Roback / Smith / Sandoval World Domination update: Scored this terrific issue 31 of The Bob with Opal feature & flexi including Kendra Smith's German-language version of the VU's All Tomorrow's Parties (Alle Morgens Parties), recorded in 1981, released 1987. A show's in the works
Asha (1933-2026) | 7-10 PM EDT
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TONIGHT on @wfmu.bsky.social 's @gtdradio.bsky.social : A career-spanning tribute to Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle, one of the greatest voices of the 20th Century. Join us!
Terry, please get in touch with me; a friend and I have a book of Ernst Herbeck's poetry coming out and we'd love to be in contact. --Gary Sullivan
Tunisia on Vinyl | 7-10 PM EDT
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TONIGHT on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social our North Africa on Vinyl series returns with a night ... in Tunisia! Let's hang out
It's not every day that someone in the neighborhood sells me a small cache of Tunisian 45s. Today, however, I am happy to report that that is indeed what happened. Ali Riahi, Cherref Ya Fennane b/w Zina Ya Bent El Hennchir (Pacific, date u/k).
SOUND ON: Lunchtime postal surprise: 14 deadstock Yemeni singles to add to the growing collection. Ahmed Al-Adiyyin, Billah Ridak (The Ahazeeg & Aghareed of Sanaa Company, ca. 1967)
Melody Life | 7-10 PM EDT
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@gtdradio.bsky.social 's own @keeptru.bsky.social joins me in Studio A tonight for an epic dustup between pop songs vs. their reggae counterparts. Also, we're raising money for @wfmu.bsky.social
For this year's @wfmu.bsky.social fundraising marathon, I put together 10 Certified Bangers (TM) from the Tlemcen, Algeria studio of Rachid & Fethi and produced by Rachid. Snag it for a pledge of $75 or more and keep commercial-free freeform radio alive and kicking pledge.wfmu.org/donate/PG
Weeping at the brilliance of this LP+45. Funkadelic, One Nation Under a Groove (Warner Bros., 1978 OG promo copy). And then the live version of Maggot Brain on the 7"! God Tier record.
Harpist's Bazaar | 7-10 PM EST
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TONIGHT on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social Jeff "D:O Radio" Golick challenges me for Supreme Harp Lord. It’s glitter, it’s fury, it’s cascading strings of destiny as we go blow-for-blow in a no-holds-barred harp-off. DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!!
Black Star: A century of music from Ghana
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7-10 PM EDT tonight on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social we'll be listening to head-spinning music from Ghana. See you in two hours!
Super grail! Greatest Brazilian hop-hop LP of all time? Had it on CD for years, first listen on vinyl. Comes w/ a 50+ page b&w photo & lyrics book. Racionais MC's, Sobrevivendo No Inferno (Cosa Nostra, 2025 RE of 1997 OG). Listen to "Diário De Um Detento" youtu.be/MZzl8qYF_qY?...
If you were ever curious about how Ribeiro might have interpreted Bob Dylan, this is the 7" EP for you! Catherine Ribeiro et Conjunto de Ritmo, Lorseque le bateau viendra, etc. (Estúdio, Portugal, 1967)
Phenomenal noise, heavy psych, and no wave LP featuring Null, Boredoms, Ruins, Hijokaidan, YBO2, High Rise, Zeitlich Vergelter, and A.N.P. Dead Tech Sampler: No Wave from Japan (Dossier, 1986).
My Country Overflows with Song: A North Korean Episode
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7-10 PM EST TONIGHT on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social : 1950s & 60s shellac records, field recordings, DPRK-pop, electronic folk, Juchewave, disco, collage, covers & more from (and in response to) the Hermit Kingdom
SOUND ON: How they ever tricked France into releasing their records is one thing; this is a US release *with the whole story-to-date written up inside the gatefold*. "... The Earth people think of him as a relentless tyrant and they decide to do away with him, to march against him, to destroy him."
MUJERES | 7-10 PM EST
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TONIGHT on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social we're spinning canción criolla, chicha, electronic, folk, guaguanco, merengue, metal, pop, punk, salsa, synthpop, and more by women on wax. Come on in!
Mind-blowing Argentine noise rock LP picked up at my neighborhood record store. Suárez, Hora De No Ver (Calar Music, 2021 RE of 1994 OG on Suárez' own label, Feliz Año Nuevo Discos). Not on Bandcamp, apparently, but there's a full album version on YouTube, I think
Hit the North! 7-10 PM EST
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TONIGHT on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social Punk, post-punk, art rock, DIY, riot grrrl and more from Alaska, Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Quebec, Norway, Scotland, Sweden, and Yakutsk, 1970s to present. Let's hang out!
Cheap heat: Sandy Denny, Like an Old Fashioned Waltz (Island 1975 repress of Island 1974 OG). My god, I love this woman's voice. First-ever listen, picked up today at my local record store after work. I somehow didn't know until just now she died so young. Dang.
Brasil em Movimento | 7-10 PM EST
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TONIGHT on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social : Brazilian music's past, present, and future as imagined by 21st Century compilers. Come hang out with us!
An incoming package at lunchtime added 12 raw & rare Libyan singles to the collection bringing the total to over two dozen. Some of these labels are not yet cataloged on Discogs. I've got a lot of work to do this weekend!
Fuck ICE, fuck Israel, fuck every ghoul supporting genocide & murder. When I worked at Tower in San Francisco 1987-89, this was by far my favorite hip hop album. This & Kathy Acker's Great Expectations put me on the path I haven't strayed from since. OG 89 promo copy found in DC
I've always wanted to hear this LP with the super-dramatic cover and look! Here we are! Worth the wait for this no-skip LP. Kim Jiyeon & The Revival Cross, My Heart Is Wavering (Cobrarose Records + Beatball 2018 RE of Asia Record 1974 OG). Sample track: youtu.be/t6gUgtQTMOE?...
Algeria on Vinyl | 7-10 PM EST
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TONIGHT on #WFMU's @gtdradio.bsky.social we're spinning folk, traditional, raï, experimental, rock, and more by Algerian artists on 45s and LPs from our personal collection. Hang out, it's gonna be good
No getting around playing this CERTIFIED(TM) banger on tomorrow night's show. Cheikha Remitti, Yakhti Yakhti b/w Goudi Maaya Ya Touila (Edition Atlas, date u/k). The cover art gives the impression that the 45 comes with a free dress pattern. (It doesn't.) www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Ripping more records for tomorrow's all-Algerian, all-vinyl show. Les Djinns, Nesthel b/w Nadia (Sudiphone, date u/k). The A & B sides of this were included on Sublime Frequencies's terrific 1970's Algerian Folk and Pop
Found a sealed copy of this mind-blowing legendary TB-303-powered proto-acid house super-grail today: Charanjit Singh, Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat (Bombay Connection, 2010 RE of 1982 HMV OG). I've heard MP3s, but never vinyl and it's outstanding. youtu.be/sB4RYBpwV0A?...
God Tier 45 RPM record: Rachid et Fethi, Ana-Ghrib b/w Habit-En Ïch (Editions Rallye, 1976). Ripping now for this coming week's show www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh...
Ripping some supremely rare evil-ass funked up shit for this coming week's all-Algerian vinyl show. Rachid & Fethi, Ayami Kassira b/w Gualetli-Adji Choufni (Editions Rally, date unknown). This is the back cover
