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Running Redlights

Jan 14, 2022 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

With Jen

The extension of last week's "stuff I loved in 2021" show: volume 2, by request! And I'll STILL miss great records!

Refresh the playlist page to see updated song info, and please do say hi in the chat! Let's boogie.

Check out archives on Mixcloud.

10:00 AM		Terry Gross Worm Gear Soft Opening Thrill Jockey Records 2020
10:15 AM		Set Break
10:15 AM		Sweeping Promises Pain Without a Touch N Pain Without a Touch - Single Feel It Records 2021
10:17 AM		Lisasinson La Isla Perdona Mamá Elefant Records 2021
10:20 AM		Eleventh Dream Day A Case to Carry On Since Grazed Comedy Minus One 2021
10:25 AM		Cockroach Eater Kyogen Qabbalah Rough Guide to Avant-Garde Japan V/A World Music Network 2021
10:30 AM		shame Alphabet Drunk Tank Pink Dead Oceans 2021
10:32 AM		Set Break
10:36 AM		Cassie The Light Shines On The Light Shines On Reminder Records 2021
10:39 AM		Sleaford Mods Glimpses Spare Ribs Rough Trade 2021
10:42 AM		Kiwi Jr. Cooler Returns Cooler Returns Sub Pop Records 2021
10:45 AM		Fake Last Name Decade It'll Happen Again Tough Gum 2021
10:47 AM		There Were Wires Waking Somnambulists: Remastered Edition Iodine Recordings 2021
10:52 AM		Set Break
10:52 AM		Enola Gay Through Men's Eyes N Gransha - EP s/r 2021
10:57 AM		Upper Wilds Love Song #2 Venus Thrill Jockey Records 2021
11:02 AM		Spiritual Mafia Lunch Al Fresco Anti Fade 2021
11:06 AM		Chris Brokaw The Night Has No Eyes Puritan 12XU 2021
11:11 AM		Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt A Port in Air Made Out of Sound Palilalia 2021
11:15 AM		Florida Man Yesterday's Air Florida Man EP s/r 2021
11:20 AM		Set Break
11:20 AM		Frankie and the Witch Fingers Sweet Freak Levitation Sessions (Live) The Reverberation Appreciation Society 2021
11:24 AM		King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard See Me L.W. Flightless Records 2021
11:29 AM		PLOSIVS Hit the Breaks Hit the Breaks - Single Swami 2021
11:31 AM		METZ Sugar Pill (Live) Live at the Opera House Sub Pop Records 2021
11:34 AM		BirdHands Squee-Dop! Machiniste s/r 2021
11:41 AM		Set Break
11:41 AM		Dry Cleaning Unsmart Lady New Long Leg 4AD 2021
11:47 AM		Power Supply Infinity N In the Time of the Sabre-Toothed Tiger Goner 2021
11:47 AM		Waste Man The Siren One Day It'll All Be You Feel It Records 2021
11:50 AM		Goat The Sun the Moon Headsoup Rocket Recordings 2021
11:56 AM		Set Break
11:56 AM		Mt. Mountain Aplomb Centre Fuzz Club Records 2021

Chat is archived.

Aww yes! TG with the transition opening slot

Terry Gross! Floor it!

Go, go, go!!

Worm Gear, what a great title!

I kind of want to open every show with this record ;)

I wish I could turn this up to insane levels right now

Sounds a bit like Talk Normal, any affiliation?

the crew who works outside my office gets to listen to TG as well! #speakerscranked!

I know one member is from the band Trans Am. And they have a great band photo parody of Police Zenyatta Mondatta

One is Trans Am, one works in public radio, and I need to see the photo!

HOORAY FOR FRIDAY AND RUNNING THE RED LIGHTS

Yay! Great song!

Hooray for esoterica too

Hi uno!

Hi Jen! Bri! DSM! Jon!

Wooooooo! Happy Friday, Uno and Esoterica!

Colin! Andy!

TGIF!

h oh double hockey sticks yeah eso!

Hi Colin, happy Friday!

love year end round up shows. the last two weeks I've been assembling my own playlist mostly based off the shows here on wprb. thanks djs for doing the work!!

Yay...more top picks from 2021! 💯⭐

It’s a party! Welcome, all. I promise I’ll get over 2021 next week.

buff! see you tonight dude.

Good morning, Jen! 🚦 Hey, gang

GOnna make it out

Cool!

Agree, I've been loving all these best of's...

Maybe we need to publish some more in the fanzine or blog…

Great week to the "forced" to work from home.

oh man this song, i used it in a short film pitch a while ago, just for the outstanding weirdness.

You did!? That so rad!

It’s soooooo weird and strangely comforting

probably heard it here on your show ;']

HIGH FIVE!

Avant Garde Japan ✨

Good morning!

That last song was oddly catchy.

That’s what I mean! It feels wrong yet I also warm and fuzzy

This song has an IDLES vibe

@Colin, also Tracy Wilson's Turntable Report is a valuable resource on new & notable albums. @Jen, I think you recommended it, and also Jon Solomon probably recommended it. You can sign up to receive emailed reports. Good stuff!

Ooh yeah. . Forgot about Lisasinson. nice

Bike stolen while at punk show = 50 points.

thanks christine! valuable resource that I was unaware of. totally gonna sign up and get a jump start on 2022 releases.

Hahaha that’s the first positive I’ve seen from that one!

Ooh yeah this one! So many great Running Redlights moments!

And Tracy’s newsletter is terrific!

Thank you to the PRB DJs who gave Turntable Report a shout out. ✨

Clap. Stomp. No one lives below us at the moment. Standing desk work at home dance party!

Hi Colin! Hi Christine! I love these best of wrap up shows too, Colin

I admit being super late to the Sleaford Mods, but this was definitely one of my favorites of 2021.

Hi Esoterica! 👋 How are you doing?

Mike, I got to see them a few years ago, and they were surprisingly entertaining

I need to make some radio edits ;)

Kiwi Jr way up on the list

Oh I can send you some de-fuckalyzed versions!

Oooooh yes please!

They just toured the UK w/ Dry Cleaning and Billy Nomates and wow, whatta bill.

Billy Nomates too??? Holy shit

Kiwi jr, is surprisingly Canadian.

Kiwi Jr has to be one of the Canadian est bands ever. Soooooo nice.

Ya the 1st time I heard of Sleaford Mods was 2010s and watched/ listened to some video. 2 guys and a larger number of c-words! Ha. But that word is like breathing out over there.

i like this, its genuine and nice

Thanks, Christine! Feeling much better

Oh good, @Eso!

Brian, I think I had the same experience. Ever since seeing some random Sleaford Mods video years ago, I've had a dim awareness that I was missing out on something that I probably would've liked a whole lot, but for whatever reason, I just never go to them until now.

Same here, mike

Just signed up for the Turntable Report. Looking forward to some good reading.

A friend of mine recently pointed out an intriguing detail re: Sleaford Mods. He said that there are presently three super lefty (politically) post-punk bands that are real popular in the UK (Sleaford Mods, IDLES, and Fat White Family) and apparently they all HATE EACHOTHER'S GUTS. (In a very British tabloid-y kind of way... lots of public sniping at one another, etc.)

I haven't investigated this myself (and I like IDLES and Fat White Family, too, so I have no skin in any related argument), but kinda interesting.

yeah Mike i heard that very minimal "drum-machine-sounding" SMs song back then.. And I did not pay attention to them for a long time.. then good ol prb played that yellow l.p. last year (well what limited tracks they could play ha) and i like them now

Oh that’s funny! Idles is real popular these days too, no? Maybe a turf war. I bet these guys (from Ireland) hate them all too.

Ooohh the hate between them wow that's interesting... I smell great indie documentary!

Also this EP is sooooooo goooooood

Haha, yeah, stand back Brian Jonestown Massacre and Dandy Warhols!

Oh god, now THAT was a documentary. Made me hate them both deeply.

I love that movie. It has no protagonists.

If you liked Dig! And you like The C-word... you'll LOVE this movie....

Documentary, pr stunt, potato…potato

All this ill will is making dish-washing much more entertaining. Scrub that pot!

@ esoterica! Sorry to read you weren't feeling well. Glad you're better. May you continue to bloom -- sonically and in every way!

thanks, richard. had a spot of omicron

I could imagine being in a band with Anton or being in his orbit might new somewhat challenging. Gave hope to those kids that aspire to be a tambourine player in a retro garage psych band that film did. And .. sideburns

Christine, this will help you get through them faster!

Can we insert Liam Gallagher into this new movie somehow?

Through a strange series of events which are not worth going into right now, I once spent several hours hanging out with Anton in a small group of people and much to my (shock? surprise? disappointment?), he was... very sweet and kind.

nice, mike. and you weren't super nervous and didn't talk like when you saw pj harvey, was it?

YESSSSSSSSS 💜 Spiritual Mafia!

@Mike, I've also spent some time with Anton, and also Courtney, and they were both very nice. Tho I was able to see certain things that if you spend more time with them it could get obnoxious.

Gremlin station id! And Spiritual Mafia! This is the 1st tune i heard and it was on this very show right about this time last year!

i was typing something but my brain cancelled the thought and I deleted because, Spiritual Mafia!!!

Haha Esoterica. Yeah, that was... different. And totally agree, DSM. He was *very*intense* in a way that I could see getting hard to manage after a while.

Never heard Spiritual Mafia before but I like it!

BATH BOY fans ASSEMBLE

Wait, this band has another song??!

Oh yay!, hahahahaha spiritual mafia winning hearts and minds

LOL @Mike

Bath Boy only dines Al Fresco!

have tub, will travel

Dinner reservations have never sounded so good

Ok, I’ll rethink Anton et al….

i wonder how he feels about dining outdoors

Al fresco truly never was so fraught, which maybe why this song is perfect

Ozz content! From the land down under where everyone has a nickname that ends in -az or -oz

wow jen, thanks for letting me in on the musical items i missed or forgot momentarily about. and i mean that sincerely. this is awesome!

Ello Baz meet Jaz meet Boz....

Esoterica, I’m flattered!!

yes, jen, daddy, i do NOT want to dine alfresco (insert veruca salt voice)

So stoked you can all relive the good parts of the year with me

Hahahahahahaha

menacing voice

When the day comes and Spiritual Mafia plays a show in area..... talk about thank you santa!

love this song, this album, love CB

Yeah this is great. Nice pillowy landing here

Could it be more heartbreaking?

Triple Chris? Is Mr Forsyth next?

Thought I missed a Dirty Three release for a second! Gonna have to check this out

Is Bill Orcutt Harry Pussy?

Not that I’m aware of? Anyone?

I lied! He is!

Multiple Florida Men, sort of like the multiple bands named "Area"?

Big Blood connection: love it! Four women from southern Maine; that's an automatic yes

Ya that Corsano Orcutt was a highlight of listening to WPRB last year

Thanks for confirmation, I missed that one. That's why I love these year end wraps!

Area Man

Area Man and Florida Man, obviously we will lobby them to tour

Yeah Frankie!

Sorry, neighbors...

There was a Man Man, maybe still is

And The Men, of course

I mistakenly thought they were from Aus

With good reason!

Them + King Gizzard = pretty fab

Has that Aus band sound. Aus Man.

Hahahah

Listening to DTO this morning I was thinking it's only a matter of time before King Gizz does a Zeuhl album

I think that was the connection. I heard Frankie and King Gizz a lot in a short period of time and assumed FatWF were Aus. .... well look at that.... ha!

Speak of and they appear .

Here to please!

Damn, I step away to make lunch for The Child and I missed Frankie aTWF.

Darn it’s, what’s for lunch?

This set is exhilarating, @Jen! Many red lights have been run

Well, The Child just had reheated leftovers from last night (stir fried tofu and dumplings w/ veggies) but while digging around, I found some homemade seitan from a while ago which I'm presently defrosting for kimchi tacos, to be prepared right after your show.

coincidentally... i have a frozen pouch type food up on deck for lunch called a Boomerang Aussie Meat Pie. Pocket food... mmmm . Australian content continues

Awesome, Christine!! Glad you're liking it! @Mike....mmmmkimchi tabos

tabos = when you have your mouth full of tacos

LOL

That reminds me... gotta pre heat the oven for that Aussie puck

@Brian, will you be dining al fresco? 🇦🇺 🍽

Ha! It is supposed to be a tropical 45 degrees or so. Break out the lounge chairs

YES!

Dry Cleaning just pushes the right buttons for me

It looks like Dry Cleaning will play Philly on 5/17.

I remember this one too! Get up and pogo!

strange urge to go eat my peanut butter bread outside today

Another 'Man' !!

OK Friday pitcrew... kimchi and seitan is callin

Happy eating, ML!

Lovely to see you all this morning, thanks for tunes, Jen!

Thanks for being here!

Thanks for the wake up music! Have a good day everybuddy!

Thanks a ton for being here, you guys!

Later Mike, later Danosaur! Indeed great show today Jen, picked up a few I hadn't heard over last year. Have a great day everyone!

Thanks, DSM! One more song to come after this one.

Have a good lunch, PRB fam! @Jen, thanks for another superlative show.🚦💯 I love hearing your Best Of picks!

Great great show Jen! So many faves

So awesome, you guys - this was a blast!!