New release of the day: DUR-DUR BAND Volume 5: (Awesome Tapes From Africa): swinging Somali '85 funkDur-Dur Band - DooyoDur-Dur Band "Volume 5" (ATFA004), out March 19, 2013 CD/LP:iTunes:

New Kurt Vile video directed by Tom Scharpling:Kurt Vileyoutube.comWatch "KV Crimes" here.

Dust-To-Digital's brainchild....Natural Selection: An interview with Lance Ledbetter :: Oxford American - The Southern Magazine...www.oxfordamerican.orgNatural Selection: An interview with Lance LedbetterPublished on June 14 2013ByJullianne BallouJullianne Ballou is an associate editor of THE OA.Part IV of Against Authenticity A brief symposium on the good, the true, and the musical"Couple 1002" by David Plunkert A music historian and record colle...

MP3s of Ice Cream Truck Music from the Sweaty Streets of NYC, Vol 1: & Vol 2: ht Liz BergBust a gut - WFMU's Beware of the Blogblog.wfmu.orgMP3s of Ice Cream Truck Music: Mr. Softee Tune | Anonymous Ice Cream Truck Song | Ghetto Ice Cream Truck Song (personal favorite) Summertime weather has hit the eastern seaboard. Sidewalks in NYC are clogged with thousands of stainless steel...

This Thursday, Dave the Spazz broadcasting live from Barcade in Brooklyn:

Memphis killers THE OBLIVIANS in the WFMU studios, airing on Brian Turner's show Tuesday 3-6pm ET Fotos de Brian Turnerhey hey we're das oblivians

New release of the day: FUZZ Sleigh Ride 7" (In the Red) Ty Segall's new proto-metal/psych trioFuzz: Sleigh Ride | Midheaven Mailorderwww.midheaven.com<p>Fuzz are Roland Cosio (bass), Charlie Moothart (guitar) and Ty Segall (drums and vocals). The band more than lives up to their name with a a sludg...

Saturday 6-9pm ET on Transpacific Sound Paradise w/Rob Weisberg, an Afro-Brazilian drum onslaught with Maracatu NY:Maracatu New Yorkmaracatuny.comBrooklyn Based Percussion Group

New release of the day: BRIAN HARNETTY The Star-Faced One (Atavistic) soundcollage/Sun Ra archive/interview plunder with live instrumentationbrian harnetty :: the star-faced onewww.brianharnetty.com

Morbid tumblr removes dead people from album cover art:LIVE !liveiseedeadpeoples.tumblr.com(i see dead people) by jean- marie delbes & hatim el hihi

Meet the Worlds First Music Pirate: Wynant Van Zant Pearce Bradley, Who Bootlegged Records in the early 1900s:Democracy of Sound by Alex Cummings - Paste Magazinewww.pastemagazine.comPeople have been messing around with sound and sound-producing technology—in ways that upset other people—for more than 100 years … basically since music and music technology entered the modern era.

New Yoko track to commemorate kickoff to her Meltdown Festival this weekend in the UK:Yoko Ono – Moonbeams: New musicwww.guardian.co.ukA two-minute monologue about Earth's creation … and then the bass drops. Hear the exclusive premiere of new music from Yoko Ono

New release of the day: V/A COMBI ROCK ALGORECORDS neat LP sampler of Chilean psych/garagepunk, Perrosky and more:Algorecordswww.facebook.comSello discográfico independiente creado el 2002 por los hermanos Gómez. Actual casa de Perrosky,...

New release of the day: PUKER Perfect Hair Forever CDR "pop chipmunk punk crud garbage get bent pop NZ"PUKER, by Perfect hair forever1 track album

A look at WFMU & KCRWLeft of the dial: Independent radio in the digital agewww.engadget.com\"This room is, to a certain extent, a trophy room,\" Jason Bentley admits, his morning DJ voice rendered even smoother than usual following an in-studio

Quik Looks _ Forthcoming PopSpots about New York CItywww.popspotsnyc.cominsert description

New release of the day: SPACEHEADS Sun Radar EP: return of the fabulous drums/live trumpet loops/FX UK duo:Sun Radar EP, by Spaceheads4 track album

FMA downloads of the Black Pus sesh from this weekend!Free Music Archive: Black Pus - Live on WFMU's Dangerous For The Brain with Thomas Storck - June...freemusicarchive.orgBlack Pus, furious solo project of drummer Brian Chippendale from Lightning Bolt, brings back his feedback-charged and spastic loop-fraught beats to WFMU. Overload your earballs and enjoy!

On Aerial View: "It's like a death in the family.": Mourning Maxwell's. With the stunning news that the legendary Hoboken, NJ club is closing, outpourings of grief have flooded social media. Chris T. invites your epitaphs for another installment of "The Place You Love Is Gone." Call 201-209-WFMU Tuesday, 6 to 7 PM, and share a Maxwell's memory.

RIP Arturo VegaArturo Vega Painter and Graphic Designer Dies In New York - ArtLystwww.artlyst.comArturo Vega, painter and graphic designer best known for his logo for the Punk band The Ramones, has died at the age of 65. Vega, also designed some o

Live from Barcade in Williamsburg Thursday night June 20th! Join Dave the Spazz for a live broadcast/listener meetup featuring a Cavalcade DJ All-Stars: Mr. Finewine, Gaylord Fields, Rex, Matt Fiveash, Michael Shelley, Joe Belock and Todd-a-Phonic Todd!Listener Meetup Groupwww.meetup.comJoin WFMU's Dave the Spazz and his Cavalcade of Stars (Gaylord Fields, Michael Shelley, Rex, Mr. Finewine, Todd-a-Phonic Todd, Joe Belock, and Matt Fiveash) for a live broadcast, listener meet-up

Tuesday 3-6pm ET: Brian Turner airs part 2 of his mammoth performance in the WFMU studios w/Danny Ray Thompson + Marshall Allen (of the Sun Ra Arkestra) w/Ed Wilcox on drums, Jerry Mayall on bass, and electronics pioneer Charles Cohen!

New release of the day: THE FOCUS GROUP Elektric Carousel: UK's Julian House, ghostly electronic pop tapestries:The Focus Group - The Elektrik KarouselThe Elektrik Karousel is the new album from The Focus Group, the alias of graphic designer and co-manager of Ghost Box records Julian House, and it...

Monday morning 9-Noon on Liz Berg's show, an exclusive interview Liz did with Giorgio Moroder!Fotos de la biografíaMonday June 10th 9-Noon: Liz Berg interviews electronic music hero Giorgio Moroder! It's hard to believe that one man is singularly responsible for schlager-pop/bubblegum tracks like "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Mah-Na-Mah-Na," Donna Summer's top disco hits, moog experimentations like Einzelganger, and soundtracks to films like "Scarface" and "The Never Ending Story." Giorgio has collaborated with everyone from Blondie to Bowie, and most recently he's begun a DJ career, written a song with Daft Punk, and scored a video game by Google. Tune in to find out what's next for this dynamo.

More Maxwells ads of yore (note Pearl Jam opening for Big Chief)another bunch of Voice adsanother bunch of Voice ads

Dr. Seuss turning down an offer to do a Chills LP coverFotos de la biografíaIf you've still not found the spare pennies to splash out for the just released $6000 Chills box set there's still Andrew Schmidt's Chills feature on AudioCulture, including this wonderful 1984 letter from Dr. Seuss to Martin

Tonight on Transpacific Sound Paradise with Rob Weisberg 6-9pm: FANFARE CIOCARLIA live at Pace: It's a Romanian speed-brass blast from the recent past and a taste of brass to come! Last September, legendary Romani (Gypsy) band Fanfare Ciocarlia whipped a packed house at Pace University's Schimmel Center into a frenzy with its trademark breakneck speed brass onslaught. If you missed the mayhem, fear not: We'll broadcast that Sept 22 New York Gypsy Festival concert in its entirety tonight, remixed superbly for radio by engineer extraordinaire Don Wood. And you'll have another chance to be blown away by Fanfare Ciocarlia in person, when they play Central Park Summerstage with New York's own Indian-style brass wizards Red Baraat on Sunday afternoon July 14th.Fanfare Ciocarlia - Caravan -WWW.ASPHALT-TANGO.com asphalt tango production agency@asphalt-tango.de fon: ++49.+30.285 85 28 fax: ++49.+30.285 85 12 for booking requests: booking@asphalt-...

BLACK PUS! the furious solo project of drummer Brian Chippendale from Lightning Bolt. Overload your earballs with a live session on Dangerous For the Brain w/Thomas Storck, Sunday morning 6-9am on WFMU!PUS MORTEM, by Black Pus8 track album

JOE FRANK FANS: five new Joe Frank episodes airing on Irwin Chusid's show: June 12 Joe Frank - Unfictional Radio Dramas Five new Joe Frank radio dramas will air on Irwin's program during June and July. These half-hour programs, produced for KCRW's "Unfictional" series, were acquired for WFMU through the Public Radio Exchange. Each episode explores Joe Frank's penchant for the disconcerting and often darkly humorous monolog, and the creative quality matches the best of Frank's previous work heard on WFMU. Each episode will air at 4:00pm (Eastern) Wednesday. The June 12 episode is entitled "Dreamers." June 19 Joe Frank - Unfictional Radio Dramas Five new Joe Frank radio dramas will air on Irwin's program during June and July. These half-hour programs, produced for KCRW's "Unfictional" series, were acquired for WFMU through the Public Radio Exchange. Each episode explores Joe Frank's penchant for the disconcerting and often darkly humorous monolog, and the creative quality matches the best of Frank's previous work heard on WFMU. Each episode will air at 4:00pm (Eastern) Wednesday. The June 19 episode is entitled "Old Man." June 26 Joe Frank - Unfictional Radio Dramas Five new Joe Frank radio dramas are airing on Irwin's program during June and July. These half-hour programs, produced for KCRW's "Unfictional" series, were acquired for WFMU through the Public Radio Exchange. Each episode explores Joe Frank's penchant for the disconcerting and often darkly humorous monolog, and the creative quality matches the best of Frank's previous work heard on WFMU. The third episode, entitled "Thief," airs Weds. June 26 at 4pm (Eastern). July 3 Joe Frank - Unfictional Radio Dramas Two more new Joe Frank radio dramas will air on Irwin's program during July. These half-hour programs, produced for KCRW's "Unfictional" series, were acquired for WFMU through the Public Radio Exchange. Each episode explores Joe Frank's dark thoughts and candid observations. The dramatic quality of these new episodes matches the best of Frank's previous work heard on WFMU. The fourth episode, entitled "A Conversation," airs Weds. July 3at 4pm (Eastern). The dialogue in this episode will tick off some people. Tune in and test the limits of your tolerance. July 17 Joe Frank - Unfictional Radio Dramas The last of five new Joe Frank radio dramas will air on Irwin's program on July 17. These half-hour programs, produced for KCRW's "Unfictional" series, were acquired for WFMU through the Public Radio Exchange. Each episode explores Joe Frank's dark thoughts and candid observations. The dramatic quality of these new episodes matches the best of Frank's previous work heard on WFMU. The final episode, "A Hollywood True Story," will air Weds. July 17 at 4pm (Eastern).

New release of the day: HAILU MERGIA one man Ethio accordion/keys from 85 Awesome Tapes From Africa label:Awesome Tapes from Africa: Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrumentwww.awesometapes.comAwesome Tapes from Africa: You Have to Hear This

Progresiv TM - Crede-mă(1974)music: Ladislau Herdina words: Zoltan Kovacs recorded at: Radio București album: Formații de musică pop vol.1(1975) line-up: Ladislau Herdina: Leader, Lead G...

Sietsema's Fond Farewell to Nightlife Legend Maxwell'sny.eater.comI was bassist in a band called Mofungo from 1979 to 1993. We were headquartered in the East Village, and played a style of music called Swerve or Skronk,...

WFMU's summer schedule takes effect Monday, June 10th running through December:WFMU's June to December 2013 Program Schedule - Tablewww.wfmu.org

Yo La Tengo bids a tender - then noisy - adieu to Maxwell'swww.nj.comNo band has been more associated with Maxwell's over the years than Yo La Tengo, so it was only fitting that the Hoboken-based trio say farewell to its favorite club not once but twice this past Saturday night. Originally slated to perform as its cover-band alter ego the Condo F*cks, Yo La Tengo was...