WFMU Recent Airplay + News, April 2025

Upcoming WFMU Specials

Tonight's guests: Director Stephen Chbosky & Screenwriter Liz Maccie (NONNAS)
Saturday, May 10th, 5pm - 9pm
on Bob Barth's One Night Stand (on Sheena's Jungle Room Stream)
LIVE from Los Angeles: NONNAS is a beautiful film that tells the true story of a man who opens an Italian restaurant on Staten Island as a tribute to his Italian Grandmother and hires chefs who are ALL Italian Grandmothers. The Netflix film stars Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Lorraine Bracco, Brenda Vaccaro & Talia Shire. Tonight on the show we have Director Stephen Chbosky and his wife Screenwriter Liz Maccie. All that & more! May 10th at 2pm-6pm PT, 5pm - 9pm ET.

Drop In presents Mother's Day Trip Down Memory Lane with Mom Whig
Saturday, May 10th, 6pm - 7pm
on Drop-In (on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
Join Mom Whig on a Mother's Day Trip Down Memory Lane - Her memories with songs and as each tune unfolds, she hopes you will remember the great artists who recorded them.

Birdly Serenade: David Murray Interview
Saturday, May 10th, 7pm - 10pm
on Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Septuagenerian sax legend David Murray has remained at the forefront of Creative Improvised Music for over five decades. His discography is enormous (more than 525 Discogs entries) and covers nearly every style of Jazz. Host David Mittleman interviewed David Murray about his musical history and his Impulse! records debut "Birdly Serenade” released at the end of April.

Ask Alan - Advice on any topic from an unqualified purveyor. Call in and get your fix. (Fill-in for Music of Mind Control)
Tuesday, May 13th, 7pm - 8pm
on Six Degrees with Alan

Live music triple-header with Tuff Sunshine, Jean Caffeine, and Thyroids!
Wednesday, May 14th, Noon - 3pm
on The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Tuff Sunshine is, in the studio at least, musician and songwriter Johnny Leitera. For this return to WFMU (following an appearance on Three Chord Monte in 2017) a full band will be on hand to perform Leitera’s hazy pop-psych tunes, including some from their new album Vanity Matrix (Declared Goods).⁣
⁣ Plus: Austin musician Jean Caffeine put out a punk zine in San Francisco in 1977, played with the all-woman no-wave collective Pulsallama in the early ‘80s, and had a cameo in Richard Linklater’s Slacker in 1991. In recent years she’s been releasing music that wryly twists punk, indie, folk, and more. She’ll play a live set backed by Dallas punks Thyroids, who will also play a set of their own. See them both at Pet Shop in Jersey City on Thursday May 15!

Live from Mana Contemporary's Boiler Room
Wednesday, May 14th, 9pm - Midnight
on Radio Ravioli with Olivia
WFMU and Mana Contemporary in Jersey City are teaming up for a special live broadcast from the art center’s iconic Boiler Room. Tune in as Olivia takes over the decks with a live set, joined by NYC-based experimental artist and composer Nickolas Mohanna.Known for his immersive, improvisational soundscapes rooted in feedback resonance and spatial acoustics, Mohanna’s performance promises to be a perfect match for the raw sonic character of the Boiler Room.

Billups Allen
Friday, May 16th, 9pm - Midnight
on Burn It Down! with Nate K.
Film critic, punk rocker, and all-around good dude Billups Allen returns to the show to discuss his latest book, I Exhibited Films for a Year. I Lost Money, but I Think I Made My Point. An amusing, honest chronicle of the communal cinematic experience in the face of the isolating tyranny of "the stream," Billups's book is an essential manual in the ongoing battle of art for art's sake. Tune in Friday, May 16, to join the fight.

Jon Savage
Saturday, May 17th, 3pm - 6pm
on Todd-o-phonic Todd's show
Jon Savage makes a return engagement to The Todd-O-Phonic Todd show to talk about his latest book, "The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture from the Margins to the Mainstream" (Liveright). With books such as "England's Dreaming", Jon has established himself as one of the leading authors on music and popular culture and this fascinating study only further enhances his reputation.

Drop In Presents As Seen On TV with Gayle the Snayle
Saturday, May 17th, 6pm - 7pm
on Drop-In (on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
The glow of the tube beckons you to the golden age of rock 'n roll stars on the television, now on your wireless!

Alice Bag and Kid Congo
Sunday, May 18th, 8pm - 10pm
on Rock and Roller Derby with Suzy Hotrod
West Coast Chicano punk legends Alice Bag (The Bags, Castration Squad, Cholita) and Kid Congo Powers (Cramps, Gun Glub, Nick Cave, Pink Monkey Birds) chat about their new collaboration project, Juanita and Juan's new album Jungle Cruise (In the Red)

Consumables
Wednesday, May 21st, Noon - 3pm
on The Evan "Funk" Davies Show
Brooklyn's Consumables have just released their debut album, Infinite Games (We Are Time / Fierce Panda), which was produced and co-written by fellow Brooklynite Ben Hozie of Bodega. Fans of that band and other latter-day takes on post-punk (Parquet Courts, Yard Act, Pavement) will want to check out this live set.

Cosmic Ear: Christer Bothén Interview
Saturday, May 24th, 7pm - 10pm
on Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Christer Bothén, the 84-year-old Swedish Free jazz musician and close musical compatriot of Don Cherry, is having a late period renaissance. His 1984 solo LP Trancedance was reissued last year to great acclaim and this year sees the release of two new albums - TRACES by his group Cosmic Ear and L’INVISIBLE for his trio. Host David Mittleman interviewed Christer Bothén for a 3-hour special devoted to his unique vision of Scandinavian Free Jazz.

The Tubs
Sunday, May 25th, 3pm - 5pm
on Paul Bruno's show
Blistering UK jangle-rockers The Tubs have released two acclaimed albums of clever, introspective songwriting that's drawn comparisons to Richard Thompson and Bob Mould. As they embark on their first US tour, we are thrilled that it includes a stop at WFMU for a live session. See them opening for The Wedding Present at Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 23 and hear them two days later on Paul's show.

Cat Bomb! Radio Presents: Crusasis LIVE in Studio B!!
Friday, May 30th, 3am - 6am
on Cat Bomb! Radio with Maggie Hertz!
Brooklyn lo-fi babes Crusasis join us LIVE in Studio B on May 30th! Established in Brooklyn 2013, a fictional word defined as 'adventurer's disease' titles the path of Ryan's life from urban to rural, heavy to soft, weird to normal; all the extremes and between. Tune in for a poetic evening of melodies you'll never get out of your head! Friday, May 30th at 3am!