The Evan "Funk" Davies Show | WFMU
WFMU
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.
Location:
East Orange, NJ
Genres:
Music Podcasts
Networks:
WFMU
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@efd
Language:
English
Contact:
WFMU P.O. Box 2011 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 201-200-9368
Website:
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/ED
Episodes
Cleveland and Los Angeles record store finds, part 2! from Jan 29, 2025
1/29/2025
tommy hoehn - "hey polarity!" - losing you to sleep [purchased at Blue Arrow Records, Cleveland] [0:00:00]
frankie smith - "the auction" - 7" [purchased at Amoeba Records, Hollywood] [0:03:27]
the tubes - "sports fans" - 7" [purchased at Amoeba Records, Hollywood] [0:06:52]
louisiana's leroux - "when i get home" - keep the fire burnin' [purchased at Amoeba Records, Hollywood] [0:10:55]
alter boys - "piles" - 7" [purchased at Blue Arrow Records, Cleveland] [0:13:56]
boys brigade - "into the flow" - s/t [purchased at Blue Arrow Records, Cleveland] [0:18:28]
space - "on the air" - deeper zone [purchased at Amoeba Records, Hollywood] [0:23:24]
the spiders - "you're the only one (tonite)" - 7" [purchased at Amoeba Records, Hollywood] [0:28:44]
ross johnson with cloudland canyon - "women, money, children" - 7" [0:40:35]
vangas - "slow strum" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:43:23]
wake in fright - "wake in fright" - around every corner 7" ep [bandcamp] [0:48:52]
citric dummies - "sit at home and die" - 7" ep [bandcamp] [0:52:32]
negatives - "whole lotta shakin'" - whole lotta shakin' 7" ep [reissue of late '70s (?) release] [0:54:15]
weiss & crosbie - "birds" - single [ignore this!] [1:04:19]
qlowski - "mastering the motions" - the wound [ignore this! too!] [1:05:52]
movie movie - "you never learn" - in 4-d! [1:12:22]
weiss & crosbie - "birds" - single [this is more like it!] [1:17:26]
qlowski - "mastering the motions" - the wound [this is also more like it, as well
bandcamp] [1:19:27]
the lovely eggs - "cannonball" - va-in the bath [1:23:50]
keeley - "scratches on your face" - beautiful mysterious [bandcamp] [1:27:20]
laundromat chicks - "secrets" - sometimes possessed [bandcamp] [1:30:41]
andy bell, dot allison, michael rother - "i'm in love..." - single [bandcamp
Ride's Andy Bell, not the Erasure Andy Bell] [1:41:37]
ora the molecule - "intergalactic dance" - dance therapy [bandcamp] [1:46:12]
bryan's magic tears - "crab kiss" - smoke & mirrors [bandcamp] [1:50:20]
ursula 1000 - "quoi de neuf (feat. françois club)" - single [bandcamp] [1:54:55]
stan clear & the closing doors - "façade violator" - pulse width mods ep [bandcamp] [1:59:03]
hazy cosmic jive (richard barone & glenn mercer) - "needles in the camel's eye" - single [playing live Friday night at the Loft at City Winery] [2:11:38]
tuff sunshine - "i need a hook" - vanity matrix [bandcamp] [2:14:54]
matthew hoopengardner - "flaming river" - reserved space [from The Golden Boys
bandcamp] [2:19:20]
fun facts - "sad at the gym" - apartment rock [bandcamp] [2:23:21]
the everlasting yeah - "hurricane nation" - staying cool staying free with the everlasting yeah [bandcamp] [2:26:03]
high. - "catcher" - come back down [playing live tonight on Secret Canine Agents
bandcamp] [2:39:26]
horsegirl - "switch over" - phonetics on and on [bandcamp] [2:43:10]
manager - "shasta" - hot-line ep [bandcamp] [2:46:14]
the laughing chimes - "he never finished the thought" - whispers in the speech machine [bandcamp] [2:48:53]
the heart attack-acks - "moldy" - single [bandcamp] [2:52:26]
the routes - "love will tear us apart" - surfin' pleasures [bandcamp] [2:54:18] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148613
Duration:03:08:43
Cleveland record store finds! Los Angeles record store fnds! Let's see, what else..? from Jan 22, 2025
1/22/2025
Set: CLEVELAND RECORD STORE FINDS! All items purchased at Blue Arrow Records
white chocolate - "getting ready to rock & roll" - s/t [Members of Dirty Angels pre-Dirty Angels!]
the other half - "rock 'n roll star" - smut [0:02:51]
trax - "breathless" - watch out! [0:07:25]
vision on - "judgement day" - va-four ways out [0:12:36]
charlie sexton - "beat's so lonely" - pictures for pleasure [0:15:27]
harlequin - "innocence" - love crimes [CanCon! Winnipeg in the house!] [0:20:27]
aviary - "anthem for the usa" - s/t [0:25:05]
End of set
Set: LOS ANGELES RECORD STORE FINDS! All items purchased at Amoeba Hollywood.
theatre - "a boy like me" - diamonds [with our own Clay Pigeon on guitar!] [0:43:45]
elvin bishop - "calling all cows" - 7" [0:48:54]
after hours - "school fool" - 7" [0:50:11]
y pants - "off the hook" - s/t 12" ep [2017 reissue/collection] [0:53:56]
china crisis - "african and white" - va-small hits & near misses: the inevitable collection [0:56:39]
johnny's dance band - "crazy eddie" - love wounds, flesh wounds [1:00:21]
michael fennelly - "turn to me" - 7" [1:03:21]
the suburbs - "roll over city" - dream hog ep [RIP Beej Chaney] [1:06:11]
End of set
the gentle spring - "looking back at the world" - looking back at the world [bandcamp] [1:20:04]
blind pilot - "brave" - in the shadow of the holy mountain [bandcamp] [1:24:04]
rose city band - "radio song" - sol y sombra [bandcamp] [1:26:54]
a girl called eddy - "under the warm sun" - s/t (20th anniversary reissue) [reissue of debut album from 2004] [1:32:06]
surf party, usa - "surf party, usa / brand new cooler" - surf party, usa 2 [bandcamp] [1:34:55]
the duke of surl - "the bells" - borneo [bandcamp] [1:50:44]
wand - "help desk" - help desk ep [bandcamp] [1:54:27]
the english beat - "too nice to talk to" - special beat service [new reissue] [2:02:18]
lelee - "životinje" - single [bandcamp] [2:04:05]
chimers - "gossip" - through today [bandcamp] [2:08:39]
drop nineteens - "daymom" - 1991 [bandcamp
Demo sessions from, yes, 1991, not previously released] [2:11:48]
fuck you, tammy! - "falling" - sycamore trees [bandcamp
RIP David Lynch] [2:27:52]
barry adamson - "something wicked this way comes (edit)" - va-lost highway soundtrack [2:32:20]
pearie sol - "work" - synthetic life [bandcamp] [2:35:30]
kim deal - "crystal breath" - nobody loves you more [bandcamp] [2:38:03]
the green child - "year of the books" - look familiar [bandcamp] [2:41:12]
shale - "it's not right" - it's not right ep [2:50:58]
the subway ghosts - "green skies" - single [bandcamp] [2:53:36]
the penrose web - "i dreamt i woke up dead" - it's.... the penrose web ep [bandcamp] [2:57:39] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148377
Duration:03:09:45
Best* of 2024 countdowns!*and by "best" I mean "favorite" from Jan 8, 2025
1/8/2025
Set: BEST SINGLE ARTIST REISSUES / COLLECTIONS OF 2024
talking heads - "uh-ho love comes to town (alternate pop version)" - talking heads: 77 (super deluxe edition) [my #5 reissue/compilation of 2024!] [0:00:55]
patrick cowley - "pushin' too hard" - from behind [my #4 reissue/compilation of 2024!] [0:02:51]
eyelids - "eye of fatima pt. 1" - no jigsaw [my #3 reissue/compilation of 2024!] [0:08:31]
yachts - "hey there goes another man" - missing in action: the lost tapes 1980-81 [my #2 reissue/compilation of 2024!] [0:15:00]
the db's - "dynamite" - stands for decibels (2024 remaster) [TIED FOR MY FAVORITE REISSUE/COLLECTION OF 2024!] [0:21:30]
the db's - "neverland" - repercussion (2024 remaster) [TIED FOR MY FAVORITE REISSUE/COLLECTION OF 2024!] [0:23:30]
End of set
Set: BEST SINGLES/EPs OF 2024!
fuzzy identities - "shale" - single [my #15 single/EP of 2024!] [0:28:11]
møtrik - "hazel hall" - single [my #14 single/EP of 2024!] [0:30:40]
dew claw - "mouse trap" - 7" [my #13 single/EP of 2024!] [0:36:51]
kassie krut - "reckless" - s/t [my #12 single/EP of 2024!] [0:38:53]
dave hill - "i took your mom out for cigarettes" - single [my #11 single/EP of 2024!] [0:42:40]
night finger - "i stole your rock and roll" - creepy crawl ep [my #10 single/EP of 2024!] [0:47:28]
bloodwork - "caravaggio" - beaucoup dinero [my #9 single/EP of 2024!] [0:53:08]
darling black - "dial" - single [my #8 single/EP of 2024!] [0:55:43]
grazia - "speed freak" - in poor taste 7" ep [my #7 single/EP of 2024!] [0:59:51]
constant smiles - "connection" - single [my #6 single/EP of 2024!] [1:01:58]
ultra lights - "clockin out" - 7" [my #5 single/EP of 2024!] [1:08:00]
peter holsapple - "larger than life" - single [my #4 single/EP of 2024!] [1:10:24]
uv-tv - "untold truths" - the optimistic wrench ep [my #3 single/EP of 2024!] [1:15:15]
manager - "this is how it ends for me (spy balloon)" - hot-line ep [my #2 single/EP of 2024!] [1:19:46]
the foreign correspondents - "lovin' you ain't easy" - 7" [MY #1 SINGLE/EP OF 2024!] [1:27:42]
End of set
Set: BEST VARIOUS ARTIST COMPILATIONS OF 2024!
peace de resistance - "you are a star" - va-dot dash mixtape vol. ii [My #5 Various Artist compilation of 2024!] [1:32:44]
the tom robinson band - "glad to be gay" - va-jon savage's the secret public: how the lgbtq+ aesthetic shaped pop culture 1955-1979 [My #4 Various Artist compilation of 2024!] [1:35:35]
the neats - "do the things" - va-propeller product prop 4-1 [My #3 Various Artist compilation of 2024!] [1:40:17]
south amboy port authority - "how do you like those apples" - va-pour a little sugar on it: the chewy chewy sounds of american bubblegum 1966-1971 [My #2 Various Artist compilation of 2024!] [1:44:33]
even as we speak - "beauty you will break us all" - va-under the bridge 2 [MY #1 VARIOUS ARTIST COMPILATION OF 2024!] [1:52:23]
End of set
Set: BEST ALBUMS OF 2024!
freaky wilderness - "wind swept world" - immeasurable heaven [My #15 album of 2024!] [1:57:54]
st. jimi sebastian cricket club - "golden parachuter" - into your heartbeat [My #14 album of 2024!] [2:00:45]
white hills - "clear as day" - beyond this fiction [My #13 album of 2024!] [2:04:27]
memo pst - "i used to be a pretty boy" - s/t [My #12 album of 2024!] [2:09:15]
the lovely eggs - "memory man" - eggsistentialism [My #11 album of 2024!] [2:11:41]
valley lodge - "after school" - shadows in paradise [My #10 album of 2024!] [2:18:08]
crumbs - "you're just jealous" - you're just jealous [My #9 album of 2024!] [2:20:25]
savak - "the new new age" - flavors of paradise [My #8 album of 2024!] [2:22:37]
steve wynn - "what were you expecting" - make it right [My #7 album of 2024!] [2:24:56]
redd kross - "what's in it for you?" - s/t [My #6 album of 2024!] [2:28:36]
pylon reenactment society - "boom boom" - magnet factory [My #5 album of 2024!] [2:36:33]
the paranoid style - "i love the sound of structured class" - the interrogator [My #4 album of 2024!] [2:39:56]
nada...
Duration:03:09:24