Hey WESU Alumni, friends, and Family who will be in town this week for Wesleyan's Commencement / Reunion... Please stop by WESU for our Open House, Friday 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. We'd love to see you and catch up. Plus we will have some food from The Red and Black Cafe and some WESU Swag for sale!

One hour of covers of "Come See About Me"05 15 SR 48 Come See About Medjcheshirecat.com

Selections from John Mayer, Engless Boogie, Sheila Lawrence, Lisa Gerrard, Peter Gabriel, Laurie McClain, James, The Rolling Stones, Trilok Gurtu, John Grant, Deadline and Miles Davis.05 14 Better Butter My Breaddjcheshirecat.com

Selections from Murder by Death, Flo and Eddie, Widowspeak, Forro in the Dark, The Flaming Lips, Mogwai, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Baroness, Frank Zappa, Boredoms, Pepe Deluxe, They Might be Giants and the Kleptones.05 07 I Step Correctdjcheshirecat.com

Thanks to those who've donated so far, for their Radio Love! WESU has raised 8,452.05. We still have a ways to go so please send a little (or a bunch) of $$ our way if at all possible.

WESU needs your support! Please donate online at

If you value WESU and haven't yet made a donation (most of you :) ), what are you waiting for? We are just one donation away from the $7,500 mark but we have a long way to go to meet our goal. Please keep the donations coming in! Support free form community radio. Donate online at

It's been over 24 hours since WESU received an online donation... if you've been thinking about donating to our Spring Pledge Drive, please help us break this dry spell. How else will we meet our goal so we can continue to bring the radio goodness to the kiddies! Donate online at

Pledges in the mail today from FL, NYC, Middletown, and Washington DC bring our total to $6,488.05. Please keep the love coming our way! donate online88.1 FMwww.wesufm.orgAlternative radio since 1939

Cool Hip Step Mag interview with WESU's "Global Bass" ambassador, DJ LoKash. Check him out on WESU, Friday late nights from 2-3am! Hip Hop & Global Bass: An Interview With DJ LOKASH - Hipstep Magazinewww.hipstepmagazine.usHSM’s Mizeyesis caught up with DJ LOKASH recently in a rare interview with the New England Hip Hop legend, who also blessed us with an exclusive mix! Connecticut, although a very small state with a history or perception to many of not being a hub of entertainment is in fact the opposite as I often...

Did you know that WESU programming is archived online and is available for listening for 2 weeks after the original broadcast? Archiveswesu.streamrewind.com

MiddletownRemix: Hear More, See More A Festival of Art & Sound Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 2pm to 5pm FREE!Music & Public Life, Crossing Disciplines, Creative Campus - Wesleyan Universitywww.wesleyan.eduAfter a year of exploring, sharing, and remixing the sounds of Middletown on the MiddletownRemix website, celebrate the city's acoustic identity at a festival featuring 4 world premieres of works commissioned for the festival, 3 live DJ sets, 2 art/sound installations, a laptop orchestra, food truck...

WESU's "kinder gentler pledge drive" approaches $6,000 mark on our way to $15,000 in community support. Show some love for community radio. Donate online at

WESU has raised $5,122 in our Spring Pledge Drive. With your support we can reach our goal. Support Community Radio online at88.1 FMwww.wesufm.orgAlternative radio since 1939

Tomorrow night during Wonderland on WESU Middletown, 88.1 FM, we'll be giving away a pair of tickets for the May 11th Project/Object show @ Toad's Place. Tune in at 88.1 FM or online atbetween 9:00 PM and 10:30 PM for your chance to win!WESU 88.1 FMwesufm.orgAlternative radio since 1939

Join your host Lord Lewis for a FRESH EDITION of the Rumpus Room TONIGHT (5/6/13) from 8-9:30 pm EDT on WESU 88.1 FM. Stream it live atThe best in vintage and contemporary heavy funk, soul, club jazz, reggae, ska, afro and latin dancefloor grooves. Pure Dynamite Mojo Explosion!

FRESH EDITION of the Rumpus Room TONIGHT (4/29/13) from 8-9:30 pm EDT on WESU 88.1 FM. Stream it live atThe best in vintage and contemporary heavy funk, soul, club jazz, reggae, ska, afro and latin dancefloor grooves. Pure Dynamite Mojo Explosion!WESU 88.1 FMwww.wesufm.orgAlternative radio since 1939

New Chart, Same James Blake, This Time with AnnotationsChart, Same James Blake, This Time with Annotationswesufm.org1 JAMES BLAKE Overgrown Republic 2 ADRIAN YOUNGE Adrian Younge Presents The Delfonics Wax Poetics The classic 70s Philly soul group (you might remember their iconic "Didn't I (Blo...

This week on Wild Wild Live: an exclusive interview/live recording with Baths and the live radio debut of the manic MPC stylings of the mysterious Doctor Hackensack. Tune in today at 5:05 pm!

This week on Wild Wild Live: an exclusive interview/live recording with Baths and the live radio debut of the manic MPC stylings of the mysterious Doctor Hackensack. Tune in today at 5:05 pm!

One hour of covers of "Everybody's Talkin'".04 24 SR 47 Everbodys Talkindjcheshirecat.com

Selections from The Damned, The Saints, Crisis, Warsar, The 101'ers, Tom Robinson Band, Alternative TV, Buzzcocks, Vic Godard, The Stranglers, A Certain Ratio, The Professionals, The Thermals, UK Subs, Manic Hispanic, Lesbian Bed Death and The Lords of the New Church.04 23 The Mole Goes Undergrounddjcheshirecat.com

Join your host DJ Lord Lewis for a FRESH EDITION of the Rumpus Room TONIGHT (4/1/13) from 8-9:30 pm EDT on WESU 88.1 FM. Stream it live atThe best in vintage and contemporary heavy funk, soul, club jazz, reggae, ska, afro and latin dancefloor grooves. Pure Dynamite Mojo Explosion!

WESU's stream of Zammuto, Snowblink, and The Japanese is online now! Tune in via the link below. Or come on down to Eclectic at 200 High St, Middletown CT and see the show in person!WESU Presentswesu.cloudspeaker.fm

One hour of covers of "Sweet Jane".03 27 SR 45 Sweet Janedjcheshirecat.com

Selections from Marianne Faithfull, Bruce Springsteen, Grace Potter, Flo and Eddie, Man, TS and the Past Haunts, Harry Nilsson, fun, Adam Ant, Syd Barrett, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, The Stooges, Cheeseburger, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Jack White, Endless Boogie, John Grant, Justice, Depeche Mode, Bonobo, Antibalas, Reggie Watts and Animal Collective. 03 26 Screaming All The Waydjcheshirecat.com

Selections from The Moody Blues, The Flaming Lips, Amon Duul, Hawkwind, Dennis the Fox, Willie Alexander and the Persistence of Memory Orchestra, Tim Buckley, Tim Cohen, Abunai!, Alec K. Redfearn and the Seizures, Six Organs of Admittance, John Grant, Doctor L, Johnny Marr, David Bowie, Frank Znort Quartet, Camper Van Beethoven and Mogwai.03 19 Bless All Our Sensesdjcheshirecat.com

Can't wait to have you Zammy!Fotos de la biografíaThe studio has been a busy place the last few days. Our tour with Snowblink starts tomorrow! 03/28/13 Thu Northampton MA Iron Horse Music Hall* 03/29/13 Fri Hamden CT Spaceland Ballroom$ 03/30/13 Sat Middletown CT Eclectic House* 03/31/13 Sun Montreal QC Il Motore* 04/01/13 Mon Toronto ON The Garrison* 04/03/13 Wed Grand Rapids MI Ladies Literary Club* 04/04/13 Thu Evanston IL SPACE* 04/05/13 Fri Iowa City IA Mission Creek Festival*^ 04/06/13 Sat Minneapolis MN 7th Street Entry* 04/07/13 Sun Northfield MN Carleton College* 04/08/13 Mon Grinnell IA Grinnell College* 04/10/13 Wed Cleveland OH Beachland Ballroom*# 04/12/13 Fri Columbus OH Wexner Center* 04/14/13 Sun Red Hook NY Bard College *with Snowblink #with Polina Kourakina ^with Trouble Lights $with Valgeir Sigurosson

check out Snowblink! Opening our free public concert with former The Books member Zammuto:

yeah you are.http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-ash4/211038_112013142199405_3216495_q.jpgThe JapaneseWE'RE PLAYING A SHOW SATURDAY WITH Zammuto and Snowblink. WOAH. 10 PM. ECLECTIC. BE THERE.

Zammuto is seriously too cool: Don't forget to RSVP here:- Shape Of Things To ComeCheck out more Pitchfork Documentaries here:Filmmaker Matt Day visits former Books member Nick Zammuto on his family's farm. ------ SUB...

happening NOW! FRESH EDITION of the Rumpus Room TONIGHT (4/15/13) from 8-9:30 pm EDT on WESU 88.1 FM. Stream it live atThe best in vintage and contemporary heavy funk, soul, club jazz, reggae, ska, afro and latin dancefloor grooves. Pure Dynamite Mojo Explosion!WESU 88.1 FMwww.wesufm.orgAlternative radio since 1939

One hour of covers of "This Wheel's on Fire".04 10 SR 46 This Wheels On Firedjcheshirecat.com

Selections from Broken Social Scene, Ducktails, The Flaming Lips, Marnie Stern, The Primitives, The Delfonics, Tim Maia, D'Angelo, Justin Timberlake, My Morning Jacket, Bruce Springsteen, Baroness, Amon Duul and Jack Rose. 04 09 Drinking Unholy Blooddjcheshirecat.com

yo! get to the boldy james show now!!! or stream it here:Presentswesu.cloudspeaker.fm

TOMORROWBoldy James - For The Birds (Produced by Chuck Inglish)Directed by Oliver Whitehouse:Follow @Decon on Twitter Sektion Red:http://www.facebo/...

Avenue Republic - Presents "G Higgz" (Part 2)Avenue Republic - Presents "G Higgz" (Part 2)

Boldy James, Gifted Higgz, Kill-F: A WESU ConcertMIC, G-HIGGZ, & JITTA ON THE TRACK - "TALKIN' MONEY" | PROD BY: DIMS 1MIC, G-HIGGZ, & JITTA ON THE TRACK "TALKIN' MONEY" PRODUCED BY: DIMS 1 MIXED BY JUICE OF ALL TRADES COPYRIGHT 2013

Don't miss the end of our Concert Series on Friday: Boldy James & Gifted HiggzFRIDAY: Boldy James & Gifted Higgzwesufm.orgFree for everyone! Boldy James is a wildly inventive, cool-headed MC from Detroit. He's due to release a new project with prolific producer The Alchemist later this year. Stereogum called his lates...

Come out to the WESU record fair this SUNDAY! It's free and will be nice and tight and so right. DO IT!

Thanks to Truancy Park for taking awesome pictures of Saturday night's concert with Zammuto Snowblink and The Japanese, and thanks to all of you who came outLive: Zammuto, Snowblink, The JapaneseWe'll be taking a look at Zammuto on the main page this week, as part of a new feature intersecting photography and music journalism. In the meantime, here's the full set of photos. They're from a concert at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT - part of the WESU Middletown concert series. With Zammuto, Snowblink, and The Japanese.

ATTENTION SOUND-LOVERS: There's some serious experimental music happening at Wes this week as part of Music & Public Life's Time Stands Still Festival/Conference starting with Michael Parsons tomorrow:Stands Still: Notation in Musical Practice » Calendarnotation.conference.wesleyan.edu