The Evan "Funk" Davies Show | WFMU

ritz - "dance until you drop" - puttin' on the ritz [Disco/Dance Party debut!] voggue - "dancin' the night away" - 7" [0:04:41] dana & gene - "dario, can you get me into studio 54?" - 12" [0:08:04] bohannon - "bohannon's disco symphony" - phase ii [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2016!] [0:13:13] george mccrae - "honey i" - 7" [0:19:45] Music behind DJ: silvetti - "spring rain" - 7" [0:23:17] the reflections - "boogie city" - 12" [Disco/Dance Party debut!] [0:26:51] change - "searchin'" - the glow of love [0:32:25] ronnie jones - "soul sister" - 12" [Disco/Dance Party debut!] [0:40:16] denroy morgan - "i'll do anything for you" - i'll do anything for you [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2020!] [0:46:17] south shore commission - "train called freedom (disco version)" - 7" [0:51:10] Music behind DJ: b.b.c.s. & a. - "rock shock (instrumental)" - 12" [0:56:13] gonzalez - "haven't stopped dancing yet" - haven't stopped dancin' [1:01:32] gary toms empire - "7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (blow your whistle)" - 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 blow your whistle [1:07:16] gotham flasher - "i'm never going to leave you (new york)" - 12" [Disco/Dance Party debut! A Gino Soccio joint] [1:12:24] midnight rhythm - "workin' & slavin' (i need love)" - 12" ep [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2021, surprisingly (to me)!] [1:19:30] the whispers - "and the beat goes on" - s/t [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in... 2018?! What am I even doing?] [1:28:37] southroad connection - "you like it, we love it" - 12" [1:34:48] andrea true connection - "more more more (part 1)" - 7" [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2014!] [1:41:13] the jacksons - "shake your body (down to the ground)" - 12" [1:44:18] the duncan sisters - "boys will be boys" - 12" [Disco/Dance Party debut!] [1:52:38] c.j. & co. - "devil's gun" - 7' [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2021] [1:58:56] Music behind DJ: colorblind - "kalei-disco" - 12" [2:02:12] dorothy moore - "let the music play" - 12" [2:07:54] siren - "open up for love" - 12" [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2017] [2:12:43] karen silver - "can't stop dancing" - hold on, i'm coming [Disco/Dance Party debut!] [2:18:34] patrice rushen - "forget me nots" - 12" [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2021] [2:22:46] donald byrd & 125th st nyc - "love has come around" - love byrd [2:28:56] lamont dozier - "boogie business" - 7" [2:35:11] viola wills - "if you could read my mind" - 12" [2:38:31] yarbrough & peoples - "don't stop the music" - 7" [2:45:02] d train - "keep on" - you're the one for me [last played on the Disco/Dance Party in 2021] [2:49:15] jimmy "bo" horne - "i wanna go home with you" - dance across the floor [2:54:52] Music behind DJ: eve - "take a little chance" [2:58:18] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154884

string driven thing - "are you a rock and roller" - 7" [0:00:00] tv smith's explorers - "the servant" - 7" [0:03:00] the cars - "got a lot on my head" - candy-o [0:06:11] the trans-canada highwaymen - "theme from trans-canada highwaymen" - explosive hits, vol. 1 [Happy anniversary to the Trans-Canada Highway! Opened on this date in 1962!] [0:09:09] tom lehrer - "pollution" - that was the year that was [RIP to this genius, a huge influence on me as a youth.] [0:12:27] franke & the knockouts - "keep on fighting" - below the belt [0:14:51] baby shakes - "sweet 'n' sour (part 2)" - single [0:19:36] vinyl virgins - "mony mony" - 12" [0:22:10] ultravox! - "slip away" - s/t [0:25:43] mark goodman and martha quinn - "excerpt" - sound up podcast [Full podcast is here, the part about me starts around 40 minutes in] [0:29:55] the telephone numbers - "be right down" - scarecrow ii [bandcamp] [0:40:33] b. hamilton - "sunny day" - b. hamilton (2025) [bandcamp] [0:44:13] beauty - "acid baby girl" - single [bandcamp] [0:48:55] discreet charms - "burn, blacken, or smoke" - delivery model stateholder meeting [bandcamp with our own Nate K and Tom Dash!] [0:51:37] seely jurgens band - "why oh why" - single [bandcamp Kyle Seely from Sheer Mag] [0:56:03] Set: SAVAK live on WFMU! Engineered by Superstar Mario Santana, assisted by Kay Flynn-Murray (aka K-dog) Sohrab Habibion - vocals, guitar Mike "Jaws" Jaworski - vocals, guitar Matt Hunter - bass, backing vocals Matt Schultz - drums, no vocals whatsoever Latest album SQUAWK! out now on Peculiar Works and available on Bandcamp savak - "agronomy domine" - live on wfmu [1:06:46] savak - "vis-a-vis" - live on wfmu [1:09:51] savak - "two lamps" - live on wfmu [1:13:10] savak - "child's pose" - live on wfmu [1:16:07] savak - "talk to some people" - live on wfmu [1:18:45] savak - "no man's island" - live on wfmu [1:22:03] savak - "moon over marine park" - live on wfmu [1:25:36] savak - "casual cruelty" - live on wfmu [1:29:49] savak - "tomorrow and the day after" - live on wfmu [1:32:32] savak - "sick of war" - live on wfmu [1:36:00] savak - "chat with efd" - live on wfmu [1:39:33] the whimbrels - "eclipse eye" - s/t [bandcamp Hopefully playing live on the show later this year! With members of Glen Branca Ensemble, Swans, and... Savak!] [1:49:20] barbara - "tolerant nation" - s/t [bandcamp] [1:53:43] ducks ltd. - "lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken (feat. lunar vacation)" - single [bandcamp] [1:57:32] automatic - "mercury" - is it now? [bandcamp] [2:01:25] darling black - "deep down in the ground" - single [Dylan from Lulu Lewis' solo project! Playing this Sunday night at Berlin, with 12090 A.D. and Kay Nova. bandcamp] [2:05:54] Set: KOMPILATION KORNER, extra-large edition! animal logic - "the meaning of life" - va-praise poems 11 [bandcamp] [2:19:27] the woolies - "who do you love" - va-motor city is burning: a michigan anthology 1965-1972 [2:21:42] fragments - "powerstatefailure" - va-generation blitz 4: mutant electro [bandcamp] [2:23:47] billy paul - "let 'em in" - va-here, there and everywhere [2:28:56] fabienne stoko - "poupee" - va-histoire de coeur: lost french synth pop 7"ers and euro-bombs (1980-89) [bandcamp] [2:33:48] john howard - "i tune in to you (1-2ne-in-2-u)" - va-all the young droids [bandcamp] [2:42:47] giani ferrio - "quando vui con chi voi" - va-eli roth's red light disco [2:46:05] the bags - "dancing around our handbags (demo cassette 1982)" - va-promises, promises: borders and mid-wales post punk 1979-83 [not those Bags. Or those Bags either. bandcamp] [2:49:04] tuff - "the new genertion" - va-young and wild: a decade of american glam metal 1982-1992 [2:51:48] bruce moody - "am romance" - va-i wanna be a teen again: american power pop 1980-1989 [2:56:20] End of set Set: https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154651

the dickies - "paranoid" - 10" maxi single [0:00:00] the cardigans - "iron man" - first band on the moon [0:01:58] monster magnet - "into the void" - god says no [0:06:21] the royal purple - "a hard road" - psychoacoustics [WFMU's own Stu Rutherford and Mike Sin!] [0:14:05] 1000 homo djs - "supernaut" - single [0:18:51] ozzy osbourne - "flying high again" - diary of a madman [0:25:24] Set: RIP Carter Cathcart, guitarist / keyboardist in the Laughing Dogs the laughing dogs - "get 'im outta town" - s/t [0:43:01] the lauging dogs - "not what i used to be" - s/t + meet their makers [cd reissue, a Carter Cathcart composition] [0:44:01] the laughing dogs - "it's just the truth" - s/t [another Cathcart tune] [0:46:26] the laughing dogs - "reason for wanting you" - s/t + meet their makers [one more Cathcart composition] [0:50:27] the laughing dogs - "i need a million" - s/t [0:52:58] blurt - "the mecanno giraffe" - the mecanno giraffe ep [bandcamp] [1:00:05] brian bilston & the catenary wires - "to do list" - sounds made by humans [bandcamp] [1:03:47] autocamper - "map like a leaf" - what do you do all day? [bandcamp] [1:06:16] the royal arctic institute - "he died fighting in spain" - s/t [bandcamp Playing tomorrow night at Sinatra Park in Hoboken, with Sloppy Heads!] [1:10:34] viennetta - "twist yr arm" - s/t [album out in September bandcamp] [1:14:11] jz barrell - "one way mirror" - don't give away your magic [bandcamp] [1:27:08] the minus 5 - "falling like jets" - oar on, penelope! [bandcamp] [1:31:03] luke haines & peter buck - "56 nervous breakdowns" - going down to the river ...to blow my mind [with most of The Minus 5! bandcamp] [1:34:40] johnny thunders - "daddy rollin' stone" - so alone [1:37:36] creem circus - "oh no rock and roll" - get.switched.on! [bandcamp still buzzing from their show at Ortlieb's last Friday!] [1:40:30] sloan - "dream destroyer" - based on the best seller [bandcamp] [1:52:39] dom mariani - "apple of life" - apple of life [coming this fall!] [1:56:32] düül suns - "serpentine" - single [not yet on their bandcamp] [2:00:06] sandra's wedding - "lullahello" - arturus rex [bandcamp] [2:04:33] mal blum - "must get lonely" - the villain [bandcamp] [2:08:40] ultra lights - "scene of the crime" - s/t [bandcamp Playing live on my show Weds Aug 20! Catch them at Mama Tried Saturday Aug 16 with Love, Burns and another band I'm forgetting.] [2:20:40] hotline tnt - "julia's war" - raspberry moon [bandcamp] [2:24:23] whitney's playland - "only daughter" - long rehearsal [bandcamp] [2:27:01] jimrosch - "i sighed" - daylights [bandcamp] [2:29:50] savak - "moon over marine park" - squawk! [live on the show next week! Also playing live Friday night in DC, Saturday in Philly (two shows!), and Sunday night at TV Eye! bandcamp] [2:34:02] grim globs - "horrible man" - s/t [bandcamp] [2:45:09] nick lowe and his cowboy outfit - "the rose of england" - the rose of england [2:47:49] jean caffeine - "i know you know i know" - generation jean [bandcamp] [2:51:03] jeffrey novak - "sweetlips" - blood celebration [bandcamp] [2:55:24] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154413

the sharonettes - "papa ooh mow mow" - 7" [0:00:00] the freshmen - "papa-oom-mow-mow" - single [0:02:43] ramones - "surfin' bird" - rocket to russia [0:05:07] os bons - "papa oom mow mow" [no idea] [0:07:39] the beach boys - "papa-oom-mow-mow" - beach boys concert [0:11:33] the rivingtons - "mama-oom-mow-mow" - the liberty years [0:13:33] the cramps - "surfin' bird" - off the bone [0:16:19] king usniewicz & his usniewicztones - "papa-oom-mow-mow" - teenage dance party [0:20:59] silverchair - "surfin' bird" - the door ep [0:23:28] the rivingtons - "papa-oom-mow-mow" - the liberty years [0:25:47] the trashmen - "surfin' bird" - surfin' bird [0:29:03] giorgio - "looky looky" - schlagermoroder volume 1 1966-1975 [(coda)] [0:30:26] Set: RIP David Kaff, Dave Cousins, Honest John Plain spinal tap - "hellhole" - this is spinal tap original soundtrack [RIP keyboard player David Kaff, aka Viv Savage] [0:44:02] strawbs - "i don't want to talk about it" - deadlines [RIP Dave Cousins] [0:46:12] the boys - "sick on you" - 7" [reissue, orig 1977; RIP guitarist Honest John Plain] [0:49:59] pete stride / john plain - "just like a clown" - new guitars in town [(Pete Stride from The Lurkers.)] [0:51:57] strawbs - "my friend peter" - deep cuts [0:55:25] spinal tap - "rock and roll creation" - this is spinal tap original soundtrack [0:57:59] End of set creem circus - "caesar's palace" - get.switched.on! [see them live at Ortlieb's in Philadelphia this Friday night! bandcamp] [1:07:21] the hives - "legalize living" - the hives forever forever the hives [1:10:42] self improvement - "dissolved" - syndrome [bandcamp] [1:14:16] 0 conduit - "a" - a [bandcamp] [1:17:11] karyn kuhl band - "i feel love" - single [Karyn Kuhl & The Gang playing this Thursday night (i.e. TOMORROW!) at Sinatra Park in Hoboken, with Freedy Johnston and emcee (not MC) Hoboken Jack! bandcamp Her original songs are good too, I promise!] [1:23:52] bird streets - "mistaker" - the escape artist [produced by Jason Falkner, album out in October bandcamp] [1:36:34] boomgates - "layman's terms" - double natural [bandcamp] [1:40:39] savak - "child's pose" - squawk [bandcamp Playing live on the show in two weeks!] [1:43:47] b. hamilton - "release the hounds" - b. hamilton (2025) [bandcamp] [1:46:22] semihelix - "deeper space in time" - single [bandcamp] [1:50:40] grim globs - "don't let the internet" - s/t [bandcamp] [2:03:22] neko case - "wreck" - neon grey midnight green [bandcamp] [2:07:09] starbreaker - "the sound of summer" - 7" [2:10:16] greg ashley - "six am at the black and white" - 7" [bandcamp] [2:12:47] girls on grass - "don't buy it" - stages ep [Should be on their bandcamp at some point, not sure of the official release date] [2:17:57] secret monkey weekend - "so much joy" - lemon drop hammer [playing live on the show Weds Aug 13 with The Prof. Fuzz 63! bandcamp] [2:28:49] the prof. fuzz 63 - "hand grenade princess" - my <3's still beatin' but i'm dead2u [returning to the show on Aug 13 with Secret Monkey Weekend! bandcamp] [2:32:07] the stranglers - "dagenham dave" - no more heroes [2:35:59] ty segall - "posession" - possession [bandcamp] [2:39:17] st. divine - "diy (frankenstein)" - you can't go forward and you can't go back [bandcamp] [2:43:10] splitsville - "i hate going to hutzler's" - mobtown [bandcamp] [2:50:17] shampoo - "forgotten lane" - single [shoutout to Maria T's Sound Advice PHL newsletter bandcamp] [2:53:56] wet leg - "liquidize (clean edit)" - moisturizer [2:56:39] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/154168