Most of the links below take you to the beginning of the program, and live sets usually start later on in the program.

This page last updated April 24, 2024

A James Brown Christmas on Rhubarb Cake with Douglas. Christmas Day from noon to six, naughty and nice alike get six straight hours of classic, rare, insane and magnificent recordings of the Godfather of Soul and his funk revue - guaranteed to include stuff you've never heard before. From December 25, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Destroyer, Franklin Bruno and Jenny Toomey! A special farewell episode of Rhubarb Cake (for at least the summer, anyway). From May 31, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Crowns on 45. The new wave, served up sour, hot, and still twitching--just the way you like it. From May 24, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

A special acoustic set by The Bevis Frond. From May 17, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

The Du-Tels. The duo of the Holy Modal Rounders' Peter Stampfel (voice, mandolin, fiddle, banjo) and guitarist Gary Lucas, with a rip-roaring set of newfangled oldtime happiness. From May 10, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Greenpot Bluepot, featuring Natalie LeBrecht, a young singer/keyboardist who recently moved here from Iowa City. From April 12, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Lois Maffeo, The sweetest voice in American indie-pop, in a special solo set. From April 5, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

The New Pornographers: A Vancouver supergroup and recent WFMU favorite, featuring Neko Case, Superconductor's Carl Newman, Limblifter's Kurt Dahle, and more--they dropped by the WFMU studio to run through songs from their album Mass Romantic, as well as some Sparks and Fleetwood Mac covers. From March 8, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Pinataland: Songs about weird, wonderful and terrible moments in American history, from a lurching, honking band including tuba, accordion and violin. From March 1, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Sarah Dougher in session (a repeat of an unarchived session from 1999. From January 25, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

A brief history of People Records, the funk label James Brown ran in the early '70s. From January 4, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Various Unarchived Sessions from Marine Research, Quickspace, Ex-Girl, Mark Eitzel, New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, The Clientele, The Bangs, and Calvin Johnson... From December 28, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Moldy Peaches. Kimya Dawson and Adam Green's homemade CD-Rs made eyes open wide and jaws drop low all over the station, and Moldy Peaches brings these two Wondertwins' power rings together. From December 21, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

The Delgados. When most bands come to do an acoustic session, it usually means they're stripped-down and casual. When these Scottish phenoms came by, it meant they left the drums in the tour bus but brought along a four-piece string section, a keyboardist and a flute player... and knocked us flat with four long, devastating, dramatic songs. From December 14, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Live set from Blek Ink. Paul Lydon is a soft-spoken Icelandic marvel who's made some gorgeous, quiet experimental records; he came by with his guitar and played us a bunch of his thoughtful, gently startling songs. From December 7, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Stilluppsteypa, an Icelandic/Dutch electronics/noise/brainwashing trio, showed up at our studio with a small mountain of CD, MiniDisc and DAT players and proceeded to teach us a thing or two about extreme frequencies. From November 30, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Bratmobile in session, plus a cover version of every song on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Volume 2. From November 16, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Steward and DAT Politics in session. From November 9, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

The Cannanes in session. From November 2, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Pluramon in session. From October 26, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Kid606 in session. From October 19, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Sessions by both Oval and Circle. From October 12, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Tara Emelye Needham in session. From September 28, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Erase Errata in session. From September 21, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Adventures In Stereo in session. From September 14, 2000. Listen to the whole show: RealAudio.

The Secret Stars (with Ted Leo) in session. From September 7, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Two hours of highlights from Merzbow's 50-CD megalith "Merzbox". From August 24, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

The Secret Stars in session, plus a spotlight on the insane Cure tribute project, "Pink Pig". From August 3, 2000. Listen to the whole show: RealAudio.

Pita in session. From July 27, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

An abridged history of 99 Records. From July 20, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Warn Defever in session. From July 13, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Jean Smith in session. From July 6, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

The complete history of "The Popcorn," plus Solex in session. From June 8, 2000. Listen to the whole show: RealAudio.

The Dismemberment Plan in session. From May 4, 2000. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.