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WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Don't Back the Front

Aug 6, 2025 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Dana K

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Xerox music is here at last! Don't Back the Front brings you DIY weird waves from the classic punk era through today. All with extra saxophone!

(Your DJ reserves the right to play indie pop)

Filling in again for Jon Solomon!

Don't Back the Front
5:02 PM
The Shivvers - No Substitute
The Shivvers No Substitute
Lost Hits from Milwaukee's First Family of Powerpop 1979-82 Hyped2death 2006
5:05 PM
The Desperate Bicycles - Occupied Territory
The Desperate Bicycles Occupied Territory
New Cross, New Cross 1978
5:13 PM
Bow Wow Wow - C30, C60, C90, Go!
Bow Wow Wow C30, C60, C90, Go!
7" EMI 1980
5:16 PM
Private Lives - Dealer's Choice
Private Lives Dealer's Choice
Salt of the Earth Feel It Records 2025
5:19 PM
Toy Love - Rebel
Toy Love Rebel
Toy Love Flying Nun Records 1979
5:21 PM
Krypton Tunes - Limited Vision
Krypton Tunes Limited Vision
Soul Jazz Records Presents SECRET SUPERSTAR SOUNDS – Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80: Punk • Powerpop • New Wave • DIY Soul Jazz Records 2025
1978 single
5:24 PM
The Fakes - Sylvia Clarke
The Fakes Sylvia Clarke
7" Deep Cuts Records 1979
5:27 PM
Famous Logs In History - Static Missions
Famous Logs In History Static Missions
Mind the Bollards Fuzzy Warbles 2025
5:31 PM
World Of Pooh - Strip Club
World Of Pooh Strip Club
Tight and Loose Bulbous Monocle 2025
From a 1994 Bananafish compilation
5:33 PM
Buffet Lunch - Perfect Hit!
Buffet Lunch Perfect Hit!
Perfect Hit! Upset The Rhythm 2025
5:41 PM
Autoclave - Dr. Seuss
Autoclave Dr. Seuss
Autoclave Dischord 1992
5:43 PM
Kilynn Lunsford - Saddest of Dreams
Kilynn Lunsford Saddest of Dreams
Promiscuous Genes Feel It Records 2025
5:46 PM
Twelve Cubic Feet - Hello Howard
Twelve Cubic Feet Hello Howard
Straight out the Fridge Sealed Records 2024
1982
5:49 PM
Alice - Les châteaux faibles
Alice Les châteaux faibles N
Châteaux faibles Bongo Joe 2025
5:53 PM
David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights - Chop Me In 1/2
David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights Chop Me In 1/2
David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights Flying Nun 1997
6:00 PM
The Midnight Steppers - Memory Boys
The Midnight Steppers Memory Boys
Isolation Drives Radical Documents 2020
6:05 PM
Alpha Plan - Ice Lands
Alpha Plan Ice Lands
Rarer Than Radium
6:11 PM
Again Again - Co-Optimist
Again Again Co-Optimist
The Way We Were - EP Cherry Red Records 1978
6:15 PM
Ballon D'Essai - Simon Says
Ballon D'Essai Simon Says
Grow Up Flying Nun 1983
6:18 PM
Minibeast - Burster
Minibeast Burster
The Maze of Now Minibeast 2025
6:22 PM
The Plants - The Path
The Plants The Path
Can't Stop It! Australian Post-Punk 1978-82 (2025 Deluxe Edition) Chapter Music 2025
1980
6:27 PM
Chance Operation - Feel Rocker
Chance Operation Feel Rocker
Place Kick Telegraph Records 1985
6:33 PM
Mofungo - Hunter Gatherer
Mofungo Hunter Gatherer
Out of Line ZOAR Records 1983
6:39 PM
Wire - Go Ahead
Wire Go Ahead
Map Ref 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W - Single pinkflag 1979
6:43 PM
Naked Roommate - Successful Friend
Naked Roommate Successful Friend
Pass The Loofah Trouble In Mind Records 2024
6:46 PM
Gay Cat Park - I'm a Vocoder
Gay Cat Park I'm a Vocoder
I'm A Vocoder Il Discotto Productions 1982
6:52 PM
Karel Fialka - Armband
Karel Fialka Armband
All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985 Night School 2025
1979
6:55 PM
The Serfs - Paid In Full
The Serfs Paid In Full
Paid In Full - Single Trouble In Mind Records 2024
6:59 PM
Automatic - Mercury
Automatic Mercury N
Is It Now? 2025
7:06 PM
Negativland - Yellow Black and Rectangular
Negativland Yellow Black and Rectangular
Escape from Noise Seeland 1987
7:08 PM
Was (Not Was) - Dad I'm In Jail
Was (Not Was) Dad I'm In Jail
What Up, Dog? Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA) 1988
7:09 PM
Rammellzee & K-Rob - Beat Bop
Rammellzee & K-Rob Beat Bop
Beat Bop - EP Tartown 1983
7:20 PM
Jazaq! - All Systems Go
Jazaq! All Systems Go
Soul Jazz Records presents ELECTRO THROWDOWN – Sci-Fi Inter-Planetary Electro Attack on Planet Earth 1982-89 Soul Jazz Records 2024
1985
7:25 PM
Shock - Dream Games
Shock Dream Games
Dynamo Beat RCA 1981
7:29 PM
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Hard Boiled Babe
Lizzy Mercier Descloux Hard Boiled Babe
Press Color (Deluxe Edition) ZE Records 1978
7:33 PM
Yumi Murata - Watashi no Bus
Yumi Murata Watashi no Bus
Nick Luscombe Presents Tokyo Dreaming Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd./NIPPONOPHONE 2020
1981
7:39 PM
Dinosaur L - #5 (Go Bang!) [Francois K Mix]
Dinosaur L #5 (Go Bang!) [Francois K Mix]
24->24 Music Sleeping Bag Records 1981
7:47 PM
Colored Music - Heartbeat
Colored Music Heartbeat
Nick Luscombe Presents Tokyo Dreaming Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd./NIPPONOPHONE 2020
1981
7:55 PM
Tone Set - The Devil Makes The Loudest Noise
Tone Set The Devil Makes The Loudest Noise
Cal's Ranch Zia Records 1982
Chat is archived.
Dana K (host) 5:00:54 PM
Hello!
Marcus Haupt 5:01:57 PM
Hello!
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:02:02 PM
Ciao!
Dana K (host) 5:02:07 PM
Hey Marcus! Rob!
Richard Lyons 5:02:10 PM
howdy!
Dana K (host) 5:02:45 PM
Richard! What's up gang!
ParrScream 5:04:18 PM
Hey Dana! Hey everyone!
Dana K (host) 5:04:38 PM
ParrScream!
Marcus Haupt 5:06:52 PM
Just found out there is a 1965 film “the liquidator” which I suspect is where The Harry J All Stars got the name for their 1969 hit song
Dana K (host) 5:09:17 PM
We just bought a big collection of reggae singles at the record store I work at. Mostly 70s but I think some late 60s.
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:10:10 PM
Ciao a tutti!
Marcus Haupt 5:11:15 PM
Of course the Specials have a great Liquidator cover. When I get to buying records I’m coming by the store. I bought crates from a retired Brooklyn reggae DJ years back. So many amazing tuned
Richard Lyons 5:20:21 PM
🖤Toy Love🔥
Steve Volaric 5:27:03 PM
These Soul Jazz comps are always great!
Dana K (host) 5:27:50 PM
This new punky power pop one is so incredibly up my alley
Steve Volaric 5:34:45 PM
Need to pick that one up.
Patrick Rapa 5:43:24 PM
good music
Rob from Maryland 🦀 5:43:28 PM
Woo Autoclave
Brian D 5:43:59 PM
Great tunes Dana K!
Dana K (host) 5:45:20 PM
Thank you Brian!
John Coffey 5:47:07 PM
Hi Dana, saw someone who looked like you driving a lime colored Ford. But sadly there was no WPRB bumper sticker.
Dana K (host) 5:47:29 PM
That was ME
Dana K (host) 5:48:19 PM
I'm lacking a WPRB bumper sticker at the moment!
John Coffey 5:50:06 PM
You had just crossed Grays Ferry Bridge, where traffic is backed up in the morning with FedEx trucks! 🙃
jimbooooo 5:50:11 PM
TGIF!
Emma Adams 5:50:24 PM
This is Emma and Emma listening on the road in NJ—recent ex DJ from Vassar WVKR :)) Favorite new release atm?
jimbooooo 5:50:29 PM
TGIW???
Dana K (host) 5:51:02 PM
YUP that was me! I'm always getting stuck on Grays Ferry!
Dana K (host) 5:51:36 PM
@Emma, I think my favorite new record is Artificial Go - Musical Chairs - and I'm really into the two Automatic songs they've released ahead of their new album.
Ossy 5:52:49 PM
surprise wednesday evening, dana bash the front!
Dana K (host) 5:53:32 PM
Hi Ossy!
Ears 5:54:39 PM
Hi everyone, hey, @jimboooo!
jimbooooo 5:55:14 PM
S'up my people? S'up Ears?
Dana K (host) 5:55:54 PM
wazzup EARS
Ears 5:57:25 PM
Recent highlights have blistening to more of all the great stuff I've been hearing lately 🎶
Ears 5:57:54 PM
*blerp...been listening
jimbooooo 5:59:08 PM
This is HEAVYYYYY
Ears 6:02:21 PM
We moved a lot of books in our time, jimboooo, am I right?
Ears 6:03:57 PM
Good evening, Ossy!
Ears 6:06:38 PM
@Emma, I've really been into Matmos Metalic Life Review
Ossy 6:09:37 PM
evening ears
Carlos Ramone. 6:10:47 PM
Greetings from an overcast Montco…sorry I’m late ..love Bow Wow Wow C 30 song
Dana K (host) 6:11:39 PM
Hi Carlos!
Carlos Ramone. 6:13:50 PM
I was in the audience for their first USA show after they cancelled a gig in NYC and played their next one at Cherry Hill NJ
Dana K (host) 6:15:17 PM
Emerald City?
Carlos Ramone. 6:16:53 PM
Correct…I remember having the ticketron stub and writing on the back of it…opening band? REM
Dana K (host) 6:18:09 PM
Amazing!
Chris Mohr 6:25:20 PM
G'day, Dana K, and fellow non-backers of the Front
Dana K (host) 6:26:09 PM
Hey Chris!
Chris Mohr 6:31:23 PM
The guitar on this track sounds a lot like Tom Herman on the Tripod Jommie record
Dana K (host) 6:32:26 PM
I don't know that record. Gotta check it out.
Chris Mohr 6:33:14 PM
Typo! Tripod Jimmie. Named for a 3-legged dog
Chris Mohr 6:34:02 PM
Tom Herman was an early member of Pere Ubu
Ears 6:34:07 PM
Saxophones as promised!
Dana K (host) 6:34:21 PM
Here's your saxophone, sir!
Ears 6:35:48 PM
A+++ arrived in excellent condition 😁
Carlos Ramone. 6:41:13 PM
Never went to the folk fest but I ride my bike around there frequently..never say it out loud but urging people to shower and get a haircut
Carlos Ramone. 6:41:57 PM
Do you do the wagon rides to the firehouses for the morning breakfast?
Dana K (host) 6:42:14 PM
Ohhh yes the pancake breakfast! Yes!
Marcus Haupt 7:09:07 PM
They used to play this video on MTV
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:09:26 PM
I like it here!
Dana K (host) 7:09:29 PM
I've seen it on Youtube!
TAndy 7:09:29 PM
LOL it's been a while since I heard this
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:09:37 PM
Hello Dana, I'm in jail!!
Jon Morris 7:12:39 PM
What was the name of the compilation that was like 1975-1982 synth pop
Dana K (host) 7:12:48 PM
All The Young Droids
Jon Morris 7:13:08 PM
Sick thanks
Dana K (host) 7:13:10 PM
https://night-school.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-young-droids-junkshop-synth-pop-1978-1985
John Coffey 7:14:06 PM
This song Beat Bop sounds so Style Wars. Wow, It's Rammelzee, NYC Graffit legend I believe.
Dana K (host) 7:15:13 PM
Yes!
Richard Lyons 7:17:02 PM
📻🔊
John Coffey 7:18:12 PM
Just went down a Rammelzee rabbit hole, hard to hear but Eszter Balint is on Violin. Wasn't she in Stranger Than Paradise?
John Coffey 7:19:25 PM
Now I gotta watch Style Wars for the umpteenth time.
Dana K (host) 7:20:30 PM
Yes, she was.
Marcus Haupt 7:20:57 PM
Here comes the Electrofunk
Marcus Haupt 7:22:58 PM
Top Rocking in Washington Square
Marcus Haupt 7:24:35 PM
TR 808 in the house
Dana K (host) 7:25:17 PM
🤖
Marcus Haupt 7:30:51 PM
Nora and Nick aka "The Thin Man" series
Marcus Haupt 7:32:38 PM
Dash and Lilly: Dashiel Hammet and Lillian Helman
Randy Marthins 7:38:14 PM
Dash Riprock & Lily Munster
Randy Marthins 7:38:38 PM
Sorry I'm SOOOOO late
Randy Marthins 7:41:12 PM
Circling back to Naked Roommate - Henry Rollins played them on his show, so @DanaK is right on board with "tomorrows new music today"
Dana K (host) 7:41:45 PM
I didn't know Hank played them. Good for him.
Marcus Haupt 7:41:48 PM
Sleeping Bag records was home to soooo much funky music
SV In Like Flynn 7:43:07 PM
Dana, how did I just find out DEVO is on Tiny Desk Concerts. You know where I'm heading at 8PM!
SV In Like Flynn 7:45:15 PM
@Randy"tomorrows new music today" a reference to Yesterdays Now Music Today?
Dana K (host) 7:45:27 PM
Whoa, I didn't know that!
Marcus Haupt 7:45:37 PM
This is the song Todd Terry sampled for "Bango (to the Batmobile)" a big club hit of '88
Ears 7:46:11 PM
Everybody thank Todd Terry
Marcus Haupt 7:47:31 PM
Hot Tub Time machine take us back to Nells on 14th street in 1988
Marcus Haupt 7:55:17 PM
60's Pop? Don't sleep on The Clique
Rob from Maryland 🦀 7:56:28 PM
Thanks, Dana, this was a wonderful show!
Dana K (host) 7:56:44 PM
Goodnight everyone! Thanks!!
Ears 7:58:09 PM
Thank you, Dana K 😘