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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