It is with both sadness and excitement that I prepare for my final week at WNYU, where I have spent the past two years hosting the New Afternoon Show. I have often joked that joining WNYU changed my life, but it's definitely true to some extent. I feel certain that, had I not joined the station during my first semester at NYU, my approach to music/life would be a lot less interesting. WNYU served as my gateway to a lot of important records, as well as to a deeper way of thinking about music. (But luckily I get to pack up all of these experiences and take them with me to my new job at P4K.)
The show will kick off with a guest DJ set from one of my favorite former professors, Bryan Waterman, who just published his 33 1/3 on Marquee Moon this past summer. Certainly not a new name if you are a regular reader of this blog! I will be playing excepts from live sets, interviews and guest DJ sets from my past two years at WNYU, including songs and words from Tune-Yards, Male Bonding, Hilly Eye, La Big Vic, Twin Sister, Weed Hounds, Coasting, Shellshag, Beach Fossils, Julian Lynch and more.
Around 7pm, the show will close out with a live set from Heaven's Gate, who are the kind of band I created this blog to write about — a punky noise-pop group comprised of folk singer/songwriter Jess Paps, former Sweet Bulbs members Mike Sheffield and Jack Wolf, ex-Michael Jordan guitarist Alex Cvetovich, plus Weed Hounds' Patrick Stankard on drums. Check out their new track, "Weakness Worms," below, which is covered in hints of their musical histories.
Weakness Worms by jennpelly
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