Joe Frank - Unfictional Radio Dramas
Wednesday, June 19th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irwin's show
Five new Joe Frank radio dramas will air on Irwin's program during June and July. These half-hour programs, produced for KCRW's "Unfictional" series, were acquired for WFMU through the Public Radio Exchange. Each episode explores Joe Frank's penchant for the disconcerting and often darkly humorous monolog, and the creative quality matches the best of Frank's previous work heard on WFMU. Each episode will air at 4:00pm (Eastern) Wednesday. The June 19 episode is entitled "Old Man."
Dave the Spazz Live Broadcast from Barcade Brooklyn Thursday, June 20th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
Join Dave the Spazz for a live broadcast/listener meetup featuring a Cavalcade DJ All-Stars: Mr. Fine Wine, Gaylord Fields, Rex, Matt Fiveash, Michael Shelley, Joe Belock and Todd-a-Phonic Todd! Barcade is located at 388 Union Ave
(Between Ainslie & Powers Streets) in Wiliamsburg, Brooklyn.
Riot Of Spring
Friday, June 21st, 9am - Noon
on
Beastin' The Airwaves! with Keili
Kind of like a family reunion, kind of like a breakfast club, definitely a good time, here come the classical inspired punks (let's call them Punklassical, shall we?) of Riot Of Spring (feat. members of Fiasco, No One and the Somebodies, Porches and more) to the WFMU studio on Beastin' The Airwaves! with Keili, this Friday, 9am-Noon! Tune in to hear all about this exciting new project of some of BTAwK's earliest featured bands, and expect a lot of nostalgia!
Insect Duets
Friday, June 21st, 3pm - 6pm
on
Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk
Kurt Gottschalk wants to hear you jamming with the emerging Brood II cicadas. Go out and play with them, sing with them or record and remix them. If you don't live on the East Coast or they aren't cooperating in your area, other insect duets will be accepted. Get them done and send them in to miniature.minotaurs [at] gmail [dot] com by June 18 for broadcast on the first day of summer. But first, please go to spearmintmusic.blogspot.com for full submission details.
Sweet Talk play the sort of hook-filled, melodic punk rock that would have thrilled your 16 year old self minus the trappings that would embarrass your adult self. The Austin quartet, featuring members of Mind Spiders, Video, Wiccans and Uptown Bums, released their debut LP, Pickup Lines, this year on 12XU, which is gaining notice for its top notch songwriting and rock n roll grit. Imagine Reigning Sound meet primo mid-period Replacements and you're close the approximating the mighty wallop of Sweet Talk.
From Madison, WI, a new LP Pagan Hiss on Southpaw, primitive fuzz punk rockers The Hussy return WFMU once again!
Madison, WI's The Hussy return to the Cherry Blossom Clinic to once again unleash their primitive fuzz on the WFMU audience. The guitar/drum/vocals duo have won acclaim from sources as diverse as The Onion AV Club, Maxium Rock N Roll, Terminal Boredom and Pitchfork. Their recently released third LP, Pagan Hiss, may be their finest achievement yet.
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (CGS) from Salento, "the heel of the boot" of southeast Italy, keeps the focus on its own roots: The cathartic pizzica tarantata - the (literally) trance-inducing tarantella style from the band's home region. CGS is also on tour now: We'll hear the enervating outfit recorded live in concert earlier this year at Pace University's Schimmel Center - a taste of what to expect when CGS returns to New York to rock Joe's Pub on Thursday June 27th.
Heatsick Sunday, June 23rd, Midnight - 3am
on
Scones Radio
As Heatsick, Berlin-based Steven Warwick performs and records something resembling dance music using an abused Casio, microphone, and pedals. Through a series of iterative loops, Heatsick perverts Chicago house's production and mixing techniques to unmask the genre's affinities with psych and noise. Heatsick will stop by Scones Radio for a live and DJ set in between a scheduled talk at Goethe-Institut and performance at MoMA PS1's Warm Up, as part of the PAN_ACT events in Boston and New York.
Ben Seretan
Monday, June 24th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Ben Seretan is a Brooklyn-based drone musician focused on joy. He plays electric guitar, sings, and makes "long music" in the attempt to find heaven with delay pedals. When he gets there, he'll seek out John Fahey and Alice Coltrane so they can bliss out together forever. His recording New Song came out in November of 2012 and he regularly plays in NYC.
Windhand Tuesday, June 25th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Windhand hail from Richmond, Virginia, and their split release on Relpase Records with the band Cough (with whom they share a member) is one of the most massive sounding doom releases in a long time. Live today on Brian's show, and also at St. Vitus in Greenpoint on Friday, June 7th.
Joe Frank - Unfictional Radio Dramas
Wednesday, June 26th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irwin's show
Five new Joe Frank radio dramas are airing on Irwin's program during June and July. These half-hour programs, produced for KCRW's "Unfictional" series, were acquired for WFMU through the Public Radio Exchange. Each episode explores Joe Frank's penchant for the disconcerting and often darkly humorous monolog, and the creative quality matches the best of Frank's previous work heard on WFMU. The third episode, entitled "Thief," airs Weds. June 26 at 4pm (Eastern).
Man or Astro-Man – surf rock from outer space! Thursday, June 27th, Midnight - 3am
on
100% Whatever with Mary Wing
Crashing onto this planet in the early 1990s, the members of Man or Astro-Man realized that the best way to conduct their research was to form a band, play updated surf music, and tour the globe extensively. After a lengthy break from performing, the group has returned with a new album and live shows across America. “Defcon 5…4…3…2…1” is their first release in almost 12 years, and features the familiar Astro audio tones and their well-established playing ferocity, but now there is an undeniable evolution to the band that is both intuitive, logical, and well crafted. Their spaceship lands at WFMU for a live session with Mary Wing on Thursday, June 27th; don’t miss the exciting return of Man or Astro-Man!
Donnie and Joe Emerson AND Ian Rustin, co-author of the new book “The Beach Boys in Concert”
Saturday, June 29th, 11am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael welcomes Donnie and Joe Emerson (in town for a June 29th gig at The Mercury Lounge) who'll drop by in person to discuss the recent reissue of their 1979 do-it-yourself classic "Dreamin' Wild". The brothers grew up on a farm in rural Washington State and recorded the album in the home studio their father took a second mortgage to build for them. Their isolated upbringing, limited exposure to mainstream music and lack of formal record production experience led them to produce unique and endearing recordings, which 33 years later sound an odd mixture of dated and timeless. AND Michael chats with Ian Rustin, co-author of the new book “The Beach Boys in Concert”. Written after more than ten years of exhaustive research, the book provides a unique window into the Beach Boys' successes, personal tragedies, inter-band dramas, and globe-trotting, rock-and-roll adventures from 1961 to 2012.
Parno Graszt, Hungary's Romani Roots Powerhouse Saturday, June 29th, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Rocking Romani (Gypsy) band Parno Graszt helps shore up the roots in its tradition-loving hometown, the Romani village of Paszab in northeast Hungary. The nine-piece powerhouse is making its mark elsewhere in Europe too: It has showcased at the prestigious WOMEX World Music Expo; it's been featured on a BBC documentary, and its cds have made the European World Music charts. Parno Graszt extends its reach to the US later this month as one of the featured artists at the esteemed Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC. (Hungary is a main focus of the Folklife Festival this year.) Parno Graszt follows Folklife with a short tour that brings the potent old-country old-school outfit to WFMU tonight and on to Drom in the East Village on Sunday June 30th.
Joe Frank - Unfictional Radio Dramas
Wednesday, July 3rd, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irwin's show
Two more new Joe Frank radio dramas will air on Irwin's program during July. These half-hour programs, produced for KCRW's "Unfictional" series, were acquired for WFMU through the Public Radio Exchange. Each episode explores Joe Frank's dark thoughts and candid observations. The dramatic quality of these new episodes matches the best of Frank's previous work heard on WFMU. The fourth episode, entitled "A Conversation," airs Weds. July 3 at 4pm (Eastern). The dialogue in this episode will tick off some people. Tune in and test the limits of your tolerance.
Doug Evans
Thursday, July 4th, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Doug "Didjit" Evans, will be Diane's Peer Pressure guest on this special exploding July 4th edition! Fascinated with hot rods, bikes, & punk rock, Doug will unleash on the listeners a playlist that is celebration-worthy! Doug is known for being the drive (bassist) in Chicago-based Touch & Go band, Didjits, and currently plays in Blower and builds dragsters! Listeners will be able to ask Doug questions via the Live Comments Board! Tune IN!
Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band
Monday, July 8th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Prolific underground guitarist Chris Forsyth will visit Airborne Event with his crack squad of psychonauts known as The Solar Motel Band: guitarist Paul Thomas Sukeena, drummer Steve Urgo, and Peter Kerlin on bass. Their record is coming this October on the Paradise of Bachelors label. Tune in for a night of cosmic Americana and staring at the moon.
Bands from Mali's Legendary Festival in the Desert: Imharhan, Tartit, Mamadou Kelly Saturday, July 13th, 6pm - 9pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
The Festival in the Desert was a world-renowned annual musical gathering held near Timbuktu in northern Mali, beloved by local folk as well as lovers of the "desert blues" sound who visited from around the world. That is, until the political unrest that began in 2012 forced a hiatus after that year's festival. This summer three artists who played that last festival hit the road in an awareness-raising North American "Caravan for Peace" Tour, including a free Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors concert on Wednesday July 31st. All three will also come in to play live on Transpacific Sound Paradise: Mamadou Kelly, former sideman for the late great Ali Farka Toure; acclaimed Timbuktu Tuareg acoustic ensemble Tartit (led by singer F.W. Oumar, better known as “Disco"); and Imharhan - a rocking Tuareg electric unit led by (and named after) Disco's brother. Tune in tonight for a taste of the magic of the Festival of the Desert.
Joe Frank - Unfictional Radio Dramas
Wednesday, July 17th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irwin's show
The last of five new Joe Frank radio dramas will air on Irwin's program on July 17. These half-hour programs, produced for KCRW's "Unfictional" series, were acquired for WFMU through the Public Radio Exchange. Each episode explores Joe Frank's dark thoughts and candid observations. The dramatic quality of these new episodes matches the best of Frank's previous work heard on WFMU. The final episode, "A Hollywood True Story," will air Weds. July 17 at 4pm (Eastern).
The Wingdale Community Singers
Monday, July 29th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
The Wingdale Community Singers is where core trio Rick Moody (author of The Ice Storm and essay collection On Celestial Music), singer Hannah Marcus, and guitarist/composer David Grubbs bring deep Brooklyn harmonies and old time folk moves to life. They'll come to WFMU on July 29th to share tunes including pieces from their third record, Night, Sleep, Death.
Sonny Curtis Saturday, August 3rd, 11am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael welcomes Sonny Curtis back to the show - a member of Buddy Holly's Crickets and the writer of "I Fought The Law", "Walk Right Back", “More Than I Can Say”, "A Fool Never Learns", "Rock Around With Ollie Vee"& The Mary Tyler Moore theme "Love Is All Around"!
Broadcloth
Monday, August 12th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Broadcloth is a chamber trio consisting of vocalist Anne Rhodes, cellist Nathan Bontrager, and accordionist Adam Matlock. The trio improvises and plays from nontraditional scores including graphic scores hand-embroidered by Anne. All of the members also work closely in other groups, including various projects with composer Anthony Braxton.
7" Singles special with Tom Lax of Siltbreeze Records
Tuesday, August 13th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
The annual visit from our pal Tom Lax, bringing up yet another assortment of obscuro and extremely special 7" singles wax from Siltbreeze headquarters in Philadelphia. If you've checked out this special in past years you know that you will certainly be hearing a lot of DIY/post-punk and general oddball stuff you will probably not hear anywhere else (and see as well, as we will be posting the sleeve art on the playlist page live). Not to be missed!
Mad Nanna Tuesday, August 20th, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Strung-out, electric downer drift in the form of Mad Nanna, winging their way from Melbourne, Australia for a US tour and a live session on Brian's show today. Once aptly described as "battered folk", this combo should tickle the brainlobes of avowed fans of such loose thinkers as the Dead C, Shadow Ring, Jandek, and the Godz. They've generally resided in the lo-to-no-fi realm on various releases on labels like Unwucht, Soft Abuse, and Wormwood Grasshopper; a rare opportunity to hear them in a bareboned live studio setting this afternoon on WFMU.
The Chapin Sisters
Monday, September 9th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Tune in when musical sisters Lily and Abigail Chapin, daughters of the musical Chapin family, visit Airborne Event. On their latest record, A Date With The Everly Brothers, they transpose the boys' harmonies across time and gender. They've also been touring as part of the band She & Him. They'll come to WFMU armed with guitar and banjo to share their music on September 9th.
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