Video premiere: Titus Andronicus – “No Future Part Three: Escape From No Future”
A salute to the great state of New Jersey. Directed by Tom Scharpling. You saw it here first!
Supplemental Reading.
Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. As always, I’ve attempted to post them in the order they were played on-air.
Rest in piece Kent Morrill of The Wailers.
My condolences as well to the friends and family of Billy Bang and TV On The Radio bassist Gerard Smith.
Download a previously unreleased Make A Rising record here.
Glad to see that Resurrection: The Amplified Bible Of Heavenly Grooves is still in print.
4/20/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET
The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
Skewbald / Grand Union – You’re Not Fooling Me – 45
Eric B. & Rakim – Lyrics Of Fury – Follow The Leader
Kaia – Slamander – S/T
Plearn Promdan – Ruk Kum Samong – Thai? Dai! – C – N
The Wailers – Dirty Robber – At The Castle – RIP Kent Morrill.
Radical Dads – Recklessness – Mega Rama – N
Bork! – Gerard’s Dick – 45 – AKA Squirrel Bait.
Cobra Verde – A Story I Can Sell – Egomania (Love Songs)
Rosendo y Su Banda – Me Voy Pa’La Costa – Cartagena! – C – N
Big Black – Heartbeat – 45 – Wire song.
Grass Widow – Walking Out On Love – Under The Covers Vol. 2 – C – N
Regressive Aid – It’s A Song / Someone Down There – Why Settle For Less When You Can Regress?
Come – Off To One Side – Eleven : Eleven
Rayon Beach – Death Rides A Horse – Casual Victim Pile II – C – N
Fiddlehead – Hard Genny – Bag Of Jakes – C
Make A Rising – Nommo Days – New I Feeling – Free download!
Hunx & His Punx – Bad Boy – Too Young To Be In Love – N
Babylon Dance Band – Someday – 45
The Torchbearers – Know They’re You – Resurrection – C
Eleventh Dream Day – Testify – Beet
Pressgang – Retail II – Split 7″ with The 1985
Rain – Worlds At War – State Of The Union – C
Desk – Come On – 7″
Sharp Ends – Whiteout – 6 x 2 x 12″ – C – N
Vomit Launch – Heart Of Darkness – 45 – Pere Ubu cover.
J Mascis – Not Enough – Several Shades Of Why – N – With Kurt Vile.
TV On The Radio – The Wrong Way – New Health Rock – R – RIP Gerard Smith.
Candy Machine – Humming Clutter – History Of A Bourgeois Revolution
The Eat – Communist Radio – Killed By Death #2 – C
Billy Bang Quartet – Know Your Enemy – Spirits Gathering – RIP.
Sarandon – Mackenzie – Sarandon’s Age Of Reason – N
Sunday Puncher – Jury Duty – 45
Hochenkeit – Help Me / Help You – I Love You
Edsel – Draw Down The Moon – Detroit Folly
The Hookers – Crush – S/T
T.V. Killers – Dancehall Music – Have A Blitz On You
Public Record – Comfortability – S/T
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Even In Dreams – Belong – N
Oakley Hall – Hiway – Second Guessing
4/13/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET
The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
Spavid – Jarneck Chump – 7″
Antietam – Something’s Gonna Give – Tenth Life – N
Jeffrey Lee Pierce – The Fertility Goddess / Portrait Of The Artist In Hell – 12″
Brown Recluse – At Last – Evening Tapestry – N
Breaking Circus – Warhead – 45 – UK Subs cover.
Megan Reilly – Horse (For Corrie Beth) – Arc Of Tessa
The Bollweevils – Lost & Found – 45
A Giant Dog – The Grand – Casual Victim Pile II – C – N
Aurora Paralysis – The Messenger – 45
The Men – Wasted – This Is The Men
Old Calf – I Saw A Peacock With A Firey Tail – Borrow A Horse – N
Hubcap – No Love Lost – 45
The Spinanes – Lines & Lines – Strand
Hot Snakes – Paid In Cigarettes – Suicide Invoice – R
Various WPRB DJs – In-A-Gadda-Da-Oswald – Doctor Cosmo Tribute Show
Bitch Magnet – Carnation – Star Booty – Reunited!
Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3 – Resolution – Northern Agression – N
The Glass Bees – Eagle Rock – glassbees.com
Silverfish – Big Bad Baby Pig Squeal – Fuckin’ Drivin’ Or What…
Red House Painters – New Jersey – S/T
Phosphenes – Blue Drapes – S/T
Sleeper – Display – 45
The Frustrations – My New Shirt – Buck Naked Dancing Fool
Butthole Surfers – Gary Floyd – Psychic…Powerless…Another Man’s Sac – R
Myelin Sheaths – Drugstore/Pharmacy – 45 – N
American Speedway – Howl Ya Doin? – 45
Live performance #216 – Che Arthur.
Engineered 3/28/11.
To The Core / Too Real / Kerosene / The Dark War / Like Revenge / Farewell / Hit Ink / The Black Hills / Valley Of Fire / Dead Trajectories
4/6/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET
Designed by Doctor Cosmo.
The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
Burnout – Lounge – 45
Liquid Liquid – Optimo – New York Noise – C – R
Beaters – They Don’t Really Care About Us – 6 x 2 x 12″ – C – N
Animal Man – Do You Feed? (The Curry Song) – David’s Town – C
Associates – Message Oblique Speech – 45 – Scottish.
Roots Radics – Christmas Dub – 12″
Exploding White Mice – Without Warning – 45
OBN III’s – Do My Thing – Casual Victim Pile II – C – N
Dead Rider – Mothers Meat – The Raw Dents – Ex-US Maple.
Buzzmuscle – Assembler – 7″ – Bacon vinyl.
Doctor Cosmo – Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came – Live on WPRB – RIP.
Gutbucket – d0g Help Us – Flock – N
Legitimate Reason – He Steals – 7″
Che Arthur – 27:05 – Live On WPRB – http://www.chearthur.com
Kids For Cash – Society – First Cassette
Ale Mania – Lustful Fistful – 45
Thin White Rope – Eye – 45 – Poster Children cover.
L.U.N.A.R. Revolt – We Told You Not To Come Back (Don’t Make Me Have To Tell You Again) – Cassette – Local.
Cavemen From Oklahoma – Psychic Reason – Pittsburgh Punk Ain’t Dead…But It’s Burning Up Pretty Quickly! – C
White Wires – Letter To G – Under The Covers Vol. 2 – C – N
The New Christs – I Saw God – 45
Rhys Chatham – Die Donnergotter – An Angel Moves Too Fast To See – RIP Doctor Cosmo.
Bardo Pond – Waynes Tune – S/T – N
My appearance on The Takeaway.
I was asked back on WNYC’s national morning program The Takeaway earlier today, talking about “One Shining Moment” as part of a piece titled “When Bad Music Happens to Good Sports.” You can listen to my appearance here.
Supplemental Reading.
Here’s this week’s links/videos/items of interest based on topics discussed during last night’s radio show. As always, I’ve attempted to post them in the order they were played on-air. Here’s video of The Mountain Goats covering Silkworm’s “Plain.”
Download a free protest song by Ron House & Moviola. Then grab the new Wizard Smoke album.
RIP Grand Ulena drummer Danny McClain.
Live on next week’s show, Past/Futures recording artist Che Arthur.
3/30/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET
The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
Moving Targets – Underground – Burning In Water – R
The Feelies – When You Know – Here Before – N – Picks right up where they left off.
McCarthy Commission – Mind Set – Advanced Calculus – C
Ron House & Moviola – Fire Tressel, Not Teachers – mp3
The Grifters – Tat – So Happy Together – R
Creeping Weeds – Outsiders – See Through
Parts & Labor – Hurricane – Constant Future
Obits – Everything Looks Better In The Sun – Moody, Standard & Poor – N
The Modern Lovers – Affection – Back In Your Life – Happy birthday, Julia Factorial!
Defektors – Not The One – 6x2x12″ – N – C
Silkworm – Plain – Lifestyle
Eleventh Dream Day – Away With Words – Riot Now! – N
Jean Paul Sartre Experience – Elemental – The Size Of Food – R
Cola Freaks – Mig Mig Mig – 45 – N
Government Issue – Blending In – Joyride – R
Kurt Vile – Runner Ups – Smoke Ring From My Halo – N
That Petrol Emotion – Everybody’s Goin’ Triple Bad Acid Yeah! – Split 7″ with The Membranes
Grand Ulena – Grand Arsenal – Gateway To Dignity – RIP Danny McClain.
Wizard Smoke – Growing – The Speed Of Smoke
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – Livin’ In The Jungle – Scandalous – N
Wire – Surgeon’s Girl – Pink Flag – R
Simple Circuit – Sattrash – Casual Victim Pile II – N – C
Wild Carnation – Dodger Blue – 45
Matthew Shipp Trio – The New Fact – Art Of The Improviser – N
Seam – Kernel – Kernel – R
Harem Scarem – Sweet Thing (new version) – 45
Audacity – Ears & Eyes – 45 – N
Agent Orange – Everything Turns Grey – Living In Darkness – R
Che Arthur – Dead Trajectories – Iron – Live on next week’s show!
Steel Pole Bath Tub – European Son – 45 – Velvet Underground cover.
Friends Forever – Winners – Killball
The Feud – There Is No Sleep/Desized – Language Is Technology
Nikki Sudden – Crossroads – Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc – R
Reading Rainbow – Stand Back & Take A Good Look – Under The Covers Vol. 2 – N – C – Nerves/Plimsouls tribute.
Home Blitz – Sliding Decks – R
3/23/11 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET
The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
Strike Under – Elephant’s Graveyard – You Weren’t There – C – R
Arc In Round – Spirit – Diagonal Fields – N
Treacherous Three – Action – 12″
Edsel – Our Drunken Friend – The Everlasting Belt Company
McDonalds – By Halves – 45 – N – Ex-Oxford Collapse.
Pullman – To Hold Down A Shadow – Turnstyles & Junkpiles
Mean Jeans – Steve Don’t Party No More – Dirtnap Records SXSW Sampler – C
Cruddy – Incendiary – Casual Victim Pile II – C – N
Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full (Derek B. remix) – 12″ – My 21 year search is over.
The Bigger Lovers – Private Party – How I Learned To Stop Worrying – N – Non-album bonus track.
Hank Williams – You Win Again – The Ultimate Collection
Mi Ami – Echo – Dolphins – N
The ‘Mericans – Slow Down – Failed Tribute Bands – C – Feelies cover.
The Left – Attitudes – Jesus Loves The Left
Mission Of Burma – Secrets – Vs.- R
Buddy Holocaust – Sometimes You Have To Be Mean (Kill For Your Dreams) – Live, 1981
MGR – IV – Nova Lux
Rick Rizzo & Tara Key – Insanity Stomp – Double Star – N
Birdbrain – Stop It – I Fly
Idyll Swords – Steep Creek – II
Trap Them – The Facts – Darker Handcraft – N – Forthcoming.
I Hate Myself – Destroy All Monsters – S/T
Yung Wu – Aspiration – Shore Leave
The Glass Bees – Because Tomorrow Disaster May Come – mp3
Howard & Tim’s Paid Vacation – That Won’t Make You Love Me – Never Met A Girl I Didn’t Like
Ike Yard – We Are One – 1980-82 Collected
Fun At The Zoo – Grow Up! – 45
Hypnotics – Sick Of Work – Everyone Gets Their Nanosecond Of Fame
The Humpers – This Measly Dimension – Journey To The Centre Of Your Wallet
The 13 Ghosts – Pediculus Porentosus – Pediculo Desperandum Est – Legend Of The Blood Yeti – With Derek Bailey.
Zoogz Rift – With The Neccesary Changes Having Been Made – Looser Than Clams – RIP.
Ed Hall – Reading – Albert – As promised.
Aerial M – AASS – S/T
Alva – Sharch Of Tearry – Slattery For Ungdom
The Jai-Alai Savant – When I Grow Up – Flight Of The Bass Delegate
Ass Ponys – Thank You For The Roses – Mr. Superlove
