The Subway Surfers Tuesday, October 25th, 2005, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
It's a runaway garage-punk train from Jersey City as the Subway Surfers
storm WFMU to derail any preconceived notions as to what you thought music
was! Next stop: Mayhem!
Botanica Monday, October 24th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Led by erstwhile Firewater co-conspirator and international piano man Paul Wallfisch, Botanica is a
band named for those mysterious stores stocking spells, potions, and
artifacts of ritual. This Brooklyn-based band makes punk rock chamber music
for the 21st century. Botanica describes their third album, "Botanica vs.
the Truth Fish," as a vivid collection of sexy, swampy, political mayhem,
and they'll be bringing that mayhem to the WFMU studio today.
Jack Rose and Imaginational Anthem Special
Monday, October 24th, 2005, 6am - 9am
on
The John Allen Show
Imaginational Anthem is a guitar music collection documenting some of the most forward thinking fuitarists from the last 35 years. Named after a Max Och's composition, included on this CD, Imaginational Anthem celebrates the evolution of an approach developed and refined by masters such as John Fahey
and Sandy Bull and carried on by modern volks including Glenn Jones and Jack Rose. Tune in online to John Allen's Monday morning's web only show from 6-9 am EDT for a set of music by Jack Rose, followed by an interview with the producer of Imaginational Anthem as we celebrate all those "riding Fahey's Ass to the bank".
The Nightingales
Saturday, October 22nd, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
In the early 1980's the UK's Nightingales were a relatively unknown cult band, but they were the critic's favorites in the post-punk music scene. John Peel championed them and said of their relative obscurity: "their performances will serve to confirm their excellence -- and other, infinitely better known bands stand revealed as charlatans". The Nightingales recently re-formed and played some dates in the US. These underground legends stop by the Cherry Blossom Clinic and honor us with an amazing session of intricate, complex rock! Check out the their recently reissued album from 1986, 'In the Good Old Country Way,' on Caroline True records, as well as some new 7" releases on Big Print.
Guest DJs Andee and Allan from Aquarius Records Tuesday, October 18th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Tune in as Brian turns over 2 hours of the show to Andee Connors and
Allan Horrocks from Aquarius Records, who've trekked out from San
Francisco towing a sack of sub-sub-subterranean sounds that are sure to blow
minds. These guys have given Brian longtime advice on some of the weirdest
metal treasures in his collection, and they're promising some real
jawdroppers today from across the musical spectrum that you will surely
hear nowhere else. Andee also has some yet-to-be-released goodies on his own fine
tUMULt label, including utterly twisted recordings
of a bleak-souled 7th grade kid from Korea making fuzzed-out black metal trash at
home to rival even Burzum! Don't miss!
Thee Fine Lines Tuesday, October 18th, 2005, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
This power trio is not only the best Headcoats tribute band to come out of Springfield, Missouri, they're the best in the country! The band returns to WFMU for a second time, touring in support of a new EP on Licorice Tree Records. Three chords or less, two minutes or less,
Thee Fine Lines are one fine band!
Jose Gonzalez Monday, October 17th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
The names Bert Jansch, Nick Drake, and Joao Gilberto have been rising to people's lips when describing
the music of Jose Gonzalez. This Swedish-born singer-songwriter leans
toward the melancholic but adds a classical Latin sound to his guitar
playing. Jose is a rising star in the Scandanavian music community, and is
about to tour the UK on the Twisted Folk Tour. He drops by to pluck out some of his darkly beautiful tunes on a
classical guitar for WFMU.
Daniel Menche
Sunday, October 16th, 2005, 6am - 9am
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
WFMU will be graced with a second visit from
Portland, Oregon noise artist Daniel Menche [MEN-CHEE]. Menche's work has always stood apart from schlocky death-obsessed
post-industrial noise artists because he's got a sense of humor and
follows his curiosity to explore sound textures culled from places ranging
from his own body to drums, electronics, and environmental sounds. Listen
in as he pulls it all together into a foot-stomping, death-defying sonic
experience.
The Posies Tuesday, October 11th, 2005, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Seattle's power-pop standard-bearers treat the FMU listeners to a set of
tunes both old and new, from their new album "Every Kind of Light" out on
Rykodisc. You'll hear the vocal harmonies and great songwriting that led
Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens to release a new Big Star album with these
guys!
Barbara Ehrenreich Monday, October 10th, 2005, 6pm - 7pm
on
The Speakeasy with Dorian
Is the American Dream in reality a Pipe Dream? Author Barbara Ehrenreich visits the show to talk about this, and her new book, Bait and Switch.
Nethers
Monday, October 10th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Washington DC's Nethers plays story-songs
of doomed canaries, heiresses hiding from plagues, and parades at
sea. Their debut album, "In Fields We Will Lie," will be available
in late September on Box Theory Records.
The Mutts Saturday, October 8th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
All the way from Brighton in the UK, the Mutts storm the Cherry Blossom Clinic to blast out an amazing set of early-70s-sounding hard rock. Their one guitarist somehow plays like Angus *and* Malcolm Young combined, giving the band a sound that recalls early AC/DC or Sir Lord Baltimore. But at the same time you'd be hard-pressed to find a review that doesn't mention the Ramones as well. Don't miss this slamming session, and pick up the Mutts' new album 'Life in Dirt,' out now on Fatcat.
Paul Metzger Sunday, October 2nd, 2005, 9pm - 11pm
on
Stochastic Hit Parade / A440 with Bethany Ryker
The banjo like you've never heard it before. Sometimes Metzger's
"modified" banjo recalls a flute playing Carnatic ragas, then takes
turns towards Derek Bailey-style textural elements in long, meditative
pieces that build like one long single phrase. Paul drops in to the
WFMU studios on a tour that brings him to the east coast from his
residence in Minnesota.
A Moving Sound
Saturday, October 1st, 2005, 9pm - Midnight
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Fresh from its September 30th appearance at Joe's Pub, the Taiwan-based ensemble A Moving Sound Drops by to chat and perform. A Moving Sound combines instrumental music, vocals, dance, and other aspects of theater. The ensemble's sound combines elements from all over the place: It's Indian-spiced and Middle-Eastern flavored. It employs African rhythms as
well as the texture of Taiwanese Aboriginal music. In its three years of performing in and around Taiwan, A Moving Sound has been described by the Taiwanese press as "one of the most unique artistic endeavors in the country".
Doug Gillard Friday, September 30th, 2005, 8pm - 11pm
on
Pseu's Thing With A Hook
Former Guided By Voices guitarist extraordinaire Doug Gillard will be the special guest on the season-end show of Pseu's Thing With A Hook. Gillard's solo release "Salamandar" has been lauded as "exuberant, hooky, gritty, and smart", and was on many music critics' Top Ten lists of 2004. He'll be in town on the 29th, playing at Maxwell's in Hoboken, and of course don't miss his sit down and strum with Pseu.
MC Trachiotomy
Friday, September 30th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Mike L.'s show
Few artists can bend the boundaries of what we actively know and understand as hip hop like MC Trachiotomy does. Back for his 2nd visit to Mike's show, Trach will BRING IT in the golf pants and gold chain style of import. Guaranteed to wreck your weekend -- in the good way.
African-American Sacred Harp Singing
Thursday, September 29th, 2005, 7pm - 8pm
on
Sinner's Crossroads with Kevin Nutt
Ethnomusicologist Steve Grauberger of the Alabama Center for Traditional Culture and producer of the Traditional Musics of Alabama CD series joins Sinner's Crossroads for a discussion of Grauberger's newest production. Grauberger will play selections from the CD Wiregrass Notes: Black Sacred Harp Singing from Southeast Alabama and talk about this unique and rarely recorded variation of the shape note singing style. Please tune in; you will be blessed.
Singing Sadie Wednesday, September 28th, 2005, Noon - 3pm
on
Irwin's show
Singing Sadie, recently arrived on US shores via tramp steamer from her native Australia, will either sing or break glass on Irwin's Gender Bias
program. Sadie harkens back to the not-so-innocent
pre-WW 2 era of dime-a-dance torch singers and flapper vamps. But she'll
never be mistaken for Helen Morgan. With old ballroom band records, and
without inhibition, Sadie wails original lyrics that are naughty, sick,
degraded, perverse, debauched -- you get the picture. She also tap dances.
Her debut release, Songs for Swingers, has inspired equal measures of
admiration and loathing.
Circle
Tuesday, September 27th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Made up of classically-trained musicians, Circle emerged from Pori,
Finland in 1991 and continued to defy categorization; just when they get pegged as prog-leaning space-rockers, they then throw down an LP of minimalist metal with a guy doing complete Rob Halford vocal wailing, a sound they can swing to as easily as they lock into sinsiter Kraut grooves or explore glacial electronic soundscapes. They put in a rare US radio performance on Brian's show today.
Art of Flying
Monday, September 26th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
New Mexico-based Art of Flying is on an east coast
scaled-down scouting mission. Singer David Costanza said, "We are
three!! We sing peaceballads. Political love lullabyes will do
nicely in a pinch". David went on to say, "someone recently called
it something like wind blown scattered folk" (in the Denver
weekly). Art of Flying make their first trip out to WFMU to play
live.
Kiran Ahluwalia
Saturday, September 24th, 2005, 9pm - Midnight
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Kiran Ahluwalia [KIRIN AH-LOO-WAH-LEE-YUH] is a performer of two distinct styles of vocal music from the Indian subcontinent. She sings ghazals [GUZZLES], an ancient form of sung poetry, as well as folk songs from her family's native Punjabi region of India and Pakistan. Like FMU's own Laura Cantrell, Kiran squeezed in music while maintaining a "straight" career for many years before giving up the day jobs and trying to make it full-time as a singer. So far so good - her new CD has made it to #4 on the World Music Charts Europe and was on the CMJ "world music" top 20 for 14 weeks. Kiran joins Rob during the first hour-plus of the show to chat and introduce songs from the cd, self-titled and released by Triloka/Artemis, not to mention plug her next local gig, at Satalla in NYC September 29. And maybe she'll do a little unplugged performing...
The Enablers Friday, September 23rd, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Mike L.'s show
The Enablers are a San Francisco group that backs the noir-ish spoken soliloquies of writer Pete Simonelli with dark soundscapes and music that bares unreasonable amounts of intensity in spite of its spare construction. With ties to artists as varied as Nice Strong Arm, The Swans, Timco, Toiling Midgets, Tarnation, and June of 44, the Enablers sound is unique, demanding, and not soon forgotten.
Jane Smiley & Richard Pena Monday, September 19th, 2005, 6pm - 7pm
on
The Speakeasy with Dorian
Jane Smiley on her explorations in reading and Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel and Richard Pena of the Film Society of Lincoln Center on the upcoming 43rd New York Film Festival, which runs from Sept. 23 - Oct.9.
Peter Wyer Monday, September 19th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
This Brit isn't content to craft clever
guitar pieces. What Pete Wyer does best is collaborate. From his
home in Chelsea, London, Wyer has written many concert scores as
well as works for TV and theatre and is a regular partner in
cross-arts collaborations involving dance, technology and
installation art. Pete will pluck a few things on his guitar, play a
few recordings and talk about his Simultaneity Project, which Irene
played a small role in one cold winter day this year.
Andrew Bird Sunday, September 18th, 2005, 9pm - 11pm
on
Stochastic Hit Parade / A440 with Bethany Ryker
Andrew Bird returns to the WFMU studios after two years of touring with his
signature one-man rig of violin, guitar, glockenspiel, voice, and the most
tuneful whistling you'll ever hear. He brings a handful of new songs
exclusively to WFMU, and plays a few of his ever-evolving favorites. Bird
songs never sound the same. Refresh your ears with his last session here and be the first to hear his new
material this Sunday.
Jones & X. Ray Live Broadcast from Asbury Park
Sunday, September 18th, 2005, Noon - 3pm
on
The Glen Jones Radio Programme
The Glen Jones Radio Programme featuring X. Ray Burns will broadcast live from the Howard Johnson's on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, New
Jersey. Join Jonesey and X. Ray for this special live remote radio
broadcast. The Howard Johnson's is located at Boardwalk and 5th
Avenue on the Atlantic Ocean. This event will take place rain or shine.
Bikinis and rubber duckies are optional.
The Willowz Saturday, September 17th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Frequently named the most hated band in Anaheim, this
hot 4-piece arrives in Jersey City to blast out a live set on the Cherry
Blossom Clinic! Their latest album, "We Talk In Circles", is a
propulsive mix of early Damned or X combined with Drive Like Jehu or the Clone Defects. Tune in this afternoon and hear for yourself!
Thomas Truax Monday, September 12th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Inventor of mechanical sound
sculptures like his Sister Spinster and Cadillac Beatspinner Wheel,
mad-scientist musician Thomas Truax has just released his second
effort called "Audio Addiction." Thomas has also been known to pick
up a regular guitar to embellish his carefully crafted songs,
ranging from dark, romantic lullabies to lively rock melodramas.
Truax brings the whole shebang to the WFMU studios for a live
performance.
Invert + Zoe Keating
Monday, September 5th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Invert, the string quartet that flips the usual
instrumentation from two violins to two cellos drop by for a live
set. Invert's members also defy typical classical tradition by being
firmly rooted in rock, jazz and world musics. Joining them in the
studio is Zoe Keating, a member of a very different string ensemble,
Rasputina. Zoe has a new solo thing, cello X 16, an extravaganza for
that most darkly-expressive string instrument.
THREE BANDS: The Turpentine Brothers, BBQ, & Demon's Claws
Saturday, September 3rd, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
It's Labor Day weekend and gas costs too much. So stay home & rock with Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic on WFMU on Saturday afternoon! It's a thrash and trash blowout for the last weekend of summer with some garage-punk hip-shakin' blooze from Montreal and Boston. The Turpentine Brothers, featuring Tara from Mr. Airplane Man, are a trio from Boston playing a garage-punk blues with the intense gospel fervor akin to The Oblivians if they were abetted by Mr.
Quintron. Mark Sultan's one-man BBQ is the perfect mix of the
most primitive blues, RnR, R&B, doo-wop trashed by garage punk aesthetic. His most recent record, The King Khan and BBQ Show is already being hailed as
one of the year's best. Sultan has done time singing in Montreal's Les Sexareenos. Demon's Claws, also from Montreal, sound like part Gibson Bros, part Back From The Grave, part lo-fi distorted crunch, part young Mick Jagger with a mouth full of pills!
Timothy "Speed" Levitch Saturday, September 3rd, 2005, 9am - 10am
on
The Listener Hour
In Bennett Miller's 1998 documentary The Cruise, Timothy "Speed" Levitch quickly made a name for himself as NYC's most enigmatic double-decker tour bus guide. Waxing poetic on symbiotic relationships between all things, and considering the Brooklyn Bridge to be one of his true friends, his inimitable voice and style have been likened by some as a hybrid of Gore Vidal, Tiny Tim, and Willy Wonka; and his philosophy of life, AKA "The Cruise" is full of some fascinating imagery. Today, Speed is your guide through the WFMU Listener Hour, offering some Joe Frank-like
soundscapes and reading from his own writings.
Rob Sonic
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005, 11pm - 2am
on
Coffee Break For Heroes & Villains with Noah
Rob Sonic released one of the most accomplished and compelling hip-hop albums of 2004. Noah tried to get the NYC native on the show in the past but due to touring conflicts and the regular music biz hoopla he's going for round two. Clean out your ears and tune in as Rob plays tracks from Sonic Sum, his solo material, some of his favorite tracks and maybe some unreleased goodies!
End of Summer Battle of the Bands!
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005, 8pm - 11pm
on
The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling
First up will be Fireball, an all-female punk/metal/witchcraft rock band who kinda sound like Girlschool meet Frightwig or the Shaggs meet the Gories. This quintet have risen like a phoenix from the ashes of the stale Williamsburg, Brooklyn musical landscape! Then it's Von Scharpling: Tom's own band who never play or rehearse off the radio, fronted by 13-year old maniac Petey! And if that weren't enough there will be special surprise guests, tasty treats, and more hilarity than you can handle.
Finnish Free Psych-Folk Attack with Islaja, Kuupuu, Lau Nau, Hertta Lussu Assa, Tomutonttu, Taikuri Tali Tuesday, August 30th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
For the last few years, the Finnish underground has been a fertile zone
for tons of CD-Rs mixing abstract experimentalism, DIY-recording ethic,
and fractured folk traditions (of both Finland and around the world). WFMU
has been digging dozens of these recordings that have landed in our mailbox over
time, and today we're thrilled to host a big batch of some of the scene's
leading lights, making a rare visit to America. From the ladies: Islaja, Kuupuu and Lau
Nau will each be turning in solo performances, and also will be
collaborating as a trio called Hertta Lussu Assa. We'll also be hearing
from Jan Anderzen (of famed groups Kemialliset Ystävät and Avarus) who
makes solo music under the name Tomutonttu, and finally Taikuri Tali (who is Antti Tolvi of the
groups
Lauhkeat Lampaat, and Rauhan Orkesteri). Expect folky excursions in the Finnish tongue, primitive
acoustic stringed and wind instruments, bells, percussion of all kinds, toy instruments, drones and an afternoon
of beautiful, alien sounds.
The Time Flys
Tuesday, August 30th, 2005, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
The Time Flys, out of Oakland, California, are young, loud and snotty. Kind of like The Gizmos for the 21st century. The group includes Andy from the Cuts on guitar, and their debut album is out now on Birdman Records. Tune in as these
nuts bash out a live set for the WFMU listening audience.
Remote Broadcast from Uncommon Ground Coffee Shop
Sunday, August 28th, 2005, 5pm - 7pm
on
Gaylord Fields's show
Our 90.1 station will be hosting a remote broadcast on Sunday, August 28th, at the Uncommon Grounds Coffee Shop in Wurtsboro, NY, from 3-7 PM. Gaylord Fields will be spinning his show live, and many other WFMU DJs will be on hand distributing station swag. If you listen to our 90.1 FM signal, please come out for this long overdue meet-and-greet initiated by FMU fans just like you! Uncommon Grounds is located at 108 Sullivan Street, in Wurtsboro, New York. For more information or directions, email Special Events Director Mike Lupica at mike@wfmu.org or call 201-521-1416 x243
Le Nombre Saturday, August 27th, 2005, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Blasting all the way from Canada come Le Nombre. These Montreal
natives play timeless, high-energy, snotty rock that's raw and loud! Combining elements of punk, garage, hard rock, and metal, their hook-heavy music calls to mind a cross between AC/DC and the Buzzcocks -- if those bands
sang in French!
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