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
the 18th Annual Holiday Music Funktacular — on actual Christmas! from Dec 25, 2024
12/25/2024
luther - "may christmas bring you happiness" - 12"
the ravers - "(it's gonna be a) punk rock christmas" - 7" [0:04:04]
big john greer - "(we want to see) santa do the mambo" [0:07:30]
tralala - "everybody christmastime" - falala-la-la with tralala [0:09:41]
the swingin' neckbreakers - "santa claus ain't comin' this year" - 7" [0:12:36]
the ergs - "we're going to have a devo christmas" [0:15:28]
swansea sound - "(i wanna wear a) mirrored hat like slade" - single [bandcamp] [0:22:43]
glam chops - "counting down to christmas" - digital ep [0:26:14]
sloan - "merry x'mas everybody" - holiday single 2012 [0:29:35]
billy squier - "christmas is the time to say i love you" - 12" [0:32:57]
shot balowski - "xmas glam bang" - single [bandcamp] [0:35:45]
the pointed sticks - "power pop santa" - single [bandcamp] [0:44:05]
trolley - "holiday/christmas in the marketplace" - star of wonder ep [bandcamp] [0:46:56]
whirling dervishes - "you're a mean one mr. grinch" - grinch cd ep [0:49:47]
peter holsapple combo - "felt like summer (but it looked like christmas)" - single [0:52:00]
yo la tengo - "rock n roll santa" - merry christmas from yo la tengo ep [0:55:56]
wreckless eric & amy rigby - "festive af" - single [bandcamp] [1:03:22]
team 9 - "looks like rain dear" - va-we wish you a merry christmash [1:06:32]
the untamed youth - "santa's gonna shut 'em down" - untamed melodies [1:09:49]
stan freberg & daws butler - "christmas dragnet" - va-dr. demento presents the greatest christmas novelty cd of all time [1:12:01]
the damned - "there ain't no sanity clause" - va-punk rock xmas [1:18:43]
the guitars - "don't believe in christmas" - a very guitars christmas [bandcamp] [1:25:02]
the guitars - "a visit from santa's elves" - a very guitars christmas [1:26:33]
the guitars - "sleigh ride" - a very guitars christmas [1:27:49]
the guitars - "the north pole / rusty's lament" - a very guitars christmas [1:30:52]
the guitars - "christmas (baby please come home)" - a very guitars christmas [1:33:36]
the guitars - "a jovial thanks from the jolly one" - a very guitars christmas [1:36:02]
the guitars - "run, rudolph, run" - a very guitars christmas [1:37:08]
future wife - "i'm spending christmas alone" - single [1:46:08]
jean caffeine - "another crying christmas" - single [bandcamp] [1:50:32]
the o'jays - "christmas ain't christmas new year's ain't new year's without the one you love" - 7" [1:53:14]
run on - "xmas trip" - xmas trips digital ep [bandcamp] [1:55:24]
the bacarrudas - "christmas with the cat" - single [bandcamp] [1:57:26]
ben london - "vinyl xmas" - va-hail the jolly xmas monkey [2:04:38]
sir prize & the twomorrow knightz - "classic cartoon christmas" - single [bandcamp] [2:07:27]
angel - "the christmas song" - the casablanca years [2:10:49]
tv's daniel - "you can't spend christmas alone" - single [2:14:26]
pylon reenactment society - "christmas daze" - single [bandcamp] [2:18:04]
hanson - "everybody knows the claus" - snowed in [2:26:20]
randy bachman - "takin' care of christmas (featuring beverley mahood)" - takin' care of christmas [2:30:50]
dwight twilley - "christmas night" - have a twilley christmas [2:34:19]
jonny rubbish - "santa's alive" - 7" [2:38:03]
confidence man - "santa's comin' down the chimney" - single [bandcamp] [2:41:46]
en attendant ana - "close your mouth because christmas is the day!" - en attendant ana sings christmas [bandcamp] [2:47:56]
the db's - "home for the holidays" - 12" [2:52:20]
elton john - "step into christmas" - 7" [2:55:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147438
Duration:03:08:15
MANAGER live set! from Dec 18, 2024
12/18/2024
tim moore - "i can almost see the light" - s/t [0:00:00]
dyan diamond - "western ave." - s/t [0:02:41]
ladytron - "discotraxx" - 604 [0:05:42]
the steve roper band - "freda'n är här" - 7" [0:09:30]
neil richardson - "the riviera affair" - va-the sound gallery vol. 1 [0:16:59]
the klf - "3 a.m. eternal" - the white room [0:17:51]
bow wow wow - "baby, oh no" - 12" [0:21:13]
freaky wilderness - "smudge the sky" - immeasurable heaven [bandcamp] [0:37:16]
movie movie - "damaged goods" - in 4-d! [bandcamp] [0:41:09]
the the - "zen & the art of dating" - ensoulment [0:46:35]
some sunny day - "off" - single [0:51:07]
faithnyc - "overpass" - love is a wish away [bandcamp] [0:55:26]
Set: MANAGER live on WFMU
Engineered by Tom Unish
Jon Chinn - vocals/guitar
Lori Cantu - bass/vocals
John Dorcas - drums
Get their new EP HOT-LINE (and more) on bandcamp
Find them on Instagram: @managertheband
manager - "spy balloon" - live on wfmu [1:05:13]
manager - "mannequin pizza party" - live on wfmu [1:09:07]
manager - "shasta" - live on wfmu [1:12:05]
manager - "steven tipton" - live on wfmu [1:14:55]
manager - "lady pizza" - live on wfmu [1:18:43]
manager - "commuter" - live on wfmu [1:22:00]
manager - "copperhead" - live on wfmu [1:26:41]
manager - "dirty white coat" - live on wfmu [1:31:21]
manager - "repeat offender" - live on wfmu [1:34:54]
manager - "chat with efd" [1:37:43]
End of set
assistant - "raking leaves" - certain memories [bandcamp] [1:44:02]
the subway ghosts - "green skies" - single [bandcamp
playing at Young Ethel's in Brooklyn on Friday] [1:45:52]
dom mariani - "jangleland" - s/t [bandcamp] [1:50:05]
rockpile - "play that fast thing (one more time)" - seconds of pleasure [1:55:23]
tiger bomb - "ready to go" - 15 super hits [bandcamp] [1:59:06]
Set: Kompilation Korner!
jay gonzales - "seabird" - va-caverns of gold: a benefit for western north carolina hurricane relief [bandcamp] [2:09:05]
the neutrons - "l'hippie nationale" - va-lazy days: the british progressive pop sounds of 1975 [2:12:16]
chicken curry & his pop percussion orchestra - "librium" - va-funky chicken part 1 [2014 release, just purchased recently by me - on bandcamp] [2:15:27]
the steppers - "keep on walking" - va-atlanta: hotbed of 70s soul [2:19:13]
white town - "bewitched" - va-c92 [2:22:59]
benny profane - "rob a bank" - va-cut me deep: a story of indie pop 1985-1989 [2:26:54]
End of set
a girl called eddy - "tears all over town" - s/t (20th anniversary reissue) [2:37:19]
20/20 - "laurel canyon" - back to california [bandcamp] [2:40:37]
yachts - "negative talk" - missing in action: the lost tapes 1980-81 [2:44:41]
redd kross - "visionary" - phaseshifter [Sunday night's screening of the Redd Kross documentary is SOLD OUT!] [2:47:43]
talking heads - "pulled up (alternate pop version)" - talking heads: 77 (super deluxe edition) [2:52:13]
beachwood sparks - "wild swans" - across the river of stars [2:56:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/147211
Duration:03:08:42
no theme, no live set, no guests, no goddamn death dedications from Dec 11, 2024
12/11/2024
whiz kids - "start all over again" - s/t [two-man band with no guitars and no bass]
elvis costello - "this year's girl" - this year's model [0:02:44]
the leather nun - "jesus came driving along" - force of habit [0:05:50]
product of reason - "five" - va-household shocks [2016 reissue of 1980 comp] [0:09:06]
bette bright - "shoorah shoorah" - rhythm breaks the ice [0:12:16]
blue öyster cult - "morning final" - agents of fortune [0:15:09]
red devils - "little miss linda" - 7" ep [0:19:18]
brian james - "ain't that a shame" - 7" [0:22:28]
game theory - "throwing the election" - two steps from the middle ages [0:25:50]
schizo fun addict - "elevation versus sabotage" - 7" [0:41:07]
dew claw - "mouse trap" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:44:43]
frankie & the witch fingers - "bonehead" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:47:53]
wake in fright - "good cop bad cop" - around every corner 7" ep [from Portland! (the East Coast one!)
bandcamp] [0:52:34]
negatives - "mind scan" - whole lotta shakin' 7" ep [reissue of 1979/1980
rarity
bandcamp] [0:56:11]
yachts - "evidence destroyed" - missing in action: the lost tapes 1980-81 [available here] [1:07:12]
afterimage - "afterimage" - faces to hide [new reissue, orig early '80s
bandcamp] [1:09:59]
eljin marbles - "art is love is god" - cool fires: songs of l.a. art at midcentury [WFMU's own Dave Mandl on bass!
bandcamp] [1:14:17]
bloodwork - "sad girl problems" - beaucoup dinero [bandcamp] [1:17:04]
tuff sunshine - "legwork" - vanity matrix [bandcamp] [1:19:12]
manager - "lady pizza" - hot-line ep [Next week's live guests!
bandcamp] [1:33:19]
echo & the bunnymen - "bombers bay" - s/t [1:35:38]
db edmunds - "blind faith" - everybody knows by now [previously in The Gladhands
bandcanp] [1:39:48]
nada surf - "new propeller" - moon mirror [bandcamp] [1:43:54]
st. jimi sebastian cricket club - "until we meet again" - into your heartbeat [1:49:02]
caribou - "come find me" - honey [bandcamp] [2:00:16]
programme 4 - "excerpt" - easy am 66 promotional album vol. 3 [bandcamp
From the brilliant mind of past guest of the show Rachel Lichtman, with help from the likes of Tammy Faye Starlight, Michael McKean and many others!] [2:04:02]
ora the molecule - "løveskatt" - dance therapy [bandcamp] [2:09:20]
qlowski - "thirteen/the wound" - the wound [bandcamp] [2:14:33]
patrick cowley - "shakin' all over" - from behind [bandcamp] [2:18:13]
kassie krut - "blood" - s/t [bandcamp] [2:28:40]
the lovely eggs - "people tv" - eggsistentialism [bandcamp] [2:31:38]
david bowie - "v-2 schneider" - heroes [2:36:57]
cell\borg - "waking working sleeping" - s/t [2:39:06]
the duke of surl - "the walk / the storm" - borneo [bandcamp] [2:44:18]
(+39)375-649-94-64 my telephone number - "ordinary way" - album #01 [bandcamp] [2:51:21]
faulty cognitions - "roller skating and the end of the world" - somehow here we are [bandcamp] [2:53:43] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146983
Duration:03:08:59
FREAKY WILDERNESS live set! from Dec 4, 2024
12/4/2024
attitudes - "sweet summer music" - 7" [0:00:00]
celia & the mutations - "mony mony" - 7" [0:03:25]
klark kent - "don't care" - 7" [on green vinyl!] [0:06:48]
steeplechase - "wrought iron man" - lady bright [0:09:29]
gang of four - "what we all want" - 12" [0:12:59]
the steppes - "master james" - enquire within [0:17:40]
ted leo & the pharmacists - "the high party" - hearts of oak [0:21:56]
ramones - "my brain is hanging upside down (bonzo goes to bitburg)" - animal boy [Expertly covered solo acoustically by Ted Leo at White Eagle Hall a few weeks ago] [0:26:58]
Set: RIP Andy Paley
the paley brothers & ramones - "come on let's go" - 7" [0:42:42]
the paley brothers - "you're the best" - the complete recordings [0:45:01]
the paley brothers - "tell me tonight" - 7" [0:47:37]
the sidewinders - "streetwalker" - va-the boston incest album [0:51:25]
the paley brothers - "ecstasy" - the complete recordings [0:54:06]
End of set
Set: RIP Shel Talmy
rumplestiltskin - "mr. joe (witness for the defence)" - s/t [produced by Shel Talmy] [0:57:43]
End of set
Set: FREAKY WILDERNESS live on WFMU
Engineered by Superstar Mario Santana, assisted by Daniel Korzen
Mike Guggino - guitar / vocals
Aileen Brophy - bass
Christian Rutledge - drums
Debut full-length album Immeasurable Heaven comes out next Friday, Dec. 13. I bet it will be on their bandcamp page.
Catch their record release show next Thursday, Dec. 12, at Main Drag Music in Brooklyn! They're also playing a secret basement location in West Philadelphia on Saturday the 14th -- DM them on Instagram for the address!
freaky wilderness - "spirit spouse" - live on wfmu [1:09:48]
freaky wilderness - "call it love" - live on wfmu [1:18:11]
freaky wilderness - "see you on the other side" - live on wfmu [1:22:12]
freaky wilderness - "i ain't tortured" - live on wfmu [1:27:55]
freaky wilderness - "smudge the sky" - live on wfmu [1:32:40]
freaky wilderness - "immeasurable heaven" - live on wfmu [1:37:09]
freaky wilderness - "wind swept world" - live on wfmu [1:42:40]
freaky wilderness - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu [1:47:14]
End of set
taste testors - "what she don't know will hurt her" - s/t [with Steve E. Nix from Cute Lepers and the Briefs! Album out next month!
You can't buy it yet, but keep an eye on their bandcamp!] [1:57:17]
taxi girls - "rainy" - single [bandcamp] [1:59:31]
the routes - "isolation" - surfin' pleasures [bandcamp] [2:02:05]
mike badger - "keep 'em busy (so they don't look up)" - devils, ghosts and firearms [from The La's] [2:05:25]
the embrooks - "terry and julie" - single [bandcamp] [2:07:40]
keeley - "forever froze" - beautiful mysterious [bandcamp] [2:20:11]
the heart attack-acks - "black heart song" - single [bandcamp] [2:24:45]
huge molasses tank explodes - "rise / bow of gold" - iii [bandcamp] [2:28:23]
ultravox - "quiet men" - three into one [2:35:47]
mouth congress - "magnanimous" - valley of song [New album from Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini from The Kids In The Hall! More info on their website] [2:39:44]
peter holsapple - "larger than life" - single [2:48:33]
redd kross - "way too happy" - s/t [bandcamp
Reminder #1: Andrew Reich, director of Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story will be on Michael Shelley's show this Saturday
Reminder #2. We're screening that documentary here at Monty Hall on Sunday Dec. 22! I'll be hosting, and we'll have a Q+A with Dan Epstein, co-authonr (with the McDonald brothers) of Now You're One Of Us: The Incredible Story Of Redd Kross!] [2:52:18]
congratulations - "1 2 save me" - slap [bandcamp] [2:54:58] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146749
Duration:03:08:46