A fifth straight year of three straight hours of music inspired by Star Wars! Thank you Momo and New Music Hour for letting me take over so tonight’s broadcast could happen on May the 4th.
Background music: Johnny Douglas & Magic Fantasy Orchestra “Star Wars (La Guerra de las Galaxias)”
Coruscants – Cut Your Hand Off – Stormtrooper The Streets Wilfrido Vargas – Star Wars Hustle – 45 Mark Hamill – The Empire Strikes Back 1-800 Phone Message Outtakes – .mp3 Nicholas Britell & Brandon Roberts – NIAMOS! (Chandrilian Club Mix) – Andor (Season 2) Jeff Rosenstock and Isabella Henao – Jedi Rocks – It’s A Yubby Nubby Ewok Murder Party: AN ALL STAR LIVE READING OF RETURN OF THE JEDI Szabologist – i-Adi-Mundi Red Wine with Shaak Ti (Advertisement) – Star Wars Songs (Vol.2) Mike Gibson – One Quarter Portion – Never Seen Star Wars
Background music: David Matthews “Main Theme from Star Wars”
Steve Earle – The Revolution Starts Now – The Revolution Starts Now Orvytal – May the Force Be with You – Mental Energy Carrie Fisher – The Empire Strikes Back 1-800 Phone Message Outtakes – .mp3 Altin Lazer Blaster – Shortpaw’s Dance – Sounds from the Galactic Skylanes (Original Music from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor) – [C] – a/k/a Altin Gün. Anchorhead – Shredisode VI – Shredisode VI Dan Whitley’s Rebel Force Band – A Respirator for Darth Vader – Living In These Star Wars Jedi Scum – The Ability To Destroy A Planet… – S/T
Background music: The Ventures “Theme From Star Wars / Cantina Band”
Mac McCaughan – Only Do – Non-Believers Auralnauts & She’s Excited! – Rey – Star Wars: Dark Side EP James Earl Jones – The Empire Strikes Back 1-800 Phone Message Outtakes – .mp3 Galactic Empire – Dark Side Assault – Special Edition Urth feat. Sy Snootles and the Max Rebo Band – Lapti Nek (with vocals by Joseph Williams) – 45 DJ Food – The Tracks Go Off In This Direction… – The Tracks Go Off In This Direction… Servotron – Red Robot Refund (The Ballad of R5-D4) – I Sing! The Body Cybernetic
Background music: Tomita “Star Wars: Main Title”
The Senate – The Slamcor – The Slamcor 100% Natural Polyester Players – Droids Overboard – Star Boores The Modal Nodes – Wampa – Lifeforms The Mountain Goats – The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All the Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones – .mp3 Ludwig Göransson & Boys Noize – The Mandalorian and Grogu (Boys Noize Remix) – Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu – [N] Cloud City Soundtrack – Admiral Ackbar – Star Wars Songs Masayoshi Takanaka – Starwars Samba – Brasilian Skies The Thyme Machine – Star Wars – Top and Tail with The Thyme Machine
Wounded Lion – Dagoba System – S/T The Jimmy Castor Bunch – Bertha Butt Encounters Vadar – Let It Out C3PO & R2D2 – Anti-smoking PSA – .mp3 FAROFF – Brazilian Star Wars – .mp3 Headnodic – Funky Star Wars (excerpt) – Funky Star Wars
Radio Birdman – Do The Pop – The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978) Tunji Oyelana – Which Way, Africa? – Which Way, Africa? – First released in 1974. Okkervil River – Down Down the Deep River – The Silver Gymnasium OOIOO – Gamel Be Sure to Spiral – The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral – [N] – Split record with Lightning Bolt. A Minor Forest – So Jesus Was At The Last Supper… – Live @ Gilman St. Berkeley, 1994 Hadley Caliman – Watercress – Iapetus – Soon to be reissued by WeWantSounds. Chimers – Red Chair – 7″ – [N] – Split tour single with FACS.
Weird Nightmare – Where I Belong – Hoopla – [N] – Alex Edkins of METZ. Assad Khoury – Is’Al Alaya – Electric Touches Belly Dance – Originally released in 1978. Outer World – La Dimora – La Dimora – [N] Water Damage – Alice 091125 – Alice 091125 Body Shop – Limits – Sex Body EP – [N] Pullman – Here Come The Warm Jets – Here Come The Warm Jets – Brian Eno cover recorded at North Star Bar in Philadelphia on April 10, 2002. Christmas – Big Plans – In Excelsior Dayglo
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Here we go…again?
Jennifer O’Connor – The Death of Pop – Live on WPRB
Sonic’s Rendezvous Band – City Slang – 7″ Prince – I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man (1979 Version) – Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Edition Naked Raygun – Vanilla Blue – 45
Sweeping Promises – Cross Me Out – Hunger for a Way Out Czarface – Lumberjack Match (clean) – Every Hero Needs a Villain The Breeders – Off You – Title TK MC5 – The American Ruse – Back In The USA
Todd Briefly – Houseproud – Demos’ Volumes 1 & 2 William Onyeabor – Better Change Your Mind – Atomic Bomb The Replacements – I’m In Trouble – Sorry Ma! Forgot to Take Out the Trash!
Minutemen – Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing – Double Nickles on the Dime Blackalicious – Paragraph President – Blazing Arrow Electrelane – I’m On Fire – On Parade – Springsteen cover.
Volcano Suns – Jak – The Bright Orange Years Nalbandian The Ethiopian & Either/Orchestra – Tebeb New Teqami – Ethiopiques 32 The Bug Club – How to Be a Confidante – Very Human Features
Oneida – Beat Me to the Punch – Success Jane Weaver – Univers (MEMORIALS Remix) – Univers Sludgeworth – You & I – Losers of the Year
Superchunk – Skip Steps 1 & 3 – No Pocky For Kitty Blondie – Dreaming – Eat To the Beat Pagans – Not Now No Way – Soul Jazz Records Presents Punk 45: Kill the Hippies! Kill Yourself! The American Nation Destroys Its Young – Underground Punk in the United States of America, Vol. 1 1973 – 1980 – [C]
Ramones – Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La) – Too Tough To Die Black Thought – Hot 97 Freestyle – .mp3 Gang of Four – Damaged Goods – Entertainment!
Crime – Hot Wire My Heart – Murder By Guitar – 1976 single. Seaford Mods – Elitest G.O.A.T feat. Aldous Harding – The Demise of Planet X – [N] Kiwi Jr. – Cooler Returns – Cooler Returns
Tee Vee Repairmann – Drownin’ – What’s On TV? Etran de L’AÏr – Agrim Agadez – No. 1 Screaming Females – Cortez the Killer – Singles Too – Neil Young cover.
Beastie Boys – Dis Yourself In ’89 (Just Do It) – Love American Style EP
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Jennifer O’Connor – The Death of Pop – Live on WPRB
Superchunk – Precision Auto – On The Mouth Big Daddy Kane – Ain’t No Half-Steppin – Long Live The Kane MEMORIALS – Watching The Moon – All Clouds Bring Not Rain – [N]
Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster – Inflammable Material DJ Shadow feat. De La Soul – Rocket Fuel – Our Pathetic Age Hot Snakes – If Credit’s What Matters I’ll Take Credit – Automatic Midnight
Fugazi – Bad Cop (Albini Session) – Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity) Stezo – It’s My Turn – Crazy Noise The Drags – Who’s Got The Electricity – Stop Rock & Roll
The Saints – Know Your Product – Eternally Yours The Roots – Boom! – Home Grown! The Beginner’s Guide to Understanding the Roots, Vol. 2 Angine de Poitrine – Fabienk – Vol. II – [N] Pavement – Box Elder – Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques
En Attendant Ana – I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day – I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day (Reprise by La Blogothèque) – Pogues cover. Charif Megarbane & Ali – Pekojan Funk – Habibi Funk 034: Tirakat – [N] The Fall – Pay Your Rates – Grotesque (After the Gramme)
The Feelies – Forces At Work – Crazy Rhythms EPMD feat. LL Cool J – Rampage – Business As Usual Shellac – Spoke – The End of Radio – 1994 Peel Session
Mclusky – To Hell with Good Intentions – Mclusky Do Dallas Ara Kekedjian – Mini, Midi, Maxi – Habibi Funk 033: Bourj Hammoud Groove Songs: Ohia – John Henry Split My Heart – The Magnolia Electric Co. – Thanks, Sean.
Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union – The Monitor – I love you, New Jersey. The High & Mighty – Sixers & Squires (feat. Skillz) – Sound Of Market Dead Moon – Dead Moon Night – Unknown Passage
SPRINTS – I’m In A Band – A Modern Job EP TAKAAT – Amidinin – Is This Noise Vol. 1 Long Fling – Cool Bottle Water Park – S/T
God – My Pal – 45 Hitomi Tohyama – Sexy Robot – Tokyo Funk Diva – Originally released in 1983. Angry Samoans – Lights Out – Back from Samoa
The New Pornographers – Mass Romantic – Mass Romantic The Bar-Kays – Sang and Dance – The Complete Stax / Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 – [C] Twisted Teens – Is It Real? – Blame The Clown – [N]
Civic Mimic – 89 O’Clock – S/T – [N] – Local. Mohamed Doumbia – Nama – Enregistrement Live No Limit Bamako – He of Orchestre Badema. Neurosis – Last Light – An Undying Love for a Burning World – [N] – Surprise new album with Aaron Turner of SUMAC on vocals. 3rd Bass – Wordz of Wizdom II – The Cactus Al/Bum The Notwist – Teeth – News from Planet Zombie – [N] Omar Fathy – Beteghdaby – Ayam El Disco: Egyptian Disco, Boogie & Jeel Cassettes 1978-1992 – [C] – Originally released in 1984. Lambrini Girls – Cult of Celebrity – Cult of Celebrity – [N]
Yonic South – Mark Mothersbaugh Alterego – Devo Challenge Cup Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin – Sans Pagne – S/T sunn O))) – XXANN – S/T – [N] La Sécurité – Snack City – Bingo! Angine de Poitrine – Yor Zarad – Vol. II – [N] Bill Callahan – Computer – My Days of 58 Gang of Four – NO KINGS HERE! – NO KINGS HERE! – [N]
SLIFT – A Storm of Wings – Fantasia – [N] You-On – Mistral – New Side – Jim White (drums) and Masami Tomihisa (electric piano). Dhyana – Shoshaku Jushaku – Mu
MEMORIALS – Life Could Be A Cloud – All Clouds Bring Not Rain – [N] The Roots – Boom! – Home Grown! The Beginner’s Guide to Understanding the Roots, Vol. 2 Horse Lords – Eureka 378-B/Brain of the Firm – Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! – Out June 12th. Chris Forsyth’s WHAT IS NOW – 7-11 Red Eye – Both / And – [N] Sweeping Promises ft. Kathleen Hanna, Stella Mozgawa & Frank Figueroa – She Goes She Goes – Music For Iran – Volume 4 – [C] – The Clean cover. Mary Lattimore – Baltic Birch – Hundreds of Days Station Model Violence – Heat – S/T – [N] – Members of R.M.F.C. and Total Control.
Fucked Up – Taken – 45 – Anna Meredith song. Charif Megarbane & Ali – Pekojan Funk – Habibi Funk 034: Tirakat – [N] Mike Adams at His Honest Weight – When You’re Gone – Dizzy In The Dark EP – All proceeds donated to Indiana Youth Group. Water Damage – Inkonst 091025 – Inkonst 091025 – Recorded in Malmö, Sweden. Three Grebes & Leah Bobalova – The Journey – Syrinx – [N] T La Rock – It’s Yours (Scratch Party Death Mix) – 12″ – The first Def Jam release! Chaki – The Contract To Dance (feat. Steve Bartek) – From L.A. to the Bay – [N]
mcclusky – spock culture – i sure am getting sick of this bowling alley – [N] Meiko Kaji – Ginza No Cho – Otoko Onna Kokoro No Aika – First-ever reissue of a 1974 album. NMxZG – Electric Scribbles On The Grid – Electric Scribbles On The Grid – [N] – Played by Nick Millevoi, shaped and reassembled by Zach Goldstein.
Fugazi – Facet Squared (Albini Session) – Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity) – [N] – I gasped. Recorded November 1992. EPMD – Rampage (feat. LL Cool J) – Business As Usual Ui – The Sharpie – The Sharpie EP Pow Pow – Signals – Signals – He of Man Man, Need New Body, Icy Demons… Nina Nastasia – You Can Take Your Time – Seaside Recordings – Recorded in 2010, never released until now. Firkit Hany Shenoda – Lounga 85 – Ayam El Disco – Egyptian Disco, Boogie & Jeel Cassettes 1978-92 – [N] – [C] – Originally from 1984. Cathedrale – Monuments & Bricks – Monuments & Bricks
Shipping News – Axons & Dendrites – One Less Heartless to Fear Erin Rae – Whip-Poor-Will – Whip-Poor-Will – Jason Molina cover. Bill Nace – One For Susan Alcorn – Bill Nace Plays the 2 String Taishogoto Bread & Butter – Memory – Tokyo Pulse – Japanese Funk, Modern Soul and City Pop from The Tokyo Scene 1974-88 – [N] – [C] – From 1974. Compiled by DJ Notoya. Angine de Poitrine – Fabienk – Fabienk Bizimungu Dieudonne – Inzovu Y’Imirindi – Inzovu Y’Imirindi Fiddlehead – Coppertop – The Chicago Tapes – 30th anniversary remix.
Beta Voids – Nothing To Me – Scrape It Off Camino Sound – Remember Anything – Remembers Everything – [N] Alan Sparhawk Solo Band – No More Darkness – 45 Broken Shoulder – Stille Nacht – Broken Shoulderrr Andrzej Korzynski – Bossa Nova (featuring Ewa Wanat) – Secret Enigma – “Twenty-two rare and unreleased vintage tracks from the secret vaults of one of the most enigmatic composers in 60s/70s/80s European cinema.”
SPRINTS – Trickle Down – Trickle Down EP – [N] RJD2 & Supastition – Carte Blanche – According To… Tangerine Dream – Diamond Diary – Thief (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) The Sleeves – Rip It Up – S/T – [N] – Not an Orange Juice cover. Due in May. Jack Cooper and Tara Cunningham, one half of Modern Nature. Go Kurosawa – Jungle Cooking – Soft Shakes – They of Kikagaku Moyo. Sun Ra & His Arkestra – The Magic City – The Magic City Heavenly – Portland Town – Highway To Heavenly – [N]
MEMORIALS – Dropped Down The Well – All Clouds Bring Not Rain – [N] – Out March 27! Al Massrieen – Afifa El Hawa – Ayam El Disco – Egyptian Disco, Boogie & Jeel Cassettes 1978-92 – [C] – Originally released in 1978. Telehealth – Cool Job – Green World Image – [N] Bobby Bradford – Comin’ On – The Bottle Tapes: Selections From The Empty Bottle Jazz And Improvised Music Series 1996-2005 – [C] Clouds Taste Satanic – Spirits of the Green Desert – Tales of Demonic Possession – [R] Stezo – It’s My Turn – Crazy Noise Lupo Citta – Nap At Dawn – Inverno – [N] – Sarah Black, Chris Brokaw and Jenn Gori.
The Saints ’73-’78 – Know Your Product – Live Nights in Venice Vol. 1 – Mark Arm, Ed Kuepper, Peter Oxley, Mick Harvey and Ivor Hay. Hot Air Henry – Monument To Self – Monument To Self – [N] – A collaboration between Samuel Laubscher (Hot Air Henry, Of The Vine, Arving) and G. Stuart Dahlquist (Sunn O))), ASVA, Burning Witch).
Twisted Teens – Not Real – Blame The Clown – [N] Firkit Americana Show – Seeb Alby – Ayam El Disco – Egyptian Disco, Boogie & Jeel Cassettes 1978-92 – [C] – Originally released in 1987. Silver Jews – Trains Across The Sea – Starlight Walker Prince – Hot Thing (Extended Remix) – 12″ Silkworm Inside Outside – 45 Zombi – Siberia II – Shape Shift – [R] The Bug Club – Watching the Omnibus – Every Single Muscle – [N] – Out in May!
Boy Commandos – Glad I Don’t Know – Glad I Don’t Know – Solo project by Mike of Fucked Up. Lemonheads cover. Auralnauts – The Duke Arrives – Escape from New York: Re-Transmission EP – [N] The Replacements – Swingin Party – Tim (Let It Bleed Edition) Chris Forsyth’s WHAT IS NOW – No Name II – Both / And – [N] Straight Arrows – Middleman – 45 Toshiyuki Tsuchitori – Ryuichi Sakamoto – 綾 (Aya) – Disappointment-Hateruma – [N] – Reissue of a 1976 album. Doug Gillard – Face of Smiles – Parallel Stride – New solo album by this member of Guided by Voices, Nada Surf, Death of Samantha, Cobra Verde and Gem. Out April 24th.
The Sonics – Shot Down – Boom The Holy Mountain Orchestra – Song for JW – Song for JW – “The Holy Mountain Orchestra is Al Cisneros, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Ben Chasny and Matthew Tobias. They play in honor of the late John Whitson from Holy Mountain Records.” 3 Stars – Jersey Slide Pt.1 – Home Schooled: ABCs of Kid Soul – [C] Mary Lattimore – Sleeping Deer – Collected Pieces II – Previously unreleased.
Chat Pile – Masks – Masks b/w Sifting – [N] Charif Megarbane & Ali – Ombak, Ombak – Habibi Funk 034: Tirakat – Out next month. Horse Lords & Arnold Dreyblatt – Extended Field – FRKWYS Vol. 18: Extended Field Brion Gysin – Dreamachine parts 1-5 – Dreamachine – [N] – First time on vinyl. Recorded in 1992. The Bret Tobias Set – Tuff Sleddin’ – Tuneless Blues EP Savages – Paranoid – Paranoid / Prayer – Black Sabbath cover. Unreleased from the “Adore Life” sessions. mcclusky – i know computer – i sure am getting sick of this bowling alley – [N]
Weird Nightmare – Might See You There – Hoopla – [N] – Alex Edkins of METZ. New album May 2026. Namian Sidibé – Souna (Azzi on the Beat Remix) – Remix EP Rebel Bishop AKA – Marquee Moon – Marquee Moon – Television cover by Mr. So Cow. RIP Fred Smith. Tomeka Reid – dance! skip! hop! (feat. Jason Roebke, Mary Halvorson & Tomas Fujiwara) – dance! skip! hop! – [N] The For Carnation – Emp. Man’s Blues – S/T Al Green – I Found a Reason – To Love Somebody EP – [N] – Velvet Underground song. Dry Cleaning – Rocks – Secret Love
The Ex – Maybe I Was The Pilot – Maybe I Was The Pilot / Our Leaky Homes Godchilla – Donksmonker – Psionic Dreams SPAZA – Sizwile (feat. Nonku Phiri, Malcolm Jiyane, Gontse Makhene & Ariel Zamonsky) – UPRIZE! Turing Machine – What Is the Meaning of What – What Is the Meaning of What
Jon Solomon can be heard every Wednesday evening across the Delaware Valley from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET on 103.3 fm WPRB.
A veteran, award-winning DJ with over three decades of experience, Solomon is also available to DJ parties, weddings or private events. Just ask him nicely.
