4/6/22 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

.22 – “Where The Water Meets The Sky” – The Patriots – RIP BRW.
Public Enemy – Bring the Noise (No Noise A Cappella / Instrumental) – Bring The Noise 12″
snwv // emily // joshua wayne hensley – sweetness follows neptune – PRF Monthly Tribute Series June 2018: R.E.M. – [C] – “Maurice gave Holst’s Neptune the snwv treatment (1/4) back in February. Joshua couldn’t stop singing Sweetness Follows over the top. So then joshua did. Then joshua did bass and bass drone (x2), then mix and stuff. Then emily listened, then emily did sing, then emily did mix and stuff. Thanks for listening.”
Nina Nastasia – Just Stay In Bed – Riderless Horse – [N] – First album in 12 years.
The North Wind – Please Hurt Em, Don’t Hammer – Dismal Nitch
Eman el Bahr Darwish – Mahsobko Endes (El Arwam) – Sharayet El Disco – [C] – “Egyptian Disco & Boogie Cassette Tracks 1982-1992.”
Susman & Simms – It’s In Our Hands – It’s In Our Hands – [N] – They of Electrelane and Wire respectively!

The Bismarck – Battle Drugs – Sweet Emotion
Mephisto Halabi – مفيستو حلبي – Watch On The Orient part I – The Arabic Room
Advance Base – Little Sable Point Lighthouse – Little Sable Point Lighthouse
Charalambides – What Is To Come – What Is To Come – Single-take improvisation.
The Book-Burners – “Drive To The Lights” – The Ghosts Of Christmas Past – RIP BRW.
Lifesavas – HelloHiHey – Spirit of Stone
TV Priest – Bury Me In My Shoes – My Other People – Out in June.

Obits – 22:05 – Live on WPRB – http://obitsurl.com

.22 – “The Acts Of Love” – Pity – RIP BRW.



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3/30/22 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Yard Act – The Overload – The Overload – [N]
Hassan Ideddir – Ydouchababe – Atfalouna – Originally released in 1989.
Sonic Youth – Basement Contender – In/Out/In – [N] – An out-take from The Eternal which was recorded in 2008.
Vanishing Twin – Cryonic Suspension May Save Your Life – Pensiero Magico – “This audio was originally recorded as part of a filmed concert, Pensiero Magico, November 25, 2020.”
Minibeast – Stimulance – On Ice – Peter Prescott of Volcano Suns / Mission of Burma. Out Friday!
Ennio Morricone – Senza Motivo Apparente Version 2 – Sans Mobile Apparent OST – Soundtrack to a 1971 cult French crime film.
Otoboke Beaver – Pardon? – Super Champon – Out in May.

Vintage Crop – Double Slants – Kibitzer – New album June 24!
Jane Weaver – Oblique Fantasy – 45
Gavilán Rayna Russom – Trans Feminist Symphonic Music – Trans Feminist Symphonic Music – Movement I: Elegy / Movement II: Expansion / Movement III: Beauty / Movement IV: Truth
The Feelies – Decide – Time For A Witness
Kraftwerk – Kometenmelodie 2 – Autobahn – …as covered by The Feelies!
Sprints – I’m In A Band – A Modern Job EP

The Spinto Band – 15:48 – Live on WPRB – https://www.facebook.com/SpintoBand

The Debutantes – She’s Out Of Your Way Now – The Buntingford Long Playing Album – [C] – From “1981.”



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3/16/22 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

BODEGA – Statuette On The Console / Статуетка на консолі – Broken Equipment – [N] – Played both the English and Ukrainian renditions.
John White – Right Off – Mainstream Funk – [C] – Originally from 1971.
The Best Around – Young – Young – Silkworm cover!
Lia Kohl – Join Me, Everybody – Too Small To Be A Plain – [N]
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – The Dripping Tap – The Dripping Tap
The Science Fiction Corporation – Galactic Adventures Of The Outer Space Fleet “Hope” – Science Fiction Dance Party – [N] – Recorded in 1968.
SPRINTS – Chaise Longue – Chaise Longe – Wet Leg song. They’re no Iced Shank, but who is?

The Chats – Struck By Lightning – Struck By Lightning – [N]
Nana Love – We Gonna Stay For The Party – Disco Documentary – Full Of Funk
Tuluum Shimmering – Marquee Moon – Marquee Moon – This extended rumination on a Television tune is “the fourteenth entry in the Tuluum Shimmering Records requests series.”
Dany Placard & Julie Doiron – Mayo – Mayo – Full album out April 29th!
The Vampires Of Dartmoore – Hallo, Mister Hitchcock – Dracula’s Music Cabinet – [N] – Originally released in 1969.
Pan•American – Just A Story – The Patience Fader – Mark Nelson of Labradford.
Horsegirl – Anti-glory – Versions of Modern Performance – Coming June 3rd.

Tim Midgett – 20:45 – Live on WPRB – http://timmidyett.com

Aeon Station – Fade – Observatory – [N] – Solo debut by Kevin Whelan, formerly of The Wrens.
James Ilgenfritz, Brian Chase & Robbie Lee – Fragile – Loss and Gain
Blunt Bangs – Everything Flows – Everything Flows – Teenage Fanclub cover.
WASNT WISNT – Tripping Hazard – Skunk’d Gunk – [C] – Local.
The Notwist – Ship – Vertigo Dubs Vol. 1: Odd Nosdam
Riverside Rocky – No Money – The Buntingford Long Playing Album – [C] – From “1981.”



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3/9/22 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Wet Leg – Angelica – S/T – Out April 8th. In Philadelphia on Saturday night.
Hamid El Shaeri – Dari Demou’ek – Habibi Funk 018: The SLAM! Years (1983 – 1988) – [N]
Florry and Brittle Brian – Vampire Blues – Neil Covers
KRS-One – Can You Dance – I M A M C R U 1 2 – [N]
Matchess – Through The Wall – Sonescent
75 Dollar Bill – Power Failure #2 – POWER FAILURES – 🍲 🍜 🥣
MICK TROUBLE – Me and the Riddle Tree – It’s Mick Trouble’s Second LP – New LP on April 5th!

Eyelids – Fantastic Life – Everything That I See You See Better EP – The Fall cover, joined by Paul Hanley on percussion.
FMC GANG feat EL DETERR – Favelas – Favelas
Mary Lattimore – Moon Over Deetjen’s – Moon Over Deetjen’s
Super Onze – Side A – Enregistrés Pour Yehia Le Marabout
Drag City Supersession – Old Man – Tramps, Traitors and Little Devils – Randy Newman cover sung by one Edith Frost.
Buddy Terry – Quiet Afternoon – Mainstream Funk – [C] – [N] – Originally from 1972.
The Kyle Sowashes – The Least That You Can Do – The Least That You Can Do

Bitter, Bitter Weeks – 17:40 – Live on WPRB – http://facebook.com/bitterbitterweeks

SAVAK – Empathy – Human Error / Human Delight – Forthcoming.
Hitomi “Penny” Tohyama – Tuxedo Connection – Tokyo Glow: Japanese City Pop, Funk & Boogie – [C]
Stander – Aberrant – Vulnerable
SUPER USER FRIENDLY – Clouds Part For The Sun – Señor Gato – Crugie from The Disturbed’s contemporary band.
OC Rippers – Eyes of Satan – Born To Fuck (Fall 21′ Demo) – Pagans cover!



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3/2/22 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


Exhibit A: “Doing face masks while listening to The Dead C.”

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Superchunk – Refracting – Wild Loneliness – [N]
Wu-Tang Clan & Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Chessboxin’ (clean) – The Wu-Tang Zeppelin
Melody Dog – Movin’ On Up – 7″ – Primal Scream cover.
Freddie Hubbard – First Light – Music Is Here – Live at Maison de la Radio (ORTF), Paris 1973 – First official vinyl release.
PJ Harvey – The Glorious Land – Let England Shake – Demos
Lingo Seini et son groupe – Gomno Ankreyze – Musique Hauka
C.O.F.F.I.N – Under Your Wing – Split 7″ with Mini Skirt

The Choke – Top Man – The Buntingford Long Playing Album – [C] – From “1981.”
Nadeem & Shravan – Dekho Dekho Dekho Magar Pyar Se – Bollywood Bloodbath – [C] – [R] – Originally released in 1985.
The Breeders – The Last Time – Fate To Fatal – Vocals by Mark Lanegan. RIP.
Springtime – The Names Of The Plague – Night Raver EP – “Character studies” by members of Tropical Fuck Storm, Dirty Three and The Necks.
Highnoon – Back To You – Back To You – Local.
Black Country, New Road – Basketball Shoes – Ants From Up Here – [N]
Come – City Of Fun – Peel Sessions – Only Ones cover (not a Celibate Rifles tune as I always thought). Recorded in 1993.

Rebecca Gates – 13:36 – Live on WPRB – https://rebeccagates.bandcamp.com

Caterpillar – 36:03 – Live on WPRB – https://caterpillarlovesyou.bandcamp.com

Fingerprints – Nothing To Say – Where The Beat Goes On – 1980 single b-side.



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2/23/22 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


Yard Act – 100% Endurance – The Overload
Etran de L’Aïr – Tarha Warghey Ichile – Agadez – [N] – “Best full album I’ve heard this year.” – me
The Grifters (under an alias) – Two Week Vacation – 1996 Empty Bottle Prom – The Embarrassment cover!
“Blue” Gene Tyranny – A Letter From Home – Out Of The Blue – Originally released in 1978. Thanks, DSM!
Fishboy – The Best Ever Boom Box Cassette Tape From Durham – The Best Ever Boom Box Cassette Tape From Durham – A song about The Mountain Goats’ “The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton.”
Bappi Lahiri – Meri Jaan – Bollywood Bloodbath – [C] – RIP.
Lucy Dacus – Kissing Lessons – Kissing Lessons – [N]

Big Supermarket – Peter – 1800
Sarah Vaughan – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) – Mainstream Funk – [C] – [N] – 1972 single, written by Marvin Gaye.
Heavenly Bodies – Universal Resurrection – Universal Resurrection – Out April 1st. Local.
Neil Young – Crime In The City – Bluenote Cafe – Recorded at Jones Beach on 8/27/88.
COCHONNE – Trop – Emergency
What Cheer? Brigade – Here Come The Warm Jets – You Can’t See Inside Of Me – Brian Eno song performed by a marching band.
Bed Maker – Miss Dickens – Miss Dickens – New group from Jeff Barsky, Amanda MacKaye, Arthur Noll and Vin Novara.

Pierced Arrows – 18:49 – Live on WPRB – https://piercedarrows.bandcamp.com

Kurt Vile – 18:18 – Live on WPRB – https://kurtvile.bandcamp.com

Screaming Trees – Transfiguration – Even If & Especially When – RIP Mark Lanegan. This one hits hard.
Hauras – Half-Drawn Blinds (n’ee Graveyard People) – Half-Drawn Blinds (n’ee Graveyard People)
The Academy Blues Project – Move Closer To Your World – Once Again…



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2/16/22 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Yo La Tengo – Some Kinda Fatigue – May I Sing With Me – Been thinking about this song since Hanukkah.
Barry Miles – Little Heart Of Pieces – Mainstream Funk – [C] – Originally from 1971.
Tuluum Shimmering – Cinnamon Girl – Cinnamon Girl – This extended rumination on a Neil Young tune is “the sixteenth entry in the Tuluum Shimmering Records requests series.”
Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah – Albaki – Habibi Funk 011: Al Hadaoui
Pedro The Lion – Teenage Sequencer – Havasu – [N]
John Dwyer, Ryan Sawyer, Greg Coates, Wilder Zoby & Andres Renteria – Gong Splat – Gong Splat
Pinch Points – Reasons To Be Anxious – 45

Fugazi – Smallpox Champion – In On The Kill Taker
Natural Self – The Valleys (feat. Tanya Auclair & Milly Blue) – Allo Love: Volume Three – Three Electrelane covers in as many weeks.
Yamash’ta & The Horizon – Sunrise from West Sea Pt. 2 – Sunrise from West Sea – Originally from 1971 as well.
Teenage Pin Queen – Blue Horizons – Blue Horizons
Water Damage – Reel 2 – Repeater – Members of Spray Paint, USA/Mexico, Marriage, Black Eyes, Thor & Friends… Out in April.
The Breeders – Do You Love Me Now Jr? – Divine Hammer EP – With J. Mascis!
WWW – Realidad Virtual – Mundo Virtual

Sian Alice Group – 19:28 – Live on WPRB

BODEGA – Thrown – Broken Equipment – Album out March 11th.
Third Coast Kings – Jelly Roll – Afro Sides Vol. 2 – [C]
Off I Go – ’til the last house burns (day 14) – Triple digit days, vaseline nights (desert demos)
Arushi Jain – Look How Far We Have Come – Under The Lilac Sky



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2/9/22 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Superchunk – On The Floor – Wild Wild Loneliness
Pete Yellin – It’s The Right Thing – Mainstream Funk – [C] – Originally released in 1973.
The Exorzist III – Jabber – Gospel Jamming vol. 1 – Ex-Laddio Bolocko!
The Happy Somethings – I Wish You Could Sing Like Tracey Thorn – The Tracey Thorn Song (Double B-side)
Winged Wheel – Grey on Grey – No Island – Members of Spray Paint and Tyvek. Out in April!
Napoleon Da Legend & Amerigo Gazaway – Serpico (Radio Edit) – Serpico
Eyelids – The Accidental Falls – The Accidental Falls

Come Closer – Mayday – Pretty Garbage
Syl Johnson – Is It Because I’m Black – Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology – RIP, Syl. 1936-2022.
Earthless – Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons, Pt. 2 – Night Parade Of One Hundred Demons
Nu Garcon – Enter Laughing – Enter Laughing – Electrelane cover.
CREDENTIALS – Crowded With Gods – Why is My Arm Not a Lilac Tree?
Sharon Gal – The Golem – The Golem Rescored – [C]
CIVIC – Another Day – Future Forecast

Niagara Falls – 29:59 – Live on WPRB – https://niagarafalls.bandcamp.com

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – The Way It Shatters – Endless Rooms – Album coming later this year…
Camino Sound – Joule – The Camino Sound EP – Local.
Mogwai – Fuck Off Money (Alessandro Cortini Rework) – Take Sides
The Feelies – Slow Down – The Good Earth



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2/2/22 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


You exit, x-off, but what you really get: a box of Newports, and Puma sweats…

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Stomatopod – Be The Hog! – Competing With Hindsight
LaMont Johnson – M’Bassa – Mainstream Funk – [C]
Garcia Peoples – Tonight’s The Night – The Lagniappe Sessions – Neil Young tune.
CAN – Brighton 75 Vier – LIVE IN BRIGHTON 1975
Hen Ogledd – Tip Trip (Trip To The Tip) – No Wood Accepted
BombJack – Saturday (BombJack Remix) – The Neon Years – Electrelane, remixed. Why did I start crying listening to this??
21-645 – Babble – Laughing at the Ground 7″ – [C] – RIP Randall Gibson.

Sgt. Papers – Ya Levántate – SGTP
Ziad Rahbani – Ma Tfel – Houdou Nisbi – First vinyl pressing for this album from Lebanon circa 1984-85.
MX-80 Sound – Hougher House: The Music – Hougher House – RIP Bruce Anderson, one of the best to ever do it.
The Disturbed – Dying Of Boredom – Live on WPRB – Recorded in 1984.
Solid Space – Spectrum Is Green – Space Museum – Originally released on cassette in 1982.
Joshua Wayne Hensley – Last Year Is Now Over – Stationing
75 Dollar Bill – Black to Comm/9 to 5 – Social Music at Troost vol​.​3: (Other) People’s Music – MC5 -> Dolly Parton!

Blues Control – 25:37 – Live on WPRB – http://bluescontrol.bandcamp.com

Mesmer – Take It Back – Take It Back
Syl Johnson – Tripping On Your Love – Foxy Brown
PSIRENS – Redux – Skunk’d Gunk – [C]



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1/26/22 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


“Best of 2021 (part four)!”

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Upper Wilds – Love Song #7 – Venus
Robert Cotter – Love Rite – Missing You – Originally released (if you want to call it that) in 1976.
Kurt Vile & The Violators – Run Run Run – I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico – [C]
Julie Doiron – You Gave Me The Key – I Thought Of You
FACS – Alone Without – Present Tense
Etran de L’Aïr – Toubouk Ine Chihoussay -Toubouk Ine Chihoussay
Mini Skirt – DIY Nightmare – Split 7″ with C​.​O​.​F​.​F​.​I​.​N

Guardian Singles – Can’t Stop Moving – S/T
L’Orange – Durbin Was A Trap House – The World Is Still Chaos, But I Feel Better
Nolan Potter – Stubborn Bubble – Music Is Dead
Lucy Dacus – Triple Dog Dare – Home Video
Metz – A Boat To Drown In – Live at the Opera House
Wau Wau Collectif – Yaral Sa Doom II – Yaral Sa Doom
Pardoner – Totally Evil Powers – Came Down Different

Power Supply – Infinity – In the Time Of The Sabre​-​Toothed Tiger – The return of the band once named Ooga Boogas.
Michael Legrand – Run, Brother Rabbit, Run – La Piscine OST – From 1969.
Melenas – Osa Polar – Osa Polar – Grauzone cover.
Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo – Shrinks The Day – Deep Fried Grandeur
Street Eaters – Simple Distractions – Simple Distractions EP
Natural Information Society with Evan Parker – d(OoOc) IV – descension (Out of Our Constrictions)
Styrofoam Winos – Stuck In A Museum – S/T

KEG – Presidential Walk – Assembly
Rebecca Gates – St. Ides Heaven – Live at Doug Fir Lounge – August 4, 2013 – “Performed as part of “No Name #1: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Elliott Smith”, a week long multi-city, multi-artist honoring of Elliott Smith.”
Mythic Sunship – Maelstrom – Wildfire
Vanishing Twin – Zuum – Ookii Gekkou
Todd Briefly – The Extensive Waterways Of The United Kingdom – Demos



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