Special Guest: Alan Braufman
Saturday, June 1st, 2pm - 5pm
on
Music For a Free World with Dave Sewelson
(on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Saxophonist, flutist and composer Alan Braufman is Dave's guest.
Special Guests: The HawtThorns
Saturday, June 1st, 5pm - 7pm
on
Someday Matinee with Gina Bacon
(on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
The HawtThorns are the duo of KP and Johnny Hawthorn. They moved from Southern California to East Nashville, where they make music that is a unique mix of 60’s Laurel Canyon, British Invasion and Cosmic Cowboy. They’re coming in to talk about their new album Gravity and play some songs for us!
Drop-In presents DJ Courtney Noir’s “Ich Bin Ein WFMUer” - one hour of the finest German post-punk, new wave and noise pop Deutschland has to offer.
Saturday, June 1st, 6pm - 7pm
on
Drop-In
(on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
Carter presents a sound collage of music, poetry, and field recordings!
Sunday, June 2nd, 5pm - 6pm
on
Radio Row
Nikki Corvette interview on Rock & Roller Derby
Sunday, June 2nd, 8pm - 10pm
on
Rock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod
Powerpop icon Nikki Corvette joins Suzy on Sunday, June 2nd for a chat to celebrate her upcoming show in NYC headlining the Oh Bondage, Up Yours! the 2-day festival of female-fronted bands on Saturday, June 8th at TV Eye, and the re-release of her out-of-print bubblegum punk classic self-titled album Nikki and the Corvettes on Munster records.
Daniel Weintraub ("Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros" Director)
Tuesday, June 4th, 8pm - 9pm
on
Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins
Director Daniel Weintraub discusses "Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros," his new documentary film project on the life and work of the composer, performer, educator and humanitarian told through interviews with Oliveros, her peers (Terry Riley, Morton Subotnick) and disciples (Thurston Moore, Laurie Anderson), and rare photographs, home movies, hand-drawn scores and signal flow diagrams, unheard recordings and live performance footage.
Swansea Sound
Wednesday, June 5th, Noon - 3pm
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Swansea Sound were formed during the COVID lockdown by members of English indie-pop royalty: Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey, both of Heavenly and Talulah Gosh, among others; and Hue Williams of The Pooh Sticks. The initial plan was to just release a single or two, but the releases kept coming. Now with two albums under their belt they’re coming to the US for the first time, including a live set right here at WFMU!
Put The Needle on The San Francisco Remote
Friday, June 7th, 7pm - 8pm
on
Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
Billy Jam yet again ventures into San Francisco with the WFMU remote
broadcast unit to the Mission District studios of DJ Quest where, along
with the legendary Bay Area turntablist, other guests will include Live
Human bassist Andrew Kushin and emcees Z-Man and Luke Sick. Put The Needle On The Record on Friday June 7th at 7pm (4pm local CA time) on WFMU.
Theee Retail Simps
Friday, June 7th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Burn It Down! with Nate K.
Montreal's most esteemed keepers of the rock 'n' roll fire return to WFMU for a wild live performance. With 2023's excellent Live on Cool Street already in the rearview mirror, the band choogle through a gloriously shambolic set of songs so new the forthcoming album they're on, due this fall on Total Punk, doesn't even have a name yet. Tune in Friday, June 7, for the sneak peek.
Strangeloves and Company
Saturday, June 8th, 6pm - 7pm
on
Drop-In
(on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
In the wake of the British invasion in 1964, the songwriting / production team of Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer began releasing music in the guise of a fake Australian group called The Strangeloves. This move paid off with the hit song "I Want Candy" among others. Join DJ Stu Rutherford as he spotlights the music these three men created and released under various "group" names along with material from other artists that they produced.
Black Lives, People of Earth: Jean-Paul Bourelly Interview
Saturday, June 8th, 7pm - 10pm
on
Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman
(on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Active for over four decades, Haitian-American Jazz guitar player Jean-Paul Bourelly has pushed boundaries with some of the top Jazz musicians in the world (Miles Davis, Muhal Richard Abrams, Cassandra Wilson) and continues to break new ground. To celebrate People of Earth, his new album with the US/French band Black Lives, he sat down for an exclusive interview with host David Mittleman. They discussed the new album and Bourelly's extensive discography.
Ted plays music to listen to while watching TV through a window.
Sunday, June 9th, 5pm - 6pm
on
Radio Row
The Music of Donald Rafael Garrett
Saturday, June 15th, 7pm - 10pm
on
Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman
(on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Although his discography and fan base are relatively small, multi-instrumentalist Donald Rafael Garrett (1932-1989) made an indelible mark on Jazz history. He played and recorded with musicians like Roland Kirk, Dewey Redman, Archie Shepp and most notably, on five John Coltrane albums. Observations of Deviance will explore his solo and sideman recordings along with exclusive audio comments from musicians Charles Tolliver, William Parker and Ronnie Burrage.
Live Remote Stream from Pet Shop in Jersey City!
Tuesday, June 18th, 6pm - 7pm
on
Hard Stuff with Frank in Queens
(on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
Join Frank In Queens for a live edition of the Hard Stuff program from Pet Shop in Jersey City as part of WFMU's Rock And Soul Radio's "Super Tuesday" remote event. If you're local to the WFMU listening area, come on down and bring your drinking caps and your dancing shoes to help kick off this great night of Rock And Soul programming. Pet Shop is located at 193 Newark Ave., just two blocks from the Grove St. PATH station.
Live remote from JC's Pet Shop: Todd-o-phonic Todd fills in for Kick Out The Jams
Tuesday, June 18th, 7pm - 8pm
on
Yesterday's Numbers with Todd-o-phonic Todd
(on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
Frustrated with how badly Rock and Soul Radio has gone since his departure, Todd-O-Phonic Todd returns with an abbreviated version of "Yesterday's Numbers", live from Pet Shop in Jersey City as part of WFMU's Rock And Soul Radio's "Super Tuesday" remote event, for one night only to try getting everyone back on track!
Live Remote Broadcast From Pet Shop In Jersey City
Tuesday, June 18th, 8pm - 9pm
on
Strong Style Chris Crash
(on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
Jersey City is about to E.X.P.L.O.D.E.! The 1st ever live episode of STRONG STYLE CHRIS CRASH!! June 18th -- live & direct from the Pet Shop (193 Newark Avenue) at 8 PM, Chris Crash promises a night of rock 'n' roll for fatal & furious street fighting. The show will be broadcast as part of WFMU's Rock And Soul Radio's "Super Tuesday" remote event, but the best way to experience the rampage is to BE THERE LIVE in Jersey City! Triumph Or Die!
Valley Lodge
Wednesday, June 19th, Noon - 3pm
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Valley Lodge return for their third live session on The Evan “Funk” Davies Show, and their first since 2013! Led by former Goddamn Dave Hill Show host Dave Hill, Valley Lodge have just released their fifth album, Shadows In Paradise (Tee Pee), and if we’re lucky they’ll blast us with live versions of some of those new pop/rock bangers!
Teresa invites you to a funeral procession for a hummingbird. We’ll be joined by other birds, mimics, jazz-soul bagpipers, professional whistlers, and Dinah Washington.
Sunday, June 23rd, 5pm - 6pm
on
Radio Row
Ka Baird
Monday, June 24th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Daniel Blumin's show
To celebrate the release of the new album Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos (RVNG), composer, improvisor, and sound artist Ka Baird returns to WFMU!
Tune in as Baird (Spires That In The Sunset Rise, Sapropelic Pycnic) transfigures the evening into an aural hallucination. Trip sitter not included. Don't sleep!
Motorists
Wednesday, June 26th, Noon - 3pm
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Get ready for some CanCon! Toronto’s Motorists bring their hook-filled power pop south of the border for what promises to be a blistering (yet polite) live set. Their second album, Touched By The Stuff (We Are Time / Bobo Integral) came out in late May and it’s already on EFD’s Best Of 2024 short list. Tune in and you’ll know why.
All times listed are Jersey City time, EDT.
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