8/25/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Spray Paint – Squeaker’s Theme – Into The Country
Mamaki Boys – Kirari – Patriote – [N] – Out Friday.
Joel RL Phelps – Spokane Motel Blues – Alita Aleta 45 – RIP Tom T. Hall.
Miles Davis – Great Expectations – The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions – Never knew that this…
The Jesus Lizard – Then Comes Dudley – Goat – …led to this!
The Exbats – I Got The Hots For Charlie Watts – Kicks, Hits, and Fits – RIP.
Oh Sees – Encrypted Bounce – The Chapel, SF 10​.​2​.​19

Kowloon Walled City – Oxygen Tent – Oxygen Tent – First new song in six years.
Najib Al Housh – Ya Aen Daly – Habibi Funk 015: An eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, part 2 – [C] – [N] – Bee Gees inspired…
Unrest – Full Frequency – Imperial F.F.R.R.
alexalone – Black Rainbow – ALEXALONEWORLD – [N]
Brigid Mae Power – Didn’t It Rain – Burning Your Light – Songs: Ohia cover.
Natural Information Society with Evan Parker – d(OoOc) II – descension (Out of Our Constrictions)
Bobby Ramone – I Don’t Wanna Stand Up – Rocket to Kingston – This is so dumb and I love it.

Prowler – 11:21 – Live on WPRB – http://prowlerprowler.bandcamp.com

UV-TV – Violent Days – Go Away EP – Screaming Sneakers cover.
Gunn-Truscinski Duo – Pyramid Merchandise – Soundkeeper
Vanishing Twin – Phase One Million – Ookii Gekkou – Out in September.
The Natural – Why Dont You Come Out Anymore? – Tethers – Kip Berman from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart’s latest.
Derek Monypeny – Unjust Intonation Part Two – Unjust Intonation – He of the mighty Alto! (among other bands).



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8/18/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Upper Wilds – Love Song #1 – Venus – [N] – Stick with what’s working!
Marlowe – Future Power Sources – Marlowe 2 – As heard in…a Gatorade commercial?!
Chris Forsyth – Robot Energy Machine – Live at Sultan Room Aug 4 2021
Theory of Why – Oranges – Pomegranate – Added a bit of Oran B. Dent, Ph.D and Robert Bornstein, Ph.D.’s “Problems of Adolescence: A Guide for Teacher-Led Discussions” beforehand. Thanks, Stephanie.
Alan Vega – River Of No Shame – After Dark – [N] – With Ben Vaughn, Palmyra Delran & Barb Dwyer. Recorded in 2015 and previously unreleased.
Jason Molina – Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go – Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go
Tar – Viaduct Removal – Holding Fast, Hitting Long – Live at Lounge Ax, March 1992.

Todd Briefly – The Extensive Waterways Of The United Kingdom – Demos EP
Magdy El Hussainy – Music De Carneval – Habibi Funk 015: An eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, part 2 – [C] – [N]
Peg Simone – Levee / 1927 – Secrets From The Storm – Extended re-working of a song originally written by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy.
Crippled Pilgrims – So Clean – Down Here: Collected Recordings 1983​-​1985 – [R]
Mary Lattimore – Piece For Dance – Piece For Dance – “I had the pleasure of composing a piece for harp and dance, choreographed by Loni Landon and performed in Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery in July 2021. Here’s the demo of the music, if you’d like to hear.”
Jennifer O’Connor – I’ll Bring You Home (Demo) – Over The Mountain, Across The Valley and Back to the Stars – Acoustic Demos
The Fall – Fit & Working Again – Live at St. Helens Technical College ’81

Trummors – 18:00 – Live on WPRB – https://trummors.bandcamp.com

Yaotl Mictlan – Buho Lanzadardos – Sagrada Tierra del Jaguar
Pharoah Sanders – The Creator Has A Masterplan – Live in Paris (1975)
TOTAL RUBBISH – What’s Your Damage? – Triple Negative – Local.



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8/11/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Naked Raygun – Living In The Good Times – Over The Overlords
Tony Benn Feghaly – Free Blow (Dub Version) – Habibi Funk 015: An eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, part 2 – [C]
Thalia Zedek – Hold On Magnolia – Hold On Magnolia – Songs: Ohia cover.
Bill Orcutt – Side A – A MECHANICAL JOEY
The Goon Sax – Bathwater – Mirror II – [N]
emily – discovering what is essential / song in the breeze – lammas – “the first day of August, formerly observed in Britain as a harvest festival, during which bread baked from the first crop of wheat was blessed.”
Obits – One Cross Apiece – Die At The Zoo – Live in Australia, 2012.

Guardian Singles – Can’t Stop Moving – S/T – [N] – Domestic pressing of this New Zealand band’s debut LP.
Say Sue Me – So Tender – Nevertheless (Original Television Soundtrack) 
Archie Shepp – Things Have Got To Change – Live in Paris (1974)
A New Personality – Essential Things – Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987 – [C] – [N] – From Tampa, Florida.
Arousing Polaris – Girl Friday Gets Her Shoe Caught In The Revolving Door – Archives 74-75 – Milwaukee prog. Pre-Plasticland.
Palace Brothers – I Am A Cinematographer – Days In The Wake – …as heard in the ending credits of “Val.”
The Scientists – Outsider – Negativity

Waxahatchee – 18:13 – Live on WPRB – https://waxahatchee.bandcamp.com

The Tubs – The Name Song – Names EP – [N] – Ex-Joanna Gruesome.
Curtis Andrews – The Speaking Hand – Speaking Hands
David Nagler & The Legislation – Don’t Get Too Comfortable – Songs of Advice & Adversity
Camino Sound – Schadenfreude – Western Excuses – Local.
Veyrouz Mint Seymali – Chevt lghezlan Fi Guerara – Music from Saharan WhatsApp 09
Stephen Malkmus – Belziger Faceplant – Groove Denied 



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8/4/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

METZ – A Boat To Drown In – Live At The Opera House – [N]
Mdou Moctar ft. MC Yallah – Tala Tannam (Debmaster Love Remix) – Tala Tannam
Mr. Science – Hey Mr. Science – 1978​-​1979 Anthology – He of Dow Jones & The Industrials.
Ryley Walker & Kikagaku Moyo – Shrinks The Day – Deep Fried Grandeur
Girl Ray – Give Me Your Love (Version Française) – Give Me Your Love – [N]
L’Orange & Namir Blade – Pipe Dream (feat. Marlowe) – Imaginary Everything
Olivelawn – Heard It On The X – Sophomore Jinx! – ZZ Top cover. RIP Dusty Hill.

Rapeman – Just Got Paid – Two Nuns & A Pack Mule – ZZ Top cover. RIP Dusty Hill.
Blackalicious – Chemical Calisthenics – Blazing Arrow – RIP Gift Of Gab.
Porridge Radio – New Slang – You Are a Runner & I Am My Father’s Son – Shins cover. Off a future Singles Club 45.
Daniel Bachman – Blue Ocean 0 – Axacan – [N]
Ands – Wallet & Waltz – Trust EP
Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah – Albaki – Habibi Funk 011: Al Hadaoui
Bad Bad Hats – Detroit Basketball – Walkman – Out in September.

Six Organs Of Admittance / Comets On Fire – 44:29 – Live on WPRB – Recorded by Dan Ruccia in 2003 for Brian Farmer’s program.

Jake McKelvie & The Countertops – Reach Out & Grab Ya – Here’s What You Do
Oyiwane – Diversitie – Music from Saharan WhatsApp 11



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7/28/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

MESH – CIA Mind Control – S/T – Local.
Biz Markie – This Is Something for the Radio – 12″ – RIP.
Dry Cleaning – Tony Speaks! – Bug Eggs​/​Tony Speaks! – [N]
Made To Break – Further (for John Cage) – Provoke – Devin Hoff, Tim Daisy, Christof Kurzmann & Ken Vandermark.
Dianogah – Your Silent Face – PRF BBQ 2021 – New Order cover.
The Liberators – Power Struggle – Afro Sides Vol. 2 – [C]
The Verlaines – Doomsday – Live at Windsor Castle 1986

Upper Wilds – Love Song #7 – Venus – [N]
Big Daddy Kane – Just Rhymin’ with Biz – Long Live The Kane – RIP Biz Markie.
Aksak Maboul – Silhouettes – Tous KO EP – Vanishing Twin remix.
Bret Saunders – Wilting – Wilting – Played before, during and after “Bath Boy.” Syl Johnson too!
Spiritual Mafia – Bath Boy – Al Fresco – [R]
Syl Johnson – Different Strokes – The Complete Twinight Singles – Originally released on a 1967 45.
Stereolab – French Disko – Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On, Vol. 2) – …and the award for best use of a Stereolab song in a hyper-violent Netflix movie co-starring Paul Giamatti goes to…

Terry Malts – 16:25 – Live on WPRB – http://terrymalts.bandcamp.com

Oozing Wound – Filth Chisel – High Anxiety
Dawn Richards – Pilot – Second Line – [N]
Hama – Alhoria – Music from Saharan WhatsApp 08
Low – Days Like These – HEY WHAT – Out in September.
Wolf Eyes – Winter Sunday – Split 12″ with Blank Hellscape – [N]
Car Seat Headrest – Running Up That Hill – MADLO: Influences – Kate Bush cover.
Terrible Signal – Retire – The Window



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7/21/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Mudhoney – Shoot The Moon (remastered) – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition – [N]
Biz Markie – Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz – 12″ – RIP.
CAN – Drei – LIVE IN STUTTGART 1975 – [N]
Mac McCaughan – Dawn Bends – The Sound of Yourself – Out in September. Joined by Yo La Tengo & Jon Wurster.
Maximum Joy – Stretch (12″ Version) – 12″ – Re-issue of a 1981 record.
Calibro 35 – Bushwick, Nigeria – Afro Sides Vol. 2 – [C]
TAQBIR – Sma3 – Victory Belongs To Those Who Fight For A Right Cause 7” – Moroccan punk rock.

ANDEMIC – 1989 – We Are Andemic – Solo project by Andy from Lefty’s Deceiver.
De La Soul Ft. Biz Markie – Lovely How I Let My Mind Float – Ego Trippin’ (Part Two) – RIP Biz.
Melanas – Osa Polar – Osa Polar – Grauzone cover.
Various Artists – Side A – Field Recordings From The Sahel – [C]
Kurt Vile & The Violators – Run Run Run – I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico – [C]
William Tyler & Luke Schneider – The Going Through – Overstand
Pylon – Precaution – Pylon Box

Sondra Sun-Odeon – 18:26 – Live on WPRB – http://sondrasunodeon.bandcamp.com

Datblygu – Fanzine Ynfytyn – Wyau – 1988 album reissued. RIP David R. Edwards.
Big Thief – Of You – Bills & Aches & Blues (40 Years of 4AD) – [C] – Breeders cover.



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7/14/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Silkworm – Drag The River – Firewater – Thinking of the friends and families of Michael Dahlquist, John Glick and Doug Meis.
clipping. – Wriggle Like An Eel (clean) – Wriggle (Expanded)
Unrest – Hydro – Cath Carroll Cd5 – [R]
Rogér Fakhr – Express Line – Habibi Funk 016: Fine Anyway – Recorded in late 1970s Beirut.
Quattracenta – It Gave Way – II
Arushi Jain – Under The Lilac Sky – Under The Lilac Sky
Delivery – The Explainer – Yes We Do – [N]

Rapeman – Kim Gordon’s Panties – Two Nuns & A Pack Mule – Let us celebrate solving last week’s mystery (the band was I’m Being Good) with another cover of Sonic Youth’s “Schizophrenia!”
Lucy Dacus – Triple Dog Dare – Home Video
Oyiwane – Fatima – Music from Saharan WhatsApp 11
The Kyle Sowashes – Random Rules – Not Exactly Budokan – Silver Jews cover. Recorded live in Columbus, OH at Ace Of Cups on September 13, 2019.
Kid Millions & Jan St. Werner  – Color Bagpipes – Imperium Droop
EXEK – The Plot – Good Thing They Ripped Up The Carpet
Hum – Sundress – Electra 2000 – RIP Bryan St. Pere.

The Rutabega – 29:42 – Live on WPRB – http://theseknottylines.blogspot.com

Lithics – Hands – Tower Of Age
Andal Sukabe – Toy Wadaabe – Music from Saharan WhatsApp 07
The Fire Show – The Making Of Dead Hollow – Saint The Fire Show
Cyanotype – Oakland Drive – Birdsongs of the Necromancer



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7/7/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


Can you ID this recording?! A cover of Sonic Youth’s “Schizophrenia” taped off WPRB in the early 1990s. Artist unknown! For now!

The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Hum – In The Den – Inlet – RIP Bryan St. Pere.
The Chambers Brothers – Uptown – The Time Has Come
Vanishing Twin – Big Moonlight (Ookii Gekkou) – Ookii Gekkou – Out in October!
Heavenly Bodies – A View To Beauty Of Form – White Dwarf – Local.
Les Filles de Illighadad – Telilit – At Pioneer Works
Pink Skull – Taki Chrome – 45
Meat Wave – Yell At The Moon – Volcano Park EP

Hum – Hello Kitty – 45 – RIP Bryan St. Pere.
Sault – London Gang – Nine
Birds of Maya – Recessinater – Valdez – [N]
COS – Mein Maschine Ist Schön – COSMIX
Matthew Goodheart & Broken Ghost Consort – Prelude in Disintegrations / Impulse Response Variations – Presences: Mixed Suite for Five Performers and Nine Instruments
Tangled Shoes – Rejection – Turn My Dial – M Squared Recordings & More, 1981-84 – Australian band of 10-14 year-old kids!
Todd Briefly – Houseproud – Demos

Grass Is Green – 21:28 – Live on WPRB – http://grassisgreen.bandcamp.com

Speedy Ortiz – 19:30 – Live on WPRB – https://speedyortiz.bandcamp.com



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6/30/21 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Upper Wilds – Love Song #5 – Venus – Out next month!
El Wali – Youth Of The Nation – Tiris
Aldous Harding – Old Peel (Alterate Version) – 45
Ill Considered – West (Part 1) – ILL CONSIDERED 9 – East / West
So Cow – The Sheds Of Glennafosha – Bisignis – New record coming in July.
Blackalicious – Paragraph President – Blazing Arrow – RIP Gift of Gab.
Wet Leg – Chaise Longue – Chaise Longue – Possible Song of the Summer candidate.

CAN – Father Cannot Yell – Monster Movie

Interview with Tom Scharpling (part one)

Unrest – Cherry Cherry – 45

Interview with Tom Scharpling (part two)

The Feelies – Away – Only Life

Interview with Tom Scharpling (part three)

Theme Weavers LLC – Green Room Blues – Nothing But The Best: The Very Best of Theme Weavers LLC

Risk/Reward – 16:39 – Live on WPRB – http://riskreward.bandcamp.com

Kind Of Like Spitting – Foolish Words of a Woman in Love – Learn 2: The Songs Of The Karl Hendricks Trio
Luka Productions & Kandiafa – Ballani Diarra – Music from Saharan WhatsApp 06
Horton’s Wrath – Anagram Of Your Country – Tours Your Mind (Live at Campus Club 5/21/88)
Spread Joy – Mystery Curtain – S/T – [N]



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Tom Scharpling joins me on Wednesday night.


I’m delighted to welcome The Best Show host, Double Threat co-host and AUTHOR of the new book “It Never Ends” Tom Scharpling back to my radio show this Wednesday night (June 30th) for an extended conversation.

The show starts at 5:00 pm ET on 103.3 fm WPRB and wprb.com.

📷 – @badgrammer



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