Brainwaves

25/07/2024

Obsessed with this indie pop "super group" with members of the dBs and Nada Surf, plus Juliana Hatfield, Susan Cowsill (of the Cowsills), Richard Lloyd (Television), Matthew Sweet.

Life

30/06/2024

This is an episode that nostalgic Brainwaves listeners are going to love while other listeners are going to hate. But Brainwaves doesn't mind being polarizing, at least not when the music is so infectious.

It's the first ever Bubblegum Pop episode of Brainwaves - two hours of sticky sweet top 40 hits from the 1960s and 70s from bands you know - and some you may have forgotten:
The Partridge Family, the Archies, the Cowsills, the Cufflinks, the DiFranco Family, the Jackson Five, the Monkees, the Fifth Dimension, the BeeGees, the Marmalade, and much more.

Here's what you'll hear:

Annemarie - Bubblegum I See You
The Partridge Family - I Woke Up in Love This Morning
The Archies (feat. Ron Dante) - Bang Shang a Lang
The Cufflinks (feat. Ron Dante) - Tracy
The Cowsills - I Love the Flower Girl
Action Skulls (feat. Bill Mumy and John Cowsill) - Find the Good
The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball
The DiFranco Family - Heartbeat It’s a Lovebeat
The Fifth Dimension - Up Up and Away
The Jackson Five - I Want You Back
Larry Marks - Scooby Doo theme song
1910 Fruitgum Company - 1 2 3 Red Light
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
Bobby Sherman - Julie Do You Love Me
John Fred and his Pl***oy Band - Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)
Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show - Sylvia’s Mother
The Turtles - Elanore
Looking Glass - Brandy
Pure Prairie League - Amie
The Banana Splits - Wait
Osmonds - Down by the Lazy River
Herman’s Hermits - No Milk Today
Edward Bear - Last Song
Mark Lindsay - Arizona
Paul Revere and the Raiders - Kicks
Shocking Blue - Venus
Vanity Fare - Hitchin’ A Ride
The Box Tops - The Letter
The Grass Roots - Sooner or Later
The Guess Who - Hand Me Down World
Hamilton Joe Franks and Reynolds - Don’t Pull Your Love
Seals and Croft - Summer Breeze
Climax - Precious and Few
White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin’
Bo Donaldson - Billy Don't Be a Hero
The Marmalade - Rainbow
Cher - Dark Lady
Tony Orlando and Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Ole Oak Tree
Harry Nilsson - Me and My Arrow
Bee Gees - Lonely Days
Raspberries - I Wanna Be With You
The Hudson Brothers - So You Are a Star

And here's when to listen:

Israel & Europe (EET)

Monday at 2:00 PM on CoolVibes-Reloaded (Noon in the U.K.)
Monday at 5:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (3:00 PM in the U.K.)
Monday at 6:30 PM on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 9:00 AM on andHow.FM
Tuesday at 1:00 PM on Radio Lantau (7:00 PM in Hong Kong)
Thursday at 9:00 PM on WildDogsRadio
Friday at 5:00 PM on Diamond Angels Radio (8:00 PM GMT)
Saturday at 9:00 PM on Life Right Radio (7:00 PM in the U.K.)

North America
Monday at 7:00 AM Eastern on CoolVibes-Reloaded
Monday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Voodoo Radio
Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific, 11:30 Eastern on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 3:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Eastern on Radio Lantau
Wednesday at 5:00 PM Pacific and 8:00 PM Eastern on andHow.FM
Thursday at 11:00 AM Pacific and 2:00 PM Eastern on WildDogsRadio
Friday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Diamond Angels Radio
Saturday at 11:00 AM Pacific and 2:00 PM Eastern on Life Right Radio

New Zealand
Tuesday at 6:00 PM on andHow.FM
Thursday at Noon on andHow.FM

Playlist and podcast on-demand at www.brainwavesradio.com

10/02/2024

When I recorded this week's episode, it was a dark period in world history with war, hijackings, and - for those of us living here in Israel - the horrific kidnappings of hundreds of our citizens. It is my sincere hope that when this episode airs - either now or at some future date - some semblance of peace will have returned to the Middle East and the world at large.

But in the meantime, I've got a special show about the longing for home. Whether that's people literally ripped from their homes or more old-fashioned sentiments - a spouse waiting for their partner at home, explorations of what home even means.

Music from Lola Marsh, Skylar Grey, Moonshine, the Head and the Heart, Aviv Geffen, Teenage Fanclub, Clark Kent, Old Man River, Yo La Tenga, Snow Patrol, the Flaming Lips and more.

Wherever you are, it's time to come home.

Here's what you'll hear on the show:

Lola Marsh - Until You Come Back
Skylar Grey - Coming Home Part 2
Moshav Band - Come Back
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home
Moonshine - Come Back Home
The Head and the Heart - Homecoming Heroes
Teenage Fanclub - I Can’t Find My Way Home
Berry Sacharov - Come Home
Aviv Geffen - Empty at Home
Idan Raichel Project - Shuvi El Beyti (Come Back to My Home)
Keira Knightley - Tell Me if You Want to Go Home (Begin Again soundtrack)
Jason Falkner - My Home is Not a House
Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
Pete Yorn - Come Back Home
Klark Kent - Away from Home
Simon and Garfunkel - Homeward Bound
Buffalo Springfield - On the Way Home
Ringo Starr & His New All-Star Band (feat. Roger Hodgson) - Take the Long Way Home (cover: Supertramp)
Avril Lavigne - Nobody’s Home
Sparks - My Baby’s Taking Me Home
Steven Wilson - Please Come Home
Guster - Homecoming King
Snow Patrol - I Think of Home
Passenger - Home
Michelle Branch - Carry Me Home
The Icicles - Home I Don’t Know You Anymore
Old Man River - Long Way from Home
Yo La Tenga - I Feel Like Going Home
Iron and Wine - Carried Home
Neal Morse Band - The Road Called Home
The Flaming Lips - She’s Leaving Home (cover: Beatles)

Here are the times to listen:

Israel & Europe (EET)
Monday at 2:00 PM on CoolVibes-Reloaded (Noon in the U.K.)
Monday at 5:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (3:00 PM in the U.K.)
Monday at 6:30 PM on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 9:00 AM on andHow.FM
Tuesday at 1:00 PM on Radio Lantau (7:00 PM in Hong Kong)
Friday at 5:00 PM on Diamond Angels Radio (8:00 PM GMT)
Saturday at 9:00 PM on Life Right Radio (7:00 PM in the U.K.) Sunday at 1:00 PM on FeelGoodFM (Noon in Spain)

North America
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM
Monday at 7:00 AM Eastern on CoolVibes-Reloaded
Monday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Voodoo Radio
Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific, 11:30 Eastern on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 3:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Eastern on Radio Lantau
Wednesday at 5:00 PM Pacific and 8:00 PM Eastern on andHow.FM
Friday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Diamond Angels Radio
Saturday at 11:00 AM Pacific and 2:00 PM Eastern on Life Right Radio
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM

New Zealand

Tuesday at 6:00 PM on andHow.FM
Thursday at Noon on andHow.FM

Playlist and podcast on-demand at www.brainwavesradio.com and at www.mixcloud.com/brainwavesradio

Brainwaves is eclectic alternative radio – two hours of music every week spanning five decades of rock and roll. You’ll hear everything from the pop 70s all the way to the latest melodic indie, with a healthy dose of punk, progressive, new wave and grunge thrown into the mix. Your host, Brian Bl...

08/01/2024

If someone asked me who my favorite band is, there'd be no question: Genesis. In particular, the early 70s prog-rock iteration of the band.

When you're as big a Genesis fan as I am] you're bound to run into a lot of covers. So on this week's episode of Brainwaves, two hours of Genesis cover bands and tribute projects. Plus some original Genesis members with tunes from their solo projects.
You'll hear The Watch, Fleesh, Hydria, the Rewiring Genesis Project, Toni Lee, The Farm, Transatlantic, and more.

If you're not a Genesis fanatic like me - yet - this show may turn your tastes proggy.

Here's the playlist:

The Watch - Can-Utility and the Coastliners (Foxtrot)
The Watch - Stagnation (Trespass)
Hydria - Entangled (A Trick of the Tail)
Fleesh - In the Rapids (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
Rewiring Genesis Project - The Light Lies Down on Broadway (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
Transatlantic (feat. Neal Morse) Return of the Giant Hogweed (Nursery Cryme)
The Farm - Burning Rope (And Then There Were Three)
Rob J. Madin - Firth of Fifth (Selling England by the Pound)
Toni Lee - Many Too Many (And Then There Were Three)
Tony Banks - From the Undertow
Mike and the Mechanics - Silent Running (on Dangerous Ground)
Tony Banks (feat: Nick Heyward) - Red Day on Blue Street
Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise
Peter Gabriel - Panopticom (Bright-Side Mix)
Steve Hackett - Shadow of the Hierophant
Anthony Phillips (with Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford) - Silver Song
Genesis - It’s Yourself (B-side: A Trick of the Tail)
Madeleine and Spencer from the 286 with Mr. Jack - A Trick of the Tail (A Trick of the Tail)
Fleesh - The Lamia (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
Lecheenpolvo and Friends - In That Quiet Earth/Afterglow (Wind and Wuthering)

Here are the times to listen:

Israel & Europe (EET)
Monday at 2:00 PM on CoolVibes-Reloaded (Noon in the U.K.)
Monday at 5:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (3:00 PM in the U.K.)
Monday at 6:30 PM on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 9:00 AM on andHow.FM
Tuesday at 1:00 PM on Radio Lantau (7:00 PM in Hong Kong)
Friday at 5:00 PM on Diamond Angels Radio (8:00 PM GMT)
Saturday at 9:00 PM on Life Right Radio (7:00 PM in the U.K.) Sunday at 1:00 PM on FeelGoodFM (Noon in Spain)

North America
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM
Monday at 7:00 AM Eastern on CoolVibes-Reloaded
Monday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Voodoo Radio
Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific, 11:30 Eastern on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 3:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Eastern on Radio Lantau
Wednesday at 5:00 PM Pacific and 8:00 PM Eastern on andHow.FM
Friday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Diamond Angels Radio
Saturday at 11:00 AM Pacific and 2:00 PM Eastern on Life Right Radio
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM

New Zealand

Tuesday at 6:00 PM on andHow.FM
Thursday at Noon on andHow.FM

Playlist and podcast on-demand at www.brainwavesradio.com

Brainwaves is eclectic alternative radio – two hours of music every week spanning five decades of rock and roll. You’ll hear everything from the pop 70s all the way to the latest melodic indie, with a healthy dose of punk, progressive, new wave and grunge thrown into the mix. Your host, Brian Bl...

18/12/2023

It's a Brainwaves baby! Songs on this week's show all about...babies! Well, maybe not little babies, but with the word "baby" in the title.

"Baby Blue," "Baby in the Rain," "Baby I Can Do It," "Baby You're a Rich Man," "See My Baby Jive," "Better Not Wake the Baby," "Beach Baby" and much more.

Plus music from baby bands - The Babys and Babybird.

Here's what you'll hear on the show:

Lush - Shake Baby Shake
Blake Babies - Baby Gets High
Neal Morse - Baby Blue (cover: Badfinger)
Savanna Roots - Baby, Gone
Porcupine Tree - Baby Dream in Cellophane
Shy Nobleman - Baby in the Rain
wEs. - Baby I Can Do It
The Smiths - You Just Haven’t Earned it Yet, Baby
Teenage Fanclub - Baby Lee
Elliot Smith - Baby Britain
Fool’s Garden - Cry Baby Cry (cover: The Beatles)
The Beatles - Baby You’re a Rich Man
Manic Street Preachers- Little Baby Nothing
Belle and Sebastian - Step Into My Office, Baby
Ezra Furman - If I Was a Baby
The Black Keys - Nova Baby
The Decemberists - Better Not Wake the Baby
American Analog Set - Come Home Baby Julie, Come Home
Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way
The Turtles - You Baby
Roy Wood and Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
Big Star - When My Baby’s Beside Me
Ringo Starr - Hey Baby (cover: Bruce Channel, 1961)
First Class - Beach Baby
The Beach Boys - Don’t Worry Baby
Elton John - My Baby Loves Lovin’ (cover: White Plains)
Mac Davis - Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me
Bread - Baby I’m-a Want You
Ramones - I Got You Babe (cover: Sonny & Cher)
The Babys - Isn’t it Time
Babybird - You’re Gorgeous
Voice of the Beehive - Don’t Call Me Baby
Pete Yorn - Baby I’m Gone
Bruce Springsteen - (Baby We Were) Born to Run
Jellyfish - Baby’s Coming Back

Here are the times to listen:

Israel & Europe (EET)
Monday at 2:00 PM on CoolVibes-Reloaded (Noon in the U.K.)
Monday at 5:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (3:00 PM in the U.K.)
Monday at 6:30 PM on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 9:00 AM on andHow.FM
Tuesday at 1:00 PM on Radio Lantau (7:00 PM in Hong Kong)
Friday at 5:00 PM on Diamond Angels Radio (8:00 PM GMT)
Saturday at 9:00 PM on Life Right Radio (7:00 PM in the U.K.) Sunday at 1:00 PM on FeelGoodFM (Noon in Spain)

North America
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM
Monday at 7:00 AM Eastern on CoolVibes-Reloaded
Monday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Voodoo Radio
Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific, 11:30 Eastern on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 3:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Eastern on Radio Lantau
Wednesday at 5:00 PM Pacific and 8:00 PM Eastern on andHow.FM
Friday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Diamond Angels Radio
Saturday at 11:00 AM Pacific and 2:00 PM Eastern on Life Right Radio
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM

New Zealand

Tuesday at 6:00 PM on andHow.FM
Thursday at Noon on andHow.FM

Playlist and podcast on-demand at www.brainwavesradio.com

Brainwaves is eclectic alternative radio – two hours of music every week spanning five decades of rock and roll. You’ll hear everything from the pop 70s all the way to the latest melodic indie, with a healthy dose of punk, progressive, new wave and grunge thrown into the mix. Your host, Brian Bl...

19/11/2023

It's Thanksgiving week in the U.S. So, Brainwaves is giving thanks - through music. The entire show is filled with songs expressing thanks, gratitude and satisfaction. Plus we eat some Thanksgiving pie.

Thankful music from Dido, the Calling, Alanis Morissette, the Kinks, Sly and the Family Stone, Talking Heads, Blake Babies, the Eels, the Cranberries, Andrew Gold, John Denver, the Scaffold and much more. Plus pie songs from Paul and George.

When the world seems like it's going crazy, sometimes you have to acknowledge the good you have right in front of you. (Especially if you can eat it.)

Here's the playlist:

Dido - Thank You
The Calling - Thank You
Alanis Morissette - Thank U
Talking Heads - Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
Panic at the Disco - I Constantly Thank God for Esteban
The Kinks - (Thank you for the) Days
Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Death Cab for Cutie - Northern Lights (from “Thank You for Today”)
The Flaming Lips - Thank You Jack White (For the Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)
The Avett Brothers - Nothing Short of Thankful
Matthew Sweet and Susannah Hoffs - Sugar Magnolia (cover: Grateful Dead)
Blake Babies - Grateful
The Eels - In the Yard, Behind the Church (A Field Trip for The Grateful Living)
Oingo Boingo - Gratitude
American Music Club - Gratitude Walks
Cranberries - Illusion
Madonna - American Pie (cover: Don McLean)
Andrew Gold - Thank You for Being a Friend
John Denver - Thank God I’m a Country Boy
The Scaffold - Thank u Very Much
Simon and Garfunkel - Keep the Customer Satisfied
Cat Power - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (cover: Rolling Stones)
Devo - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (cover: Rolling Stones)
Natalie Imbruglia - Satisfied
Echo and the Bunnymen - Satisfaction
Ringo Starr - Satisfied
The Replacements - Unsatisfied
Natalie Merchant - Calico Pie
Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie
Dick Price - I Wanna Fried Pie (Dr. Demento)
Matt Nathanson - Wide Eyed and Full
George Harrison - Thanks for the Pepperoni
Led Zeppelin - Thank You
Abba - Thank You for the Music

Here are the times to listen:

Israel & Europe (EET)
Monday at 2:00 PM on CoolVibes-Reloaded (Noon in the U.K.)
Monday at 5:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (3:00 PM in the U.K.)
Monday at 6:30 PM on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 9:00 AM on andHow.FM
Tuesday at 1:00 PM on Radio Lantau (7:00 PM in Hong Kong)
Friday at 5:00 PM on Diamond Angels Radio (8:00 PM GMT)
Saturday at 9:00 PM on Life Right Radio (7:00 PM in the U.K.) Sunday at 1:00 PM on FeelGoodFM (Noon in Spain)

North America
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM
Monday at 7:00 AM Eastern on CoolVibes-Reloaded
Monday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Voodoo Radio
Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific, 11:30 Eastern on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 3:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Eastern on Radio Lantau
Wednesday at 5:00 PM Pacific and 8:00 PM Eastern on andHow.FM
Friday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Diamond Angels Radio
Saturday at 11:00 AM Pacific and 2:00 PM Eastern on Life Right Radio
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM

New Zealand
Tuesday at 6:00 PM on andHow.FM
Thursday at Noon on andHow.FM

Playlist and podcast on-demand at www.brainwavesradio.com and at www.mixcloud.com/brainwavesradio

Brainwaves is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts

24/09/2023

This week, it's an all-new Brainwaves doing something I never did in the decade since the show has been airing: playing songs for Yom Kippur. But not just sad songs about atonement, but upbeat tunes covering serious topics such as being "sorry," feeling "mercy," showing "grace" and asking to be "forgiven." Listen before (or after) your Yom Kippur. It will keep you bopping when the liturgy goes on too long!

Here's what you'll hear on the show:

Karolina - Sorry Charlie
Greg Kihn - Sorry
The Three O’Clock - Sorry
The English Beat - Sorry
The Cranberries - Not Sorry
The Innocence Mission - Sorry and Glad Together
Blackfield - Sorrys
Sebadoh - Sorry
Adrina Thorpe - Sorry
Cosigner - Sorry
Matthew Sweet - You’re Not Sorry
Rooney - Sorry Sorry
Bob Mould - Forgiveness
Collective Soul - Forgiveness
Alanis Morissette - Forgiven
Ninet Tayeb - Days of Forgiveness
Morrissey - I Have Forgiven Jesus
Idle Wilds - You’re All Forgiven
The Tubes - No Mercy
Brian Wilson - Love and Mercy
Michael Greilsammer - Mercy
Mojave 3 - Mercy
Counting Crows - Mercy
Matt Nathanson - Mercy
Dream Academy - Mercy Killing
Doves - Far From Grace
Cheap Star - For Saving Grace
The National - Graceless
Ride - Natural Grace
New Pornographers - Graceland
Yes - Yours is no Disgrace
Engineers - Forgiveness

Here are the times to listen:

Israel & Europe (EET)
Monday at 2:00 PM on CoolVibes-Reloaded (Noon in the U.K.)
Monday at 5:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (3:00 PM in the U.K.)
Monday at 6:30 PM on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 9:00 AM on andHow.FM
Tuesday at 1:00 PM on Radio Lantau (7:00 PM in Hong Kong)
Friday at 5:00 PM on Diamond Angels Radio (8:00 PM GMT)
Saturday at 9:00 PM on Life Right Radio (7:00 PM in the U.K.)
Sunday at 1:00 PM on FeelGoodFM (Noon in Spain)

North America
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM
Monday at 7:00 AM Eastern on CoolVibes-Reloaded
Monday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Voodoo Radio
Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific, 11:30 Eastern on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 3:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Eastern on Radio Lantau
Wednesday at 5:00 PM Pacific and 8:00 PM Eastern on andHow.FM
Friday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Diamond Angels Radio
Saturday at 11:00 AM Pacific and 2:00 PM Eastern on Life Right Radio
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM

New Zealand
Tuesday at 6:00 PM on andHow.FM
Thursday at Noon on andHow.FM

Playlist and podcast on-demand at www.brainwavesradio.com and at www.mixcloud.com/brainwavesradio

Enjoy and gmar chatimah tova,
Brian

Brainwaves is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts

27/08/2023

My grandson can't say "S" yet. Which is an important letter because in Hebrew, Grandpa is "Saba." So he calls me "Baba." Which got your host for Brainwaves thinking about songs with "ba-ba" in them. But not just ba-ba's but na-na's, da-da's, doo-doo's and ma-ma's. It sounds silly but you'll be amazed how much great music has repeating consonants like this.

Ba-ba's from Teenage Fanclub, R.E.M., Pink Floyd and the Partridge Family. Na-na's from J. Geils, Counting Crows, Steam, Blink 182 and the Beatles. Ma-ma's from ELO, The Who and the Crash Test Dummies. Da-da's and doo-doo's from Elastica, Lou Reed and the Police. Plus some Lady Gaga (ra-ra), Carpenters (sha-la-la) and Hebrew rock from HaTikva 6 (pam-pam).

Here's the playlist for this week's show:

Ba-ba
Star Trek Subspace Rhapsody - Main title
Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
R.E.M. - Near Wild Heaven
Teenage Fanclub - I Need Direction
Pink Floyd - Summer 68
Death Cab for Cutie - Sound of Settling
The Postal Service - Recycled Air
The Beach Boys - Barbara Ann

Na-na
J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Counting Crows - A Long December
Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Aint Seen Nothing Left
Steam - Na Na Kiss Him Goodbye
Blink 182 - All the Small Things
Mouth and MacNeal - How Do You Do
The Beatles - Hey Jude

Ma-ma
ELO - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
The Who - My-My-My Generation
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Hanson - MMMBop

Da-da and doo-doo
Elastica - Da Da Da (cover: Trio)
DNA (feat. Suzanne Vega) -Tom’s Diner
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
The Muppets - Mahna Mahna
Hamilton - You’ll Be Back
The Police - De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
The Police - Can’t Stand Losing You

Misc.
Shakira - Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)
The Tokens - Lion Sleeps Tonight
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More
HaTikva 6 - Od Pam Pam
Delfonics - La La Means I Love You

Here are the times to listen:

Israel & Europe (EET)
Monday at 2:00 PM on CoolVibes-Reloaded (Noon in the U.K.)
Monday at 5:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (3:00 PM in the U.K.)
Monday at 6:30 PM on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 9:00 AM on andHow.FM
Tuesday at 1:00 PM on Radio Lantau (7:00 PM in Hong Kong)
Friday at 5:00 PM on Diamond Angels Radio (8:00 PM GMT)
Saturday at 9:00 PM on Life Right Radio (7:00 PM in the U.K.) Sunday at 1:00 PM on FeelGoodFM (Noon in Spain)

North America
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM
Monday at 7:00 AM Eastern on CoolVibes-Reloaded
Monday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Voodoo Radio
Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific, 11:30 Eastern on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 3:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Eastern on Radio Lantau
Wednesday at 5:00 PM Pacific and 8:00 PM Eastern on andHow.FM
Friday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Diamond Angels Radio
Saturday at 11:00 AM Pacific and 2:00 PM Eastern on Life Right Radio
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM

New Zealand

Tuesday at 6:00 PM on andHow.FM
Thursday at Noon on andHow.FM

Playlist and archive at www.brainwavesradio.com

Brainwaves is eclectic alternative radio – two hours of music every week spanning five decades of rock and roll. You’ll hear everything from the pop 70s all the way to the latest melodic indie, with a healthy dose of punk, progressive, new wave and grunge thrown into the mix. Your host, Brian Bl...

02/07/2023

Steven Wilson has been described as "the most talented musician most people have never heard of." But the prolific Wilson has headed up multiple bands - the Porcupine Tree, No-Man, Blackfield, Storm Corrosion - plus he's released seven stellar solo albums.

So this week, it's all Steven Wilson on Brainwaves. Music from all his bands and collaborations, including with Israeli pop star Ninet Tayeb. The songs on this week's show are on Wilson's mellower end, with a side of metal thrown in here and there.

Brainwaves is obsessed. Soon you will be, too.

Here's what you'll hear on the show:

Steven Wilson - First Regret/3 Years Older
Steven Wilson - Happiness III
Steven Wilson - Drive Home
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere but not Here
Porcupine Tree - Pure Narcotic
Porcupine Tree - Lazarus
Blackfield - Christenings
Blackfield - From 44 to 48
Blackfield - Perfect World
Katherine Jenkins & Steven Wilson - Perfect Life
Chicago - Wake up Sunshine
New Musik - They All Run After the Carving Knife
The Durutti Column - Sketch for Summer
Tears for Fears - Memories Fade
No-Man - Something Falls
No-Man - River Song
No-Man - All That You Are
Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion
Ninet Tayeb & Steven Wilson - Pariah
Ninet Tayeb & Steven Wilson - Don’t Hate Me
Ninet Tayeb & Steven Wilson - Routine
Ninet Tayeb - Good to Die in the Name of Love

Here are the times to listen:

Israel & Europe (EET)
Sunday at 1:00 PM on FeelGoodFM (Noon in Spain)
Monday at 2:00 PM on CoolVibes-Reloaded (Noon in the U.K.)
Monday at 5:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (3:00 PM in the U.K.)
Monday at 6:30 PM on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 9:00 AM on andHow.FM
Tuesday at 1:00 PM on Radio Lantau (7:00 PM in Hong Kong)
Friday at 5:00 PM on Diamond Angels Radio (8:00 PM GMT)

North America
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM
Monday at 7:00 AM Eastern on CoolVibes-Reloaded
Monday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Voodoo Radio
Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific, 11:30 Eastern on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 3:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Eastern on Radio Lantau
Wednesday at 5:00 PM Pacific and 8:00 PM Eastern on andHow.FM
Friday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Diamond Angels Radio

New Zealand
Tuesday at 6:00 PM on andHow.FM
Thursday at Noon on andHow.FM

Listen anytime at www.brainwavesradio.com

23/01/2023

It's the final episode for Brainwaves A to Z, the special series of the show where I play music from my iTunes collection alphabetically. (Don't worry, "regular" Brainwaves isn't going anywhere.)

This week, it's three letters in one: X, Y and Z. Why? How many songs or bands do you know that start with X or Z?

Kicking off with two songs from XTC and ending with Zumpano. What's in the middle? Lots of Y - Yes, Yuck, Yo La Tenga, Yehuda Poliker, Yael Deckelbaum and Yehuda Ledgley.

Plus Y songs from Lisa Loeb, the Decemberists, the Bats, Jason Falkner, Shoes, Nik Kershaw and even Al Stewart (remember Year of the Cat?)

Celebrate 26 episodes of A to Z music on Brainwaves this week!

Here's the playlist:

XTC - Ten Feet Tall
XTC - Mayor of Simpleton
The XX - VCR
Yehuda Poliker - The Child Within You
Yes - Starship Trooper
Yuck - Sunday
Yo La Tenga - The Point of It
Yael Decklebaum - Take Me In Your Arms
Yehuda Ledgley - Hummingbird
Actual Tigers - Yardwork in November
Amplifico - Yeah You Can Be My Muse
The Decemberists - Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then)
Lisa Loeb - You Don’t Know Me
The Kooks. - Young Folks (cover: Peter Bjorn & John)
Zombies - Time of the Season
The Lovin’ Spoonful - You Didn’t Have to be So Nice
Utopia - You Make Me Crazy
Elton John - Your Sister Can’t Twist (But She Can Rock and Roll)
Jason Falkner - Y.E.S.
The Bats - You Have the Right
Mates of State - You are Free
Old Man River - You’re on My Mind
D’Virgilio, Morse and Jennings - You Set My Soul on Fire
Nik Kershaw - Yeah, Yeah
Shoes - Your Very Eyes
The Both - You Can’t Help Me Now
Michael Greilsammer - Yalla Bo’i
Manic Street Preachers - Year of Purification
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat
Zumpano - The Party Rages On

Here's when to listen:

Israel & Europe (EET)

Sunday at 1:00 PM on FeelGoodFM (Noon in Spain)
Monday at 5:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (3:00 PM in the U.K.)
Monday at 6:30 PM on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 9:00 AM on andHow.FM
Tuesday at 1:00 PM on Radio Lantau (7:00 PM in Hong Kong)
Friday at 5:00 PM on Diamond Angels Radio (8:00 PM GMT)

North America

Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM
Monday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Voodoo Radio
Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific, 11:30 Eastern on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 3:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Eastern on Radio Lantau
Wednesday at 5:00 PM Pacific and 8:00 PM Eastern on andHow.FM
Friday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Diamond Angels Radio

New Zealand

Tuesday at 6:00 PM on andHow.FM
Thursday at Noon on andHow.FM

On-demand at www.brainwavesradio.com

Brainwaves is eclectic alternative radio – two hours of music every week spanning five decades of rock and roll. You’ll hear everything from the pop 70s all the way to the latest melodic indie, with a healthy dose of punk, progressive, new wave and grunge thrown into the mix. Your host, Brian Bl...

06/12/2022

Brainwaves A to Z is back after too long a hiatus with the "W" show - all bands and songs beginning with the letter "W" this week. Starting with new Brainwaves faves Willow Mile. Plus the Waitresses, Wall of Voodoo, Walk off the Earth, Washed Out, the Wannabes, Wake Owl, White Town, the Who, Wim Mertens, Wild Swans, Wolf and much more. You "w"aited a long time for this show. We guarantee it will be "w"orth it!

Here's the playlist:

Willow Mile - Get Up For Something
Willow Mile - The Cost
Willow Mile - Everything Happens for a Reason
The Waifs - Lies
The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
Walk the Moon - Fixin’
Wall of Voodoo - On Interstate 15
Wake Owl - Gold
Walk Off the Earth - Tiny Dancer (cover: Elton John)
The Wallflowers - 6th Avenue Heartache
Wally Pleasant - Stupid Day Job
Wannadies - Love Letter
Washed Out - Amor Fati
War on Drugs - Coming Through
Warm in the Wake - Devil with a Fist
We Ghosts - The Sweetest Shadow
We Were Pirates - Little Consolation
The Well Pennies - All My Loving (cover: Beatles)
White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin’
War (with Eric Burden)- Spill the Wine
Paul McCarney (and Wings) - Another Day
White Town - Your Woman
Weakerthans Benediction
Weezer - Anonymous
The Who - I’ve Had Enough
The Who - 5:15
Wim Mertens - Salernes
Wil Deynes - Stay
Wes Hawkins - Baby I Can Do It
Wild Swans - Butterfly Girl
Wilco - What Light
William Duke - A Part of Me
Wolfy - Crystal
Deaf School- What a Way to End it All

Here's where to listen:

Israel & Europe (EET)
Sunday at 1:00 PM on FeelGoodFM (Noon in Spain)
Monday at 6:30 PM on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Monday at 9:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (7:00 PM in the U.K.)
Tuesday at 9:00 AM on andHow.FM
Tuesday at 1:00 PM on Radio Lantau (7:00 PM in Hong Kong)
Friday at 5:00 PM on Diamond Angels Radio (8:00 PM GMT)

North America
Sunday at 8:00 AM Eastern on FeelGoodFM
Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific, 11:30 Eastern on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Monday at 11:00 AM Pacific and 2:00 PM Eastern on Voodoo Radio
Tuesday at 3:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Eastern on Radio Lantau
Wednesday at 5:00 PM Pacific and 8:00 PM Eastern on andHow.FM
Friday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 AM Eastern on Diamond Angels Radio

New Zealand
Tuesday at 6:00 PM on andHow.FM
Thursday at Noon on andHow.FM

Listen to the complete Brainwaves A to Z series at www.mixcloud.com/brainwavesradio or www.brainwavesradio.com

Brainwaves is eclectic alternative radio – two hours of music every week spanning five decades of rock and roll. You’ll hear everything from the pop 70s all the way to the latest melodic indie, with a healthy dose of punk, progressive, new wave and grunge thrown into the mix. Your host, Brian Bl...