The Evan "Funk" Davies Show | WFMU

string driven thing - "are you a rock and roller" - 7" [0:00:00] tv smith's explorers - "the servant" - 7" [0:03:00] the cars - "got a lot on my head" - candy-o [0:06:11] the trans-canada highwaymen - "theme from trans-canada highwaymen" - explosive hits, vol. 1 [Happy anniversary to the Trans-Canada Highway! Opened on this date in 1962!] [0:09:09] tom lehrer - "pollution" - that was the year that was [RIP to this genius, a huge influence on me as a youth.] [0:12:27] franke & the knockouts - "keep on fighting" - below the belt [0:14:51] baby shakes - "sweet 'n' sour (part 2)" - single [0:19:36] vinyl virgins - "mony mony" - 12" [0:22:10] ultravox! - "slip away" - s/t [0:25:43] mark goodman and martha quinn - "excerpt" - sound up podcast [Full podcast is here, the part about me starts around 40 minutes in] [0:29:55] the telephone numbers - "be right down" - scarecrow ii [bandcamp] [0:40:33] b. hamilton - "sunny day" - b. hamilton (2025) [bandcamp] [0:44:13] beauty - "acid baby girl" - single [bandcamp] [0:48:55] discreet charms - "burn, blacken, or smoke" - delivery model stateholder meeting [bandcamp with our own Nate K and Tom Dash!] [0:51:37] seely jurgens band - "why oh why" - single [bandcamp Kyle Seely from Sheer Mag] [0:56:03] Set: SAVAK live on WFMU! Engineered by Superstar Mario Santana, assisted by Kay Flynn-Murray (aka K-dog) Sohrab Habibion - vocals, guitar Mike "Jaws" Jaworski - vocals, guitar Matt Hunter - bass, backing vocals Matt Schultz - drums, no vocals whatsoever Latest album SQUAWK! out now on Peculiar Works and available on Bandcamp savak - "agronomy domine" - live on wfmu [1:06:46] savak - "vis-a-vis" - live on wfmu [1:09:51] savak - "two lamps" - live on wfmu [1:13:10] savak - "child's pose" - live on wfmu [1:16:07] savak - "talk to some people" - live on wfmu [1:18:45] savak - "no man's island" - live on wfmu [1:22:03] savak - "moon over marine park" - live on wfmu [1:25:36] savak - "casual cruelty" - live on wfmu [1:29:49] savak - "tomorrow and the day after" - live on wfmu [1:32:32] savak - "sick of war" - live on wfmu [1:36:00] savak - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu [1:39:33] the whimbrels - "eclipse eye" - s/t [bandcamp Hopefully playing live on the show later this year! With members of Glen Branca Ensemble, Swans, and... Savak!] [1:49:20] barbara - "tolerant nation" - s/t [bandcamp] [1:53:43] ducks ltd. - "lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken (feat. lunar vacation)" - single [bandcamp] [1:57:32] automatic - "mercury" - is it now? [bandcamp] [2:01:25] darling black - "deep down in the ground" - single [Dylan from Lulu Lewis' solo project! Playing this Sunday night at Berlin, with 12090 A.D. and Kay Nova. bandcamp] [2:05:54] Set: KOMPILATION KORNER, extra-large edition! animal logic - "the meaning of life" - va-praise poems 11 [bandcamp] [2:19:27] the woolies - "who do you love" - va-motor city is burning: a michigan anthology 1965-1972 [2:21:42] fragments - "powerstatefailure" - va-generation blitz 4: mutant electro [bandcamp] [2:23:47] billy paul - "let 'em in" - va-here, there and everywhere [2:28:56] fabienne stoko - "poupee" - va-histoire de coeur: lost french synth pop 7"ers and euro-bombs (1980-89) [bandcamp] [2:33:48] john howard - "i tune in to you (1-2ne-in-2-u)" - va-all the young droids [bandcamp] [2:42:47] giani ferrio - "quando vui con chi voi" - va-eli roth's red light disco [2:46:05] the bags - "dancing around our handbags (demo cassette 1982)" - va-promises, promises: borders and mid-wales post punk 1979-83 [not those Bags. Or those Bags either. bandcamp] [2:49:04] tuff - "the new genertion" - va-young and wild: a decade of american glam metal 1982-1992 [2:51:48] bruce moody - "am romance" - va-i wanna be a teen again: american power pop 1980-1989 [2:56:20] End of set Set: https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154651

the dickies - "paranoid" - 10" maxi single [0:00:00] the cardigans - "iron man" - first band on the moon [0:01:58] monster magnet - "into the void" - god says no [0:06:21] the royal purple - "a hard road" - psychoacoustics [WFMU's own Stu Rutherford and Mike Sin!] [0:14:05] 1000 homo djs - "supernaut" - single [0:18:51] ozzy osbourne - "flying high again" - diary of a madman [0:25:24] Set: RIP Carter Cathcart, guitarist / keyboardist in the Laughing Dogs the laughing dogs - "get 'im outta town" - s/t [0:43:01] the lauging dogs - "not what i used to be" - s/t + meet their makers [cd reissue, a Carter Cathcart composition] [0:44:01] the laughing dogs - "it's just the truth" - s/t [another Cathcart tune] [0:46:26] the laughing dogs - "reason for wanting you" - s/t + meet their makers [one more Cathcart composition] [0:50:27] the laughing dogs - "i need a million" - s/t [0:52:58] blurt - "the mecanno giraffe" - the mecanno giraffe ep [bandcamp] [1:00:05] brian bilston & the catenary wires - "to do list" - sounds made by humans [bandcamp] [1:03:47] autocamper - "map like a leaf" - what do you do all day? [bandcamp] [1:06:16] the royal arctic institute - "he died fighting in spain" - s/t [bandcamp Playing tomorrow night at Sinatra Park in Hoboken, with Sloppy Heads!] [1:10:34] viennetta - "twist yr arm" - s/t [album out in September bandcamp] [1:14:11] jz barrell - "one way mirror" - don't give away your magic [bandcamp] [1:27:08] the minus 5 - "falling like jets" - oar on, penelope! [bandcamp] [1:31:03] luke haines & peter buck - "56 nervous breakdowns" - going down to the river ...to blow my mind [with most of The Minus 5! bandcamp] [1:34:40] johnny thunders - "daddy rollin' stone" - so alone [1:37:36] creem circus - "oh no rock and roll" - get.switched.on! [bandcamp still buzzing from their show at Ortlieb's last Friday!] [1:40:30] sloan - "dream destroyer" - based on the best seller [bandcamp] [1:52:39] dom mariani - "apple of life" - apple of life [coming this fall!] [1:56:32] düül suns - "serpentine" - single [not yet on their bandcamp] [2:00:06] sandra's wedding - "lullahello" - arturus rex [bandcamp] [2:04:33] mal blum - "must get lonely" - the villain [bandcamp] [2:08:40] ultra lights - "scene of the crime" - s/t [bandcamp Playing live on my show Weds Aug 20! Catch them at Mama Tried Saturday Aug 16 with Love, Burns and another band I'm forgetting.] [2:20:40] hotline tnt - "julia's war" - raspberry moon [bandcamp] [2:24:23] whitney's playland - "only daughter" - long rehearsal [bandcamp] [2:27:01] jimrosch - "i sighed" - daylights [bandcamp] [2:29:50] savak - "moon over marine park" - squawk! [live on the show next week! Also playing live Friday night in DC, Saturday in Philly (two shows!), and Sunday night at TV Eye! bandcamp] [2:34:02] grim globs - "horrible man" - s/t [bandcamp] [2:45:09] nick lowe and his cowboy outfit - "the rose of england" - the rose of england [2:47:49] jean caffeine - "i know you know i know" - generation jean [bandcamp] [2:51:03] jeffrey novak - "sweetlips" - blood celebration [bandcamp] [2:55:24] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154413

the sharonettes - "papa ooh mow mow" - 7" [0:00:00] the freshmen - "papa-oom-mow-mow" - single [0:02:43] ramones - "surfin' bird" - rocket to russia [0:05:07] os bons - "papa oom mow mow" [no idea] [0:07:39] the beach boys - "papa-oom-mow-mow" - beach boys concert [0:11:33] the rivingtons - "mama-oom-mow-mow" - the liberty years [0:13:33] the cramps - "surfin' bird" - off the bone [0:16:19] king usniewicz & his usniewicztones - "papa-oom-mow-mow" - teenage dance party [0:20:59] silverchair - "surfin' bird" - the door ep [0:23:28] the rivingtons - "papa-oom-mow-mow" - the liberty years [0:25:47] the trashmen - "surfin' bird" - surfin' bird [0:29:03] giorgio - "looky looky" - schlagermoroder volume 1 1966-1975 [(coda)] [0:30:26] Set: RIP David Kaff, Dave Cousins, Honest John Plain spinal tap - "hellhole" - this is spinal tap original soundtrack [RIP keyboard player David Kaff, aka Viv Savage] [0:44:02] strawbs - "i don't want to talk about it" - deadlines [RIP Dave Cousins] [0:46:12] the boys - "sick on you" - 7" [reissue, orig 1977; RIP guitarist Honest John Plain] [0:49:59] pete stride / john plain - "just like a clown" - new guitars in town [(Pete Stride from The Lurkers.)] [0:51:57] strawbs - "my friend peter" - deep cuts [0:55:25] spinal tap - "rock and roll creation" - this is spinal tap original soundtrack [0:57:59] End of set creem circus - "caesar's palace" - get.switched.on! [see them live at Ortlieb's in Philadelphia this Friday night! bandcamp] [1:07:21] the hives - "legalize living" - the hives forever forever the hives [1:10:42] self improvement - "dissolved" - syndrome [bandcamp] [1:14:16] 0 conduit - "a" - a [bandcamp] [1:17:11] karyn kuhl band - "i feel love" - single [Karyn Kuhl & The Gang playing this Thursday night (i.e. TOMORROW!) at Sinatra Park in Hoboken, with Freedy Johnston and emcee (not MC) Hoboken Jack! bandcamp Her original songs are good too, I promise!] [1:23:52] bird streets - "mistaker" - the escape artist [produced by Jason Falkner, album out in October bandcamp] [1:36:34] boomgates - "layman's terms" - double natural [bandcamp] [1:40:39] savak - "child's pose" - squawk [bandcamp Playing live on the show in two weeks!] [1:43:47] b. hamilton - "release the hounds" - b. hamilton (2025) [bandcamp] [1:46:22] semihelix - "deeper space in time" - single [bandcamp] [1:50:40] grim globs - "don't let the internet" - s/t [bandcamp] [2:03:22] neko case - "wreck" - neon grey midnight green [bandcamp] [2:07:09] starbreaker - "the sound of summer" - 7" [2:10:16] greg ashley - "six am at the black and white" - 7" [bandcamp] [2:12:47] girls on grass - "don't buy it" - stages ep [Should be on their bandcamp at some point, not sure of the official release date] [2:17:57] secret monkey weekend - "so much joy" - lemon drop hammer [playing live on the show Weds Aug 13 with The Prof. Fuzz 63! bandcamp] [2:28:49] the prof. fuzz 63 - "hand grenade princess" - my <3's still beatin' but i'm dead2u [returning to the show on Aug 13 with Secret Monkey Weekend! bandcamp] [2:32:07] the stranglers - "dagenham dave" - no more heroes [2:35:59] ty segall - "posession" - possession [bandcamp] [2:39:17] st. divine - "diy (frankenstein)" - you can't go forward and you can't go back [bandcamp] [2:43:10] splitsville - "i hate going to hutzler's" - mobtown [bandcamp] [2:50:17] shampoo - "forgotten lane" - single [shoutout to Maria T's Sound Advice PHL newsletter bandcamp] [2:53:56] wet leg - "liquidize (clean edit)" - moisturizer [2:56:39] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154168

iggy pop - "the endless sea" - new values [0:00:00] the chambers brothers - "time has come today" - time has come today [0:04:50] donna rhodes - "extra terrestrial" - 12" [0:15:59] the spunks - "super high revolution" - demo cdr [0:18:46] nantucket - "heartbreaker" - s/t [Nantucket drummer Kenny Soule is playing in Chris Stamey's band tomorrow night at City Winery in NYC! I have a feeling I'm the only one excited to find out this connection.] [0:22:01] chris stamey - "the summer sun" - 7" [an appetizer for the interview coming up at the top of the hour!] [0:26:12] the ribeye brothers - "cup of coffee and a piece of pie" - new ways to fail [RIP times a million, Tim Cronin] [0:28:59] chris church - "sit down" - obsolete path [bandcamp] [0:42:58] the airport 77s - "girl on fire" - don't let go [bandcamp] [0:46:05] living dream - "lift a feather" - absolute devotion [bandcamp] [0:49:10] glass - "moulding the dough" - s/t [bandcamp] [0:53:56] Set: CHRIS STAMEY talks about his new album and upcoming shows New album Anything Is Possible out Friday on Label 51! Playing tomorrow night at City Winery in NYC with Dave Schramm (guitar), Jeremy Chatzky (bass), Andy Burton (keys), andf Kenny Soule (drums). OTHER UPCOMING DATES: Sunday July 13 - Scribble, Los Angeles (Record Release Chamber Pop concert with the Wild Honey Chamber Orchestra & guests) Weds July 16 - Crosstown Arts Green Room, Memphis (Record Release Chamber Pop concert) Mon July 21 - The Basement, Nashville (trio) Weds July 23 - First Avenue, Minneapolis (solo, opening for Big Star Quintet) Fri Aug 8 - The Arts Center, Carrboro NC (full band) chris stamey - "anything is possible" - anything is possible [1:02:29] chris stamey - "chats with efd, part 1" [1:05:27] chris stamey - "don't talk (put your head on my shoulder)" - anything is possible [Beach Boys cover, originally on Pet Sounds] [1:19:49] chris stamey - "i'd be lost without you" - anything is possible [1:23:24] chris stamey - "chats with efd part 2" [1:26:35] archie bleyer - "hernando's hideaway" - the pajama game [1:35:56] petula clark - "downtown" - the pye anthology [1:38:21] chris stamey - "meet me in midtown" - anything's possible [1:41:17] chris stamey - "chats with efd, part 3" [1:44:22] chris stamey - "in a lonely place" - anything is possible [1:52:19] End of set freedy johnston - "in the new sunshine" - can you fly deluxe edition [playing in Sinatra Park next Thursday July 17, with Karyn Kuhl & the Gang! and emcee Hoboken Jack!] [2:02:03] super tuesday - "through the static" - through the static [still not on their bandcamp, come on guys playing at Freddy's in Brooklyn on July 19] [2:04:03] the slugs - "think about you all the time" - a song for every feeling [bandcamp] [2:08:17] plastic palms - "please and thank you (demo)" - single [bandcamp] [2:10:16] the salt collective - "clever (feat. chris stamey)" - last day that we're young ep [bandcamp] [2:13:01] trolley - "a carnival of grey and white" - a carnival of grey and white [bandcamp] [2:25:02] little america - "walk on fire" - s/t [2:28:06] la femme - "what to do" - single [2:31:53] buzzcocks - "you say you don't love me" - different kind of tension [2:34:12] sloan - "live forever" - based on the best seller [bandcamp] [2:36:53] kim gordon - "bye bye 25!" - single [bandcamp] [2:44:33] xordox - "planet xordox" - terraform [latest from JG Thirlwell, who was a recent guest on Mona's show bandcamp] [2:46:53] trick tips - "every heart a fist" - for self-soothing lullabies [bandcamp] [2:51:47] mr. pescado - "dead brother" - the gift shop behind the execution shed [bandcamp] [2:55:40] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/153938