6/3/26 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Bug Club – Full Range of Motion – Every Single Muscle – [N]
The Headquarters – Mthuthuzeli – As-Shams Archive Vol. 2: Super Jazz from Joburg & Soweto 1974-1978 – [C] – First released in 1976.
Mike D – Switch Up – Switch Up – [N]
Full Size – The Song – Full Size play “The Song”
The New Pornographers – Testament to Youth in Verse – Electric Version
Highlife – Harmonizer~Tiaronda~Riser – Sleepy at Tubby’s – RIP Doug Shaw.
The Fall – Fantastic Life (Live) – Singles Live Vol.2: ’80 – ’83 – [N]

Rollins Band – Move Right In – Do It (Bonus Track Version) – Velvet Underground song.
Los Orientales de Paramonga – Chiquilla En Onda – Los Orientales de Paramonga 1972-1976 – [N]
Orcutt Shelley Miller – A Man Needs a Maid – Hot Head – Neil Young cover.
Tuluum Shimmering – As I Stand on the Mountain – Tuluum’s Time Travel Tape Trunk, Vol. 4, April and May 2010: As I Stand Along the Surface of the Earth – [N]
Countach – Who Is In Control? – Power EP
Special Ed – I’m the Magnificent (The Magnificent Remix) – 12″
Superchunk – When I Laugh – 45 – Originally by The Glands.

Red Eyed Legends – 28:42 – Live on WPRB – https://corleonerecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-eyed-legends

Lifeguard – Typecast – Crowd Can Talk
Medhat – Saleh El Millionerat – Ayam El Disco – Egyptian Disco, Boogie & Jeel Cassettes 1978-92 – [C]
The Tubs – Fade to Black – Fade to Black – [N] – Metallica cover.



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5/27/26 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Sweeping Promises – Shooting Shadows – You Say I Romanticize – [N]
Themba – Fana Fana – As-Shams Archive Vol. 2: Super Jazz from Joburg & Soweto 1974-1978 – [C] – Originally released in 1976.
Shannon Lay – Past the Veil – Past the Veil – [N]
Pharaoh Overlord – Cave of Hair – Lunar Jetman
Advance Base – True Love Death Dream – Live From Home
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock – Don’t Sleep on It – It Takes Two – RIP.
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Hard To Be Moved – In Light of Recent Events – [N]

The Kyle Sowashes – Blueberry Beret – I Don’t Know What To Tell You – Happy birthday, Kyle!
Phyllomedusa – Annihilateaville – Fijian Effluvium
MEMORIALS – Wildly Remote – All Clouds Bring Not Rain – [N
Sonny Rollins – Oleo – Our Man In Jazz – RIP.
Arthur Russell – Every Face in Every Window – Love Is Overtaking Me (Redux) – [N] – Previously unreleased.
The Milky Way – Wave – Summer Time Love Song
Lightning Bolt – Cloud Core – The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral – [N] – Split record with OOIOO.

National Eye – 42:28 – Live on WPRB – https://nationaleye.bandcamp.com



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5/20/26 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Telehealth – Things I’ve Killed – Green World Image – [N]
Lekan Animashaun – Low Profile (Not For The Blacks) – Low Profile – Reissue of 1970s recordings by Fela’s baritone saxophonist.
Come – Wrong Side (Peel Session, 1992) – Peel Sessions
New York Endless – Mixed Feeling Energy – Mixed Feeling Energy – “Software synths in Ableton with a touch of Yamaha Reface DX on top. I tried to be ultra minimal, clean and repetitive. I mostly failed. Still pretty long.”
Car Seat Headrest – Cosmic Hero – Teens of Denial – Preparing for the 10th anniversary think pieces.
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet – Like Swimwear – Happy Today
The Sleeveens – Surprises – National Anthem – [N]

Sludgeworth – Hold Steady – Second Time Around – [N]
Aka Kak – Medoba – Batakari
Jungle Boogie – Wizards Only Fools – Cease & Desist – Improvisations by Ken “Bundy” Brown and Britt Walford.
Scrawl – Clock Song – Bloodsucker
sunn O))) – Mindrolling – S/T – [N]
Hamid El Shari – Ouda – Kawahel
The Gary – Tollroad – The Gary / Zeus Apollo split 7″ – [N]

The YMD – 11:19 – Live on WPRB – https://yahmosdef.bandcamp.com

Silkworm – Three Beatings – Even a Blind Chicken Finds a Kernel of Corn Now and Then (Archives, 1990-1994) 
TW Walsh – April 23, 2026 – April 23, 2026
Gerard Cosloy – VFW (excerpt) – VFW



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5/4/26 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


ALL-STAR WARS SHOW V

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

Background music: Graffiti Orchestra “Star Wars Theme”

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



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4/29/26 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

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

Gang Wizard – 35:47 – Live on WPRB – https://gangwizard.bandcamp.com



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4/22/26 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


pledge.wprb.com

Get ready to donate to 103.3 fm WPRB as you have a terrific, high energy time listening to the radio while I bring you three hours of anthems, rippers and gems with co-host Jen from Running Redlights! 
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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4/15/26 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


pledge.wprb.com

I need at least 30 of you to please make a one-time or recurring tax-deductible donation during tonight’s show as co-host Cailyn from Girlflop and I bring you a three hour radio party of all anthems, hits and favorites! Thank you!

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]



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4/8/26 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

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]

Taggart – 30:55 – Live on WPRB – https://taggartrocks.com

SLIFT – A Storm of Wings – Fantasia – [N]
You-On – Mistral – New Side – Jim White (drums) and Masami Tomihisa (electric piano).
Dhyana – Shoshaku Jushaku – Mu



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3/25/26 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

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]

Pattern Is Movement – 17:42 – Live on WPRB – https://patternismovement.bandcamp.com

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.



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3/11/26 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


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.

Clockcleaner – 29:17 – Live on WPRB – https://www.discogs.com/artist/572835-Clockcleaner

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.”



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