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Clinic |
Distortions
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Internal Wrangler | Domino | 2000 | Hello and welcome! | |||||
Curve |
Horror Head
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Doppelganger | Anxious Records | 1992 | heyyyy heyyyyy | 0:03:47 (Pop-up) | ||||
Wayne Shorter |
Ponta De Areia
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Native Dancer | Sony | 1975 | go off, wayne ! It's 3am and I'm ready to boogie | 0:07:24 (Pop-up) | ||||
Music behind DJ: Cash Cobain |
rump punch (instrumental) ![]() |
PLAY CASH COBAIN (instrumental) |
Giant |
2024 |
time to yap |
0:12:30 (Pop-up) |
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Cindy Lee |
Kingdom Come
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Diamond Jubilee | Superior Viaduct | 2024 | Album of the year for last year? | 0:14:32 (Pop-up) | ||||
Flaming Lips |
Riding to Work In The Year 2025
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Race for the Prize (Deluxe EP) | Warner | 1999 | Zaireeka! | 0:19:05 (Pop-up) | ||||
Deep Heat |
Do It Again
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Eccentric Soul: Omnibus | numero group | 2012 | some dan. | 0:24:56 (Pop-up) | ||||
Scratch Acid |
Owner's Lament
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s/t EP | Touch And Go Records | 1984 | ok im trying to wake myself up. 3am is just 5pm but earlier in the day. a good jumping around studio A should help me feel that way. | 0:28:30 (Pop-up) | ||||
Chris Gantry |
Flashlight
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Motor Mouth | Sony Music | 1970 | wow these drums!!!!!!!! | 0:32:55 (Pop-up) | ||||
Music behind DJ: Rick Deitrick |
Abedonia ![]() |
River Sun River Moon |
Tompkins Square |
2017 |
blah blah blah |
0:35:36 (Pop-up) |
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Winter |
Wish I Knew
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What Kind of Blue Are You? | Bar None | 2022 | perfect dream poppyness. Delish | 0:38:21 (Pop-up) | ||||
Greg Mendez |
Maria
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Greg Mendez | Dead Oceans | 2023 | Greg! you did so good with this song. very proud | 0:41:49 (Pop-up) | ||||
Happy End |
Ashita Atari wa Kitto Hare
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HAPPY END | King Record Co. | 1973 | Hosono is always going off | 0:43:46 (Pop-up) | ||||
Archie Shepp & Romulus Franceschini |
Quiet Dawn
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Attica Blues | Verve | 1972 | these vocals were made for WFMU. | 0:47:48 (Pop-up) | ||||
The Boys Next Door |
Shivers
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Door, Door | Mushroom | 1979 | down my SPIYAYAYAYANE YAYAYAYAYAYANE | 0:54:04 (Pop-up) | ||||
Music behind DJ: Miles Davis Quintet |
Circles ![]() |
Miles Smiles |
Sony |
1967 |
yapping away |
0:58:43 (Pop-up) |
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Debris Bardot |
Demonstration/Demonetization
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What Does Demo Stand For - Single | Dis chord | 2025 | great new single from a great NYC band! | * | ||||
Lily Seabird |
Sweepstake
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Trash Mountain | Lame-O | 2025 | New album is incredible. Thank you lily, and godbless | * | 1:04:12 (Pop-up) | |||
The Sundays |
Can't Be Sure
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Cry - EP | Geffen | 1997 | le demo! | 1:07:28 (Pop-up) | ||||
The Concretes |
You Can't Hurry Love
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The Concretes | Licking Fingers | 2003 | thank you sweden | 1:10:46 (Pop-up) | ||||
Graham Nash |
I Used to Be a King
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songs for beginners | Atlantic | 1971 | Thank you Matt Warwick for putting me on, oh so many years ago! | 1:12:51 (Pop-up) | ||||
Bill Callahan |
Sycamore
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Woke on a Whaleheart | Drag City | 2007 | best songs named after trees? anyone got some ideas? | 1:17:33 (Pop-up) | ||||
Music behind DJ: |
blab |
1:24:56 (Pop-up) |
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Good Morning |
Oppsie
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Single | self-released | 2016 | Thank you, australia ! | 1:25:11 (Pop-up) | ||||
fIREHOSE |
Sometimes
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if'n | SST | 1987 | Husker Du on le cover! | 1:27:28 (Pop-up) | ||||
Yuck |
Get Away
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Yuck | Fat Possum Records | 2011 | top 5 band name | 1:30:51 (Pop-up) | ||||
Boy Factory |
Collages
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Closer To/Collages | Angel Landing | 2024 | also a good band name... | 1:34:32 (Pop-up) | ||||
800 Cherries |
honeydew blue
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romantico | March Records | 1998 | the album cover makes me think of spongebob. in a good way | 1:38:43 (Pop-up) | ||||
Built To Spill |
Fling
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There's Nothing Wrong with Love | Sub Pop | 1994 | Thinking about it, built to spill is also an awesome band name. and here I am, thinking that making a good band name is an impossible task. This set says otherwise... | 1:42:05 (Pop-up) | ||||
Music behind DJ: |
yammer away |
1:46:01 (Pop-up) |
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My Morning Jacket |
Sweetheart
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Chocolate and Ice EP | Badman Recording Co. | 2002 | God awful album cover, but the music is great. | 1:46:41 (Pop-up) | ||||
Beck |
Teenage Wastebasket
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One Foot In the Grave | Iliad Records | 1994 | Big thank you to Isaiah Fraley for showing me this one! | 1:50:08 (Pop-up) | ||||
Ivy |
Baker
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Apartment Life | Bar None | 1997 | Oh, to be a baker. To have a fresh loaf of bread this morning. | 1:52:41 (Pop-up) | ||||
Evinha |
Olha Eu Aqui Oh! Oh! Oh!
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Eva | EMI Record Ltd | 1974 | Oh I'm dancing my heart out here in Jersey City. | 1:55:50 (Pop-up) | ||||
Florry |
Hey Baby
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Sounds Like... | Dear Life | 2025 | Highly anticipated album this year. Florry is one special freakin band! | * | 1:58:33 (Pop-up) | |||
Music behind DJ: |
ya ya ya |
2:01:30 (Pop-up) |
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Pavement |
Greenlander
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Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe | Matador | 1992 | Has anyone seen the new movie yet? | 2:02:57 (Pop-up) | ||||
Addie Alaimo |
Shatto 39
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A For Album | self-released | 2025 | arguably the best song about bowling | * | 2:06:06 (Pop-up) | |||
Forth Wanderers |
Tough Love
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Tough Love | self-released | 2016 | Many thanks to the greatest state there is, New Jersey. The devils might not have made it out the playoffs, but they've won the championship that is my heart. | 2:13:19 (Pop-up) | ||||
One Plus Two |
Promise
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Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987 (V/A) | Numero | 2020 | you can taste the rickenbackers | 2:17:19 (Pop-up) | ||||
S.C.A.B. |
Patterns
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Beauty and Balance | Spirit Goth Records | 2019 | I believe SCAB is the acronym for their names... shoutout Sean Cory Alec and Brandon | 2:20:31 (Pop-up) | ||||
Should |
Spangle
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Feed Like Fishes | Numero | 1998 | Sometimes the formula for indie rock band names is opening to a random page in the dictionary—Frog. Pavement. Should. | 2:23:34 (Pop-up) | ||||
Music behind DJ: |
last blah |
2:27:02 (Pop-up) |
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Island of Love |
Hideaway
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Promo Tape | Smoking Room | 2020 | another hit from one of my favorite labels ! | 2:29:05 (Pop-up) | ||||
Oldstar |
Chrome Drumset
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Of the Highway | self-released | 2025 | im a rock and roller, late for my show! | * | 2:31:45 (Pop-up) | |||
Hayden |
Dynamite Walls
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Skyscraper National Park | Hardwood | 2001 | shoutout my dad for sending this to me. Jon Gertner! | 2:35:37 (Pop-up) | ||||
Dutch Interior |
The Man Can Dance
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Blinded By Fame | American Death | 2023 | I hope this song is about me. | 2:41:48 (Pop-up) | ||||
The Byrds |
My Back Pages
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Younger Than Yesterday | Columbia | 1967 | absolute classic. have a lovely saturday ! | 2:46:01 (Pop-up) | ||||
Damien Jurado |
Hello, I'm Leaving
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Passing the Giraffes | Maraqopa | 2023 | Letting the noise go until they kick me out. I'd like to see them try. | 2:51:34 (Pop-up) |
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Listener comments!
bengertner:
Rob Gee - Hanoi:
Spikey BXL:
Destroit:
Hubig Pie:
cbunny:
Quiet Dawn is new to me and so fresh!
cbunny:
cbunny:
cbunny:
cbunny:
radioronan:
cbunny:
Thanks!
tom tom the pipers son:
fred:
cbunny:
fred:
Spikey BXL:
cbunny:
I like it !
noticing and appreciating your inclinations toward warped twisted distorted guitar parts.
bengertner:
cbunny:
Spikey BXL:
cbunny:
one of my favorite times last year was sitting next to Bibbe Hansen before and after her reading at a little wine bar, reading bits of her story.
I’ve never met Beck.
Bonnie Prince Jamie:
fred:
Mr. Pumpy:
Mr. Pumpy:
fred:
Strandlund:
cbunny:
radioronan:
bengertner:
cbunny:
i’ve been feeling better and better while listening.