Looking Back on 2022 | 7-10 PM EST

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin some favorite tracks from new, reissued, rediscovered, and archival compilation 2022 releases

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Looking Back on Looking Back in the Bodega | 7-10 PM EST

 

Tonight, we ready ourselves to start our 10th year on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, revisiting nine years of Bodega Pop compilations

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Manuel Göttsching (1952-2022)

 

Tonight, from 7-10 PM EST on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we mark the passing of influential musician and composer Manuel Göttsching with a tribute focused on his work with Ash Ra Tempel and The Cosmic Jokers in the 1970s and his solo work and Ashra output in the 1980s

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THE ARAB AVANT-GARDE | 2020s

 

7-10 PM EST TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin pandemic-era experimental music from the Arabic-speaking world

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FOLK | 7-10 PM EST

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio we're spinning acid folk, folk rock, psychedelic folk, folk experimentation, neo folk, and more

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ITALO PUNK | 7-10 PM EST

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin punk, noise, darkwave, DIY, underground, new wave, industrial, synth pop, lo-fi & postpunk from Bel Paese.

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de São Paulo | 7-10 PM EST

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin tropicália, samba, psychedelic, post-punk, and hip-hop on vinyl found in the southern hemisphere's biggest metropolis

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Who Will Buy These Beautiful Evils? 7-10 PM EDT

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio we spin a sweeping survey of Swedish psychedelic and progressive sounds

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Traffic Jammers | 7-10 PM EDT

Rare and beloved ear-bending jams on vinyl from Nigeria, Greece, Japan, France, Lebanon, Egypt, Algeria, and beyond ... all guaranteed* to stop traffic.

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*Actual traffic patterns may vary depending upon a multiplicity of factors.

International Singles Going Steady | 7-10 PM EDT

It's Singles Going Steady Week on WFMU! Tonight on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we're spinning a few favorite 45s from Algeria, Argentina, Canada, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Lebanon, Morocco, Niger, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen, the UK, and the USA

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alt.STEREOLAB | 7-10 PM EDT

 

Tonight on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Bodega Pop spins Stereolab demos, covers, deconstructions, early tracks, live recordings, collaborations, post- projects, homage-podge + a few faves

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INTERNATIONAL VINYL | 7-10 PM EDT

Tonight on Bodega Pop on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: American jazz. Asian pop and electronic. African and Middle Eastern traditional sounds. European experimental.

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The Fall | 7-10 PM EDT

 

For our first show of Fall 2022, we dive into four decades of recordings by the most prolific band of the British post-punk movement.

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BANDE À PART | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we focus on the music of exiles, loners, outsiders, rebels, and castaways.

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Mom Reacts | 7-10 PM EDT

 

Regular listeners know that Gary's Mom likes to show up in the comments now and then and claims to "love everything Gary plays." Mom joins us live on air tonight for the three full hours; we'll see whether or not she's lying

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African 78s Part 2: Central + East + South

From 7-10 PM EDT tonight on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin early 20th Century recordings on 78 RPM records from Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa

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SATISFACTION | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EDT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin covers, samples, deconstructions, mash-ups, quotes, and mere mentions of the putatively greatest rock and roll song

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Thrift Score | 7-10 PM EDT

Now in progress on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: 50+ gobsmacking international vinyl gems found in our local thrift shop. Inspired by my stepfather Hal & his own thrift-store obsession. Hal is in the hospital. Thinking of him, mom and family tonight

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Unpredictable Sounds: The Americas

 

TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EDT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: Mexican & Chicano rock 'n' roll. Armenian jazz. An American-Egyptian collaboration. Chilean psychedelic. Immigrant songs from the dawn of recording history. Electronic Uruguayan folk. Hard rock from the Middle East. Progressive boogaloo. Early left-field hip-hop.

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NIEMEN: The Psychedelic Years (1966-78) | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin our second three-hour tribute to Poland's greatest recording artist. This special episode focuses on Niemen's most psychedelic and experimental studio output of the 1960s and '70s.

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FEARFULLY IN DANGER | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: Disquieting Venezuelan avant-electro-pop. Yugoslavian female hardcore. Russian apocalyptic industrial. Nigerian commentary on the general condition. Heartbreaking songs from the most distressing Indian film ever. South American riot grrrls. A Rastafari ritual. And Nico.

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Bodega Pop's Super-Lush Summer Solstice-ish Listening Party!

 

TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EDT, Bodega Pop on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio spins unedited sides of ear-bending DIY, funk, hip-hop, new wave, psychedelic, surf, and synthpop LPs from Brazil, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Mali, Mexico, South Africa, and Singapore

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Ziad Rahbani | 7-10 PM EDT

 

Ziad Rahbani is Lebanon’s most famous living composer. The son of the legendary singer Fairuz, Rahbani began his career in his early teens. Beirut-born DJ Ernesto Chahoud and French label We Want Sounds have reissued a handful of Rahbani’s enduring albums recently, but this show will mostly concentrate on work by the composer that has yet to be published outside of the Arabic-speaking world.

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Chants Algériens | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Bodega Pop spins Algerian music on 45, cassette, and LP

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London Is the Place for Me | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin African, African-American, Arabic, Asian, Caribbean, and Yiddish artists in the capital

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From Mahraganat to Shaabi with special guest Andrew Simon

 

TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EDT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Bodega Pop will be taking something of an audio tour of Andrew Simon’s new book Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt. Simon joins the broadcast (at approx. 7:30 pm)  to explore how Cairo street music mahraganat—and the official attempts to censor it—began decades earlier with shaabi, a form of folk music from northern Egypt, popular on cassette.

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On the DL: Stalking Duppi | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we'll listen to Japanese '80s underground from 45s, LPs, and flexi-discs downloaded from the late, great music blog, Stalking Duppi.

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Asakawa Maki 1970-80 | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Bodega Pop spins an all-vinyl immersion into the first decade of Asakawa Maki (浅川マキ), one of Japan's most beloved underground singers, featuring some of her greatest folk, blues, jazz, and avant-garde tracks

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Every Day Is Record Store Day | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio we spin recent-ish record store finds on vinyl from Benin, Brazil, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Turkey, and Zambia

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WORLD 2.0 | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin adventurous 21st century tracks from Brazil, China, Congo, East Turkistan, Egypt, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Spain, Senegal, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, USA, Vietnam

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The Third Unheard | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we'll be spinning  leftfield sounds from Japanese women and East German men on vinyl. Libyan Tuareg and some other obscure North African stuff. Israeli-Yemenite funk and International folk. Connecticut hip hop.

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GROUP SOUNDS | NIGERIA

 

TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EDT, Bodega Pop on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio spins rock, soul, funk, afrobeat, and disco from Africa's most populous country

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GROUP SOUNDS | JAMAICA

 

TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EDT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Bodega Pop spins pioneers, stalwarts, harmonizers, ambassadors, session men, and one-hit wonders of soul, ska, rocksteady, reggae, disco, funk, lovers rock, and dub

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Music from a Millionaires' Playground | 7-10 PM EDT Tonight

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio we spin vinyl from the Mediterranean. Tunisian traditional, Yugoslavian electronic, Egyptian noise, Greek dance, Moroccan folk, Israeli operatic, Algerian rai, Spanish DIY, Turkish Fuzz, Italian synth, Lebanese pop, French avant-garde, and more

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Marathon Week 2 | Stage Manage This!

 

7-10 PM EST TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Bronwyn B (Acid Jazz Hands) joins Gary in the bodega to spin the kahrayzee musiq and give away prizes -- all to help raise $ to keep the world's greatest freeform radio station in the black and on the air!

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Marathon Week #1: Jeff and Gary Wing It! | 7-10 PM

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Destination:Out's Jeff Golick joins Gary to play random tracks from around the world and give away prizes and help raise money for the greatest freeform radio station on earth

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Back to the Bodega | 7-10 PM EST

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio we'll spin music from around the world found in New York City's mom & pop grocery, media, and variety stores. Ukrainian electronica, Cuban son, Vietnamese soul, Syrian lament, Bosnian protest, and more.

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Bappi Lahiri (1952-2022)

 

7-10 PM tonight on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: Crowned Bollywood’s “Disco King” in the 1980s, Bappi Lahiri was the only child of Bengali musical artists Aparesh and Bansuri Lahiri and the nephew of playback singer Kishore Kumar. Though best known for his upbeat hits written for Disco Dancer and Dance Dance, Lahiri’s oeuvre was as varied as anyone’s in the business, including romantic soundtracks for evergreen classics like Chalte Chalte. Lahiri passed away last Wednesday, and this three-hour tribute will honor the full spectrum of his output.

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What I listen to when you're not around

 

 

TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EST on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, we spin tracks on vinyl from Algeria, Angola, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, and Zambia

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Lata (1929-2022) | 7-10 PM EST TONIGHT

 

Tonight on Bodega Pop on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio: South Asia lost its greatest voice on Sunday with the passing of revered Bollywood playback singer, Lata Mangeshkar. Lata’s career began before the partition and she continued to record, if sporadically, into the 21st century. This tribute will focus on her greatest tracks, from her first major hits of the late 1940s to rare but standout performances of the 1990s.

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Artifacts of the CD Era | 7-10 PM EST TONIGHT!

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Bodega Pop spins highlights from Les Archives de la Musique Arabe, DJ Spooky's book-CDs, Sublime Frequencies' radio series, John Peel's failed U.S. invasion, and Shibuya-kei's world takeover.

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Elza Soares: My Name Is Now | 7-10 PM EST

 

In a career that spanned six decades, Brazilian vocalist Elza Soares, who died last Thursday at 91, released some three dozen culture-shifting albums, becoming a national icon and international superstar. This tribute will touch on a bit of everything, from her early samba and samba-soul records of the 1960s and '70s to lesser-known gems from the '80s and '90s to her innovative, Grammy-winning work of the 21st century.

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A-Sides + Asides | 7-10 PM EST

 

TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EST, Bodega Pop on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio spins some favorite A-Sides ripped from our personal collection of LPs and cassettes from Japan, Nigeria, the United States, Lebanon, Poland, and Tanzania. Plus some gossip about those sides.

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Dutch Masters | 7-10 PM EST

 

Join us TONIGHT from 7-10 PM EST on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio as we spin three hours of folk, funk, prog, psychedelic, and punk sounds from the Netherlands

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Cairo Cassette Shop | 7-10 PM EST

 

TONIGHT on Bodega Pop on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio we play al-jil, al-tarab, bedouin, commercial pop, music for television, shaabi, and sung poetry from our personal collection of Egyptian tapes. See you there?

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