
The Evan "Funk" Davies Show | WFMU
WFMU
Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.
Location:
East Orange, NJ
Genres:
Music Podcasts
Networks:
WFMU
Description:
Every show starts with the ’70s! We’ll rediscover forgotten rockers, revisit unfairly maligned disco beats and replay power-pop favorites. Next: plenty of new releases, occasional live bands and more. Don’t let the nickname confuse you.
Twitter:
@efd
Language:
English
Contact:
WFMU P.O. Box 2011 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 201-200-9368
Website:
http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/ED
Episodes
ROBERT DAYTON, author of Cold Glitter: The Untold Story of Canadian Glam from Apr 30, 2025
4/30/2025
the wat - "old rockers never die" - 7" [0:00:00]
rare earth - "what'd i say" - one world [0:03:13]
storm - "shoot on sight" - s/t [0:09:59]
english evenings - "tear you down (disconet mix)" - 12" [0:13:08]
lexsoul dancemachine - "beef grinder" - deus lex machina [from Estonia!
bandcamp] [0:22:19]
the alan parsons project - "the raven" - tales of mystery and imagination [0:26:31]
tuff sunshine - "thank the pilot / suicide by papercuts" - vanity matrix [bandcamp
playing live on the show next week! Or... maybe the week after that] [0:40:58]
consumables - "emotional speedball" - infinite games [playing live on the show on May 21!] [0:45:50]
jean caffeine - "i don't want to kill you anymore" - single [Playing live on the show May 14, with Thyroids!
bandcamp] [0:49:40]
thyroids - "check engine light" - unknown [new album coming in May, playing live on the show with Jean Caffeine on May 14!] [0:51:57]
canned hamm - "lil hamm's pad" - erotic thriller [0:57:57]
Set: Talking with ROBERT DAYTON, author of Cold Glitter: The Untold Story of Canadian Glam!
Published by Feral House. Available at Bookshop.org and other fine book establishments!
Robert is also appearing tonight at Baker Falls as part of The Idiot's Hour, an "avante clown variety show!"
Check out Robert's website, and on Instagram at @therobertdayton
robert dayton - "chats with efd" [1:02:22]
the stampeders - "wild eyes" - new day [1:17:10]
the hood (with terry jacks) - "cause we're in love" [1:18:55]
sweeney todd - "song for a star" - if wishes were horses [1:20:36]
nick gilder - "prophet's tale" - 7" [1:23:25]
robert dayton - "chats with efd part 2" [1:26:22]
thor & the imps - "i gotta eat" [1:56:38]
frank soda - "bad news" [1:59:52]
twitch - "mess'n with the bull (gets the horn)" - 7" [reissue] [2:02:48]
trooper - "the boys in the bright white sports car" - two for the show [2:05:42]
no fun - "mindless aggression" [2:08:57]
robert dayton - "chats with efd part 3" [2:13:10]
lynx - "goodbye education, hello rock & roll" [2:32:00]
rough trade - "grade b movie" - avoid freud [2:34:07]
the dishes - "hot property" - 7" [2:38:08]
band of angels - "he's not there" - 7" [Neil Merryweather] [2:41:20]
robert dayton - "chats with efd part 4" [2:44:42]
michel pagliaro - "illusion" [2:51:30]
aut'chose - "le freak de montréal (le batman de l'underground)" - chansons d'epouvante [2:54:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151607
totally different show from last week, I swear! from Apr 23, 2025
4/23/2025
gary wright - "the wrong time" - gary wright's extraction [0:00:00]
mahogany rush - "satisfy your soul" - 7" [0:03:01]
free fall - "midnight vulture" - power & volume [0:06:13]
blue öyster cult - "godzilla" - spectres [going out to Prof. Fuzz] [0:12:44]
the undertones - "julie ocean" - all wrapped up [1981 single] [0:16:35]
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - "waiting for the man" - messages 10" ep [0:19:55]
the fabulous poodles - "cherchez la femme" - mirror stars [Going out to Ryan in Austin TX. He knows why.] [0:22:47]
the kinks - "around the dial" - give the people what they want [0:26:21]
stereolab - "aerial troubles" - 7" [forthcoming album on bandcamp, out next month!] [0:40:42]
shadow riot - "quiet, please!" - 7" [maybe it'll be on bandcamp at some point?] [0:43:54]
illuminated sidewalks - "everything will be revealed" - 7" [bandcamp
with our own Matt Clarke] [0:47:15]
vincent reese - "what do you want from me?" - mean streak 7" ep [bandcamp] [0:51:41]
zabrecky - "our magic" - 7" [0:55:54]
peter holsapple - "my idea #49" - the face of 68 [bandcamp] [1:06:04]
the minus 5 - "let the rope hold, cassie lee" - oar on, penelope! [bandcamp] [1:09:55]
the grip weeds - "flowers for cynthia" - early clues [co-written by Dave Woj of the Insomniacs!] [1:13:11]
the living pins - "gold" - single [bandcamp] [1:15:55]
st. divine - "throwing cards" - ep [1:20:26]
the prof. fuzz 63 - "the professor fuzz 63 theme" - my <3's still beatin' but i'm dead2u [bandcamp] [1:34:20]
the hives - "enough is enough" - the hives forever forever the hives [album out in August] [1:36:59]
l.a. witch - "777" - doggod [bandcamp] [1:39:51]
leigh arthur - "oh i forgot" - single [bandcamp] [1:42:57]
lael neale - "tell me how to be here" - altogether stranger [playing this Friday at Public Records in Brooklyn! Album out next Friday May 2.
bandcamp] [1:46:26]
confidence man - "far out (orbital remix)" - 5am (la la la) [remixes of tracks from last year's 3am (la la la)] [2:00:51]
ora the molecule - "is this love?" - dance therapy [bandcamp] [2:03:56]
danny goliger - "exonym" - exonym ep [bandcamp] [2:08:07]
melvv - "all i need" - single [bandcamp] [2:13:02]
clive from accounts - "it began" - the very best of clive from accounts [bandcamp] [2:15:46]
melenas - "jesús" - va-super h: homenaje al super 8 de los planetas [ok, I figured this out finally: It's various artists doing the songs that originally appeared on Los Planetas' album Super 8 that originally came out in 1994. Phew!] [2:25:19]
the limiñanas - "spirale" - faded [bandcamp] [2:28:05]
pulp - "spike island" - more [bandcamp] [2:31:28]
hot chocolate - "i want to be free" - 7" [flip side of "Brother Louie"] [2:36:22]
kula shaker - "charge of the light brigade" - single [2:39:04]
sunflower bean - "champagne taste" - mortal primetime [bandcamp
Album release this Friday at Rough Trade Below!] [2:46:09]
la femme - "tomorrow" - single [2:49:01]
the briefs - "rotten love" - hit after hit [2:50:34]
leopardo - "repetition" - side a / side b [bandcamp] [2:53:59]
technopolice - "hellastic mr pox" - single [bandcamp] [2:56:52] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151376
title tk from Apr 16, 2025
4/16/2025
startoon - "birthday heaven" - 7" [0:00:00]
lou reed - "intro/sweet jane" - rock and roll animal [0:02:39]
saint & stephanie - "gotta keep on dancin'" - 7" [0:10:23]
abba - "the visitors" - 7" [dedicated to Amy Rigby] [0:14:40]
art brut with hugh cornwell - "duchess" - no album [still posted for streaming on soundcloud] [0:20:04]
the woggles - "my baby likes to boogaloo" - teendanceparty [0:22:42]
foreigner - "luanne" - 4 [0:25:19]
the flashing lights - "highschool" - where the change is [orig 1999; RIP Henry Sangalang.
bandcamp] [0:28:40]
daughter of the vine - "cosmic eye" - mystic valley pkwy [Margaret Garrett of Mr. Airplane Man
bandcamp] [0:42:17]
rhymies - "crashing lead" - i dream watching ep [bandcamp
Lauren from Seablite and Neutrals] [0:47:57]
autogramm - "randy" - single [bandcamp] [0:51:22]
sharp pins - "race for the audience" - radio ddr [bandcamp] [0:52:55]
kim deal - "wish i was" - nobody loves you more [bandcamp] [0:55:52]
famous logs in history - "static missions" - mind the bollards [bandcamp] [1:09:37]
the tubs - "freak mode" - cotton crown [bandcamp] [1:13:04]
the mooney suzuki - "hot sugar" - alive and amplified [1:15:19]
michael jacob rinzel - "fakin' it" - preserve your memories: a simon & garfunkel journey [bandcamp
More background on this ambitious project] [1:18:24]
neal francis - "what's left of me" - return to zero [bandcamp] [1:21:57]
Set: Kompilation Korner™!
nico fidenco - "sexy night (from "porno holocaust")" - va-eli roth's red light disco [1:38:14]
my solid ground - "the executioner" - va-electric junk: deutsche rock, psych and kosmische 1970-1978 [out this Friday!] [1:40:42]
martin hannett & steve hopkins - "space music" - va-jon savage's space: light years from home [bandcamp] [1:44:11]
ash wednesday - "love by numbers" - va-can't stop it! australian post punk 1978-82 (2025 deluxe edition) [bandcamp] [1:49:54]
kick axe - "on the road to rock" - va-young and wild: a decade of american glam metal 1982-1992 [out next month!] [1:52:28]
kopperfield - "wake up people" - va-motor city is burning: a michigan anthology 1965-1972 [1:56:44]
the kirkbys - "it's a crime" - va-liverpool sunset: the city after merseybeat 1964-1969 [2:01:08]
the chromatics - "i'm a rep" - va-time gentlemen! pub rock rhythm 'n' grooves 1974-1982 [2:03:13]
End of set
bliss - "front page news" - pure bliss [1970s recordings, never released] [2:14:14]
bobby zodiac & the clairvoyants - "existential crisis" - s/t [bandcamp] [2:16:38]
the bolshoi brothers - "steam funk" - s/t [Trevor Tanner and Paul Clark from The Bolshoi
bandcamp] [2:20:16]
the open flames - "uk trains" - same time next year [bandcamp] [2:23:59]
the number ones - "sorry" - single [bandcamp] [2:27:28]
shale - "work dog" - s/t ep [2:37:34]
savak - "no man's island" - squawk! [bandcamp
out May 30!] [2:41:49]
ed kuepper & jim white - "collapse board" - after the flood [Ed Kuepper is Suzy Hotrod's guest this coming Sunday night between 8 and 10pm!
bandcamp] [2:44:47]
consumables - "infinite games" - infinite games [playing live on my show May 21!
bandcamp] [2:51:42] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151153
Remembering Clem Burke: Three hours of Blondie and more from Apr 9, 2025
4/9/2025
blondie - "the attack of the giant ants" - s/t [0:00:00]
blondie - "fan mail" - plastic letters [0:03:23]
blondie - "will anything happen?" - parallel lines [0:06:04]
blondie - "accidents never happen" - eat to the beat [0:08:43]
blondie - "angels on the balcony" - autoamerican [0:12:57]
blondie - "the beast" - the hunter [0:16:33]
blondie - "maria" - no exit [0:21:10]
blondie - "long time" - pollinator [0:26:05]
blondie - "detroit 442" - plastic letters [0:42:51]
blondie - "the hardest part" - eat to the beat [0:45:14]
blondie - "rifle range" - s/t [0:48:35]
blondie - "i know but i don't know" - parallel lines [0:52:19]
blondie - "walk like me" - autoamerican [0:56:08]
josh kantor - "dreaming" - live at Fenway Park, 4/7/25 [1:00:01]
blondie - "dreaming" - eat to the beat [1:01:45]
Set: Non-Blondie Clem performances
the split squad - "now hear this" - now hear this... [1:11:02]
the split squad - "what's next to the moon" - live on wfmu [The Split Squad live on my show, engineered by Mike Sin] [1:14:12]
the empty hearts - "coat-tailer" - the second album [1:18:10]
the empty hearts - "(i see) no way out" - s/t [1:21:18]
the tearaways - "charlie, keith, and ringo" - and for our next trick [1:24:57]
tony fox sales - "success" - single [1:28:39]
melvins - "attitude" - everybody loves sausages [1:32:17]
End of set
Set: More non-Blondie Clem performances and productions
speedies - "urban mania" - speedy delivery [mislabeled CD track list! Clem didn't work on this song!] [1:42:46]
the colors - "have you seen her" [Clem produced and played drums] [1:46:45]
speedies - "something on my mind" - speedy delivery [From 1981, Clem produced] [1:49:39]
eurythmics - "caveman head" - in the garden [1:53:22]
iggy pop - "the horse song" - zombie birdhouse [1:57:12]
the adult net - "where were you when i needed you" - the honey tangle [2:00:06]
dramarama - "don't feel like doing drugs" - hi-fi sci-fi [2:03:14]
End of set
clem burke - "chats with efd" - live on wfmu [Interview originally aired in August 2022] [2:15:28]
blondie - "the thin line" - against the odds [1975 recording] [2:33:46]
blondie - "in the flesh (extended intro" - against the odds [2:35:58]
blondie - "i'm on e (take 2)" - against the odds [2:38:46]
blondie - "i'll never break away from this heart of mine (pretty baby)" - against the odds [2:41:24]
blondie - "union city blue (instrumental version)" - against the odds [2:44:50]
blondie - "out in the streets" - against the odds [2:47:32]
blondie - "poets problem" - against the odds [2:50:53]
blondie - "heart of glass (disco long)" - 12" [2018 reissue] [2:52:11] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150915