Tonight on Subculture: CURIOSITIES

Experimental, Avant Garde, Dub & other curiosities featuring Einstürzende Neubauten, Solex, The Plastics and more!

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Noho, MA or live online@ valleyfreeradio.org // replays Sunday AM 2-4 // FB: SubcultureMA // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com

Tonight on Subculture: DANCE YER TURKEY OFF!

Fun extended mixes from the 80s-2YK to help work off yer turkey dinner!

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Noho, MA or live onlone@ valleyfreeradio.org // replays Sunday AM 2-4 // FB: SubcultureMA // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com

Tonight on Subculture: CVS! (A Fundraiser)

Covers, Versions and Samples – A 4-hour fundraising music powerhouse with Mark (Table of Contents) and Wendy (Subculture)! 8p-12a ET

SUBCULTURE: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // FB: subculturema

NAMING NAMES

Origins of band names!

HOUR ONE:

1. A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS – TELECOMMUNICATION (NAMED AFTER A LINE IN THE STRANGLERS’ SONG, “TOILER ON THE SEA”)
2. THE STRANGLERS – TOILER ON THE SEA
3. NEW ORDER – CRYSTAL
4. THE KILLERS – JOY RIDE (NAMED AFTER A FICTIONAL BAND IN NEW ORDER’S VIDEO FOR THE SONG, “CRYSTAL”)
5. SIMPLE MINDS – NO CURE (FORMERLY ‘COCTEAU TWINS’ PERFORMED ONLY AT CONCERTS IN THE 70s)
6. COCTEAU TWINS – BLUE BELL KNOLL (NAMED AFTER THE SIMPLE MINDS SONG, “COCTEAU TWINS” THAT WAS ONLY PERFORMED BY SIMPLE MINDS IN THE 70s AT CONCERTS. THE NAME OF THE SONG AND WAS LATER CHANGED TO “NO CURE” ON THEIR 1979 ALBUM, “LIFE IN A DAY”)
7. PJ HARVEY – UH HUH HER
8. UH HUH HER – SO LONG (NAMED AFTER PJ HARVEY’S SONG)
9. ART OF NOISE – SNAPSHOT (NAMED AFTER THE 1913 MANIFESTO CALLED “THE ART OF NOISES” BY LUIGI RUSSOLO)
10. PICOTROPICO – LADYTRON (OFFICIAL REMIX FT. ROXY MUSIC)
11. LADYTRON – KLETVA (NAMED AFTER THE ROXY MUSIC SONG, “LADYTRON”) * P.S. LADYTRON HAS A NEW ALBUM COMING IN 2019!
12. THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND
13. THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND – SUNBEAM (NAMED AFTER THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS’ SONG, “THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND”)
14. THE DIVINE COMEDY – EUROPOP (NAMED AFTER DANTE’S POEM, “THE DIVINE COMEDY”)

 

HOUR TWO:

1. SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – SLOWDIVE
2. SLOWDIVE – EVERYONE KNOWS (NAMED AFTER SIOUXSIE’S SONG, “SLOWDIVE” OFF THEIR 1982 ALBUM, “A KISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE”)
3. BRIAN ENO – THE TRUE WHEEL
4. A CERTAIN RATIO – MAKE IT HAPPEN (NAMED AFTER LYRICS FROM BRIAN ENO’S SONG, “THE TRUE WHEEL” OFF HIS 1974 ALBUM, “TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN (BY STRATEGY))
5. THE HUMAN LEAGUE – DREAMS OF LEAVING (NAMED AFTER THE SCIENCE FICTION BOARD GAME, “Starforce Alpha Centauri.” IN THE GAME THERE IS TALK OF A ‘BOND OF PEOPLE’ – AKA THE HUMAN LEAGUE)\
6. XIU XIU – BOTANICA DE LOS ANGELES (NAMED AFTER THE 1998 FILM DIRECTED BY ACTRESS JOAN CHEN TITLED XIU XIU: THE SENT DOWN GIRL. THE MOVIE WAS BANNED IN CHINA FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL AND SEXUAL SCENES.)
7. NEU! – NEGATIVLAND
8. NEGATIVLAND – THE PERFECT CUT (CANNED MUSIC) (NAMED AFTER NEU!’S SONG, “NEGATIVELAND”)
9. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BANDS – DALI’S CAR
10. DALI’S CAR – THE JUDGEMENT IS IN THE MIRROR (NAMED AFTER CAPTAIN BEEFHEART’S SONG, “DALI’S CAR” FROM THE “TROUT MASK REPLICA” ALBUM)
11. THE FALL – NEW PURITAN
12. THESE NEW PURITANS – DOPPELGANGER (NAMED AFTER THE FALL’S SONG, “NEW PURITAN” OFF THEIR 1980 ALBUM, “TOTALE’S TURN”)

 

SUBCULTURE: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // FB: subculturema

 

Tonight on Subculture: Naming Names

Hear how bands got their names! A Flock of Seagulls, Cocteau Twins, The Killers and more.

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online anywhere @ valleyfreeradio.org // replays Sunday AM 2-4 // FB: subculturema

Same As It Ever Was (Let’s Change That)

It’s funny (not funny) how songs from only a few decades ago ring true today. Tonight’s show features artists from the 80s+ who have taken a stand against injustice and greed. VOTE! TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6th!

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // replays Sunday AM 2-4 // FB: subculturema

 

HOUR ONE:

1. JOHNNY MARR – EASY MONEY
2. THE DAMNED – LOVELY MONEY (EXTENDED VERSION)
3. XTC – LIVING THROUGH ANOTHER CUBA
4. THE STRANGLERS – ALWAYS THE SUN (HOT MIX)
5. THE CHURCH – NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST
6. THE EVENS – ALL THESE GOVERNORS
7. MINUTEMEN – FASCIST
8. MODERN ENGLISH – YOU’RE CORRUPT
9. DAVID J (JOHN LENNON) – GIMME SOME TRUTH
10. TALKING HEADS – ONCE IN A LIFETIME (trump VS. TALKING HEADS SWEDEMASON VIDEO MIX)
11. C.C.C.P. – AMERICAN-SOVIETS
12. THE SISTERS OF MERCY – DOMINION/MOTHER RUSSIA

 

HOUR TWO:

1. OINGO BOINGO – NOTHING TO FEAR (BUT FEAR ITSELF)
2. OMD – 88 SECONDS IN GREENSBORO
3. ABBA – THE VISITORS
4. R.E.M. – WELCOME TO THE OCCUPATION
5. LET’S ACTIVE – LEADER OF MEN
6. THE CALL – THE WALLS CAME DOWN
7. RUSH – WITCH HUNT (PART III OF FEAR)
8. MINUTEMEN – JOE McCARTHY’S GHOST
9. HEAVEN 17 – I’M YOUR MONEY
10. BLEACHED – CAN YOU DEAL?
11. AU PAIRS – AMERICA
12. THE SMITHS – ASK
13. DEPECHE MODE – WHERE’S THE REVOLUTION? (EWAN PEARSON REMIX)

 

VOTE! TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2018

 

Tonight on Subculture: Same As It Ever Was

A retro (yet current) listen of voices of the Resistance from the ’80s to now.

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online from anywhere @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // FB: subculturema

VOTE! NOVEMBER 6th!

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