Location:
East Orange, NJ
Description:
Too weird for the rockers. Too rock for the weirdos.
Language:
English
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Episodes
Episode from Apr 20, 2025
4/20/2025
Black Sabbath - "Sweet Leaf" - Master of Reality
Bad Wizard - "Natural High" - Free and Easy [0:05:24]
Fapardokly - "Gone To Pot" - Fapardokly [Reissue of 1968 LP] [0:09:25]
Sonic Youth & Cypress Hill - "I Love You Mary Jane" - Judgment Night (Music From The Motion Picture) (v/a) [0:11:27]
Kustomized - "Puff Piece" - The Battle For Space [0:14:55]
Parquet Courts - "Stoned and Starving" - Light Up Gold [0:17:22]
Accident on the East Lancs - "We Want It Legalized" - Break The Rules #8: Rare Punkrock 1978-'82 (v/a) [0:22:25]
The Gears - "I Smoke Dope" - Rockin' At Ground Zero [0:25:11]
Scraper - "Hippies" - Scraper [0:26:37]
Kilynn Lunsford - "Nice Quiet Horror Show" - Promiscuous Genes [Due out May 18] [0:37:28]
The Pinkies - "Open Commune" - Un-Scene! Post Punk Birmingham 1978-1982 (v/a) [0:39:49]
Bag People - "Fire God" - Bag People [Early 1980s recordings] [0:43:17]
86 - "Useless" - First Two Singles [1983-84 recordings] [0:46:22]
Rare Spam - "Rock Down The Road" - Double Pleasure [0:48:53]
The Cure - "Primary" - Faith [0:51:53]
True Faith - "Can't Be Sure" - Split 7" with Demmers [0:55:21]
Henry Badowski - "Baby, Sign Here With Me" - Life is a Grand... [Reissue of 1981 LP] [0:59:06]
Lifeguard - "It Will Get Worse" - Ripped and Torn [Due out June 6] [1:10:39]
Consumables - "Dry Rot" - Infinite Games [1:13:42]
Savak - "No Man's Island" - SQUAWK! [Due out May 30] [1:15:10]
Mink Deville - "Let Me Dream If I Want To" - Live At CBGB's - The Home Of Underground Rock (v/a) [1:18:36]
C.A.D & The Peacetime Consumers - "For Today" - Play Atlantis [Due out May 2] [1:21:34]
Son of Dribble - "Opening of the Mouth" - Poking A Hole In A Bag of Tears [1:24:12]
Index For Working Musik - "Sister" - Which Direction Goes The Beam [1:27:19]
Kratzen - "Zeichen" - III [1:30:39]
Ed Kuepper & Jim White - "The 16 Days" - After The Flood [Ed Kuepper (The Saints, Laughing Clowns) will be on Rock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod tonight at 8 PM ET!] [1:44:22]
The Go-Betweens - "You've Never Lived" - Spring Hill Fair [1:48:01]
Thigh Master - "Age of Concern" - Songs to Wipe Your Mouth To 7" [1:51:56]
The Clean - "Slug Song" - Anthology [1:53:16] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151235
Episode from Apr 13, 2025
4/13/2025
Spacemen 3 - "Take Me To The Other Side" - The Perfect Prescription
The Byrds - "Why?" - Eight Miles High 45 [0:04:57]
Dinosaur Jr. - "Whatever's Cool With Me" - Whatever's Cool With Me [0:07:57]
Versus - "Bright Light" - Dead Leaves [0:12:38]
Wolfhounds - "The Anti-Midas Touch" - C87 (v/a) [From 1987 single] [0:16:08]
White Animals - "Help Yourself" - White Animals [0:19:13]
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - "Which Way To Go" - Primary Colours [0:23:11]
Wipers - "Don't Know What I Am" - Is This Real? [Reissue of 1980 LP plus bonus tracks] [0:26:41]
Leatherman - "Heartbeater Cheatah" - Turn You On [0:36:00]
The Lookout Honeys - "Reverse" - Aguacatero [0:38:33]
Rhino 39 - "Prolixin Stomp" - Dangerhouse: Complete Singles Collected 1977-1979 (v/a) [0:40:55]
Why Bother? - "Listen" - You Are Part of the Experiment EP [Due out April 18] [0:42:53]
Meow Meow and the Smackouts - "Bubonic Babe" - Battle for L.A.: A See/Saw Benefit (v/a) [https://see-sawdotfun.bandcamp.com/album/battle-for-l-a-a-see-saw-benefit] [0:44:49]
Cointelpro - "Jerilyn" - We Were Living in Cincinnati Vol 2: Punk and Underground Sounds from Ohio's Queen City (1982-1988) (v/a) [Due out May 25] [0:46:37]
Eraser - "Trans Air Force 2" - Hideout [0:49:32]
Methodishca Tune - "LFD" - No-Ones Listening Anyway - UK DIY Post Punk & Dubs 1980-1984 (Volume 1) (v/a) [0:52:48]
Added Dimension - "Repetition" - Death of a Rolling Stone/Uppers [Split cassette with Almond to Benefit the Transgender Law Center] [0:55:36]
The Bats - "Loline" - Loline digital single [1:07:58]
The Tubs - "Strange" - Cotton Crown [1:12:56]
Sharp Pins - "Every Time I Hear" - Radio DDR [1:17:11]
The Sweet Things - "Boots" - Deliver 7" EP [1:19:53]
Good Flying Birds - "Fall Away" - Talulah's Tape [1:22:54]
Dumbells - "Cannonball" - Up Late With [1:26:22]
Leopardo - "Final Landslide" - Side A / Side B [1:29:36]
The Soft Boys - "Underwater Moonlight" - 1976-81 [Demo version, September 1979] [1:32:42]
The Gits - "While You're Twisting, I'm Still Breathing" - Frenching The Bully [Reissue of 1992 LP
Andy Kessler and Matt Desdner of The Gits will be on Rock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod tonight at 8pm!] [1:48:21]
The Fartz - "Judgement Day" - Because This Fuckin' World Still Stinks... [1981-92 recordings] [1:51:07]
Split System - "On The Loose" - On The Edge 7" [1:53:04]
Lamps - "All Seeing Eye" - All Seeing Eye 7" [1:54:35] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151025
Famous Mammals Live in the Studio! from Apr 6, 2025
4/6/2025
The Plimsouls - "Zero Hour" - DIY: Shake It Up! - American Power Pop II (1978-80) (v/a) [0:00:00]
Alwoodley Jets - "Crash N' Burn" - Where Were You? (Independent Music From Leeds 1978-1989) (v/a) [0:03:06]
Victimize - "Where Did the Money Go?" - Back To Front Vol. 4 - Rare Punkrock 1977-'82 (v/a) [0:06:14]
AVO-8 - "Gone Wrong" - Kilt By Death: The Sound Of Old Scotland (1977-1984) (v/a) [0:09:02]
Grass Widow - "Disappearing Industries" - Internal Logic [0:11:19]
Riff Doctors - "Say Goodbye" - Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987 (v/a) [0:13:48]
Small World Experience - "Losing It" - Shelf-Life [Reissue of 1994 album] [0:17:41]
The Primitives - "All the Way Down (Beat Version)" - Pure [0:20:18]
Mark Sultan - "We're Sinking" - The Sultanic Verses [0:22:40]
Artificial Go - "Circles" - Musical Chairs [Due out May 16] [0:32:28]
Performing Ferret Band - "Nudes" - No One Told Us ('78-82) [0:35:27]
Rare Spam - "At War With I" - Double Pleasure [0:38:07]
Blank Account - "Quaint Town" - On The QT digital single [0:41:09]
Vertical Slit - "New Thrill/New Pill" - Under The Blood Red Lava Lamp [Recorded 1980] [0:44:31]
The Obliques - "St. Petersburg" - St. Petersburg 7" [0:46:49]
Famous Logs in History - "Data Mind" - Mind the Bollards [0:51:15]
Robert - "Supermarket" - Robert The Record [Reissue of 1986 LP] [0:52:55]
Stan Ridgway - "Bongo Beatniks" - 1977 demo [Available at http://www.midwinter.com/beyond/media/] [0:54:54]
Set: Famous Mammals Live on WFMU!
Stanley Martinez - vocals, guitar
Amber Sermeno - viola, vocals
Andy Jordan- bass, backing vocals
Session Engineer: Richard James
Listen to Famous Mammals on Bandcamp.
Famous Mammals' 2021 self-titled debut cassette has been reissued on LP by Inscrutable Records.
Also available:
Instant Pop Expressionism Now! LP (Siltbreeze)
Famous Mammals - "Siren's Danger" - Live on WFMU [1:04:45]
Famous Mammals - "Sound & Measure" - Live on WFMU [1:07:54]
Famous Mammals - "Unspoken Chair" - Live on WFMU [1:11:04]
Famous Mammals - "Private Anchor" - Live on WFMU [1:13:16]
Famous Mammals - "Thou Art Abstract" - Live on WFMU [1:15:53]
Famous Mammals - "Let The Light In" - Live on WFMU [1:19:10]
Famous Mammals - "Comets For Poets" - Live on WFMU [1:21:49]
Famous Mammals - "Empty London" - Live on WFMU [1:24:31]
Famous Mammals - "Like A Shadow" - Live on WFMU [1:27:39]
Famous Mammals - "Parachute Traction Excites!" - Live on WFMU [1:30:48]
Famous Mammals - "Chat with PB" [1:32:49]
End of set
Mr. Pescado - "Fake Rhythm" - The Gift Shop Behind the Execution Shed [1:43:25]
The Tokeleys - "Pisaro" - Sons of Horus [1:45:52]
Polvo - "Tragic Carpet Ride" - Celebrate The New Dark Age [1:50:28]
Gang of Four - "Natural's Not In It" - Entertainment! [RIP Dave Allen] [1:53:44]
SS Decontrol - "How Much Art" - The Kids Will Have Their Say [RIP Al Barile] [1:56:48] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150798