What’s This Called? happened Saturday 2/16 in it’s usual time at Freeform Portland from 2-4 PM Pacific Standard Time. However, we are also substituted for Unclaimed Baggage on Sunday 2/17 4-6 PM PST. 4 hours of strange, noisy, droney, plunderphonic, psychedelic, post-punk, outsider music! And the national emergency has declared a national emergency!

It’s time to declare the What’$ Thi$ Called? 3 Day Pre$ident$ Day $ale! Imagine a sale where you don’t have to buy anything, where the sounds are Free, and the drinks are on the house (because you are probably at home!)

HEAR THE FIRST HOUR HERE:

HEAR THE SECOND HOUR HERE:

HEAR THE THIRD HOUR HERE:

HEAR THE FOURTH HOUR HERE:

PLAYLIST:

• Ken Nordine “The Sound Museum” [You’re Getting Better: The Word Jazz – Dot Masters]
• Peter Brotzmann & Bill Laswell “Death Rattle” [Low Life]
• Blonde Redhead “Harmony” [La Mia Vita Violenta]
• Healer Oran “TaP{-“ [Anthology of contemporary music from Africa continent]
• The Beach Boys “Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) – Remastered” [Pet Sounds (Original Mono & Stereo Mix Versions)]
• The Late Severa Wires “Live at the Olympia Experimental Music Festival” [My Space single]
• Beat Happening “I Spy” [Beat Happening]
• Sonic Youth “Madonna, Sean, and Me” [Evol]
• Chester Hawkins “Magnetisk Nord (edit)” [Magnetisk Nord]
• FRKTL “Hverfa at himni heioar stjornur” [Anthology of contemporary music from Africa continent]
• Jerry Murad’s Harmonicats “Peg O’ My Heart” [Selected Favorites]
• Yo La Tengo “Dreaming” [Freedom Of Choice: Yesterday’s New Wave Hits As Performed By Today’s Stars]
• My Bloody Valentine “When You Sleep” [Loveless]
• Suicide “Keep Your Dreams – 1998 Remastered Version” [Suicide (1998 Remastered Version)]
• Big Black “Heartbeat” [Heartbeat (Remastered)]
• No Safety “Discuss It” [Live at the Knitting Factory New York City volume 3]
• Sonologyst “Nocturnal Anomalies” [Silencers: The Conspiracy Theory Dossiers]
• Sun Ra “Rocket Number Nine Take Off For The Planet Venus” [Marshall Allen presents Sun Ra And His Arkestra: In The Orbit Of Ra]
• Bardo Pond “White Turban (Live)” [All Tomorrow’s Parties 1.1]
• Windsor For The Derby “Slow Death +” [Minnie Greuzfeldt]
• Negativland “Christianity Is Stupid” [Escape From Noise]
• The Replacements “I Hate Music” [Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash!]

• L7 “American Society” [The Big One]
• Slackhog “6ix” [Will Eat Your Brain]
• Sotoru Wono “Ovurture” [Lulluby For Sure]
• ALTO! “Piece 1-3” [ALTO!]
• Tuxedomoon “Atlantis” [Ship Of Fools]
• Shalloboi “Flowers For Kara” [Learning How to Crawl]
• FJ Pangolin “Damage to the Field” [Damage to the Field]
• Negativland “Helter Stupid Pt. 2” [Helter Stupid]
• Unwound “Behold the Salt (Live)” [All Tomorrow’s Parties 1.1]
• Imagine “rx” [Internet Single]
• Will Oldham “Every Mother’s Son” [Guarapero / Lost Blues 2]
• Fugazi “Reprovisional (Live)” [International Pop Underground Convention]
• The Tape-Beatles “Desire” [Steal This Lick]
• Steel Pole Melvins Task Force “Hardball” [The Big One]
• Kronos Quartet “Dreams” [Landfall]
• Animal Collective “Bat You’ll Fly” [Spirit They’ve Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished]
• Big City Orchestra “tbn” [round eYe]
• Badaseck “Nguewei” [Streets of Dakar]
• Stereolab “Old Lungs (Live)” [All Tomorrow’s Parties 1.1]
• David Sylvian “A Fire In The Forest” [Blemish]