Babe Report – Turtle of Reaper – Did You Get Better – [N] – Members of FCKR Jr., Geronimo! and Yeesh. Fela Anikulapo Kuti + Egypt 80 – M.O.P (Movement of the People) Political Statement Number 1 – Live in Amsterdam – Recorded in 1983. Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Nathan Salsburg & Tyler Trotter – Hear The Children Sing – Hear The Children Sing The Evidence – [N] – Lungfish cover. Rhys Chatham – A Crimson Grail Part 2 – A Crimson Grail (For 400 Electric Guitars Jetstream Pony – Look Alive! – Under the Bridge 2 – [C] Camino Sound – Stacks – Corridor – [N] – Local. Neutrals – Substitute Teacher – New Town Dream
Swansea Sound – Je Ne Sais Quoi – Live at the Rum Puncheon – Playing Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia on Sunday. Rogér Fakhr – Had To See Harry – Habibi Funk 025: East of Any Place – 1970s studio tracks from this Lebanese musician that didn’t make it into “Fine Anyway.” FETID – Coalescing Decay – Sentient Pile of Amorphous Rot – [R] Stephen Malkmus – The Greatest Own in Legal History – Traditional Techniques Alkibar Jr. – Tamala – La Paix Helen Money – Brave One – Atomic The Monorchid – Alias Directory – Who Put Out the Fire?
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.
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
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
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
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
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]
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
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.
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]
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
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
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.
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
Jon Solomon can be heard every Wednesday evening across the Delaware Valley from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm ET on 103.3 fm WPRB.
A veteran, award-winning DJ with over three decades of experience, Solomon is also available to DJ parties, weddings or private events. Just ask him nicely.
