"Local Support" podcast episode 065.


Due to a hosting error on City Paper’s end the latest Local Support did not go live until today. Enjoy! New episodes of “Local Support” come your way every two weeks and this program is free to download. Subscribe here. This program is brought to you by Philadelphia City Paper.

Jotto – “Against The Background” – Good Friend Electric
The Baird Sisters – “Spinning Wheel / Rocket” – Lonely Town
Whales & Cops – “Suave Homeless Asshole” – Great Bouncing
On Mono – “The Pale Rider” – Turn Out The Lights
National Eye – “Like An Elephant” – The Farthest Shore

Zonic Shockum – “Blair Soup” – Live on WKDU
Cortez! Cortez!! – “Bad Lieutenant” – 8 For Infinity
Fan Of Friends – “Brake Light Eyes” – From The Desk Of…
Ben Fleury-Steiner – “Arrave & Vanish In Stars” – Soeng
Das Black Milk – “Rhythm Change” – Sanderson Abattoir

Phillies – “Phillies Fever” – mp3
Mikronesia – “Snow Wind Cast Into The Fire Well” – Host

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Live performance #187 – Kurt Vile.


Engineered 8/31/08. Originally broadcast on “Clean Yr Room.”

Kurt Vile web site

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Live performance #186 – The War On Drugs.


Engineered 9/11/08. Originally broadcast on “Clean Yr Room.”

The War On Drugs web site

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10/29/08 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Figures Of Light – Gimme Gimme Gimme – Smash Hits – N
Young Snakes – Young Snakes Theme – Boston Underground 1979-1982 – C
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Freeze – Luminous Groove Box Set (Sampler) – N – Originally on “Gotta Let This Hen Out.”
Mulatu Astatge – Munaye – Ethiopiques vol. 4 – C – 1972.
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs – Accuse Me – Dirt Don’t Hurt – N
Rudy Ray Moore – Dolemite – Dolemite soundtrack – RIP.
Git Some – Trixie Loves Misty – Cosmic Rock – N

The Measure [SA] – Good Soup – One Chapter In The Book: A Collection Of Standard Waits & Measurements – N
Atom & His Package – Minds Playin’ Tricks On Me – S/T – Happy Halloween!
Brightblack Morning Light – A Rainbow Aims – Motion To Return – N
Boilermaker – Whitewash – Leucadia – RIP Terrin Durfey.
Secrets* – Radio Heart – Titan: It’s All Pop – N – C
The Godz – Gotta Keep A Runnin’ – S/T
Crooked Fingers – Cannibals – Forfeit / Fortune – N

The War On Drugs – Live on WPRB – 41:41

Kurt Vile – Live on WPRB – 19:53

The Riot Before – You Can’t Sexy Dance To Punk Rock – Fists Buried In Pockets – N
Flamen Dialis – Derniere Croisade – Symptome-Dei – 1979.
The Clash – The Magnificent Seven – Live At Shea Stadium – N
Vicki Anderson – No More Heartaches, No More Pain – Nothing But Funk – Vol. 4 – C
Christmas Decorations – Sceptered – Far Flung Hum – N
Aguaturbia – I Wonder Who – Love, Peace & Poetry: Chilean Psychedelic Music – C – 1970. Ray Charles song.

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"Local Support" podcast episode 064.


The fall is full. New episodes of “Local Support” come your way every two weeks and this program is free to download. Subscribe here. This program is brought to you by Philadelphia City Paper.

The Spinto Band – “The Black Flag” – Moonwink
The Clubber Lang Gang – “Thinning Of The Veil” – Now Hear This
Instamatic – “Papers From Skyscrapers” – mp3
East Hundred – “Slow Burning Crimes” – Passenger
Ben Wah Torpedos – “Debbie’s Like London” – Hyped To Death #5 (c)

Prowler – “Pis Pis” – En Garde
The Thirteen – “City Gardens” – The Secret History Of The Thirteen
The Mural & The Mint – “I Never Knew” – Private Pockets
The Mud Pie Sun – “Worrisomer” – S/T
Sun Airway – “Waiting On You” – mp3

Like Moving Insects – “Giant Prices” – Burn Your Bridges
Joe Lentini – “Haley Prog Ladel” – Technicolor Hell (c)
Blood Feathers – “Cat Can Coo Too” – Curse & Praise
Ghosts In The Valley – “On Air” – Figure.1
McRad – “Prevent That Tragedy” – Absence Of Sanity

Panama – “Athletics” – S/T
The Minor White – “Static Redbeard” – Daily Vacation
Prestige – “The Point At” – Brightening
Gogreengo – “Estrellas” – Cdr

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10/15/08 : 19:00 – 22:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Fugazi – Target – Red Medicine
Fred Schneider – Whip – Just Fred
Okkervil River – Lost Coastlines – The Stand Ins – N
Bush Tetras – Stare You Down – Very Very Happy – http://lklf.blogspot.com
Prowler – Pis Pis – En Garde – N
Bush League All Stars – Chastity – Old Numbers
Polysics – Pony & Lion – We Ate The Machine – N

Black Time – Safe In Heaven Dead – Blackout – Heavy vampire sound.
The Spinto Band – The Black Flag – Moonwink – N
The 101ers – Steamgauge 99 – Elgin Avenue Breakdown Revisited
Hotel Lights – Amelia Bright – Firecracker People – N
Native Tonque – When The Walls Close In – Boston Underground 1979-1982 – C
Cidadao Instigado – Pobre Dos Dentes De Duro – What’s Happening In Pernambuco? – C
Wire – Perspex Icon – Object 47 – N

DOA – The Prisoner – Bloodied But Unbowed
Crystal Stilts – Converging In The Quiet – S/T – N
Butthole Surfers – Something – S/T – R
Like A Fox – Internal/External – Where’s My Golden Arm? – N
Rogers/Ferguson/Grubbs/Kim/McCombs – In Closing – Dutch Harbor – Soundtrack.
The Silence Kit – Linguist – A Strange Labor – N
The Epoxies – Join The Professionals – Dirtnap Across The Northwest – C – The Looters cover.

Nodzzz – I Don’t Wanna (Smoke Marijuana) – 45 – N
Corsciana – Impromptu Caber Toss – Impromptu Caber Toss – Split cd with Kobald.
Gianluca Becuzz / Fabio Orsi – Blue Drones For A Ballad (Part Two) – The Stones Know Everything
The Wipers – Over The Edge – Over The Edge – R
East Hundred – Slow Burning Crimes – Passenger – Forthcoming.
Vertical Smiles – New Clash Single – Messthetics #105 – C
The Wind – Wonder Track – Where It’s At With The Wind – N – 1982.

The Dead C – Bad Politics – Making Losers Happy – C – R
Psychedelic Horseshit – Meditation Skateboards No. 26 (4 Track Version) – The World’s Lousy With Ideas 6 – N – C
Heinz Kiessling – Drift – The In-Kraut Vol. 3 – C
The Antripodean Collective – The External Struggle – The Massacre Of The Egos – N
Shays – Brainwashed – The Essential Pebbles Collection – C
Them, Themselves Or They – Waltz Of The Turquoise Tortoise – Ribbons & Bows…Angel Dust & Magick Wands – N
Hair Police – Mangled Earth – Certainty Of Swarms

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Tonight on WPRB! Clean Yr Room with Art & Julia (and Jon).



I pledged to WPRB and they gave me this adorable baby!

Hey everyone,

I will be co-hosting Julia Factorial and Art Andrews’ show “Clean Yr Room” tonight from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET as part of the 2008 WPRB Membership Drive.

If you haven’t tuned in to 103.3 fm / wprb.com during the drive, this is the show to hear!

Gulcher recording artist Kurt Vile and Secretly Canadian recording artist The War On Drugs will be joining us all in-studio.

Art & Julia also have special “thank you” gifts available exclusive to their show. I’ve seen these premiums and they’re amazing.

The drive runs from now until the end of the broadcast day on October 8th and I hope you’ll make a contribution at pledge.wprb.com.

Everyone in the NJ/PA/NY area who makes a donation becomes eligible to win a 2008 Toyota Yaris thanks to FreeYrRadio!

Keep unique, varied and interesting programming alive by supporting freeform community radio! Every dollar helps.

Radio on,

Jon Solomon



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2008 Membership Drive performances.


Here they are!

All the sets from the first show of the 2008 WPRB Membership Drive, full of great performances, creative reworkings and fantastic covers (The Wedding Present! The Vertebrats! Slayer!). Thanks to all the bands for making this evening so awesome and thanks to Emily’s Cafe for all the delicious food.

Like what you hear? Then make a pledge to support freeform community radio on 103.3 fm WPRB. WPRB offers exclusive, unique live sessions like these to our listeners on a regular basis as part of the station’s commitment to keeping radio interesting.

Thanks again to all the bands for making this night so special. The 2008 WPRB Membership Drive runs from now through October 8th. Don’t miss out!

Live performance #182 – Jennifer O’Connor:

Always In Your Mind/Lightbulb/Half Dead (The Mountain Goats)

Valley Road ’86/Highway Miles/Brassneck (The Wedding Present)

I Don’t Want To Get Over You (The Magnetic Fields)/Credit In The Cost/Next To Mine

Live performance #183 – Oxford Collapse:

Back In Comm Again/The Twist (Frightened Rabbit)/The Birthday Wars/Flora Y Fauna/Boys Go Home/You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC)

Featherbeds/In Your Volcano/Last American Virgin/Children’s Crusade/When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob Dylan)

Live performance #184 – Brown Recluse Sings:

Monday Moon/Conshohocken Curve (The Silver Spoons)/Mystifying Oracle/Feel A Whole Lot Better (The Byrds)

Rainy Saturday/You Broke My Very Mind (Thee Headcoats)/Keep Sleeping (The Rentals)/Ever Fallen In Love (The Buzzcocks)

Lazy Bones/March To Your Tomb/Wooden Fingers/Raining Blood (Slayer)

Live performance #185 – Home Blitz:

A.C.S.S./Apocalyptic Grades 2005 A.D./Right Cut Even/Diamonds In The Rough (Vertebrats)/Flying/Little League/New Song/Too Late For Tears (Game Theory)

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Live on WPRB: Jennifer O’Connor, Oxford Collapse, Home Blitz & Brown Recluse Sings.


Listen to 103.3 fm WPRB on Wednesday, October 1st at 7:00 pm ET for four brand-new exclusive live performances. This special five hour program kicks off the 2008 WPRB Membership Drive. Listen. Pledge. Win.

Matador recording artist Jennifer O’Connor will be playing covers for pledges!

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Sub Pop recording artist Oxford Collapse have a special acoustic set planned.

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Daniel from Home Blitz has something up his sleeve.

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Brown Recluse Sings will be appearing as a duo with some one-time-only performances.

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"Local Support" podcast episode 063.


Lots of new music from bands we love. New episodes of “Local Support” come your way every two weeks and this program is free to download. Subscribe here. This program is brought to you by Philadelphia City Paper.

Mtn. High – “Downhill Champion” – Split single with Loving Thunder
Fred Martin – “I Want Another Chance” – The Best Of Melron Records (c)
Sola – “The Bottom” – The Bottom
And The Moneynotes – “A Pirate’s Confession Part III” – New Cornucopia!
Busses – “Socialist” – Demo

Gang – “Earthquake It” – Cdr
Ponieheart – “Much To Lose” – Unreleased New Tracks
Astral Archetype – “Synge” -Deconstructing A Coincidence
Andrew Keller – “Chocolate” – Baby Bird
The Silence Kit – “A New Disappointment” – A Strange Labor

Persona – “Track 2” – Cdr
Newton – “Ode To My Bloody Philadelphia Heart” – Technicolor Hell (c)
Prophecies Of War – “War” – S/T
The Emotron – “The Bethune Theory” – The Decemberwrist
Aderbat – “Get Out” – Rabbits & Rocks

Jukebox Zeros – “Static, Static” – Stunk

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