Laibach Friday, October 29th, 2004, 8pm - 11pm
on
Pseu Braun
Ivan from Laibach will be yukking it up on the horn with Pseu on Friday
night sometime between 8 and 11 PM. Laibach's live show has been
moved to Downtime in NYC, Saturday November 6th.
The World/Inferno Friendship Society Thursday, October 28th, 2004, 11pm - 2am
on
Pat Duncan's show
NYC's disturbingly cult-like, circus-related, Halloween-tent-revival
orchestra The World/Inferno Friendship Society perform red-eyed soul show
tunes for the swarming punk rock masses. But rest assured, they're
not a simple rock band with a horn section; it's a fully-integrated
orchestra of young men and women writing songs of the wine, freedoms, and
foibles which make life more than waking up and going to work every
day. Nine pieces -2 drummers, 4 horns, 2 guitars, way too many teeth, a
piano, and yes, an accordion -- all offering you a standing invitation
to Brooklyn's neverending Halloween.
Arch Hall, Jr., Nathaniel Mayer & Miriam Linna
Thursday, October 28th, 2004, 8pm - 11pm
on
Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
An incredible line-up of superstars! Rock & Roll movie star Arch Hall, Jr. ("Wild Guitar," "The Choppers," "Eegah," "The Sadist") chats with Dave about movies, his band The Archers featuring Dobie "The In Crowd" Gray, and all things related to Konga Joe. Soul legend Nathaniel "Village of Love" Mayer will also be on hand to discuss his brand new release on Fat Possum Records and his upcoming area appearance. Add Bad Seed Honcho Miriam Linna to the mix and you've got one heck of an insane show!
360 songs in 3 hours
Wednesday, October 27th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Kenny G's Hour of Pain
Just when you thought it was over, Kenny G will top himself this week by playing 360 songs, all 30 seconds in length, in three hours. By comparision, last week's marathon 180 1-minute songs in 3 hours sounded like an Emerson, Lake and Palmer concert. And, like last week, he'll be keeping a live accuplaylist, making it as much of a workout for the fingers as it will be for the ears.
Oxbow Tuesday, October 26th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
The music of San Francisco's Oxbow is a downright disturbing blend of eerie ambient drones, falling-down-the-stairs mathrock, and crushing, twisted blues all capped off with the churning, maniacal vocals of Eugene Robinson. Their live shows have been legend, full of bareboned catharsis, and even some harrowing physical moments with audience members (it should be noted that Eugene is a bonafide bodybuilder and contributor to Grappling Magazine). Through the years they've recorded with Lydia Lunch, Marianne Faithfull, and the Rova Saxophone Quartet, and are in town for a rare date at North Six in Brooklyn. We're excited to have Eugene and guitarist Niko Wenner stop by for a stripped-down electric set on the air this afternoon.
The Cramps
Saturday, October 23rd, 2004, 6pm - 8pm
on
Fool's Paradise with Rex
Lux and Ivy of the legendary Cramps drop by Fool's Paradise this Saturday for some Orangeade and a round of platter chatter. Mad Daddy, Ghoulardi, and the Flamingos are discussed at length. Learn about the sleaziest motel the Cramps ever stayed at...the names of their cats...and Lux's favorite new gown.
Mike Watt
Saturday, October 23rd, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Terre is honored to present Rock 'n' Roll royalty: Mike Watt (of the Minutemen and fIREHOSE), just back from an astounding tour playing with the Stooges. He has a new solo album out, "The Secondman's Middle Stand," a punk rock allegorical epic! He's currently on his own "El mar cura todo" tour with the Secondmen, where they will be playing his new album in its entirety. Check out this amazing live session at 3pm sharp, and don't miss his area live dates at Maxwell's, Southpaw, and the Mercury Lounge.
The Halcyon DJs
Friday, October 22nd, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall ¢hange
$mall ˘hange opens the studio to the Halcyon sound system DJs. Once the little record store/coffee shop/vintage knick
knack/micro club with the sick sound system in Carroll Gardens, they've recently reopened shop in Dumbo, Brooklyn. The crew at Halcyon has always kept it real and surreal in these bling bling times, so look for some warm sounds for your Friday afternoon.
180 songs in 3 hours
Wednesday, October 20th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Kenny G's Hour of Pain
Join Kenny G as he features three hours of tracks lasting exactly one minute each. That's right: Kenny will play exactly 180 tracks (give or take a few due to mic breaks, station IDs, and back announcing) over the course of the afternoon. He will be working hard for you, sweating it out trying to keep an accuplaylist live whilst throwing media around the main studio. Truly a show for the chronically impatient.
David Kilgour Tuesday, October 19th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
As a member of such great New Zealand bands as the Clean, Stephen, and the Great Unwashed, David Kilgour helped set the bar for an entire decade's worth of DIY indie-pop musicians who followed. As a solo artist, his records are subtle, perfect documents of beautiful guitar pop. He'll join Brian today for some conversation as well as live tunes from his new disc "Frozen Orange", and a couple earlier gems no doubt.
Ben Young
Tuesday, October 19th, 2004, 9am - Noon
on
The John Allen Show
Jazz Scholar Ben Young will join John Allen at 10:30 AM. Ben is the producer of Albert Ayler's "Holy Ghost" nine CD Box set
released by Revenant Records that has been described by Downbeat Magazine as "one of the most lovingly produced archival packages ever dedicated to a jazz musician." They will discuss the project and play selections from "Holy Ghost."
The Court and Spark
Monday, October 18th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Conjuring up the spirit of legendary producer Joe Boyd, The Court and Spark's new album "Witch Season" has all the elements of folk-rock music so near & dear to Irene's heart. Led by singer/ songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist MC Taylor, with lead guitarist Scott Hirsch, The Court and Spark's roots are in the punkier, Ex-Ignota. Meeting up with drummer James Kim after that band's demise they began playing quieter music. After a move to San Francisco, lap steel
guitarist Tom Heyman completed the ensemble and they began making
music that has been compared to The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield and
Low. The live set will begin at 4 PM.
PAIK
Saturday, October 16th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
From Michigan, the state of darkened and dead car factories comes the somber, interstellar noise-gloom of PAIK. Check their heavy extended feedback drones, immense-core bass riffs and lysergic spacy guitar explorations live on the radio, then go see them that night at the Hook in Brooklyn. Their new record, "Satin Black", is on the Strange Attractors record label.
Palomar Tuesday, October 12th, 2004, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Don't be afraid just because Monica Lewinsky is a fan. Palomar return to WFMU in support of their great new album "The Revenge of Palomar." Two years ago, the New York Times said of the band: "Whimsy and sinew coexist nicely in the lean, peppy pop rock of Palomar, a three-woman, one-man band whose songs jump from blithe choruses to wiry guitar patterns to hefty distortion, all at the service of the lyrics' articulate ambivalence."
Songs From A Random House
Monday, October 11th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Co-founded by Steven Swartz and Alan Drogin, Songs From A Random House is not your usual electric guitar-based swing combo. They eschew those instruments in favor of electric-ukuleles/ viola/ upright bass/ percussion/and voice. The band's songs, composed by Swartz and arranged by the group, are by turns passionate and cool, mysterious and funny. The newest Songs From A Random House disc, 'Listen,' was released in August and they drop by at 4 PM to swing the WFMU studios.
Freylakh the Vote
Saturday, October 9th, 2004, 8pm - 11pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Freylakh the Vote: Elizabeth Schwartz of the band Hot Pstromi is an
organizer of the Klezmer for Change concert Oct. 12 at the Knitting
Factory. This is one of several world musicky Democratic party
fundraisers coming up in the weeks before the election. She'll drop by
from 8-9 to fill us in on what's happening and play music by the
participants - some klezmer, like her band and a couple of Klezmatics
alumni - and some not so klezmer (like Gary Lucas' Gods and Monsters).
Sonny Vincent
Saturday, October 9th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Original NYC punk-rocker Sonny Vincent, founder and frontman of the legendary Testors, brings his new band (featuring members of
the Voidoids and Lazy Cowgirls) to the Cherry Blossom Clinic for a live set! He's collaborated with the likes of Cheetah Chrome, Bob
Stinson, Moe Tucker, and Half Japanese. Tune in for this session with a living legend, then see him live at the Arthur Kane tribute show that night at the Continental.
Phil King & Ursala 1000 + Mark Rae
Friday, October 8th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall ¢hange
First off $mall ˘hange gets glammed out with guests Phil King & Ursula 1000. Phil King has compiled RPMs '70s releases (Velvet Tinmine, Magpie, Zig Zag and Glitterbest) and Ursula 1000 has a few unofficial but very tight glam comps out there as well. Get those boa feathers and eyeliner out as these folks go through their deep crates. Also on deck will be Mark Rae from Rae and Christian/Grand Central Records talking about the new album, etc. And perhaps a pre-recorded live DJ set.
Steve Mackay and the Radon Ensemble Tuesday, October 5th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Saxophonist Steve Mackay has been publicly worshipped by James Chance, and with good reason: this is the guy who played on the Stooges' 1970 Funhouse record, and is again back on the road destroying concert audiences with Iggy and company. Steve's activities number greatly though: he's performed with the late great Snakefinger, backed the Violent Femmes, and as of the last few years has hooked up with various cosmic travellers of the illustrious Radon experimental label with fiery free-rock improvisations. Steve is hitting town for a bill with Hawkwind's Nik Turner at Tonic on October 1st, and visits the WFMU studios for an afternoon of free-jazz psychedelic blowout, joined by a crew that includes Ed and Vinny from Temple of Bon Matin.
Brook Zern
Sunday, October 3rd, 2004, 7pm - 10pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Guitarist, writer and educator Brook Zern is a leading authority on
traditional flamenco. He is Director of Flamenco Center USA and Flamenco Editor of Guitar Review, and has spent years in Spain documenting and studying the music. In October he'll be teaching an evening class called "Flamenco, the Art and the Life" at CUNY Graduate Center. He'll join us to share the wisdom and play rare and classic recordings.
Tom Gleisner, co-author of "The Jetlag Guide to Molvania" Wednesday, September 29th, 2004, Noon - 3pm
on
Irwin's show
This Wednesday at 1:00 pm, Irwin welcomes Tom Gleisner,
co-author
of the Jetlag Travel Guide to Molvania, published in the US
by Overlook Press. Molvania is a little cared-about eastern European
republic affectionately known as "a land untouched by modern dentistry."
Gleisner, who just returned from his 17th visit to Molvania, will discuss
that nation's infectious diseases, pickpocket culture, and linguistic use
of
the triple-negative. Formerly a Soviet bloc country, Molvania was liberated
in 1982 when the famous Lutenblag Wall collapsed -- not from democratic
reform, but from shoddy construction.
Sharron Kraus
Monday, September 27th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Dark folk for the new Milennium is what Sharron Kraus does best. Her latest, "Songs of Love and Loss" falls perfectly into the dark hole of sweet melancholia. Sharron's been hanging out with bands Black Forest/Black Sea and Espers, and is about to embark on a European tour with Fursaxa. She's been snagged with guitar and banjo in hand, recorded live in all her dark glory for WFMU. 4 PM.
Dälek Saturday, September 25th, 2004, 8pm - 11pm
on
Mike L.'s show
A sonic fury that demands reckoning with, Newark New Jersey's Dälek pay their second visit to WFMU, bringing with them an arsenal of material that'll challenge even the most extreme interpretations of experimental hip-hop. Dark lyrics, beats of planet-shattering proportions, and a live show that knows no equal -- These gentlemen have consistently obliterated with every step up to the plate. They'll be unveiling a slew of new material tonight, to be heard on their upcoming 2nd album for Ipecac Records, as well as discussing everything from their inception in the mid-90s to their recent collaborative effort with Krautrock legends Faust. Sure to be one for the ages!
To Live and Shave in L.A.
Tuesday, September 21st, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Sonic manipulator Tom Smith plugs into the inner bulb of his psyche and spews more personality into noise rock than most (and "rock" is a definite factor in this equation.) The years-in-the-making 2LP opus "The 18th Century Wigmaker in Williamsburg" is a total masterpiece of cut-up madness, demented drum-and-bass, dub destruction, vocal exorcisms, and more sludge pouring into your ears than you can comprehend. What may be deemed impenetrable at first will surely and inevitably get Tom recognized as this millenium's true Disco Diva. This past March saw a reunited TLASILA going ballistic at the Brooklyn No Fun freakfest; today the gang plays on Brian's show and includes Mark Morgan from Sightings, Don Fleming, Rat Bastard, Andrew WK, and Ben Wolcott.
Vitamin-D Monday, September 20th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Bostonian by birth, Virginian by upbringing, Brooklynite by
choice, Dennis Cronin has taken a long sidecar through the Nashville recording scene to make his musical home in NYC with a new pop project, Vitamin-D, and a gem-laden album called, "Build Another." Dennis and his trumpet's musical travels have included stints with Lambchop, Vic Chesnutt, Calexico, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Josh Rouse, and Ladybug Transistor. He's equally comfortable on his guitar as he is in Classical music's orbit. While looking for new creative challenges, Cronin and his brother launched Boston's Mount Hood Classical Music Series. These days Dennis' heart is in Vitamin-D, which he brings to WFMU for a live set at 4 PM.
LSD March
Monday, September 20th, 2004, Midnight - 3am
on
Janitor From Mars with R. Lim
Rising stars of the Japanese underground, LSD March are true inheritors to both the dark lysergic legacy of Rallizes Denudes and the primitive drone rock of early Spacemen 3. Long unknown outside of Japan, they recently embarked on their first US tour and blew minds with their explosive psychedelic fury. The Janitor From Mars is pleased to present this exclusive radio session, recorded in the WFMU studios in August.
Lost Sounds Saturday, September 18th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
"Southern September" goes out like a lion with the roar of Memphis' Lost Sounds! Alicja Trout (ex-Clears) and Jay Lindsey (ex-Reatards) return, tearing thru a set of incredible, intense, dark, crazy keyboard-driven punk garage. Actually they say they play Black Wave which is a cross between black metal and new-wave!! These guys may be dark but they are also funny as hell. Get their new limited, vinyl only EP Future Touch, out now, and watch for their new self-titled full-length on In The Red next month!
Afri Rampo Tuesday, September 14th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Hailing from Osaka, Afri Rampo are Oni (guitar/vocal) and Pika
(drum/vocal), two g-string and pastie-clad women who describe
themselves as "pussycats kicking naked soul rock". Last summer in
Los Angeles they were seemingly set to charm an audience's pants off but
instead let loose a barrage comparable to the Boredoms or Mars, bludgeoning
'em all like seals. Their first trip to the East Coast finds them
recording an LP for the Tzadik label, playing a gig with Lightning Bolt,
and hopefully
getting past Dubyapalooza to make it out to the WFMU studios.
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