Borzoi – Bonus Army – Neither One Nor The Other, But A Mockery Of Both – [N] Lenny Welch – A Hundred Pounds Of Pain – Mainstream Disco Funk – [C] – Originally released in 1974. Cable Ties – Time For You – All Her Plans – [N] – New album out in June! Etran de L’Aïr – Nak Igley Ismadarana – Agadez Liturgy – Antigone II – 93696 – [N] Fadoul – Kalam Al Nass – Habibi Funk 002: Al Zman Saib Connections – In Space – Cool Change – [N]
Catalogue – Suburban Girls – MODERN DELUSION – [N] Ffos Goch – dim eira, dim sioe (fersiwn gwreiddiol) – dim eira, dim sioe / no snow, no show Meiko Kaji – Meikono Futebushi _芽衣子のふて節 – Hajiki Uta – [N] – Part of a five album reissue series for this “cult Japanese exploitation actress.” Originally released in 1973. David Boykin – Solar Suite – Solar Suite – Recorded live in concert 11/11/2006. MEMORIALS – Tramps! – Music For Films: Tramps! – [N] – New band from Verity Susman (Electrelane) and Matthew Simms (Wire, It Hugs Back, Better Corners). Album out in May. Bardo Pond – Hummingbird Mountain – No Hashish, No Change Money, No Saki Saki – [N] – All tracks recorded at the Lemur House, Philadelphia PA between June and December 1993. Dow Jones + The Industrials – Can’t Stand The Midwest – Can’t Stand The Midwest 1979-1981 – RIP Greg Horn.
Regal Machines – Brother – Come On Up Little Sweeties Superb Owl – Eeeee-leck-trisss-iii-teeeeeeee – Wired For Ugly SAULT – In The Beginning – Today & Tomorrow Mountain Movers – Final Sunset – World What World
Unwound – Kantina – Fake Train Prophecy – What Ever’s Your Sign (You Got To Be Mine) Parts 1 & 2 – Mainstream Disco Funk – [C] – [N] – Originally released in 1975. Horse Lords – Bending To The Lash – Live in Leipzig The Notwist – Into Love / Stars – Vertigo Days – Live from Alien Research Center – [N] QWANQWA – Gurage – Volume 3 Purple Ivy Shadows – E.H. – Live At Cedar’s Youngstown Ohio 1992 Protomartyr – Make Way – Formal Growth In The Desert – [N] – Album out in June!
Delivery & Workhorse – Who Makes Demands? – Who Makes Demands? – Collaborative single from these two Australian bands. Alain Pierre – Funérailles chez les Hmongs (Thailande) – Des Morts (Of The Dead) – [N] – “Expanded reissue of mega rare 1979 unknown vanity pressing LP that blends ethnological field recordings, musique concrète principles and introspective synthesiser music from this cult European studio maverick and historic collaborator of COS, Philippe Druilet, Marc Moulin and John Surman.” Bret Saunders – A Balloon Drifted Over Montana – A Balloon Drifted Over Montana Zwei Null Zwei – Productivity – Productivity // No Reference – Debut single from members of Edsel, Girls Against Boys, Obits and myriad others bands. Pelican – City of Echoes – City of Echoes (Deluxe Edition) – [N] – Reissue of the band’s 2007 album. Frank Foster – J.P.’s Thing – The Loud Minority – Originally released in 1972. The Tubs – Two Person Love – Dead Meat – [N] – Ex-Joanna Gruesome.
Umlaut – 32:03 – Live on WPRB – http://myspace.com/umlautphiladelphia
Eyelids – I Can’t Be Told – A Colossal Waste Of Light – [N] Christopher Parker & Kelley Hurt – Crisis – No Tears Suite Rooftop Garden – Rooftop Garden – Thunk Gunk – [C] Sheryl & The Spineless Yes-Men – Pitter Patter – Without Warning: Early Montana Punk, Postpunk, New Wave & Hardcore 1979-1991 – [C] RRR Band – Rock For Birds – S/T – Local.
Heartbeeps – Sick In Your Head – Cum Together – [N] – Ex-TV Killers. Chocolate Syrup – We’ve Got To Get Together (Brotherly Love) – Mainstream Disco Funk – [C] – Originally released in 1974. Yo La Tengo – Sinatra Avenue Drive – This Stupid World – [N] Pompadour 64 – Beat On The Brat – PRF Monthly Tribute Series February 2023: Ramones – [C] Moon Orchids – Chasm – Skin/Skein – [N] UFO Över Lappland – Lemmy On The Beach – S/T Washer – King Insignificant – Improved Means To Deteriorated Ends – [N] – Out April 28th.
Blues Lawyer – Nowhere To Go – All In Good Time – [N] Sleaford Mods feat. Florence Shaw – Force 10 From Navarone – UK GRIM Julius Eastman – Femenine – Femenine – “Recorded live on Wednesday, November 6, 1974 at Composers Forum in Albany, The Arts Center on the Campus of the Academy of the Holy Names, Albany, New York.” Jake McKelvie – Heavenly Houseboat – Heavenly Houseboat – Townes Van Zandt cover. Mission of Burma – Get Off – Good, Not Great / Get Off – METZ song, from a split single with that same band.
Windsor For The Derby – 24:21 – Live on WPRB – https://secretlycanadian.com/artist/windsor-for-the-derby/
Ex-Press – Mystery – Itchy To Move Bathroom Plants – Through Frigid Winds a Warmth Beckons – Have Yourself A Merry Vapor Christmas – [C]
Sprints – Literary Mind – Literary Mind – [N] – Put this video on for the first time, started weeping uncontrollably. Maybe the same will happen with you? South Side Coalition – (Don’t You Wanna) Get Down Get Down – Mainstream Disco Funk – [C] Nina Nastasia & Marissa Paternoster – You Were So Mad – You Were So Mad Natural Information Society – Stigmergy – Since Time Is Gravity – [N] – Out April 14. Alhaji Waziri Oshomah – Alhaji Yesufu Sado – Managing Director – Alhaji Y. Sado & Sons Ltd. – Vol. 2 Dashing Catholics – Penitentiary – Without Warning: Early Montana Punk, Postpunk, New Wave & Hardcore 1979-1991 – [C] Superchunk – Making A Break – “Everything Hurts” b/w “Making a Break” – [N] – From the “Wild Loneliness” sessions
??? – ??? – ??? – Can you help identify this mystery song off a 1978 mix tape?
En Attendant Ana – Wonder – Principa – [N] dragonchild – LTD – S/T – DA Mekonnen, formerly of Debo Band with Vincent Ama. Out in April. The Uncluded – Delicate Cycle – Hokey Fright – Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson. The Necks – Signal – Travel – [N] – 19th studio album for this Australian trio. Chris Brokaw – I’m The Only One For You – Live At The Decommissioned Power Station In Florli, Norway The Comet Is Coming – CODE – Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam SPITTING IMAGE – Still Thing – Full Sun – [N]
The A-Sides – 42:25 – Live on WPRB – http://killer.vagrant.com/artists/bio/9-asides
Terrible Signal – Retire – The Window Gia Margaret – ash – Mia Gargaret
Fluf – Lobster Tree – The Classic Years – [R] – RIP Otis “O” Barthoulameu. Wrecking Crew – BLCK RCK N RLL feat Thirstin Howl the 3rd (Jason Griff Remix) – Sedale Threat Remix EP – Local. Meg Baird – Will You Follow Me Home? – Furling – [N] Kanaan – Beyond – International Space Station (vol1.) – [C] – Longer digital version. Ramones – Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La) – Too Tough To Die – In my head since Christmas. Gene Marshall – Jimmy Carter Says ‘Yes’ – Beat Of The Traps: MSR Madness Vol. 1 – [C] Screaming Females – Mourning Dove – Desire Pathway – [N]
2 Ton Bug – Moon Dater – It’s A Wonderful Life Langendorf United – Langendorf Arena – Yeahno Yowouw Land – [C] Sigh Of Relief – Lifespan – Lifespan – Bubba Kadane from Bedhead / The New Year. My Dad Is Dead – Anti-Socialist 2 – Pow! EP – [N] – Recorded in 1986. Biensüre – Güzel Mi – S/T – “Combining disco pulse with Turkish/Kurdish music and the energy of Marseille‘s multi-cultural hipness, Biensüre brings a cool edge to the musical landscape of the mediterranean city and the dancefloors of the world.” CIVIC – Born In The Heat – Taken By Force – [N]
The Swimmers – 11:56 – Live on WPRB – http://theswimmers.bandcamp.com
The Swimmers – 10:32 – Live on WPRB – Recorded for the 2007 Membership Drive. Part two of two!
Fluf – Sticky Bun – Home Improvement – RIP, O. The Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr – Kaif Halo – Habibi Funk 009: Jazz, Jazz, Jazz Party Nerves – Whose Blood Is This? – Put a Load On, Come Back Mangled – Local. Greg McGarvey – Acadia to Nags Head (Sound Collage) – We’re Gonna Talk About THE REAL THING! (Mix Tape 2022) Kneeling In Piss – High Desert – The Mob
My friend Ian informed me that there is a photo from De La Soul’s 1991 Dillon Gym show on their Wikipedia page. In other news, I apparently wore a t-shirt of an AmRep band to see De La Soul at Dillon Gym in 1991. In hour two we pay tribute to David “Trugoy The Dove” Jolicoeur. What a loss.
Sweep The Leg Johnny – Bloodlines – Sto Cazzo! – RIP Steve Sostak. Isaac Hayes – Walk On By – Hot Buttered Soul – Composed by the late Burt Bacharach. House Of All – Harlequin Duke – S/T – [N] – Original vocalist Martin Bramah + four other former members of The Fall. Ducks Ltd. (feat. Mo Troper, Ratboys) – Invitation – Invitation – The Feelies cover. Metalzone – Ram Skull in a Wheat Field – Hail Seitan Crystal Image – Gonna Have A Good Time (Vocal) – Mainstream Disco Funk – [C] – [N] – Originally released in 1976. Weird Nightmare – So Far Gone – 45
United States Of Audio – How High’s The Water Mama – Solid Steel – “Several years in the making and including around 100 tracks, this is my personal tribute to De La Soul’s ‘3 Feet High and Rising’. Using original sample sources, album tracks, interviews and rarities, ‘How High’s The Water Mama’ tells the story of one of hip hop’s most influential albums.”
Ui, playing their first show in 13 years in a Hunterdon County rec room.
The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
The Grifters – Re-Entry Blues – Full Blown Possession The Free Music – Ana Qalbi Ehtar – Habibi Funk 021: The Free Music – Free Music (Part 1) – [N] Ui – Undersided – Lifelike Florry – Cowgirl in a Ditch – Sweet Guitar Solos EP – [N] – Local. Kungens Män – Keepers Of The One Key – International Space Station (vol1.) – [C] emily – unexceptional americanism – transitory CLASS – No News Could Please – But Who’s Reading Me?
Cable Ties – Perfect Client – Perfect Client – [N] Mako & The Hawk – Strut Your Stuff – Number Nine Records 7×7″ Pack – [C] Ibex Twin – Hollow Tubes from Heaven – All Channels Clear – [N] – Members of Hash Redactor / Nots / Ex-Cult. Super Onze – FACE B – Hommage à Amadou Toumani Touré (ATT) 1992 handturner – Roll For Initiative – Good Moon Lalo Schifrin – Radio Source – Man On A Swing OST – [N] – 1974 soundtrack for a Frank Perry psychological thriller. No Knuckle – The Ladder – S/T
Jennifer O’Connor – 10:18 – Live on WPRB – http://jenniferoconnor.bandcamp.com
Jennifer O’Connor – 17:28 – Live on WPRB – Part two!
Oozing Wound – Chudly – We Cater To Cowards – [N] The Feelies – Slow Down – The Good Earth – Happy Anniversary! Lori Goldston & Greg Kelley – Seeing Stars – All Points Leaning In – [N]
RIP Tom Verlaine. The middle third of the show is an hour of Marquee Moon.
The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel
The Mayo Brothers – Girlfriend – Girlfriend / Haunted Wrecking Crew – Crooked Leg Colter (prod by Analog(ue) Tape Dispenser) – Sedale Threat – Local. Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band – Little Johnny Jewel – Solar Live Vol 6: Little Berlin – Television cover recorded September 13, 2013. Farid el Atrache – Aalachane Maliche Gheirak – Nagham Fi Hayati – [N] – Soundtrack originally released in 1974. Miracle Legion – All For The Best – It’s Almost Christmas (December 14 1990) – Recorded at The Knitting Factory in New York City. Peter Laughner – See No Evil – Nocturnal Digressions – 1977 – Television cover. CLASS – Box My Own Shadow – Epoca de Los Vaqueros
Luna – Marquee Moon – Marquee Moon – “Recorded June, 2020 in Auckland, Austin, Los Angeles and San Francisco – by Lee Wall, Dean Wareham, Sean Eden and Justin Harwood.” 8 Bit Tribute Band – Marquee Moon – .mp3 Tuluum Shimmering – Marquee Moon – Marquee Moon The Yah Mos Def – I’m Gonna Be Under Yr Bed – Live on WPRB – Recorded in 2005. Samples Marquee Moon. The Nutley Brass – Marquee Moon – Beat On The Brass Television – Marquee Moon – Marquee Moon
Petrol Girls – Preachers – Baby Wau Wau Collectif – Yay Balma – Mariage Leonids – Legacy’s Sons – Everybody Knew The Grand Jury – Music Is Fun (Vocal) – Mainstream Disco Funk – [C] – [N] – “Rare disco breaks from Bob Shad’s Mainstream Records released between 1974 and 1976.” Electric Moon – Duality – International Space Station (vol1.) – [C] Alvvays – Tom Verlaine – Blue Rev
Mudhoney – Almost Everything – Plastic Eternity – New album out April 7th! Matt Jencik – Margot K – Extra Weird Times
Wet Leg – Being In Love – S/T Nicholas Britell – Forming Up / Unto Stone We Are – Andor OST The Vampires Of Dartmoore – Hallo, Mister Hitchcock – Dracula’s Music Cabinet – From 1969, an “uber-rare soundtrack to a film that never existed, performed by an imaginary pop group.” Chad Fowler, Zoh Amba, Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Steve Hirsh – Sentient Sentiment – Alien Skin Eyelids – Fantastic Life – Everything That I See You See Better EP – The Fall cover. Tuesday was five years since Mark E. Smith’s passing. Jane Weaver – Oblique Fantasy – 45 CLAMM – Monday – Care
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – The Way It Shatters – Endless Rooms Omar Khorshid – Rakset El Fadaa – Giant + Guitar – First released in 1974. Wowza in Kalamazoo – Welcome In – Why You Don’t Come Around 75 Dollar Bill – Black to Comm / 9 to 5 – Social Music at Troost vol.3: (Other) People’s Music – MC5 -> Dolly Parton. The Details – Middle Class Punks – Without Warning: Early Montana Punk, Postpunk, New Wave & Hardcore 1979-1991 – [C] Vanishing Twin – Tub Erupt (Cavern Of Anti-Matter Remix) – Tub Erupt EP Osees – Social Butt – A Foul Form
Otoboke Beaver – Pardon? – Super Champon Hassan Ideddir – Ydouchababe – Atfalouna – Repress of a 1989 single. Heavy Petting – Bier – Anfahr’n Am Berg Chat Pile – Tropical Beaches, Inc. – God’s Country Kiwi Jr. – Night Vision – Chopper SAULT – Above The Sky – Today & Tomorrow Nape Neck – Aim Slow – Look Alive EP
Borzoi – Passing – Passing – New record in 2023, please. Masahiko Togashi – Oasis – Song of Soil – Special edition of a 1979 album. With Don Cherry and Charlie Haden! Dry Cleaning – Gary Ashby – Stumpwork – 🐢 Ferkat Al Ard – Juma’a 6 Hziran – Habibi Funk 019: Oghneya – “A groundbreaking release from 1978 that represents the meeting point of Arab, jazz, folk and Brazilian styles…” Petrillo – Back In Town – Loose clipping. – drop low – CLBBNG EP Stomatopod – Be The Hog! – Competing with Hindsight
Daddy’s Boy – do u guys like music – GREAT NEWS! Bronze – Swell – Absolute Compliance Horsegirl – Option 8 – Versions of Modern Performance
TV Priest – It Was Beautiful – My Other People KRS-One – Can You Dance – I M A M C R U 1 2 Bent Arcana – The War Clock – Live Zebulon – John Dwyer, Peter Kerlin, Ryan Sawyer & Tom Dolas. Black Country, New Road – Basketball Shoes – Ants From Up Here Dan Friel – Rust Clouds – Factoryland – He of Upper Wilds / Parts & Labor. Machine – World – S/T – “Machine’s self-titled album is shrouded in mystery. Released on Sylvia Robinson’s All Platinum label in 1972, It vanished without trace and has since become one of the rarest Funk albums on the international scene.” Superchunk – Refracting – Wild Lonliness
Vintage Crop – Casting Call – Kibitzer Science Fiction Corporation – Galactic Adventures Of The Outer Space Fleet “Hope” – Science Fiction Dance Party – Recorded in 1968. Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin – I / II / III / IV – Ghosted Yard Act – 100% Endurance – The Overload Primatune feat. Masta Ace – King Kong Rap – Number Nine Records 7×7″ Pack – [C] Friendship – Ugly Little Victory – Love The Stranger Sprints – I’m In A Band – A Modern Job EP
Todd Briefly – Fair Weather Human (Half Man / Half Plant) – ‘Demos’ Volumes 1 & 2 Maha – Orkous – Habibi Funk 020: Orkos Laddio Bolocko – Dangler – ’97-’99 Julia Jacklin – I Was Neon – PRE PLEASURE Party Dozen – Fat Hans Gone Mad – 45 – Part of the Sub Pop Singles Club Vol. 7. Joel R.L. Phelps – This Year (Every Day Like Christmas) – 2022 Christmas Stories – Recorded for the 25-Hour Holiday Radio Show. Model Zero – Leather Trap – Little Crystal b/w Leather Trap
En Attendant Ana – I’m a Man You Don’t Meet Every Day – Reprise by La Blogothèque – [C] – Pogues cover. Let me have this, please. Kungens Män – När piskan viner – Kungens Ljud & Bild
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