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The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on WFMU

Freeform radio show heard every Wednesday from noon-3pm ET on WFMU in Jersey City NJ and online! Every show starts with the ’70s!

We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you. Listen to WFMU at 91.1fm in NJ, 91.9fm in NYC and Rockland County, 90.1fm in the Catskills/Hudson Valley area, and online from anywhere at http://wfmu.org

Checkout my playlists and streaming archived shows at http://wfmu.org/playlists/ED

11/08/2024

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent passings (in more ways than one), and generally I don’t feel like I have much to add to what others are posting. But I was a huge fan of 60 Ft. Dolls and still play them with some regularity on The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on WFMU, so I was really sad to see that their drummer has died at the far-too-young age of 51.

The musician supported Oasis, S*x Pistols and played Glastonbury during his band's heyday.

02/08/2024

This week's show on WFMU featured a set of Chills tunes (and one outlier) in memory of the late Martin Phillipps, who passed away last weekend.
Before that: a typical opening set of random selections from the past.
After that: a typical assortment of great new and recently released music that I think you'll enjoy.
All the songs I played are listed below, but for best results click through the link just below that and stream the show anytime! Thank you for listening.
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July 31, 2024: heavenly pop hits and more

Artist - "Song" - Album (Label) (Year) *=New [Comments]
("[bandcamp]" indicates Bandcamp link on the full playlist linked below)

the passions - "oh no, it's you" - 7" (fiction) (1979)
gary numan - "m.e." - the pleasure principle (beggars banquet) (1979)
zed - "no prisoners" - s/t (atlantic) (1981)
eddie money - "can't keep a good man down" - life for the taking (columbia) (1978)
the jive bureaux - "the kiss" - 7" (gull) (1978)
the dogs - "missing on the subway" - 7" (eagle) (1981)
neal ford & the fanatics - "shame on you" - va-garage beat '66 vol 1 (sundazed)
underachievers - "you're not for me" - underfoot (throbbing lobster) (1986)

Set: RIP Martin Phillipps

the clean - "tally ho" - anthology (merge) [A teenaged Martin Phillipps on keyboard]
the chills - "pink frost" - kaleidoscope world (homestead) (1989) [Martin played this and about a half-dozen other songs live on Joe McGasko's show back in 2017]
the chills - "i love my leather jacket" - kaleidoscope world (homestead) (1989) [written in memory of drummer Martyn Bull, who bequeathed his leather jacket to Phillipps before passing from leukemia in the early '80s]
the chills - "heavenly pop hit" - submarine bells (slash / warner bros.) (1990)
the chills - "submarine bells" - submarine bells (slash /warner bros.) (1990)
the chills - "ocean ocean" - soft bomb (slash / warner bros.) (1992)
martin phillipps & the chills - "new millennium" - sunburnt (flying nun) (1996)
the chills - "silver bullets" - silver bullets (fire) (2015) [the "comeback" album]
the chills - "you're immortal" - scatterbrain (fire) (2021) [the final Chills studio album, I believe]

Love Burns - "in a coma again" - blue (Kleine Untergrund Schallplatten / Jigsaw Records) * [will probably be on bandcamp at some point in the future]
Hello Mary - "three" - single (french kiss) * [bandcamp]
bloodwork - "caravaggio" - beaucoup dinero (bloodwork) * [new project from Jenn Champion and Arwen Nicks
bandcamp]
Federale - "heaven forgive me" - reverb & seduction (Jealous Butcher Records) * [bandcamp]
love fiend - "jimmy (is an agent)" - handle with care (In The Red Recordings) * [bandcamp]

memo pst - "best ones leave" - s/t (in the red) * [playing live on the show in two weeks! also playing at Berlin on Friday Aug 9 (with Discreet Charms, featuring our own Nate K and next week's fill-in Tom Dash), and at TV Eye on Sunday Aug 11]
The Mystery Lights - "purgatory" - purgatory (Daptone Records) * [album out in September; bandcamp]
Los Bitchos - "kiki you complete me" - talkie talkie (City Slang) * [bandcamp]
Wet Leg - "angelica" - s/t (domino) (2022) [bandcamp]
Zwei Null Zwei - "mini bauhaus" - va-dot dash mixtape vol. ii (dot dash) * [bandcamp]

Lael Neale - "electricity" - single (Sub Pop Records) * [bandcamp]
System Exclusive - "pasadena" - click (Le Cèpe Records) * [bandcamp]
the electric light orchestra - "one summer dream" - face the music (ua) (1975)
The Lovely Eggs - "memory man" - eggsistentialism (the lovely eggs) * [bandcamp]
The Journals Kept - "spectral light show" - single (the journals kept) * [former members of Princeton Reverbs Colonial]

Les Savy Fav - "guzzle blood" - oui, lsf (french kiss) *
Nonpareils - "predictable pan (theme from a book of perfectly drawn lines" - rhetoric & terror (Mute Records) * [Aaron Hemphill from Liars. Album out in September. bandcamp]
chateau de lait - "king of louisiana" - s/t (la station radar) * [Album out next month. bandcamp]
Matt Hunter & The Dusty Fates - "the narrator" - reindeer soul (Dromedary Records) * [ex-New Radiant Storm King, sometime-bass player in Savak; bandcamp]
amy rigby - "bangs" - hang in there with me (tapete records) * [album out Aug 30; bandcamp]
B. Hamilton - "i'm honest most of the time" - the freest speech ever attempted without disintegrating (b. hamilton) * [bandcamp]
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Listen to The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on WFMU every Wednesday at noon Eastern / 9am Pacific / 5pm UK!

Audio & playlist from July 31, 2024

19/07/2024

Just me playing a bunch of new (and some old) music on my WFMU show this week. Scan the playlist below, and for best results click through the link below to listen to the show anytime, commercial-free of course!
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July 17, 2024: get ready for the get ready

Artist - "Song" - Album (Label) (Year) *=New [Comments]
("[bandcamp]" indicates Bandcamp link on the full playlist linked below)

roogalator - "get ready for the get ready" - play it by ear (do it) (1978)
the mooney suzuki - "make my way" - people get ready (estrus) (2000) [still reeling from last Friday night's show at Bowery Electric]
primal scream - "rocks" - give out but don't give up (sire) (1994)
brownhill stamp duty - "pigeon" - 7" (pye) (1974)
the teardrop explodes - "the culture bunker" - wilder (mercury) (1981)
voyage - "music, music" - voyage 3 (sirocco / marlin) (1980)
heart bones - "don't read the comments" - hot dish (love online) (2020) [Sabrina from A Giant Dog / Sweet Spirit + Sean Tillmann aka Har Mar Superstar]

laughing - "narcissist blues" - because it's true (celluloid lunch) * [bandcamp]
Kelley Stoltz - "about time" - la fleur (Dandy Boy Records) * [bandcamp]
chime school - "wandering song" - the boy who ran the paisley hotel (Slumberland Records) * [bandcamp]
The Bacarrudas - "elizabeth anne" - pool party (Mom’s Basement Records) * [bandcamp]
the dt’s - "tina" - live at lakehouse studios (Lakehouse Recording Studios) * [bandcamp]

Nat Freedberg - "the true wheel" - let yourself go (white star) * [bandcamp]
Greaser Phase - "knockin on your window" - s/t (shambolic) * [bandcamp]
any trouble - "i'll be your man" - s/t (emi america) (1983)
peace de resistance - "lullaby for the debris" - lullaby for the debris (sorry state) * [bandcamp]
The Oscillation - "war on the mind" - the start of the end (all time low) * [bandcamp]

The Paranoid Style - "the return of the molly maguires" - the interrogator (Bar None Records) * [bandcamp]
brain candy - "can't pretend" - are you okay (brain candy) * [bandcamp]
the godfathers - "i don't believe in you" - more songs about love & hate (epic) (1989)
the drin - "elude the torch" - elude the torch (Feel It Records) * [bandcamp]
cymande - "losin' ground" - promised heights (partisan) * [Cymande movie screening Sunday July 28 at Monty Hall!
new reissue, orig 1973; bandcamp]

Lame Drivers - "pro volunteer" - become an island (Jigsaw Records) * [bandcamp]
Valley Lodge - "secret lover" - shadows in paradise (Tee P*e Records / kool kat) * [bandcamp]
Redd Kross - "candy colored catastrophe" - s/t (In The Red Recordings ) * [bandcamp]
elton john - "all the young girls love alice" - goodbye yellow brick road (mca) (1973)
Walt Disco - "come undone" - the warping (Lucky Number) * [bandcamp]

Red Axes - "up" - up ep (Shall Not Fade) * [bandcamp]
Gorgon City - "one new change" - reverie (emi) *
grace jones - "the hunter gets captured by the game" - 7" (island) (1980)
Ursula 1000 - "get down with us tonight" - single (ursula 1000) * [bandcamp]
Peggy Gou - "back to one" - i hear you (xl) * [bandcamp]

Les Savy Fav - "what we don't don't want" - oui, lsf [with friend of the show Jeff Tobias on sax]
FuriousBall feat. Mr Wu's Pigs - "bff (clean version)" - single (furiousball) * [bandcamp]
liz burrito - "what a day" - cry about it (liz burrito) * [bandcamp]
The Underbites - "the lesson of the lord" - single (the underbites) * [bandcamp]
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Listen to The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on WFMU every Wednesday at noon Eastern / 9am Pacific / 5pm UK!

Audio & playlist from July 17, 2024

13/07/2024

This week's WFMU show included a terrific live set from The Insomniacs, a few songs in memory of Rees Lewis of Medium Medium and C Cat Trance, and a pretty good assortment of new / recent releases that I think you'll want to check out. And you can do so anytime via the link below! But if you just want to see the list of songs with no audio accompaniment, for some weird reason, here it is:
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July 10, 2024: THE INSOMNIACS live set!

Artist - "Song" - Album (Label) (Year) *=New [Comments]
("[bandcamp]" indicates Bandcamp link on the full playlist linked below)

molkie cole - "sugar boogie" - s/t (janus) (1977)
blondie - "atomic" - eat to the beat (chrysalis) (1979)
internet forever - "break bones" - s/t (tape alarm) (2012)
waxing poetics - "baby jane" - manakin moon (emergo) (1988)
blast furnace & the heatwaves - "trust me" - blue wave 7" ep (nighthawk) (1978)
tim curry - "i do the rock" - fearless (a&m) (1979)
mondo vita - "the baxley's holiday" - fins de paris (deaf cat) (1983)
the duke spirit - "cuts across the land" - cuts across the land (startime) (2006)

Set: A short set of songs in memory of John Rees Lewis from C Cat Trance and Medium Medium, who passed away recently

c cat trance - "shake the mind" - karadara - the cream of c cat trance (cherry red) (2005) [this song originally from 1986]
medium medium - "further than funk dream" - the glitterhouse (cherry red) (1981) [Rees Lewis on sax & vocals, also co-wrote the song]
medium medium - "hungry, so angry" - s/t 12" ep (cachalot / cherry red) (1981) [as above]

End of set

the follies - "square peg round hole" - permanent present tense (Feel It Records) *
honey radar - "infinity ballroom (excerpt)" - ribbon factory (honey radar) *
real losers - "don't leave me now" - good clean fun (total punk) *
Guided By Voices - "fictional environment dream" - strut of kings (guided by voices inc.) *

Set: THE INSOMNIACS live on WFMU!
Engineered by Matt Clarke
Assisted by Shelly Ferina

Dave - vocals/bass
Bob - guitar/backing vocals
Pau - drums

the insomniacs - "alice white" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "maryanne lightly" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "e-g-a-r-a-g" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "she's a mess" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "something for the weekend" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "get up and go" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "listen, mary" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "way we love today" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "something's gone" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "already down" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "my favorite story" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "she brings" - live on wfmu
the insomniacs - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu

Paul Weller - "soul wandering" - 66 (polydor) *
The Peawees - "banana tree" - single (Spaghetty Town Records / folc) * [bandcamp]
liz burrito - "spirits of the hidden cloud" - cry about it (liz burrito) * [bandcamp]
Late Cambrian - "ride to valhalla on a tooth balloon" - single (late cambrian) * [bandcamp; playing with Valley Lodge on Friday July 26 at Otto's on E. 14th St.!]
WHITE HILLS - "fiend" - beyond this fiction (heads on fire) * [bandcamp]

LOVATARAXX - "earl condition" - sophomore (Cold Transmission) * [bandcamp]
The Big Boss - "disco banger" - six and oh! (the big boss) * [bandcamp]
Art d'Ecco- "i feel alive" - single (Paper Bag Records ) * [bandcamp]
kovak - "giving up love" - single (kovak) *

KEELEY - "inga hauser" - beautiful mysterious (Tiny Global Productions) * [bandcamp; Check out Keeley's live set and conversation on my show last year]
amery - "hotwire the night" - continue as amery (Night School) * [formerly known as Alpen Glow
bandcamp]
queen - "it's a kind of magic" - a kind of magic (capitol) (1986)
love fiend - "ckil" - handle with care (In The Red Recordings) * [bandcamp]
memo pst - "rise fall repeat" - s/t (in the red) * [live on the show next month!]

Steve Wynn - "make it right" - make it right (fire) * [Guest DJing on the show in September!]
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Listen to The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on WFMU every Wednesday at noon Eastern / 9am Pacific / 5pm UK!

Audio & playlist from July 10, 2024

21/06/2024

If you missed the smashing live sets from Valley Lodge and The Transcanada Highwaymen on my WFMU radio show this week I've got good news: you can listen to them over and over again anytime via the link below! And I fit in even more great music that you'll enjoy, including the ceremonial first spin of the season of the greatest summer song ever recorded! Check the whole playlist below, or stop dawdling and click through the link to stream the archive! Thank you!
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June 19, 2024: VALLEY LODGE *and* THE TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAYMEN live sets!

Artist - "Song" - Album (Label) (Year) *=New [Comments]
("[bandcamp]" indicates Bandcamp link on the full playlist linked below)

the contortions - "contort yourself" - buy (ze) (1979) [RIP James Chance / James White / James Black]
phil lynott - "ode to a black man" - solo in soho (warner bros.) (1980)
henry volt - "pylons (radio version)" - 12" (image) (1986) [still have plenty more Montreal record store finds to get to...]
mens room - "tell me" - s/t (solid gold records) (1984)
the woodentops - "good thing" - giant (columbia) (1986) [...and Arizona record store finds]
simple minds - "i travel" - 12" (virgin) (1979) [...and New Jersey record store finds, even!]
james white & the blacks - "(tropical) heat wave" - 12" (ze) (1979) [RIP James White / James Chance / James Black]
starbreaker - "the sound of summer" - 7" (chrysalis) (1977) [it is time]

Greaser Phase - "back in california" - s/t (shambolic) *
Dion Lunadon - "new york" - memory burn (Beast Records) * [bandcamp]
Møtrik - "hazel hall" - single (Jealous Butcher Records) * [bandcamp]
Habibi - "on the road" - dreamachine (Kill Rock Stars) * [bandcamp]
The Bug Club - "quality pints" - single (Sub Pop Records) * [bandcamp]

Set: VALLEY LODGE live on WFMU!
engineered by Mario "The Wizard" Santana

Dave Hill - guitar/vocals
Eddie Eyeball - bass
Rob Pfeiffer - drums
Jennifer Valle (La Sinistra) - vocals, handclaps
Tom Beaujour - guitar/vocals

See them live at Otto's, 538 E. 14th St., Friday July 26th, with Late Cambrian!

Find their music on bandcamp!

Follow the band on Instagram at , and/or follow Dave Hill directly at

valley lodge - "every little thing" - live on wfmu
valley lodge - "coming around" - live on wfmu
valley lodge - "daylights" - live on wfmu
valley lodge - "hey" - live on wfmu
valley lodge - "go" - live on wfmu
valley lodge - "keeping this world alive" - live on wfmu
valley lodge - "all my loving" - live on wfmu
valley lodge - "kiss me i'm drunk" - live on wfmu
valley lodge - "come back to bed" - live on wfmu
valley lodge - "hanging on" - live on wfmu
valley lodge - "after school" - live on wfmu
valley lodge - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu

odds - "it falls apart" - bedbugs (zoo) (1993) [The Trans-Canada Highwaymen include Craig Northey from Odds]
ba*****ed ladies - "it's all been done" - stunt (reprise) (1998) [The Trans-Canada Highwaymen include Steven Page from Ba*****ed Ladies]
the pursuit of happiness - "hard to laugh" - love junk (chrysalis) (1988) [The Trans-Canada Highwaymen include Moe Berg from The Pursuit Of Happiness]
sloan - "g turns to d" - one chord to another (the enclave) (1996) [The Trans-Canada Highwaymen include Chris Murphy from Sloan]

Set: TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAYMEN live on WFMU!!
engineered by Cam Loeppky, assisted by Tom Unish

Chris Murphy - drums, bass, vocals
Steven Page - guitar, drums, vocals
Moe Berg - guitar, bass, vocals
Craig Northey - guitar, bass, drums, vocals

Special thanks to Cam, Haris Cehajic, and Mike Nelson

See them tonight in Pittsburgh at City Winery, and tomorrow night at the Riviera Theater in North Tonawanda NY (Buffalo area)

Merch, tour dates, and more at their website

the trans-canada highwaymen - "theme from trans-canada highwaymen" - live on wfmu [sung by Steven, who's also playing guitar.
Chris on drums, Moe on guitar, Craig on bass.]
the trans-canada highwaymen - "she's so young" - live on wfmu [The Pursuit of Happiness song; sung by Moe]
the trans-canada highwaymen - "someone who is cool" - live on wfmu [Odds song, sung by Craig Northey.
Moe now on bass, Craig on guitar.]
the trans-canada highwaymen - "undun" - live on wfmu [Guess Who song, sung by Steven.]
the trans-canada highwaymen - "lovin' you ain't easy" - live on wfmu [Pagliaro song, sung by Chris
Chris now on bass, Craig on drums.]
the trans-canada highwaymen - "the other man" - live on wfmu [Sloan song, sung by Chris
Steven now on drums. Moe back on bass, Chris and Craig on guitar? (My notes are incomplete)]
the trans-canada highwaymen - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu

motorists - "phone booth in the desert" - touched by the stuff [live on the show next week!] (we are time / Bobo Integral Records) *
the heart attack-acks - "i get so moody when i'm not in love" - single (the heart attack-acks) *
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Listen to The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on WFMU every Wednesday at noon Eastern / 9am Pacific / 5pm UK!

Audio & playlist from June 19, 2024

02/06/2024

Here's the playlist and link to the streaming archive for this past Wednesday's show on WFMU. Peruse the playlist below, and listen to the show anytime by clicking the link!
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May 29, 2024: you’re malware

Artist - "Song" - Album (Label) (Year) *=New [Comments]
("[bandcamp]" indicates Bandcamp link on the full playlist linked below)

charlotte cornwell, julie covington, rula lenska - "daddy" - rock follies (polydor uk) (1976) [bought at Ghost Of Eastside Records, Phoenix AZ]
the tubes - "white punks on dope" - s/t (a&m) (1975)
shakin' street - "solid as a rock" - s/t (columbia) (1980) [bought at Josey Records, Dallas TX]
girlschool - "20th century boy" - 12" (bronze) (1983) [bought at Josey Records, Dallas TX]
ronnie lane - "you're so right" - 7" (rca) (1980) [bought at Darkside Records, Poughkeepsie NY]
wet picnic - "cocktailed sky" - balls up 12" ep (unicorn) (1982) [bought at Used Kids, Columbus OH]
suzi lane - "no one home in the city" - ooh la la (elektra) (1979) [bought at The "In" Groove, Phoeniz AZ]
the rings - "my kinda girl" - s/t (mca) (1981) [bought at Josey Records, Dallas TX]

on being an angel - "playin it cool" - 7" (American Laundromat Records) * [bandcamp]
added dimensions - "impulsive" - time suck / hell bent 7" ep (domestic departure) * [bandcamp]
toxic thrust - "i love you" - 7" (toxic thrust) *
the damned - "morning bird" - 7" (Just Add Water Records) * [Not that Damned. New reissue, orig 1974]
General Labor - "illuminator" - 7" (Spacecase Records) *

vicious pink - "so you want to love me?" - unexpected (Minimal Wave) * [new collection, orig early '80s]
The Orange P*els - "after the rain" - dreams keep me awake, vol. 1 (the orange peels) * [bandcamp]
Confidence Man & dj seinfeld - "now u do" - single (Ninja Tune) *
British Birds- "my bar" - single (british birds) * [bandcamp]
31Ø8 - "numb" - digital ep (31Ø8) * [bandcamp]

Swansea Sound - "twentieth century" - twentieth century (skep wax) (2023) [Swansea Sound playing live on the show next week! And also playing Sunday night at Trans-Pecos, and next Friday night (June 8) at the Knitting Factory / Baker Falls! All the Swansea Sound and Heavenly live shows coming up in the next couple of weeks are helpfully summarized here]
Beat Up - "double time, double down" - three shots fired ep (beat up) (2021) [bandcamp]
Boeckner - "wrong" - boeckner! (sub pop) * [bandcamp]
Last Dinosaurs - "afterlife" - kyoryu (Nettwerk Music Group) * [bandcamp; Playing June 15 at Central Park Summerstage,
June 17 at Elsewhere and June 20 at Lodge Room in Los Angeles]
The Airport 77s - "too tight" - va-jem records celebrates jagger & richards (jem records) * [album out May 31]

Ambient Babestation Meltdown & borai - "you're malware" - human material ep (Optimo Music ) * [bandcamp]
Peggy Gou - "lobster telephone (full version)" - i hear you (xl) * [bandcamp]
Or:la - "moonlight crush" - moonlight crush ep (fabricoriginals) * [bandcamp]
Pet Shop Boys - "loneliness" - nonetheless (parlophone) * [bandcamp]
Chrissy (feat. carrie wilds) - "things can't go on like this forever" - things can't go on like this forever ep (running back) * [bandcamp]

joey joseph - "say goodbye" - the little prince of rock n roll (eyebrow palace) * [bandcamp]
Oneida - "here it comes" - expensive air (joyful noise) * [album out July 19
bandcamp]
WATERSHED - "another night in the ruts" - blow it up before it breaks (watershed) * [bandcamp]
motorists - "decider" - touched by the stuff (we are time / Bobo Integral Records) * [bandcamp]
The Underbites - "dow jones" - single (the underbites) * [bandcamp]

The Bye Bye Blackbirds - "mending time" - single (bye bye blackbirds recordings) * [look for it on their bandcamp next week!]
Pale Lights - "she won't ever calm down" - waverly place (calico cat/jigsaw) * [bandcamp]
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Listen to The Evan "Funk" Davies Show on WFMU every Wednesday at noon Eastern / 9am Pacific / 5pm UK!

Audio & playlist from May 29, 2024

14/05/2024

With less than 24 hours to go before tomorrow's WFMU show bumps last week's show down the list, I hereby present to you the playlist from that aforementioned last week's show! If you haven't already had a chance to listen you can do so anytime (even after tomorrow's show!) by clicking through the link below and streaming the archive. Just want to see the playlist? Read on!
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May 8, 2024: more phoenix and texas record store finds! and more! Plus an impromptu and nonrepresentative set in tribute to Steve Albini.

Artist - "Song" - Album (Label) (Year) *=New [Comments]
("[bandcamp]" indicates Bandcamp link on the full playlist linked below)

stardrive - "funkascensions" - s/t (columbia) (1974) [purchased at Waterloo, Austin TX]
nona hendryx - "i know what you need (pygmy's confession)" - female trouble (emi america) (1987) [purchased at... Scotti's Records, Summit NJ?! An interloper!]
the folkel minority - "freeze a yankee" - 7" (folksee) (1978) ["A Texas solution to the energy crisis."
purchased (appropriately) at Vinal Edge, Houston TX.]
cellarful of noise - "everyday i fall in love with someone" - s/t (cbs associated) (1985) [Longtime Donnie Iris collaborator (among other credits) Mark Avsec
purchased at Josey Records, Dallas TX]
tm communications singers - "the leading edge" - campaigns disc 53 (tm communications) [purchased at Josey Records, Dallas TX (the jingle/production music capital of the USA, back in the day)]
volumatix - "straight line" - volume 1 (criminal) (1982) [purchased at Josey Records, Dallas TX]
The Mooney Suzuki - "shake that bush again" - 7" (columbia) (2004) [playing at Bowery Electric in July, with The Insomniacs! Tickets just went on sale!]
trickster - "tomorrow belongs to me" - back to zero (jet) (1979) [purchased at The 'In' Groove, Phoenix]

The Woggles - "do the slug" - time has come (Wicked Cool Records) *
MALA VISTA - "9 ball" - fun time (Spaghetty Town Records) *
r.e. seraphin - "fall" - fool's mate (take a turn) *
Climax Landers - "my loving sister" - zenith no effects (Gentle Reminder / home late) *
fly ashtray - "cartouche" - doggerel (Fuzzy Warbles Cassettes) *

Night Finger - "i stole your rock and roll" - creepy crawl ep (trophy) *
motorists - "sweet william" - touched by the stuff (we are time/ Bobo Integral Records ) * [bandcamp]
Sad About Girls - "she's not here" - she's not here ep (sad about girls) * [bandcamp]
The Insomniacs - "the world disappears" - wake up! (estrus) (1994) [It's a Bob Woj double-play! He's the guitarist in the Insomniacs AND he played on the Sad About Girls track we just heard.
Reminder that the Insomniacs are playing with the Mooney Suzuki at Bowery Electric on July 12!]
The Lovely Eggs - "memory man" - eggistentialism (eggs) * [bandcamp]

wallace - "backwaters" - papertrip (Rhythm Section International) * [bandcamp]
Kerrie - "system & structure" - machine alliance (Tresor Records) * [bandcamp]
Dylab - "nowhere bound" - your fine city (DETROIT UNDERGROUND) * [bandcamp]
joey g ii feat klein zage - "folks not guys (ariel zetina remix)" - from new cross to ridgewood (rhythm section international) * [bandcamp]

Set: RIP Steve Albini - an impromptu, nonrepresentative tribute set

big black - "the model" - songs about fu***ng (touch and go) (1987)
the ponys - "glass conversation" - celebration castle (in the red) (2005)
the wedding present - "dalliance" - seamonsters (rca) (1991)
cloud nothings - "separation" - attack on memory (carpark) (2012)
the auteurs - "light aircraft on fire" - after murder park (hut) (1996)

Valley Lodge- "hanging around" - shadows in paradise (Tee P*e Records) *
B. Hamilton - "hey sunshine" - the freest speech ever attempted without disintegrating (b. hamilton) * [bandcamp]
ac/dc - "shot down in flames" - highway to hell (atlantic) (1979)
The Hollywood Stars - "taxi driver" - single (Rum Bar Records) * [bandcamp]
Pointed Sticks - "pessimist's son" - beautiful future (Porterhouse Records) * [bandcamp]

The Cynz - "crow haired boys" - little miss lost (jem records) * [bandcamp]
adults - "trouble" - ...in the big league split ep (Fika Recordings) * [split ep with s***k hair
bandcamp]
the Pernice Brothers - "a man of means" - who will you believe (New West Records) * [bandcamp]
micky four - "leo runs through lille" - live till you die (micky four) * [bandcamp]
Zwei Null Zwei - "disko 4" - single (zwei null zwei) * [bandcamp
Eli Janney, Geoff Sanoff, James Canty, and Sohrab Habibion]
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Audio & playlist from May 8, 2024

03/05/2024

I'm annoyed with myself that somehow I haven't made time to post a show playlist since... February?! Get it together, EFD.
Anyway, this week I had a great live set from UV-TV that you're gonna want to check out, followed by nothing but new/recent releases that you're also gonna want to check out! Oh, and I started the show with a few of the records I picked up earlier this week in Phoenix and, yes, you're gonna want to check *those* out as well! Here's the playlist, but for best results click through the link and listen to the show anytime via WFMU's website! Thank you!
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May 1, 2024: UV-TV live set! Plus, Phoenix record store finds!

Artist - "Song" - Album (Label) (Year) *=New [Comments]
("[bandcamp]" indicates Bandcamp link on the full playlist linked below)

streetwalkers - "chilli-con-carne" - vicious but fair (mercury) (1977) [purchased at The Ghost of Eastside Records, Tempe AZ]
meal ticket - "day job" - out of the blue 12" ep (emi) (1977) [purchased at The 'In' Groove, Phoenix AZ]
the ra**ch hands - "stomp it" - 7" (egon) (1984) [purchased at Tracks in Wax Records, Phoenix AZ]
magazine 60 - "magazine 60" - 12" (barclay) (1981) [purchased at Ghost Of Eastside Records, Tempe AZ]
stray cats - "medley" - radio free america #23 (radio free america) [purchased at The 'In' Groove, Phoenix AZ]
brian setzer - "interview" - radio free america #23 (radio free america)
stray cats - "sexy and 17" - radio free america #23 (radio free america)
z-rocks - "autorock" - s/t (z records) (1983) [purchased at Ghost Of Eastside Records, Tempe AZ]
murl - "calling from a star" - 7" (free spirit records) (1979) [purchased at Tracks In Wax, Phoenix AZ]

added dimensions - "wound up" - 7" ep (domestic departure) *
The Dracu-Las - "it" - 7" ep (Power Trash Records) *
fat daddy - "roll daddy roll" - 7" (Just Add Water Records) * [orig1975]
Labretta Suede & The Motel 6 - "teenagers gettin' high" - 7" (Turkey Baster Records) *
skip church - "don't let the law win" - double 7" (magicatalog) (2022) [new to us]

Set: UV-TV live set!
engineered by Mario "The Wizard" Santana

Rose - vocals/bass
Ian 1 - guitar/vocals
Noah - keyboards/vocals
Ian 2 - drums

New album coming later this year (???), but check their bandcamp for previous releases! Their 2021 album Always Something was one of my faves of that year!

You can also check out their website and follow them on Instagram

uv-tv - "back to nowhere" - live on wfmu
uv-tv - "stay here" - live on wfmu
uv-tv - "lounge" - live on wfmu
uv-tv - "dust" - live on wfmu
uv-tv - "holland sunday" - live on wfmu
uv-tv - "always something" - live on wfmu
uv-tv - "pale blue island" - live on wfmu
uv-tv - "this place" - live on wfmu
uv-tv - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu

Penny Arcade - "black cloud" - back water collage (tapete records) * [with James H***e, ex-Ultimate Painting and Proper Ornaments bandcamp]
Plastic Palms - "hk" - single (we were never being boring) * [bandcamp]
The Wesleys - "25" - s/t (Little Village Records) * [CanCon!
bandcamp]
Pseudo Cool - "escape" - single (pseudo cool) *
Surf Party, USA - "tiny shell" - single (surf party, usa) * [bandcamp]

The Lemon Twigs - "they don't know how to fall in place" - a dream is all we know (Captured Tracks) * [they'll be talking with Pseu Braun during her show tomorrow between noon and 3pm! Playing at White Eagle Hall this Saturday! bandcamp]
The Armoires - "we absolutely mean it" - single (Big Stir Records) * [bandcamp]
Manflesh - "f train" - light up the night (manflesh) * [bandcamp]
Cyril Cyril- "micronda sahara" - le futur ça marche pas (BORN BAD RECORDS) * [bandcamp]
O-D-Ex - "back to form" - breaker (Dirtnap Records) * [bandcamp]

Belle and Sebastian - "what happened to you, son?" - single (Matador Records) * [bandcamp]
The Special Pillow - "a certain level of uncertainty" - meets the space monster (zofko) * [bandcamp]
tape slam - "faded city" - single (tape slam) * [bandcamp]
Fischer-Z - "the anaesthetist" - triptych (fischer-z) * [not sure why this isn't on the surprisingly extensive Fischer-Z bandcamp page but maybe it'll turn up there at some point?]
The Spires - "bad news can wait" - single (the spires) * [bandcamp]
Pylon Reenactment Society - "boom boom" - magnet factory (Strolling Bones Records) * [bandcamp]
Heavenly - "p.u.n.k. girl" - atta girl ep (sarah) [bandcamp]

Cloud Nothings - "daggers of light" - final summer (Pure Noise Records) * [bandcamp]

Audio & playlist from May 1, 2024

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I’M BACK, BABY! After an unwelcome 2-week absence from WFMU I’m back on the air tomorrow (Weds the 26th) with my yearly WNYU-era throwback show! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Tune at noon EDT in for some of the records seen in this video, and please help me catch up on raising money for WFMU this month by making a pledge using the link in the comments. Thank you!

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