
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
CREEM CIRCUS live set! from Jul 2, 2025
7/2/2025
aerosmith - "draw the line" - 7" [0:00:00]
pussy - "feline woman" - invasion [orig 1972ish] [0:03:06]
iron virgin - "rebels rule" - va-velvet tinmine [orig 1974] [0:06:07]
starz - "sing it, shout it" - violation [0:09:36]
kiss - "strutter" - s/t [0:14:29]
rhino bucket - "beg for your love" - s/t [0:17:55]
angel - "little boy blue" - va-blitzing the ballroom [(not that Angel)] [0:22:10]
brownsville station - "lady (put the light on me)" - s/t [originally by Big John's Rock 'n' Roll Circus, 1974] [0:25:52]
circus of power - "motor" - s/t [0:29:10]
the upper crust - "cream of the crust" - entitled [0:32:31]
late cambrian - "28 years later" - single [bandcamp] [0:44:46]
personality cult - "not ready" - dilated [bandcamp] [0:47:55]
jeffrey novak - "where rubber meets the road" - blood celebration [bandcamp] [0:51:07]
buffet lunch - "blip" - perfect hit [bandcamp] [0:55:15]
Set: CREEM CIRCUS live on WFMU!
engineered by dAve Hollinghurst, with assistance from Ryan Cox
Chris DiPinto - guitar/vocals
David Emmett Janney - bass/vocals
Mike Dudolevitch - guitar/vocals
Rockbottom Rob Giglio - drums
See them Friday July 18 at Ortlieb's in Philadelphia, with Flavour (Troy NY) plus DJs Noah (from Hammered Satin and the Sheena stream's Wired Up show) and Mars!
Get their latest album Get.Switched.On! (and their previous releases) on Bandcamp
Visit Chris's guitar shop, DiPinto Guitars
creem circus - "switched on" - live on wfmu [1:02:31]
creem circus - "oh no rock and roll" - live on wfmu [1:06:29]
creem circus - "playgirl" - live on wfmu [1:10:54]
creem circus - "tell me about it" - live on wfmu [1:14:15]
creem circus - "rock & roll band revisited" - live on wfmu [1:17:09]
creem circus - "riff mountain" - live on wfmu [1:21:36]
creem circus - "caesar's palace" - live on wfmu [1:26:17]
creem circus - "edge of the morning" - live on wfmu [1:31:19]
creem circus - "get with the power" - live on wfmu [1:35:38]
creem circus - "kensington rollers" - live on wfmu [1:41:59]
creem circus - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu [1:47:47]
lulu lewis - "sinner" - single [Coming out on July 11! Check their Bandcamp page on that day!] [2:00:32]
nuovo testamento - "dream on" - trouble [out later this month
bandcamp] [2:04:33]
ladymonix - "this & that" - single [bandcamp] [2:08:10]
gary numan - "airlane" - bbc session 12" [Recorded for John Peel's show in 1979] [2:13:51]
movie movie - "after hours" - single [bandcamp] [2:16:57]
jean caffeine - "i know you know i know" - generation jean [Album out in September!
bandcamp] [2:30:02]
super tuesday - "natural mystery" - through the static [maybe on bandcamp soon?
Playing at Freddy's Bar in Brooklyn on July 19] [2:34:35]
the grip weeds - "soul bender" - soul bender [2:38:52]
the beths - "no joy" - straight line was a lie [bandcamp] [2:42:26]
chris stamey - "anything is possible (feat. the lemon twigs)" - anything is possible [I'll be chatting with Chris on next week's show about the new album and his show at City Winery on Thursday July 10!] [2:45:40]
grim globs - "some pulp" - single [album out next week!
bandcamp] [2:49:13]
the prof. fuzz 63 - "the professor fuzz 63 theme" - my <3's still beatin' but i'm dead2u [bandcamp] [2:51:54]
jz barrell - "alchemy street" - don't give away your magic [bandcamp] [2:54:46] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153721
Duration:03:08:48
JAMES MASTRO & the GOLD STARS live set! from Jun 25, 2025
6/25/2025
the pets - "breaking point road" - wet behind the ears
led zeppelin - "when the levee breaks" - led zeppelin iv [0:04:51]
dean carter - "sizzlin' hot" - call of the wild! [orig 1968] [0:11:30]
electric six - "the rubberband man" - zodiac [0:14:04]
john miles - "can't keep a good man down" - sympathy [0:17:39]
tubeway army - "steel and you" - s/t [0:22:15]
mott the hoople - "ballad of mott the hoople (march 26, 1972-zurich)" - s/t [RIP Mick Ralphs, who co-wrote this song] [0:26:58]
bad company - "can't get enough of your love" - s/t [Written by Mick Ralphs] [0:31:58]
eraser - "trans air force 2" - hideout [bandcamp] [0:46:11]
daughter of the vine - "cosmic eye" - mystic valley pkwy [with Margaret Garrett of Mr Airplane Man. They'll be part of the Meadowlark Festival Sept 12-14 at Stone Ridge Orchard. Sunflower Bean, Cut Worms, Mystery Lights and others also on the bill!
bandcamp] [0:49:42]
the beths - "metal" - straight line was a lie [bandcamp] [0:55:17]
jeanines - "coaxed a storm" - how long can it last [playing Friday night at Trans Pecos with Lightheaded, Love, Burns, and the Frenchmen!
bandcamp] [0:59:50]
Set: JAMES MASTRO & THE GOLD STARS live on WFMU!
engineered by Tom Unish
James Mastro - vocals, guitar
Tony Shanahan - bass, vocals
Chris Robertson - guitar, mandolin, vocals
Megan Reilly - vocals, acoustic guitar
Dennis Diken - drums, vocals
latest album Dawn Of A New Error (MPress) available on bandcamp
Keep up with James at
james mastro & the gold stars - "right words, wrong song" - live on wfmu [1:06:34]
james mastro & the gold stars - "my god" - live on wfmu [1:10:11]
james mastro & the gold stars - "three words" - live on wfmu [1:13:53]
james mastro & the gold stars - "everywhere" - live on wfmu [1:18:15]
james mastro & the gold stars - "never die" - live on wfmu [1:23:16]
james mastro & the gold stars - "river runs forever" - live on wfmu [1:28:36]
james mastro & the gold stars - "someday someone will turn your head around" - live on wfmu [special guest Lahna Deering on backing vocals] [1:35:00]
james mastro & the gold stars - "gold stars medley in e minor" - live on wfmu [1:39:26]
james mastro & the gold stars - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu [1:47:22]
girls on grass - "goth punk hillbilly angel" - stages ep [not on bandcamp yet but I bet it will be soon!] [1:58:10]
psych-o-positive - "electric fratboy" - single [bandcamp] [2:00:34]
florry - "first it was a movie, then it was a book" - sounds like... [bandcamp] [2:03:55]
hallelujah the hills - "grateful dead sweater (6 of diamonds)" - deck [bandcamp
The Deck album consists of four separate sub-albums: Hearts, Diamonds, Spades, and Clubs. Oh, and there are also two Jokers.] [2:10:42]
the bongos - "mambo sun" - the shroud of touring: live in 1985 [2:13:30]
creem circus - "oh no rock and roll" - get.switched.on! [live on the show next week!
bandcamp] [2:28:27]
cheap trick - "big eyes" - in color [2:31:26]
technopolice - "sortir le soir..." - single [2:34:34]
self improvement - "scam" - syndrome [bandcamp] [2:36:33]
automatic - "is it now?" - single [bandcamp] [2:38:35]
the minus 5 - "the garden of arden" - oar on, penelope! [bandcamp] [2:46:35]
seely jurgens band - "came out good in the end" - single [bandcamp] [2:49:46]
the special pillow - "i saw a flying saucer" - single [playing live tomorrow night at Pet Shop in Jersey City, with the aforementioned Psych-o-Positive (!) and Our Bodies Themselves
bandcamp] [2:54:27] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153470
Duration:03:09:39
back from vacation with NO new record store finds?! from Jun 18, 2025
6/18/2025
sunrise - "just want you around" - s/t [co-produced by Bruce Johnston?!] [0:00:00]
melony - "my corona" - satisfiction [the Melony-aissance continues!] [0:03:23]
999 - "homicide" - 7" [0:06:09]
la cage - "i am what i am" - 12" [partial CanCon!] [0:10:20]
the doll - "desire me" - 7" [0:16:38]
the waterboys - "where the action is" - where the action is [0:20:01]
miss eaves - "3 jobs" - how it is [still available on bandcamp] [0:23:20]
sly & the family stone - "i want to take you higher" - stand! [RIP Sly] [0:26:53]
the beach boys - "you're so good to me" - endless summer [RIP Brian] [0:32:04]
chris stamey - "don't talk (put your head on my shoulder)" - anything is possible [I'll be talking with Chris about this and more on my show on July 9! Chris & band are playing at City Winery on Thursday July 10.] [0:46:20]
now - "this glimmer is" - now does the trick [Now playing live on Radio Ravioli tonight, with Linda Smith and Cindy!
bandcamp] [0:49:46]
the royal arctic institute - "immer alles" - s/t [Playing live on Scott Williams' show in the next few weeks!
bandcamp] [0:53:02]
sunflower bean - "nothing romantic" - mortal primetime [bandcamp] [0:58:54]
jose james - "miss you" - 1978: revenge of the dragon [bandcamp] [1:02:17]
james mastro - "right words, wrong song" - dawn of a new error [James Mastro & the Gold Stars live on my show one week from today!
bandcamp] [1:14:03]
grim globs - "jackie glacier" - single [bandcamp] [1:16:36]
st. divine - "swallow" - you can't go forward and you can't go back [bandcamp] [1:20:54]
the whimbrels - "scream for me" - s/t [bandcamp] [1:24:35]
lightheaded - "the garden" - thinking, dreaming, scheming! [bandcamp
London-area friends can catch them at the Skepwax Weekender at the end of July!] [1:30:42]
savak - "moon over marine park" - squawk! [bandcamp
Playing live on the show on Wednesday July 30!] [1:41:11]
diane electro - "ich sauf allein" - definitiv jein [bandcamp] [1:45:38]
düül suns - "lying eyes" - single [bandcamp] [1:48:06]
j.g.g. - "bombolla 6" - bombolla [bandcamp] [1:54:15]
darling black - "deep down in the ground" - single [look for it on bandcamp on Friday!] [1:56:16]
sloan - "live forever" - based on the best seller [bandcamp
Album (their 14th!) out on Sept 26, the day before my birthday!] [2:12:09]
pulp - "grown ups" - more [bandcamp] [2:15:32]
roseblood - "doublespeak" - s/t [Kathy Foster from the Thermals, Hurry Up, All Girl Summer Fun Band, etc.
bandcamp] [2:21:50]
the prof. fuzz 63 - "narcoleptic driver's ed teacher" - my <3's still beatin' but i'm dead2u [They'll be around our area in August, touring with Secret Monkey Weekend!
bandcamp] [2:24:47]
creem circus - "riff down" - get.switched.on! [Playing live on the show in two weeks (July 2)!
bandcamp] [2:28:45]
swansea sound - "oasis v blur" - single [bandcamp] [2:38:08]
heavenly - "portland town" - single [bandcamp] [2:40:24]
ellyd - "were you ever loved" - single [bandcamp] [2:43:48]
the penrose web - "never too soon" - the least of our concerns [Ian Button and Alan Crockford
bandcamp] [2:47:08]
b. hamilton - "i've been outside, it's alright / on a different day" - b. hamilton (2025) [bandcamp] [2:50:23]
kid gulliver - "24 hours" - single [bandcamp] [2:56:19] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153229
Duration:03:08:46