5/29/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


RIP Bob Schick.

📸 = Tracy Wilson.

The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Coral – Box Truck – 7″ – RIP Bob Schick.
Pepper, Onion, Ginger & Salt – M.C. Mambo – Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980​-​93 – [C] – [N]
Green Milk From The Planet Orange – Concrete City Breakdown (Live) – Let’s Split (裂けても)
The Breeders – So Sad About Us – Safari EP – The Who cover.
SQÜRL – Castle of Dice – Music for Man Ray – [N] – Carter Logan & Jim Jarmusch.
The Fruit Bats – When U Love Somebody – Mouthfuls
The Didjits – Captain Ahab – Hornet Piñata – For our captain!

Honor Role – Absolve – Rictus – RIP Bob Schick.
Andal Sukabe – Debbo – Debbo
Le Baron de Vincèse – L’Ombre Électrique (​电​影​) – Passion Tropicale
Alastair Galbraith – As In A Blender – Seely Girn
Chris Forsyth – Let Us Go Into the House of the Lord – Chris Forsyth Plays Love Devotion Surrender – Recorded live at Solar Myth in Philadelphia on October 15, 2023, covering the Santana / McLaughlin album of the same name in full.
Alain Pierre – Chant d’un mariachi (Mexique) – Des Morts (Of the Dead)
Dynamic Truths – I’ve got Your Psychic Friend – Understanding is Overrated – RIP Bob Schick.

Brown Recluse Sings – 23:11 – Live on WPRB – https://brownrecluse.bandcamp.com

Honor Role – Purgatory – 7″ – RIP Bob Schick.
Syl Johnson – Ms. Fine Brown Frame – Foxy Brown – Originally released in 1988.
Graeme Miller & Steve Shill – A Lone Paleness – The Carrier Frequency (Original 1984 Stage Production Score)
Alan Courtis & David Grubbs – Hinterhalt – Braintrust of Fiends and Werewolves



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5/22/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Shellac – Chick New Wave – To All Trains – [N] – RIP Steve Albini.
Jane Weaver – Quantify – Quantify / Deep Perelle – Record Store Day release from the “Love In Constant Spectacle” sessions.
Neil Young + Crazy Horse – Valley of Hearts – Fu##in’ Up – Originally appeared on “Ragged Glory.“
Tidiane Thiam – Néené Africa – Africa Yontii – [N]
Eagle Twin – Crow Hymn – The Unkindness of Crows – [R] – Thanks, Matt.
The Fall – Draygo’s Guilt – Call For Escape Route EP – …anyone have the bonus 7″ lying around…?
The Slinkees – Trans Am – Who Cares? – Mark Sullivan, Geordie Grindle, Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson. Recorded in 1979.

The Great Unraveling – Alien Landscape – S/T – Members of Moss Icon, Universal Order Of Armageddon and Born Against.
Hench – Tired – Tired – “love letters. one for a place i couldn’t stay any longer and one for a couple of people that couldn’t stay any longer. wish we all could’ve stuck around a while more.”
Crumbs – Dear Deirdre – You’re Just Jealous – [N]
The Mountain Movers – Ice Dream – Walking After Dark
Squirrel Flower – Cortez the Killer – Cortez the Killer (Live in Austin, TX) – Neil Young cover.
Norio Maeda & All Stars – Yagibushi – Rock Communication Yagibushi – [N] – Originally released in 1970. “…reinterprets 14 traditional Japanese folk songs into jaw-dropping Jazz Funk instrumentals”
Amyl and The Sniffers – Facts – U Should Not Be Doing That / Facts

Black Taj – 30:08 – Live on WPRB – https://blacktaj.bandcamp.com

The Feelies – Sedan Delivery – No One Knows EP – Neil Young cover.
Marijata – Otanhunu (feat. Ata Kak) – Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In the Diaspora (1980-93) – [C]
Zeni Geva + Steve Albini – Kettle Lake (Studio Version) – Maximum Implosion
Chad Fowler, Zoh Amba, Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Steve Hirsh – Alien Skin – Alien Skin




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5/15/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


It has been a week since Steve Albini died and I figured out how I wanted to honor his life musically so I gave it a go tonight.

This one might actually be more fun to listen to if you *don’t* view the playlist below so press play and look away…

Photo by Neal Markowski.

Ramones – I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement – S/T – RIP Steve Albini. These tunes all come from a list of “20 songs” he posted online last September.
Johnny Cash – Rock Island Line – Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!
John Cale – Barracuda – Fear
Bill Withers – Who Is He (And What Is He to You? – Still Bill
Buddy Holly – Everyday – The Buddy Holly Collection 
The Effigies – Mob Clash – For Ever Grounded
Suicide – Rocket USA – S/T
Stevie Wonder – Superstition – Talking Book
Tommi Stumpff – Mich Kriegt Ihr Nicht – Mich Kriegt Ihr Nicht / Contergan Punk
Naked Saygun – Leeches – Throb Throb
The Pop Group – She Is Beyond Good and Evil – 7″
Washington Phillips – I Had a Good Father and Mother – The Key To The Kingdom
DAF – Der Mussolini – Alles Ist Gut
Kraftwerk – Showroom Dummies – Trans-Europe Express
The Birthday Party – Big-Jesus-Trash-Can – Junkyard
Oil Tasters – That’s When The Brick Goes Through The Window – S/T
Killdozer – Hamburger Martyr – Burl – RADIO EDIT.
The Didjits – Stingray – Hey Judester
Clarence Carter – Let’s Start Doing (What We Came Here to Do) – Legendary Clarence Carter
Nina Nastasia – This Is What It Is – The Blackened Air
The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – Sunshine on Leith
Dolly Parton – Jolene – Jolene
The Modern Lovers – Hospital – S/T
MX-80 – Follow That Car – Out of the Tunnel
Appliances-SFB – Neo-Fascist – S/T
The Smashchords – Brand New Rambler – S/T
Wipers – Romeo – Over The Edge

The Specials – Monkey Man – S/T

Shellac – Side 1 – Futurist
Shellac – Mantel – Billardspielerlied
Shellac – Side 2 – Futurist

Joshua Wayne Hensley – Get The Lights – Get The Lights – All proceeds from this release (download here) will be donated directly to www.letterscharity.org.

Pere Ubu – Non-Alignment Pact – The Modern Dance
Anita Ward – Ring My Bell – Ring My Bell
Mountain – Mississippi Queen – Climbing!

“I hope when I die I go like John [Grabski], embroiled in the middle of things, surrounded by people I love, doing the things that matter most. I hope I leave a mountain of shit unfinished, that I have a pan on the stove, a phone call waiting and a pencil in my hand. I hope I’m man enough to be thinking about tomorrow.” – Steven Frank Albini 




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5/8/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Dicks – The Dicks Hate The Police – 7″ – RIP Gary Floyd.
Fela Kuti – Just Like That – Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense
Antietam – Pitch & Yaw – Pitch & Yaw EP – [N]
Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble & Jaki Liebezeit – Full Circle R.P.S. (No 7) – Full Circle
Ednah Holt – Serious, Sirius Space Party (Club Mix) – Serious, Sirius Space Party – Originally released in 1981.
Red Star Sky – Hauling – Hauling b/w I Know
SPRINTS – Help Me, I’m Spiralling – Black Box Sessions – [N]

The Happy Cadavers – Rigorous Mortis – With Illustrations – From 1982, with a teenaged David Grubbs!
Kofi Flexxx – Flowers In The Dark (feat. Confucius MC) – Flowers In The Dark
Water Damage – Reel EEE – In E – [N]
Butthole Surfers – Gary Floyd – Psychic…. Powerless…. Another Man’s Sac – RIP.
Three Grebes – You’re Not Going To Like It – You Were A Joy – [N] – Franki Hand, Beth McDonald, and Ike Turner.
The Droids – Disco Robot – Disco Robot / Cosmic Space Shuttle 
Contractions – Liesse – SAVAK / CONTRACTIONS split EP – [N]

The Sky Drops – 20:36 – Live on WPRB – https://theskydrops.bandcamp.com

E – Jumprope – Living Waters – [N] – Thalia Zedek, Jason Sidney Sanford and Ernie Kim.
Sidi Touré – Guara Tcha Jina – Afrik Toun Mé 
Jane Weaver – Univers – Love in Constant Spectacle – [N]
Tone Matrix – Albescent – Albescent



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Steve Albini.


It simply isn’t possible to say everything in a single mic break about a person who bettered my life so much personally, professionally and sonically but I started tonight’s radio show talking about Steve Albini.

Photo taken in my parents’ driveway by my friend Claire in 1993.



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5/4/24 : 20:00 – 23:00 pm ET


ALL-STAR WARS SHOW III

A third consecutive year of three straight hours of music inspired by Star Wars! Much appreciation to Commie Francis + Deirdre Dionysiac for moving their shows around this week so this broadcast could happen on May the 4th.

Background music: Patrick Gleeson’s “Star Wars – Luke’s Theme”

Mynoc – Tarkin’s Confidence – A Punk Rock Tribute To Star Wars – [C]
Wordburgler – Dude Where’s My AT-AT At? (Grand Moff Remix) feat. Rift aka Garthim-Master – SpaceVerse – [R]
The Planet Robots – Star Wars Soul Music Medley – Disco Music Inspired By Star Wars…(And Other Soul Music)
Anchorhead – Shredisode V – Shredisode V – Finally found this one!
Return of the Jedi Read-Along Parts 1 + 2 – 7″ – Thanks for the record, Dana K.
Magnificent Octopus – Lapti Nek – Mussel Memory
Kevin Kiner & Sarah Tudzin – Igyah Kah – Ahsoka, Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-4) – [C] – She of Illuminati Hotties.

Background music: Patrick Gleeson’s “The Tatooine Desert”

Jon Cougar Concentration Camp – Half Ass Jedi – Hot Shit, Cold Piss – [R]
Altin Lazer Blaster – Rumble Droid – Sounds from the Galactic Skylanes (Original Music from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor) – [C] – a/k/a Altın Gün!
Joseph Scrimshaw – Don’t Call Me Prune Face (excerpt) – Rebel Scum
Isao Tomita – Star Wars: Main Title – Kosmos
Great Disturbance – Beggar’s Canyon – Great Disturbance Is Your Father
Bespin Moons – A Binding Force – A Binding Force
Jedi Scum – If This Is A Consular Ship, Then Where’s The Ambassador? – S/T – [R]

Wounded Lion – Degobah System – S/T – [R]
DJ Food – The Tracks Go Off In This Direction… – The Tracks Go Off In This Direction…
Auralnauts & She’s Excited! – Rey – Star Wars: Dark Side EP
DJ Spin-da-Wheela – Butcher in the Stars: Anthony Daniels vs Bon Jovi vs Happy Flowers – 2021 Christmas Stories
Dr. Cryptic – Star Wars Dub – S/T
Mac McCaughan – Only Do – Non-Believers
Boris The Sprinkler – My Prom Date’s Parkin’ With Grand Moff Tarkin – Bits O Boris

Background music: Patrick Gleeson’s “Cantina Music”

Servotron – Red Robot Refund (The Ballad of R5-D4) – No Room For Humans
Schizophr3nica – Rebel Scum – Ice Planet Goth – [C]
The Mountain Goats – The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All the Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones – .mp3
Lazaro Salazar – Artuditu – 45
The Thyme Machine – Star Wars – Top and Tail with The Thyme Machine
The Jimmy Castor Bunch – Bertha Butt Encounters Vadar – Hits
Coruscants – Coruscant Bop – Stormtrooper The Streets – “A joke conversation during studio downtime taken too far. It’s The Riverdales classic album Storm The Streets crossed with the original Star Wars trilogy.”

Background music: Patrick Gleeson’s “Droids”

Maynard Ferguson – Main Title from “Star Wars – New Vintage – [R]
DJ Z-Trip & DJ P – Imperial March (Breaks Mix) – Uneasy Listening Vol. 1
Sam The Sham – The Wookie – 45
Smog – I Am Star Wars! – Julius Caesar – [R]



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4/24/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Wipers – Over The Edge – Over The Edge – For Commie Francis.
Jalwal, Annie & Geerasak – Klug Tum La – Thai? Dai!: The Heavier Side of the Luk Thung Underground – [C] – Chicago cover?
Kinski – The Party Which You Know Will Be Heavy – Alpine Static
Harold Land – Choma (Burn) – Choma (Burn) – Soon to be reissued by WeWantSounds.
Landowner – Landowner Plays Dopesmoker 666% Faster and with No Distortion – .mp3
Troupe Ecole Tudu – Bili Manane (Barmo) – Oyiwane
The Ex – Prism Song – Turn

METZ – Never Still Again – Up On Gravity Hill – [N]
Super Onze – Face B – Session pour Yehia le Marabout – The Takamba champions of the Niger bend.
MEMORIALS – Precious Liquids II – Centre Pompidou EP – [N] – Verity from Electrelane + Matthew from Wire. Commissioned by the Centre Pompidou in Paris to create a piece of music in response to an artwork of the band’s choice from the collection (Louise Bourgeois’ 1992 installation Precious Liquids).
Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours – A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing
Outer World – The Drum The Beat – Who Does The Music Love? – [N] – Ex-Dahlia Seed / Positive No.
Population II – Le Serpent – Serpent Échelle
Eleventh Dream Day – Bomb The Mars Hotel – Beet

TK Webb – 33:45 – Live on WPRB – https://mexicansummer.com/artist/tk-webb/

The Feelies – Fa Ci-La – Crazy Rhythms
Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena – Flaming Cherries Jubilee at Antoine’s – West Kensington
Wrekmeister Harmonies – Coyotes of Central Park – We Love To Look at the Carnage
Hallelujahs – Christmas Out Of Season – Eat Meat, Swear an Oath



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4/17/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


Not only was this a special 2024 ALL HITS WPRB MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BROADCAST but I invited JEN from RUNNING REDLIGHTS along to celebrate the support of the best listeners in all of radio. 

Jennifer O’Connor – The Death of Pop – 2007 WPRB Membership Drive – pledge.wprb.com

mclusky – To Hell With Good Intentions – Mclusky Do Dallas
Bob Destiny – Wang Dang – Habibi Funk 007: An Eclectic Selection Of Music From The Arab World – [C]
The Eastern Dark – Johnny and Dee Dee – 45

Upper Wilds – Love Song #7 – Venus
Brand Nubian – All For One – One For All
The Lemonheads – Ever – Lick – Remember when I used to close my show with this one…?

Drive Like Jehu – Super Unison – Yank Crime
Jaimie Branch – Take Over The World – Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))
Shellac – Spoke – The End of Radio

The Stooges – 1970 – Funhouse
Azna de L’Ader – Ya Manina – Zabaya
Lync – Cue Cards – These Are Not Fall Colors

Mission of Burma – Academy Fight Song – Signals, Calls and Marches
Vanishing Twin – Afternoon X – Afternoon X
Angry Samoans – Lights Out – Back From Samoa

The Breeders – Wait In The Car – All Nerve
Chubb Rock – Treat ‘Em Right – The One
Les Thugs – As Happy As – As Happy As Possible

Oneida – Beat Me To The Punch – Success
Jane Weaver – Oblique Fantasy – 45
Moving Targets – The Other Side – Burning In Water

The Embarrassment – Two Week Vacation – Heyday 1979-83
Public Enemy – You’re Gonna Get Yours – Yo! Bum Rush the Show – The first CD I ever bought!
Fugazi – Epic Problem – The Argument

The Grifters – Re-Entry Blues – Full Blown Possession
English Teacher – The World’s Biggest Paving Slab – The Could Be Texas – [N]
Tubeway Army – My Shadow In Vain – S/T

The Celibate Rifles – Sometimes – The Turgid Miasma of Existence
The Nutley Brass – Marquee Moon – Beat on the Brass – Television cover.



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4/10/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


Not only was this evening a special 2024 ALL HITS WPRB MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BROADCAST but I brought the exceptional CAPTAIN AHAB back to Wednesday nights to celebrate the support of the best listeners in radio. 

Jennifer O’Connor – The Death of Pop – 2007 WPRB Membership Drive – pledge.wprb.com

Superchunk – Hyper Enough – Hyper Enough CD5
Anti-Pop Consortium – Human Shield – Arrhythmia
SPRINTS – Literary Mind – Letter to Self – [N]

Astute Palate – Loose Wings – S/T
The Fall – Shoulder Pads #1 – Bend Sinister
Unrest – Cherry Cream On – Imperial F.F.R.R.

Rodan – The Everyday World of Bodies – Rusty – This album turned 30 last week!

En Attandant Ana – Down The Hill – Juillet
Bounaly – Touré Iseye – Dimanche à Bamako – [N]
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Which Way To Go – Primary Colours

Torche – Healer – Meanderthal – …played both because it rules and to make Captain Ahab feel at home.
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band – Free From The Guillotine – Dancing on the Edge
Vintage Crop – Casting Calls – Kibitzer

Love Child – Asking For It – Never Meant to Be : 1988-1993
Party Ben – Independent Room (Fugazi vs Destiny’s Child) – .mp3
The Ex with Ken Vandermark – I Can Foresee – Live at WFMU’s Monty Hall 10/23/2015

Buzzcocks – Fast Cars – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
CZARFACE & MF DOOM – Meddle with Metal – Czarface Meets Metal Face
Pissed Jeans – Moving On – Half Divorced – [N]

Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union – The Monitor
Poor Righteous Teachers – Rock Dis Funky Joint – Holy Intellect
Electrelane – I’m On Fire – On Parade – Bruce Springsteen cover.

Naked Raygun – I Remember – All Rise
Eric B. & Rakim – Microphone Fiend – Microphone Fiend
The Chills – Look for the Good in Others and They’ll See the Good in You – Brave Words (2023 Expanded and Remastered)

Mudhoney – Let It Slide – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) 
Handsome Boy Modeling School – Holy Calamity [Bear Witness II] (feat. DJ Shadow & DJ Quest) – So…How’s Your Girl? 

Dramarama – Anything, Anything – Cinema Verite

Sweeping Promises – Pain Without A Touch – Pain Without A Touch
Dscio – Love Will Freak Us – .mp3

2 Ton Bug – Moon Dater – It’s A Wonderful Life



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The 2024 WPRB Membership Drive!


The 2024 WPRB Membership Drive starts April 9th and runs through April 21st. It is the station’s most exciting time of the year, which includes special programming, one-time DJ team-ups, in-person events involving local record stores, and donor perks that you can only get during the drive! Learn more about the drive and make a tax-deductible donation to support 103.3 fm WPRB here.

My schedule during the festivities is as follows…

Wednesday 4/10 – 5 to 8 pm ET – Captain Ahab joins my show!

Sunday 4/14 – 3 to 6 pm ET – Co-hosting with DJ Pup!

Tuesday 4/16 – 12 to 3 pm ET – Co-hosting with Wilbo!

Wednesday 4/17 – 5 to 8 pm ET – Jen joins my show!

Friday 4/19 – 3 to 5 pm ET – Co-hosting with Jen on Running Redlights (also my birthday)!

Can’t wait to thank you on-air during one (or all?) of these broadcasts.



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