6/30/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Misfits – Hybrid Moments – Legacy Of Brutality – For ABS & LCS.
Tartufi – Hole Or Space – Nests Of Waves & Wire – N
Rammellzee – Quack – Bi-Conicals Of The Rammellzee – RIP.
Easter Monkeys – 14th Floor – Splendor Or Sorrow – N – One of 2010’s best reissues.
The Fred Anderson Quartet – Birdhouse – Birdhouse – RIP.
Orthrelm – Redun 1-3 – S/T – N
Digital Dinosaurs – Eyes Front – Extinction: 1979-82

The Ruffed Grouses – USA Belongs To Me – American Terrace Anthems – Take that, Cock Sparrer!
Emma Tricca – Cobblestone Street – Minor White – N
Rammellzee vs. K.Rob – Beat Bop – New York Noise – C – RIP.
Clyde & The Nightswingers – The Enormous Midnight – 45 – N – 1967.
Fred Anderson – On The Run – On The Run: Live At The Velvet Lounge – RIP.
Go-Go’s – Skidmarks On My Heart – Beauty And The Beat
Worn In Red – When People Have Something To Say – In The Offing – N

We Are Scientists – Goal! England – mp3 – World Cup fever.
Pell Mell – New Saigon – Rhyming Guitars – R
C-3PO / Darth Vader / Han Solo / Luke Skywalker / Princess Leia – 1980 Phone Messages – The Empire Strikes Back
Mount Carmel – Hear Me Callin – S/T – N
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake – Leap Forward – Back Together Again – RIP.
The Christmas – Hand – Vortex
Boston Spaceships – You Satisfy Me – Brown Submarine

Crom – The Usurper – The Cocaine Wars 1974-1989
Marilyn Crispell/Fred Anderson/Hamid Drake – Destiny 1 – Destiny – RIP.



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Supplemental Reading.


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.

Read this powerful piece from the Kansas City Star about the late Manute Bol, then download a song about the lanky center from Wizznutzz.

You can find my friend Will’s incredible simultaneous play of Codeine and the Bulgarian State Television Female Choir here.

Gang opened up for Lil’ Kim in Baltimore. The Couch Sessions and True Genius Requires Insanity were on the scene.



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6/23/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Electrelane – The Greater Times – No Shouts No Calls – Actual chills.
Snack Truck – Grave-Thorn – Spacial Findings 1-7 – N
Public Enemy – Timebomb – Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Michael & The Mumbles – I Need Her – S/T – N – 1966.
The Bats – Valley Floor – Silverbeet
Harlem – Spray Paint – Hippies – N
The Fall – Theme From Sparta F.C. – Country On The Click

J.D. Buhl & The Believers – Kiss & Tell – Teenline no. 107 – C – Oakland 1982.
Kenn Kweder – Ballad Of Maute Bol – Kwederology Volume 2 – RIP, big man.
For Against – The Tenebrists – Never Been – N
Gang – The Stranger – mp3
Carlton Melton – Call & Response – Split Lp with Empty Shapes – N
Codeine + Voix Bulgares – D Bulgare – Effluvium – Played at the same time by my friend Will.
The Wellis Band – Bindiga – Ghana Special – C
Audible – Five Pirates – Weekend – Happy anniversary, Mike & Kris.

Mclusky – The Gift Of Slight – She Will Only Bring You Happiness – R
Nina Nastasia – You’re A Holy Man – Outlaster – N
Zombi – Legacy – Surface To Air
Shoes – Side A – Eccentric Breaks & Beats – N
Barcelona – Kasey Keller – Zero One Infinity – What twee group will be the first to honor Tim Howard in song?
Anodyne – Philosophy Of Failure – Lifetime Of Gray Skies

Young Livers – Of Misery & Toil – Of Misery & Toil – N
Fauz’t – Wurstsalat I – From The Frozen South – Members of Faust & Z’ev.
Mogwai – Time And A Half – Zidane – R
Marc Edwards / Weasel Walter Group – Red Stream – Blood Of The Earth – N



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Supplemental Reading.


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.

In celebration of the World Cup, three videos:

RIP trumpeter Bill Dixon.

Get well soon Fred Anderson, who suffered cardiac arrest on Monday morning.



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6/16/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Coliseum – Punk/Money – House With A Curse – N
Air Miami – World Cup Fever – Me, Me, Me – R
Damien Jurado – Beacon Hill – Saint Bartlett – N
Mariachi El Bronx – I Would Die 4 U – Purplish Rain – C – Prince cover.
Naked On The Vague – These Days – Heaps Of Nothing – N
Pisces – Like A Hole In The Wall Where The Rat Lives – A Lovely Sight – 1967.
Great Plains – Letter To A Fanzine – Length Of Growth – Why do punk rock guys go out with new wave girls?

Naked Raygun – Growing Away – 7″
Amy Annelle – Miss It More Than You Know How – The Cimarron Banks – N
Mark E. Smith & Shuttleworth – England’s Heartbeat – mp3
Trans Am – Heaven’s Gate – Thing – N
The Undertones – My Perfect Cousin – Hypnotised – R
Ron House – Twenty Or Thirty People – Blind Boy In The Backseat – N – Moses Carryout recording.
Baroness – The Gnashing – Blue Record

The Wedding Present – Something And Nothing – George Best – R
Fred Anderson – Fougeux – Back At The Velvet Lounge – In poor health. Get well soon, Fred!
Zelienople – Can’t Stop – Give It Up – N
Colourbox – Official Colourbox World Cup Theme – mp3
Yo La Tengo – Here To Fall (De La Soul remix) – Here To Fall Remixes – N
Cinderella Backstreet – White Light/White Heat – Cinderella Backstreet’s Last Show 8/73 – With Peter Laughner.
The Minutemen – June 16 – Double Nickles On The Dime – Happy Bloomsday.

The Bill Dixon Orchestra – Sinoplia – 17 Musicians In Search Of A Sound: Darfur – RIP Bill Dixon.
Allo Darlin’ – The Polaroid Song – S/T
Upsilon Acrux – Transparent Seas (Radio Edit) – Radian Futura – N



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Live performance #211 – Tender Trap.


Engineered 5/22/10.

Tender Trap web site

Dansette Dansette / Fireworks / Girls With Guns / Talking Backwards / Do You Want A Boyfriend?



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6/2/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

This Moment In Black History – About Last Night – Public Square – N
T.O. Jazz – Osaman Ba – Ghana Special – C – Bonus Lp-only track.
Screaming Females – Zoo Of Death – Singles – N
Death – Keep On Knocking – For The Whole World To See – R
Dragon Turtle – Hourglass – Almanac – N
The Micronotz – Feels Like – Smash! – R
The Cute Lepers – Dirty Baby – Smart Accessories – N

Dynamic Truths – I’ve Got Your Psychic Friend – Understanding Is Overrated – N – Members of Coral and Fudge! Woah.
The Dead Texan – The Struggle – S/T – Adam Wiltzie from Stars of the Lid.
Shortstack – Lamborghini Nights – Please Leave My Mind – N
Los Roller – Un Consejo – Absolute Belter – C
Yellow Swans – Opt Out – Going Places – N – Mixed with…
Barry J. Schiff – Side 1 – On Course, On The Glide Path…
Mono Men – Hate Your Way – Have A Nice Day, Motherfucker

Tender Trap – Live on WPRB – 16:13 – http://www.myspace.com/tendertrap

Team Dresch – Freewheel – Personal Best – R
Om – Thebes – God Is Good
Noun – Outerspace – Holy Hell – N
X_X – Untitled – 7″
Mutants – New Dark Ages – Fun Terminal
Zia – Heleyos – Pomegranates – C
My Life In Rain – Zero Tolerance – Slowburn

Mouserocket – I’m Just Blushing – S/T – Alicja Trout of Lost Sounds.
Ken Camden – New Space – Lethargy & Repercussion – N
New Bad Things – Josh Has A Crush On A Femme From Reed – Freewheel!
Ame Son – Je Veux Justre Dire – The BYG Deal – N – C
Richard DeVos – Selling America – Selling America – Mixed with…
Various Artists – N/A – RRR 500 – C
Led Bib – Zone 4 – Sensible Shoes – N



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Supplemental Reading.


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.

RIP Ronnie James Dio.

A list of gear stolen from the band Torche earlier this month in Chicago.

Next week’s live guests, Tender Trap.

Tons of free downloads this time out, including the demo by Philadelphia’s Pet Milk, Pete Rock remixing Yo La Tengo, a previously unreleased Artanker Convoy cut, another new Jennifer O’Connor tune and two discs worth of rare/unreleased/live Gaunt.

Here’s a piece set to an OMD song by artist Carrie Schneider.

Learn more about The Nails and I’ll see you next week.



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5/26/10 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Torche – Speed Of The Nail – Meanderthal
Blackstreet – No Diggity (Instrumental) – 12″
The Nails – The Last Frontier – Hotel For Women – N
Dio – Holy Diver – Holy Diver – RIP RJD.
Jeff The Brotherhood – Heavy Krishna – Heavy Days – N
3rd Bass – The Gas Face (Radio Mix) – 12″
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – I Got A Feeling – Rush To Relax – N

Unnatural Helpers – Our Most Entitled – Cracked Love & Other Drugs – N
Jennifer O’Connor – You Come Around – mp3 – Unreleased demo!
The Ponys – Is It Working – Deathbed + 4 – N
KPM – Blood In The Gutter – Archive Series Volume 2: Drama
The Kyle Sowashes – Blast From The Past – Nobody – N
Black Sabbath – Heaven & Hell – Heaven & Hell – RIP RJD.
Rocket From The Tombs – I Sell Soul – Romeo & Juliet – N

Easter Monkeys – Nailed To The Cross – Splendor Of Sorrow – N – Cleveland, 1983.
Yo La Tengo – Here To Fall (Pete Rock Remix) – Here To Fall Remixes – Forthcoming.
Stark Folk Band – Heartache From Hell – Well Oiled – N
Artanker Convoy – Declasse – Brazil Compositions
Indian Jewelry – Oceans – Totaled – N
Tiger Trap – For Sure – S/T – R
The Fall – Y.F.O.C./Slippy Floor – Your Future Our Clutter – N

Tender Trap – Girls With Guns – Dansette Dansette – N – Playing live on next week’s radio show!
OMD – Romance Of The Telescope – Dazzle Ships
Gaunt – Second Best – …But Not Forgotten – The Mice cover.
Roky Erickson & Okkervil River – Please Judge – True Love Cast Out All Evil – N
Phantom Tollbooth – Valley Of The Gwangi – The Wailing Ultimate – C
Pet Milk – Permanent Vacation – Demo – Local.
1.6 Band – Skin Flap – The Checkered Pasts Of All Kings Present – N

Chokebore – Coat – Motionless – R
KPM – Happy-Go-Lucky/Penguin Strut – Jingles & Program Cues Vol. 1
Kurt Vile – Ocean City – Square Shells
Fred Bigot – Binary – Mono/Stereo – N
Thomas East & The Fabulous Playboys – I Get A Groove – Absolute Funk 4 – C – 1970.
The C&B – C-Town Breeding Ground – 1991 Pre-Shadow Ring Recordings – N
David Burdick – Can’t Sit Still – Teenline #107 – C

Iggy & The Stooges – Head On – Raw Power (Legacy Edition) – N – Rehersal performance.
Floating Action – Dead Reckoning – Shaking Through
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Higher Than The Stars (Clean Version) – Cd5



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Supplemental Reading.


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.

More on the nutso S-S reissue of Sacramento’s Ozzie.

Here’s the La Peste DVD trailer I promised.

Grab a copy of “Killed By Death vol. 1” from the Unblinking Ear.

They may not talk to one another, but the oral history of Galaxie 500 is exceptional work by Mike McGonigal.

Library music providers KPM are still in business!



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