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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

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


Episodes
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fill-in for Suzy Hotrod, with a live set from PYLON REENACTMENT SOCIETY recorded for Rock and Roller Derby! from May 3, 2026

5/3/2026
william truckaway & magic - "roller derby star" - va-appetizers [feel better and heal up fast, Suzy!] [0:00:00] the kind - "bad dream" - pain and pleasure [0:03:26] john paul young - "yesterday's hero" - va-the good times: 25 years of australian music [thanks to Eddy in Australia!] [0:06:53] nantucket - "it's a long way to the top" - long way to the top [from North Carolina, somewhat confusingly. With Kenny Soule on drums!] [0:10:33] band of susans - "sometimes" - blessing and curse 12" ep [bought last night at Randy Now's Man Cave] [0:14:56] Set: RIP Tony Wilson, Hot Chocolate bass player and songwriter hot chocolate - "call the police" - s/t [Written by Tony Wilson] [0:18:50] hot chocolate - "you could've been a lady" - cicero park (2 cd reissue) [co-written by Tony Wilson] [0:22:25] tony wilson - "hangin' out in space" - va-ritual chants [orig 1982] [0:25:59] End of set Set: PYLON REENACTMENT SOCIETY live on WFMU for Suzy Hotrod's Rock and Roller Derby! Engineered by Scott Williams with Jeff Ottenbacher Vanessa Briscoe-Hay - vocals Kay Stanton - bass, backing vocals Jason NeSmith - guitar Patrick Ferguson - drums Get their most recent album, Magnet Factory, out now on Strolling Bones See them next month at DexFest in North Carolina! pylon reenactment society live on Rock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod - "volume" - live on wfmu [0:39:37] pylon reenactment society live on Rock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod - "educate me" - live on wfmu [0:42:56] pylon reenactment society live on Rock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod - "3x3" - live on wfmu [0:47:31] pylon reenactment society live on Rock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod - "flowers everywhere" - live on wfmu [0:50:07] pylon reenactment society live on Rock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod - "beep" - live on wfmu [0:53:26] pylon reenactment society live on Rock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod - "chat with Suzy Hotrod" [0:56:57] End of set the hobknobs - "easier listening" - helmets off [playing live at Hart Bar Tuesday night with Van Goth and CS Cleaners, and live on WFMU next Tues May 12 when I fill in for Feelings bandcamp] [1:13:19] van goth - "one night performance" - is it? [on the bill with The Hobknobs this Tuesday night, featuring our own Sydney! bandcamp] [1:15:53] answering machines - "fake i.d." - the disturbing side of music [Anemic Boyfriends cover! bandcamp] [1:18:55] positronix - "miss universe" - miss universe ep [bandcamp] [1:20:29] the mooney suzuki - "yeah you can" - people get ready [orig 2000, new remastered RSD edition! bandcamp] [1:23:31] Set: RIP Andrew Anderson (The Hipshakes, Proto Idiot, Freak Genes, et al.) proto idiot - "you're wrong" - 7" [1:33:43] freak genes - "pushing back" - iii [1:35:15] End of set mirrors - "need me all night" - high all the time [early 2010s recordings from the seminal Cleveland proto-punk band bandcamp] [1:38:58] the sleeveens - "town of horseheads" - national anthem [bandcamp] [1:41:44] hannah lew - "move in silence" - s/t [from Grass Widow and Cold Beat bandcamp] [1:45:42] cinnamon teals - "retiring clock repairman" - cut 'n paste [bandcamp] [1:52:10] the chop - "deserter 1940" - third window [bandcamp] [1:55:44] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163873

Duration:02:08:43

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fill-in for Michael Shelley, with a live set from HEAVENLY! from Apr 18, 2026

4/18/2026
Set: some records I bought in Paris six or seven weeks ago april wine - "you could have been a lady" - 7" [0:00:07] capsicum red - "ocean" - 7" [0:03:06] giorgio - "looky looky" - 7" [0:06:01] quincy - "don't knock on my door" - s/t [0:08:42] the passage - "shave your head" - for all and none [0:12:21] the petards - "keep on" - 7" [0:15:44] End of set the stompers - "shutdown" - s/t [(not a Paris purchase)] [0:18:59] hamer place - "gerry's retired" - specials [bandcamp] [0:29:10] the brert tobias set - "it begins with a lean (clean version)" - tuneless blues [bandcamp] [0:32:01] movie movie - "wasting time" - coming attractions ep [bandcamp] [0:36:28] the dahlmanns - "leatherboys" - life in reverse [Michael's guests last week! bandcamp] [0:40:28] most improved - "little computer" - m.i. digital single [bandcamp] [0:43:51] rocketship - "i love you the way i used to" - a certain smile, a certain sadness [new reissue, orig 1996 bandcamp] [0:47:49] seely jurgens band - "don't be afraid of me or my love" - single [bandcamp] [0:52:04] the piggies - "alcohol" - single [bandcamp] [0:55:37] edward rogers - "tears in my martini" - astor place [bandcamp] [0:58:39] touch girl apple blossom - "dustin" - graceful [bandcamp] [1:02:18] Set: HEAVENLY live!! engineered by Superstar Mario Santana Amelia - vocals/guitar Cathy - keyboard/vocals Pete - guitar Rob - bass Ian - drums See them TONIGHT at Bowery Ballroom, with Swansea Sound and The Jeanines! heavenly - "portland town" - live on wfmu [1:07:58] heavenly - "skep wax" - live on wfmu [1:10:32] heavenly - "scene stealing" - live on wfmu [1:14:45] heavenly - "deflicted" - live on wfmu [1:17:48] heavenly - "by the way" - live on wfmu [1:22:56] heavenly - "that last day" - live on wfmu [1:26:05] heavenly - "press return" - live on wfmu [1:29:42] heavenly - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu [1:33:47] swansea sound - "music lover" - single [1:45:44] the modern airline - "mr. mercury vs. the cat" - lullaby robot [record release show Saturday May 30 at Mama Tried in Brooklyn!] [1:48:05] the dinky diamonds - "bring it on home" - the dinky diamonds ep [from Stockholm] [1:51:51] fuses - "garden of ashes" - sawdust in the transmission [new duo that includes Craig Fahner of Motorists, album out in June bandcamp] [1:55:33] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163357

Duration:02:08:21

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fill-in for Why Do We Only Listen To Dead People from Apr 12, 2026

4/12/2026
emerson, lake and palmer - "fanfare for the common man" - works vol. 1 [composer: Aaron Copland] [0:00:00] sky - "toccata" - sky 2 [composer: J.S. Bach] [0:05:22] john williams (not that john williams) - "120 music masterpieces" [0:10:13] scatterbrain - "sonata #3" - here comes trouble [composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart] [0:12:17] deodato - "also sprach zarathustra" - 7" [composer: Richard Strauss] [0:14:08] apollo 100 - "joy" - apollo 100 [composer: J.S. Bach (again)] [0:19:03] b. bumble & the stingers - "nut rocker" - nut rocker [composer: P.I. Tchaikovsky] [0:21:51] the walter murphy band - "flight '76" - a fifth of beethoven [composer: N. Rimsky-Korsakov] [0:24:03] electric light orchestra - "in the hall of the mountain king" - on the third day [composer: E. Grieg] [0:27:14] mirrors - "pageant" - high all the time [bandcamp] [0:41:25] slippers - "wants for everyone" - slippers 08 [album out June 5 bandcamp] [0:43:45] les manteez - "à fleur de béton" - heliotropes [bandcamp] [0:46:16] the prof.fuzz 63 - "i'm in love with a mutant lover" - va-songs for honeykut [bandcamp Benefit for Texas musician Justin Honeykut Scarborough] [0:49:08] the sleeveens - "i was born on a saturday night" - national anthem [playing at Main Drag in Brooklyn next Saturday night with Mala Vista, Whyte Lipstick and Shop Talk. bandcamp] [0:53:10] heavenly - "skep wax" - highway to heavenly [bandcamp] [1:02:31] swansea sound - "markin' it down" - single [bandcamp Swansea Sound and Heavenly on tour along the east coast starting later this week! Johnny Brenda's in Philly on Friday! Bowery Ballroom on Saturday! Other places! West Coast also in June!] [1:05:06] rob bonfiglio - "blame this" - the over under [bandcamp] [1:09:32] echo & the bunnymen - "bring on the dancing horses" - songs to learn & sing [1:13:44] joe pernice - "the black and the blue" - sunny, i was wrong [bandcamp] [1:17:29] supercheri - "train of thought" - whau-whau [bandcamp] [1:26:50] rb korbet - "all the time" - tbd [advance track from forthcoming album!] [1:29:35] bob bert - "mississippi queen" - beach bongo bloodbath [1:33:18] the chop - "ok kid" - third window [album out April 24] [1:36:19] van goth - "secondary location" - is it? [bandcamp] [1:39:49] doug gillard - "parallel stride" - parallel stride [bandcamp] [1:47:02] reserver - "creams" - single [former members of the great late 2000s Chicago band Laureates bandcamp] [1:49:55] hazy cosmic jive - "diamond dogs" - s/t [Richard Barone, Glenn Mercer, and friends! Catch them live next month (Weds May 20) at the Avenel Performing Arts Center in Avenel NJ!] [1:53:22] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/163146

Duration:02:08:39