The Evan "Funk" Davies Show: Playlist from March 26, 2025

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Upcoming events:

Wed. May 14th, Noon - 3pm: Live music triple-header with Tuff Sunshine, Jean Caffeine, and Thyroids! (More info...)

Tuff Sunshine is, in the studio at least, musician and songwriter Johnny Leitera. For this return to WFMU (following an appearance on Three Chord Monte in 2017) a full band will be on hand to perform Leitera’s hazy pop-psych tunes, including some from their new album Vanity Matrix (Declared Goods).⁣
⁣ Plus: Austin musician Jean Caffeine put out a punk zine in San Francisco in 1977, played with the all-woman no-wave collective Pulsallama in the early ‘80s, and had a cameo in Richard Linklater’s Slacker in 1991. In recent years she’s been releasing music that wryly twists punk, indie, folk, and more. She’ll play a live set backed by Dallas punks Thyroids, who will also play a set of their own. See them both at Pet Shop in Jersey City on Thursday May 15!

Wed. May 21st, Noon - 3pm: Consumables (More info...)

Brooklyn's Consumables have just released their debut album, Infinite Games (We Are Time / Fierce Panda), which was produced and co-written by fellow Brooklynite Ben Hozie of Bodega. Fans of that band and other latter-day takes on post-punk (Parquet Courts, Yard Act, Pavement) will want to check out this live set.

March 26, 2025: Play ball! It's the annual Opening Day Opening Set!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New	Approx. start time
babe ruth	the mexican   → "the mexican" by "babe ruth"	first base	harvest	1973
first base	i don't wanna be your dog   → "i don't wanna be your dog" by "first base"	s/t	hozac	2013					0:05:27 (Pop-up)
curt gowdy	side 2 (excerpt)   → "side 2 (excerpt)" by "curt gowdy"	ya gotta believe	fleetwood	1973					0:07:53 (Pop-up)
"love bug" starski	you've gotta believe   → "you've gotta believe" by ""love bug" starski"	7"	fever	1983					0:12:20 (Pop-up)
jon spencer & the hitmakers	strike 3   → "strike 3" by "jon spencer & the hitmakers"	spencer gets it lit	in the red	2022					0:16:14 (Pop-up)
diamondsnake	switch hitter   → "switch hitter" by "diamondsnake"	live on WFMU		2010		engineered by Diane Kamikaze Phil Costello - vocals, guitar Moby - guitar, some bass Dave Hill - bass, some guitar Tomato - drums			0:18:43 (Pop-up)
ed nottle	welcome to my world   → "welcome to my world" by "ed nottle"	to baseball with love	nott's landing	1983		"This one is for Billy Martin," per the liner notes			0:22:01 (Pop-up)
del crandall / jim lonborg	introduction / pitching mechanics   → "introduction / pitching mechanics" by "del cranda...	inside baseball with the milwaukee brewers	american tape service	1972					0:24:01 (Pop-up)
the ribeye brothers	wally pipp   → "wally pipp" by "the ribeye brothers"	call of the scrapheap	main man	2013					0:28:57 (Pop-up)
pork	grandslam baby   → "grandslam baby" by "pork"	7"	no. 6 records	1993					0:31:04 (Pop-up)
johnny bench with the cincinnati pops	casey at the bat   → "casey at the bat" by "johnny bench with the cinci...	casey at the bat	mmg	1980					0:45:07 (Pop-up)
the airport 77s	it it's on i'm in   → "it it's on i'm in" by "the airport 77s"	don't let go	jem			new album coming in May!		*	1:00:26 (Pop-up)
the modbeats	fairweather friends   → "fairweather friends" by "the modbeats"	4 song ep	mayleen			this song available individually on bandcamp		*	1:02:10 (Pop-up)
private lives	dealer's choice   → "dealer's choice" by "private lives"	salt of the earth	feel it			bandcamp CanCon: ✅		*	1:05:35 (Pop-up)
miranda & the beat	can't take it   → "can't take it" by "miranda & the beat"	can't take it	ernest jenning record co. / wild honey / khanibalism			bandcamp		*	1:08:05 (Pop-up)
roseblood	become the night   → "become the night" by "roseblood"	s/t	roseblood			Kathy Foster from The Thermals, Hurry Up, etcc. bandcamp		*	1:10:44 (Pop-up)
tuff sunshine	elevator eyes   → "elevator eyes" by "tuff sunshine"	vanity matrix	declared goods			playing live on the show on Weds. May 7! bandcamp		*	1:23:06 (Pop-up)
the laureates	house of wives   → "house of wives" by "the laureates"	and then not even then	funambulist	2017		bandcamp			1:26:26 (Pop-up)
meat whiplash	here it comes   → "here it comes" by "meat whiplash"	collected/contextualized	silver girl			One CD of Meat Whiplash songs from the '80s, one CD of bands covering Meat Whiplash bandcamp		*	1:29:03 (Pop-up)
dan melchior und das menace	manatee and crow   → "manatee and crow" by "dan melchior und das menace"	natural anxiety	radicaldocuments			bandcamp		*	1:31:43 (Pop-up)
brian bilston & the catenary wires	alexa, what is there to know about love   → "alexa, what is there to know about love" by "bria...	sounds made by humans	skep wax			album out in May! bandcamp			1:34:23 (Pop-up)
sparks	do things my own way   → "do things my own way" by "sparks"	mad!	transgressive			bandcamp album out in May!		*	1:46:22 (Pop-up)
vnv nation	silence speaks   → "silence speaks" by "vnv nation"	silence speaks	anachron sounds					*	1:49:49 (Pop-up)
snapped ankles	pay the rent   → "pay the rent" by "snapped ankles"	hard times furious dancing	the leaf label			bandcamp		*	1:54:36 (Pop-up)
the electronic circus	direct lines   → "direct lines" by "the electronic circus"	va-bob stanley & pete wiggs present the tears of technology	ace	2020		this song orig 1981			2:00:09 (Pop-up)
zabrecky	our magic   → "our magic" by "zabrecky"	single	in the red					*	2:03:45 (Pop-up)
bliss	rock and roll queen   → "rock and roll queen" by "bliss"	pure bliss	reminder			previously unreleased mid/late '70s recordings		*	2:15:07 (Pop-up)
creem circus	switched on   → "switched on" by "creem circus"	get.switched.on	creem circus			bandcamp		*	2:17:11 (Pop-up)
psych-o-positive	electric fratboy   → "electric fratboy" by "psych-o-positive"	single	psych-o-positive			bandcamp			2:20:56 (Pop-up)
ultra lights	it's your funeral   → "it's your funeral" by "ultra lights"	7"	chunklet			bandcamp		*	2:24:59 (Pop-up)
sea fever	loose cut   → "loose cut" by "sea fever"	single	cosmic glue			Tom Chapman and Phil Cunningham from New Order, Beth Cassidy of Section 25		*	2:27:30 (Pop-up)
brian d'addario	nothing on my mind   → "nothing on my mind" by "brian d'addario"	till the morning	headstack			live tomorrow on Pseu's Thing With A Hook! (noon - 3pm EDT) bandcamp		*	2:40:54 (Pop-up)
31Ø8	rebecca   → "rebecca" by "31Ø8"	grn	31Ø8			bandcamp		*	2:44:19 (Pop-up)
mean magic	broken eyes   → "broken eyes" by "mean magic"	ii	mean magic			bandcamp		*	2:46:47 (Pop-up)
horsegirl	frontrunner   → "frontrunner" by "horsegirl"	phonetics on and on	matador			bandcamp		*	2:50:05 (Pop-up)
consumables	keys to the cell   → "keys to the cell" by "consumables"	infinite games	we are time			bandcamp Playing live on my show April 16th!		*	2:52:52 (Pop-up)
the baseball project	the yips   → "the yips" by "the baseball project"	grand salami time!	omnivore	2023					2:55:45 (Pop-up)