Josh Graham
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
A member of Neurosis and A Storm of Light currently, ex- of Red Sparrowes and Battle of Mice, he is a visual artist, guitarist and keyboardist. The multi talented Graham will lend his DJing skills to the Peer Pressure segment of Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine. Listeners will be able to ask him questions via the live accuplaylist. Tune in at noon for the whole program; 1pm for Graham's appearance.
Peanut Butter Wolf Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Duane's show
The excellent DJ, Stones Throw Head honcho and famed superman lover supreme Peanut Butter Wolf will be swinging by Duane's show to shoot the ish and play some records before his Krautrock Classics show at Le Poisson Rouge Thursday night.
Shoxx
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Distort Jersey City with Deed Runlea
The future of NYC punk is here. Shoxx are the band that you should be listening to on December 12, 2012 if you know what I'm saying. Elise from Brain F≠ says "Shoxx are old dudes with long hair that play punk music but they're really good at their instruments and it sounds like 'mah-mah-mah-mah-mah-mah.' " If you thought Pollution was the best band ever, then it would be pretty hard to not be psyched on their guitar player and drummer starting a new band. Nomos was a decent band as well. Don't sleep on this, as their demo tapes are just about gone. Shoxx NYC 2012. True freaks only.
Charlie Burnham & Two Eye Jack (featuring Freddi Prince & Mark Growden), live from the Castello Plan
Monday, August 20th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
August's installment of the Airborne Event's monthly remote broadcast from Ditmas Park's Castello Plan restaurant features jazz violinist Charlie Burnham, who has has accompanied jazz and blues luminaries like James Blood Ulmer, Cassandra Wilson, and Medeski Martin & Wood with his violin fireworks. Mark Growden has put out a series of much-loved gut-wrenching Americana albums over the last decade or so. He has a unique, powerful voice and plays guitar, banjo & accordion. He's been based in New Orleans of late and delving into that city's music traditions, but this summer we're lucky to have him in Brooklyn playing music in a duo with his long-time compatriot Freddi Prince. Listen on WFMU or join us live at Castello Plan, 1213 Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn, 2 blocks from the Cortelyou Road Q train stop.
Sonny & the Sunsets
Saturday, August 18th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Terre T is thrilled to welcome Sonny & the Sunsets to The Cherry Blossom Clinic! This San Francisco band is riding high with the release of their epic third album "Longtime Companion," a record that adds a trippy psych element to their well-estbalished brand of melodic garage pop. Sonny and the Sunsets will be playing the Glasslands Gallery later that night but be sure to check them out on the Cherry Blossom Clinic on August 18th!
John Strausbaugh Wednesday, August 15th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
Irwin's show
Journalist/historian John Strausbaugh visits Irwin's program on August 15 to discuss Greenwich Village's long and unique role as an engine of American and world culture, as chronicled in his forthcoming book The Village. (The work will be published early next year by Ecco/HarperCollins.) Strausbaugh is developing a counterpart chronicle of Lower East Side and East Village cultural history, which will be part of the discussion.
Strausbaugh is the former editor of New York Press, and has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Cabinet, and many other publications. His books include E: Reflections on the Birth of the Elvis Faith, Rock 'Til You Drop, Black Like You, and Sissy Nation. He posts vignettes of downtown NYC history at chiseler.org.
Acid Problem Wednesday, August 15th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Distort Jersey City with Deed Runlea
Brooklyn's heavy punk rock maniacs Acid Problem (formerly known as Passive Aggressor) visit the WFMU studios this week. Think about The Stooges but way harder and you will get an idea of what these life-long New Yorkers are all about. Fresh off of a week on the road with North Carolina's fantastic Whatever Brains, we get a chance to hear this band in their post-tour element. Be sure to check out their awesome brand new EP on 16OH Records (Slices, Lewd Acts, Sleepies, Swann Danger, Mindless, Scam discography, etc.). For the true freaks. Not to be missed.
Diamond Terrifier
Monday, August 13th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Diamond Terrifier, the solo project of Sam Hillmer of Zs, builds
tightly compressed songs out of looped shards of effects-laden
saxophone and pure reed tones. August 14th is the release date for
Diamond Terrifier's first full-length album, "Kill the Self That Wants
to Kill Yourself," out on Northern-Spy Records. Tune in a day early to
hear a special live set in the WFMU studios.
TBNB
Monday, August 13th, 2012, 8pm - 9pm
on
Minor Music with Jesse Krakow
The superchild of "Weird Al" Yankovic & Led Zeppelin, TBNB are a band that manage to rock people's faces off while simultaneously making them laugh said faces off. These three young musicians (ages totaling 30) will be stopping by to entertain us, enrich our lives, and (hopefully) explain what their name means.
Royal Headache
Saturday, August 11th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
The Cherry Blossom Clinic with Terre T
Syndey's Royal Headache combine sweetly crooned tunes and punking rock rama lama. Their 2011 self-titled debut album was recently re-released stateside by What's Your Rupture? and is earning rave reviews from the likes of Pitchfork and the Onion AV Club. Catch them now as they begin to light up the northern hemisphere.
Allan Fraser
Saturday, August 11th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Allan Fraser, as half of the folk duo Fraser and DeBolt, released two albums on Columbia in 1971 and 1973. Despite rave reviews and touring the music circuit, the records sold only modestly, eventually falling into obscurity. Neither of the Fraser and DeBolt records has had an official reissue, but they have gained greater attention and a larger number of devoted fans in recent years. Their debut is simply one of the finest records to emerge from that era, and retains the ability to startle with its daring and its beauty. Daisy DeBolt and Allan Fraser went their separate ways after the second release, pursuing different avenues in the music world. As is the case with many Canadian artists, they were very well-known in their native country and less so in the United States. Fraser spoke with us by phone from his home in Montreal.
Doug Gillard
Thursday, August 9th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
As busy as he is -- just having finished a tour with Nada Surf, putting out his own solo record last year and completed recording a new record with Death of Samantha (yes it is 2012) -- Doug Gillard has found the time to visit WFMU once again, this time as a Guest DJ on the PEER PRESSURE segment of Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine. As of late, he also has under his belt a collaboration LP with Robert Pollard under the name Lifeguards, and
co-wrote and recorded with Sally Crewe for a Sally Crewe And The Sudden Moves EP last year ("Transmit/Recieve"). It's likely you'll hear some of his music for the period previous, so tune in at noon, hear Doug at 1pm! Listeners are encouraged to ask Doug questions via the live playlist.
Potty Mouth and Chemical Peel
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Distort Jersey City with Deed Runlea
Potty Mouth and Chemical Peel from South Carolina take a break from their tour, complete with their van dying while double parked in front of the station, for a fantastic split set. Potty Mouth are an all girl band from Western Mass who play catchy as hell power pop songs about dogs and small towns and other good stuff. Chemical Peel is mostly made up of girls, and they sound a little but like a 2012 Sonic Youth from the south. Check out Chemical Peel's awesome self-titled LP and Potty Mouth's brand new LP on Feeble Minds and Ride The Snake. Great session not to be missed.
DJ Berbere Tuesday, August 7th, 2012, 7pm - 9pm
on
Kaminsky Kamoutsky with Jesse
(on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
International superstar about town. Dj'd gigs in Arusha Tanzania, Bangkok Thailand, Hanoi Vietnam, and Hardcore House in Jamaica Plain MA USA. Also does live music at Berbere Superstar.
Tom Lax from Siltbreeze Records Guest DJ's
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Another great annual visit from Siltbreeze Records honcho Tom Lax, bringing yet more esoteric, uncategorizable and otherworldly slabs of wax to confound even the most obscuro-hound WFMU listeners. Even after several years of guest DJ sessions, we've barely scratched the surface of the fabulous motherlode of DIY recordings Tom has in the vaults; expect high grade entertainment!
Diane Cluck Monday, August 6th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
The idiosyncratic folk musician Diane Cluck will visit the Airborne Event for a live set on piano and guitar with cello accompaniment. She calls her music "intuitive folk," and has collaborated with fellow travelers like Herman Dune and CocoRosie. Lately, she's been exploring alternative ways of connecting with listeners through a subscription "song-of-the-week" service that offers her new songs as they come out and can even include songs on the topic of the subscriber's choice.
Jeff will have a variety of guests in studio and on the phone, including: Musical Icons Gemini Sounds, Merritone Music, Radio Icon Jeff Barnes, Cultural Presenter Miss Mattie Lou, Herbie Miller, Director/Curator of the Jamaica Music Museum at the Institute of Jamaica, plus Surprise guest artists and many more!
Don't miss this joyous exploration of Jamaican artists and their contributions to history through music and culture.
Zulus Sunday, August 5th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Dangerous For The Brain with Thomas Storck
New York City's Zulus are perhaps noise rock at it's most inviting, a dark but welcoming wall of sound with some of the deepest guitar sounds in recent memory. To say the least, they are a very LOUD band, relentlessly at times, creating a reverb-soaked sound-space the listener can feel in a very physical way. Their debut full-length, "Zulus" is just out on Aagoo Records and the band stops by WFMU to perform their last show of the summer.
Hella Hungarian Hip-Hop: Part One
Friday, August 3rd, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
For this week's episode of "Put the Needle on the Record," Billy Jam travels to Budapest, Hungary for the first in a two part series from the Central European country to unearth underground Hungarian hip-hop, and produce a live hip-hop session with American transplants Community Education from the studios of Tilos [pronounced Tilosh] Radio - the Budapest community radio station that bases its operation on the WFMU model.
Jonathan Cummins Thursday, August 2nd, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
You may know him as the guitarist for the awesomely poptastic Doughboys in the 80's/90s, or in Bionic at the "turn of the century" or PERHAPS you're already schooled in USA Out of Vietnam, his new band. Either way, Mr. Cummins will be kicking ass with a killer playlist on the PEER PRESSURE segment of Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine starting at 1pm! Listeners will be able to ask him questions via the LIVE interactive playlist.
No Class and Dark Ages
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Distort Jersey City with Deed Runlea
This week on Distort Jersey City we have a split set from the two hardest bands from Kansas City, Missouri, No Class and Dark Ages. Boredom tends to produce the best hardcore punk... Both bands have a similar vibe, while Dark Ages tends to be a little catchier while No Class tends to be really, really ignorant. Recommended for fans of bashing your head against a wall repeatedly and loud, abrasive hardcore. Dark Ages are on Sorry State Records and No Class are on Deranged Records. Tired, bored, angry and violent. Be prepared to uncontrollably mosh your bedroom, car, cubicle, sidewalk, or wherever you may be living out the bleak monotony of your mortal existence.
Experimental Cassette Culture with Ryan Martin from DAIS Records
Tuesday, July 31st, 2012, 3pm - 6pm
on
Brian Turner's show
Brooklynite and avid tape fan Ryan Martin (DAIS Records, Robert & Leopold Tapes, member of York Factory Complaint and DeTrop) returns to Brian's show for a third year sporting another heady batch of way-out cassettes from his archives. Lots of experimental sounds past and present accompanied by some scholarly observations by Mr. Martin. Playlisted photos of the tape art will be on display for listeners live yet again (postponed from July 10th)
Zaïmph
Monday, July 30th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Zaïmph is the solo guitar project of the prolific experimentalist Marcia Bassett, who has visited the Airborne Event before as a member of the Double Leopards, the duo Zaika with Tom Carter of Charalambides, and Shackamaxon. Her recent duo record with Samara Lubelski has been roiling the airwaves at WFMU, and she visits on the heels of a new release from Zaïmph. Perhaps the closest one can come to describing Zaïmph's music is simply to explain that the project takes its name from a sacred object imbued with both dread and bliss -- the mysterious veil of the moon-goddess Tanit of Carthage.
Jealousy
Monday, July 30th, 2012, 3:01pm - 6pm
on
Scott Williams's show
The San Fran-based Jealousy summons muses such as Spacemen 3, Throbbing Gristle and Neu! with little more than a bass guitar, a theremin, and some mysterious and indistinct vocalising. For this, their second visit to WFMU, they're in very exploratory mode, mostly improvising songs on the spot and spelunking through some very dark caves. Look out for 2 soon-to-be released recordings on Moniker Records, including a split with Psychedelic Horseshit and Jennifer Herrema.
Listeners can ask Alan questions LIVE on the online playlist during the program! Tune in and hear what's between the ears of this vocal sh*tstorm while Diane picks his brain and Alan picks the music!
Kieran Turner, writer/director of "Jobriath A.D." Wednesday, July 25th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
The new documentary Jobriath A.D. delves into the life and legacy of '70s glam-rocker Jobriath in a way that's never been done before. Known variously as "The American Bowie,' 'The True Fairy of Rock & Roll, 'Hype of the Year" -- as well as the first openly gay rock star -- Jobriath recorded two albums before the overwrought hype bubble burst. He subsequently moved to the Chelsea Hotel and tried remaking himself as "Cole Berlin," a Weimar-era cabaret singer, before passing away in July 1983 of AIDS-related illnesses. In the years since his death he has been cited as an influence by The Pet Shop Boys, Gary Numan, Joe Elliott of Def Leppard, and Morrissey.
Jobriath A.D. weaves together interviews, archival material and animation, and it has already received critical acclaim on the festival circuit. It will have its NYC premiere on Saturday, July 28, as part of Lincoln Center's NewFest 2012. Writer/director Kieran Turner will join Evan "Funk" Davies to discuss the film (and share some rare bootleg recordings!) on Wednesday night, July 25th. Don't miss it!
Black Sea Hotel and Hallock Hill on Airborne Event, live from the Castello Plan
Monday, July 23rd, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
The third installment of what's shaping up to be a monthly remote Airborne Event broadcast from Ditmas Park's Castello Plan restaurant. On July 23rd, Dan is delighted to welcome Black Sea Hotel, a NYC ensemble singing a capella Balkan music rooted in the tradition of Bulgarian women’s choirs. By turns delicate and gutsy, the group masterfully works through folk songs and modern arrangements. We will also hear the live debut of Hallock Hill, a solo acoustic guitar and electronics project of Tom Lecky. His albums "The Union" and "There He Unforeseen" have generated a lot of buzz. Hallock Hill presents intimate guitar environments that seem like they'd fit into the guitar soli tradition, but speak in a completely unique voice without real precedent. Listen on WFMU or join us live at Castello Plan, 1213 Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn by the Cortelyou Road Q train stop.
Dirty Beaches Monday, July 23rd, 2012, 3:01pm - 6pm
on
Scott Williams's show
Dirty Beaches is the rockabilly-nowave-hiphop project of Alex Zhang Hungtai, a bicoastal Canadian of Taiwanese birth and no place of his own. Dirty Beaches play displacement anthems for biker westerns starring Alan Vega and directed by David Lynch. A series of cassettes and split releases with folks like U.S. Girls and Ela Orleans lead to 2011's full-length "Badlands", an instant FMU hit and one of Scott's top records of the year.
Lee Feldman Monday, July 23rd, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
For "Album No. 4: Trying to Put the Things Together that Never Been Together Before," Lee Feldman travels familiar musical territory with another great collection of tunes that are sweet and funny, poignant and absurd. In Lee's latest newsletter, The Feldman, he asks,"Why make something as expensive and labor intensive as a hi-fi CD and put it into an over-saturated music market in a post-compensation society?" Even though the music business has not been especially kind to Lee, it's probably because he's totally driven to do it, as a self-described "pianist, songwriter, teacher, student, collaborator, franchise owner, Brooklynite and a fully effective nice fellow." Lee Feldman drops by WFMU's "Love Room" to play live and chat about the new album and his other musical ventures.
Jonah Parzen-Johnson grew up on the South Side of Chicago surrounded by the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and South Side music community. His music for solo baritone saxophone depicts a meticulously constructed world of warm memories recalled in a cold present, as he melds the evocative nature of American Folk music with the chilling power of experimentalism.
Vocalist Fay Victor formed Exposed Blues Duo with guitarist Anders Nilsson five years ago in order to explore the blues and enter its nasty, yearning, humorous world, performing open-ended versions, running the gamut from a whisper to a scream of Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Boy Fuller, the Doors, traditionalism and free improvisation.
CON-Mythology Friday, July 20th, 2012, Midnight - 3am
on
Wm. Berger presents My Castle of Quiet
Ken Montgomery, aka Gen Ken, joins us on-air to promote a week-long, multi-venue series of events to celebrate the life and work of his friend and collaborator Conrad Schnitzler. Schnitzler (who passed away in 2011), was a driving, founding force in electronic and avant-garde music, and instrumental in the christening of the Krautrock movement, performance art, and "industrial" music, now more commonly referred to as "noise" or "sound art." Events planned include film screenings, cassette CON-certs, and a whole lot more, running from 7/24-7/30 in New York City, and streaming live on the Web. More information to come during the broadcast, as well as a live-mixed cassette CON-cert from Ken! Also see the event page.
Brad Davidson
Thursday, July 19th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine
Bassist of the Wipers, the recent Phantom Ratio, and who also did a stint with Jesus and Mary Chain, Brad comes to the program with a pedigree of musical tastes and background that listeners will want to know about! Listeners will be able to ask him questions via the accuplaylist in real time! Show starts at noon, Brad will be on the Peer Pressure segment, which starts at 1pm.
Ashland Mines aka DJ Total Freedom Wednesday, July 18th, 2012, 8pm - 9pm
on
Mudd Up! with DJ/Rupture
On Mudd Up! this Wednesday, artist & musicians Ashland Mines aka DJ Total Freedom will stop by the show to discuss his creative approach to DJing, the ongoing performance installation at Suzanne Geiss gallery which he organized, as well as talk about Los Angeles, the role of collaboration in his work, and more.
Debo Band live set for Duane's 1st annual Martini Lunch party
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Duane's show
Duane and special guests Tummy Touch head honcho Tim Love Lee, Brooklyn DJ Tiffany Krunk Pony, and others join Duane as they revisit an ol' time-tested tradition of the Martini Lunch on air. They'll spin records, shake up some elixirs, and just generally have a gay old time. The Boston Based 10-piece Ethio-Ethno outfit Debo Band, also will swing by to play live. They have a killer debut album out now on Sub Pop that requires your immediate attention.
California X Wednesday, July 18th, 2012, 3am - 6am
on
Distort Jersey City with Deed Runlea
This week we get a visit from California X hailing from Western Massachusetts. With a single out and a 12 inch on the way, we get a taste of a fresh as hell rock and roll band that I'm sure we are only going to keep hearing. Cali X play fuzzed out, crunchy guitar rock with super catchy riffs and vocals. They kind of sound like if Milk Music lived on the east coast and never played hacky sack, ever. Tune in for five tracks of excellent punk rock coming out of one of the coolest spots in America for true underground music.
Allison Williams Tuesday, July 17th, 2012, 7pm - 9pm
on
Kaminsky Kamoutsky with Jesse
(on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Allison Williams is an oldtime musician, audio engineer, and hedgerow folklorist. She has hosted the Cumberland Trail radio show, on east Tennessee's WDVX, and DJed at the only lesbian bar in the Arkansas Ozarks, where she was fired for not playing enough Shania Twain.
Caroline Gorman
Monday, July 16th, 2012, 8pm - 9pm
on
Minor Music with Jesse Krakow
Possessing a maturity and musicality that belies her age, singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Caroline Gorman is quickly making a name for herself in the teenage indie music scene. She'll be stopping by to chat, play DJ, and perform songs from her debut album "Portrait Of A Picture Of A Person". Fans of Suzanne Vega, Aimee Mann, and Liz Phair - take notice.
Clare and the Reasons Monday, July 16th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
After two endearing albums of sweet-voiced tunes, Brooklyn-based Clare and the Reasons uprooted to Berlin to inspire their next release. Inspiration came in the form of their 1968 Schwalbe moped model KR-51s, which Clare, Olivier and Bob used to motor throughout the city they called, "a blurred filmstrip of cobblestones, trees, and graffiti." Clare and the Reasons then went to the German village of Haldern-Rees to record the album, "KR-51." The resulting music is a lush pastiche of Olivier's Paris conservatory training with pop overtones, Bob's secret mastery of Yngwie Malmsteen’s guitar solos, Clare's vocal upbringing in the Muldaur family tinted by her love of Lotte Lenya and Kate Bush, and the ancient/modern culture of Berlin. Clare and the Reasons play live on Irene's show.
Home Blitz surfaced in the mid-2000s as the home recording project of Daniel DiMaggio, a British scouser trapped in a latent New Jersey teenager’s body. Pretty much as lo-fi as you can get without the tape disintegrating, Home Blitz songs bristle with the sort of nervous energy that powered groups like the Feelies and Game Theory. When they power through it in the live setting (with guitarist Theresa Smith, bassist Jason Sigal and teenage drummer Henry Hynes in tow), they become the greatest band on the East Coast for that moment. The new Home Blitz 12" EP "Frozen Track" is out July 17th on Mexican Summer, followed by an East coast tour.
Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" Producer Ken Caillat Saturday, July 14th, 2012, 11am - 1pm
on
Michael Shelley's show
Michael chats with record producer Ken Caillat whose new book "Making Rumours" tells the full first hand story of what really went into recording Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" (endless partying, relationship dramas, creative struggles). The album took twelve months to finish, employed seven recording studios, cost nearly a million dollars and would go on have four top ten singles and win the Grammy for Best Album in 1977.
Chris Forsyth Friday, July 13th, 2012, 9am - Noon
on
The Long Rally with Scott McDowell
In the midst of a US tour to celebrate his new Northern-Spy release "Kenzo Deluxe," Chris Forsyth returns to WFMU to lace us with his idiosyncratic psychedelic guitar stylings. Chris plays within a long tradition of American/UK blues & folk guitarists and yet is restlessly searching for other planes of there. Tune in, drop out, etc. etc.
Jesse Jarnow, author of "Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock" Wednesday, July 11th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Yo La Tengo are certainly no strangers to WFMU or WFMU listeners, but it's doubtful that even the most ardent fan is aware of all the historic details and decade-spanning connections uncovered in the fascinating new book Big Day Coming. Music writer and, yes, WFMU DJ Jesse Jarnow links the lengthy and at times meandering rise of YLT to such hallowed institutions as Maxwell's, New York Rocker, Matador Records and many more; tune in on Wednesday night, July 11th, as Jesse and EFD discuss the book and play music from YLT and others!
Tunde Adebimpe Wednesday, July 11th, 2012, 7pm - 8pm
on
Lamin
Tunde Adebimpe is a musician, actor, and visual artist (best known as lead singer of TV on the Radio). He'll be stopping by Lamin's show to play records and maybe talk about musical influences, music technology, current projects, inspirations, etc.
John Lurie
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012, 9am - Noon
on
This Is The Modern World with Trouble
The fabulous John Lurie will visit This is the Modern World with Trouble, 9am-noon. John Lurie, the musician: leader of the Lounge Lizards. John Lurie, the actor: 'Stranger than Paradise', 'Down by Law', 'Fishing with John'. John Lurie, the artist. But most importantly John Lurie: the fabulous Guest. This is his second visit out to WFMU and he is a great interview, do not miss this!
Bombay Rickey
Monday, July 9th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Airborne Event with Dan Bodah
Airborne Event is delighted to host Bombay Rickey at the WFMU studios. What began as an idea for an Yma Sumac cover band morphed into the cumbia-surf-guitar-spaghetti-western soundtrack to a Bollywood noir film from the 1960s that never existed. A few Yma Sumac and other covers speckle a repertoire mostly composed by singer/accordionist Kamala Sankaram [pronounced SHANkar-um], guitarist Drew Fleming, reeds player Jeff Hudgins, bassist Gil Smuskowitz, and percussionist Timothy Quigley. You can see Bombay Rickey at Barbès on Thursday July 5th and Branded Saloon on Friday July 13th, and in between you can catch them on Airborne Event. Too much Bombay Rickey is not possible!
Richard Wolff
Monday, July 9th, 2012, 8pm - 9pm
on
Minor Music with Jesse Krakow
A cross between Syd Barrett & Harry Potter, Richard Wolff is a young singer-songwriter whose words and music do not belong to any existing genre. He'll be stopping by to play live, talk about music, and explain to us the mysteries of scorpions & giant spiders.
Guitarist Matt Munisteri Monday, July 9th, 2012, Noon - 3pm
on
Irene Trudel's show
Noted ace guitarist, singer, and songwriter Matt Munisteri has been described as having a "Pre-War Heart" when it comes to musical passions. Matt has played with a lot of current jazz notables, like violinist Mark O'Connor, Steven Bernstein, "Little" Jimmy Scott, Geoff Muldaur and bandleader/arranger Vince Giordano, who did the music for "Boardwalk Empire." But latest passion goes back to the 1920's with pianist/arranger Willard Robison, whose music Munisteri brings to life on his latest CD "“Still Runninʼ ʻRound in The Wilderness.” Matt Munisteri plays live and talks about the importance of Willard Robison's music.
Meg Baird
Saturday, July 7th, 2012, 6am - 9am
on
Shrunken Planet with Jeffrey Davison
Singer-songwriter Meg Baird is a member of the band Espers and also half of the Baird Sisters with sister Laura. Meg has released two gorgeous solo LPs, "Dear Companion", and "Seasons on Earth". As a singer, she will call to mind some of the greats of both the American and UK folk tradition. As a guitarist, she is quiet yet dazzling. She moves effortlessly between her own poetic songs and covers, making them indelibly hers. We were treated to five songs from her two solo albums on a recent trip to the WFMU studios, and spent time chatting as well. Vinyl hounds note that the Baird Sisters have a new release on the Grapefruit label.
Mike Viola Friday, July 6th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
Pseu's Thing With A Hook
The 'Hook welcomes back Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter Mike Viola for a special live acoustic session. His unstoppable schedule this past year has included touring Europe and the U.S., and releasing 2 albums while continuing to write music for film and television such as the new ABC Family series "Bunheads" and NBC's "The Voice". His association with WFMU recently yielded a cover of Andrew Gold's "Lonely Boy" for Michael Shelley's amazing marathon compilation of covers, and his last electric appearance on Pseu's program became an instant classic available on the Free Music Archive.
Disco Indepen-dance Party!
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012, 9pm - Midnight
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to dance up a storm, tune in to the 4th sort-of-annual EFD Disco Dance Party! You'll hear old-school classics along with some lost gems you'll wish you'd heard 30 years ago! Watch the fireworks reflect off your mirror ball while you celebrate life, liberty, and the pursuit of the perfect beat starting at 9pm on the 4th of July!
All times listed are Jersey City time, EDT.
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