Fringe Factory Marathon Madness!

It's more Marathon Madness with the Fringe Factory! This special episode take you on a flight from 1966 to 1979 and back to 2019 with some new songs by The Mystery Lights, Thee Arthur Layne and the Prefab Messiahs! AND get special prize vinyl compilation giveaways if you pledge during the show such as the Brown Acid 6th Trip from Riding Easy Records and  Function Underground:The Black and Brown American Rock Sound! Tune in and Turn it up at 8pm ET! Playlist and comments:http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84709 

Big Planet Noise Show #139 Airs Tonight!

Big Planet Noise airs TONIGHT – 8pm/7c on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban!!! We're blasting even more favorite records that we (strangely, surprisingly) have not yet featured on our show!!! AND – it's the final week of our all-important WFMU pledge drive – we'll be talking about that AND giving away more cool LPs! Show your love for the best radio station on the planet – PLEASE DONATE!!!

listen/chat/donate: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84654

The Real Nitty Gritty - WFMU Marathon Week 2 - Tonight at 7 ET

Tonight at 7:00 The Real Nitty Gritty rolls on with WFMU's 2019 Marathon Week 2! Tune in for records and giggles and show your support for the #1 and oldest freeform radio station in the nation. We'll be spinning  THE SELLWOODS' latest 45 and more more MORE.
Link here to pledge and claim your WFMU swag: https://pledge.wfmu.org/donate?program=RG&step=landing
Pledge $20 or more tonight during The Real Nitty Gritty & you could win:
-_Don't Bring Me Down...Under: The Pretty Things in New Zealand, 1965_ book by Mike Stax, Andy Neill, & John Baker
-_The Triumph of Sam Cooke_ book by Peter Guralnik
-Three Six Nine! The Best of Shirley Ellis cd
And at 8:00 stay tuned for Whig Out! with Glynis & Richard and more spectacular prizes.

Tonight On DJ Roulette!

A live performance and interview with Darrin Bradbury!

He's often compared to people like John Prine, with songs about the underside of things...and underdogs. Hear it tonight at 9pm, 8c on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban!

Make with the MARATHON - tonight at 8pm EST!

For tonight's special marathon edition of Make with the Shake, DJ Pat K is all suited up and ready to make you give til it HURTS! Tune in at 8pm eastern for laffs, music, and fundraising FUN, and get the chance to win some amazing prizes, including a fresh copy of Charles Bradley's VICTIM OF LOVE album from Daptone, a copy of We’re Gonna Have A Party: The Soul of Wand Records from Sundazed, and a deluxe 2-DVD edition of BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS from the Criterion Collection. Donate a measly $20 or more during the show for a chance to win! CLICK HERE to donate and keep WFMU shaking!

Big Planet Noise Show #138 Airs Tonight!

Big Planet Noise airs TONIGHT – 8pm/7c on WFMU’s Rock ’n’ Soul Ichiban!!! It's an action-packed two hours of some of my most favorite records that I CANNOT BELIEVE we have not yet played on our show!!! PLUS – it's the all-important WFMU pledge drive – we'll be giving away cool stuff in return for your donations! And - just wait until you hear about our killer CD premium that we're offering... Whew – there's just SO DAMN MUCH going on!!! Join us – es un evento emocionante!!!

listen/chat/donate: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84523

The Real Nitty Gritty! WFMU 2019 Fundraising Marathon! Prizes and stuff!

Tonight at 7:00 @The Real Nitty Gritty is helping to kick off WFMU's 2019 Fundraising Marathon! We’re spinning our usual slop-and-sleaze records and rewarding your support for the #1 and oldest freeform radio station in the nation by offering trinkets and prizes. 
Link here to pledge and claim your WFMU swag: https://pledge.wfmu.org/donate?program=RG&step=landing
PLUS if you pledge $20 or more tonight during The Real Nitty Gritty you could win:
*Bo Diddley’s Beach Party LP
*Freddy King Gives You a Bonanza of Instrumentals LP
*Otis Redding Live in Europe LP

Babydoll Warriors on Crayons to Perfume!

Today on Crayons to Perfume! It's San Diego's girl group with a few guys in it too!! The Babydoll Warriors - that golden group with the 50's/60's sound with a little bit of 80's movie schlock thrown in for good measure. Lead singer Julia Hall McMahon and saxophonist/songwriter Emily Connell are in the studio with me today - we'll play some songs from their new EP - and they'll also play the dj with songs that inspire their group, themselves, their performances. Listen to win one of two Babydoll Warrior prizes!! 8pm

Big Planet Noise show #137 airs tonight!

TONIGHT!!! Big Planet Noise radio blasts off at 8pm • 7c on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban! Bet – we've got a big fun show filled with the sounds of Mod, Rock-Folk, the Sunset Strip, and a good slap of groovy Sitar! C'mon and hang with us!

listen/chat/playlist: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84361

Wild Man Walk -- The Real Nitty Gritty tonight at 7PM ET

Wild Man Walk -- The Real Nitty Gritty is back tonight at 7:00 ET on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul ICHIBAN with a fresh selection of 'hits that never were: savage R&B, greasy rockabilly, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, & sleazy instrotrash platters. Then stay tuned for the Whig Out! at 8:00 http://wfmu.org/playlists/RG

Instrumental 45 of the Week!

PINBALL! (aka Morticians 'Pinball' Stomp!) (listen/download)

McKinley James and Molly Martin on The Sit Down!

This week on The Sit Down:

McKinley James has been playing guitar with his own flavor of R&B professionally since he was 14! He grew up backstage listening to his father Jason Smay play drums with folks like Los Straightjackets and JD McPherson, and it shows!

Molly Martin is a singer with a sweet voice and some Philly sass and soul.

Tune in Friday 2/22 @9pm (8c) to hear them both!

Tonight! All-new Make with the Shake at 8pm eastern!

Tonight! An all-new episode of MAKE WITH THE SHAKE, available in the highest fidelity your playback system will allow, playable on stereo and mono equipment, faithfully reproducing the sounds of 45rpm garage, soul, r&b, trash, grease, and other assorted vintage voola for discerning freaks. Tune in at 8pm eastern for the loud sounds! Click here for the livestream, chat, playlist, and archive!

Crayons to Perfume! 60's spins

A packed box of girl group 45 goodness awaits your ears today on Crayons to Perfume! Soul, ye ye, girl garage, surfer girls....it's all packed into one glorious, gorgeous hour of sixties girls! Featuring The Soul Sisters, Annette, Kay Bell & The Tuffs, Shirley Ellis, Gaynel, the Rubies and of course, France Gall!  7pm today, (always archived afterwards) WFMU.org  Rock'n'Soul Ichiban!

Big Planet Noise Show #136 Airs Tonight!

Big Planet Noise airs TONIGHT 8pm • 7c on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban!! A spicy stew of swinging, soulful & spychedelic sounds... Warm it up with us – it's a tropical hotdog night!!!

listen/Chat: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84204

Willy Nilly Nitty Gritty -- tonight on ICHIBAN

Willy Nilly -- Tune in for a new episode of The Real Nitty Gritty tonight at 7:00 ET on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul ICHIBAN for your Sunday supper serving of savage R&B, greasy rockabilly, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, & sleazy instrotrash platters. Then stay tuned for the Whig Out! at 8:00 http://wfmu.org/playlists/RG

Instrumental 45 of the Week!

THE_SQUELCH! (listen/download)

Big Planet Noise Show #135 Airs Tonight!

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!  Big Planet Noise airs at 8pm • 7c this eve on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban!  A salmagundi of sound – swinging London to sunbaked Texas, Sunset Strip freaks to West Village geeks, a wonderfully-weird pitstop in the multicolored Bay Area, and maybe a sitar or two...
Join us (and please spread the word)!
listen•playlist•chat: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/84053

Ichiban Meet-Up at Hank's Saloon!

Poster by DJ Nico

Tickets are on sale now for Greg Cartwright + Benny Trokan & the Bell Guarde.  Friday, March 29th.
Hope to see you there!  There is a food court downstairs with several stalls that you would normally find in Austin, Texas on Congress Avenue.  BBQ, Tex Mex, Fried Chicken, Pizza, etc.  You can't beat it!

Doors at 8.

Hey You! Tune in tonight at 7:00 for the Real Nitty Gritty

Hey You -- Listen up tonight at 7:00 ET! Thomas & Tania are bringing you a new episode of The Real Nitty Gritty on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul ICHIBAN, spinning savage R&B, greasy rockabilly, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, & sleazy instrotrash platters. Then stay tuned for the Whig Out! at 8:00 http://wfmu.org/playlists/RG

Jingle Jangle and Whig Out!

Orlando Byrdsian folk-rockers The Belltowers are featured today on the Whig Out! We'll be playing tracks from their forthcoming LP Reverberate as well as 60's folk rock faves and obscurities as well as a smattering of other modern folk rockers, folk fuzzers, folk jangles, folk jingles and rock folkers. Join us, 8pm Sunday right here on Rock'n'Soul Ichiban.

Instrumental 45 of the Week!

HANGING_FIVE! (listen/download)

Big Planet Noise Show #134 Tonight!

Hey, Hey!!!  Big Planet Noise show 134 airs TONIGHT at 8pm • 7c on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban!  Kaleidoscopically Kolorful sounds from the Sunset Strip to Liverpool and beyond – it's a big-fun show stuffed tight with both familiar & forgotten: a chunky 60's stew of the fuzzy, the freaky, & the folky...   Join us, please!!!  Loudly!!!

listen/chat with us/see the live playlist:  http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83940

The Real Nitty Gritty is back with That Lovin' Touch! Tonight on Ichiban

That Lovin' Touch -- Tonight at 7:00 ET The Real Nitty Gritty is back with a new episode on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul ICHIBAN! Spinning savage R&B, greasy rockabilly, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, & sleazy instrotrash platters. Then stay tuned for the Whig Out! at 8:00 http://wfmu.org/playlists/RG

Instrumental 45 of the Week!

BLUE_SURF! (listen/download)

Tonight on The Sit Down!

Songs and stories with guitar legend Wayne Moss, songwriter Dee Moeller and Trey Ackerman. 

Recorded at Wayne’s Cinderella Sound Studios in Nashville, with a Neumann U67 into the historic Flickinger console!

Nashville history, from one of the original Nashville Cats...with some new music performed live in-studio by Trey Ackerman!

Listen here! https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83950

All-new Make with the Shake Tonight at 8pm eastern!

Tonight at 8pm eastern DJ Pat K returns with an all-new episode of Make with the Shake, only on Ichiban! Study up on all the latest moves and get down to thee soul, garage, r&b and instro sounds! CLICK HERE for the livestream, playlist, chat, and archive!

Big Planet Noise Show #133!

Big records, big guitars, big melodies and big fun tonight on Big Planet Noise...  Personal faves, a few cool requests, and Part 2 of our great live   band battle!!!  Lift off is at 8pm • 7c on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban.  Join us!!!

listen/chat: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83820

Big Planet Noise Show #132 Airs Tonight!

Big Planet Noise airs TONIGHT at 8pm • 7c on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban!
We've got a load of great records to play: it'll be a swinging show filled with various 60's tough-guys, freakouts, geekouts, and assorted multicolored weirdos... Including YOU, we hope... JOIN US!!!

listen/chat: wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83696

Don't miss The Night Times on the Whig Out!! today 8pm

The Night Times are one of the hottest new purveyors of authentic 60's garage sounds and today we've got them on the Whig Out! We'll be debuting a song from their forthcoming LP, give their single another spin, and then let the Night Times grind the wheels of steel, playing some of their favorite tunes from the 60's - today.  Check it all out 8pm: use this link to listen: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83707

Photo: Angelica Monroy

Instrumental 45 of the Week!

MALIBU_SURF! (listen/download)

Big Planet Noise Tonight!

BamaLamaBamaLoo!  Big Planet Noise airs TONIGHT – 8pm • 7c on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban!  A big two hours of kaleidoscopic 60's sounds: coast-to-coast, across the pond, the weird, the wild, the mild, the in & the out... 
We really love the out.
listen/chat: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/83579

Whig Out! with the Professor Mighty Manfred and Suzy Creamcheese!

 Today! We're Whiggin' out with the Professor Mighty Manfred of the Woggles & The Magnificent - and dj/club organizer Suzy Cream Cheese of the Pleasure Seekers Club in Berlin, Germany - here with a stunning selection of modern and 60's spinning noisemakers! Tune in at 8pm (right after The Real Nitty Gritty) and hear all the platters that matter!!

Instrumental 45 of the Week!

RIPTIDE! (listen/download)