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Jon Solomon

Jan 14, 2026 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Music

With Jon Solomon

For those of you keeping score at home, it is me Jon Solomon, heard every Wednesday night on 103.3 fm WPRB...including this one! Requests? Please email me or chime in through the listener chat, champ.

"Best of 2025 (part two)!"

Back at it tonight with "Best of 2025 (part two)!"

5:00 PM		The Rub The Death of Pop Bikini Gospel Happy Squid
5:06 PM		Set Break
5:08 PM		Superchunk No Hope Songs in the Key of Yikes Merge 2025
5:12 PM		KRS-One The Overture Temple Of Hip Hop Global Awareness 2025
5:15 PM		Rattle Your Move Encircle Upset The Rhythm 2025
5:30 PM		Cheb Zahouani Zinek Bekani Sweet Rebels - The Golden Era of Algerian Pop-Rai V/A WeWantSounds 2025 "Eight rare 1986-1991 Electro Rai tracks originally issued on cassette by the Oriental Music Production label from Algeria."
5:37 PM		The Bats Loline Corner Coming Up Flying Nun 2025
5:42 PM		Sault W.A.L. 10 Forever Living Originals 2025
5:45 PM		Split System No Cops in Heaven No Cops In Heaven / Pull The Trigger Legless Records 2025
5:48 PM		Set Break
5:54 PM		The Ex In The Rain If Your Mirror Breaks 2025
5:57 PM		Nina Nastasia A Blazing Fire Songs for a World of Trouble 2025
5:59 PM		Natural Information Society Perseverance Flow Perseverance Flow Eremite 2025
6:34 PM		Chuck D Feat. Blak Madeen Superbagg Radio Armageddon Def Jam 2025
6:38 PM		Avon Dads Straightlining Straightlining Melted Ice Cream 2025
6:41 PM		Mulatu Astatke Nètsanèt Mulatu Plays Mulatu Strut 2025
6:49 PM		Artificial Go Hallelujah Musical Chairs Feel It 2025
6:51 PM		Set Break
6:58 PM		CIVIC Poison Chrome Dipped ATO 2025
7:01 PM		Patrick Cowley Tech-No Hard Ware Dark Entries 2025 All songs recorded 1980–1982.
7:08 PM		Billy Nomates Plans Metalhorse Invada Records 2025
7:12 PM		Ammar El Sherei Enta Enta Music From The East WeWantSounds 2025 First-time vinyl pressing of a 1976 record.
7:23 PM		The Martha's Vineyard Ferries Context Decorations b/w Context 2025 Strike Under cover.
7:26 PM		Lazy Salon Every Eclipse L Deep Time 2025 https://lazysalon.bandcamp.com/album/deep-time
7:31 PM		Eraser Dinner Roll L Hideout Siltbreeze 2025
7:33 PM		Set Break
7:41 PM		We Contain Multitudes Minako Minako Expert Work 2025
7:57 PM		BUZZ Garasumado DJ Notoya Presents Tokyo Bliss - Japanese Funk, Boogie and City Pop From King Records 1974-88 V/A WeWantSounds 2025

Chat is archived.

Chat is open!

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the great Lola

car chase upcoming.

Refresh my memory..what was the Mexmas song to the tune of Death of Pop..

Lester! Roffle! Carlos!

That was by Mudfroot, Carlos.

https://mudfroot.bandcamp.com/track/no-santa-claus-death-of-pop

hello!

Gracias

Richard! In early this week!

Mudfroot really crushed it with that one

looking forward to pt.2

found a keyboard!

Jon & Carlos, that Mudfroot Mexmas song was WONDERFUL

And hi Jon, Carlos, and everyone!

Hi, hi

A rookie mistake is to open up your can of said beverage before placing in the coozie

A trio to rival Tinker to Evers to Chance.

Ice Station Solomon outpost

/SI at $90 Death of rocks.

Every sports trio is a distant second to the Hanson Brothers

Rob! Mike!

I hope they show Speed Racer here.

I'm listening to the song!

🔊🔊

FN song!!

He keeps doing it. Every album had at least one (more like three) bangers. And I discover each record months late!

Carlos, I made sure to open the car FAR from the board!

(Then I left it under a chair while Esoterica was splitting.)

*can

@mike..many years ago my kids gifted me a Chiefs t shirt as a present..many li es were yelled back and forth when I wore it out of the house

Carlos, at one point in my life, I used to roam St. Joe's campus (in Philly) sporting a Villanova t-shirt that someone gave me. That was not prudent.

I hope your respective weeks have gone as well as possible. Highlights over here included watching The Night Manager and getting my picture taken on top of a Zamboni.

@Mike..my shirt had “ putting on the foil” on the back “

Go across city line ave and you were in Montco

We’re was the Zamboni pic at? a game or just clearing the ice at a rink?

Greetings and salutations from 3 hours ago!

How is the past looking, Patrick?

Carlos, I went to a launch party for the new Trenton minor league hockey team.

Sunny and 78 degrees currently.

hey now. had my ears on for a couple hours, just logging in to say 'what a fine station.'

Dale, can't say I disagree. Welcome!

Jon I work at a rink here in sunny SoCal driving a Zamboni. It is indeed as glamorous as it seems.

I enjoyed a video recently where hockey players were asked to guess how much a Zamboni costs. The range of estimates was wild!

I respect that shirt Carlos.

Patrick, I hope you do not take the following as stolen valor...

https://www.instagram.com/jonsolomon/p/DTeBtagj5-J/

None taken. Great shot..

They would not let me drive it home. Alas.

Hey, just checking in and saying hi.

In my younger days I drove the buggy picking up golf balls at a CC driving range

I'm thinking that would be a slow drive home.

You could always tell who hit the shot that smacked the cart..hi fives all around from them

Dan, good to hear from ya. Amy, good evening! It was less than a 10 mile drive. I could have been home by dawn.

Love this Bats song, love that it is the album closer even more.

There's a lovely one at Princeton's rink. See if they'll let you borrow it. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/Zamboni_at_Hobey_Baker_Memorial_Rink.jpg

"Borrow."

so good 🖤🎶

Had to turn down some Baker Rink tix on Saturday. Wish I could have made it.

@Patrick. That thing needs a sticker on it

Is a zamboni as expensive as a combine?

A Zamboni appears to range from $100K to $250K.

@carlos agreed

If Princeton has a curling team you can get all members to clean the ice in no time.pile it all into the corner and pick it up

I wonder if they do have a curling club.....

An accredited degree in Zamboni is probably available in Canada.

do curling rinks use a zamboni? i know they have special ice

Just popping in to say wooooooi

wooooooi indeed!

wooooooi back atcha :)

they do, Dan

Commie! Yo! Also, wooooooi.

I heard it on the X..ZZtop courtesy of the Columbia record club

Could hear distant church bells outside during this song. Wild sonic bonus.

@patrick rappa- generally, yes.

A fifth woooooi 4 youuuuuuui

Jimbwoooooi!

then game on

a nice grind to this one.

Last week Bitchin Bajas. This week Natural Information Society. Next week...Bitchin Bajas WITH Natural Information Society?!

man spinitron ate my myron cope joke

Double yoi?

Happy to report the Trader Joe's samosa-inspired burrito made for a lovely show dinner.

Whenever I am in the Princeton area TJ has a nice beer selection. We don’t have that in PA. Bought some fig butter in my local one today along with cosmic crisp apples

I need to go back for a proper snack run but this worked well as my show meal.

The longer this NIS song drones on, I hear more elements of early Residents.

That's cool, John. I love the small shifts it makes. Definitely the sort of release I am glad I don't own on LP. Getting up to flip the side would really cramp the vibe.

lyrics to this really are topical.

Jon: yes. I was just making my dinner which is rice and tofu and kimchi. The tofu is from trader Joe's

Dale, could certainly say that about several songs tonight...

Commie, yum.

@Commie -- I concur with Jon's yum! I totally forgot about this fabulous Avon Dads song which is crazy because it is definitely one of my top 5 or 10 faves from 2025!

'zaaaaaaaa

TP, I love a clever talky song.

Mats!

Hi Jon and chat! Jumping in for the second half of the second half.

Alex! What's up?

Glad to have ya here.

Oh I love this!

Not that Zeppelin. :) Or is it too soon?

Good evening everybody. First time in the chat for 2026 so I'll say Happy New Year even though it's getting a little late to say that I think.

Nina Nastasia is the best kind of special. The bells track. :)

Hi Brian! Happy New Year!

Thanks! Interesting, I played both the Mulatu and Avon Dad tracks on my favourites from 2025 radio show last week back to back, but in reverse order from this show.

Oh wild! I wonder if skimming that playlist got in my subconscious.

Great minds.

@Brian -- I learned today via email that today IS New Year's Day 2026 according to the Julian Calendar! So -- Vindication & Happy New Year to you and yours! Also @Jon & @Brian -- Great minds... et cetera! (-: (-:

on the same wavelength

Beat me to it, Jon! I owe you a Polar Seltzer of your flavor choice!

@teresa thank you, same to you and yours! And I appreciate that factoid.

I just cracked a Unicorn Kisses, which is NOT my favorite flavour but someone has to drink them from the fridge...

A reminder that Dana K. fills in at the top of the hour! Should be a good one.

Hahaha I haven't tried that flavor yet as I am prickly allergic to anything associated with cute unicorns.

Of those Polar Jr. flavors I like the Yeti one (tastes like the forest) and the Werewolf one (tastes like a grape soda).

Intriguing!

This is like Sangeet with Jon Solomon

Which is a good thing obviously, haha loving the show, Jon

If asked to fill in, I would!

re: Albini. I know he was a Billy Nomates fan. I notice he is even thanked on the bandcamp for the new record. Also, so many gems at Steve Albini's Closet. I got Pylon's Gyrate, the underrated Soul Train by Wreck, and a CD by Canadian 90's band Stagmummer. Took a hit on the wallet that's for sure.

Dave The Obscure, I'm coming for your crown!

Gyrate is a great get.

That Feelies 45 was "only" $30. Can't believe I missed it.

damn, that's a good price. bummed I missed out on the Scrawl singles, they sold so quick. Gyrate is an all-timer for me.

For whatever reason I don't get the alert emails so I only remember to check after the new stuff drops. Should set an alarm!

That was excellent!

I’m going through and redpenning this manuscript and I literally just wrote down “add context” and this started.

Wild. Something you wrote or are editing?

Also add this band to the micro genre of ferry-core. Only other band I can think of is the Mukilteo fairies

Same book I’ve been chipping away at

Pink Fairies?

I don't think they're named after a ferry, the Mukilteo ferry is a real ferry

Surely there's some sunshine pop band called the Staten Island ferry

Does Roxy Music count?

I saw a whale from the Mukilteo ferry, the captain stopped for a look. It was neet.

Outstanding.

Not the normal orca pod, it was a big hump back.

I am loving these droney tracks.

Thanks for the 2025 retrospective - look out for the 5th studio album by The Warning, three talented hard rocking sisters from Mexico, making original music since 2014. 🎵

Dang my mom called me and I missed eraser and surely a comprehensive overview of ferry core in the mic break

I got to make my Roxy Music joke!

Where does the Bryan ferry go to and from

Avalon to the Virginia plain?

That works!

We both enjoyed your show, Jon, thank you!

Hey thanks, Rob!

Is there a ferry named Bryan?

@george klavins, The Warning is on their *fifth* album? Wow and cool!

Appreciate it, George. Thanks for the tip.

excellent ride! thanks Jon!

Epico

@Rob from Maryland, they're currently recording in Monterrey MX for a 2026 release - their 'superpower' has always been their live shows, all of which can be found on YouTube 🎸

Thanks Jon!

You are welcome, all.

@geroge klavins, I've watched/listened to live show videos on youtube. The Warning is a great band! I just didn't realize that they had already put out 4 records.

already psyched for part 3. have a good evening all.

"Minako" is quite awesome :-))

Keep 'em coming, Jon!

We had fun! Dana K. is up in a minute! Woo!