WTJU Rock

30/08/2024

It’s curtains for us, see? The end. The last disco. No more. The last stand (no stephen king). They put the grand ole opry in a mall in the suburbs, they turned the great pyramid of Memphis into a Bass Pro Shops, and they’re shutting down the deadbeat club. Change is inevitable, unstoppable. So: Red eyes, full heart, you dont have to go home but you cant stay here. But — really be honest — can you kill something that’s already dead?? I’m no scientist, but i think not. Facts dont have feelings, and the deadbeat diaspora is already worldwide. Que viva. So lets have one last check in here before we all get going on the next thing. Deal? Deal. Come thru: 91.1 fm//wtju.net//friday august 30//2 to 4pm. The rumors on friendster are true: free tshirts, special guests, impeccable jams. See yall in a bit and then we’ll see ya when we see ya. ✌️& 🙏

28/08/2024

This weeks on The Teej.

27/08/2024

Posted • Today’s Ye Olde Tuesday Afternoon Rocke Show Featuring the Triumphant Return of Slim Pick’em!! 2-4 pm / 91.1fm / wtju.net

Fresh off his worldwide tour, the Slim One asserts he has 6 hours of music for a 2 hour show, so tune in to see what makes the cut from the golden nuggets of Rocke he has been gathering as a roving dj correspondent.

25/08/2024

Missing the Rock on a Sunday? There’s an archive of Bunny Radio shows from the recent Phish: Mondegreen festival where WTJU Rock DJs Rocker Panels and Rubes, and many other great DJs, hosted hours and hours of awesome tunes throughout a four day Phish fest in Delaware. Vicarious festival vibes and freeform tunes are an antidote to Sunday rocker radio sadness and summer music festival FOMO. Listen at ➡️➡️➡️ https://archive.org/details/thebunny2024.Mondegreen.SiriusXMLive.256.hetyet

23/08/2024

deadbeat club is coming to a close next week so you have 2 more shots to enjoy it…

today dj baconfat takes the wheel to explore alt-rock hits of the 90s and soft pop hits of yore, with a little “hard” music for good measure. tune in today at 2 pm eastern at 91.1 fm and wtju dot net!

21/08/2024

Top o’the charts this week on WTJU Rock. What are your favorites?

19/08/2024

NOTHING MORE THAN FEELINGS! Last night's "Post-Beach House Ennui" edition of Radio Wowsville on WTJU will no doubt be -- for some -- a startling, nail-biting, wide-eyed thrill ride. Others may find it as relaxing as a summer cocktail and an afternoon in the hammock. Check your "feels" while you listen back at https://www.wtju.net/recent-shows/?d=2024-08-18 . In addition to those trademark Wowsville found sounds, I played excellent new and recent WTJU Rock from OSEES, Peel Dream Magazine, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country, The Soundcarriers, Joey Joesph, and Babe Rainbow. I also saluted the late Martin Phillipps of The Chills, took a trip to Dharmaland, and fielded a slew of inspired requests, both gripping and meditative. Feel it again!

18/08/2024

BE A BRO AND LISTEN! Tonight's "Post-Beach House Ennui" edition of Radio Wowsville on WTJU promises to keep the summer alive with two hours of audio overflow readymade for that final trip to the hot tub, one last clambake, or a concluding walk on the beach with sand caked between your toes. Let the hose flow, bro! It's a WTJU Rock thang and you can enjoy it with spray-colored glasses at 11PM on WTJU 91.1 FM and wtju.net.

18/08/2024

OFF THE RAILS! Last night's Third Rail concert with Charlottesville R&B alchemist Nathaniel Star was amazing - one of the best shows to date in WTJU Rock's concert series. Listen back at https://www.wtju.net/recent-shows/?d=2024-08-17 or watch the show at https://www.youtube.com/live/sd8m69_7lxo?si=JJdSt7HUjCdm4Jrk. Studio master Nathaniel doesn't perform live very often so this was a very special hour of music - don't miss it. (Good job, host Zoe Krylova!)

WTJU Rock’s Third Rail music series welcomes soulful multi-genre songwriter, Nathaniel Star, to the WTJU Stage! This free event is open to a live audience at...

17/08/2024

Posted • I have an IDEA! Why don’t you tune into 91.1 FM in the Cville area and worldwide at WTJU.net today from 2-4 EDT to hear me take the helm of Radio Freedonia?! Pumped to take you on a two hour musical tour of what I’ve been jamming recently! See you then!

16/08/2024

From Trey P of : There are only a few more sunsets in the deadbeat summer before the curtain comes down and the fall moves in and gets dirt all over the carpet. Ugh. We are running out of lime seltzers!! Gotta get while the getting is good. For me there’s just two more visits to the deadbeat club before i say goodbye to the show, WTJU, and charlottesville. Its been a 💥. All love to dj and all of the staff and community — a community which you yourself yes you are a part of. Thank you for everything. Im going on air august 16 and august 30 from 2 to 4pm at wtju.net or 91.1fm. Special guest dj SWEllMOPZ. Then watch this space for news on whats next for the show. After that you can find me . Alrighty yall ✌️❤️✊️💣🥈🎨🎨🎨 - trey

15/08/2024

Check out what’s been playing on this week!

15/08/2024

WTJU Rock Newsflash! Nick Rubin (Rubes) and Matthew Simon (Rocker Panels) are doing Bunny Radio in Delaware for Phish through Sunday as part of a rotating crew. Live listening available through livephish.com, the Live Phish app, and the Phish channel on SiriusXM. Nick is on now (Thursday, Aug 15) until 11am.

Listen to The Bunny ✨for free✨ in the LivePhish app for iOS or Android. Tap the Radio icon in the upper left-hand corner and enjoy all week long. Phish: Mondegreen

05/08/2024

FEEL THE SAND IN YOUR EAR! You don't HAVE to be on vacation to enjoy last night's Beach House Splashtacular edition of Radio Wowsville,on WTJU but it helps. Grab a listen -- and a can of Beach Boys beer -- at https://www.wtju.net/recent-shows/?d=2024-08-04 . Rick Clark, the prodigal surfer, joined me for two hours of mostly chill-ax-ing summer-y gems, including new and recent WTJU Rock from Altın Gün, Jessica Pratt, Angie McMahon, ORB, and Charles Mootheart. There was also PLENTY of Brian Wilson and related subjects (hey, this IS the Beach House Splashtacular after all!) and we gave the last word to the late, great Martin Phillipps of the Chills. Cowabunga!

04/08/2024

BUBBLE BUMMER! It pains me to say, once again, that I will NOT be playing tracks from my long-shelved K-Tel solo album on tonight's Radio Wowsville. The problem, as you may know, is that Don Ho's estate won't clear those ukulele samples for the ambitious concept LP's magnum opus, "Mollusk Lovin'." (Sigh.) I will instead present the "Beach House" edition of the Wow, two hours of sun-soaked, salt water-infused WTJU Rock sounds readymade for sand worship, pool floating, grill monitoring, surfriding, deck drinking and -- yes -- hot tub strumming. Won't you contemplate the bubbles with me tonight at 11PM on WTJU 91.1 FM and http://wtju.net? Linens not provided. (And thanks again to legendary grillmaster "Sparky" Leta for the album design. The conch fritters are in the mail, my friend.)

23/07/2024

DJ Nowhere Girl is on air! She’s delivering the righteous tunes for Ye Olde Afternoon Rocke Show today, June 23, 2-4pm. Tune her in at 91.1fm or streaming at WTJU.net.

22/07/2024

BANJO IS NOT INTERESTED AT ALL in promoting the rebroadcast of last night's Radio Wowsville on WTJU at https://www.wtju.net/recent-shows/?d=2024-07-21 . Despite his status as the show's "public face" -- we've got his paw print on a legal contract, dang it -- the furry one is disinterested in shilling for this epic two hour assemblage of WTJU Rock, pop, country, soul, world music and "Wowsville stuffs," including new and recent gems from Michael Kiwanuka, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, ORB, Arooj Aftab, Loma, Wilco, Shannon and the Clams, and The Frightnrs. This matter is in your hands (and ears) now, good people... and, of course, the lawyers.

21/07/2024

THIS REALLY HAPPENED! People ask me: "What was the original inspiration behind Radio Wowsville?" I tell them that it was that day, thirty years ago, when three miniaturized Bee Gees popped out of one of my Ampex Premium cassette tapes and bleated in my ear something about "starting a joke." I listened to the tiny Gibbs with great interest and reacted. Since 1994, I (and my Wowsville co-hosts) have kept that joke going. And going. And going. Because (dammit!) that's what little Barry, Robin and Maurice would've wanted. So tune in tonight at 11PM to Radio Wowsville on WTJU as I celebrate three decades of joking, bleating, stayin' alive and listening to the little people. Only on 91.1 FM and http://wtju.net. It's always been a WTJU Rock thing.

15/07/2024

Who is he….his name is who will be a guest this Monday on , 9-11pm, on 91.1fm or streaming at wtju.net.

14/07/2024

YOU NEED THE COOL TUNES TODAY! The WTJU Vinyl Takeover is back! Join me and a passel of superior WTJU Rock jocks today at Potter's Craft Cider for a bracing blast of refreshing tuneage, delicious cider and yummy food. Noon-6PM. Enjoin us! (Photo: The mighty Zoe Krylova)

10/07/2024

Tune in to a triple loaded Foggy Notion, Wednesday, July 10, 2-4pm, as & join Zostress in the studio and we present a very entertaining program about roadtrips (or mind trips), about leaving (and returning), about travel by rail or boat or car (or imagination), about getting real, and getting gone. Park by the tunes emanating from 91.1fm or wtju.net and join us on a journey! 🚘🚆⛵️🚁🧠🎶

08/07/2024

ALARMING DEVELOPMENTS! Last night's Radio Wowsville on WTJU was so visceral, so downright REAL, that only a file photo of Ozzy sitting on the can with a bloody mary and a cig can possibly represent it. Hear back the madness at https://www.wtju.net/recent-shows/?d=2024-07-07 . In addition to selections from what is sure to be the most controversial release of the year -- Almost Vinyl's "Fool's Oldies Vol. 1" compilation -- I played bracing new WTJU Rock from Loma, AngelicaGarcia, Good Looks, Pond, Fontaines D.C., and Peel Dream Magazine, and paid tribute to the late Rainer Buchmüller of Fred und Luna. See the look of unbridled glee on Ozzy's face? That could be you. Listen.

07/07/2024

HOW HOT WAS IT? I saw Banjo chase a mouse and they were BOTH walking. That's how hot it was. And then the furry feline just kerplunked down on the ground and REFUSED to help me program tonight's Radio Wowsville on WTJU. What shall I do? Banjo knows how much I need his help to navigate and curate two feisty, chops-licking hours of WTJU Rock, Soul, Folk, Psych and "Wowsville things" at 11PM on 91.1 FM and wtju.net. Looks like I'll be sweating this one out myself. The mouse also refused to help. Enjoin me anyway.

06/07/2024

Radio Freedonia will confront a blazing hot day in central Va with a variegated mishmash of rockpurri. It’ll be shangahi’d soul, pastoral acid folk and we will get into new Heron and Crane along with the best wheat siftings from cross-country driving ….

05/07/2024

Baconfat’s back! This summer’s HOTTEST Deadbeat Club (strictly Fahrenheit-wise) will feature new, old, new/old, and other music for your glistening enjoyment. Tune in 2-4 eastern at and while Baconfat cooks in the studio.

01/07/2024

This is your last chance to vote for as your favorite local radio station in the Best of Cville 2024! Not only that, but host, Ranger, has been nominated for Best Local Radio Personality! You can catch Ranger on Mondays, 11pm to 1am, with “Monday Meltdowns.” Voting ends at midnight, June 30th. You can place your vote once per email at https://loom.ly/TKor1cc or use the QR code pictured (Find Ranger and WTJU in the Entertainment category).
Speaking of Ranger, he’s helped come up with a club sandwich that will be served at , starting Monday, July 1, with proceeds benefitting WTJU! What a cool collaboration! Thanks sandwich team!

27/06/2024

Coming up on July 20, WTJU Rock’s “Third Rail” music series welcomes psych/folk/space-rock band to the WTJU Stage! This free event is open to a live audience at 2244 Ivy Rd, beginning at 8pm sharp (doors at 7:30pm). Tickets are not required but donations to the band are appreciated. You can also listen on 91.1 FM, stream via wtju.net, and live video stream on WTJU’s Facebook and YouTube channels.

amminal is a four-piece ensemble that plays spacey, pastoral folk and psychedelic rock songs about witches, moths, sleep, and human nature. The band got together in 2021 and continues to refine their mercurial sound, incorporating diverse elements from the folk music of the US and the British Isles, Turkish music, jazz, and any of the birds that sing outside of the garage where the band rehearses.

amminal played at in march of 2023, before the Third Rail music series was established. We are excited to give them a special Third Rail welcome back to the WTJU Stage! Join us for a summer evening of beautiful live tunes.

amminal Bandcamp:
https://amminal.bandcamp.com/

24/06/2024

LITTLE BECKY LOVED THE BIG HEAR-OFF! The true and proper members of the Presbyterian Radio League of Bethesda, Maryland joined enthusiastic community groups across the country --from Oak Island, NC to Gretna, Pennsylvania to Helsinki, Finland -- to hold a Radio Wowsville Listening Party last night on WTJU. Hear what they heard at https://www.wtju.net/recent-shows/?d=2024-06-23 . Among the usual audio "artifacts," the assembled were treated to a toe-tapping, earlobe-engaging mix of new and recent WTJU Rock from AngelicaGarcia, Jessica Pratt, Elephant Stone, Aluminum, Arooj Aftab, Jackie West, Man Man, Minami Deutsch and Garrett T. Capps & NASA Country. "The program was so swell that I'm 'a going to listen to the rerun," Deacon Turnblatz exclaimed in a press statement this morning. "That Rollerskate Skinny jam was TITE!"

23/06/2024

NO SWEAT! RADIO WOWSVILLE HAS GOT THIS! Tonight's cool-as-a-cucumber edition of the Wow will endeavor to bring a much-needed aural breeze to WTJU listeners tonight at 11PM. I urge you to pour a cold one and chill out as we present a liquid mix of early Summer sonics readymade for pool parties, fish fry wingdings, beach blanket bingos and perspiration-drenched, pun-laden disaster movie parodies. It promises to be a bracing WTJU Rock thang. Now if someone could just come and fix the AC -- PLEASE!! -- we'll be in business. Enjoin me.