Terry Gross – Worm Gear – Soft Opening



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2/17/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Kiwi Jr. – Cooler Returns – Cooler Returns
Robert Cotter – Love Rite – Missing You – 1976 album reissued.
Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band – Dreaming in The Non-Dream (Live @ Cafe OTO) – Rare Dreams: Solar Live 2​.​27​.​18
JJ DOOM – Rhymin Slang – Bite The Thong b/w Rhymin Slang – RIP MF Doom.
Sunburned Hand Of The Man – Pick A Day To Die – Pick A Day To Die – First proper album in around a decade.
Virginia Wing – Soft Fruit – private LIFE
The Fall – Rowche Rumble – Live at St. Helens Technical College ’81

Collate – Medicine – Medicine b​/​w Genesis Fatigue
Wau Wau Collectif – Yaral Sa Doom II – Yaral Sa Doom – From Senegal.
Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo – Pour Dampness Down In The Stream – Deep Fried Grandeur
Oiseaux – A Knock Under The Table – A Comedy
Daniel Schell & Dick Annegarn – The ff BOOM – Mein Maschine Ist Schön/The ff BOOM – From 1977.
Damien Jurado – Alice Hyatt – What’s New Tomboy?
Silicone Prairie – Dance To The Beat – My Life On The Silicone Prairie

The Lilys – Any Place I’ve Lived – A Brief History Of Amazing Letdowns – Expanded reissue of a 10″ from 1994.
Stewart Copeland – The Equalizer Busy Equalizing (Extended Mix) – 12″
Matt Sweeney & Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Hall Of Death – Superwolves – With Mdou Moctar!
Population II – Il Eut Un Silence Dans Le Ciel – À La Ô Terre
Wake Up & Smell The Sun – Meteoriti (Per Klaus) – The Celestial Southbound Singles – Local.
Unwound – Corpse Pose – Repetition – RIP Vern Rumsey.

Thalia Zedek – 29:17 – Live on WPRB – http://thaliazedek.bandcamp.com

FACS – In Time – Lifelike
My Heart, An Inverted Flame – The Nameless Choir – Plague Notes, Unnamed, Unknown, A Finger Dragged Through Dust – “Personnel from Common Eider King Eider, A Minor Forest, I Am Spoonbender & Never Knows.”



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2/10/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Neutrals – Personal Computing – 45 – Part of the Slumberland 30th anniversary singles series.
CZARFACE & MF DOOM – Meddle With Metal – Czarface Meets Metal Face – RIP MF Doom.
COS – Mein Maschine Ist Schön – Mein Maschine Ist Schön/The ff BOOM – Recorded in 1978.
Dan Wriggins – Dent – Dent / The Diner – He of Friendship.
Terry Gross – Space Voyage Mission – Soft Opening
Kamal Keila – Shmasha – Habibi Funk 008: Muslims and Christians
TV Priest – The Big Curve – Uppers

Bantha Rider – De Wanna Wanga – Binary Sunset Massacre
Abbie From Mars – Nuclear Decay – Quick Universe Leap
The George Otsuka Quintet – Little Island – Loving You George – 1975 album, reissued.
USA/Mexico – Soft Taco – Del Rio
The Notwist – Exit Strategy To Myself – Vertigo Days
Madvillain – Money Folder – Madvillainy – RIP MF Doom.
Biting Tongues – Or With Eyes Closed – Live It – From 1981/82.

Astute Palate – No Queen – S/T
Emily – hushhhhhhh – imbolc
Mike Huguenor – Sea Wolf – X’ed
Osees – Gong Experiment – Panther Rotate
Sleaford Mods – All Day Ticket – Spare Ribs
Issac Turner – He Was a Gardener – PRF/BLM – [C]
Dry Cleaning – Scratchcard Lanyard – Scratchcard Lanyard

Street Eaters – 27:54 – Live on WPRB – http://streeteaters.bandcamp.com

Gunn-Truscinski Duo – For Eddie Hazel – Soundkeeper



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2/3/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Minutes – Curtain Climb – Curtain Climb
Dangerdoom – The Mask (ft. Ghostface) – The Mouse & The Mask – RIP MF Doom.
Advance Base – Easy’s Gettin’ Harder Every Day – .mp3 – Iris DeMent cover.
Sumac – Two Beasts – 45 – Full 18:00+ version of their Sub Pop Singles Club contribution.
Screaming Bamboo – Drive Met To The Park – Live – Break These Chains Album Release – May ’86 – A cover of The Embarrassment.
Chris Brokaw – Puritan – Puritan
Drinking Boys and Girls Choir – 고백할거야 마스터 Gonna Tell You – Gonna Tell You

Kiwi Jr. – Highlights of 100 – Cooler Returns
Oyiwane – Tifinagh – Music from Saharan WhatsApp 11
Writhing Squares – Rogue Moon – Chart For The Solution – Out in March.
Billy Nomates – Supermarket Sweep – S/T – With Jason Williamson from Sleaford Mods.
Running – Wake Up Applauding – Wake Up Applauding – RIP Alejandro Morales.
John Sharkey III – Shooting Out The Speed Cameras – Shoot Out The Cameras – He of Clockcleaner.
Neon Belly – The Boys Are Alright – The Boys Are Alright

Mush – Blunt Instruments – Lines Redacted
Jane Weaver – Heartlow – Flock
Slint – Carol – Tweez – For Brian’s mom.
Nacho Szulga 5 – Siete – Entramados Homeostáticos
Audible – Know Nothing – Know Nothing – Local.
MF DOOM – Great Day (Amerigo Gazaway Remix) – Great Day (Amerigo Gazaway Remix) – RIP.
TRVSS – All I Need – The Boiling Frog EP – A Radiohead cover, apparently!

Sunwatchers – 38:15 – Live on WPRB – http://sunwatchers.bandcamp.com

Voice Imitator – Chinese Hoax – Plaza
Alain Pierre – Ô Sidarta – Ô Sidarta – 1974 short film soundtrack.



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