Transmissions from Echo Beach with Derek Westerholm and DJ Babs | WFMU

Music behind DJ: The Gun Club - "The Las Vegas Story/Walkin’ With The Beast" - The Las Vegas Story ["The Las Vegas Story is the third studio album by American rock band the Gun Club, released in 1984. This album saw the return of founding member and lead guitarist Kid Congo Powers, after a three-year stint with the Cramps. The album was dedicated to Debbie Harry "for her love, help and encouragement."" For this album: "The Gun Club Jeffrey Lee Pierce – vocals, guitars, bells, musical tube, montage and piano on "The Master Plan" //// Kid Congo Powers – excessive feedback, guitar and slide guitar, whirling whirlies, maracas and ancient mutterings //// Patricia Morrison – bass, backing vocals, maracas and Bacardi //// Terry Graham – drums"] [0:00:00] The Ronettes - "Chapel of Love" - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes ["Chapel of Love" is a song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, and made famous by The Dixie Cups in 1964, spending three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written in 1963 by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, who had themselves recently married; Barry later said that "the concept of marriage was very much in my head" at the time. It was written for Darlene Love to record, but producer Phil Spector was dissatisfied with her version and it was not released for some years....1991 to be exact!] [0:06:54] Wire - "Feeling Called Love" - Pink Flag [Reviewing in 1978 for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau called Pink Flag a "punk suite", praised its "simultaneous rawness and detachment" and detected a rock-and-roll irony similar to, but "much grimmer and more frightening" than, the Ramones...Ira Robbins said that "Wire [push] minimalism to new heights" and that the band "dredges up images of...beat poetry--short fragments of impressions set to music." He further said that the 21 tracks are "not songs...There's no easy structure or meter. Each explores or describes or electrifies or challenges. There's no easy listening." Steve Huey of AllMusic opined that Pink Flag was "perhaps the most original debut album to come out of the first wave of British punk" and also "recognizable, yet simultaneously quite unlike anything that preceded it. Pink Flag's enduring influence pops up in hardcore, post-punk, alternative rock, and even Britpop, and it still remains a fresh, invigorating listen today: a fascinating, highly inventive rethinking of punk rock and its freedom to make up your own rules."] [0:07:52] The Bug Club - "Marriage" - Rare Birds: Hour of Song [The Bug Club are Wales’ weirdest, most prolific new band...“I always feel like a dickhead when I say this, but I usually make a nice hot cup of tea and then try to smash [a song] in one go,” Sam Willmett continues, before his co-writer, bassist and vocalist Tilly Harris, cuts in witheringly: “The arrogance, the arrogance.” They collapse into laughter before Willmett recovers to say: “It’s not even really on purpose.” The beauty of it, of course, is that The Bug Club’s music retains this low-stakes energy: their songs have wonderful immediacy to them and their melodies whirr with the sort of tossed-off brilliance you can’t fake. There is nothing big time, no hint of a flex, about their work rate. It’s just people making stuff up because they enjoy making stuff up.] [0:09:10] The Fall - "Funnel of Love" - Your Future, Our Clutter ["Funnel of Love" is a song by Wanda Jackson written by Charlie McCoy (credited as "Charles McCoy") and Kent Westbury. Recorded in 1960 and released in 1961, "Funnel of Love" was released as the B-side to Jackson's major country-pop single, "Right or Wrong". Although the song never became a hit independently from the A-side, it has received notable critical acclaim and attention. The song's unique combination of country, rock, and blues have made it a favorite of fans and critics. Many also consider "Funnel of Love" to be one of Jackson's best vocal performances....and possibly also Mark E...

Music behind DJ: David Rose Orchestra - "Parade of the Clowns" - The Lush Life [David Daniel Rose (June 15, 1910 – August 23, 1990)[1] was a British-born American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader. His best known compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings", and "Calypso Melody". He also wrote music for many television series, including It's a Great Life, The Tony Martin Show, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven, Bonanza, Leave It to Beaver, and Highway Patrol, some under the pseudonym Ray Llewellyn.] [0:00:00] Agender - "I Need a Break from the USA" - I Need a Break from the USA Single [EXISTENTIAL TERROR HURRAH, SNAPPY SYNTHY PUNCHY POST-PUNK...from LA. "Baby, baby, you're the bomb Land of freedom, Babylon Baseball fields and bubblegum Stars and stripes and troubled sons Merry, merry, 'Murica She relies on on miracles God save, godspeed, God forgive That everything is politics Break From the U.S.A"] [0:02:28] Gemma Rogers - "Never Have I Ever" - Never Have I Ever Single [NEVER HAVE I EVER - final track off NO FUTURE EP has dropped! inger-songwriter Gemma Rogers packs a whole 21st-century kitchen sink drama into her latest four-track EP No Future, which barely clocks in at a quarter of an hour. It has veritable multiple influences – some mellifluous, others deliberately harsh by way of the gritty side of the 2011 film Attack The Block – that connect with the Spotify-saturated youth of today. Working with producers EAMES, Gareth Ashton (The Verve, Rolling Stones, Tina Turner) and Mike Tournier (of dance legends Fluke); she projects an in-your-face sound to enhance her whiplash sense of catharsis. he X-Ray Spex-like Never Have I Ever is the EP’s hammer home crux – a biting critique on normalisation of sexual violence directed at women. “I thought it was worth exploring and comparing my attitude to men by looking at things I’ve never done or said to a man, she says, Things that would seem bizarre or wrong; but these bizarre or wrong actions from a man to a woman are somehow normalised by some.“] [0:03:52] Mhaol - "Snare" - Snare Single [“‘Snare’ is about countless conversations I’ve had since my first drum lesson on my ninth birthday about how bizarre it is that I play that instrument, or how I should be doing it differently,” recalls M(h)aol’s lead vocalist and drummer Constance Keane. “The idea of society gendering an inanimate object like a drum kit, when it’s something that brings me so much joy and release, has always frustrated me hugely, and I thought it was time to sing about it.” Mhaol are from Dublin, Ireland and are concerned with Feminism. Animal welfare. Chipper chips.] [0:06:56] Cabeça Cheia - "Sobcontrole" - Cabeça Cheia [Hailing from Sao Paulo Brazil, Kabeça Cheia is a sound mix channeled by the mind of José Victor Barroso. Each composition is free to be whatever it wants, moving between different musical genres without losing the youthful, energetic and dramatic essence expressed by those who have their feelings on edge.] [0:10:28] Midgee - "Somebody Shot Me" - Split [Midgee are from Brisbane. We learned last time we played them that it's very important to Fuck Mortein. We also learned that a Midgee is a Midge, a small, non-biting flies that are similar in appearance to mosquitoes: Mortein is an insecticide commonly sold in Australia, and made its first appearance as a bug killer in the 1870s by J. Hagemann, a German immigrant to Australia. It is believed that Hagemann himself came up with the name Mortein, with a little help from his French wife. The word "Mortein" is a combination of the French word "mort" (dead) and the German word "ein" (one) Also fuck Peter Dutton.] [0:14:18] Pan Amsterdam, Leron Thomas - "White Ninja" - White Ninja Single [Pan Amsterdam, the artist formerly known as Leron Thomas as the latest addition to the Heavenly family, and welcome the release of his brand new single ‘White Ninja.’ The track whips past in 96...

Music behind DJ: Mort Garson - "Killing of the Witch" - The Wozard of Iz - An Electronic Odessey [Here he takes the Wizard of Oz, gives it a totally psychedelic synth make over, and gives it a counterculture theme, which is hardly subtle, and the veiled references to real life places and people weren't really all that veiled, it was so obvious to anyone who knew about the 1960s. Canvas City was Kansas City (thought of as a generic Midwestern city), Lemon County was Orange County, California (a conservative bastion that the counterculture avoided, it's largely suburban), Robert Squelch (Robert Welch, the founder of the John Birch Society), the Upset Strip (the Sunset Strip, which was famous for a youth riot in 1966 that inspired Stephen Stills to write "For What It's Worth" for Buffalo Springfield), the only place not veiled was Big Sur. So you get Dorothy, and several characters that are conformist, unable to think for themselves, materialistic, and status quo-obsessed with The In-Man, the Lyin' Coward, and the Scared-Crow....] [0:00:00] Hugh Cornwell & Robert Williams - "Nosferatu" - Nosferatu [Nosferatu is an album by Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers and Robert Williams, drummer in Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Guest musicians on the album include keyboardist Ian Underwood from Frank Zappa's band and guitarist David Walldroop. Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh of the band Devo play on the song "Rhythmic Itch", and "Wrong Way Round" features Ian Dury as a fairground barker (listed as "Duncan Poundcake" on the album credits) "As far as the motivation to make the record goes, Nosferatu was pure whimsy," Cornwell said in 2014. "I mean [Stranglers bassist Jean-Jacques] Burnel had just recorded Euroman, so I thought, why not have a go?"] [0:02:54] Men and Health - "Devil in a Suitcase" - Devil in a Suitcase [Men and Health hail from Copenhagen. They make "pop music with a drum machine" They are Peter Larsen - Bass and vocals Javi Molina - Guitar Ángel Herrera - Guitar] [0:04:31] Proximity Crush - "Boris the Manskinner" - Frames [Dread dread o terrible dread! They are from Albany, NY. "We try to mix a lot of different genres together. My main goal is to have each song on a record feel very distinct, like each track is a portal into a different world. I think we achieve that to a certain degree on our EP but the genre we usually get slapped with is post-punk, which makes sense. We aren’t abrasive enough to fully be noise-rock or shoegaze and not melodic enough to really fit pure indie-rock. My voice isn’t great at carrying pitch either so I mostly go for a post-punky growl/shout. Interpol really influenced me growing up but now I seek to land somewhere between Unwound, Swell Maps, Swirlies and Thinking Fellers Union Local 282. That’s a pretty broad palette but mixing the best elements of those bands is the main goal."] [0:07:14] The Gun Club - "A Devil in the Woods" - Miami [Miami is the second studio album by American rock band the Gun Club, released in 1982. It was released on Animal Records, founded by guitarist Chris Stein of Blondie, who also produced the album. Debbie Harry, also of Blondie, appears as a backing singer on various tracks on the album under the pseudonym "D.H. Laurence Jr." The album front cover photograph does not include bassist Rob Ritter who had already left the band. Before leaving, Ritter first taught all the bass-lines to Patricia Morrison, his replacement in the Gun Club and former bandmate in the Bags.] [0:09:53] The Endtables - "Trick or Treat" - The Endtables [Formed in Louisville in 1978, the Endtables lasted less that two years, releasing just one four-song EP while together. The Endtables compiles that EP, a posthumous two-song single, and six live tracks, painting a quick, sharp portrait of a band that sounded like they were in a hurry. Chugging along at a palpitating clip, the group flies toward the sun of the Buzzcocks and Gang of Four, but something about their hyper energy makes them...

Music behind DJ: Ocean Waves For Sleep - "Ocean Waves for Sleep" - Ocean Waves [0:00:00] Devil's Dildo - "Sedentary" - ...Makes Me Cum! [New York's Devil's Dildo makes "music for the maniacally minded". Based out of NYC, in the tradition of the city’s ’70s No Wave scene (which was initially inspired by the rejection of commercial new wave music), Devil’s Dildo are a mix of Punk, Metal, and Synth, all with a dash of theatrics. In the vein of Punk legends like Plasmatics, GG Allin, or Industrial team Chris & Cosey, Devil’s Dildo is a cabaret all their own, splattering horror, sexuality, and social satire all over the stage. "We were born in the pits of hell, spawned by the devil themselves. Satan gave us the names Debbie and DeeDee Dildo. We decided Devil’s Dildo would be appropriate, since we are spreading filth, lust, debauchery, so forth and so on. We are both extremely concentrated versions of our most evil and sexual selves. We dismantle ideologies of repressed sexuality. We critique stigmatized shame and wear our sexuality, and our queerness, proudly."] [0:02:20] Speedwalker - "so party." - so party. Single [I can't find anything about this band online. It's very disappointing. The only bio I can find is "avant garde Michael McDonald tribute act" and a picture of a 22 year old dude. This tune slaps.] [0:03:53] Data Animal - "Crime or Bust" - Crime or Bust Single [Auckland / Berlin Techno Punks, Data Animal returns with a punch on their explosive new double single, "Crime or Bust"/"One Eyed Witness" out 10/18 -- only on Dedstrange. "Crime or Bust" delivers a relentless, pulse-pounding anthem of defiance, while "One Eyed Witness" features haunting vocals and ominous synth layers that build into a hypnotic, cinematic soundscape. With this release, Data Animal cements their place at the forefront of Berlin's post-punk electronic scene.. Perfect for fans of dark, edgy soundscapes.] [0:06:42] Jealous Yellow! - "Pop Fiction" - Czech Vampires [Jealous Yellow hail from Seattle. „Czech Vampires” is a collection of songs conceived in a plague-ridden hostel off of Krymská street in Prague, District 10. It turns out that yellow has had an intriguing, though chequered, time. In the Middle Ages, Pastoureau argues, though some of its associations were positive — blond hair suggested aristocracy — it increasingly acquired a bad rep. It was the colour of Judas’s robe, standing for ‘envy, jealousy, duplicity, lying, treachery and madness’.] [0:09:26] DVTR - "Pied de Poule" - BONJOUR (BIS) [Montreal’s garage-synth-punk duo DVTR is set to drop their latest release, Bonjour (Bis), marking their first foray into vinyl and CD formats. This deluxe edition builds upon their 2023 debut EP, Bonjour, which propelled them from local upstarts to international tour veterans in less than a year. DVTR’s live shows are infamous for their raw energy and confrontational style. Known for unpredictable stage antics, they embody a blend of humour and rage that transcends language barriers. On Bonjour (Bis), they continue to explore themes of rebellion with tracks that touch on social issues ranging from anti-Olympics sentiment to critiques of authority, underscoring the group’s pointed, DIY ethos. Also, Pied De Poule translates to "Houndstooth" in case you were wondering...] [0:11:38] Puff Pieces - "Money" - Bland in D.C. [In 2012, at the behest of Mike Andre, a reluctant Justin Moyer (E.D. Sedgwick/Supersystem) and Amanda Huron (Weed Tree/Caution Curves) were conscripted into helping Mike play and record some unrealized songs he had floating around. After a series of precarious fits and starts, the band coalesced into a semi-stable entity known as Puff Pieces in 2013 and began playing shows. Based on their experiences in various now-defunct bands (Amanda and Mike in Vertebrates, and Mike and Justin in Antelope), and long-term involvement in D.C.'s punk and noise scenes, Puff Pieces strives to destroy the bland hegemony of their city's condo-crazed...