4/10/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


Not only was this evening a special 2024 ALL HITS WPRB MEMBERSHIP DRIVE BROADCAST but I brought the exceptional CAPTAIN AHAB back to Wednesday nights to celebrate the support of the best listeners in radio. 

Jennifer O’Connor – The Death of Pop – 2007 WPRB Membership Drive – pledge.wprb.com

Superchunk – Hyper Enough – Hyper Enough CD5
Anti-Pop Consortium – Human Shield – Arrhythmia
SPRINTS – Literary Mind – Letter to Self – [N]

Astute Palate – Loose Wings – S/T
The Fall – Shoulder Pads #1 – Bend Sinister
Unrest – Cherry Cream On – Imperial F.F.R.R.

Rodan – The Everyday World of Bodies – Rusty – This album turned 30 last week!

En Attandant Ana – Down The Hill – Juillet
Bounaly – Touré Iseye – Dimanche à Bamako – [N]
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Which Way To Go – Primary Colours

Torche – Healer – Meanderthal – …played both because it rules and to make Captain Ahab feel at home.
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band – Free From The Guillotine – Dancing on the Edge
Vintage Crop – Casting Calls – Kibitzer

Love Child – Asking For It – Never Meant to Be : 1988-1993
Party Ben – Independent Room (Fugazi vs Destiny’s Child) – .mp3
The Ex with Ken Vandermark – I Can Foresee – Live at WFMU’s Monty Hall 10/23/2015

Buzzcocks – Fast Cars – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
CZARFACE & MF DOOM – Meddle with Metal – Czarface Meets Metal Face
Pissed Jeans – Moving On – Half Divorced – [N]

Titus Andronicus – A More Perfect Union – The Monitor
Poor Righteous Teachers – Rock Dis Funky Joint – Holy Intellect
Electrelane – I’m On Fire – On Parade – Bruce Springsteen cover.

Naked Raygun – I Remember – All Rise
Eric B. & Rakim – Microphone Fiend – Microphone Fiend
The Chills – Look for the Good in Others and They’ll See the Good in You – Brave Words (2023 Expanded and Remastered)

Mudhoney – Let It Slide – Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) 
Handsome Boy Modeling School – Holy Calamity [Bear Witness II] (feat. DJ Shadow & DJ Quest) – So…How’s Your Girl? 

Dramarama – Anything, Anything – Cinema Verite

Sweeping Promises – Pain Without A Touch – Pain Without A Touch
Dscio – Love Will Freak Us – .mp3

2 Ton Bug – Moon Dater – It’s A Wonderful Life



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The 2024 WPRB Membership Drive!


The 2024 WPRB Membership Drive starts April 9th and runs through April 21st. It is the station’s most exciting time of the year, which includes special programming, one-time DJ team-ups, in-person events involving local record stores, and donor perks that you can only get during the drive! Learn more about the drive and make a tax-deductible donation to support 103.3 fm WPRB here.

My schedule during the festivities is as follows…

Wednesday 4/10 – 5 to 8 pm ET – Captain Ahab joins my show!

Sunday 4/14 – 3 to 6 pm ET – Co-hosting with DJ Pup!

Tuesday 4/16 – 12 to 3 pm ET – Co-hosting with Wilbo!

Wednesday 4/17 – 5 to 8 pm ET – Jen joins my show!

Friday 4/19 – 3 to 5 pm ET – Co-hosting with Jen on Running Redlights (also my birthday)!

Can’t wait to thank you on-air during one (or all?) of these broadcasts.



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4/3/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Bismarck – Man of Science, Man of Faith – Constant Currency – [N]
Charif Megarbane – Tarator – Habibi Funk 023: Marzipan
Count Floyd – Count Floyd Is Back – S/T ET – RIP Joe Flaherty.
The Exorzist III – Fourth Coming – Fourth Coming – [N] – Exceptional long jammer by Psychic Paramount / Laddio Bolocko / White Hills folks. 
Helium – Leon’s Space Song – The Magic City
Bananagun – Bang Go the Bongos – The True Story of Bananagun 
Continuals – March 3rd – S/T – [N]

Mudhoney – I Hate The Bloody Queen – Head on the Curb – Queen Haters cover. RIP Joe Flaherty.
Gang Starr feat. Greg Nice – DWYCK (Album Clean Version) – 12″
Don Caballero – Puddin’ In My Eye – 45 – RIP Joe Flaherty. For respect.
Floating Cave – Amulet of Sound – Amulet of Sound – [N]
Swansea Sound – Markin’ It Down – Markin’ It Down – Record Store Day 2024 single.
Wau Wau Collectif – Riddim Rek Ya Niouy Mom – Yaral Sa Doom
Variety – The Light – The Light – [N] – Rhys and Zach from Borzoi.

Bathroom Plants – Raise your Consciousness to Class Consciousness – NewMind Solidarity – [N] – 🚨 PREMIERE! 🚨
Peter Laughner – Pale Blue Eyes – 1977 (Nocturnal Digressions) – Velvet Underground cover, recorded the night before he died.
Grupo Celeste – Todo Lo Tengo De Ti Menos Tu Amor – Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962 – 1983 – [C]
Julia Jacklin – Hay Plain – Don’t Let the Kids Win
Lightning Bolt – Ride The Sky – Ride The Skies – Second album, originally released in 2001.



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3/27/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Mary Timony – No Thirds – Untame the Tiger – [N]
Ziad Rahbani – Final – Al Adala – Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Harameyah – Reissue of a 1987 Lebanese album.
75 Dollar Bill – Southeaster – Southeaster b​/​w Like Like Laundry (2023 Reissue)
Monde UFO – Lowered Shelf – 7171 (Expanded Edition)
Isaac Turner – Song for Darin (Lil’ Bit) – Grand Prairie – [N] – He of OUT, Minutes, Wowza In Kalamazoo, New Standards Men and (many) more…
Manzanita – Paga La Cuenta Sinverguenza – Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962 – 1983 – [C]
Meatbodies – Move – Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom – [N]

Young Moon – 20:32 – Live on WPRB – https://youngmoonmusic.bandcamp.com

Advance Base – 20:40 – Live on WPRB – http://advancebase.bandcamp.com

Red Eyed Legends – Monsters – Wake Up, Legend
xpoemsx – IV – At The Mod​.​Whitall Mansion, Philadelphia october 2023
Damaged Bug – Microminiature Love – Bug On Yonkers – Michael Yonkers cover.
Omar El Shariyi – Gafnoho – Oriental Music – Originally released in 1976.
Tangled Shoelaces – Political Jokes – Turn My Dial – M Squared Recordings and more, 1981-84
Mountain Goats – Snow Song – Dog So Large I Can Not See Past It – [C]
Weird Nightmare – Darkroom – S/T – Solo record by Alex Edkins of METZ.

Winged Wheel – Smudged Textile – Big Wheel – [N] – Out in May. Members of Spray Paint, Tyvek, Water Damage, Sonic Youth, Matchess and more!
Pelydron – (Hands, Palms Facing Outwards, Move Downwards with a Swaying Motion and with All Fingers Wiggling) – Snö – [C]



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3/13/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death Of Pop – Bikini Gospel

The Proletariat – Decorations – Soma Holiday
CAN – Paris 73 Eins – LIVE IN PARIS 1973 – One of Damo Suzuki’s final shows with the band. Best in this series so far.
Advance Base – Summon Satan – Nephew In The Wild – Live on this show in two weeks, alongside Young Moon!
La Sécurité – Serpent (Standard Emmanuel Remix) – Stay Safe! REMIXED – [N]
Lorelei – Caterwaul – Asleep – A member of this band is now CEO of Amtrak!
Jemeel Moondoc Trio – Campbell’s Soup – Tri-p-let – [N] – First recording since 1985!
The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries – Look Up – Mass. Grave

Eyelids – Faith Healer – No Jigsaw – [N] – Big Dipper cover.
Attarazat Addahabia & Faradjallah – Chama’a – Habibi Funk 011: Al Hadaoui
ErnstErnst – Persecution Plan – Without Warning: Early Montana Punk, Postpunk, New Wave & Hardcore 1979-1991 – [C] – RIP John Kappes.
The George Otsuka Quintet – Miles Mode – Loving You George – Recorded live on the 19th of July, 1975.
Florry – When I Kicked You Out of the Band (I Wasn’t Kicking You Out of My Life – Sweet Guitar Solos EP
KRS-One – Introducing – The B.D.P. Album (Special Edition)
mclusky – She Will Only Bring You Happiness – The Difference Between Me and You Is That I’m Not on Fire

Eric Carbonara – 42:48 – Live on WPRB – https://ericcarbonara.bandcamp.com

Variety – Plover – Plover – [N] – Rhys and Zach from Borzoi.
Junior Y Su Equipo – Alégrate – Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962 – 1983 – [C]
The Brown Christmas – A Stampede Indeed – Do They Serve Pizza In Heaven



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3/6/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Breaking Circus – Took A Hammering – The Ice Machine
Fela Anikulapo Kuti* & Egypt 80 – O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake) – Beasts Of No Nation / O.D.O.O. – Originally released in 1990.
Unrest – Vibe Out! – B.P.M. (1991-1994)
Green Gardens – Things I Didn’t Do – This Is Not Your Fault 
Marlowe – Otherworld – Marlowe 2
Jane Weaver – Romantic Worlds – Love in Constant Spectacle – Out April 5th.
Pissed Jeans – Sixty-Two Thousand Dollars in Debt – Half Divorced – [N]

Coffin Pricks – Group Home Haircut – Semi-Perfect Crimes – [N] – Complete discography LP from Chris Thomson’s early 2010s band…
Bounaly – Chérie ye Bani – Dimanche à Bamako 
Yard Act – Blackpool Illuminations (Clean Edit) – Where’s My Utopia? – [N]
The Glass Bees – Eagle Rock – Because Tomorrow Disaster May Come
En Attendant Ana  – Teeny Tiny Tyche – 45 – [N]
Fairouz – Rah Nebqa Sawa – Maarifti Feek
CRUMBS – You’re Just Jealous – You’re Just Jealous – [N]

Run Runner – 31:25 – Live on WPRB – https://myspace.com/runrunner

Ein Heit – Replay – 45 – RIP John Kappes / JK Manlove.
Fumio Itabashi – Watarase – Watarase
Gerycz / Powers / Rolin – Activator – Activator – [N]



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2/28/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Writhing Squares – Barbarians – Mythology – [N]
Rogér Fakhr – Drinking Tea – Habibi Funk 025: East of Any Place – Recorded in the late 1970s.
Switzer-Powers – Crazy Train – Bert Switzer 1977-2002  – Bert Switzer and 13-year-old Bobby Powers covering Ozzy. 1985 boom box audio.
Ramuntcho Matta – All Those Years – Junk – Originally from 1983.
English Teacher – Nearly Daffodils – This Could Be Texas – [N]
Healing & Peace – Mezzanine Man – Mezzanine Man – The band previously known as Kneeling In Piss.
Street Eaters – The Point – The Point – [N]

METZ – 99 – Up on Gravity Hill  – [N] – Out later this year.
Luther Thomas – Una New York – Funky Donkey Vol.1 – From 1973.
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Broken Circle (Over and Over) – Fu##in’ Up – [N]
Bill Nace – Bill Nace – Bill Nace​ / ​Emily Robb Split – 2022 tour cassette, now on vinyl.
Checkpoint – 10th Dimension Advertisement Apocalypse – Drift – Thanks for hipping me to this one, Commie Francis!
Yo La Tengo – Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind – I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
R.M.F.C. – Access – Club Hits

Mitch Fiction – 46:25 – Live on WPRB – https://myspace.com/mitchfiction

MANFLESH – Pizza Street – Light Up the Night – [N]



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2/14/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Split System – The Wheel – Vol.2 – [N]
Hamad Kalkaba and The Golden Sounds  – Astadjam Dada Sare – 1974-1975 (Analog Africa No. 24) 
Can – Halleluhwah – Tago Mago – RIP Damo Suzuki
Faxed – New Dance in Hell – Grotesque Rescue – “Imagine it’s 1980: The Rolling Stones fire Mick Jagger, hire brash upstart Mark E. Smith as their new singer and record one last album. This one. “Grotesque Rescue” mashes up the music of The Stones’ “Emotional Rescue” with the vocals of The Fall’s “Grotesque.” It works far better than it should.”
SLIFT – Weavers’ Weft – ILION – [N]
Miracles – Neil Young Christmas – Christmas Miracles
Love Child – Asking For It – Never Meant to Be: 1988-1993 – [N]

Grazia – Cheap – In Poor Taste – [N]
Brion Gysin – Kick (Disco Mix) – Junk – Originally released in 1983. Special guests include Don Cherry, Elli Medeiros, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Caroline Loeb and Senegalese drummer Prosper Niang (Xalam).
Water Damage – Reel E – In E – Out in April. Their best record yet……?
En Attendant Ana – Ces Mots Stupides – The Lagniappe Sessions – Sacha Distel cover.
Horse Lords – Truthers – As It Happened: Horse Lords Live – [N] – “Captured at a series of concerts across Europe spanning Horse Lords’ multiple 2022 and 2023 tours, As It Happened is a mediated, sometimes obviously edited presentation of a live performance that strives for a certain level of idealization.”
Al Massrieen – Longa – Habibi Funk 006: Modern Music 
Lord Sterling – Black To Comm – Weapon of Truth – Last week’s show (and a lack of a proper studio version of the original) put this MC5 cover in my head. RIP Wayne Kramer.

The Swimmers – 43:33 – Live on WPRB – https://theswimmers.bandcamp.com

Lupo Città – White Bracelet – S/T – [N] – Debut album from Sarah Black, Jenn Gori and Chris Brokaw.
Mikio Masuda – Let’s Get Together – Moon Stone – Also collected on “Funk Tide – Tokyo Jazz-Funk From Electric Bird 1978-87.”
Party Dozen – Balance – The Real Work



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2/7/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

SPRINTS – Literary Mind – Letter to Self – [N] – Album version = faster than single version.
Ripple – I Don’t Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky – But It Sure Is Funky – [R] – As sampled by Kid ‘N Play *and* Special Ed.
MC5 – Black to Comm (Live At The Sturgis Armory, June 27, 1968) – Black to Comm – RIP Brother Wayne Kramer.
Tallawit Timbouctou – Side A – Takamba
Hurl – She Laughed, She Died – Empty Bottle 1997
Rosali – Rewind – Bite Down – [N]
Pissed Jeans – Moving On – Half Divorced

Superchunk – Everybody Dies – 45 – [N]
Fela – J.J.D. (Johnny Just Drop) – J.J.D. / Unnecessary Begging  – Originally released in 1977.
Scotch Rolex, Shackleton & Omutaba – Burnt Earth – The Three Hands of Doom
The Fall – Shoulder Pads #1 – Ben Sinister – As heard in…a J.Crew commercial??
Katsutoshi Morizono – Space Traveler – Bad Anima – Collected on “Funk Tide – Tokyo Jazz-Funk From Electric Bird 1978-87.”
The Feelies – Slow Down – The Good Earth – Happy anniversary, N!
Uranium Club – Small Grey Man – Infants Under the Bulb – [N]

The Jazz June – 42:58 – Live on WPRB – https://thejazzjune.bandcamp.com

BODEGA – Tarkovski – Our Brand Could Be Yr Life – [N]



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1/31/24 : 17:00 – 20:00 pm ET


“Best of 2023 (part four)!”

The Rub – The Death of Pop – Bikini Gospel

Tyvek – Rhythm / Pattern – Overground
Namian Sidibé – Garaba Mama – S/T
Comateens – Danger Zone – 12″ – Expanded reissue of a 1979 single.
MEMORIALS – Kind of Beyond – Music For Film: Tramps!  – One of *three* records released last year by Verity Susman (Electrelane) and Matthew Simms (WIRE).
FACS – New Flag – Still Life in Decay
Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek  – The Concord Hour – New Future City Radio
Snõõper – Pod – Super Snõõper

CIVIC – Time Girl – Taken By Force
The Free Music – Men Awel Marra – Habibi Funk 026: Solidarity with Libya – [C]
Oh Baby & Kelley Stoltz – Not Enough (Extended Mix) – Singularity 11: Not Enough (Extended Mix)
Sunwatchers – World People – Music Is Victory Over Time
Liturgy – Antigone II – 93696
Ramuntcho Matta – Zoique 3 – S/T – Originally released in 1985.
Famous Mammals – Parachute Traction Excites! – Instant Pop Expressionism Now!

Heartbeeps – Sick In Your Head – Cum Together
Sleaford Mods feat. Florence Shaw – Force 10 From Navarone (clean edit) – UK GRIM
The Necks – Signal – Travel
Swansea Sound – Click It and Pay – Twentieth Century
Wowza In Kalamazoo – Milo on a Bike – Milo on a Bike
Delivery & Workhorse – Who Makes Demands? – Who Makes Demands? – Collaborative single from these Australian bands.
Oozing Wound – Midlife Crisis Actor – We Cater To Cowards

SPRINTS – Literary Mind – Literary Mind
Giant Brain – Munich – Grade a Gray Day
Hard Copy – Pile of Rocks – 12 Shots of Nature
Nick Millevoi – Rock & Roll Start (feat. Jason Nazary) – Digital Reaction – Local.
Rocket 808 – Closing Credits – House of Jackpots



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