The Cherry Blossom Clinic is a punk radio show on the free-form station of the nation, WFMU -- listener-supported free-form radio based in Jersey City, NJ.
The Cherry Blossom Clinic streams live on the internet SATURDAYS from 3pm to 6pm (ET). Check out the CBC archives and listen to a past show anytime!
OR tune your radio to 91.1 fm in the greater New York City area, including East/Central NJ. Tune to 90.1 fm in the Hudson Valley, lower Catskills, and North/Western NJ.
You'll hear punk (vintage + obscuro), pop (kissyface + weird), psych, glam, garage, mod, acid, krautrock, hiphop, artdamage, sXe, bent-edge, DIY, indie, packs of fresh new releases and live bands frequently -- all part of the Saturday afternoon rock-out scene! Plus rants, gushes, tickets giveaway, and gigorama!
Upcoming Live Bands
JULY 19: BIG DIPPER - The Cherry Blossom Clinic is fired up to welcome the legendary Big Dipper to the WFMU studios for a live session two decades in the making! After nearly twenty years, the original Big Dipper lineup of this classic Boston indie band reformed for a few, exceptional reunion shows in NY,NJ and Boston a few months back. Merge Records recently released a 3-disc set retrospective of BIG DIPPER material called SUPERCLUSTER, compiling BooBoo, Heavens and Craps records (plus mucho rarities and unreleased material!) and the scarce shows were in celebration of these records finally being back in print! Big Dipper are not planning on reuniting and touring like before, so if you missed those shows here your chance to experience what you missed! So if you were a fan back in the day, or you're looking for your next favorite band, tune in! (HINT: A Big Tip fer the Big Dip fan: BIG DIPPER will do another rare show on 9/30 with Bob Pollard's new band BOSTON SPACESHIPS at the Paradise in Boston!)
JULY 26: EFFIGIES - The EFFIGIES were the first hardcore punk band to come out of Chicago and they are highly regarded by rock cognoscenti for their influential crushing, dark sound. They played for a decade and broke up in 1990 but recently have reformed and will play live on Cherry Blossom Clinic just prior to their show at Maxwell’s in Hoboken NJ!! Hear taste of the EFFIGIES on the radio, how great they are and then go see them that night at Maxwell’s! (Also go see them the Friday night before on July25 in Brooklyn at Southpaw!)
AUG 2: GREAT PLAINS - From the wilds of Columbus OH, come the amazing Great Plains! These guys started their 60's infused low-fi rock attack back in the 80's, paving the way for countless bands. Great Plains are remembered for their college radio hit “Letter To A Fanzine”, truly one of the best, funniest comments 8Ts indie-rock next to Sebadoh’s “Gimmie Indie-Rock” , and like Sebadoh, Great Plains had a large body of extraordinary, catchy, clever, non”novelty” songs that you should hear and know. Led by the amazing Ron House, Great Plains are one of the most significant Ohio rock combos of all time. Check out this jaw - droppingly fantastic session with GREAT PLAINS on Aug2 and finally find out why Punk Rock guys go out with New Wave girls!
Check out the LIVE! page for in-studio photos of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dirtbombs, Cobra Verde, and many more past visitors to the Cherry Blossom Clinic.
JULY 26: EFFIGIES - The EFFIGIES were the first hardcore punk band to come out of Chicago and they are highly regarded by rock cognoscenti for their influential crushing, dark sound. They played for a decade and broke up in 1990 but recently have reformed and will play live on Cherry Blossom Clinic just prior to their show at Maxwell’s in Hoboken NJ!! Hear taste of the EFFIGIES on the radio, how great they are and then go see them that night at Maxwell’s! (Also go see them the Friday night before on July25 in Brooklyn at Southpaw!)
AUG 2: GREAT PLAINS - From the wilds of Columbus OH, come the amazing Great Plains! These guys started their 60's infused low-fi rock attack back in the 80's, paving the way for countless bands. Great Plains are remembered for their college radio hit “Letter To A Fanzine”, truly one of the best, funniest comments 8Ts indie-rock next to Sebadoh’s “Gimmie Indie-Rock” , and like Sebadoh, Great Plains had a large body of extraordinary, catchy, clever, non”novelty” songs that you should hear and know. Led by the amazing Ron House, Great Plains are one of the most significant Ohio rock combos of all time. Check out this jaw - droppingly fantastic session with GREAT PLAINS on Aug2 and finally find out why Punk Rock guys go out with New Wave girls!
Check out the LIVE! page for in-studio photos of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dirtbombs, Cobra Verde, and many more past visitors to the Cherry Blossom Clinic.
Gig-o-rama!
Tune in to the Cherry Blossom Clinic every week for Gig-o-rama, a selected listing of cool live shows, DJ nights and other events in the NYC/NJ area happening over the next week. You'll hear an abbreviated version on the air; the full Gig-o-rama listing is posted on this site every Saturday afternoon.
a plea from TT: if you want your gig announced on my show, send an E-mail at least 10 days before the gig. to help me organize the announcements, PLEASE put the word GIG and the venue & date in the subject line, like so:
subj: GIG: FRI 7/26 Dirt Cheap @ Hank's
i must get a hundreds of gig announcements a month so if u follow this format it makes it more likely that i will be able to announce yr gig on my show! thanx!
subj: GIG: FRI 7/26 Dirt Cheap @ Hank's
i must get a hundreds of gig announcements a month so if u follow this format it makes it more likely that i will be able to announce yr gig on my show! thanx!
