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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

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


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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

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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

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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