Upcoming Special Programs on WFMU
Last updated: July 3rd at 5:52 PM
Indian Jewelry Monday, July 7th, Noon - 3pm
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Liz Berg's show
Houston-based Indian Jewelry bring layered, jangly, crunchy psych guitars with electronics to WFMU. Delicious distorto-fuzz and tambourines are the perfect soundtrack to keep you in an echo-chamber of consciousness as you teeter on the brink of a post-lunchtime coma. Also be sure to check out their lovely new CD, "Free Gold."
RIAA Monday, July 7th, 7pm - 8pm
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Do or DIY with People Like Us
RIAA is the mashup/sound collage project of Los Angeles dj/musician Mr. Fab and his various friends and cohorts. Fab is an occasional DJ at mashup club event BootieLA, and writes the world's longest running strange-music blog "Music For Maniacs." He beat out 50 other entries to win WFMU's "Remix Rudy" contest. People Like Us presents the first peek at "USA," a massive mix still in progress that attempts the impossible task of painting a sonic portrait of the United States, as seen through the surreal funhouse-mirror view of found sounds.
Jowe Head Saturday, July 12th, 3pm - 6pm
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The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Punk Rock and Roll legend Jowe Head graces the WFMU studios with an amazing mix of new and vintage material. Jowe Head's been playing pioneering, remarkable music since the early 1970s in bands such as Swell Maps and Television Personalities! He also had his side-projects Househunters, Palookas, and currently Angel Racing Food! He also does wonderful art! Jowe Head's prolific creativity is rarity for the level of high quality of these endeavors. He played recently in the US and WFMU was able to record a session with him (his band in the US consisted of Mad Scene-r Lisa on drums, plus underground rock legend and DJ Bill Berger on guitar plus WFMU's own Brian Turner on bass!!) Will the session have any rare versions of some Swell Maps tunes? Ya hafta tune in to find out!
Monotonix Monday, July 14th, Noon - 3pm
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Liz Berg's show
Often leaving a trail of flames, garbage, and spilled beer in their wake, Tel Aviv's Monotonix are an unparalleled live act. Their blur of guitars, swirling hair, and roaming drumkit recall moments of the Jesus Lizard, Sabbath, the Butthole Surfers, and the Stooges. Check out their newest CD, "Body Language" (Drag City), tune in to get splattered with sweat through your radio, and good god check them out live if you still believe in rock and roll!
The Shamblers Wednesday, July 16th, 11pm - 2am
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The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
The Shamblers shamble all the way from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to the WFMU studios to drop their amateurish but not amateur brand of stomp. With fuzzed out female vocals and a simple guitar/drums set up, this trio fuses Beat Happening and '60s garage punk via Ice-T's "Copkiller". You won't wanna miss this! Shamble on, baby!
Chris Montez Saturday, July 19th, 10am - 1pm
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Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with Chris Montez who at age 19 had a top ten hit with "Let's Dance" and a string of Herb Alpert produced hits like "Call Me" & "Time After Time" - we'll also find out the story behind the story that Chris once punched John Lennon after Lennon poured a beer over Montez' head. We'll also get the dirt on recently deceased musicians when obituary writer Phast Phreddie Patterson checks in, and we'll find out what #1 hit song has been left in Michael's Mailbox!
Big Dipper Saturday, July 19th, 3pm - 6pm
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The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The Cherry Blossom Clinic is fired up to welcome the legendary Big
Dipper to the WFMU studios for a live session two decades in the
making! After nearly twenty years, the original Big Dipper lineup of this classic Boston indie band reformed for a few, exceptional reunion shows in NY, NJ and Boston a few months back. Merge Records recently released a 3-disc set retrospective of Big Dipper material called Supercluster, compiling BooBoo, Heavens and Craps records (plus mucho rarities and unreleased material!) and the scarce shows were in celebration of these records finally being back in print! Big Dipper are not planning on reuniting and touring like before, so if you missed those shows here your chance to experience what you missed! So if you were a fan back in the day, or you're looking for your next favorite band, tune in!
(HINT: A Big Tip for the Big Dip fan: Big Dipper will do another rare show on 9/30 with Bob Pollard's new band Boston Spaceships at the Paradise in Boston!)
Blanketship Monday, July 21st, 7pm - 8pm
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Do or DIY with People Like Us
Bay Area sound collage sample avant pop composer Jared Blum's Blanketship turns the darker side of 60's-70's pop, warped free jazz, easy listening, random conversations, micro tonal synthesis, sounds of the world, fluttered tape playbacks, disturbing melodies and quiet passages along with some broken turntables into mini 4 minute epics. His most recent release "Teen Sounds" will attest to that. Blanketship returns to the air with a new radio piece created exclusively for DO or DIY.
Steve Wynn Thursday, July 24th, Noon - 3pm
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Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Singer-songwriter-jet-setter Steve Wynn returns to WFMU for the ninth or 10th time (we've lost count) with a flurry of activity to report on. The former Dream Syndicate leader has a new solo album, "Crossing Dragon Bridge," recorded in Slovenia with Chris Eckman of the Walkabouts. He's also one-third of The Baseball Project with Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck of R.E.M./The Minus Five - new songs based on our national pastime. And Steve will be performing the Dream Syndicate's classic LP "The Days of Wine and Roses" with his band the Miracle 3 July 25 at Maxwell's in one of the seminal club's 30th anniversary concerts.
The Effigies Saturday, July 26th, 3pm - 6pm
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The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The Effigies were the first hardcore punk band to come out of Chicago and they are highly regarded by rock cognoscenti for their influential crushing, dark sound. They played for a decade and broke up in 1990 but recently have reformed and will play live on Cherry Blossom Clinic just prior to their show at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ!! Hear a taste of the Effigies on the radio, and then go see them that night at Maxwell's. You can also check them out the Friday night before (July 25) in Brooklyn at Southpaw.
Nate Wooley, solo trumpet Wednesday, July 30th, 11pm - 2am
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The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
Trumpet agitator and Jersey City resident Nate Wooley stops by the
WFMU studios for an exploration of solo trumpet. As on his crucial
recording, "Wrong Shape to be a Storyteller," Nate proves he's equally
adept at the overblown and the minimal, exploring drone, noise and
silence alike. You think you know what a trumpet is. Think again.
Great Plains Saturday, August 2nd, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
From the wilds of Columbus, OH, come the amazing Great Plains! These guys started their 60's infused low-fi rock attack back in the 80's, paving the way for countless bands. Great Plains are remembered for their college radio hit "Letter To A Fanzine," truly one of the best, funniest comments on 80's indie-rock next to Sebadoh's "Gimmie Indie-Rock," and like Sebadoh, Great Plains had a large body of extraordinary, catchy, clever, non-novelty songs that you should hear and know. Led by the amazing Ron House,
Great Plains are one of the most significant Ohio rock combos of all time. Check out this jaw-droppingly fantastic session with Great Plains and finally find out why Punk Rock guys go out with New Wave girls!
Gwilly Edmondez Monday, August 11th, 7pm - 8pm
on
Do or DIY with People Like Us
Since the conclusion of the legendary Radioactive Sparrow (in 2003) Gwilly Edmondez has pranced between multiple solo-act personae, most notably Yesterday In Parliament, Virginia Pipe and Copydex. This exclusive session for Do Or DIY features specially recorded material, updates from the frontline struggle for a one true Gwilly - everything and anything from spazzed-out Dictaphonics, deranged a capella, disobedient breaks, and gambled collage.
All times listed are Jersey City time, EDT.
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