WFMU: The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from June 20, 2018

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from June 20, 2018

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.

June 20, 2018: LITHICS live set!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
gang of four	natural's not in it "natural's not in it" by "gang of four"	entertainment!	warner bros	1979			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
james white & the contortions	contort yourself	second chance	pvc/ze	1980			0:02:55 (Pop-up)
bush tetras	too many creeps "too many creeps" by "bush tetras"	7"	roir	2011	reissue of the 99 records classic from 1980		0:07:17 (Pop-up)
delta 5	try "try" by "delta 5"	7"	rough trade	1980			0:11:02 (Pop-up)
liars	this dust makes that mud "this dust makes that mud" by "liars"	they threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top	gern blandsten	2001			0:14:09 (Pop-up)
pylon	working is no problem "working is no problem" by "pylon"	gyrate	db	1980			0:23:01 (Pop-up)

live set from LITHICS engineered by Mike Sin "It's another Mike SinSession™" Aubrey Hornor - vocals/guitar Bob Desaulniers - bass Mason Crumley - guitar Wiley Hixson - drums new album Mating Surfaces out now on Kill Rock Stars! On tour with Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks in Nashville tomorrow night, Louisville on Friday, and Cincinnati on Saturday! Then a few shows on their own in St. Louis, Denver, and Boise.
lithics	photograph, you of "photograph, you of" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:33:17 (Pop-up)
lithics	excuse generator "excuse generator" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:35:36 (Pop-up)
lithics	burn on burn "burn on burn" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:38:04 (Pop-up)
lithics	glass of water "glass of water" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:40:56 (Pop-up)
lithics	still forms "still forms" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:42:15 (Pop-up)
lithics	thing in your eye "thing in your eye" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:44:55 (Pop-up)
lithics	boyce "boyce" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:46:51 (Pop-up)
lithics	specs "specs" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:53:34 (Pop-up)
lithics	hands "hands" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:51:44 (Pop-up)
lithics	labor "labor" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:57:59 (Pop-up)
lithics	edible door "edible door" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:59:41 (Pop-up)
lithics	chat with efd "chat with efd" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					1:02:21 (Pop-up)

parquet courts	before the water gets too high	wide awaaaaake!	rough trade			*	1:09:42 (Pop-up)
the sueves	people come in waves "people come in waves" by "the sueves"	r.i.p. clearance event	hozac			*	1:13:45 (Pop-up)
the goodbye johnnys	nightmare "nightmare" by "the goodbye johnnys"	my skull	goodbye johnnys			*	1:16:29 (Pop-up)
beebe gallini	east side story "east side story" by "beebe gallini"	7"	ramo			*	1:18:59 (Pop-up)
svvamp	sunshine street "sunshine street" by "svvamp"	2	riding easy			*	1:21:58 (Pop-up)
william carlos whitten	poor thing	burn my letters	i heart noise		ex-St. Johnny, Grand Mal	*	1:26:25 (Pop-up)

pearl	big dinner "big dinner" by "pearl"	demo	pearl			*	1:40:01 (Pop-up)
dog party	queen of hearts "queen of hearts" by "dog party"	hit & run	brat			*	1:42:36 (Pop-up)
the roves	chinese magazine "chinese magazine" by "the roves"	s/t	one man movement			*	1:44:48 (Pop-up)
elliot easton	(wearing down) like a wheel	change no change	elektra	1985			1:47:09 (Pop-up)
the droogs	jennifer "jennifer" by "the droogs"	young gun	plug n socket			*	1:51:32 (Pop-up)

wax idols	too late "too late" by "wax idols"	happy ending	etruscan gold			*	2:06:29 (Pop-up)
suburban lawns	gidget goes to hell	7"	suburban industrial	1979	as mentioned during the Lithics interview! (the band, at least, not the song)		2:10:25 (Pop-up)
starclub	let your hair down "let your hair down" by "starclub"	s/t	island	1993			2:12:41 (Pop-up)
la luz	greed machine "greed machine" by "la luz"	floating features	hardly art			*	2:17:01 (Pop-up)
yo la tengo	for you too "for you too" by "yo la tengo"	there's a riot going on	matador			*	2:21:05 (Pop-up)

cait brennan	miss valentine "miss valentine" by "cait brennan"	advance track	omnivore		from an upcoming International Pop Overthrow compilation	*	2:30:11 (Pop-up)
queen	killer queen "killer queen" by "queen"	sheer heart attack	elektra	1974			2:32:55 (Pop-up)
michael rault	pyramid scheme "pyramid scheme" by "michael rault"	it's a new day tonight	wick			*	2:35:51 (Pop-up)
the breeders	archangels thunderbird	all nerve	4ad			*	2:38:35 (Pop-up)
giuda	born under a bad sign "born under a bad sign" by "giuda"	7"	rise above			*	2:41:52 (Pop-up)

"blind" rage & violence	honor and offer	7"	pig baby			*	2:49:33 (Pop-up)
the asteroid no 4	sagamore "sagamore" by "the asteroid no 4"	collide	13 o'clock records			*	2:51:21 (Pop-up)
the essex green	the 710 "the 710" by "the essex green"	hardly electronic	merge			*	2:56:21 (Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	9:02pm debt collector: GO4! Nearly 40 years and still ahead of its time.
	9:02pm Stevel: Holy Gang of Four, comrades!
	9:03pm JakeGould: Nice skronk!!!
	♥ 9:04pm Matt_E: A funky evening so far
	9:06pm Danny from Bloomingburg: i still remember when James Chance smashed his head on the table i was sitting at CBGBs opening for the Crampa RIP Nick
	♥ 9:06pm Mailman Tom: Tied up like a pretzel
	9:10pm Stevel: Danny! Amazing! Such a great set. Looking forward to the live
	♥ 9:10pm Ken From Hyde Park: Sounds tetraphonic!
	♥ 9:13pm Folsom: efd - I liked the Pop Rocks segment today
	9:13pm Danny from Bloomingburg: thanks EFD great stuff
	♥ 9:13pm efd: thanks Folsom! I'm having fun doing them!
	♥ 9:14pm efd: and good evening all, I've got a great live set from Lithics coming up at the bottom of the hour!
	♥ 9:14pm Philthy woman: Ahhh...Great. Perfect apropo. And beautiful angular sounds
	♥ 9:15pm Philthy woman: *s sssssssssssssss
	9:15pm Mister Dobalina: In it to win it on the Funk Davies show!
	9:16pm Mister Dobalina: Oh my gosh, huge Liars fan here! It's my birthday all over again.
	9:17pm Stevel: Angular. Thanks, Philthy! That's one of the words I've been looking for..
	♥ 9:19pm efd: nice, happy belated/early birthday Mister Dobalina
	9:21pm medson: Good evening efd and everyone.
	9:24pm Stevel: Inspirational opening set!
	♥ 9:27pm listener 126464: GO4 and Pylon, that was a double bill!
	9:34pm Mister Dobalina: Everybody in his or her own life needs a hobby, fills the voids that work and rent create. We can win.
	9:35pm Ethel Mertz: When you gonna play that song that sounds like a cucumber salad? By the way when you talk you sound like you gotta fried potatoe suucvk between a tooth.
	9:35pm Stevel: I knew it! Beautiful! Lithics must tour near me! Not to be pushy. We're not like that, in the Midwest.
	♥ 9:35pm medson: Nice. I've been looking forward to hearing this set
	9:51pm Stevel: So damned good. Hypnotic. Groovy.
	9:53pm Stevel: Do they ever gig with Blind Shake? There's a noise element in common. That, or I'm stoned on a Wednesday night.
	♥ 9:54pm efd: or maybe both? Could be both.
	♥ 9:55pm Chop Scott: Cheers to Mike Sin!! Sounds great.
	9:55pm Stevel: Difficult to say. Literally.
	♥ 9:56pm efd: hiya Scott! Indeed, another top-shelf Mike SinSession™!
	♥ 10:00pm medson: I definitely need to sit and dive into this band. I really only heard excuse generator before. Love this sound
	♥ 10:04pm common: fuckin great!
	10:08pm Stevel: Really good.
	♥ 10:08pm Hoboken Jack: Yay Lithics!
	10:10pm Stevel: Mike Sin, once again, is God.
	♥ 10:12pm Bootsie: I've never heard Lithics before, but, yes, they sounded familiar to me. In a good way. Evocative, but not derivative. I enjoyed them!
	♥ 10:14pm efd: yes, that's a good way to put it Bootsie!
	10:15pm Stevel: Holy Suaves!
	10:16pm EL: Heck yea to this Sueves track.
	♥ 10:25pm medson: @efd did you listen to this entire Svvamp album? I have not but I really liked their first album a lot.
	♥ 10:27pm efd: I haven't yet, but what I've heard from superficial scanning sounds pretty good
	♥ 10:27pm efd: (despite my staunch opposition to the double-letter conceit)
	♥ 10:28pm medson: ha ha I hear ya
	10:30pm Alex of Chicago: Very much to like in that set.
	♥ 10:31pm Aharon: That's how I've alvvays spelled it.
	10:36pm Alex of Chicago: I've seen the Suaves numerous times, and yet never heard their name pronounced until now, somehow. They were reflexively more Rico in my head.
	10:37pm Alex of Chicago: Er, Sueves
	♥ 10:37pm Bootsie: Cool, I just saw The Queers with The Dickies
	10:50pm antonio: aw Man this eliot easton is Goood
	11:07pm Fashion Tashjian: Good morning folks
	♥ 11:11pm efd: morning, FT!
	11:12pm Fashion Tashjian: Dammit I did miss the live set, but I'm not waking up any earlier than this, which by Armenian standards is already deathly early. Ah, the magic of archives.)
	♥ 11:14pm efd: it's like my show is on 24 hours a day!
	11:19pm Fashion Tashjian: Hypothetically one could listen to your show 24 hours/day given enough archived sets, so....)))
	♥ 11:24pm efd: technically possible, but I wouldn't recommend it!
	♥ 11:32pm medson: Good night folks, thanks for this evenings soundtrack efd
	♥ 11:35pm Roberto: "Killer Queen" was my gateway song to Queen.
	♥ 11:36pm Ken From Hyde Park: Dynamite with a laser beam!
	♥ 11:36pm efd: mine too!
	♥ 11:36pm efd: goodnight medson, thanks for listening!
	11:51pm Stevel: All night long... This is great.
	11:55pm BrynOwen: sick show! some classics and some real cool tunes i hadn't heard before so thanks for that!! Also this is off topic - but i was in the station earlier and didn't have a key to lock the front door, so i'm sorry if it's open when you leave! my bad.
	♥ 11:58pm On the Yazoo: Enjoyed the show.

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
gang of four	natural's not in it "natural's not in it" by "gang of four"	entertainment!	warner bros	1979			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
james white & the contortions	contort yourself	second chance	pvc/ze	1980			0:02:55 (Pop-up)
bush tetras	too many creeps "too many creeps" by "bush tetras"	7"	roir	2011	reissue of the 99 records classic from 1980		0:07:17 (Pop-up)
delta 5	try "try" by "delta 5"	7"	rough trade	1980			0:11:02 (Pop-up)
liars	this dust makes that mud "this dust makes that mud" by "liars"	they threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top	gern blandsten	2001			0:14:09 (Pop-up)
pylon	working is no problem "working is no problem" by "pylon"	gyrate	db	1980			0:23:01 (Pop-up)

live set from LITHICS engineered by Mike Sin "It's another Mike SinSession™" Aubrey Hornor - vocals/guitar Bob Desaulniers - bass Mason Crumley - guitar Wiley Hixson - drums new album Mating Surfaces out now on Kill Rock Stars! On tour with Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks in Nashville tomorrow night, Louisville on Friday, and Cincinnati on Saturday! Then a few shows on their own in St. Louis, Denver, and Boise.
lithics	photograph, you of "photograph, you of" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:33:17 (Pop-up)
lithics	excuse generator "excuse generator" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:35:36 (Pop-up)
lithics	burn on burn "burn on burn" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:38:04 (Pop-up)
lithics	glass of water "glass of water" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:40:56 (Pop-up)
lithics	still forms "still forms" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:42:15 (Pop-up)
lithics	thing in your eye "thing in your eye" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:44:55 (Pop-up)
lithics	boyce "boyce" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:46:51 (Pop-up)
lithics	specs "specs" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:53:34 (Pop-up)
lithics	hands "hands" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:51:44 (Pop-up)
lithics	labor "labor" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:57:59 (Pop-up)
lithics	edible door "edible door" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					0:59:41 (Pop-up)
lithics	chat with efd "chat with efd" by "lithics"	live on wfmu					1:02:21 (Pop-up)

parquet courts	before the water gets too high	wide awaaaaake!	rough trade			*	1:09:42 (Pop-up)
the sueves	people come in waves "people come in waves" by "the sueves"	r.i.p. clearance event	hozac			*	1:13:45 (Pop-up)
the goodbye johnnys	nightmare "nightmare" by "the goodbye johnnys"	my skull	goodbye johnnys			*	1:16:29 (Pop-up)
beebe gallini	east side story "east side story" by "beebe gallini"	7"	ramo			*	1:18:59 (Pop-up)
svvamp	sunshine street "sunshine street" by "svvamp"	2	riding easy			*	1:21:58 (Pop-up)
william carlos whitten	poor thing	burn my letters	i heart noise		ex-St. Johnny, Grand Mal	*	1:26:25 (Pop-up)

pearl	big dinner "big dinner" by "pearl"	demo	pearl			*	1:40:01 (Pop-up)
dog party	queen of hearts "queen of hearts" by "dog party"	hit & run	brat			*	1:42:36 (Pop-up)
the roves	chinese magazine "chinese magazine" by "the roves"	s/t	one man movement			*	1:44:48 (Pop-up)
elliot easton	(wearing down) like a wheel	change no change	elektra	1985			1:47:09 (Pop-up)
the droogs	jennifer "jennifer" by "the droogs"	young gun	plug n socket			*	1:51:32 (Pop-up)

wax idols	too late "too late" by "wax idols"	happy ending	etruscan gold			*	2:06:29 (Pop-up)
suburban lawns	gidget goes to hell	7"	suburban industrial	1979	as mentioned during the Lithics interview! (the band, at least, not the song)		2:10:25 (Pop-up)
starclub	let your hair down "let your hair down" by "starclub"	s/t	island	1993			2:12:41 (Pop-up)
la luz	greed machine "greed machine" by "la luz"	floating features	hardly art			*	2:17:01 (Pop-up)
yo la tengo	for you too "for you too" by "yo la tengo"	there's a riot going on	matador			*	2:21:05 (Pop-up)

cait brennan	miss valentine "miss valentine" by "cait brennan"	advance track	omnivore		from an upcoming International Pop Overthrow compilation	*	2:30:11 (Pop-up)
queen	killer queen "killer queen" by "queen"	sheer heart attack	elektra	1974			2:32:55 (Pop-up)
michael rault	pyramid scheme "pyramid scheme" by "michael rault"	it's a new day tonight	wick			*	2:35:51 (Pop-up)
the breeders	archangels thunderbird	all nerve	4ad			*	2:38:35 (Pop-up)
giuda	born under a bad sign "born under a bad sign" by "giuda"	7"	rise above			*	2:41:52 (Pop-up)

"blind" rage & violence	honor and offer	7"	pig baby			*	2:49:33 (Pop-up)
the asteroid no 4	sagamore "sagamore" by "the asteroid no 4"	collide	13 o'clock records			*	2:51:21 (Pop-up)
the essex green	the 710 "the 710" by "the essex green"	hardly electronic	merge			*	2:56:21 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	9:02pm debt collector: GO4! Nearly 40 years and still ahead of its time.
	9:02pm Stevel: Holy Gang of Four, comrades!
	9:03pm JakeGould: Nice skronk!!!
	♥ 9:04pm Matt_E: A funky evening so far
	9:06pm Danny from Bloomingburg: i still remember when James Chance smashed his head on the table i was sitting at CBGBs opening for the Crampa RIP Nick
	♥ 9:06pm Mailman Tom: Tied up like a pretzel
	9:10pm Stevel: Danny! Amazing! Such a great set. Looking forward to the live
	♥ 9:10pm Ken From Hyde Park: Sounds tetraphonic!
	♥ 9:13pm Folsom: efd - I liked the Pop Rocks segment today
	9:13pm Danny from Bloomingburg: thanks EFD great stuff
	♥ 9:13pm efd: thanks Folsom! I'm having fun doing them!
	♥ 9:14pm efd: and good evening all, I've got a great live set from Lithics coming up at the bottom of the hour!
	♥ 9:14pm Philthy woman: Ahhh...Great. Perfect apropo. And beautiful angular sounds
	♥ 9:15pm Philthy woman: *s sssssssssssssss
	9:15pm Mister Dobalina: In it to win it on the Funk Davies show!
	9:16pm Mister Dobalina: Oh my gosh, huge Liars fan here! It's my birthday all over again.
	9:17pm Stevel: Angular. Thanks, Philthy! That's one of the words I've been looking for..
	♥ 9:19pm efd: nice, happy belated/early birthday Mister Dobalina
	9:21pm medson: Good evening efd and everyone.
	9:24pm Stevel: Inspirational opening set!
	♥ 9:27pm listener 126464: GO4 and Pylon, that was a double bill!
	9:34pm Mister Dobalina: Everybody in his or her own life needs a hobby, fills the voids that work and rent create. We can win.
	9:35pm Ethel Mertz: When you gonna play that song that sounds like a cucumber salad? By the way when you talk you sound like you gotta fried potatoe suucvk between a tooth.
	9:35pm Stevel: I knew it! Beautiful! Lithics must tour near me! Not to be pushy. We're not like that, in the Midwest.
	♥ 9:35pm medson: Nice. I've been looking forward to hearing this set
	9:51pm Stevel: So damned good. Hypnotic. Groovy.
	9:53pm Stevel: Do they ever gig with Blind Shake? There's a noise element in common. That, or I'm stoned on a Wednesday night.
	♥ 9:54pm efd: or maybe both? Could be both.
	♥ 9:55pm Chop Scott: Cheers to Mike Sin!! Sounds great.
	9:55pm Stevel: Difficult to say. Literally.
	♥ 9:56pm efd: hiya Scott! Indeed, another top-shelf Mike SinSession™!
	♥ 10:00pm medson: I definitely need to sit and dive into this band. I really only heard excuse generator before. Love this sound
	♥ 10:04pm common: fuckin great!
	10:08pm Stevel: Really good.
	♥ 10:08pm Hoboken Jack: Yay Lithics!
	10:10pm Stevel: Mike Sin, once again, is God.
	♥ 10:12pm Bootsie: I've never heard Lithics before, but, yes, they sounded familiar to me. In a good way. Evocative, but not derivative. I enjoyed them!
	♥ 10:14pm efd: yes, that's a good way to put it Bootsie!
	10:15pm Stevel: Holy Suaves!
	10:16pm EL: Heck yea to this Sueves track.
	♥ 10:25pm medson: @efd did you listen to this entire Svvamp album? I have not but I really liked their first album a lot.
	♥ 10:27pm efd: I haven't yet, but what I've heard from superficial scanning sounds pretty good
	♥ 10:27pm efd: (despite my staunch opposition to the double-letter conceit)
	♥ 10:28pm medson: ha ha I hear ya
	10:30pm Alex of Chicago: Very much to like in that set.
	♥ 10:31pm Aharon: That's how I've alvvays spelled it.
	10:36pm Alex of Chicago: I've seen the Suaves numerous times, and yet never heard their name pronounced until now, somehow. They were reflexively more Rico in my head.
	10:37pm Alex of Chicago: Er, Sueves
	♥ 10:37pm Bootsie: Cool, I just saw The Queers with The Dickies
	10:50pm antonio: aw Man this eliot easton is Goood
	11:07pm Fashion Tashjian: Good morning folks
	♥ 11:11pm efd: morning, FT!
	11:12pm Fashion Tashjian: Dammit I did miss the live set, but I'm not waking up any earlier than this, which by Armenian standards is already deathly early. Ah, the magic of archives.)
	♥ 11:14pm efd: it's like my show is on 24 hours a day!
	11:19pm Fashion Tashjian: Hypothetically one could listen to your show 24 hours/day given enough archived sets, so....)))
	♥ 11:24pm efd: technically possible, but I wouldn't recommend it!
	♥ 11:32pm medson: Good night folks, thanks for this evenings soundtrack efd
	♥ 11:35pm Roberto: "Killer Queen" was my gateway song to Queen.
	♥ 11:36pm Ken From Hyde Park: Dynamite with a laser beam!
	♥ 11:36pm efd: mine too!
	♥ 11:36pm efd: goodnight medson, thanks for listening!
	11:51pm Stevel: All night long... This is great.
	11:55pm BrynOwen: sick show! some classics and some real cool tunes i hadn't heard before so thanks for that!! Also this is off topic - but i was in the station earlier and didn't have a key to lock the front door, so i'm sorry if it's open when you leave! my bad.
	♥ 11:58pm On the Yazoo: Enjoyed the show.

The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from June 20, 2018

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