Caught In A Trap Thursday, January 8th, 11pm - 2am
on
Pat Duncan's show
Caught In A Trap, play old school New York Hardcore reminiscent of Agnostic Front and Sick Of It All. They will play selections from the recent LP, "Rats Get Fat."
Barbara Morgenstern Thursday, January 8th, 9am - Noon
on
This Is the Modern World with Trouble
Barbara Morgenstern has recorded several releases with the innovative Monika label out of Berlin. Her charm lies in her effortless sound collusion of lap top programming and live piano. Celebrating the release of her new album, Barbara's piano keys will send forth peace and good humour on all who listen between 9 and noon.
Zola Jesus Wednesday, January 7th, 11pm - 2am
on
The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
Coming off two killer 7"'s and the Tsar Bomba EP on Troubleman, Madison, WI-based chanteuse/band Zola Jesus stirs up a charming mix of synth-mired darkwave and lo-fi bedroom haze with charisma to spare.
Live Broadcast from Maxwell's Wednesday, January 7th, 6pm - 7pm
on
Seven Second Delay with Ken and Andy
Seven Second Delay returns to broadcast live at Maxwell's on Wednesday January 7th from 6-7pm. Admission is free, unless you count the damage to your soul that invariably comes after spending an hour with Ken and Andy. Joining them at Maxwell's this week is comedy writer and producer Alan Zweibel, Professional Smart Aleck and Comedian Carla Ulbrich, singer-songwriter R. Stevie Moore and Sirius Radio Talk Show Host Chris T. Maxwells is located at 1039 Washington Street in Hoboken.
2008 IBJ Christmas Party live at Maxwell's Sunday, January 4th, Noon - 3pm
on
The Glen Jones Radio Programme
The Glen Jones Radio Programme featuring X. Ray Burns presents the 2008 IBJ Christmas Party live at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. Join Jonesey & X. Ray for some holiday cheer during this live remote radio broadcast. A live performance by Holmes will be featured and Santa Clown will be making a special appearance. Maxwell's is located at 1039 Washington in Hoboken.
La Troba Kung Fu Saturday, January 3rd, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Spain's cathartic, charismatic La Troba Kung Fu is the offspring of the late great band Dusminguet. The buoyant Barcelona-area combo led by accordionist extraordinaire Joan (pronounced like "Juan") Garriga uses the distinctive regional Rumba Catalan style as the "surfboard" for genre-leaping mirth-making on their beautifully packaged debut CD / illustrated chapbook Clavell Morenet (K-Industria Records). This live session was recorded after their triumphant NYC debut at Lincoln Center this past July, opening for Rumba Catalan icon Peret.
Jimmy Hughes Saturday, January 3rd, 10am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with veteran soul singer Jimmy Hughes whose recordings for the FAME label blended Gospel, R&B and Rock & Roll with a taste of Country and helped create the template for the classic Muscle Shoals Sound. We'll also get the low down on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in and we'll spend one minute with music journalist Scott Schinder.
Robert Ashley Saturday, December 27th, 2008, 9pm - Midnight
on
Choking on Cufflinks with Michael Goodstein
WFMU welcomes the return of legendary experimental composer Robert Ashley. From his work with the Once Festival in Michigan and the Sonic Arts Union in the 1960s, his legendary "Automatic Writing" in the '70s, to his current Opera experiments, Ashley has consistently created challenging and beautiful pieces of music. He will be discussing the focus on speech and conversation in his works and his upcoming opera series (Dust, 1998, Celestial Excursions, 2003, and a revised version of Concrete entitled Made out of Concrete, 2009) at LaMama in New York City.
Ron Altbach of King Harvest Saturday, December 27th, 2008, 10am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with Ron Altbach who founded the band King Harvest & plays the incredible electric piano part on their 1973 hit single "Dancing In The Moonlight," and later went on to play with The Beach Boys. We'll also get the scoop on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in and we'll spend one minute with music journalist Scott Schinder.
Douglas Rushkoff fills in for Andy and Frangry, with guest Paul Krassner Friday, December 26th, 2008, 6pm - 7pm
on
The Media Squat with Douglas Rushkoff
This participatory radio show looks at both sides of Life Incorporated: how life has been literally "incorporated" by business and economics, and how can we incorporate LIFE back into our world: local commerce, community, social currency, and other emerging forms
of participatory culture. This isn't pure 60's or Whole Earth radicalism and self-sufficiency (though it's certainly related) but a 21st Century, cyberpunk reclamation of all technologies and social contracts as essentially open source, up for discussion, and open to modification.
Xmass w/ the McSorleys (fill-in for Fabio) Wednesday, December 24th, 2008, 8pm - 11pm
on
Marty McSorley's show
Momma and Sister McSorley stop by the program for a little holiday cheer. Getting together all the holiday mixes and cooking up all the fixin's. Tune in for late night family fun. Really, your own family on Xmass isn't funny, but it is funny when it happens to someone else. Possible topics include: Where are my grandchildren? Why do you dress like a hobo? Why do you spend all your money on these weird records?
Nick the Bard sings Slayer and more Wednesday, December 24th, 2008, Noon - 3pm
on
Kenny G's show
Ah Christmas.? A time to gather around the fireplace with family, sit back, and reflect over thoughts of war, murder, gang violence, nuclear assault, back street gambling, and fishies. All provided in an a capella style. Nick the Bard returns to do as such for the last time this year on Kenny G's show, when he'll perform the classic album "Seasons in the Abyss" by Slayer in it's entirety, and then some time later in the same show, he's back to offer up a mix of singles that he just wants to do that full album performances are
holding him back from, for assorted reasons. No hints to what they'll be, just tune in to hear it all. So sit back, relax, listen in, and forget about the burning turkey that'll make your Christmas tree into the flaming death trap you secretly wanted it to be. You know, for the inheritance. Yup.
Ducktails Wednesday, December 24th, 2008, 2am - 6am
on
Marty McSorley's show
Ducktails stops by the WFMU studios to treat your ears to the soothing sounds of his dreamy, loopy, twangy goodness. Ducktails
builds a sweet pillow of sound for the insomniac's ears and rests your head down nicely, but some how keeps your foot tapping. The perfect sound track to all your lucid dreams. Listen to it now and look forward the LP that is about to drop on Not Not Fun.
The Acousmatic Theater Hour presents their FIRST EVER original radio production, "Christmas 'Cracker: A New York Holiday Musical" Sunday, December 21st, 2008, 9pm - 10pm
on
The Acousmatic Theater Hour with Jason G and Karinne
This Sunday, December 21 at 9pm, The Acousmatic Theater Hour presents their FIRST EVER original radio production, "Christmas 'Cracker: A New York Holiday Musical," by Kelly Copper of the OBIE winning Nature Theater of Oklahoma! Karinne has produced a participatory phone-in musical with evil holiday music, featuring NY theater superstars like Young Jean Lee, Pavol Liska, Kristin Kosmas, Rob Erickson, and many more! Tune in to hear Clara, her deranged scientist father, the building super Lenny who accidentally blows the whole thing up, Donald Trump and the
Angelic Host, a visitation of Arnold Schwarzenegger, 3 wise rats from Dad's lab spreading the plague and Christmas um, cheer? Don't miss this experimental holiday extravaganza!
Members of 17 Hippies Saturday, December 20th, 2008, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
A visit with members of 17 Hippies, the defiantly acoustic band from techno-mad Berlin that was drawn to the music of Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall. Rock Family Tree note: Founding / current bandmember Lutz Ulbrich and sometime collaborator Harald Grosskopf are members of the legendary Krautrock band Ash Ra Tempel. 17 Hippies will be in NYC on Monday January 12 at the APAP, the annual Arts Presenters Conference - along with Mamadou Diabate, Rob Curto's Sanfona and Vagabond Opera.
Boss Hog reunion Saturday, December 20th, 2008, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The legendary Boss Hog returns after eight years and plays live on WFMU! Led by punk rock-n-roll royalty Cristina Martinez and Jon Spencer, Boss Hog bring their brand of subversive, disturbo rock-n-roll of twisted hooks, poisonous riffs and heavy-ass grooves. Boss Hog's 1989 debut at CBGB's saw the beginning of a rotating line-up featuring members of New York's noisiest gentry, Pussy Galore, the Honeymoon Killers, and the Unsane, before finally evolving into the classic team of Cristina Martinez, Jon Spencer, Hollis Queens, Jens Jurgensen, and Mark Boyce. This entire line-up will be on hand for their powerhouse return. Check out their only two New York/NJ appearances prior to their WFMU broadcast: Dec 3 at Maxwells in Hoboken, and Dec 17 at Bowery Ballroom NYC. Be sure to tune in to hear Boss Hog's first appearance since 2000!
Holiday Music Spectacular! Saturday, December 20th, 2008, 10am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael spins nothing but Holiday #1 Hits - from the obscure to the obvious, this will be genre-busting affair. Also: Dave The Spazz, Todd-O-Phonic Todd, Mr. Finewine, Joe Belock & Gaylord Fields will all be dropping by to introduce one of their own personal #1 hit Holiday songs! All that & a few surprises!
Lucky Dragons Wednesday, December 17th, 2008, 11pm - 2am
on
The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
Equally adept at community building, sonic exploration and art making, Lucky Dragons bring all sides for a celebratory live set. Tune in for
little instruments and big hearts.
Andy Daly And Boss Hog Tuesday, December 16th, 2008, 8pm - 11pm
on
The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling
That's right everybody. We go two for the price of one on The Best Show On WFMU!! We will talk to Andy Daly, the funny funny man behind the two-disc collection "Nine Sweaters" about what it was like working on "Semi Pro" and how hard it is being funnier than EVERYBODY ELSE ALIVE RIGHT NOW! We will also have a live mini-set from the newly-reformed Boss Hog, playing WFMU in anticipation of their triumphant show at the Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday 12/17, and their full live set on the Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T this Saturday 12/20! Plus the usual Best Show highlights!
Barnacled Tuesday, December 16th, 2008, 9am - Noon
on
Talk's Cheap with Jason Sigal
Barnacled is an avant-jazz supergroup from Providence RI, which may account for their prog/noise leanings. Barnacled's nine-member lineup includes local luminaries Alec K Redfearn on accordian, electronic mastermind Frank Difficult, and JMMJ (Jason McGill / Michael Jefferies) on alto/baritone saxophone. Bassoon, guitar, and various types of percussion will all be in the mix for Barnacled's rare NY-area appearances. Barnacled can be found Dec 15th at Don Pedro in Brooklyn, and ESP-Disk is throwing a record release party at Manhattan's Bowery Poetry Club on Dec 16th. The new Barnacled album is called "Charles," it's their first since their 2002 debut on Corleone, and it's due out on ESP-Disk later this year.
Michna Monday, December 15th, 2008, 8pm - 11pm
on
Sound and Safe with Trent
New York/Miami DJ-producer Michna is a total freak for ghetto-blasting booty bass that you hear rumbling out of low riders all across the south. He's also a true techno freak and former skateboarder, and a seriously deep video gamer as well. Shortly: his DJ sets are funny, heavy, and will make all your friends shake it. If they don't shake it, you can go ahead and stop being friends with them. His releases as Egg Foo Young, with the group Secret Frequency Crew, and most recently as Michna on the Counterflow, Touchin' Bass, Schematic, Mass Transit, and Ghostly labels traverse weird and fun worlds - check him out around town and on his latest Ghostly release, "Magic Monday," and of course on 12/15 with Trent on Sound and Safe.
Tall Firs Monday, December 15th, 2008, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Angular rock at a loping pace might be a quick way of describing Tall Firs. The trio of Dave Mies, Aaron Mullan and Ryan Sawyer say of their music: "the results are like a fine cough syrup: A confusing, bittersweet concoction laced with just enough speed to keep you feeling a bit better about the world of sickness closing in around you." Writer David Fricke described one Tall Firs live set in his Fricke's Picks column: "A gently uplifting highlight of my...weekend...a psychedelic-folk tangle of spider-leg-guitar arpeggios and hazy, bong-room singalong harmonies." They stop by WFMU to play live.
WFMU Live from the Mall Monday, December 15th, 2008, Noon - 3pm
on
Liz Berg's show
Play hooky from work and loiter at the mall with WFMU! Benjamen Walker and Liz Berg join forces to kick-start the shopping season with a special 6-hour live broadcast from Jersey City's Newport Centre Mall (30 Mall Drive West, near the Pavonia/Newport PATH station). You are invited to hang out with us near Macy's as we pump out the holiday jams, interview shoppers, and hold recession-proof $5 shopping competitions. Nick the Bard will also be on hand, distributing candy canes as Scary Santa. Spend for the holidays, save the economy!
WFMU Live from the Mall Monday, December 15th, 2008, 9am - Noon
on
Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything
Play hooky from work and loiter at the mall with WFMU! Benjamen Walker and Liz Berg join forces to kick-start the shopping season with a special 6-hour live broadcast from Jersey City's Newport Centre Mall (30 Mall Drive West, near the Pavonia/Newport PATH station). You are invited to hang out with us near Macy's as we pump out the holiday jams, interview shoppers, and hold recession-proof $5 shopping competitions. Nick the Bard will also be on hand, distributing candy canes as Scary Santa. Spend for the holidays, save the economy!
Timbila Saturday, December 13th, 2008, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Timbila is a New York band inspired by the music of southern Africa. This shimmering music is centered on the timbila, a traditional xylophone of the Chopi people of Mozambique as played by Nora Balaban, as well as the Shona Mbira, a smaller pitched-percussion instrument from Zimbabwe, and the African guitar stylings of a master interpreter, author and radio producer Banning Eyre. The band is joined by many other fine players, several of whom have played with Zimbabwean icon Thomas Mapfumo.
Shel Talmy Saturday, December 13th, 2008, 10am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with record producer Shel Talmy whose groundbreaking techniques resulted in huge hits from The Kinks, The Who, The Easybeats, Manfred Man, The Creation & tons more! We'll also get the low down on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in and we'll spend one minute with music journalist Scott Schinder.
Mary Halvorson Trio Wednesday, December 10th, 2008, 11pm - 2am
on
The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
Mary Halvorson (guitar), John Hebert (pronounced Ay-Bear) (bass) &
Ches Smith (drums). Guitar virtuoso and Anthony Braxton collaborator
Mary Halvorson brings her crack trio down to WFMU for a live session,
celebrating her debut recording as a bandleader, Dragon's Head, out
now on Firehouse 12. Tune in for some fire breathing future jazz of
the highest order!
Say No! To Arcitecture plus Keili and Ariel Wednesday, December 10th, 2008, 2am - 6am
on
Marty McSorley's show
Say No! To Arcitecture comes by the program for a live set. Listen in
as this one man band uses simple sounds and riffs to construct
beautifully spacey sound skyscrapers that seem to effortlessly build
themselves around you.
Special Guest Ariel of Showpaper - band organizer for NY Eye & Ear Record Fair and Music Festival will come in and talk with Marty and Keili about Showpaper and the Festival, which is a benefit for Showpaper on Friday December 12 and Saturday December 13 at Vanishing Point (240 Meserole Street, Brooklyn).
Zach Galifianakis Tuesday, December 9th, 2008, 8pm - 11pm
on
The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling
The one and only famous and hilarious comedian Zach Galifianakis is going to be LIVE IN THE STUDIO this Tuesday December 9th! Zach will be talking about all the exciting things tuff that have kept him busy over the last year, all of his exciting adventures and doing all the things that have made us laugh over the years! And more! Get your questions ready and strap yourself in for an evening of Hilarity!
Haale Sunday, December 7th, 2008, 6am - 9am
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Haale, an Iranian-American born in the Bronx, plays sweeping psychedelic rock informed by Persian music traditions. Haale plays electric guitar and sings in English and Persian. She is joined by percussionist Matt Kilmer and cellist Brent Arnold. The trio also plays the Highline Ballroom on December 8.
Kate Ferencz Sunday, December 7th, 2008, 3am - 6am
on
Beastin' The Airwaves! with Keili
Kate Ferencz pays her first of hopefully many visits to WFMU and Beastin' The Airwaves! with Keili. You will fall in love with her high, innocent voice and her genuine and offbeat lyrics, just like the DIY/All Ages community has. She could be the love child of Alison Shaw of Cranes, Dylan, and The Beatles.
Fleshtones Xmas Party Saturday, December 6th, 2008, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Tune in this Sat Dec 6, for a Fleshtones Xmas party! The ultimate Super Rock party band holds it down for the ultimate holiday celebration. The Fleshtones have a brand new Xmas album on YepRoc called Stocking Stuffer, and it's a festive blast of garage rock-n-roll even for people who hate Xmas music. The new album is so rockin' you can listen to it all year round and it will debut on WFMU! Tune in this Saturday so you can still believe in Christmastime AND the Fleshtones after all these years!
One Big Crowd: A Tribute To A7 & the Early NY Hardcore Scene Thursday, December 4th, 2008, 3pm - 6pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
The companion radio show to the event at the Knit, Dec 6th!! Two days before the Knitting Factory show that will feature over 30 old school bands (or pieces of 'em) on all 3 floors, Diane's guests on the Fun Machine will be people involved with the show talking about the old NYHC scene, how the show came about and we'll be playing LOTS of music from the era! Confirmed guests: Kenny Ahrens and John Kelley, vocalist and guitarist for URBAN WASTE; Mike Enright - Soundman for A7, member of Desi Desi Desi; Bryan Swirsky - Show coordinator, Complete Control Booking; Wendy Eager - Show Coordinator, Guillotine Magazine.
Seven Second Delay Returns to Maxwells Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008, 6pm - 7pm
on
Seven Second Delay with Ken and Andy
Join Ken and Andy and dozens of WFMU listeners for another Seven Second Delay, live from Maxwell's in Hoboken, December 3rd from 6-7pm. This weeks guests include the up and coming Hoboken comic Adam Ward and Ukulele player Doreen Heather. Maxwell's is located at 1039 Washington Street in Hoboken, at the corner of Washington and Eleventh. Admission is free, but there will be no reimbursements for the wear and tear on your soul.
Brian Joseph Davis Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008, Noon - 3pm
on
Kenny G's show
Join Kenny G as he welcomes Toronto-based plunderphonist and WFMU fave Brian Joseph Davis. Best known for his "Yesterduh" project (wrong lyrics sung to "Yesterday"), Davis will be bringing short edits of the longer stuff, some rarities and a special piece he made just for the show, kind of a cover of "Kenny G Whispering Marx" that he calls "Whispering Film Theory." Guaranteed to annoy. You have been warned.
Cheap Time Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
With their rough-yet-economically-streamlined three minute anthems, this
Nashville trio perfectly boil down the essential elements of snotty Killed
By Death primitive punk, Sparks angularity, and glam-inspired power pop
hooks perfected by the likes of Milk N' Cookies and Redd Kross (in fact RK's
Steve McDonald produced their debut for In the Red Records).
In a sea of garage rock combos getting in line to replicate each other,
Cheap Time take a somewhat deviant path and nail some great sideways
references from across the board. Turn them up this afternoon on Brian's
show, and see them live all over NYC from November 20-22nd.
Then at about 10, a live set from Barcelona's El Guincho. Picture a golden-falsetto'd genius on the beach in Portugal with a laptop, drum machines, banjos, lots of effects units, fun hand percussion things, and breezy alcoholic beverages, and you'll be somewhere in the right universe.
Xiu Xiu Monday, December 1st, 2008, Noon - 3pm
on
Liz Berg's show
Bay Area avant garde popsters Xiu Xiu make their first visit to WFMU. With 6 fantastic albums since their inception in 2002, band leader and production whiz Jamie Stewart writes songs that veer from full, layered ecstatic pop soundscapes to caustic and catchy experimentalia to fragile and introspective minimalist dramas. Check out their latest CD, "Women As Lovers," and see them live at Housing Works Bookstore in NYC on Dec 10th.
Beastin' The Airwaves! will also feature artist, musician and scholar, Devin KKenny. Devin's witty, intelligent electronic/hiphop is both fun and thought provoking. He'll play live with his group Annual Doh, talk about his artwork and music, as well as spin some of his favorites for everyone.
Pat Vegas Saturday, November 29th, 2008, 10am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with Pat Vegas who started his career as a teenager in 1961 touring with Oscar Petterson, then played on hundreds of L.A. records sessions, backing everyone from Elvis to Sonny & Cher, in the 70's he formed Redbone and had a #1 hit with "Come & Get Your Love." We'll also get the scoop on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in & we'll also spend one minute with music journalist Scott Shinder.
Jeremiah Cymerman Wednesday, November 26th, 2008, 11pm - 2am
on
The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
Following his excellent and strange album on Tzadik, "In Memory of the Labyrinth System," reedman Jeremiah Cymerman (pronounced simmerman) stops by to put in a mindbending set of solo clarinet + electronics.
Ian Nagoski Wednesday, November 26th, 2008, 7pm - 8pm
on
Mudd Up! with DJ/Rupture
On this week's Mudd Up, special guest Ian Nagoski, compiler of the 'Black Mirror' compilation of old 78s from around the world. Ian will share recordings and fascinating stories from his deep personal collection of 78s, and talk about 'dust-to-digital' archival issues, the meaning and uses of vintage shellac in 2008.
John Hodgman Tuesday, November 25th, 2008, 8pm - 11pm
on
The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling
The Best Show on WFMU is excited to welcome author-actor-general famous person John Hodgman to the WFMU studios. He will be talking all about his new book More Information Than You Require, his role as the 'PC' in the Mac-PC' commercials, his recurring status as the 'resident expert' on The Daily Show, and his goal to become the George Plimpton of the twenty-first century.
Jerusalem and the Starbaskets Tuesday, November 25th, 2008, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Jeremy Freeze and Kim Sherman make up this excellent duo out of Columbia, Missouri whose sporadic vinyl releases have clanged over our airwaves over the last couple of years. They're a most appealing hybrid of Velvets/New Zealand psych-pop worship, while turning up the levels on a splattery DIY ethic drenched in the wilder experimental moments of bands like the Hospitals.
The Shrubs Tuesday, November 25th, 2008, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Sprouting from upstate New York in 1994, this band's VU-inspired 3-minute freakouts will take root immediately in your Shrub-conscious.
At 9:30 - There is no one with a deeper, darker, and more pounding sense of music humor than Jack Dangers. For more than 20 years, he's been finding new ways to find, deconstruct, and re-present beats and samples in funny, weird, and scary ways; add to that a lot of talent on actual instruments and a feverish devotion to low end synthesis and you've got Meat Beat Manifesto, the band now touring along with a mindblowing music-coordinated widescreen visual cut-up show (and a live, live live drummer) to support its 11th album "Autoimmune." Dangers has worked with everyone from the Bee Gees to Merzbow (and, actually, kind of put out music that sounds like a cross between the two of them...or something), and he'll be brining his gear into the WFMU studios for a live session on Sound and Safe with Trent. Get your nice speakers hooked up!
Lacrymosa Monday, November 24th, 2008, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Lacrymosa is the solo-moniker of Caitlin Pasko. The 20-year-old from Virginia Beach, VA, following a classical upbringing, and quickly showed a preternatural genius for piano-driven impressionistic songs. Pasko's musical style is a dramatic melding of Regina Spektor, Kate Bush, and maybe even a touch of Laura Nyro. Lacrymosa plays a few live tunes on WFMU.
Red Dawn II and Golden Triangle Monday, November 24th, 2008, Noon - 3pm
on
Liz Berg's show
Brooklyn 'Killed By Death'-esque punk band Red Dawn II spit and snarl their way through a quick set of hardcore tunes for the short-attention-spanned. The duo is Allison of Awesome Color and Wolfy (ex-Roxy Pain), and they have a number of releases on the cassette-only Party Store Music label. They've promised to bring along a pile of bad records to torture you with after the set, consider yourselves warned!
Then, a last minute addition: Brooklyn's answer to the B-52s (30 years later), Golden Triangle. Fun psychedelic party music with catchy boy-girl call and response. The band features members of Viva L'american Death Ray, ex-Angry Angles, ex-Roxy Pain and they have a show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg with King Khan and BBQ Show on Nov 29.
Carlos Giffoni Sunday, November 23rd, 2008, 6am - 9am
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Carlos Giffoni has become a major force for noise in New York City. Not only does he organize the annual No Fun Festival and release great albums via the No Fun Productions label, he also records his own articulate noise outings. The most recent, Adult Life, is a hive of warm analog synthesizer drones and electronic machine landscapes.
Check out his visit to WFMU on Airborne Event.
Also on the program will be music photographer Leia Jospe (pronouned like the Star Wars Princess) who shoots for brooklynvegan.com and punkphoto.com. Leia's work has graced the pages of Blender, MySpace's frontpage and NME. Her photos capture the movement and intensity of a live show and make you feel like you were there, even when you weren't.
Dengue Fever Saturday, November 22nd, 2008, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The fantastical Dengue Fever make a return trip to WFMU honoring the Cherry Blossom Clinic with a performance following up their most recent prior appearance on Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg (Jan 20, 2007 -- check it out, yo!) If you dont already know, Dengue Fever are influenced by '60s psychedelia and Cambodian pop. Chlom Nimol has an amazing gorgeous, evocative voice and the entire 6 piece band delivers hypnotic, clever sounds! Dengue Fever are currently on their tour of the U.K , promoting their brilliant Venus On Earth album and the (limited edition, colored vinyl) reissue of Escape From Dragon House, both on M-80 Records. So tune on Nov 22, and hear why Terre and Rob and EVERYBODY loves this spellbinding, stunning, psychedelic Cambodian pop band. Also check out the documentary about Dengue Fever's visit to Cambodia, Sleepwalking through the Mekong, screening now throughout the US (DVD of the movie to be released in March 2009).
Brian Wilson Saturday, November 22nd, 2008, 10am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with genius Brian Wilson about who he voted for in the recent election, plans for his next concept album ("Pleasure Island, A Rock Fantasy"), and his favorite records (which include The Doobie Brothers "What A Fool Believes"). We'll also get the skinny on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in and we'll spend one minute with music journalist Scott Schinder.
Book Of Black Earth Thursday, November 20th, 2008, 3pm - 6pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Diane speaks with members of the Seattle outfit, Book Of Black Earth, whose new record, "Horoskopus" has just been recently released on the Prosthetic label. Their sound is menacing black metal, and you'll hear a bunch of it during the program, TUNE IN!
Scott and Gen Ken school the University of Cincinnati Thursday, November 20th, 2008, Noon - 3pm
on
Scott Williams's show
Listen in at 2pm on Thursday November 20th as a full hour of Scott's show becomes the lesson plan for an audio arts class at the University of Cincinnati! Call in and take part, we'll be the teachers. Leading the class is Gen Ken Montgomery, longtime audio-, mail-, and conceptual-artist - and the world's highest living authority on the band Sparks (they're famous!). He's giving us carte blanche to twist some fragile eggshell minds, so let's rise to the occasion!
Nick the Bard performs Magical Mystery Tour Wednesday, November 19th, 2008, Noon - 3pm
on
Kenny G's show
Guess what's happening again? Yes, Nick the Bard returns to bring you more fun with hit music. You know you want to hear it. Yes you do. Quit running away, get back here. By request, it's a foray into The Beatles catalog with whatever version of Magical Mystery Tour Nick can get his hands on, so don't blame him if you don't like it. Go complain to grandma, she won't know what's going on anyway, so you'll have something fun to discuss with the family over Thanksgiving. Then grandma can go fall asleep in the gravy while you're throwing beer cans at the football game and the cat eats all the cranberry sauce.
Double Bill Today: Los Llamarada and Hank IV Tuesday, November 18th, 2008, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
A one-two shot of great live action today on Brian's show today, first welcoming the brain-frying Los Llamarada, trekking up from Monterrey, Mexico and making their debut in NYC at last. Taking equal parts No Wave nihilism and cosmos-channelling confusion, attending FMU staffers at our March SXSW show in Austin are still talking about the live greatness that is this band. Fellow vets of our Texas hoe-down and previous FMU visits, San Francisco's Hank IV make it back into our studios this afternoon as well to shake it up in celebration of their new Siltbreeze label LP "Refuge In Genre." Both bands play together in NYC as well: November 12 at the Charleston in Brooklyn, November 13th at Maxwells in Hoboken, and November 14 at the Cake Shop.
Trouble and Bass DJs Monday, November 17th, 2008, 8pm - 11pm
on
Sound and Safe with Trent
Pounding forth from the dark goo of Brooklyn, the Trouble and Bass crew always makes you wish you had brought better earplugs. Live entertainers with penchants for getting naked and / or punched in the face while DJing (and still managing to make the beats drop in the right places), proprietors of a heavy bass record label, and hosts of parties featuring the best beat talent from around the globe and from all periods of heavy electronic music come to rock the studio on Sound and Safe with Trent. GET DESTROYED!
Jason Crigler Monday, November 17th, 2008, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
It's a miracle guitarist/singer/songwriter Jason Crigler is functional, much less alive today. Four years ago Crigler suffered a massive brain hemorrhage while on stage at a performance. Jason had been a much sought-after session guitarist, playing and touring with stellar musicians like Linda and Teddy Thompson and Marshall Crenshaw. His remarkable recovery is also the subject of a documentary, "Life. Support. Music" Jason Crigler drops by to tell his story, and play selections from a new tribute CD in his honor.
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