6/21/23 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Sweeping Promises – You Shatter – Good Living Is Coming For You – [N] – Album out next Friday. Can’t wait.
Altin Lazer Blaster – High Waves – Sounds From the Galactic Skylanes (Original Music from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor) – [C] – a/k/a Altin Gün!
X-Ray Spex – Identity – Germfree Adolescents – As heard in the end credits of “Polite Society.”
MX-80 Sound- Promise Of Love – Crowd Control
Jaimie Branch – Take Over The World – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) – [N] – Coming in August.
Nagat – Eyoun El Alb – Eyoun El Alb – First-ever vinyl pressing of a 1980 Egyptian album.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Flamethrower – PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation – [N]

Silicone Prairie – Serpent in the Grass – Vol. II – [N] – Forthcoming.
Danny Paul Grody – Path To Olema – Arc Of Day
Lewsberg – Communion – Without A Doubt b/w Communion – [N] – Early mixes of two tracks off their next album. Touring the states this fall!
Pelican – Ran Amber (Remastered) – The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw – Expanded reissue of a 2005 record.
Weird Nightmare – She’s The One – She’s The One – Ramones cover.
Matmos – After Mud Guts – Singularity 04: After Mud Guts
Heartbeeps – Hold Up – Cum Together

Rashanim – 35:43 – Live on WPRB – https://www.facebook.com/rashanim/

Breaking Circus – Driving The Dynamite Truck – Big Hits of Mid-America Vol. IV – [C] – It’s the longest day of the year / And you dribble into my lap / And it’s still reflected on the source of my good luck / I’m seething in the feeling that I’m driving the dynamite truck
Al Massrieen – Sah – Habibi Funk 007: An Eclectic Selection of Music From the Arab World – [C]
Pays P. – Olatunji – Ça v aller



6/14/23 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Todd Briefly – Maps – Demos 3 (Two new songs) – [N]
Sharhabil Ahmed – Argos Farfish – Habibi Funk 013: The King Of Sudanese Jazz
The Bret Tobias Set – Letters Sent – Letters Sent – [N]
Induced Geometry – Caesium Standard – S/T – “[T]he solo electronic project of Philadelphia musician & Writhing Squares bassist Daniel Provenzano.”
Hey Colossus – You Laugh At My Face – Singularity 07: You Laugh At My Face – Extended cover of a Jorge Socarras / Patrick Cowley song.
Alabaster DePlume – Child Playing in the Forbidden Ruins – Salty Road Dogs Victory Anthem – [N]
Ass Ponys – Two-Week Vacation – Earth To Grandma – The Embarrassment cover.

Shellac – Dog & Pony Show – At Action Park
Andal Sukabe – Hey Malale – Music from Saharan WhatsApp – [C]
The Cool Greenhouse – Hard Rock Potato – Sod’s Toastie
Kalamazoo Drone Society – One – Saturation & Compression
Nana Love – Hang On Baby – Disco Documentary – Full Of Funk
Escuadrón Del Ritmo – Las Cucarachas – Back Up: Mexican Tecno Pop 1980​-​1989 – [C]
Sprints – Adore Adore Adore – Adore Adore Adore

Remote Islands – 26:03 – Live on WPRB – http://remoteislands.bandcamp.com

Oozing Wound – Midlife Crisis Actor – We Cater To Cowards
Jacques Higelin – Je Jouais Le Piano – Pierre Barouh & The Saravah Sound – [C]
Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band – Nightmare Forever – Nightmare Forever
Say Sue Me – True Love Will Find You in the End – 10 – Daniel Johnston song.
Zombi – XYZT – 2020



5/31/23 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


En Attendant Ana live at Jerry’s On Front last Saturday night.

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

En Attendant Ana – Ada, Mary, Diane – Principa – [N] – Gosh, they were great on Saturday.
Bob Destiny – Wang Dang – Habibi Funk 007: An Eclectic Selection of Music From the Arab World – [C]
Ayako Shinozaki – Heterodyne – Music Now For Harp – [N] – Originally released in 1974, with Takehisa Kosugi on violin + sound waves.
Bill Orcutt – Anxiety of Symmetry I – Anxiety of Symmetry
Man or Astro-Man? – Space 1991 – Space 1991
Moon Orchid – Into The Violet – Skin/Skein
Throwing Muses – Jak – Firepile EP – Volcano Suns cover.

Naked Roommate – Wandering Thumb – Typical Girls Vol. 6 – [C]
Jeich Ould Badu – Elyn – Music from Saharan WhatsApp – [C]
Lazy Salon – Deutzia – Bellis – [N] – Local. Out Friday!
Sharon Van Etten – Memorial Day – Remind Me Tomorrow
Anatomy Of Habit – Black Openings – Black Openings
Natural Information Society – Is – Since Time Is Gravity – [N]
Wax Chattels – Spanners & Implements – Clot

Begushkin – 23:29 – Live on WPRB – https://begushkin.bandcamp.com

Eggs – The Government Administrator – 45 – I recently had a dream where I led a cafeteria in a rousing sing-along of this tune…
Kid Millions & Jan St. Werner – Dark Tetrad – Imperium Droop
Olden Yolk – Every Ark – Living Theater



5/28/23 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


Filling in for Uneasy Listening and Commie Francis…

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Guardian Singles – Chad & Stacey – Feed Me To The Doves
Charif Megarbane – Tayyara Warak – Tayyara Warak
Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World – This Stupid World
UFO Över Lappland – Keep On Keepin’ On Space Truckin’ – S/T
Eyelids – Crawling Off Your Pages – A Colossal Waste Of Light
Wau Wau Collectif – Mariage Forcé – Mariage
Floodlights – Wide Open Land – Painting Of My Time

Upper Wilds – 10’9″ – Jupiter
Farid el Atrache – Hebbina Hebbina – Nagham Fi Hayati
SPRINTS – Literary Mind (Live At Whelan’s) – Literary Mind
Rocket 808 – MK Ultra Twist – House Of Jackpots
FACS – When You Say – Still Life In Decay
Altın Gün – Badi Sabah Olmadan – Aşk
Mudhoney – Move Under – Plastic Eternity

CIVIC – Time Girl – Taken By Force
Ramuntcho Matta – Zoique 2 – S/T
Blues Lawyer – Chance Encounters – All In Good Time
Giant Brain – Munich – Grade A Gray Day
The Notwist – Exit Strategy To Myself – Vertigo Days – Live from Alien Research Center
Connections – Slow Ride – Cool Change

Unrest – Cherry Cream On – Imperial F.F.R.R. – Happy birthday, Maura!



5/24/23 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Guardian Singles – Ground Swell – Feed Me To The Doves – [N] – Out Friday!
Namian Sidibé – Garaba Mama – S/T
Vanishing Twin – Tell Me Not Here – Singularity 08: Tell Me Not Here
Pissed Jeans – Bathroom Laughter (Live in Allentown) – 45
Mesmer – Now the Onus is on You – Accidents & Trains – Local. Digital-only bonus track recorded in 1997.
Dalton – Alech – Habibi Funk 001: Dalton
OSees – Intercepted Message – Intercepted Message – [N] – “A pop record for tired times” coming in August.

Jade Hairpins – Life in England – Life in England – Jonah + Mike from Fucked Up.
SAULT – The Lord’s With Me – Earth
Dan Matz – NIX NIX NIX Night – NIX NIX NIX Night – He of Windsor For The Derby
Nina Nastasia – Too Soon – Too Soon – From the “Riderless Horse” sessions.
Brainiac – Smothered Inside – The Predator Nominate EP – Previously unheard Tim Taylor demos.
El Wali – The People of El Aaiún – Tiris
CIVIC – Chase The Dragon – Chase The Dragon – [N] – Beasts of Bourbon cover.

So Cow – Institute Of – Do Re Mi Fa So Cow 
Billy Nomates – Blue Bones (Deathwish) – CACTI – [N]
Chris Forsyth – 102597 – First Recordings, 1997
Steel Pole Bath Tub – This Town – Without Warning: Early Montana Punk, Postpunk, New Wave & Hardcore 1979-1991 – [C]
Farid el Atrache – Takassim Oud – Nagham Fi Hayati – Soundtrack from 1974.
Shame – Lampoon – Songs Of Praise



5/17/23 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Upper Wilds – Jupiter – Jupiter – [N] – Out in July.
Fadoul – Laylat Al Jadba – Habibi Funk 002: Al Zman Saib
75 Dollar Bill – Anchor Dragging Behind – Singularity 06: Anchor Dragging Behind – Exceptionally limited edition lathe cut 12″.
Zwei Null Zwei – Hate This Feeling – SUV (On Fire) // Hate This Feeling – Members of Edsel, Obits, Girls Against Boys, The Nation of Ulysses and many more…
The New Pornographers – Bottle Episodes – Continue As A Guest – [N]
Giant Brain – Terminator: Where an Astronaut Dies in Space – Grade a Gray Day
The Embarrassment – Two-Week Vacation – Heyday 1979-83 – Originally released on the “Human Music” compilation in 1988.

Chisel – Your Star Is Killing Me – 8 A.M. All Day
Ramuntcho Matta – Zoique 3 – S/T – From 1985. First-ever reissue.
Kitchen’s Floor – Northern Fort – None Of That
Fela Kuti & Africa ’70 with Ginger Baker – Egbe Mi O (Carry Me I Want To Die) – Fela With Ginger Baker Live!
Chris Brokaw – Slaughterhouse 444 – Live At The Decommissioned Power Station In Florli, Norway
Nick Millevoi – Rock & Roll Start – Digital Reaction – Local. Out in July.
Floodlights – Painting of My Time – Painting of My Time – [N]

Standing Nudes – 39:36 – Live on WPRB – https://www.discogs.com/artist/3200642-Standing-Nudes

Moreish Idols – Green Light – Lock Eyes and Collide – [N]
Baba ould Hembara – El Shams w’al Qamar (Lekhal Karr) – Wallahi Le Zein!! – Wezin, Jakwar And Guitar Boogie From The Islamic Republic Of Mauritania – [C]
The Chills – Familiarity Breeds Contempt – Submarine Bells



5/10/23 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Sweeping Promises – Eraser – Good Living Is Coming For You – [N] – Out June 30!
Killer Mike – “Don’t Let The Devil” (Feat. El-P & thankugoodsir) – MICHAEL
Water Damage – FUCK THAT : Reel 13 – Two Songs – [N]
Killdozer – Conquistador – Michael Gerald’s Party Machine – We salute our champions with a Procol Harum cover. 🏆
MEMORIALS – Boudicaaa – Music For Film: Women Against The Bomb & Tramps! – [N] – A third advance single by the new band of Verity Susman (Electrelane) and Matthew Simms (WIRE, It Hugs Back, Better Corners).
The Bret Tobias Set – Good Morning Sunshine – Good Morning Sunshine
Protomartyr – Elimination Dances – Formal Growth in the Desert – [N]

Death of Samantha – Simple As That – If Memory Serves Us Well
The Leonard Simpson Duo – Nobody – LSD
Axiom9 – Psychedelic Inner Sanctum II – Psychedelic Inner Sanctum
Porridge Radio – Back To The Radio – Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To the Sky
Ahmed Ben Ali – Damek Majeb / اغنية دمعك ماجاب – Habibi Funk 012: Subhana
FACS – New Flag – Still Life In Decay

ANDEMIC – Owls – The Tides b​/​w Owls
Yo La Tengo – James gets up and watches mourning birds with Abraham (Wednesday) – We Have Amnesia Sometimes



5/4/23 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


A second consecutive year of three straight hours of music inspired by Star Wars! Much appreciation to LizBot for flipping shows so this broadcast could happen on May the 4th. – JS

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Background music: YSSR’s “The Mandalorian Theme Song (80s Retro Synthwave)”

Civilised Society? – Star Wars – Violence Still Sucks
Bang Bang Robot – Star Wars – La Guerre Des Etoiles “Star Wars”
Nicholas Britell – Forming Up / Unto Stone We Are – Andor OST
Mac McCaughan – Only Do – Non-Believers
Wordburgler – The Mos Eisley Rap Show – SpaceVerse
Sam the Sham – The Wookie – 45
The Senate – Mausoleum Of Heroes / Daddy Issues – Tales From A Galaxy Far, Far Away.

Background music: Graffiti Orchestra’s “Star Wars Theme”

Boris The Sprinkler – My Prom Date’s Parkin’ With Grand Moff Tarkin – Bits O Boris
A.D. – Return Of Vader – 12″
Recess Monkey – Oh, Lando – Hot Air
Auralnauts – Now I Am Gandalf – Larry OST
Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip – I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper – 70s 100 Hits  – [C]
Hot Dad – The Star Wars (I’m in Love With) – The Star Wars (I’m in Love With)
The 7-10 Splits – Aunt Beru – Greatest Splits

Background music: Masayoshi Takanaka’s “Star Wars Samba”

The Modal Nodes – Ugh Ugh Ugh Ugh Ugh Ugh Ugh Ugh Ugh Ugnaughts! – Lifeforms
Dan Whitley’s Rebel Force Band – Chewie the Rookie Wookie – Living In These Star Wars
XMAS – Star Wars – FOREVER
Jeremy Messersmith – Tatooine – Tatooine
The Jimmy Castor Bunch – Bertha Butt Encounters Vadar – Let It Out
Smog – I Am Star Wars! – Julius Caesar
Wounded Lion – Dagobah System – S/T

Background music: Osamu Shoji’s “Cantina Band”

The Thyme Machine – Star Wars – Top and Tail with The Thyme Machine
Lazaro Salazar – Artuditu – Artuditu R2D2
DJ Food – The Tracks Go Off In This Direction… – The Tracks Go Off In This Direction…
The Mountain Goats – The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All the Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones – .mp3
Anchorhead – Shredisode IV – Darth Metal
DJ Z-Trip & DJ P – Imperial March (Breaks Mix) – Uneasy Listening Vol. 1
Butter 08 – Degobrah – S/T – Yuka + Miho of Cibo Matto, Russell Simins from JSBX, plus Rick Lee of Skeleton Key.

Background music: Neil Norman’s “Star Wars”

Servotron – Red Robot Refund (The Ballad of R5-D4) – No Room For Humans
Bobby Curtola and Force – May The Force Be With You – 45
Mitch Darrell – Cloud City (feat. Wells & Matthew Campbell) – Dreadhead Lando
Galaxy 42 – Star Wars (Disco Version – 7″





4/26/23 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊 THE FEELIES vs. KILLDOZER: WHO IS THE GREATEST COVER BAND OF ALL TIME? 🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊

One pledge = one vote.

http://pledge.wprb.com

Jennifer O’ Connor – The Death Of Pop – 2007 Membership Drive

The Feelies – Real Cool Time (The Stooges) – Time For A Witness
Killdozer – Good Lovin’ Gone Bad (Bad Company) – For Ladies Only

Killdozer – Take The Money And Run (Steve Miller Band) – For Ladies Only
The Feelies – What Goes On (Velvet Underground) – Only Life

The Feelies – Paint It Black (Rolling Stones) – Crazy Rhythms
Killdozer – When The Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin) – Killdozer / Ritual Device 10″

The Feelies – Sedan Delivery (Neil Young) – No One Knows EP
Killdozer – Mr. Soul (Neil Young) – For Ladies Only 7″ Box Set
The Feelies – Barstool Blues (Neil Young) – Uncovered
Killdozer – Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young) – Snakeboy

The Feelies – Dancing Barefoot (Patti Smith) – Away 12″
Killdozer – Nasty (Janet Jackson) – Yow! 7″

Killdozer – Let Me Put My Love Into You (AC/DC) – SIDES 7​​​-​​​1​​​0 (Double Single & Comic Book Set) – [C]
The Feelies – Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey) (The Beatles) – Crazy Rhythms

The Feelies with Peter Buck – See No Evil (Television) – 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA. March 7, 1987
Killdozer – Funk #49 (James Gang) – For Ladies Only

Killdozer – Run Through the Jungle (Creedence Clearwater Revival) – Intellectuals Are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite
The Feelies – I Wanna Sleep In Your Arms (Modern Lovers) – FNAC CDEP

The Feelies – Roadrunner (Modern Lovers) – Real Cool Time: 32 Years of Feelies Covers
Killdozer – Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd) – God’s Favorite Dog – [C]

Killdozer – I Am, I Said (Neil Diamond) – Little Baby Buntin’
The Feelies – Egyptian Reggae (Modern Lovers) – ATP NY 2009

The Feelies with Ira Kaplan – Looking At You (MC5) – Live in Maplewood, NJ – June 2016
Killdozer – Unbelievable (EMF) – The Pig Was Cool 7″

Killdozer – Hush (Billy Joe Royal) – For Ladies Only
The Feelies – She Said, She Said (The Beatles) – No One Knows EP

The Feelies – Outdoor Miner (Wire) – Live
Killdozer – Burnin’ Love (Arthur Alexander) – For Ladies Only

Killdozer – One Tin Soldier (The Original Caste) – For Ladies Only
The Feelies – Carnival of Sorts (R.E.M.) – Real Cool Time: 32 Years of Feelies Covers

The Feelies – White Light White Heat (Velvet Underground) – 12″
Killdozer – Disco Inferno (The Trammps) – We Will Bury You – A Tribute to Killdozer – [C]

The Feelies – Kometenmelodie 2 (Kraftwerk) – White Eagle Hall, Jersey City 11/6/2021



4/19/23 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


THE 50LOMON MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BIRTHDAY PLEDGE PARTY

My 50th birthday, as celebrated during the WPRB Spring Membership Drive!

http://pledge.wprb.com

Jennifer O’ Connor – The Death Of Pop – 2007 Membership Drive

Naked Raygun – Home Of The Brave – All Rise – The first song I played on WPRB!
Das EFX – They Want EFX – Dead Serious
The Velvet Underground – Foggy Notion (Original 1969 mix) – The Velvet Underground – 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Grauzone – Eisbär – S/T – [R]
Jaimie Branch – Theme Nothing – Fly Or Die
The Breeders – Son Of Three – Son Of Three

Volcano Suns – Jak – The Bright Orange Years
Blackalicious – Chemical Calisthenics – Blazing Arrow
Ramones – Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La) – Too Tough To Die

Superchunk – Why Do You Have to Put a Date on Everything – Foolish – [R]
Public Enemy – Welcome To The Terrordome (Fear 2011) – .mp3
King Kong – Old Man On The Bridge – Old Man On The Bridge

Prisonshake – 2 Sisters – The Roaring Third – [R]
Fadoul – Sid Redad – Habibi Funk 002: Al Zman Saib – James Brown cover.
Government Issue – Caring Line – Beyond – [R]

Songs: Ohia – Farewell Transmission – The Magnolia Electric Company – There are evenings where I believe this is the greatest song ever recorded.
Cher – Mr. Soul – Stars – Neil Young cover.
The Clean – Anything Can Happen – Compilation

Dead Moon – Dead Moon Night – Echoes Of The Past
Czarface & MF Doom – The King and Eye (feat. Darryl “DMC” McDaniels – Super What?
The Dancing Cigarettes – Burn In Heaven – The School Of Secret Music
Wounded Lion – Degobah System – S/T

Eleventh Dream Day – Between Here & There – Beet
Jane Weaver – The Revolution of Super Visions – Flock
The Cool Greenhouse – Get Unjaded – Sod’s Toastie

Ivy Green – I’m Sure We’re Gonna Make It – S/T
New Order – Temptation – 12″ – …the first record I remember hearing on WPRB.