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Don't Back the Front

Aug 1, 2026 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Music

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 tonight for Commie Francis!

8:01 PM		The Desperate Bicycles Don't Back the Front 7" 1977
8:03 PM		Suburban Reptiles Saturday Night Stay at Home AK79 Flying Nun Records 1979
8:09 PM		The Yummy Fur Unity Over Europe N Everybody Talks About the Weather Upset The Rhythm 2026
8:13 PM		The Grebes Yours N The Grebes 2026
8:15 PM		G-Squad Room Full of Paper In My Mind SMT 1981
8:18 PM		Society No Society L N Reign of Flies Under The Gun 2026
8:20 PM		Negative Scanner T.V. Nose Picker Trouble In Mind Records 2018
8:22 PM		S.Y.P.H. Industrie-Mädchen Pure Freude Singles Tapete Records 1979
8:25 PM		The Stripsearch Hey Kid Hey Kid Vinyl Repellant 1983
8:26 PM		Man&Error Paranoia 2025 2026
8:29 PM		sistema de entretenimiento Taiwan N Arcade punk - EP 2026
8:30 PM		Derribos Arias Crematorío En La Guia, En El Listin Grabaciones Accidentales 2016
8:39 PM		Way of the West See You Shake See You Shake Mercury 1981
8:42 PM		Expelaires Sympathy (Don't Be Taken In) Where Were You? Independent Music From Leeds 1978-1989 Cherry Red Records 2023
8:46 PM		La Sécurité Snack City N Bingo! Mothland 2026
8:48 PM		Spread Joy Avoiding the Issue N III 2026
8:51 PM		M.A.Z.E. Spread the Germicide II Lumpy Records 2021
8:53 PM		Occult Chemistry Fire Occult Chemistry Dining Out 1980
8:55 PM		pragVEC Wolf pragVEC Celluloid 1979
8:57 PM		Cel Ray Trash N Cel Rayzer Exploding In Sound Records 2026
9:06 PM		Morbid Opera Liar Jesus Loves You-So Give Us Your Money! Sublapse 1983
9:07 PM		Wives Drill Roy Tapes Post Present Medium 2011
9:09 PM		Trümmerfrauen Gelbkreuz Glasaugen Zensor 1982
9:12 PM		Cuticles I Lost My Nose N More Joy Siltbreeze 2026
9:15 PM		Legless Trials Dirt Bike Dirt Bike - Single Metal Postcard Records 2022
9:19 PM		Urinals I'm a Bug Negative Capability....Check It Out! Happy Squid 1997
9:20 PM		B.P.A. Leroy Neimann Auto Glamour Sound Hospital Records 1982
9:22 PM		Living Dead No. 5 Never Give In Messthetics Greatest HISS Hyped2death 2008
9:26 PM		Rhythm Method Hide and Seek Influx Flux Records 1984
9:29 PM		Algebra Mothers Modern Noise Strawberry Cheesecake - Single Aftertaste Records 1979
9:39 PM		Dead Finks Stolen Vehicle New Plastik Abyss Bretford Records 2026
9:41 PM		Puppet Wipes Puppet Jamboree Live Inside Siltbreeze 2025
9:43 PM		Debt Rag Syzygy N It Is Clear What's Going On Post Present Medium 2026
9:45 PM		The Lo Yo Yo More to Come Extra Weapons Staubgold 1985
9:48 PM		Totsuzen Danball 思惟の提案 (Shiyui no teian) Pass Live Pass Records 1980
9:56 PM		Grave Goods Remains N Remains - Single 2026
9:58 PM		Screamers Magazine Love Screamers Demo Hollywood 1977 - EP Superior Viaduct 2021
10:01 PM		Eraser Crindy L N Operator! Siltbreeze 2026
10:09 PM		Dog Bite Law Firm Tears for Fears N Sewer 2026
10:13 PM		Baby Buddha Robot Police Music for Teenage Sects Posh Boy Music 1980
10:14 PM		Emily Faryna I've Got A Steel Bar In My Head I've Got A Steel Bar In My Head MO DA MU 1984
10:18 PM		IXNA Somebody Said Knotpop Concentric Circles 2019 Recorded in 1981
10:22 PM		Aconite The Truth About Cable Working In The Heart Of The Beast 1982
10:25 PM		Xex Rome on $5 a Day Group Dark Entries Records 1980
10:31 PM		Severed Heads Adolf A Carrot Blubberknife Terse Tapes 1982
10:32 PM		Conny Frischauf Warte N Experimentelle Welt 1 Billo 2026
10:37 PM		Cyrnai Dreamer's Paralysis Parts Of The Insomnic Wheel Dark Entries 1986
10:42 PM		Mossy Place Dance Floor N Empty Wall Meadow Green Bruit Direct Disques 2026
10:46 PM		Bron Area Green Avenue Fragile Sentences Ambivalent Scale Recordings 1981
10:48 PM		Dome D-D-Bo 3 Editions Mego 1981
10:56 PM		Christina Kubisch Speak & Spell On Air (Six Themes On Open Space) Die Schachtel 1984

Chat is archived.

filling in for the esteemed Ms. Francis tonight

TWO nights of DBTF!! Excellent!

DOUBLE DOSE OF ROCK

Hi Dana K and TAndy! Everything is streaming beautifully at this time

Plus Mrs. from Maryland was singing along to The Desperate Bicycles

lol I made extra sure I pressed all the right buttons this time

I was listening last night but too busy playing catch-up still at work lol

I haven't been on the radio on a Saturday in a long time!

I tried to listen while I was away last week, but we lost power that night so I only had the rain to listen to.

I lost power for 12 hours when we had (one of) the big storm(s) a few weeks ago

I was down in Guatemala, losing power in the town I was in is considered a daily part of life 😔

Hello Dana! I'm always down to not back the front

Oh! How was Guatemala!?

Hi Marcus! Long time no chat

If it makes you feel any better, Bobby Darin liked to stay home and take baths on Saturday night

It was very hot, truly more swampy than it was here even! I can't wait to go back next year

I work Sundays so can't get too weird on a Saturday night anyway

I think this Grebes album might be one of my favorites of 2026

I should listen to it, if only because of the band's name 😇

Yes! Bird

"Ich mach seh" = "I'll see"

tonight it is don't back the fancy front because i have a glass of wine.

my roommate drank all the soju or else i'd have some! i do have a beer somewhere though

Way of the West! the band that should have been

this was a good find!

I remember "See You Shake"!

Rob, I only recently found this song. I have "Don't say that's just for white boys" vinyl 12"

woooo bonus dbtf!

hey andrew! yes! i'm back!

Again is Dana! I enjoyed last night and a bunch more, so no complaints. :) My first license was NJ, but I have Tx, WA, and CO under my belt. Got a ticket on a bike in CA, but no points due to no license there. Good luck with car things. I'm just bikes and scooters now.

Marcus, I didn't think I knew anything else by Way of the West other than "Don't Say" but hearing "See You Shake", my wife and I both remember it from the old days

XTC makes every show pop... Feel free to play more. :)

Hello Saturday night folks!

Hi Roffle (and everyone)!

Hi Roffle!

@Dana K, good luck with the car driving, and the airplane flight. We hope that your new car works better/lasts longer than your last one

This is a 2022 Subaru Outback in pristine condition. Should be better than the old piece of shit.

I haven't really minded not having a car, though. I just need one for the commute to Princeton!

Subaru Outback is perfect!

Dana, watch out for the man from Mars eating cars, Cadillac, Lincoln too, Mercury and Subaru

I heard he eats bars too

I'm thinking about getting a used Subaru, to replace my old Honda Civic that a very large tree branch fell on (the roof is crinkled but doesn't leak, nothing else was affected)

Marcus, lol

I should get a minivan for my scooters to get to the really cool trails. Valley Forge is my next goal.

Dana, hopefully he doesn't eat chocolate bars

And guitars

I was thinking of getting one of those tent attachments for the Outback once I get it

All of my previous cars have been subcompact so it's going to take a little getting used to

roff, as a former minivan owner. yes. very yes

my first car was a mini van. 86 plymoth voyager.

Then it would be a Vehicle worthy of the exiled.

i always have my eye on those tent attachments for my rav4. ive never pulled the trigger

I miss my Honda van, could fit five bikes in it and canoe on top

...and hello freaks 💥💥💥

@C Monsta, I am looking at Older Toyota's. They check all the boxes for me. :)

I miss my Honda Fit, it was like the TARDIS inside

Had one of those until my son totalled it, loved my blue raspberry Fit

that piano 🤩

My parents drove us to the Philadelphia Folk Festival in 1970 Ford Econoline Turle Top van which we would live in for the duration

Niiiice

Classic!

Deejay Dana K

...what band was connected to Lithics?

Grebes

Oh cool

Members of Woolen Men as well

Ford Econoline was a work horse

well this rips! 🚨

Roffle, dad bought it new in '70 and maybe it died in '90 after 400K miles, drove it cross country many times with wife and three kids

Cross country in a van is the way to go.

How's everyone?

Not Maze the Philly band who did "Before I Let Go" (with Frankie Beverly)

i'm good steve. today was amazingly average. i did make an tasty pan sauce tonight. how about you?

hi steve! i spent most of today putting this show together. but i had leftover mole enchiladas from last night.

I made steak and potatoes.

And an now eating cashews.

Hi Dana, I'm on my second Outback, 2017. Highly recommend Toyota at 48th and Chestnut for routine maintenance like oil changes and inspections. If they can't do it they'll tell you and then I've had great service at the monster Subaru dealer at 34th and Grays Ferry.

Will your Outback come with a blooming onion?

thats great steve! i went into the market thinking steak, but chicken was on sale stupid cheap. made it with brussels and the lemon, parmesan butter sauce.

Great tips! I actually used to use that Toyota dealership for oil changes in the past and was pretty happy with them

I sprinkled Buc-ee's steak seasoning on them and cooked them in butter.

good mechanics are a treasure. word got out that my mechanic was good and now they are busy.

I sear my steak in butter then finish in the oven

i feel like you made good choices tonight steve

I paid 1000 for front and tate breaks today. I hate things.

The Buc-ees seasoning made them taste like commerce. Capitalismicious!

Isn't the nearest Buc-ees 1,000 miles away?

i sure do have a lot of bands on my list to check out further after this weekend of wprb.

and there is still sunday... 😅

So Yoni's show has a chat now and he'll be on 10-12 tomorrow night on WKDU! spinitron.com/wkdu

adds legless trial to the list....

Dana K: killing it again

@Steve Keane, working on a burger with Chinese Bar-B-Que seasoning. I hope this works! lol. I liked going to Buc-ees when I lived in TX. Easy plentiful road food all day long.

Only got to go to Buc-ees once. Good brisket sandwich and banana pudding.

Urinals!

Urinals! I know this band

Buc-ee's is where the ruling class goes when they die.

talk of the town is great radio

Urinals are the other good thing about Buc-ees! lol

An ad for Igloo Coolers is showing me a Slayer pencil. De-fricking-evolution is real and I don't have enough alcohol to deal...

I have retrieved my beer. It's Saturday night!!

🍺 🪃

Hit my limit sitting on the river.

Ortlieb's. I haven't been there since the 90s. Wow

now ortliebs is different from 90s ortliebs

HI - I just arrived and YAY its DANA K in D houZe !!! 😎👍!!

Not a jazz place anymore?

hi! welcome back!

I went to Ortlieb's Wednesday because a band invited me while walking p-ast my home. I live a few blocks away. ' I love NoLibs!

drezner, whoop whoop!

✌ !!

it's mostly rock these days. nico from tilted zine just started doing a monthly local series there.

whoooP!

Heavy metal vibe Wednesday with no regrets. Very cool.

roff, when ever i realize the next band about to play is metal i'm always like, ok, nice.

@C Mon, I am tolerant. It can be good or trash. I have walked from quite a few shows.

Huh. I saw a bunch of random people of the street play a set there one time that killed me. The piano player was a white guy in his 20s with a cigarette burning down in the corner of his mouth, and the drummer was a black guy in his 70s who played the drums, the floor, the wall behind him and the case for the stand up bass. The rest of the guys were inconsequential but those two had some kind of telepathy between them and they burned the place down.

Ortliebs stage is on the other side of the room. For one thing. Also definitely not a jazz space.

Tell that to Solar Myth. Same setup and plenty of jazz.

Longer hall too.

None of those places are great for jazz.

early 90's ortliebs would not card us. we would go while we were still in high school

according to FB memories it's been exactly ten years since I received my acceptance email from WPRB!

Happy DJ-versity!

DJ-versary!

That sounds about right, according to my calculations. LOL

Then, the COVID!

Congratulations 🎉🎉

i'm still doing the saxophone show on september 11th...i didn't pick the date! my first show was on september 10th, 2016 and i happen to be on the 11th this year.

Back to burger focus... Different chat UI back then.

BRB

Screamers

Oh right I should play the new Cuticles tomorrow

Big ups Totsuzen Danball

Yes I am looking through the playlist at everything I missed 😔

At least you got to see Shellshag!

One of the greatest!

nothing says 80's band like a steel bar in their head.

+ Yoni if we are patient DANA K mighttttt just archive this show .. .. [so you can catch it in all its glory!!!]

👍❤

I might be able to!

This is Jersey music

This XEX album was one of my greatest finds at PREX

PREX XEX

Just saw Shonen Knife at Delaware State fair.

PREXEX

I was watching a movie set in Princeton the other night. Funny Pages. The main character was wearing a Princeton Record Exchange shirt and had a WFMU bumper sticker, but sadly no references to WPRB

How was Shonen Knife? I've never seen them!

I was talking to someone earlier who saw them last night and they did two sets: one as the Ramones and one as, you know, Shonen Knife

Aw.

I wish I could go back in time to take my kid to the Ramones

This set reminds me of obscure early 80s krautrock KMFDM

no pressure Dana K .. i UV when you do [can] .. but it makes being in the NOW that much poignant as we never know if we'll get this SONIC (live)))))) opportunity again 😊

Dana, SK is still rocking. The state fair was the perfect venue. Afterward, everyone got a free meet and greet, and the girls let everyone to pet the sheep.

Lovely!

NJ state fair ???

Just another reminder! August 9th 1-5pm, Dana K and Yoni from KDU at Johnny Brendas! August 20th, 4-8pm, Robin and Mike Lupica at Records Forever! See WPRB DJs LIVE!!

i think you should live-stream it for those of us who live in LA .. ..

this is great takes me back to the days of garage synth

hi paul, thank you!

i will definitely be posting to my instagram (@dana__katharine) and the store instagram (@recordsforevershop)

We have been loving your show tonight, Dana. Especially some of the band names, and the Xex song. Ty and until the next time. Good night everyone!

Is that a Roland 808?

thank you rob! goodnight to you and mrs. maryland!

beautiful show DANA K TNXXX !!!!

I'm heading off, too. The boy just got in from work. Going to chat a bit before bed. Night everybody

goodnight steve and alex!

Fantastic show! Thanks Dana

thank you marcus!

I used to have that baby buddah album on vinyl a long time ago- bought it because of the cover of course

marcus, that was a roland 909. i'm 90%+ sure.

50 minute set was pretty banger!!! gn dk!

thanks for the great show

thanks so much guys!

bye TNX !!!!

THX Dana!

The lyrics of song "Warte" were also about spelling

auf Deutsch

lol i forgot it was saturday so i announced music with space