The Evan "Funk" Davies Show | WFMU

startoon - "birthday heaven" - 7" [0:00:00] lou reed - "intro/sweet jane" - rock and roll animal [0:02:39] saint & stephanie - "gotta keep on dancin'" - 7" [0:10:23] abba - "the visitors" - 7" [dedicated to Amy Rigby] [0:14:40] art brut with hugh cornwell - "duchess" - no album [still posted for streaming on soundcloud] [0:20:04] the woggles - "my baby likes to boogaloo" - teendanceparty [0:22:42] foreigner - "luanne" - 4 [0:25:19] the flashing lights - "highschool" - where the change is [orig 1999; RIP Henry Sangalang. bandcamp] [0:28:40] daughter of the vine - "cosmic eye" - mystic valley pkwy [Margaret Garrett of Mr. Airplane Man bandcamp] [0:42:17] rhymies - "crashing lead" - i dream watching ep [bandcamp Lauren from Seablite and Neutrals] [0:47:57] autogramm - "randy" - single [bandcamp] [0:51:22] sharp pins - "race for the audience" - radio ddr [bandcamp] [0:52:55] kim deal - "wish i was" - nobody loves you more [bandcamp] [0:55:52] famous logs in history - "static missions" - mind the bollards [bandcamp] [1:09:37] the tubs - "freak mode" - cotton crown [bandcamp] [1:13:04] the mooney suzuki - "hot sugar" - alive and amplified [1:15:19] michael jacob rinzel - "fakin' it" - preserve your memories: a simon & garfunkel journey [bandcamp More background on this ambitious project] [1:18:24] neal francis - "what's left of me" - return to zero [bandcamp] [1:21:57] Set: Kompilation Korner™! nico fidenco - "sexy night (from "porno holocaust")" - va-eli roth's red light disco [1:38:14] my solid ground - "the executioner" - va-electric junk: deutsche rock, psych and kosmische 1970-1978 [out this Friday!] [1:40:42] martin hannett & steve hopkins - "space music" - va-jon savage's space: light years from home [bandcamp] [1:44:11] ash wednesday - "love by numbers" - va-can't stop it! australian post punk 1978-82 (2025 deluxe edition) [bandcamp] [1:49:54] kick axe - "on the road to rock" - va-young and wild: a decade of american glam metal 1982-1992 [out next month!] [1:52:28] kopperfield - "wake up people" - va-motor city is burning: a michigan anthology 1965-1972 [1:56:44] the kirkbys - "it's a crime" - va-liverpool sunset: the city after merseybeat 1964-1969 [2:01:08] the chromatics - "i'm a rep" - va-time gentlemen! pub rock rhythm 'n' grooves 1974-1982 [2:03:13] End of set bliss - "front page news" - pure bliss [1970s recordings, never released] [2:14:14] bobby zodiac & the clairvoyants - "existential crisis" - s/t [bandcamp] [2:16:38] the bolshoi brothers - "steam funk" - s/t [Trevor Tanner and Paul Clark from The Bolshoi bandcamp] [2:20:16] the open flames - "uk trains" - same time next year [bandcamp] [2:23:59] the number ones - "sorry" - single [bandcamp] [2:27:28] shale - "work dog" - s/t ep [2:37:34] savak - "no man's island" - squawk! [bandcamp out May 30!] [2:41:49] ed kuepper & jim white - "collapse board" - after the flood [Ed Kuepper is Suzy Hotrod's guest this coming Sunday night between 8 and 10pm! bandcamp] [2:44:47] consumables - "infinite games" - infinite games [playing live on my show May 21! bandcamp] [2:51:42] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151153

blondie - "the attack of the giant ants" - s/t [0:00:00] blondie - "fan mail" - plastic letters [0:03:23] blondie - "will anything happen?" - parallel lines [0:06:04] blondie - "accidents never happen" - eat to the beat [0:08:43] blondie - "angels on the balcony" - autoamerican [0:12:57] blondie - "the beast" - the hunter [0:16:33] blondie - "maria" - no exit [0:21:10] blondie - "long time" - pollinator [0:26:05] blondie - "detroit 442" - plastic letters [0:42:51] blondie - "the hardest part" - eat to the beat [0:45:14] blondie - "rifle range" - s/t [0:48:35] blondie - "i know but i don't know" - parallel lines [0:52:19] blondie - "walk like me" - autoamerican [0:56:08] josh kantor - "dreaming" - live at Fenway Park, 4/7/25 [1:00:01] blondie - "dreaming" - eat to the beat [1:01:45] Set: Non-Blondie Clem performances the split squad - "now hear this" - now hear this... [1:11:02] the split squad - "what's next to the moon" - live on wfmu [The Split Squad live on my show, engineered by Mike Sin] [1:14:12] the empty hearts - "coat-tailer" - the second album [1:18:10] the empty hearts - "(i see) no way out" - s/t [1:21:18] the tearaways - "charlie, keith, and ringo" - and for our next trick [1:24:57] tony fox sales - "success" - single [1:28:39] melvins - "attitude" - everybody loves sausages [1:32:17] End of set Set: More non-Blondie Clem performances and productions speedies - "urban mania" - speedy delivery [mislabeled CD track list! Clem didn't work on this song!] [1:42:46] the colors - "have you seen her" [Clem produced and played drums] [1:46:45] speedies - "something on my mind" - speedy delivery [From 1981, Clem produced] [1:49:39] eurythmics - "caveman head" - in the garden [1:53:22] iggy pop - "the horse song" - zombie birdhouse [1:57:12] the adult net - "where were you when i needed you" - the honey tangle [2:00:06] dramarama - "don't feel like doing drugs" - hi-fi sci-fi [2:03:14] End of set clem burke - "chats with efd" - live on wfmu [Interview originally aired in August 2022] [2:15:28] blondie - "the thin line" - against the odds [1975 recording] [2:33:46] blondie - "in the flesh (extended intro" - against the odds [2:35:58] blondie - "i'm on e (take 2)" - against the odds [2:38:46] blondie - "i'll never break away from this heart of mine (pretty baby)" - against the odds [2:41:24] blondie - "union city blue (instrumental version)" - against the odds [2:44:50] blondie - "out in the streets" - against the odds [2:47:32] blondie - "poets problem" - against the odds [2:50:53] blondie - "heart of glass (disco long)" - 12" [2018 reissue] [2:52:11] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150915

rod stewart - "every picture tells a story" - every picture tells a story [0:00:00] television - "ain't that nothin'" - adventure [0:06:20] pumpkin and the profile all-stars - "here comes that beat" - 12" [0:11:09] units - "the right man" - 12" [0:17:52] the philisteens - "turn up the music" - turn up the music 12" ep [0:21:36] magazine - "the light pours out of me" - 7" [0:25:21] o-d-ex - "my pleasure" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:35:49] frvits - "pentatonic tacos" - the great internet 7" ep [bandcamp] [0:38:15] taxi girls - "rainy" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:39:46] illuminated sidewalks - "i've heard that one before" - 7" [our own Matt Clarke on bass! bandcamp] [0:43:03] true green - "consider the priesthood" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:46:20] paint fumes - "crime of love" - 7" [bandcamp] [0:50:21] night finger - "fuzzy and wild" - single [bandcamp] [0:53:37] bruce mcculloch - "chats with efd" - live on wfmu [Go see Tales Of Bravery And Stupidity on Friday April 11 at The Armory in Somverville MA, and Saturday April 12 at The Bell House in Brooklyn! More info and ticket links on Bruce's website!] [1:03:11] cameron winter - "love takes miles" - heavy metal [bandcamp] [1:28:44] bc camplight - "the last rotation of earth" - the last rotation of earth [bandcamp Fun fact: "B.C." isn't related to British Columbia at all, it's the singer's initials: Brian Christinzio] [1:32:35] the trans-canada highwaymen - "tonight is a wonderful time to fall in love" - explosive hits, vol. 1 [April Wine song, sung by Craig Northey] [1:36:06] the fondaleros - "odd(s)" - single [bandcamp] [1:43:48] matt tecu & fernando perdomo - "low hanging fruit" - getting warmer [bandcamp] [1:48:38] leopardo - "final landslide" - side a / side b [bandcamp] [1:51:38] johnny irion & us elevator - "let me take your foto" - single [Yes, it's a Speedies cover! Pat Sansone on guitar!] [1:55:04] ultra lights - "people on the planet" - single [bandcamp] [1:58:33] wet leg - "catch these fists (radio edit)" - moisturizer [album out in July! bandcamp] [2:10:26] güner künier - "ne var" - yaramaz [bandcamp] [2:13:17] dimorphodons - "grimpen mire" - waui [bandcamp] [2:15:45] talking heads - "air" - fear of music [2:19:43] lael neale - "down on the freeway" - altogether stranger [Playing April 25 at Public records in Brooklyn; album out on May 2! bandcamp] [2:23:04] the perfect garden - "end of the perfect sunshine" - a place not far from here [1990 recordings newly released bandcamp] [2:37:17] renee maskin - "cat's out of the bag" - is it real [bandcamp] [2:42:26] silver synthetic - "right time" - rosalie [bandcamp] [2:45:02] leigh arthur - "oh i forgot" - single [bandcamp] [2:48:34] daniel takes a train - "hit parade" - single [bandcamp] [2:52:05] yachts - "i know" - missing in action: the lost tapes 1980-81 [2:55:09] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150694

babe ruth - "the mexican" - first base first base - "i don't wanna be your dog" - s/t [0:05:27] curt gowdy - "side 2 (excerpt)" - ya gotta believe [0:07:53] "love bug" starski - "you've gotta believe" - 7" [0:12:20] jon spencer & the hitmakers - "strike 3" - spencer gets it lit [0:16:14] diamondsnake - "switch hitter" - live on WFMU [engineered by Diane Kamikaze Phil Costello - vocals, guitar Moby - guitar, some bass Dave Hill - bass, some guitar Tomato - drums] [0:18:43] ed nottle - "welcome to my world" - to baseball with love ["This one is for Billy Martin," per the liner notes] [0:22:01] del crandall / jim lonborg - "introduction / pitching mechanics" - inside baseball with the milwaukee brewers [0:24:01] the ribeye brothers - "wally pipp" - call of the scrapheap [0:28:57] pork - "grandslam baby" - 7" [0:31:04] johnny bench with the cincinnati pops - "casey at the bat" - casey at the bat [0:45:07] the airport 77s - "it it's on i'm in" - don't let go [new album coming in May!] [1:00:26] the modbeats - "fairweather friends" - 4 song ep [this song available individually on bandcamp] [1:02:10] private lives - "dealer's choice" - salt of the earth [bandcamp CanCon: ✅] [1:05:35] miranda & the beat - "can't take it" - can't take it [bandcamp] [1:08:05] roseblood - "become the night" - s/t [Kathy Foster from The Thermals, Hurry Up, etcc. bandcamp] [1:10:44] tuff sunshine - "elevator eyes" - vanity matrix [playing live on the show on Weds. May 7! bandcamp] [1:23:06] the laureates - "house of wives" - and then not even then [bandcamp] [1:26:26] meat whiplash - "here it comes" - collected/contextualized [One CD of Meat Whiplash songs from the '80s, one CD of bands covering Meat Whiplash bandcamp] [1:29:03] dan melchior und das menace - "manatee and crow" - natural anxiety [bandcamp] [1:31:43] brian bilston & the catenary wires - "alexa, what is there to know about love" - sounds made by humans [album out in May! bandcamp] [1:34:23] sparks - "do things my own way" - mad! [bandcamp album out in May!] [1:46:22] vnv nation - "silence speaks" - silence speaks [1:49:49] snapped ankles - "pay the rent" - hard times furious dancing [bandcamp] [1:54:36] the electronic circus - "direct lines" - va-bob stanley & pete wiggs present the tears of technology [this song orig 1981] [2:00:09] zabrecky - "our magic" - single [2:03:45] bliss - "rock and roll queen" - pure bliss [previously unreleased mid/late '70s recordings] [2:15:07] creem circus - "switched on" - get.switched.on [bandcamp] [2:17:11] psych-o-positive - "electric fratboy" - single [bandcamp] [2:20:56] ultra lights - "it's your funeral" - 7" [bandcamp] [2:24:59] sea fever - "loose cut" - single [Tom Chapman and Phil Cunningham from New Order, Beth Cassidy of Section 25] [2:27:30] brian d'daddario - "nothing on my mind" - till the morning [live tomorrow on Pseu's Thing With A Hook! (noon - 3pm EDT) bandcamp] [2:40:54] 31Ø8 - "rebecca" - grn [bandcamp] [2:44:19] mean magic - "broken eyes" - ii [bandcamp] [2:46:47] horsegirl - "frontrunner" - phonetics on and on [bandcamp] [2:50:05] consumables - "keys to the cell" - infinite games [bandcamp Playing live on my show April 16th!] [2:52:52] the baseball project - "the yips" - grand salami time! [2:55:45] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/150452