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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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more phoenix and texas record store finds! and more! from May 8, 2024

5/8/2024
stardrive - "funkascensions" - s/t [purchased at Waterloo, Austin TX] [0:00:00] nona hendryx - "i know what you need (pygmy's confession)" - female trouble [purchased at... Scotti's Records, Summit NJ?! An interloper!] [0:05:12] the folkel minority - "freeze a yankee" - 7" ["A Texas solution to the energy crisis." purchased (appropriately) at Vinal Edge, Houston TX.] [0:09:54] cellarful of noise - "everyday i fall in love with someone" - s/t [Longtime Donnie Iris collaborator (among other credits) Mark Avsec purchased at Josey Records, Dallas TX] [0:13:12] tm communications singers - "the leading edge" - campaigns disc 53 [purchased at Josey Records, Dallas TX (the jingle/production music capital of the USA, back in the day)] [0:16:05] volumatix - "straight line" - volume 1 [purchased at Josey Records, Dallas TX] [0:19:15] the mooney suzuki - "shake that bush again" - 7" [playing at Bowery Electric in July, with The Insomniacs! Tickets just went on sale!] [0:22:32] trickster - "tomorrow belongs to me" - back to zero [purchased at The 'In' Groove, Phoenix] [0:26:00] the woggles - "do the slug" - time has come [0:43:41] mala vista - "9 ball" - fun time [0:46:34] r.e. seraphin - "fall" - fool's mate [0:49:24] climax landers - "my loving sister" - zenith no effects [0:54:05] fly ashtray - "cartouche" - doggerel [0:55:06] night finger - "i stole your rock and roll" - creepy crawl ep [1:03:52] motorists - "sweet william" - touched by the stuff [bandcamp] [1:06:21] sad about girls - "she's not here" - she's not here ep [bandcamp] [1:09:10] the insomniacs - "the world disappears" - wake up! [It's a Bob Woj double-play! He's the guitarist in the Insomniacs AND he played on the Sad About Girls track we just heard. Reminder that the Insomniacs are playing with the Mooney Suzuki at Bowery Electric on July 12!] [1:12:49] the lovely eggs - "memory man" - eggistentialism [bandcamp] [1:17:08] wallace - "backwaters" - papertrip [bandcamp] [1:27:47] kerrie - "system & structure" - machine alliance [bandcamp] [1:33:21] dylab - "nowhere bound" - your fine city [bandcamp] [1:38:21] joey g ii feat klein zage - "folks not guys (ariel zetina remix)" - from new cross to ridgewood [bandcamp] [1:45:37] Set: RIP Steve Albini - an impromptu, nonrepresentative tribute set big black - "the model" - songs about fucking [1:55:38] the ponys - "glass conversation" - celebration castle [1:57:08] the wedding present - "dalliance" - seamonsters [2:01:02] cloud nothings - "separation" - attack on memory [2:05:24] the auteurs - "light aircraft on fire" - after murder park [2:08:23] valley lodge - "hanging around" - fog machine [2:17:42] b. hamilton - "hey sunshine" - the freest speech ever attempted without disintegrating [bandcamp] [2:20:41] ac/dc - "shot down in flames" - highway to hell [2:25:19] hollywood stars - "taxi driver" - single [bandcamp] [2:28:47] pointed sticks - "pessimist's son" - beautiful future [bandcamp] [2:31:55] the cynz - "crow haired boys" - little miss lost [bandcamp] [2:42:41] adults - "trouble" - ...in the big league split ep [split ep with spank hair bandcamp] [2:46:12] the pernice brothers - "a man of means" - who will you believe [bandcamp] [2:47:55] micky four - "leo runs through lille" - live till you die [bandcamp] [2:50:36] zwei null zwei - "disko 4" - single [bandcamp Eli Janney, Geoff Sanoff, James Canty, and Sohrab Habibion] [2:54:15] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139713

Duration:03:07:38

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UV-TV live set! Plus, Phoenix record store finds! from May 1, 2024

5/1/2024
streetwalkers - "chilli-con-carne" - vicious but fair [purchased at Ghost Of Eastside Records, Tempe AZ] [0:00:00] meal ticket - "day job" - out of the blue 12" ep [purchased at The 'In' Groove, Phoenix AZ] [0:03:44] the raunch hands - "stomp it" - 7" [purchased at Tracks In Wax, Phoenix AZ] [0:08:08] magazine 60 - "magazine 60" - 12" [purchased at Ghost Of Eastside Records, Tempe AZ] [0:10:47] stray cats - "medley" - radio free america #23 [purchased at The 'In' Groove, Phoenix AZ] [0:17:40] brian setzer - "interview" - radio free america #23 [0:19:57] stray cats - "sexy and 17" - radio free america [0:20:55] z-rocks - "autorock" - s/t [purchased at Ghost Of Eastside Records, Tempe AZ] [0:23:27] murl - "calling from a star" - 7" [purchased at Tracks In Wax, Phoenix AZ] [0:27:01] added dimensions - "wound up" - 7" ep [0:44:16] the dracu-las - "it" - 7" ep [0:46:08] fat daddy - "roll daddy roll" - 7" [orig1975] [0:47:48] labretta suede & the motel 6 - "teenagers gettin' high" - 7" [0:50:56] skip church - "don't let the law win" - double 7" [new to us] [0:53:48] Set: UV-TV live set! engineered by Mario "The Wizard" Santana Rose - vocals/bass Ian 1 - guitar/vocals Noah - keyboards/vocals Ian 2 - drums New album coming later this year (???), but check their bandcamp for previous releases! Their 2021 album Always Something was one of my faves of that year! You can also check out their website and follow them on Instagram uv-tv - "back to nowhere" - live on wfmu [1:02:40] uv-tv - "stay here" - live on wfmu [1:04:45] uv-tv - "lounge" - live on wfmu [1:07:23] uv-tv - "dust" - live on wfmu [1:10:35] uv-tv - "holland sunday" - live on wfmu [1:13:56] uv-tv - "always something" - live on wfmu [1:18:15] uv-tv - "pale blue island" - live on wfmu [1:22:55] uv-tv - "this place" - live on wfmu [1:27:13] uv-tv - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu [1:32:08] penny arcade - "black cloud" - back water collage [with James Hoare, ex-Ultimate Painting and Proper Ornaments bandcamp] [1:43:24] plastic palms - "hk" - single [bandcamp] [1:46:37] the wesleys - "25" - s/t [CanCon! bandcamp] [1:49:05] pseudo cool - "escape" - single [1:52:34] surf party, usa - "tiny shell" - single [bandcamp] [1:56:06] the lemon twigs - "they don't know how to fall in place" - a dream is all we know [they'll be talking with Pseu Braun during her show tomorrow between noon and 3pm! Playing at White Eagle Hall this Saturday! bandcamp] [2:08:32] the armoires - "we absolutely mean it" - single [bandcamp] [2:12:27] manflesh - "f train" - light up the night [bandcamp] [2:14:57] cyril cyril - "micronda sahara" - le futur ça marche pas [bandcamp] [2:17:40] o-d-ex - "back to form" - breaker [bandcamp] [2:20:41] belle and sebastian - "what happened to you, son?" - single [bandcamp] [2:28:55] the special pillow - "a certain level of uncertainty" - meets the space monster [bandcamp] [2:32:04] tape slam - "faded city" - single [bandcamp] [2:36:15] fischer-z - "the anaesthetist" - triptych [not sure why this isn't on the surprisingly extensive Fischer-Z bandcamp page but maybe it'll turn up there at some point?] [2:40:40] the spires - "bad news can wait" - single [bandcamp] [2:44:48] pylon reenactment society - "boom boom" - magnet factory [bandcamp] [2:47:03] heavenly - "p.u.n.k. girl" - atta girl ep [bandcamp] [2:50:11] cloud nothings - "daggers of light" - final summer [bandcamp] [2:57:27] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139470

Duration:03:08:25

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Texas record store finds! Plus a belated tribute to Chris Cross of Ultravox! from Apr 17, 2024

4/17/2024
charlie kulis - "when i see her" - 7" [purchased at Vinal Edge, Houston TX] [0:00:00] pam windo & the shades - "waiting for you is boring" - it [purchased at Josey Records, Dallas TX] [0:02:42] thumbs - "is it asking too much?" - s/t [purchased at Waterloo Records, Austin TX] [0:06:58] blanket of secrecy - "something i don't need" - ears have walls [famed producer Roger Bechirian in disguise! purchased at Josey Records, Dallas TX] [0:11:32] jacqui brookes - "i'm not ashamed" - sob stories [purchased at Josey Records, Dallas TX] [0:14:28] don bruce - "excerpt" - you be a disc jockey! [purchased at Vinal Edge, Houston TX] [0:18:56] kevin dunn and the regiment of women - "oktyabrina" - 7" [purchased at Vinal Edge, Houston TX] [0:22:18] bachman-turner overdrive - "she's a devil" - four wheel drive [going out to Scott Williams purchased at Josey Records, Dallas TX] [0:26:00] evan "funk" davies - "d.j. voice to be inserted" - you be a disc jockey! [0:30:23] on being an angel - "hard luck woman" - 7" [0:48:02] the dracu-las - "fall asleep when i'm dead" - 7" [0:51:00] paperniks - "oxygen tank flipper" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:54:47] shawnis & the shimmers - "munchies" - whip it out! 7" ep [0:57:15] grazia - "cheap" - in poor taste 7" ep [bandcamp] [0:59:14] Set: RIP Chris Cross of Ultravox tiger lily - "monkey jive" - 7" [1:09:36] ultravox! - "my sex" - s/t [John Foxx / Chris Cross co-write] [1:12:53] ultravox! - "the man who dies every day" - ha! ha! ha! [1:16:05] ultravox - "someone else's clothes" - systems of romance [1:20:05] ultravox - "slow motion" - 12" [1:26:27] ultravox - "sleepwalk" - vienna [1:28:05] ultravox - "a friend i call desire" - lament [1:30:49] pylon reenactment society - "spiral" - magnet factory [bandcamp] [1:45:26] pylon reenactment society - "educate me" - magnet factory [Upcoming shows: Apr 19, Eulogy, Asheville, NC; Apr 21, Comet Ping Pong, Washington, DC; Apr 22, Khyber Pass, Philadelphia, PA; Apr 23, Knitting Factory - Baker Falls, NYC; Apr 24 Ottobar, Baltimore, MD; Apr 25 Haw River Ballroom Saxapahaw, NC; Apr 27, Snug Harbor, Charlotte, NC] [1:46:56] comateens - "danger zone" - 7" [new reissue, orig late 1979 bandcamp] [1:51:02] 31Ø8 - "automaton" - digital ep [bandcamp] [1:53:23] smoltz - "keep it dull" - digital single [bandcamp] [1:55:51] the midnight callers - "the eraser" - single [1:59:26] crumbs - "you're just jealous" - you're just jealous [album coming next month! bandcamp] [2:12:17] climax landers - "play it cool" - zenith no effects [bandcamp] [2:14:29] autogramm - "diana" - single [bandcamp] [2:17:08] sheer mag - "eat it and beat it" - playing favorites [bandcamp] [2:20:42] torrey - "pop song" - s/t [bandcamp] [2:25:02] valley lodge - "daylights" - shadows in paradise [playing this Friday at Berlin! The single is on bandcamp] [2:34:40] overlord - "the boy who cried goodbye" - single [bandcamp] [2:37:42] motorists - "call control" - touched by the stuff [bandcamp] [2:41:04] mary timony - "no thirds" - untame the tiger [bandcamp] [2:45:16] belle and sebastian - "what happened to you, son?" - single [bandcamp] [2:51:14] ichi ni san shi - "fleeting thing" - soary [bandcamp] [2:54:49] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139017

Duration:03:07:57