Bubble/gum Thursday, September 21st, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on
Pat Duncan's show
Central New Jersey's Bubble/gum combine the heaviness of Dinosaur Jr. and Black Flag with the dreamy guitar shades of classic shoegazer bands, and hold it all together with a melodic pop sensibility.
Kelly Reichardt Monday, September 18th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on
The Speakeasy with Dorian
Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt joins Dorian and cohost Bruce Bennett to talk about her new film, "Old Joy" which is opening at the Film Forum in Manhattan on Sept 20.
Later in the program, Sweden's Jakob Olausson with Susanne Skov Gronlund, will craft beautiful tunes that touch on lazy cosmic excursions. Jacob's been described this way, "If Skip Spence were somehow, instead of finding his white-frocked self stuck in the rat-infested hole that was Bellevue, transplanted to the pine forests north of Malmo, Sweden, in a sonic nest of gimbri, bells, shakers, and clothed in Tibetan silk, one would come slightly
closer to the reality of Jakob Olausson's migratory musical whims.."
Alog Monday, September 18th, 2006, Midnight - 3am
on
Hatch's show
With compositions that utilize laptop computers, electric guitar, tape loops, samples, field recordings and a wide variety of acoustic and electronic instruments, this duo defies easy categorization. Earlier this year Alog won the Spellemannprisen -- Norway's most prestigious music award -- for their third release on the eminent Rune Grammofon label. Fresh off their first stateside tour, Espen (a.k.a Phonophani) and Dag-Are will pay a visit to the WFMU studios for an exclusive live performance and interview.
MHz Saturday, September 16th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Amazing artpunk a la Von LMO or some crazy Wire/Devo hybrid from Ypsilanti, Michigan! MHz have that aggressive-spaztic-nerd-punk thing going on. Imagine Steve Albini meets the Embarrassment... You won't want to miss it!
To Live and Shave in LA Tuesday, September 12th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Two years later, the insanity that was TLASILA's last session on Brian's show returns. On tour to preview a forthcoming release ("Noon To Eternity" on Menlo
Park Records), the long-enduring
Noise/Concrete/Freedom Rock/Destructo-Dub/ELP-covering/Crazy Frog-loving
crew piles all their oscillators, giant amp stacks, and assorted debris into the
WFMU live
room and crack it open once more. The band this time out: Tom Smith,
Graham Moore, Ben Wolcott, Andrew W.K., Rat Bastard, Chris Grier, and Don Fleming. It's gonna melt your brains.
Ammoncontact Monday, September 11th, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on
Coffee Break For Heroes & Villains with Noah
Carlos Nino and Fabian Ammon are Los Angeles-based production duo
Ammoncontact. Over the past 5 years they have released their unique brand
of jazz and funk-influenced hip hop on a wide variety of celebrated indie
labels such as Emperor Norton, Eastern Developments, Soul Jazz, Plug
Research, and now Ninja Tune. Get your tape recorders ready as Carlos
throws down some of his favorite vinyl selections.
Mary Halvorson + Jessica Pavone Sunday, September 10th, 2006, 9pm - Midnight
on
Stochastic Hit Parade with Bethany Ryker
Over the past three years of their collaboration, Mary Halvorson (guitar)
+ Jessica Pavone (viola) have created a distinct and unique body of duo
music. The pair combines lush melodies with textural improvisation to
create concise, enigmatic songs. Their collaboration utilizes
amplification and electronic effects as well as acoustic presentation.
They recently released their debut album, Prairies, on the Lucky Kitchen
label.
The Avengers Saturday, September 9th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The legendary LA Dangerhouse punk band plays live on the Cherry Blossom Clinic on WFMU! Led by the fierce Penelope Houston, the Avengers are best known for punk classics like "The American In Me", "Thin White Line", and "We Are The One".
Guest DJ co-host Gaylord Fields Friday, September 8th, 2006, 8pm - 11pm
on
Pseu's Thing With a Hook
It's gonna be pop-intoxication as WFMU's own Gaylord Fields will be the special guest on Pseu's Thing With A Hook. Mr. Fields' vast knowledge and collection of all music that hooks, snaps, and pops is grovel-worthy. He'll be mixing it up with Pseu, sharing musical epiphanies and dissecting the high and lowbrow moments of mainstream pop.
Psychic TV Thursday, September 7th, 2006, Noon - 3pm
on
Strength Through Failure with Fabio
Legendary experimental outfit Psychic TV comes to WFMU's studio for the very first time to perform a live set. The band will also discuss upcoming shows in the area, their new record, and having been a force on the international music scene for over 20 years.
Terry Adams from NRBQ Sunday, September 3rd, 2006, 7pm - 9pm
on
Bob Brainen's show
NRBQ's Terry Adams returns to Bob Brainen's show (his 3rd visit) to discuss his 5 decades of recordings, from NRBQ to his many side projects past and present. Along for the ride will be P.J. O'Connell, whose toured with NRBQ and played on 2 of his 3 solo albums, as well as Pete Tomlinson -- Bob's fellow music obsessive/historian and major NRBQ fan. They'll check out Terry's latest project, "Louisville Sluggers" which reunites him w/ NRBQ co-founder Steve Ferguson, and they'll be debuting the long-awaited CD "NRBQ-Ludlow Garage 1970" which features the legendary original lineup and which is coming out soon on Sundazed Records.
The New Lou Reeds Saturday, September 2nd, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
This band featuring Cleveland rocker Edward Á Sotelo (Cobra Verde, Guided by Voices) have a sound that calls to mind 70s southern/hard rock and also straight up southern punk like the Oblivians! They stop by for a live set featuring tracks from their new album "Top
Billin'"
Pink Reason Tuesday, August 29th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Green Bay, Wisconsin is the smallest locale in the USA to own a major
league football team, has some hellish winters, and also is the home base
of a guy named Kevin who has sent forth one of the stranger 7" singles to pass
through WFMU in recent memory. Capturing the stumbling blues of early Royal Trux,
the creeping synth and echoed percussion of the Legendary Pink Dots, and
the android alienation of Gary Numan (if he was recording some 70's DIY
demo with a cheap organ in a dank basement), there's about four other
unpeggable things floating around in each one of these songs that you just have to
shrug your
shoulders and stop trying to be so analytical all the damn time. Check out what's
sure to be an interesting live session today.
Ben Monder Monday, August 28th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Guitarist Ben Monder is one of the most original, inventive players to grace the jazz scene in recent times. Based in Brooklyn, Mr. Monder is equally at home providing
tasteful embellishment to other musicians' recordings as he is
playing abstract, other-worldly lines on his own. By Ben's own
accounting he has played on over 90 CDs as a sideman. Ben Monder has
4 albums of his own, the latest being the lovely and atmospheric
"Oceana" on the Sunnyside label. He brings his guitar by WFMU for a
live performance.
Balanceman Saturday, August 26th, 2006, 8pm - 10pm
on
Put the Needle On the Record with Billy Jam
The noted left coast producer & multi-instrumentalist will be spinning all new & unreleased Bay Area hip-hop and electronic recordings with host Billy Jam. Expect new music from Alias and Odd Nosdam of the Anticon collective, Sutekh of Context Free Media, Mochipet, Bloodwire, Darkat, Cosiner, E DA Boss, Tony Fader and more.
Ernesto Villa-Lobos Saturday, August 26th, 2006, 6pm - 8pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Ernesto Villa-Lobos is an award-winning classical violinist who also has deep interest in the music of his native Veracruz, Mexico. His group Bamba New York explores traditional Jarocho music. "Jarocho" describes the people and culture of the southern coastal plain of Veracruz, who for more than two centuries have shaped a distinctive regional music. Ernesto and Bamba NY are playing at Joe's Pub on Friday Sept. 1 as part of the multi-disciplinary Celebrate Mexico Now festival, which runs Sept 1-17 at various venues around NYC.
Oneida Saturday, August 26th, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Straight outta Brooklyn come master musicans Oneida who play their multi-genre music like there aint no tomorrow . Oneida's
psyche-drug-pound-punk-groove-medieval-hardcore-kraut-trance-folk-noise while great on records is AMAZING live. So check 'em out live on the radio where they will be playing the most excellent cuts off of their latest album Happy New Year on Jagjaguwar, then go see 'em that night Saturday, Aug 26th @ Studio B (259 Banker St. between Meserole and Calyer) Brooklyn NY, w/Black
Dice!
Harry Taussig Saturday, August 26th, 2006, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Jeffrey Davison will conduct a rare interview with New American Guitar legend Harry Taussig, whose only LP, "Fate Is Only Once", was privately pressed and issued in 1965. The album, "lost" for 40 years, was reissued last year. In addition to music, Taussig discusses the counterculture, photography, and obscure museums.
Vegas Martyrs Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Purveyors of total black noise-trance destruction, the trio of Dominick Fernow (aka Prurient), Richard Dunn (FFH), and Joe Potts (Drums Of Myrrh) come down to Jersey City to raise up a hate-fueled racket pretty unlike your average guitar/drums/electronics format. Razor guitar through thick sheets of metallic gauze, tortured vocals, and high entertainment value all around.
El Da Sensei Monday, August 21st, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on
Coffee Break For Heroes & Villains with Noah
Hailing from Newark, New Jersey. El Da Sensei first became known in the
mid 1990's as a member of the group The Artifacts, alongside Tame One.
After the group disbanded in 1997 he went on to work on numerous solo
projects. Tune in as El drops by to chat and play some tracks from his
latest full length on Fat Beats.
Ergo Phizmiz Monday, August 21st, 2006, 7pm - 8pm
on
Do or DIY with People Like Us
Ergo Phizmiz's music jumps freely between pop, pranksterism, mutant-electro, and just about everything inbetween. Described by The Wire magazine as a "one man movement", and by BBC Radio 3 as "one of the most inventive composers around...", Ergo has developed a reputation as one of the most genuinely innovative composers working today. He's created over 300 hours of audio and video, including projects for the Tate Modern, the Royal Festival Hall, the Dutch Academy of Fine Art, Resonance FM, Ubuweb and BBC Radio 3. Tune in to hear Vicki Bennett chat with him about his many projects, and to spin some of his favorite musical selections.
Fern Knight Monday, August 21st, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
This Philadelphia, PA ensemble with an ever-changing lineup is fronted by guitarist/cellist and singer
Margaret Wienk, who creates delicate, organic, acoustic songs orchestrated by layers of accordion/harmonium/electronics drones, pysch-tinged strings, canonic vocals, harp, bells, and percussion and singing saw. At the heart of the songs is Margie's strong voice, cello, and guitar, leading the tunes with feeling and subtlety. While in the tradition of electric-trad legends such as Pentangle and Trees, Fern Knight's music rings of the intensely
personal and is delivered with crystal clarity. Michael Patrick Brady of Brainwashed says of the ensemble, "Fern Knight draws a slow story, one that makes for an excellent tale that explores those winding forest paths and the things that lie hidden between the lines." The set will begin at 4 PM.
Nomo Saturday, August 19th, 2006, 6pm - 8pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Nomo is a supertight Afrobeat-inspired but wide-ranging 8-piece that came together at sweaty all-night house parties in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In addition to your usual percussion, guitars, keyboards, horns, etc., the band features homemade instruments created by bandleader Elliot Bergman with fellow Michigander Warren Defever. Defever's band His Name is Alive shares several members with Nomo, and he produced the band's scorching new
CD "New Tones" (on Ubiquity). Nomo will hit us with live versions from this CD as well as their self-titled 2004 debut disc on Fred Thomas's Ypsilanti Records.
Mike Randle of Love Saturday, August 19th, 2006, 10am - Noon
on
Michael Shelley's show
Mike Randle was a member of Love alongside the late Arthur Lee for 13 years. Mike will discuss Arthur's eccentricities, the challenges of learning Love's catalog, and what it was like to play over 600 live
dates with Lee. He'll also discuss his own work as a solo artist and as a member of the L.A. band Baby Lemonade.
The Wellingtons Friday, August 18th, 2006, 8pm - 11pm
on
Pseu's Thing With a Hook
Melbourne Australia's The Wellingtons stop by Pseu's Thing With A Hook fresh from their appearance at The International Pop Overthrow Festival to share their shiny, happy, hook-filled pop with us! This boy-girl quartet has been garnering raves like "If the Beatles circa help and the Shangri-Las had somehow formed a super-group, this is what they'd sound like."
George Pelecanos Monday, August 14th, 2006, 8pm - 11pm
on
Mike L.'s show
This lauded DC crime/noir kingpin is the author of titles such as Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go, King Suckerman, The Big Blowdown, and Soul Circus. He is also a writer for the acclaimed HBO series The Wire. George will stop by Mike's show to discuss his life, books, and to spin some tracks that have enjoyed heavy rotation on the promo tour for his latest novel, The Night Gardener.
DJ Spooky Saturday, August 12th, 2006, 8pm - 10pm
on
Put the Needle On the Record with Billy Jam
DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, is a prolific artist who has been tirelessly exploring new paths in music. Recent examples include "The Rebirth of A Nation," his audio-visual remix of D.W. Griffith's film, his MIT published book "Rhythm Science," last year's "Drums of Death" project co-produced with Jack Dangers, plus his latest release, an old-school reggae collection called "In Fine Style: 50,000 Volts of Trojan Records." Spooky (aka Paul Miller) is appearing this Sunday in Central Park where he will be presenting a free Summerstage show with Talvin Sing, Guru of Gangstarr, Prefuse 73, and others.
Candi Staton Friday, August 11th, 2006, Noon - 3pm
on
Monica's show
First Lady of Southern Soul, gospel goddess, and disco legend Candi Staton stops by Monica's show this Friday to discuss her astounding multi-genre career and her storied survival of the abusive marriages and alcoholism that came with it. Her raw, ravaged, and raspy voice has traveled many miles and musical paths - from her rural roots traveling with Mahalia Jackson and the Soul Stirrers in the 50s, to her transformation of country classics to soul standards at Muscle Shoals in the late 60s/early 70s, to her disco anthems in the late 70s, and her triumphant return to both gospel and, more recently, secular music.
Robert Marbury + author Michael Crewdon Monday, August 7th, 2006, 6pm - 7pm
on
The Speakeasy with Dorian
Robert Marbury of MART (Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists) talks about rogue taxidermy and Michael Crewdson, who with Margaret Mittelbach wrote Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian TigerZ returns with tales of the wild.
Al Margolis Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006, 8pm - 11pm
on
World of Echo with Dave Mandl
Al Margolis will be stopping by for his annual summer visit. Al is the brains behind the great new-music label Pogus Productions and the band If, Bwana, as well as a member of post-post-punk legends the Styrenes. He was also a major figure in the 1980s-90s underground cassette movement, via his label Sound of Pig music. Al will be presenting some new and upcoming Pogus releases and spinning other gems from his massive collection of musical oddities.
Pumice Tuesday, August 1st, 2006, 11pm - 2am
on
Bill Zurat's show
New Zealand's Pumice, aka Stephan Neville, stops by the WFMU studios for an inspired solo set. Imagine a DIY singer-songwriter approach with strong melodies and just a touch of noise for good measure. This is Pumice's first tour through the United States featuring tape collages and a modified child's acoustic guitar that Stefan somehow coaxes warm and expressive tones from. It's certainly a
performance not be missed.
Tommy Keene Tuesday, August 1st, 2006, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
To call Tommy Keene a power-pop artist is just scratching the surface. Trouser Press accurately describes him as a versatile guitarist, gifted
songwriter, and appealing singer. Keene has done stints on the road
backing Paul Westerberg, Robert Pollard, and Velvet Crush and pushes his own
solo career into its 25th year with his latest, "Crashing the Ether" --
probably his most adventurous album to date. Tune in today for a live performance and interview.
Lisa Germano Monday, July 31st, 2006, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Seductive, dark, and truly magical, Lisa Germano has just released a new disc called "In the Maybe World" on Michael Gira's Young God label. Always stark and direct, Germano's songs are intensely beautiful with just a hint of black humor. Lisa has been touring with the equally beautiful guitarist and producer Michael Brook, and she plays on his new album, "RockPaperScissors,"as well. Lisa Germano dropped by mid-tour to chat and play a few songs for us on the piano.
Legendary garage rockers The Cynics have been around since 1983 specializing in fuzzed, ultra-distorted guitar, screaming, moaning vocals, with a straight-ahead no frills rhythm section. The influences are 60s Punk, R&B, and other loud, frantic trash
like the Seeds, The Sonics, Moving Sidewalks, and the Count Five!
Their latest full-length is out now on the Get Hip label.
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