Guest: UK DJ and producer Gilles Peterson
Saturday, December 4th, 2004, 8pm - 11pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
Gilles Peterson really wanted to be on the radio when he was a kid - so he
rigged up a transmitter in his backyard (with the help of his dad) and took
listener requests at a neighborhood payphone. His perseverence paid off; now
he's a DJ on BBC Radio One (where he once followed John Peel), a globetrotting
club DJ, record producer and label honcho (Talkin' Loud). Associated with the
rise of "acid jazz" but a man of many genres, Gilles has compiled a new
double-CD of Brazilian music old and new entitled "Gilles Peterson in Brazil" on Ether Records. He'll introduce us to the CD and tell a few radio tales.
Martin Moscrop
Saturday, December 4th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Martin Moscrop from the legendary punk-disco band A Certain Ratio returns to the Cherry Blossom Clinic Saturday Dec 4th. He'll talk about the early days of ACR and Factory Records (and ACR contemporaries Joy Division, New Order, Cabaret Voltaire and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, among others), the Manchester scene and spin a bunch of ACR tunes and some personal faves.
Dave Rick
Tuesday, November 30th, 2004, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Dave is an amazing guitarist and bass player who has played in such bands as King Missle, Bongwater, the Martinets, Yo La Tengo, Wide Right, B.A.L.L. and many more. One of Dave's earliest bands, Phantom Tollbooth, is reuniting for one show at the request of Guided By Voices, to open up one of the band's farewell shows in New York. Dave will give us the story behind the reunion, as well as last year's crazy collaboration with GbV
main man Bob Pollard, Beard of Lightning. (On which Pollard
erased the vocals off of Phantom Tollbooth's 1988 LP, and added new vocals and lyrics, creating a new Phantom Tollbooth album.)
Ken Smith on his new book, "Junk English 2" Monday, November 29th, 2004, 6pm - 7pm
on
The Speakeasy with Dorian
Ken Smith takes to the other side of the console (as a guest) and discusses his new book, "Junk English 2." Listeners, get ready to call in with your sightings (or hearings) of these atrocities of language.
Marissa Nadler has been hailed as a smoky chanteuse both sultry and
captivating, and her mournful dirges and melancholic ballads are
influenced by old-timey Americana folk, Portuguese fado,
psychedelia, and country.
The Gore Gore Girls Saturday, November 27th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
After gorging yourself on Thanksgiving, let the Gore Gore Girls give your ears a treat! These Detroit girls take their shared love of primal rock 'n' roll, 6Ts girl groups, and B-movies and churn out great Punk and Soul-tinged Garage-Pop.
Gilles of Decadance
Friday, November 26th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Nickel and Dime Radio with $mall ¢hange
$mall ¢hange recovers from some homemade lasanga and tofu
turducken to roll himself and the red carpet out
for Gilles of the famed Decadance series. Now up
to Volume 4, this displaced and very cordial
Frenchman has been schoolin' us on all weird post
punk synth uncatagorizable early 80's sounds for
a minute now, and will be droppin' wax and
knowledge into your wax filled eardrums.
The Blackouts Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
Some have called this rocking quartet from Champaign, Illinois, a garage band, but that's just a starting point. Strong material, crazy dual lead guitars, the hooks of power pop, a variety of tempos and a cohesiveness courtesy of three years of hard touring make the Blackouts one of the best underground bands in America. Their second album, "Living in Blue," is one of the year's best.
Rebecca Martin Monday, November 22nd, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
From the start, Rebecca Martin's been a unique voice in the jazz/folk scene, starting out as a cohort of Jesse Harris in the combo Once Blue. But she's not easy to catagorize, especially on the newly released People Behave Like Ballads, a genre-bending collection that will come as no surprise to Rebecca's fans. Tune in at 4 PM for some selections performed live in WFMU's studios/
Jack Rose
Monday, November 22nd, 2004, Midnight - 3am
on
Janitor From Mars with R. Lim
Tune in for some solo lap-steel guitar from Pelt's Jack Rose, who recently
stopped by the station to play a set of pre-war Blues and Raga-tinged
guitar improvisations. From spine-tingling drones to intricate
syncopations, the man they call Doctor Ragtime has the cure for what ails
you.
Golem
Saturday, November 20th, 2004, 8pm - 11pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
With klezmer roots and a rock and roll heart, New York based Golem
radically reinterprets old Yiddish chestnuts. Or as the Washington Post
put it, "Golem produces the sort of music you'd expect if the shtetl were
filled with punks instead of peasants." The band drops by for a live set
to celebrate the release of its new CD, "Homesick Songs."
X-Wife Saturday, November 20th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
The Cherry Blossom Clinic is thrilled to welcome its second
musical guest from Portugal! This 3-piece outfit has a raw post-punk sound driven by crunchy and distorted guitars, militant analog vintage drum-machines, and dirty synthesizers. Their sound calls to mind Gang of Four, Clinic and the Liars. Don't miss this session, and see them live the next night at Sin-e!
Robyn Hitchcock Monday, November 15th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Going solo once more, and following a bit part as Laurent Tokar, a sinister operative in Jonathan Demme's remake of 'The Manchurian Candidate', Robyn flies in over the weekend for shows in Brooklyn and Hoboken. He drops in to the WFMU studios at 4 PM for a live set, showcasing his newest album on YepRoc entitled "Spooked."
Ghost
Monday, November 15th, 2004, Midnight - 3am
on
Janitor From Mars with R. Lim
While Ghost's studio albums show how their unique psychedelic folk vision has changed over the years, it is their no-holds-barred live shows which have earned them their reputation as one of today's best psychedelic rock groups. The Janitor From Mars is honored to broadcast the New York show from Ghost's recent tour in support of their ambitious new album, Hypnotic Underworld.
A peek into the future of world music
Saturday, November 13th, 2004, 8pm - 11pm
on
Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg
In Europe there's actually a "world music industry" (for better or worse) and WOMEX, held in Europe every October, is the world music equivalent of CMJ (again, for better or worse.) Showcases, seminars, shmoozing, shilling, and whatever else goes on at these affairs. A lot of world musicky artists first showcase at WOMEX, then tour Europe, and THEN tour the U.S. a year or two later. So for us Americans WOMEX is a sneak peek into the future.
WFMU DJ Rob Weisberg attended this year's WOMEX in Germany as did journalists Anastasia Tsioulcas [*pronounced SOOL-KUS*] (Billboard Magazine) and Tom Pryor (Global Rhythm Magazine). They'll talk about the experience, and play new music discovered there.
TWO BANDS: Boyskout and Nagg
Saturday, November 13th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
This week the Cherry Blossom Clinic brings you not one, but two HOT bands coming straight outta San Francisco and both bands are led by tough-as-nails women! Boyskout play songs from their debut album 'School
of Etiquette'. They have a subversive yet fun New
Wave-influenced sound that calls to mind Martha & the Muffins and Siouxsie. Or The Cars, if they were tough and lesbians from San Francisco!
Nagg also play selections from their self-titled debut
album. These guys play a
wonderful raucous blend of punk & glam calling to mind bands like Suzi
Quatro, the Runaways, and AC/DC!
Velvet Crush
Tuesday, November 9th, 2004, Noon - 3pm
on
Three Chord Monte with Joe Belock
One of the very best power-pop outfits in the world over the last 15
years, Velvet Crush has released one of its best albums in 2004, "Stereo Blues." The guys are on a rare jaunt across the U.S. and will give WFMU listeners the details on the new album, backing up Matthew Sweet, the avalanche of releases on their own Action Musik label and more.
Naïm Amor
Monday, November 8th, 2004, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Naïm Amor made a fateful
decision in 1997 to relocate from his native Paris, France to
Tucson, Arizona. There, he immediately found fertile ground there
for his "avant-French pop" with his now defunkt Amor Belhom Duo, and
found like minds for collaboration in Howe Gelb, Joey Burns and John
Convertino of Calexico, all of whom Naïm has performed, composed,
and recorded with. Amor's latest is "SOUNDTRACKS, Volume II", out on
OWOM records blends jazz and cocktail kitsch with lonesome guitar
licks. Naïm added vocals to the blend for this live set he recorded
on a recent swing through NYC. 4 PM.
The Tiger Lillies Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004, Noon - 3pm
on
Irwin's show
They sing pleasant little songs about murder, prostitution, arson, and
godless decadence. On Wednesday, November 3, gather your family around the radio hearth for a wholesome live performance by the Tiger Lillies. The festivities begin at 12:30 pm, on Irwin's program. The Tiger Lillies' new album is called "Punch and Judy," and it's either brilliant entertainment or yet another sign of impending societal collapse. They play, you decide.
Go Home Productions Wednesday, November 3rd, 2004, Noon - 3pm
on
Irwin's show
Producer/Remixer/DJ Mark Vidler of Go Home Productions will present new mash-ups recorded especially for WFMU on Irwin's program at 2 PM. Vidler's audio alchemy has grafted together Christina Aguilera and The Strokes, The Beach Boys and Barry White, The Sex Pistols and Madonna, and dozens of other musicians who have never met in a studio but now share collaborative works. Tune in and spend an hour with the king of bootleg mash-ups. (Gender Bias will be pre-empted that day.)
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.
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