Peter Case Saturday, October 8th, 2011, 3pm - 6pm
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The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Peter Case -formerly of the power-pop pioneers the Nerves and the Plimsouls - and incredible solo artist in his own right, stops by the Cherry Blossom Clinic for an electric and acoustic set. Peter Case has 2 recent LPs: "The Case Files" (demos, out-takes, a live shot & other rarities on ALIVE) and "WIG!" (great new songs on YepRoc). He’ll be playing songs from both featuring new and old material (AND he’ll even do a Nerves nugget or two!). Peter Case is massively talented and expressive muscian so don't miss his amazing set on Sat Oct 8 on Terre T’s show at 3pm. Check out his tour dates here.
London Calling
Saturday, October 8th, 2011, 3am - 6am
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Zzzzzzero Hour with Bill Mac
Where were you in 1968? If you were like most kids on the planet during that point in time you were glued to your transistor cutting your teeth on TOP 40 RADIO!!! England top 40 wasn’t much different, influenced by the new ideal of the 60’s while desperately holding on to the final whimpers of Music Hall and Cabaret. In short, 1968 was a weird year. Tune in and listen to Bill’s obvious pandering to our friends across the pond.
Steve Gunn Friday, October 7th, 2011, 9am - Noon
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The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
Steve Gunn lugged his acoustic down to Jersey City in a ferocious downpour for this special psych/raga/blues solo excursion. Gunn works in the American tradition of John Fahey and Jack Rose, but only as a starting point, winding his guitar-journeys through John Martyn and non-Western strains of stringed repetition, capping off your headspace like a trip through Tangiers. Steve is playing shows in Europe as we speak, and check out his latest record, the Gunn-Truscinski Duo's "Sand City," on Three Lobed.
Black Twilight Circle
Friday, October 7th, 2011, Midnight - 3am
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Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
Without question, the most innovative black metal coming out of the U.S. today is created by the mysterious collective known as the Black Twilight Circle. Based in Southern California, the grouping of ~a dozen bands release their material for the most part, though not exclusively, on their own Crepusculo Negro records, representing a nearly self-sufficient creative organization. The many, talented bands in the BTC run the gamut from hardcore punk to more traditionally inspired bm, at the same time weaving in elements of psychedelia, Mayan folk music and lore, and new, expansive powers so fresh as to defy description (for example, how does one pin down with words the magnetic and mighty essence of a band like Arizmenda?) As part of their first-ever East Coast tour as a collective, the Black Twilight Circle visit WFMU's My Castle of Quiet, where each of five (or perhaps more?) bands will give a brief but salient representation of their material. Expect to hear short, surging sets by Kallathon, Arizmenda, Dolorvotre, Haunting Presence, and Volahn.
The Mighty Fine Thursday, October 6th, 2011, Noon - 3pm
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Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
New York meets New Orleans for a gritty sound the Brooklyn-based band describes as rump-shakin' garage soul. Download their sizzling new single 'Black Train' for free at drugfrontrecords.com. Their new LP “Get Up To Get Down” - with guest Mick Collins! - comes out Oct. 25th.
The Notekillers Wednesday, October 5th, 2011, 9pm - Midnight
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The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
The Notekillers started out in Philadelphia in the late '70s, shoehorning their instrumental "song-structures" into a disinterested Philly punk scene. They went on to play shows in New York City with the likes of The Feelies, The Bush Tetras and Glenn Branca. Ultimately, however, the band went dormant just as -- unbeknownst to them -- Thurston Moore was including the Notekillers on a mixtape for fellow members of Sonic Youth when that band was just starting out...
Fast-forward to 2004. Improbably, Moore releases a collection of Notekillers recordings from 1977-1981 on his Ecstatic Peace label to great critical acclaim. Even more improbably, the band starts gigging and recording again, leading to the release of their very first full-length album in 2010, We're Here To Help (Prophase). Now seven years into their second life, the band plays live on WFMU! Tune in to the Evan "Funk" Davies show at 9pm on Wednesday, October 5, and hear the live set that's been 35 years in the making! And catch Notekiller David First playing with Kid Millions as the band "Matter Waves" at the Stone on Saturday, Oct. 22!
Graham Duff Wednesday, October 5th, 2011, 8pm - 9pm
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Do or DIY with People Like Us
On this week's DO or DIY Graham Duff presents a musical mix of quiet contemplation and gentle unease.
Graham Duff is a writer, actor and producer. He created and wrote all fifty three episodes of the BBC TV comedy drama Ideal starring Johnny Vegas. Other TV work includes co-writing Doctor Terrible’s House of Horrible, a series of Hammer horror homages with Steve Coogan. For BBC Radio 4, he’s written and appeared in three series of the sci-fi sit-com Nebulous starring Mark Gatiss, script edited seven series of Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show and starred in his own show Stereonation. He’s also appeared in the Harry Potter films and written articles for The Guardian and Wire Magazine. Outside the world of TV and radio, Graham has collaborated with Mark E. Smith, Wire’s Colin Newman and ‘art terrorist’ Stewart Home.
State of the Station Talk with Station Manager Ken
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011, 11am - Noon
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Ken's show
Station Manager Ken dedicates the last hour of his show this Wednesday, October 5th from 11am to Noon, for a State of the Station talk. Ken will give an update on where things stand at WFMU technically, programming-wise, philosophically and financially. He'll also be highlighting the first Shock & Awetober, WFMU's month of specials, listener meetups and silent fundraising. Email questions or comments to Ken via this page here.
Key of Shame Tuesday, October 4th, 2011, 3pm - 6pm
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Brian Turner's show
(postponed from September) Dark sound atmospherics today courtesy of Mark Morgan (Sightings) and Pat Murano (Decimus/No Neck/Malkuth/K. Salvatore). Their recent 2LP on the Italian label Planam perfectly documents burnt ambient guitar/electronics interplay at its finest. Tune in.
King Fowley of Deceased
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011, Noon - 3pm
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Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Diane's "Peer Pressure" segment continues every Tuesday at 1pm... A force to be reckoned with in the metal world for years, Virginia's DECEASED has been thrashing audiences since the mid-'80s. Fronted by animated vocalist King Fowley, they have some area shows coming up: Fri Oct 7th at St. Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, and Sat Oct 8th at the Kearny Irish Club. King is known as a personality in the metal scene for years, whose musical scope will blow listeners away! Listeners will be able to ask him questions on the comments board!
Telebossa
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011, 9am - Noon
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This Is The Modern World with Trouble
Join This is the Modern World with Trouble on October 4th for Telebossa live from Berlin! Chico Mello and Nicholas Bussmann make stunning sounds that float between samba, jazz and chamber music. Watch them do this effortlessly when they perform at Issue Project room in Brooklyn on October 7!
First, we'll start with The Polyps, who is actually just one guy named Raf making lo-fi bedroom jangle pop and super-catchy chirpy experimental songs. Raf runs the Eggy tape label and is on tour in support of a forthcoming album on the Woodsist sublabel Hello Sunshine entitled "Ants On A Golden Cone."
Next up will be a live set from Bird Names of Chicago, who will delight your ears with off-kilter rock and slightly disturbing pop in the lo-fi weirdo vein. Their latest LP entitled "Metabolism: A Salute to the Energy of the Sun" (Northern-Spy) was a hit on WFMU earlier this year, and they are currently touring with Bubbly Mommy Gun.
Check them out live at the Northern-Spy Records Festival at Shea Stadium in Brooklyn on Oct 1st or at PS1 on Oct 2nd!
Tribute to Sylvia Robinson
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011, 7pm - 9pm
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Monica's show
Tune in this Sunday, Oct. 2, 7-9pm as Monica presents a tribute to legendary producer, label exec, singer, and hip-hop pioneer Sylvia Robinson. From her 1950s hits with Hot Lips Page and Mickey Baker to her oft-sampled siren recordings as Sylvia to founding mother of rap with Sugarhill Records, this is one dame who did it all and did it her way.
Ladies First + live set by Jealousy
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011, 6am - 9am
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Beastin' The Airwaves! with Keili
Sunday, October 2nd, Keili kicks off Beastin' The Airwaves' Awesome Shock & Awetober with "Ladies First": Keili's favorite moments, sound bites and playlist sets from the AWEsome Female DJs of WFMU. But to make things more Shock and AWEsome, Mark Treise will throb, creep and haunt his way into your soul and "have your children" with an AWEsomely layered live set by his one man project, Jealousy.
Sorrows Saturday, October 1st, 2011, 3pm - 6pm
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The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The Cherry Blossom Clinic is thrilled to welcome Sorrows to the Cherry Blossom Clinic this Saturday October 1st! Rising from the ashes of the Poppees, Sorrows created some of the greatest power-pop new wave in the '70s, melding super hooks and harmonies with a hard-driving guitar attack. Bomp!Records has released Sorrows' "Bad Times Good Times," an AMAZING collection of previously unreleased power-pop gems, demos and live performances. Sorrows East Coast tour kicks off this week, so you can see them at the Bowery Electric in NYC on October 1st or the Brighton Bar in Long Branch on October 2nd, but be sure to catch the legendary reunion of the Sorrows on the Cherry Blossom Clinic first!
Allysen Callery
Saturday, October 1st, 2011, 6am - 9am
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Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Rhode Island singer-songwriter Allysen Callery recorded a live session at FMU recently, and this will be aired Saturday, October 1st. Her third release, “Winter Island”, from Woodland Recordings in Berlin, presents her singing and nylon-string guitar playing in beautiful, stark relief, and evokes much the same spirit of the great folk albums of the 1970s. Her songwriting, always poetic, has found an even deeper level, one that conjures not only the flavor of the UK and Irish folk revival but the magic of the old songs themselves.
On top of all this, we will be holding a stealth online/mail-only campaign to attempt to raise the money we need this Fall without interrupting our programming with a fundraiser. We hope you'll join us!
Dorothea Schürch and Tim Hodgkinson
Friday, September 30th, 2011, 3pm - 6pm
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Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk
Criminally unknown in America, the Swiss vocalist Dorothea Schürch is a phenom of extended larynx technique. As a talented improviser and actress, she has recently taken up the singing saw as a way to expand her role in collaborative musicmaking. She will be joined by British multi-instrumentalist Tim Hodgkinson, well known as a founding member of the legendary experimental rock band Henry Cow and more recently the trio Konk Pack. Tune on for a guaranteed session of ear expansion.
Return of the Son of Whacked-out Hillbilly 45s
Thursday, September 29th, 2011, 9pm - Midnight
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Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
Nutty record collector Greg Germani of Decatur, Georgia will be dropping by for another edition of full-throttle honky-tonkers and screwball hillbilly and country records from the dark corners of the vault. What's on tap? Long-forgotten records dealing with monkeys, hippies, tramps, fried food, domestic violence, hardcore alcoholics, country fuzz, adultery, dead kids, dead parents, Colonel Sanders, drug abuse, Viet Nam, outlaw bikers, depression, women's lib, and some misogynistic dating advice. And a square dancing record that's actually worth hearing!
Mikal Cronin
Thursday, September 29th, 2011, Noon - 3pm
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Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Ty Segall associate and member of the Moonhearts, Mikal Cronin steps out on his own with an amazing debut solo album on the Trouble In Mind label, who aptly sums up the LP as such: Taking influences such as late sixties Del Shannon and The Everly Brothers and filtering them through his own mutant California fuzz. We agree! Catch Mikal later the same night opening for the aforementioned Mr. Segall.
Kitchen's Floor & Fat History Month Thursday, September 29th, 2011, 9am - Noon
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Talk's Cheap with Jason Sigal
Brisbane Australia's Kitchen's Floor is a 3-piece with oversaturated guitar, bass hooks and a pots-n pan ornamented drum kit. Look Forward to Nothing, their second LP, is out now on Siltbreeze stateside. KF previously released a cassette on Negative Guest List and their debut LP, Loneliness Is a Dirty Mattress, was released on Australia's R.I.P. Society and their own Bedroom Suck Records. Bedroom Suck label-mates Fat History Month are a duo from Boston, and joining Kitchen's Floor on a massive USA tour throughout September that caps off with this WFMU live session on Talk's Cheap!
The Ex live from ATP at Minehead, UK Tuesday, September 27th, 2011, 3pm - 6pm
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Brian Turner's show
December, 2010: from the circus-tent atmosphere of All Tomorrows Parties at the Butlins resort in Minehead, England, Brian brought back assorted live recordings that will be popping up in the weeks ahead on various WFMU shows. The Godspeed You Black Emperor-curated weekend featured a lineup that included the likes of Cluster, Black Dice, and Neurosis to, amazingly enough, Weird Al Yankovic, but it was Holland's legendary Ex that got even the resort workers to stop dead in their tracks while they played. For over 30 years the anarchic punk band has roamed a wilderness of free sounds that have included collaborations with everyone from Tom Cora, Han Bennink, Getatchew Mekuria and more; they've performed live on Brian's show in 2006 previously, and headlined an incredible WFMU 50th Anniversary show in 2008 live at Lincoln Center that brought over an arsenal of kindred spirit Ethiopian musicians. Today's broadcast from Minehead showcases new singer/guitarist Arnold deBoer and finds the Ex as a quartet in total attack mode!
Chris Kirkley Monday, September 26th, 2011, 8pm - 9pm
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Mudd Up! with DJ/Rupture
On Monday Sept 26th, Chris Kirkley of Sahel Sounds will join DJ Rupture to discuss his work in Mauritania and Mali exploring desert guitars and the DIY PC production featured on his "Music from Saharan Cellphones" compilation as well as his "Ishilan n-Tenere" comp for Mississippi Records.
Bird of Youth Sunday, September 25th, 2011, 5pm - 7pm
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Gaylord Fields's show
Not all music journalists who take a go at being musicians are able to walk it like they professionally talk it. However, Beth Wawerna, an Atlanta-native/Brooklyn-based singer and songwriter, exudes true lyrical introspection interlaced with melodic whimsy in her musical project Bird of Youth. Her band's recently released first album, Defender, co-produced by Will Sheff of Okkervil River, stands as a document to Wawerna's talents on the performing side of the Industry of Human Happiness. For this absolutely live session, she will be presenting a pared-down version of her group, yet without sacrificing an iota of the power and nuance of her songs.
Seed Stock Records co-hosts My Castle of Quiet
Friday, September 23rd, 2011, Midnight - 3am
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Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
One of the best stateside labels dealing in black metal, its antecedents and children, with a far-reaching eye on the genre, marketing titles from both dead center and the experimental fringe (on cassette, CD and vinyl) Seed Stock has made a powerful mark in its relatively short existence. RB, prime mover of the band Raspberry Bulbs, and owner/proprietor of Seed Stock, returns to My Castle of Quiet (following the band's triumphant live debut on the show in July) to dazzle the listeners with items from his extensive collection of rare and exceptional recordings, demos, etc. This is a not-to-be-missed event for black metal fans, punk fans, old-timers and newcomers alike.
German Measles Thursday, September 22nd, 2011, 9am - Noon
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Talk's Cheap with Jason Sigal
When German Measles made their WFMU debut, the Queens-based 4-piece consisting of former caUSE co-MOTION!'ers had yet to release any records. While sharing members with Beachniks and McD0nalds, these shambolic popsters have gone on to release a flurry of vinyls on Captured Tracks, Vivian Girls' Wild World imprint, and their latest, A German Joke Is No Laughing Matter, on What's Your Rupture. We'll be treated to a set of ALL NEW material as the Measles reveal the secret behind their name and get amp'd up for a show Sept 27th at Brooklyn's Glasslands with Veronica Falls
Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label with Bill Adler & Cey Adams
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011, Midnight - 3am
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Coffee Break For Heroes & Villains with Noah
Bill Adler was Def Jam's director of publicity from 1984 to 1990. During this period he worked with Run-DMC, Whodini, Kurtis Blow, LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, Eric B & Rakim, EPMD, Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, 3rd Bass, De La Soul and many others. Cey Adams started writing graffiti when he was a teenager in Queens, met Russell Simmons in 1984 & became the in-house graphic artist at Def Jam, creating stage backdrops, t-shirt and hat designs, logos, advertisements, etc. He formed "The Drawing Board Graphic Design" with Steve Carr and designed album covers for countless artists. Together, Bill & Cey have just finished their collaborative book; "Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label." Fix the static on your boombox and learn a little lesson from two crucial figures in the hip-hop world.
Mike Doughty Wednesday, September 21st, 2011, 3pm - 6pm
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Irwin's show
Mike Doughty will perform live on Irwin's program Weds. September 21 at 5pm. In 1992, while working as a doorman at the Knitting Factory and writing for New York Press, the singer/songwriter founded Soul Coughing, who released three albums. Since the band's breakup in Y2K, Doughty has released six solo albums and several EPs and has toured extensively. His offer to become lead guitarist for Limp Bizkit was turned down cold. Doughty will perform songs from his new album YES AND ALSO YES, accompanied by Andrew "Scrap" Livingston on cello.
Oxbow
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011, 3pm - 6pm
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Brian Turner's show
Oxbow are not easy listening fare: half of this legendary Bay Area combo played a somewhat dark acoustic session on Brian's show in 2004 that contained one of the most harrowing, bareboned, messed-up Beatles covers in memory. Live, singer/author/1st place divisional 2003 California Submission Fighting champion Eugene Robinson has pretty much terrorized (and sometimes physically administered beatdowns to) club audiences who attempt to ratchet up the volatility factor of Oxbow shows, which are equal parts jazzed-out metalcore, deconstructed swamp-blues, and weird, laced-with-tension postrock. They're a band of great scope; Eugene's been Lee Hazlewood to both Marianne Faithfull's and Lydia Lunch's Nancy Sinatra, and their latest LP Songs For the French (Hydra Head) showcases both their live performance side and improvisational abilities.
Joe Preston Tuesday, September 20th, 2011, Noon - 3pm
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Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Diane's next installment of PEER PRESSURE features Joe Preston, who's been in almost every heavy band to have existed! From Earth to the Melvins, to Harvey Milk, High On Fire, Sunn O))), Men's Recovery Project - and always including his personal -heavier-than-a-blue-whale-with-an-elephant-strapped-to-it's-back - Thrones, he's contributed massively to the world of heavy music! Tune in and hear what's between the ears of this musical behemoth while Diane picks his brain! Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine airs Noon-3pm; the Peer Pressure segment begins promptly at 1pm!
No Babies Tuesday, September 20th, 2011, 6am - 9am
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Marty McSorley's show
Oakland No-Wave revivalist shredder technicians assault their audience with dueling sax and guitar lines, twisted drums and matching underwear. Children and pregnant woman be warned.
Anthropologist Thomas Ross Miller
Monday, September 19th, 2011, 9pm - Midnight
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Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Dan’s guest, anthropologist with a difference Thomas Ross Miller, returns to the Airborne Event for an archaeological dig into the 1980s post-punk avant-garde. We'll exhume sonic specters from the Dada performance art of the subversive pre-capitalist Budapest underground, the gone club scenes of Vienna, Zürich and London, and the lo-fi panchromatic haze of New York’s East Village. Buried beneath the shell heaps, the layers include a sampling of original music to knit by from Tom and various collaborators. Plus, get ready to ask Tom questions about any aspect of life, the universe or everything for our interactive feature Ask an Anthropologist! The answers will probably have *something* to do with your questions, guaranteed!
Peter Biedermann Monday, September 19th, 2011, Noon - 3pm
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Irene Trudel's show
Following a string of performances in libraries, house concerts, churches and other similar listener friendly performance spaces.
Liquid Liquid's Salvatore Principato
Monday, September 19th, 2011, Midnight - 3am
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Therese's show
Salvatore Principato, downtown stalwart, vocalist for legendary NYC band Liquid Liquid, vegan chef, and international superstar DJ fresh off gigs in Paris & Tel Aviv, stops by Therese's show for a chat and a guest DJ session. Liquid Liquid formed in 1980, and released three EPs of dance floor-filling, minimalist punk-funk before disbanding in 1984. They have occasionally reunited for performances since then, including the Primavera Sound Festival, All Tomorrow's Parties, LCD Soundsystem's farewell shows, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Slip in and out of phenomenon...
Abstract Artimus
Sunday, September 18th, 2011, 6am - 9am
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Beastin' The Airwaves! with Keili
Abstract Artimus kicks out the jams and the riffs and the licks and kicks the sh*t out of everyone on the live session playground with their Stooges meets Lynyrd Skynyrd, meets Nivana, meets Ted Nugent attack on Rock N Roll. Artimus himself tells everyone to, "Drop acid, smoke weed and eat pu$$y 'til your jaw breaks!" That goes for the girls too.
Featuring the talented tandem of Patrick Farrell(accordion) and Ben Holmes (trumpet), who mix their adoration of East European music with the odd bit of 60s pop and other strange musical bedfellows; uproarious Balkan-punky Barcelona band Freak Fandango Orchestra, who will jet across the Atlantic for a prestigious NY Gypsy Festival show at Drom (85 Ave. A in the East Village) on Friday Sept 16th before capping off their visit with a special set during our remote; brilliant Zimbabwean mbira vitruoso Forward Kwenda, renowned for his complex and entirely original performance technique; and CHIA's Dance Party, brassy spin-off of acclaimed Colombian roots band La Cumbiamba EneYe, which uses Colombian marching band tradition as a jumping off point but from that point on, the sky's the limit.
As usual Irene Trudel co-hosts with Rob. Admission is free during the broadcast, we'll be doling out free FMU swag, and - if that's not enough - the show will be preceded by an FMU Listener Meet-Up hosted by fabulous FMU Monday morning host and Assistant GM Liz Berg from 5 to 6 pm.
Morton Subotnick and George Lewis in Conversation
Friday, September 16th, 2011, 3pm - 6pm
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Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk
The Miniature Minotaur is greatly anticipating a conversation with two legends of new music. Morton Subotnick is a pioneer of electronic music. His 1967 Buchla album "Silver Apples of the Moon" remains a significant touchstone in the history of synthesizer music. Trombonist George Lewis joined the seminal Chicago jazz collective the AACM in 1974 and has gone on to do his own profound work with electronic music as well as teaching in the Jazz Studies program at Columbia University. The two are sharing a bill at Roulette's new Brooklyn theater on Sept. 22, and will stop by WFMU to talk about electronics, teaching and their lifetimes of musicmaking.
Hans Chew Friday, September 16th, 2011, 9am - Noon
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The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
Hans Chew will grace the Love Room with his country-tonk, barrelhouse New Orleans R&B piano tunes, emblazoned by a lineage of Dr. John, Little Feat, Bobby Charles and Jelly Roll Morton. Perhaps better known (for now) for his piano work with D. Charles Speer & The Helix, Jack Rose and Chris Forsyth, Chew's debut album Tennessee & Other Stories (Three Lobed) was number 3 on Uncut's list of Top 20 Americana albums of 2010 with a bullet. Tune in!
Jonathan Ward of Excavated Shellac Thursday, September 15th, 2011, 9am - Noon
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Talk's Cheap with Jason Sigal
Jonathan Ward is the collector, researcher, and writer behind Excavated Shellac, an incredible online resource for folkloric and vernacular music from around the world. In addition to offering digitized 78rpm recordings for free at his website (and preserved on the Free Music Archive), Excavated Shellac has begun to curate compilations for Dust to Digital. Last year's Strings LP compiled "guitar, oud, tar, violin and more from the 78rpm era". On deck is Opika Pende: Africa at 78rpm, a 4-disc set of over 100 previously unissued recordings dating as far back as 1909, accompanied by a 112-page softcover book.
Carl Stone Wednesday, September 14th, 2011, 8pm - 9pm
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Do or DIY with People Like Us
Carl Stone is checking in from his summertime perch in Umbria. Stone was born in Los Angeles and now divides his time between California and Japan. He studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney and has composed electro-acoustic music almost exclusively since 1972. His works have been performed in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and the Near East. In addition to his schedule of performance, composition and touring, he is on the faculty of the Information Media Technology Department, School of Information Science and Technology at Chukyo University in Japan.
Rich Russo "Anything Anything" Wednesday, September 14th, 2011, 3pm - 6pm
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Irwin's show
Rich Russo, host of the commercial free-form music show "Anything Anything," which aired on the now-defunct WRXP on Sunday nights in New York, will be Irwin's on-air guest Wednesday afternoon, September 14. Despite its unpredictable mix of genre-surfing, "Anything Anything" was a ratings success on a station with an ill-fated format. Russo is currently stringing together a loose network of affiliates to revive "Anything Anything" simultaneously on both commercial and non-commercial outlets. An admitted admirer of WFMU (with the t-shirts to prove it), Russo got away with airing scratchy vinyl, warped cassettes, and audio ripped from VHS tapes on a commercial rock station. He'll talk about the rise and fall of WRXP's "New York rock experience" and about his new venture.
Stephen Duncombe & Maxwell Tremblay
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011, 7pm - 8pm
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Thunk Tank with Bronwyn C.
Stephen Duncombe and Maxwell Tremblay will be in studio to discuss their new book White Riot: Punk Rock and the Politics of Race. Jay will try to keep the conversion intellectual-sounding and pretend like he started listening to punk before he was old enough to buy beer while Bronwyn will call him a “young” and make knowing comments about the early days of the New York hardcore scene.
Guest DJ Tom Lax from Siltbreeze Records
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011, 3pm - 6pm
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Brian Turner's show
Tom heads up from Philly and reprises his yearly visit to BT's show with another box of excellent sounds: mostly 7" singles in the realm of curious outsiders, baked DIY auteurs from all corners of the world, basement punks, malformed synth epics and other miscellaneous home-brewed weirdness. A rare and always exciting opportunity to hear some real quality stuff from between the cracks you never even knew existed. Presented with photos of cover art in the playlist sidelines to boot!
Carl Canedy Tuesday, September 13th, 2011, Noon - 3pm
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Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Diane's next installment of Peer Pressure features Carl Canedy of the Rods! He is legendary for his drumming skills and for producing many '80s metal staples: Anthrax's "Fistful of Metal," Exciter's "Violence"
and "Force", Helstar's "Burning Star," and even a Blue Cheer record! Tune in and hear what's between his ears while Diane picks his brain! Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine airs Noon-3pm; the Peer Pressure segment begins promptly at 1pm!
High Castle Tuesday, September 13th, 2011, 6am - 9am
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Marty McSorley's show
Oakland spaz punks High Castle drop by the WFMU studio to kick, scratch, and whine their way in to the hearts of America.
The 10 year anniversary of America losing its freaking mind
Monday, September 12th, 2011, 6pm - 7pm
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Too Much Information with Benjamen Walker
On September 12th 2011, TMI will present a rare "live" program commemorating ten years of American cognitive dissonance. Host Benjamen Walker will be joined by the journalists Jonathan Kay and Petra Bartosiewicz and they will take listener calls. Jonathan Kay is the author of "Among the Truthers" a book about America's growing conspiracy theory movement and the people who believe in them. Petra Bartosiewicz has been writing about the FBI's hunt for terrorist networks and sleeper cells. Her soon-to-be-published book is called "The Best Terrorists We Could Find," an investigation of terrorism trials in the U.S. since 9/11.
Les Chauds Lapins Monday, September 12th, 2011, Noon - 3pm
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Irene Trudel's show
Les Chauds Lapins ("the hot rabbits"), lead by New York's Kurt Hoffman and Meg Reichardt, specialize in a repertoire of French swing from the 1920's through the 40's. The group has re-arranged long-forgotten French classics for banjo-ukes, string trio, guitar and winds, mixing the rootsiness of early American jazz with the lushness of a Bernard Hermann film soundtrack. They drop by WFMU to play live.
Noveller Monday, September 12th, 2011, 9am - Noon
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Liz Berg's show
Noveller's beautiful layered compositions will leave you in a state of wonder. How does one woman make all of these lovely and jarring sounds all at once? How can she do it with just one electric guitar? Sarah Lipstate, the woman behind the guitar, graces the WFMU studio with a taste of her signature slow-burn songs that build to joyous noisy symphonies. Noveller's new album "Glacial Glow" (Saffron / Weird Forest) is aptly titled and a recent fave of Liz's. Tune in to drown yourself in the pretty noise!
Ponderosa Stomp Preview Show Thursday, September 8th, 2011, 9pm - Midnight
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Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
In anticipation of of a killer weekend in New Orleans, Matt Fiveash and Gaylord Fields drop by S.P.A.Z.Z. HQ for a Pre-Ponderosa Stomp Blast-a-Roo! Fiveash has lotsa records, Gaylord has lotsa records (and a Sugarboy story) and Spazz just drops lotsa records on the floor. A not to be missed three hour radio spectacular for the loud crowd monkey set!
In the second half of our guest doubleheader, John Doe will be stopping by the show! John of course is the founder of the legendary L.A. punk band X, the Knitters, and is an accomplished actor (Roadhouse, Roadside Prophets, Roswell, etc.). He has just released a brand new album, "Keeper," and, well, it IS a keeper! John will be playing in NYC later the same night at the Rockwood Music Hall then be back later in the month playing three shows in the area with X!
Jonny Barber & The Living Deads Thursday, September 8th, 2011, 6am - 9am
on
Underwater Theme Park with Meghan
Jonny Barber & The Living Deads perform and embody revved up American Rockabilly and Rock n' Roll music. The band features Jonny Barber on guitar and vocals, Symphony Tidwell on standup bass, and Randee McKnight on drums. Based in Denver, CO, the band was traveling across country in their home/trailer, when they swung by the WFMU studios to do a live set for Underwater Theme Park. Their raw sound and presence will make you swear that the old rockabilly legends walk again.
Cute Lepers Wednesday, September 7th, 2011, 9pm - Midnight
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
'77 punk might be the jumping off point for Cute Lepers -- there's even a song called "'77" on their latest album -- but they take that sound and run with it, taking it to places that the Ramones and Heartbreakers never imagined. That new album, Adventure Time (1-2-3-4-Go!/Damaged Goods), is chock-full of catchy anthemic hits and is a cinch to place in the upper reaches of efd's 2011 Best Of list. They're playing live on Thursday Sept. 1 at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn and are touring extensively across the US; check cutelepers.com for a show near you, and tune in on Sept. 7 to hear them live on WFMU!
Andrew Sharpley DJ mix Wednesday, September 7th, 2011, 8pm - 9pm
on
Do or DIY with People Like Us
Late of various obscure nineties European electronic bands, inc. Stock, Hausen and Walkman, Dummy Run, a&e, etc (no i haven't heard of them either), Andrew Sharpley is currently operative at an address surprisingly close to where you live.
Jonti Wednesday, September 7th, 2011, Noon - 3pm
on
Duane's show
Stones Throw artist Jonti will be stopping by for an interview and a DJ set.
Dave Edwardson of Neurosis
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Bassist/vocalist of Neurosis, Dave Edwardson will be the guest DJ spinning on Diane's show this week. Comments will be welcome and questions from the listeners will be addressed, so if you have any or want to know how he gets his deeper-than-satan voice, tune in... or just listen in to hear what gems Dave wants to turn the audience onto -- both his own compositions and ones he's a fan of! DKFM Noon-3pm Tuesdays; Peer Pressure segment starts at 1pm weekly!
Angels in America
Monday, September 5th, 2011, 3pm - 6pm
on
Scott Williams's show
The duo Angels in America gather up spitting electronics, moody textures and ghostly vocals to build an aural landscape of a creepy elsewhere - and they make good songs too! Scott's highly subjective take is to imagine Genesis P-Orridge scoring "Eraserhead" and hiring Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood to perform it.
Glenn Jones and Yair Yona
Monday, September 5th, 2011, Noon - 3pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
For his latest album "The Wanting," guitarist Glenn Jones recorded in a fourth floor apartment on Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, overlooking the commuter train line. If you listen carefully to the record, you can occasionally hear trains going by in the background. In addition to playing with the band Cul de Sac, this solo disc is Jones' first album for Thrill Jockey, overflowing with nods to the "American Primitive" guitar style popularized by John Fahey. Glenn Jones plays live.
This is followed by a set by Israeli-born fingerstyle guitarist Yair Yona. Starting out as a bassist, Yona played stints in several London bands including Human Beings, then discovered the music of Bert Jansch and followed that musical path. Yair runs the Annova label and puts out a fine musical blog called "Small Town Romance." Yair Yona was in the NYC area for a rare visit over the Labor Day weekend, and Irene is recording a live set with him.
1. Ivy have come back from a six-year hiatus with a new album, All Hours, a coast-to-coast mini-tour to show off this new album, and a visit to the WFMU studios to launch their return in grand style. The NYC-based trio of genuine French chanteuse Dominique Durand and multi-instrumentalists Adam Schlesinger (the Fountains of Wayne mainstay) and Andy Chase will bring forth their swoony take on romantic modern popcraft for the benefit of your thankful ears and poised heart.
2. Add to the impressive roll call of female vocal trios ranging from the Dinning Sisters to the Dixie Cups to Dolly Mixture the name the Bandana Splits. Annie, Dawn and Lauren will wrap their dulcet voices around a melody like three vines on a trellis during this live performance. The Brooklyn-based group's debut long-player, Mr. Sam Presents the Bandana Splits, sounds like nothing less than the results of a girl group session conducted by a prison-hardened Phil Spector on a 72-hour furlough.
Nick Tosches
Saturday, September 3rd, 2011, 1pm - 3pm
on
Fool's Paradise with Rex
Celebrated scribe Nick Tosches swings by the fur-lined fallout shelter to discuss his latest tome, "Save the Last Dance for Satan," just published by Kicks Books. Nick will tell the inspired tale about an age when booze, bribes, and broads were behind every hit record. The origins of Frank Sinatra's favorite meatballs may also be revealed.
All times listed are Jersey City time, EDT.
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