#wzbc

[dialoogid]

Psychic TV - Interview at "Synesthesia" program WZBC April 21, 1984 (1984)

[maura]

i made a playlist of the most-played songs on my radio show (maura.com/wzbc) from this year! here it is https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4z1prEpUzVdDOXX021D07r?si=D2zJafgVRtWj0YF4sSM-zQ

[wzbcpromo]

WZBC Rock Top 30: 4 December 2018

1. The Spirit of the Beehive, Hypnic Jerks // 2018 Tiny Engines

2. Various, EMO-TION // 2018 Something Merry

3. Nothing, Dance on the Blacktop // 2018 Relapse Records

4. The Beths, Future Me Hates Me // 2018 Carpark Records

5. Rose Droll, Your Dog // 2018 Double Denim Records

6. Various, Early Indiana Punk And New Wave: The Crazy Al's Year(s) 1976 - 1983 // 2014 Time Change Records

7.  Spud Cannon, Squeeze // 2018 Spud Cannon Productions

8. Lala Lala, The Lamb // 2018 Hardly Art 

9. Sun June, Years // 2018 Keeled Scales

10. Remember Sports, Slow Buzz // 2018 Father/Daughter Records

11. Forth Wanderers, Forth Wanderers // 2018 Sub Pop

12. Molly Burch, First Flower // 2018 Merge Records

13. Swearin’, Fall into the Sun // 2018 Merge Records

14. The Fall, I Am Kurious Oranj // 1988 Beggars Banquet

15. Exit Group, Adverse Habitat // 2018 Castle Rock

16. Charly Bliss, Guppy // 2017 Barsuk Records

17. Miss World, Keeping Up With Miss World // 2018 PNKSLM

18. Stove, ‘s Favorite Friend // 2018 Exploding in Sound Records

19. Idle Bloom, Flood the Dial // 2018 Budding Romance Records

20. June Bloom, June Bloom - EP // 2017 

21. Jacco Gardner, Somnium // 2018 Full Time Hobby

22. Horse Jumper of Love, Horse Jumper of Love // 2016 Joy Void

23. Ian Sweet, Crush Crusher // 2018 Hardly Art

24. Alpacka, 400 Miles North II - EP // 2018 

25. Thee Oh Sees, A Weird Exits // 2016 Castle Face

26. Aubrey Haddard, Blue Part // 2018 Very Jazzed

27. Various, Liverpool Today "Live At The Cavern" // 2009 Fantastic Voyage

28. The Babe Rainbow, Double Rainbow // 2018 Merge Records

29. Carbonas, Your Moral Superiors: Singles and Rarities // 2018 Goner

30. Duster, Stratosphere // 1999 Numero Group

As compiled by our Music Director, Ryan McGlashan

[wzbcpromo]

Boston Calling 2018

Photos courtesy of Ryan McGlashan BC ‘19 and Ilsa Papunen BC ‘19

[wzbcpromo]

WZBC Rock Top 30: 24 July 2018

1. Remember Sports, Slow Buzz // 2018 Father/Daughter Records

2. Sidney Gish, No Dogs Allowed // 2018

3. Tanukichan, Sundays // 2018 Compnay Records

4. Cosmic Johnny, Good Grief // 2018

5. The Orielles, Silver Dollar Moment // 2018 Heavenly 

6. The Spook School, Could It Be Different? // 2018 Slumberland Records

7. Claire Morales, All That Wanting // 2018 

8. Petal, Magic Gone // 2018 Run for Cover Records

9. Friendship, Shock Out of Season // 2017 Orindal Records

10. Momma, Interloper // 2018 Danger Collective

11. Prior Panic, Finicky Things // 2018 

12. Good Looking Friends, Settle In, Decay // 2018 Old Press Records

13. Dislocation Dance, Perfectly In Control // 1980 New Hormones

14. Valley Queen, Supergiant // 2018 Roll Call Records

15. Hookworms, Microshift // 2018 Domino Recording Co

16. The Minders, Hooray for Tuesday // Space Cassette Records

17. La Luz, It’s Alive // 2013 Hardly Art

18. Preoccupations, New Material // 2018 Jagjaguwar

19. Trust Fund, Bringing The Backline // 2018 

20. Sun June, Years // 2018 Keeled Scales

21. Mint Green, Growth - EP // 2016 Spinnup

22. Sleater-Kinney, The Woods // 2005 Sub Pop 

23. Blushh, Thx 4 Asking - EP // 2018 Yellow K Records

24. Slothrust, The Pact // 2018 Dangerbird Records

25. illuminati hotties, Kiss Yr Frenemies // 2018 Tiny Engines

26. Goat Girl, Goat Girl // 2018 Rough Trade

27. Palm, Rock Island // 2018 Little Monster Records

28. sir Was, Digging a Tunnel // 2017 City Slang

29. Floating Room, Sunless // 2016 Good Cheer Records

30. The Moonlandingz, Interplanetary Class Classics // 2017 Chimera Music

As compiled by our Music Director, Ryan McGlashan

[wzbcpromo]

Spring Concert 2018: BABY!

BABY! (don’t forget the caps-lock and exclamation point—they are intentionally curated) is a local star on the rise. Breaking into the scene with her debut album Sunny, F.L., Kaley Honeycutt, a Florida transplant, anchors a bedroom pop band that’s fun with an edge. The melodies are at once both light and reverberating, balancing a sweet catchiness with a raspier, darker vocal to craft tracks that evoke beachy days with stormy skies. Some standout tracks include “Weather Girl,” a flirty anthem that makes us yearn for warmer days, and “If I’m Sorry,” a melancholy, singalong track for when your heart hurts. We’re lucky enough to have BABY! playing our Spring concert on March 27th at Great Scott. Check them out!

[wzbcpromo]

WZBC Rock Top 30: 17 April 2018

1. Goat Girl, Goat Girl // 2018 Rough Trade

2. Camp Cope, How To Socialise & Make Friends // 2018 Run For Cover Records

3. Kitten Forever, Semi-Permanent // 2018 Rat Queen Records

4. Saline, you did it to yourself // 2018 Perfect Attendance Records

5. No Thank You, All It Takes To Ruin It All // 2018 Lame-O Records

6. U.S. Girls, In a Poem Unlimited // 2018 4AD

7. The Shacks, Haze // 2018 Big Crown Records

8. Haley Blais, Let Yourself Go - EP // 2018

9. BABY!, Sunny F.L. // 2017 Yellow K Records

10. Dream Wife, Dream Wife // 2018 Lucky Number

11. Great Grandpa, Plastic Cough // 2017 Double Double Whammy

12. Triptides, Visitors // 2018 Requiem Pour Un Twister

13. Coke Weed, Mary Weaver // 2015 Beyond Beyond Is Beyond Records

14. Hop Along, Bark Your Head Off, Dog // 2018 Saddle Creek

15. Twink, Think Pink // 1970 Akarma

16. Daddy Issues, Deep Dream // 2017 Infinity Cat Recordings

17. Red Axes, The Beach Goths // 2017 Garzen Records

18. Charly Bliss, Guppy // 2017 Barsuk Records

19. Death Valley Girls, Glow In The Dark // 2016 Burger Records

20. Ought, Room Inside The World // 2018 Merge Records

21. Smokey Brights, Come to Terms - EP // 2018 Freakout Records

22. Mosquitos, Mexican Dust // 2017 Six Degrees

23. Screaming Females, All At Once // 2018 Don Giovanni Records

24. Chai, PINK // 2018 Burger Records

25. Saint Clementine, I Wish I Knew What You Did Last Summer // 2015

26. Helen Kelter Skelter, Melter // 2018 

27. Church Girls, Hidalgo // 2017

28. Slowcoaches, Nothing Gives // 2016 Leisure and District

29. Sidney Gish, No Dogs Allowed // 2017

30. Rachel Moon, Leatherback // 2017 Turtle Island

As compiled by our Music Director, Ryan McGlashan

[wzbcpromo]

Hazy Scenes and Vibrant Dreams: Alvvays in Boston

“I can’t speak for the coming days, but today is good.” Perhaps unintentionally, with this utterance Molly Rankin perfectly summarized how I feel whenever I listen to Alvvays. It was the concluding remark of her comment on the fact that the group’s show at Paradise Rock on October 3 was the first of their US tour. And it was a great way to kick off a tour. The show was completely sold out, but I was lucky enough to get in and experience the elation that is Alvvays’ dreampop.

The choice in opener was a bit of a surprise - Saved By a Waif, the penultimate track off their sophomore album, Antisocialities, released last month on Polyvinyl Records. The album itself feels wholly more experimental than their debut, Alvvays, and Saved By a Waif is one of the best examples of the band’s incorporation of a rockier sound. This caught some of the audience (myself included) a little off guard, but definitely set the stage for a night full of high-energy jams. They continued on to play Plimsoll Punks, one of the singles released off the album, and got everyone dancing around. 

The entire night felt like something out of a dream. Molly’s ethereal vocals aside, the crew lit the stage with dynamic projections that shifted with every change of mood. This almost put the band behind a screen, seeming to put them at a distance that served only to underscore the sense of mystification afforded by the incredible quality of music emanating from their persons. Combined with the fact that they sounded almost exactly like their recordings, there were times when I felt that I was just watching a music video with the volume blasted. Then a song would end, Molly would speak, the people around me would react, and I would instantly be reminded just how beautifully real the whole experience was. 

Although I danced and sung my heart out to each and every song of the set, Forget About Life takes the cake for favorite song of the night. I went into the show with a bunch of favorites I was hoping the band would play (and they hit all of them), but witnessing Forget About Life live changed my perspective on the song forever. The instrumentals kicked in first, subduing the crowd and setting the stage for Molly transport us out of this life and into another. Something about the solemnity, the simplicity, of the whole experience made me feel like I was getting wrapped up in a huge hug of ambience and slipped into a dreamy subconsciousness. Then the instrumentals upped their presence, lifting me out of that liminal state and ushering in my new reality with the Eastern-feeling funky bridge that got everyone vibing. 

As if all of this wasn’t enough, the band treated us to not one, not two, but three additional songs in an encore. Staying true to their indie pop roots, they kept it engaging but effortlessly cool. As they took their final walk off the stage, all I could hear around me were whispers of “that was so good,” “they were so good,” and “wow.” With their dreamy tunes and ever so laid back stage presence, Alvvays treated Boston with a night that will always be remembered. I can only imagine that the rest of the tour will be equally as great.

written by: Maria Khoudary

photos by: Ermol Sheppard, Maria Khoudary