The Evan "Funk" Davies Show | WFMU

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

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

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

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