Live at Monty Hall In Person and On the Air: Freeform Roulette with Amanda Nazario and Jody Peyote
Sunday, June 29th, 5pm - 6pm
on
Radio Row
Bring YOUR records and CDs to Monty Hall, and we’ll play them live on the radio in a freeform fest. Hosts Amanda Nazario and Jody Peyote will spin and back-announce your precious physical media; bring us whatever styles or genres you want! Dancing and hanging out is encouraged! Don’t fear Freeform Roulette: take a gamble and be a part of it. Free!
Royal Arctic Institute
Monday, June 30th, 3:01pm - 6pm
on
Scott Williams's show
The Royal Arctic Institute weds the textures and vocabulary of that ol' lonesome highway to structures of post-punk and even prog, through a prism of drone and krautrock. It's cinematic noir-ish post-everything instrumental music, performed by four gents who have played with everyone from Das Damen to Roky Erickson to Townes Van Zandt!
Compulsory surveillance and other threats
Monday, June 30th, 6pm - 7pm
on
Techtonic with Mark Hurst
Surveillance technologies are now becoming deeply woven into everyday life. Mattel
toys announced new embedded AI. ICE agents are now using handheld facial recognition
on the street to identify anyone in their field of vision. Google is spying even
more on you. And Musk's rocket parts are raining down on Mexico.
CREEM CIRCUS
Wednesday, July 2nd, Noon - 3pm
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Philadelphia's Creem Circus sound just like you'd expect a band named after two of the biggest rock magazines of the '70s to sound. Their latest album is called Get.Switched.On.
The Lookout Honeys Thursday, July 3rd, 9pm - Midnight
on
Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
Mettlesome rock & roll from Brooklyn, this all-female group, bursting with hot-rodding riffs and snarling vocals, takes to the airwaves in advance of their appearance at Mama Tried's 3rd Annual Rock & Roll BBQ on July 4th.
The Cheater Slicks
Friday, July 4th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Burn It Down! with Nate K.
Nate the K. can think of no better way to celebrate America’s birthday than with the one and only Cheater Slicks. The trio's take on Nuggets-style garage rock deconstructed with paint-peeling levels of distortion and bad vibes feels strikingly relevant and vital nearly 40 years on from when the band first started. Don't miss the Cheater Slicks on their brief east coast tour starting June 26 in Philadelphia. But if you do, WFMU has you covered.
Tonight's guest: Paul Humphreys of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Saturday, July 5th, 5pm - 9pm
on
Bob Barth's One Night Stand
(on Sheena's Jungle Room Stream)
LIVE from Los Angeles: We're thrilled to welcome Paul Humphreys, co-founder and keyboardist of the legendary Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)! With a catalog that helped define the sound of synth-pop in the 1980s and a 2023 album (Bauhaus Staircase) that landed them their highest UK chart position in decades, Paul brings decades of electronic music innovation to the show. From classics like "Enola Gay," "If You Leave," and "Electricity" to their latest masterpiece "Bauhaus Staircase" – their first album in six years – OMD continues to be one of synth-pop's most enduring and influential acts. Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear from one of the architects of electronic music who helped shape the sound of a generation! So crank up that volume for an exclusive conversation with one of electronic music's true visionaries! All that & more! July 5th at 2pm-6pm PT, 5pm - 9pm ET.
Drop-In Presents: A Session with Jeff Magnum
Saturday, July 5th, 6pm - 7pm
on
Drop-In
(on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
Jeff Magnum (the only Dead Boys bassist that matters) packs about as much rock & roll punch into one hour of music as humanly possible. Join Jeff for a jam-packed set of some of his favorites throughout the years.
Pyrrhon!
Monday, July 7th, 3am - 6am
on
Anti-Music Club with Land Phil
NYC's Pyrrhon comes to WFMU for a live set in studio B! Tune in for an intense extended set from the progressive death metal outfit that will crush your ear drums, confuse your insides, and leave you craving more of the unique hard hitting technical wizardry that only Pyrrhon can deliver.
CHRIS STAMEY
Wednesday, July 9th, Noon - 3pm
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Chris Stamey calls in to chat about his forthcoming new album Anything Is Possible (Label 51 Recordings), due out on July 11. The album includes appearances and contributions from The Lemon Twigs, Mitch Easter, Marshall Crenshaw, and many other familiar names. as well as a Beach Boys cover with the help of Brian Wilson bandmembers Probyn Gregory and Darian Sahanaja. Chris and his band will be playing at City Winery on Thursday July 10.
John Schnall’s Midnight Matinee presents The Matrix Has Been Drinking
Saturday, July 12th, Midnight - 3am
on
Inflatable Squirrel Carcass with Rich Hazelton
It’s been one of *those* nights… Morpheus is passed out on the bar. Agent Smith’s singing karaoke by the jukebox. Neo and Trinity are making out in the corner. Cyber’s lying on the floor trying to keep the room from spinning. Apoc and Switch are playing quarters. The whole place reeks of digital booze. And the Matrix has been drinking.
Join John Schnall’s Midnight Matinee on July 12 from midnight to 1 am for The Matrix Has Been Drinking, with music by Tom Waits. On Rich Hazelton’s Inflatable Squirrel Carcass.
Go home Matrix, you’re drunk.
Drop In Presents The Return of the Rock n Roll Psychosis with Larry from the Hudson Valley
Saturday, July 12th, 6pm - 7pm
on
Drop-In
(on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
Another hour of crazed Rock n Roll/ Rockabilly, Rockin' Blues, and Punk to warp your mind...
Made Through Ritual: James “Plunky” Branch Interview
Saturday, July 12th, 7pm - 10pm
on
Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman
(on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Jazz sax player James “Plunky" Branch has created Avant-Garde Afro-Centric Jazz for over 50 years. His group Ju Ju recorded several albums for legendary independent Jazz recored labels such as Strata-East and Black Fire. Host David Mittleman interviewed Plunky about his lengthy musical career and his latest album (Plunky & Oneness of Juju Made Through Ritual) for a three-hour special devoted to his music.
Daniel Menche
Monday, July 14th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Daniel Blumin's show
Hot on the heels of his performance at the Summer Scum festival at TV EYE, Portland, Oregon experimental/noise/drone musician, video artist and photographer Daniel Menche returns to WFMU to spin some of his recordings (unreleased, forthcoming and otherwise) and to chat about not only his vast solo career with releases on labels such as Soleilmoon, Editions Mego and Utech but also his many collaborations with the likes of Kevin Drumm, KK Null & Aaron Turner!
Briana Marela
Wednesday, July 16th, 9pm - Midnight
on
Radio Ravioli with Olivia
Following her show at Nightclub 101 on July 15, with Alice Does Computer Music and Pink Must, Briana Marela stops by to play a set of live music at WFMU. Based in Oakland, Briana recently released her album My Inner Rest on AKP Recordings, a collection of 12 electroacoustic songs performed live by Briana Marela in the Mills College concert hall. Singing over lush soundscapes with vocal samples and swirling, skittering synths, Briana's music is a vital document in learning how to love and have compassion for oneself.
Drop In Presents JReganK's Duck & Cover
Saturday, July 19th, 6pm - 7pm
on
Drop-In
(on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
JReganK is back for another hour of Saturday show stopping songs. Get ready to hear the only covers you'll ever catch him under in July!
Pseu Braun host musical guest, Brooklyn Freak Folkers, “Billygoat". Live at Monty Hall and broadcast on Radio Row
Sunday, July 27th, 5pm - 6pm
on
Radio Row
BILLYGOAT is Michelle Segre, Jennifer Sirey and Kathryn Lewis.
With plucked strings, slide, keys and percussion, their original songs employ haunting, lyrical harmonies evoking everything from perky despair to transcendent,
cosmic optimism. Hailing from New York City, their musical roots are a diverse mix of English Psych Folk, American Old Time, and the dissonant sounds of a Post-Punk generation.
SAVAK
Wednesday, July 30th, Noon - 3pm
on
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
SAVAK returns for their record-setting (not yet verified by Guinness) FIFTH appearance on The Evan “Funk” Davies Show! The Brooklyn band has just released their seventh LP, SQUAWK!, and 2025 also marks the 10th anniversary of the band’s formation. Core members and songwriters Sohrab Habibion and Michael Jaworski continue to raise the bar with every release; early reviews of SQUAWK! have name-checked Wire, the Rolling Stones, and Mission Of Burma. Tune in and see if you agree.
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