#QuarantineRedux The Cramps “What’s Behind The Mask – Remastered” [Songs The Lord Taught Us] Chrome “Isolation” [Red Exposure (Bonus Track Version)] iN FORMALDEHYDE “NoirLand” [Anthology Of Experimental Music From Mexico] Nadja “nahui-olin” [Under the Jaguar Sun] Ffej “The Disconnect” [Signal Gone Astray] Mind Beams “Hindu Kush” [Bats] Budgie “You’re the Biggest Thing Since … Continue reading →
Shocked from the news this morning we first say goodbye musically to Andy Gill, guitarist of Gang of Four, followed by a program with everything from new experimental music from Africa, new Portland experimental music from Crystal Quartez, and classic … Continue reading →
Hear two hours of your host joined by longstanding WTC sub and Guitar Shop hostess DJ Victrola talking about the wonder that is Freeform Portland surrounded by the music that makes it so! HEAR THE FIRST HOUR: HEAR THE SECOND … Continue reading →
HEAR the 1st hour HERE: HEAR the 2nd hour HERE: PLAYLIST: Hawkwind “Orgone Accumulator (Live)” [Bring Me The Head Of Yuri Gagarin: Welcome To The Future, Vol. 2 (Live)] Off World “Scrubdown” [2] Hans Castrup “Prophecy I/o” [Shadowplay] The Pink Fairies “Do It! (1970 Demo)” [Fuzz Freakout 1970-1971] … Continue reading →
Subbing for Davy Jones’ Locker on FreeForm PDX, from 10 PM to Midnight, a very rare nighttime What’s This Called? HEAR THE FIRST HOUR HERE: HEAR THE SECOND HOUR HERE: PLAYLIST: Seven That Spells “Space of Eight” [Cosmoerotic Dialogue With Lucifer] Soup … Continue reading →
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! … Continue reading →
Weird and wonderful music to end your week. Levitate Your Head! LISTEN TO THE SHOW HERE! Playlist: Artist – “Song/Piece/Track” – Album or Source Conjecture – “D” – 2018 Balkan experimental survey – Post industrial culture series; Shalloboi – “Burning Star” … Continue reading →
It all went by in a motion blur… …a live reverberation …of What’s This Called? Ride the Freaking Stream! Playlist: Artist or Other – “Song/Track/Piece/Jam/Sound” – Album or You Know; Greg Segal with Walter Whitney – “Contraption of Encryption” – Invisible … Continue reading →
The station was supposedly under repair for three weeks and so we had no What’s This Called? or any live KPSU that entire time. So we came back and it really looks like they just cleaned the carpets. And immediately … Continue reading →
What’s This Called? features experimental and eclectic music of all genres. From John Cage to Sonic Youth, Merzbow to Autechre, Crank Sturgeon toAriel Kalma, Sun Ra to William Shatner. You shouldn’t be surprised to hear a classic electronic composition from the last century, played back to back with a droning wall of post-punk guitar feedback, followed by a saxophone improvisation from … Continue reading →
18 March 2006: Pledge Drive Pour Diane Allaire Christian Marclay, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo Fuck Shit Up (Victoriaville Mai 1999) The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, CA Cul de Sac I Am the Ressurection: a Tribute to John Fahey Discipline … Continue reading →
2 September 2006 (No Recording) I came into the station to find that our Automix was not running, so I assembled a quick “pre-game show” by throwing on Ryuichi Sakamoto’s excellent guest re-mix album Bricolages. The program itself features some great … Continue reading →
11 November 2006 (No Recording) At least the rain doesn’t fall up. Mount Pleasant Tonehenge Oregone Digitalis Childhood Friends Forest Friends Liberation Army Synth Farm Pere Ubu Why I Hate Women Rusted Mange Wolf Eyes Human Animal Flowers for Darcy shalloboi … Continue reading →
18 November 2006 As I left to do the show, I found a brick in my yard that said “Hidden” on it. ( ) gowns s/t Ballad of the Brick Hunny Synethesia Asthma Sheen cup na cup Oregone No Input … Continue reading →
13 January 2007 Another two hour show. I used to do six hours every week back in the ’90s, but now this seems like a reallly long time! That’s a good thing though – longer show, longer songs, more diverse … Continue reading →
17 November 2007 One of them “locked out of the production studio” two hour shows… Little Johnny Jewel (Parts 1 & 2) Television Marquee Moon Saturn John Coltrane Interstellar space Gamelan Jegog Werdi Sentana Tabuh Jagra Winungu Bali – Between … Continue reading →
24 November 2007 I’m so full… City Life (Open Circuit mix) DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid Reich Remixed Dexterity Art Ensemble of Chicago Message to Our Folks Kansas City Curse shalloboi Learning How to Crawl Hiding My Breath Under the … Continue reading →
19 July 2008 New Ju Ju Baseball Camp Nurse The Last Days of Paper Plate Head Black Om Rising Seven That Spells Black Om Rising We Went There Valet PDX Pop Now! 2008 Splatterstrum Tonesucker Wire Tapper 17 Nommos’ Ghosts … Continue reading →
6 September 2008: 3 Years at KPSU (No Recording) 3 Years at KPSU! I’m Insane Sonic Youth Bad Moon Rising We’r All Here to Have Fun and Catch Fish L.A. Lungs Turntable Broken Prayer Book Lost Melted Crayons Fog Know Laundry … Continue reading →
13 September 2008: Mangled Bohemians, LIVE! Mangled Bohemians Live in the KPSU Studio! An Arm and a Leg Legendary Pink Dots Plutonium Blonde Big Bag O’ Wind Noggin Big Band Noggin Big Band LIVE Mangled Bohemians on What’s This Called? Learning … Continue reading →
20 September 2008: Shalloboi, LIVE! Shalloboi Live in the KPSU studio! Torchsong Legendary Pink Dots Plutonium Blonde Pour Voir Noir Mangled Bohemians Degeneration Live shalloboi on What’s This Called? Voyage Reternelle Ariel Kalma Le Temps Des Moissons Live shalloboi on What’s … Continue reading →
27 December 2008: A White Noise Christmas! A White Noise Christmas! (At last!) Sleighride Subscape Annex Winterizing Silent Atari Night 111 N/A Merry Godmas Ryan Ray N/A Jingle Bells (edit) Booker T. & the MGs A Very Cherry Christmas Happy Christmas … Continue reading →