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Don't Back the Front

Aug 29, 2025 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Music

With Dana K

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)

8:02 PM		The Desperate Bicycles Don't Back the Front 7" 1977
8:03 PM		The Poppyheads Pictures You Weave Cremation Town Sarah Records 1988
8:05 PM		The Flatmates Nothing Kills Like Time Heol Karen 1991
8:11 PM		The Crabs The World Explodes N Years at the Unknown K Records 2025
8:14 PM		This Poison! Poised Over The Pause Button 7" Reception 1987
8:16 PM		Vehicle Flips Diplomacy, Home and Abroad The Long Secret (A Harriet Records Compilation) Harriet Records 1995
8:18 PM		The Rosehips Room In Your Heart 7" The Subway Organization 1987
8:20 PM		Language of Flowers If It's Not You Songs About You Shelflife Records 2004
8:24 PM		Chook Race Dentists About Time 2014
8:26 PM		Creative Writing Can't Thank You Enough N Can't Thank You Enough - Single Meritorio Records 2025
8:30 PM		Eggplant Can't Get Better Than This Catgirl Elefant Records 1996
8:35 PM		The Cords Fabulist N The Cords Skep Wax Records 2025
8:38 PM		The Primitives Stop Killing Me Lovely RCA Records Label 1987
8:41 PM		Razorcuts I'll Still Be There Big Pink Cake The Subway Organization 1987
8:43 PM		The Almanacs No Difference Teeny Poppers Anorak Records 1992
8:45 PM		Sambassadeur Between the Lines Between the Lines - EP Club AC30 2005
8:48 PM		Field Hospitals In the Corner N In the Corner - Single Field Hospitals 2025
8:51 PM		Twerps This Guy Twerps Chapter Music 2011
8:53 PM		Even As We Speak Bizarre Love Triangle Nothing Ever Happens Sarah Records 1990
8:55 PM		Would-Be-Goods Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook The Camera Loves Me Cherry Red Records 1988
8:58 PM		Minimum Chips Know You Too Well Kitchen Tea Thankyou Chapter Music 2005
9:05 PM		Sun Cousto My Name Is Sandy Imaginary Girls Chrüsimüsi Records 2024
9:07 PM		Twa Toots Don't Send Me Flowers Nobody's Fool Rootin' Tootin' Records 1991
9:11 PM		A.D. You'll Get There Sparrows - A Melbourne Pop Compilation V/A Season Records 1989 My car's theme song
9:13 PM		The Chesterfields Nose Out of Joint Electric Guitars in Their Hearts: The Best of the Chesterfields Cherry Red Records
9:15 PM		The Lemons Laura N Another Yellow World Tripp Tapes 2025
9:17 PM		St. James Infirmary Terry Marriagehead Angelkagool Lust Recordings 1990
9:19 PM		Hurrah! The Sun Shines Here 7" Kitchenware Records 1982
9:22 PM		Mighty Mighty Law (C86 Version) C86 - Compact Edition Cherry Red Records 2006
9:26 PM		Paper Jam Skyscraper This and That 2025
9:28 PM		The Loves Boom-A-Bang-Bang-Bang N Live at the BBC 2025
9:35 PM		Steamtown Living and Loving Corrupt Postman Windmill Records 1988
9:38 PM		Lotus Eaters Whistles and Bells The Long Secret (A Harriet Records Compilation) Harriet Records 1995
9:40 PM		The Springfields Sunflower Sunflower / Clown Sarah Records 1988
9:45 PM		Pencil Tin Friday A Gentle Hand To Guide You Along The Bus Stop Label 1996
9:46 PM		The Cannanes Tennyson The Cannanes / Sleepy Township Split - EP Chapter Music 1996
9:49 PM		The Happy Somethings Self Help Song N A Kind Of Longing - EP 2025
9:52 PM		Allen Clapp A Change In The Weather 7" Four Letter Words 1991
9:53 PM		The Sundays Can't Be Sure (Demo) Cry - EP Parlophone UK 1996
9:56 PM		The Motorcycle Boy Scarlet (BBC session) N John Peel session 14.09.87 (BBC session) - EP Precious Recordings of London 2025
10:04 PM		Space Kelly You Should All Be Murdered Come to My World: A Tribute to Sarah El Muto Records 2022
10:07 PM		The Sea Urchins Everglades Stardust Sarah Records 1992
10:10 PM		One Thousand Violins All Aboard The Love-Mobile Hey Man That's Beautiful Immaculate Records 1988
10:12 PM		Acapulco Lips You Won't N Now Killroom Records 2025
10:15 PM		The Dentists The Easy Way It Falls If All the Flies Were One Fly Bedroom 14 Records 2010
10:18 PM		The Hit Parade Stop With Love From... JSH Records 1998
10:20 PM		The Weather Prophets Naked As The Day You Were Born Mayflower Rhino 1987
10:26 PM		Love, Burns Dear Carol (feat. Rachel Evans) N Dear Carol / Drawn Together (feat. Rachel Evans) - Single Spinout Nuggets 2025
10:29 PM		The Servants Faithful to Three Lovers Reserved Cherry Red 2006
10:32 PM		The Bats Had To Be You Daddy's Highway Flying Nun Records 1987
10:35 PM		The Church Grims Think Like a Girl Big Gold Dreams: a Story of Scottish Independent Music 1977-1989 Cherry Red Records 2019
10:41 PM		14 Iced Bears Holland 14 Iced Bears 14 Iced Bears 1988
10:46 PM		The La's Son of a Gun BBC In Session Go! Discs 2006
10:47 PM		Bubblegum Lemonade You Only Leave Twice Sophomore Release Matinée Recordings 2010
10:50 PM		The Blanche Hudson Weekend Grip of Fear The Rats in the Cellar EP Odd Box Records 2010

Chat is archived.

Hello!

Hey Dana!! Starting your show and it's dark outside! Get ready for fall, but I think it's here already..

(don't need no A/C in the car too)

Hey Alan! I love the fall (and The Fall) so I'm excited

...and FLATMATES !!!!!

(Where are you Rob????)

Flatmates HOORAY!!!

There's Rob!

Hi Dana and Alan

Hello everybody!

Summoned Rob! LOLOLOLOL!!!

Hi Marcus!

Hi Rob!!

Hi Marcus!

Hey there Rob!

and Hi Marcus!!

So nice have Dana back not backing the fron

Marcus, Flatmates summoned you, too?

LOL! Actually it was the Poppyheads

Killing Time with Dana is Totally acceptable.

@Marcus, that works too

Dana: I hate change too

Ah, the other Washington ;-)

I put together this show last week and promptly forgot all of it. Trying to piece together everything from my notes...it's all new to me too!

If you can find Names for Pebbles "Mods and Miniskirts" single sided 7" you'll find two songs that roped me into Twee in the mid 90's

I don't know it but it sounds very promising

Dana: BTW...Great to have you Back!! 😁😁😁😁

Thanks! I'm glad to be back! Enjoy it while it lasts though - I'm going to be off next week again. Seeing Al Jardine with my dad.

Dana: Sounds like a Great Time!! Have fun !!

Powdered Lobster Fiasco was another record that got me leaning Twee-wards

Dana: Readie is moving to Thursday lunchtime, will you still be on Fridays on the new schedule????

Yes. I'm going to miss her so much!

Dana: loved that Language of Flowers

The Cords!!!!

Yeah this band is good. I'm just a sucker for this sound.

What Rob likes I like!

(and Dana)

The Cords make up for not being able to hear any more Flatmates *sniff*

Hey Rob! Language of Flowers was great stuff new to me!!

And this is good too (Primitives)

The Cords album is coming out on Slumberland at the end of September. I can hardly wait

I hope they come to the US! I miss NYC Popfest, I was so jealous of everyone who got to attend Glas-Goes-Pop

There's going to be a Cords listening party on Sep 24 https://thecordsband.bandcamp.com/album/the-cords-2, 3 pm EDT. Album available Sep 26

Thanks for informing me. https://borgata.mgmresorts.com/en/entertainment/the-music-box/al-jardine-and-the-pet-sounds-band.html

Yup! I'm excited

Alan, Language of Flowers is great

I saw Brian Wilson a few times, he wasn't always completely lucid, but his band was always great

I have to make sure we get the Cords album at the shop.

I'm glad with this tariff thing going on that Slumberland had already planned to release The Cords domestically!

Partly because of The Cords, I decided to purchase every 2025 Slumberland (re)release as long as it was available on CD

A worthy cause for sure

Hi Dana Bash Front!

Hey Ossy! Hope you're having a good evening!

all good, hope for a happy wondrous autumn season from summer!

Evening, siblings.

Steve-K

New Order cover?!?

Yup!

Woo hoo

I reviewed the original New Order LP for WPRB when it was new... it may still be in the main stacks

Hoohooo! Whoo!? 🦉🦉🦉

That's so cool. I probably played it when I was still broadcasting from Bloomberg.

The new, old New Order. That's awesome!

loving the show! hi all!

Thanks Richard!

"sem custo" means "for free" in Portuguese which is where my mind went when I saw the name

Apparently they are Swiss!

You already tricked with with a Swiss-German band once before.

i'm over here vibing out to all the twee, and dj mentions world in motion. now THE one part is stuck in my head. probably till mid september.

ENGER-LAND!

it's a good thing tho

🤣

He said " go catch a bus". RUDE.

i can think of a few folks who need to catch a bus.

although if anybody introduces themselves as crumb bum i would offer them a ride. with the ac on

Crumb bums ride for free

Public transportation is the environmental choice. Yes, go catch a bus! Except SEPTA to Trenton may be cut.

I'm SO angry about SEPTA.

One of my friend from the Olden Tymes was Rizzo's neighbors.

rizzo is buried 1/4 mile down the road from my childhood home. i often do reflect on what it is to me a crumb bum when i drive past on my ways to moms

Is "Crumb bum" a nickname for a fan of the cartoonist? He turns 82 tomorrow.

Mighty Mighty, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and the Mighty Sparrow.

It's a quote from a video of Frank Rizzo berating a reporter. Though I like R. Crumb too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HWHhev-aag

Hey Dana, it was cool running into you at Folk Fest! It was a hot one, but a good one.

Colin, have you offered his spirit a good bottle of Scotch, after you've filtered it thorough your liver and kidneys?

Oh hi Bud! Thanks for tuning in - always great to find WPRB listeners in the wild! It was a great Fest, as always.

definitely yes! we would drink in that cemetery, i didn't even think about that!

Sun Cousto were scheduled to play the Asbury Park Brewery on June 19. I forget why I missed it, but I heard they and the Atlanta band Nag canceled because of van troubles.

the twee show may be part of the delicate transition from fest back into the world

It's been two weeks since the fest and I feel like I still haven't caught up on sleep.

Getting to bed before dawn is always the big challenge!

This should not be confused with the 1968 song "Bang-Shang-A-Lang" by the Archies.

@David also "Bang Bang Bang" by Mark Ronson featuring Q-Tip

I really liked that Mark Ronson song lol

Keep on Rocking in the Twee World.

PERFECT

I just got into the Smile sessions album(s). What an album that would've been

Feathers, I'm plucking feathers, one by one

They did a pretty good job at compiling the Smile Sessions. It would have blown everyone's head off had it come out in 1967.

Dana, seriously.

A reminder that there's a book out now about the Shop Assistants/Edinburgh indiepop scene and I have an essay in it! You can order it from K Records! https://krecs.com/collections/zines/products/you-and-me-against-the-world-spinout-publications

Hmmmm....was Zakk Wylde listning to The Springfields? Mama I'm Coming Home..

the smile sessions is always on my did list

That book looks really cool, I love books that delve into a music scene or a particular artist

I'm going to bed. Night, everyone.

Night Steve!

i am going on vacation in october and was wondering what to read... 🤔

thanks for joining us steve

the happy somethings album art has me in a zone

sundays 🤩

Harriet Wheeler has the loveliest voice

And so does Alex Taylor.

"Motorcycle Boy" in Rumblefish, played by Mickey Rourke, soundtrack by Stewart Copeland and Stan Ridgeway

I love "Don't Box Me In"

Glad to learn about the book! Love Rote Kapelle

Dana: Wow! that Space Kelly track was a Blast!!

This has been a wonderful, stellar show, thank you Dana! Sadly, we must go to bed because we're getting up early for a birdwalk tomorrow.

Good night Dana, Alan, Marcus, Chris, and everyone

G'nite Rob! It's migration time!!!

Have a wonderful walk with the birds, Rob! Thanks for tuning in tonight!

Night Rob!

Later Rob

🖤📻🎶

The Weather Prophets was ❤❤❤!!!

Flying Nun ❤️

Impossible to make it through a show without playing something from Flying Nun

Hey, DJ Dana K! Loved the Minimum Chips from about an hour and a half ago, great show tonight. I had my first day of actual good sleep this week, and the twee pop just boosted my mood even more :)

Hi TAndy! So glad you've been enjoying the show...tomorrow's the first day in AGES that I actually get to sleep in a little.

With how my allergies have been since last Friday, sleeping in is all I did this past weekend. Felt like I got hit by a train LOL

Oof. I hear you. My allergies have also been garbage.

happy good rest tandy! and same, i need this twee vibe more than i was expecting

rip allergy sufferers. i don't even have allergies but my allergies have been acting up.

Ha!

or as i called it as a kid (and still mostly) alleges

pronouncing allergies like "uh-league-ease" form now on

did i read it as 14 iced beers 100% of the times i read it, very yes.

allergies = mean!!

Dana, thanks for the all-time champion show tonight!

ice beer :(

ice bear :)

You're very welcome! I'm happy you all enjoy this music as much as I do.

EISBAR

Requesting Eisbar during your next show. Even if you're not on next season. >:)

Thanks for the show!!

I'm on! Same time! (just not next week)

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the legendary legend of eisbar the ice bear

Absolutely Fantastic Show Dana !! 👌TYSM!! Have a Safe drive home, take care & bcnu!

safe travels, sweet socks dreams!

Night all! Thank you so much!

G'night, fellow crumb bums!

gncb!

Next up MWS...🎧 w Mike Hunter 🌌