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Apr 20

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420,000,000 Reefer Fans Can’t Be Wrong
Punk Gunk, Garage, Psych & Other Wild Shit — Volume 420

Our annual 4/20 holiday mix — 19 “New Rockophonic” HIGH Fidelity Recordings for your holiday (or any day) listening pleasure. Featuring musical joints from Th’ Losin Streaks, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds, The Cavemen, Astral Magic, Sonnyskyes, Drunk Mums, Mean Jeans, Bass Drum of Death, and 11 more bands who can’t be wrong.

Apologies to The King (still America’s favorite pillhead/narc/rock icon). Legalize Marijuana Everywhere Now! End the War on Drugs!

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Tracklist

  1. I Mean You (2:50) — Th’ Losin Streaks | Sacramento, CA
  2. This Generation (2:55) — Opinion | Occitanie, France
  3. Flowers On My Grave (2:57) — The Cavemen | Auckland, New Zealand †
  4. The Boy Had It All (3:22) — Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds | Tucson, AZ
  5. Echoes All Around (3:36) — Sun Dial | England, UK †
  6. Let’s Take a Ride (4:02) — Astral Magic | Finland †
  7. Clean My Head (3:43) — The Brooms! | Portugal
  8. I’m Flying Too (2:57) — Sonnyskyes | Long Beach, CA
  9. L.S.D. (2:30) — Acid Tongue | Seattle, WA
  10. Something You’ll Never Find (3:18) — The Cripplers + Alicja Trout | Memphis, TN
  11. He Lost His Mind (2:47) — The Revox | Switzerland †
  12. Last Day on Earth (2:34) — The Satelliters | Germany
  13. Saturday (1:48) — Drunk Mums | Melbourne, Australia
  14. I Don’t Give a Shit Anymore (2:24) — Mean Jeans | Portland, OR †
  15. Mindwater (3:45) — Still Animals | St. Louis, MO
  16. And Here We Are (4:34) — Misty Lanes | Sydney, Australia
  17. Revelations (3:43) — Levitation Room | Los Angeles, CA
  18. White Vine (3:12) — Bass Drum of Death | Mississippi †
  19. This Might Be The End (2:57) — The Decibels | Sacramento, CA †

All tracks released in 2024, except those marked † released 2023.

Mar 10

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New Brooms & Pantries!!
More 21st Century Post-Punk for Your House

Wub-Fur presents another eclectic mix of new post-punk rock music that you should listen to. 19 tracks featuring selections by Iguana Death Cult, Egyptian Blue, Mannequin Pussy, Yard Act, Pylon Reenactment Society, Uranium Club, Hot Garbage, and a dozen more bands who know what “a new broom sweeps clean” means.

Cover Art by the Photoshop AI (we asked it for “Abstract album cover art for a compilation album of 21st century post-punk rock music”). Apologies to Ian Dury and the Blockheads, whose classic 1977 first album is the inspiration for the title of this mix.

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Running Time: 1 hour, 10 seconds

Tracklist

  1. Intro / WUAMLWM [Brief Excerpt] (0:10)
  2. Pushermen (3:50) — Iguana Death Cult | The Netherlands †
  3. Nylon Wire (2:14) — Egyptian Blue | Brighton, UK †
  4. Hyperglam (1:50) — Opinion | Occitanie, France ‡
  5. Accidental Momentary Blur (2:41) — Ulrika Spacek | London, UK †
  6. Small Grey Man (4:02) — Uranium Club | Minneapolis, MN ‡
  7. I’ll Do What I Can (3:46) — Folly Group | London, UK ‡
  8. Dream Death (2:47) — Feeling Figures | Montreal, Canada †
  9. Redecabbaged (3:01) — Sachet | Sydney, Australia ‡
  10. Educate Me (3:53) — Pylon Reenactment Society | Athens, GA ‡
  11. Who Do You Wanna Be? (3:48) — Dream Wife | London, UK †
  12. Dead Meat (1:29) — The Tubs | London, UK †
  13. When the Laughter Stops (3:16) — Yard Act | Leeds, UK ‡
  14. Long Way from the Top (4:03) — TV’s Daniel | Austin, TX †
  15. I Got Heaven (2:51) — Mannequin Pussy | Philadelphia, PA †
  16. Lowering (4:02) — Hot Garbage | Toronto, Canada ‡
  17. A Brash Child (3:00) — The Pheromoans | UK †
  18. Pop Star (2:53) — Lime Garden | Brighton, UK ‡
  19. Ex-KGB (3:42) — The Toads | Melbourne, Australia †
  20. The Ring (2:51) — Flowertown | San Francisco, CA ‡

All tracks released in 2023 † or 2024 ‡.

Jan 20

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Yellow Brick Road Warriors

From our inter-dimensional virtual studios, currently parked at an undisclosed location somewhere behind the front lines in post-apocalyptic Munchkinland, Wub-Fur presents another eclectic mix of neo-psychedelic rock music from somewhere over and/or under the rainbow. Featuring the ”of course, some people do go both ways” talents of Ian M Bailey, Mooon, the Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Elephant Stone, Tangerine Stoned, the Hot Apple Band and 11 more popular modern psychedelic musical groups that have a feeling they’re not in Kansas anymore.

Cover art mostly by the Photoshop AI.  Apologies to L. Frank Baum and George Miller.

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Running Time: 1 hour, 4 seconds

Tracklist

  1. Sad Angel Theme (0:58) — The Gentle Cycle | Los Angeles, CA ‡
  2. Lo and Behold (2:22) — Chet Sounds | Sydney, Australia
  3. Mother Nature (Giving Out Signs) (3:32) — Ian M Bailey | NW England, UK
  4. Heaven Just Watched (3:49) — Hollow Hand | Brighton, UK
  5. Show Me The Way Home (3:01) — Jacob Barber | Sarnia, Canada
  6. Out of Phase (5:36) — Druid Fluids | Adelaide, Australia
  7. So Long (3:28) — Hot Apple Band | Sydney, Australia
  8. Would You Believe? (4:15) — Misty Lanes | Sydney, Australia †
  9. Deadhead (3:00) — Tangerine Stoned | Italy
  10. Sopwith Cuckoo (3:41) — Gary Lee Conner | San Angelo, TX
  11. Rainbow Flowers (2:11) — MOOON | Aarle Rixtel, Netherlands
  12. Move On (2:46) — The Sun Machine | Austin, TX
  13. Lost in a Dream (4:25) — Elephant Stone | Montreal, Canada †
  14. Otherside (4:17) — The Wans | Nashville, TN
  15. City of Lights (6:36) — Datura4 | Perth, Australia
  16. Bad Fruit (3:07) — The Asteroid No.4 | San Francisco, CA
  17. Dilemma Us From Evil (3:02) — Psychedelic Porn Crumpets | Perth, Australia

All tracks released in 2023 except † released 2024 and ‡ released 2022.

Jan 02

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Same Old Old Thing for the New New Year

Happy New Year! Wub-Fur Internet Radio (now in our 25th year of intermittent internet webcasting) is still up to the same OLD tricks, launching a NEW offensive in the neverending war against nostalgia with this wonderful NEW mix of excellent NEW music for the NEW year. Twenty-one certified indie/garage/punk/post-punk bangers to help get your musical year off to an agreeably noisy and tuneful start. Featuring contributions from Class, Fucked Up, Dream Wife, Tyvek, Protomartyr, Priors, Marnie Stern, Woolen Men, and 13 more cool bands who, like birds tangled up in wires, are trying in their own ways to be free.

No birds or wires were harmed in the making of our cover art (which was created with the Artificial Intelligence which now inhabits Adobe Photoshop). Apologies to the late Leonard Cohen.

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Running Time: 1 hour, 8 seconds

Tracklist

  1. I Fucked It Up (1:40) — Sparklehorse | Rock ’n’ Roll Heaven
  2. Public Void (3:23) — CLASS | Tucson, AZ
  3. In My Condition (2:28) — Egyptian Blue | Brighton, UK
  4. Orbit (3:30) — Dream Wife | London, UK
  5. One Day (4:59) — Fucked Up | Toronto, Canada
  6. Shadow Slaw (3:23) — Cereal Glyphs | Louisville, KY
  7. What It’s For (1:58) — Tyvek | Detroit, MI
  8. Spoiled (2:00) — Woolen Men | Portland, OR
  9. Whispering (2:54) — Tunic | Winnipeg, Canada
  10. Plain Speak (3:11) — Marnie Stern | New York, NY
  11. 3800 Tigers (2:22) — Protomartyr | Detroit, MI
  12. Human Reaction (3:49) — mssv | Gainesville, FL
  13. Radio to Forever (2:16) — Upper Wilds | Brooklyn, NY
  14. Grease Rot Chemical (2:05) — GEE TEE | Sydney, Australia
  15. Lousy Company (2:01) — Kitchen’s Floor | Brisbane, Australia
  16. Change (3:56) — Cable Ties | Melbourne, Australia
  17. Daffodil (2:36) — Priors | Montreal, Canada
  18. Lily Pad (2:40) — Pardoner | San Francisco, CA
  19. Don’t Become the Enemy (2:14) — Cut Piece | Portland, OR
  20. Give You Back Your Youth (3:20) — Gumm | Chattanooga, TN
  21. Ornament (3:21) — Screaming Females | New Brunswick, NJ

All tracks released in 2023.

Nov 26

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Scott Pilgrim vs. The Daleks

Soundtrack for an imaginary pop culture mashup of epic proportions (where everyone’s favorite 23-year old Canadian indie rock slacker saves Toronto from almost certain doom by taking on the baddest aliens in the Whoniverse with his unstoppable 8-bit video game-style fighting technique). Featuring 23 of 2023’s top indie/power pop/garage/punk/noise pop acts including Dot Dash, Versing, Alien Nosejob, the Exbats, Be Your Own Pet, Uni Boys, Guided By Voices, Bass Drum of Death Jacuzzi Boys, Woolen Men, and 13 more bands who know how to put the screw into a sonic screwdriver.

Apologies to Bryan Lee O’Malley, Kim Pine, Plumtree, The Doctor, the Daleks, and the Beeb.

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Running Time: 1 hour, 11 seconds

Tracklist

  1. Tense & Nervous (2:02) — Dot Dash | Washington, DC
  2. Distractions (1:56) — Versing | Seattle, WA
  3. Flakin’ Out (3:27) — The Ific | San Francisco, CA
  4. I’m Lost (3:13) — Alien Nosejob | VIC, Australia
  5. I Don’t Believe in Love (3:10) — Uni Boys | Los Angeles, CA
  6. Brain Shock (1:39) — Pheromones | Italy
  7. Rock ‘N’ Roll Boy (2:58) — The Mudd Club | Bristol, UK
  8. Imaginary Girlfriend (2:14) — TV Party | Ventura, CA
  9. Where Have All the Good Times Gone (2:29) — The Grip Weeds | Highland Park, NJ
  10. Workin’ Too Hard (1:58) — Woolen Men | Portland, OR
  11. Better At Love (2:49) — The Exbats | Arizona
  12. Big Trouble (3:02) — Be Your Own Pet | Nashville, TN
  13. I Used to Be Fun (2:36) — Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers | Canberra, Australia
  14. Everybody’s Gonna Be There (2:13) — Bass Drum of Death | Mississippi
  15. Local Master Airplane (2:16) — Guided By Voices | Dayton, OH
  16. Hot! Heat! Wow! Hot! (3:33) — Psychedelic Porn Crumpets | Perth, Australia
  17. What Does Moon Think (2:57) — SIZ | Bordeaux, France
  18. No Plan (2:42) — The Arrogants | Lille, France
  19. Orange Juice (2:59) — Pop Crimes | Paris, France
  20. Is It Really Any Wonder (1:44) — Strange Magic | New Mexico
  21. On the Ropes (1:48) — Jacuzzi Boys | Miami. FL
  22. Dead Cities (3:04) — Scream | Washington, DC
  23. 1999 (2:46) — Avions | Lyon, France
    Outro: Scott Pilgrim [Radio Edit] (0:38) — Plumtree | Halifax, Canada

All tracks released in 2023 except the last, which is from 2022, and the Outro, which was originally released in 1997.