The Evan "Funk" Davies Show | WFMU

the wat - "old rockers never die" - 7" [0:00:00] rare earth - "what'd i say" - one world [0:03:13] storm - "shoot on sight" - s/t [0:09:59] english evenings - "tear you down (disconet mix)" - 12" [0:13:08] lexsoul dancemachine - "beef grinder" - deus lex machina [from Estonia! bandcamp] [0:22:19] the alan parsons project - "the raven" - tales of mystery and imagination [0:26:31] tuff sunshine - "thank the pilot / suicide by papercuts" - vanity matrix [bandcamp playing live on the show next week! Or... maybe the week after that] [0:40:58] consumables - "emotional speedball" - infinite games [playing live on the show on May 21!] [0:45:50] jean caffeine - "i don't want to kill you anymore" - single [Playing live on the show May 14, with Thyroids! bandcamp] [0:49:40] thyroids - "check engine light" - unknown [new album coming in May, playing live on the show with Jean Caffeine on May 14!] [0:51:57] canned hamm - "lil hamm's pad" - erotic thriller [0:57:57] Set: Talking with ROBERT DAYTON, author of Cold Glitter: The Untold Story of Canadian Glam! Published by Feral House. Available at Bookshop.org and other fine book establishments! Robert is also appearing tonight at Baker Falls as part of The Idiot's Hour, an "avante clown variety show!" Check out Robert's website, and on Instagram at @therobertdayton robert dayton - "chats with efd" [1:02:22] the stampeders - "wild eyes" - new day [1:17:10] the hood (with terry jacks) - "cause we're in love" [1:18:55] sweeney todd - "song for a star" - if wishes were horses [1:20:36] nick gilder - "prophet's tale" - 7" [1:23:25] robert dayton - "chats with efd part 2" [1:26:22] thor & the imps - "i gotta eat" [1:56:38] frank soda - "bad news" [1:59:52] twitch - "mess'n with the bull (gets the horn)" - 7" [reissue] [2:02:48] trooper - "the boys in the bright white sports car" - two for the show [2:05:42] no fun - "mindless aggression" [2:08:57] robert dayton - "chats with efd part 3" [2:13:10] lynx - "goodbye education, hello rock & roll" [2:32:00] rough trade - "grade b movie" - avoid freud [2:34:07] the dishes - "hot property" - 7" [2:38:08] band of angels - "he's not there" - 7" [Neil Merryweather] [2:41:20] robert dayton - "chats with efd part 4" [2:44:42] michel pagliaro - "illusion" [2:51:30] aut'chose - "le freak de montréal (le batman de l'underground)" - chansons d'epouvante [2:54:08] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151607

gary wright - "the wrong time" - gary wright's extraction [0:00:00] mahogany rush - "satisfy your soul" - 7" [0:03:01] free fall - "midnight vulture" - power & volume [0:06:13] blue öyster cult - "godzilla" - spectres [going out to Prof. Fuzz] [0:12:44] the undertones - "julie ocean" - all wrapped up [1981 single] [0:16:35] orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - "waiting for the man" - messages 10" ep [0:19:55] the fabulous poodles - "cherchez la femme" - mirror stars [Going out to Ryan in Austin TX. He knows why.] [0:22:47] the kinks - "around the dial" - give the people what they want [0:26:21] stereolab - "aerial troubles" - 7" [forthcoming album on bandcamp, out next month!] [0:40:42] shadow riot - "quiet, please!" - 7" [maybe it'll be on bandcamp at some point?] [0:43:54] illuminated sidewalks - "everything will be revealed" - 7" [bandcamp with our own Matt Clarke] [0:47:15] vincent reese - "what do you want from me?" - mean streak 7" ep [bandcamp] [0:51:41] zabrecky - "our magic" - 7" [0:55:54] peter holsapple - "my idea #49" - the face of 68 [bandcamp] [1:06:04] the minus 5 - "let the rope hold, cassie lee" - oar on, penelope! [bandcamp] [1:09:55] the grip weeds - "flowers for cynthia" - early clues [co-written by Dave Woj of the Insomniacs!] [1:13:11] the living pins - "gold" - single [bandcamp] [1:15:55] st. divine - "throwing cards" - ep [1:20:26] the prof. fuzz 63 - "the professor fuzz 63 theme" - my <3's still beatin' but i'm dead2u [bandcamp] [1:34:20] the hives - "enough is enough" - the hives forever forever the hives [album out in August] [1:36:59] l.a. witch - "777" - doggod [bandcamp] [1:39:51] leigh arthur - "oh i forgot" - single [bandcamp] [1:42:57] lael neale - "tell me how to be here" - altogether stranger [playing this Friday at Public Records in Brooklyn! Album out next Friday May 2. bandcamp] [1:46:26] confidence man - "far out (orbital remix)" - 5am (la la la) [remixes of tracks from last year's 3am (la la la)] [2:00:51] ora the molecule - "is this love?" - dance therapy [bandcamp] [2:03:56] danny goliger - "exonym" - exonym ep [bandcamp] [2:08:07] melvv - "all i need" - single [bandcamp] [2:13:02] clive from accounts - "it began" - the very best of clive from accounts [bandcamp] [2:15:46] melenas - "jesús" - va-super h: homenaje al super 8 de los planetas [ok, I figured this out finally: It's various artists doing the songs that originally appeared on Los Planetas' album Super 8 that originally came out in 1994. Phew!] [2:25:19] the limiñanas - "spirale" - faded [bandcamp] [2:28:05] pulp - "spike island" - more [bandcamp] [2:31:28] hot chocolate - "i want to be free" - 7" [flip side of "Brother Louie"] [2:36:22] kula shaker - "charge of the light brigade" - single [2:39:04] sunflower bean - "champagne taste" - mortal primetime [bandcamp Album release this Friday at Rough Trade Below!] [2:46:09] la femme - "tomorrow" - single [2:49:01] the briefs - "rotten love" - hit after hit [2:50:34] leopardo - "repetition" - side a / side b [bandcamp] [2:53:59] technopolice - "hellastic mr pox" - single [bandcamp] [2:56:52] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151376

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