Upcoming Special Programs on WFMU (2024)

Upcoming SpecialPrograms on WFMU
Last updated: August 5th at 9:05 AM

(Go here for upcoming fill-ins.)The Darts
Sunday, August 11th, 8pm - 10pm
onRock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod
Farfisa fire! All-female garage band, The Darts, will play a live set to celebrate their new album "Boomerang" on Alternative Tentacles.Live set from Nighttime!
Monday, August 12th, 3:01pm - 6pm
onRadio Ravioli with Olivia
Eva Louise Goodman of Nighttime drops in for a live solo set of her lo-fi psych folk. On July 5, she released Lone Star, a compilation of intimate older recordings, in celebration of her solo tour this summer. She’ll be playing solo shows on 8.10 in Brooklyn, NY at Stone Circle Theater and on 8.15 in Jersey City, NJ at Fox & Crow! Check out her social media to see the full tour.Memo PST
Wednesday, August 14th, Noon - 3pm
onThe Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Memo PST is a newish Los Angeles punk band formed by Orville Neeley (OBN IIIs, Bad Sports — both past guests on Evan’s show) and Chris Shaw (Ex-Cult). Their debut album was recorded at Discount Mirrors, the LA studio co-owned by John Dwyer, and released on In The Red. Catch them live at Berlin in August 9 and at TV Eye on August 11, and right here on WFMU!Gwo Ka Guadaloupe Gala With Arnaud Dolmen
Saturday, August 17th, 7pm - 10pm
onObservations of Deviance with David Mittleman(on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Guadeloupean Jazz drummer Arnaud Dolmen has quickly become one of the top improvising Jazz drummers in the world. He masterfully combines traditional Gwo Ka music from Guadeloupe with contemporary Jazz improvisation. OoD host David Mittleman has put together a three hour feature on the music of Guadeloupe, including an interview with Arnaud Dolmen.Tom Dash fills in for Paul Bruno
Sunday, August 18th, 3pm - 5pm
onTom DashJohn Carlucci and Brandon LaGanke, Creators of the Irreverent Indie Film “Drunk Bus”
Monday, August 19th, 8pm - 9pm
onCheek In Tongues with Barno and DJ Kreightoven(on Sheena's Jungle Room Stream)
Barno chats with Brandon LaGanke and John Carlucci, the writers and directors of the independent film Drunk Bus. The film features actors such as Will Forte, Dave Hill, and Pineapple Tangaroa. They’ll discuss the movie's diverse soundtrack, featuring Devo, Rumble Bees, and Dave Hill, and premiere its alternative theme song, "Welcome to the $%@! Drunk Bus," ultimately removed from the soundtrack.The 16th Annual Evan “Funk” Davies Show Disco Dance Party!
Wednesday, August 21st, Noon - 3pm
onThe Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Tell the boss you can’t make that Wednesday afternoon meeting this week — you’ve got dancing to do! Tune in for three hours of classic dance/disco jams from the mid-’70s to the early ’80s! Get that boombox out of the closet, hook up the disco ball, and turn up the volume. Everybody's dancin', everybody's on the beat, and there ain’t no stoppin’ us now!Bryan Scary
Thursday, August 22nd, Noon - 3pm
onPseu's Thing With A Hook
If there was a single artist played multiple times on WFMU by only one DJ for over a decade, would both the DJ and the artist exist in an alternate dimension? Find out as Pseu's Thing With a Hook welcomes the incredible, mercurial, multi-talented Mr. Bryan Scary for a RARE live musical session after his City Winery appearance 8/19.Pitchfork described Scary as "...canonic glitter-rock of Sparks and Queen, the MOR pop of Wings and ELO, and the fleet-fingered prog of Yes and early Genesis-- (his songs) crafty construction betrays a staunch determination to make a whole decade of once-guilty pleasures feel innocent all over again."The McCharmlys
Saturday, August 24th, 3pm - 6pm
onTodd-o-phonic Todd's show
The McCharmlysjoin Todd-O-Phonic Todd's Cavalcade Of Stars on Saturday August 24th. Hailing from Santa Ana, California, the band writes tunes with influences ranging from The Ramones, Roy Orbison and The Beach Boys. Catch them at The Hi-Tide Summer Surf Fest at Asbury Lanes on Saturday August 17th.Grant McPhee, author of Postcards from Scotland: Scottish Independent Music 1983-95
Wednesday, August 28th, Noon - 3pm
onThe Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Grant McPhee has established himself as an expert on the Scottish post-punk and indie scenes by way of his documentary films New Gold Dream (2015) and Teenage Superstars (2017), as well as co-writing the book Hungry Beat: The Scottish Pop Underground Movement (77-84) in 2022. Evan will talk with McPhee about his new book, which is an oral history that recounts the radical transformation of Scotland’s independent music scene from 1983-1995.Midnight Matinee: Cereal Mom
Saturday, August 31st, Midnight - 3am
onInflatable Squirrel Carcass with Rich Hazelton
Midnight Matinee presents Cereal Mom, re-inventing the classic John Waters film with added vitamins, minerals, and lots of artificial sweeteners. Why does perfect suburban mom go on a killing spree? Blame it on the added sugar. Midnight to 1 am, August 31, during Rich Hazelton’s Inflatable Squirrel Carcass on WFMU.Drop In Presents: Time Out with PJ.
Saturday, August 31st, 6pm - 7pm
onDrop-In(on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
It’s WFMU’s Rock ‘N Soul Radios, “Drop-In show”, hosted by Paul McMahon, artist for Wake ‘N Bake w/Clay Pigeon and also known as YerFriendPaul on the Accu.
"Time Out With PJ" is the perfect side dish for your Labor Day weekend festivities. A musical potato salad for all to enjoy! Dig in and "Time Out With PJ", August 31st from 6-7pm on the Rock N Soul Stream.Guest DJ Steve Wynn!
Wednesday, September 4th, Noon - 3pm
onThe Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Before The Baseball Project, before The Miracle Three, before his solo career, even before The Dream Syndicate, Steve Wynn was a DJ on his college radio station, KDVS. He’ll go back behind the mic today to play records and share stories, and he’s even threatening to run the board himself! Steve’s new solo album, Make It Right, and memoir, I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True, both come out at the end of August.Steve Beresford: Dancing The Line
Saturday, September 7th, 7pm - 10pm
onObservations of Deviance with David Mittleman(on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
For over five decades, multi-instrumentalist Steve Beresford has been at the forefront of Euro Free Improv music and avant-garde composition. Beresford has also worked with a wide variety artists in more popular genres: e.g. The Slits, Prince Far I and the Flying Lizards. In anticipation of the reissue of his 1985 LP “Dancing the Line,” OoD host David Mittleman interviewed Steve Beresford for a three hour blowout of his extensive and wide ranging catalogue.David Toop: Ocean of Sound
Saturday, September 21st, 7pm - 10pm
onObservations of Deviance with David Mittleman(on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
David Toop has been opening minds with his exploratory music and writing since the 1970s. His books, such as “Ocean of Sound,” have been life changing to many readers. David Toop joined OoD host David Mittleman for an expansive interview that will be the focus of a three hour examination of his immense, idiosyncratic catalogue.Drop In presents WOO with SOME ROCK'N'SOUL'N'THEN SOME
Saturday, September 28th, 6pm - 7pm
onDrop-In(on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)

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