Freak Scene Radio

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Freak Scene Favorite New Music from Kristin in 2022:

“Throwing Muses hover viscerally like thunderclouds…simultaneously impacting & impenetrable…Derived from gristly guitars, a thick low end, mild psychedelia and impressionistic lyrics, Throwing Muses’ toughness largely carries Sun Racket.” – riff magazine.com

• Positively Freaking – Frontier Ruckus – Enter the Kingdom 2017
• Hot Freaks – Guided By Voices – Bee Thousand 1994
• Cool Scene – The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia 2000
• Freak In The Streets – The Untouchables – Wild Child 1985

• Totally Freaked Out – Bettie Serveert – Lamprey 1995
• Final Scene – Delta 5 – Singles & Sessions 1979-81 1981
• Misfits and Freaks – The Courettes – Back In Mono 2021

• Panda and The Freak – The Baseball Project – Vol. 2 High and Inside 2011
• Cause A Scene – The Goodnight Loving – The Goodnight Loving 2008
• Control Freak – Priests – The Seduction Of Kansas 2019

• B-Boys Makin’ With The Freak Freak – Beastie Boys – Ill Communication 1994
• The Scene Between – The Go! Team – The Scene Between 2015
• Freak Freely – Hanni El Khatib – Savage Times 2017
• A Hand to Take Hold of the Scene – Okkervil River – The Stage Names 2007
• Freakshow – The Cure – 4:13 Dream 2008

• Freakshow – The Gothic Archies – The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series Of Unfortunate Events 2006
• Time Just Freaks Me Out – The Mommyheads – Swiss Army Knife 2022
• Freak Magnet – L7 – Hungry For Stink 1994

• Freakin’ & Peakin’ – Luna – Penthouse 1995
• One With The Freaks – The Notwist – Neon Golden 2002
• Freaks – Soul Asylum – While You Were Out 1986

• Freak Accident – Boy Girl Boy Girl – Sugar Skull Maker 2005
• Popscene – Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish 1992
• Land Of The Freak – King Khan & The Shrines – The Supreme Genius Of King Khan & The Shrines 2008

• Freak Out – The Muffs – Really Really Happy 2004
• This Scene – Bridge Club – The Scorched Capsule 2006
• New Scene – The Fleshtones – Hexbreaker! 1983
• Freak Magnet – Violent Femmes – Freak Magnet 2005

• Freaks to The Front – Amyl and the Sniffers – Comfort To Me 2021
• Freakin Out – Death – For the Whole World To See 2009
• Free & Freaky – The Stooges – The Weirdness 2007
• Freaks In Charge – Superchunk – Old Enough to Know Better: 15 Years Of Merge Records 2004
• What’s My Scene – Hoodoo Gurus – Blow Your Cool 1987
• Freak Scene – Dinosaur Jr – Bug 1988

• Psychobilly Freakout – Reverend Horton Heat – Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em 1991

• Neon Golden – The Notwist – Neon Golden 2002
• Lost Cause – Beck – Sea Change – 2002
• Do You Realize?? – The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots 2002

• America V. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do) – Steve Earle – Jerusalem 2002
• Personal Jesus – Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around 2002
• Who’s Your Daddy, Little Girl? – Jim & Jennie And The Pinetops – One More In The Cabin 2002

• Sorrow- Bad Religion – The Process Of Belief 2002
• Baudelaire – …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead – Source Tags & Codes 2002
• Do You Understand? – The Apples In Stereo – Velocity Of Sound 2002
• Julie, Did I – The Returnables – Unrequited Hits 2002
• Two Girls – Cinerama – Torino 2002

• Prisstina – Sleater-Kinney – One Beat 2002
• Metal Detector – The Figgs – Slow Charm 2002
• Ivanka – Imperial Teen – On 2002

• Look For Me (I’ll Be Around) – Neko Case – Blacklisted 2002
• Count Sheep – Enon – High Society 2002
• Blue Jeans – Ladytron – Light & Magic 2002

• Such Great Heights – The Postal Service – Give Up 2002
• Lost In Space – Aimee Mann – Lost In Space 2002
• The Creature – Elf Power – Creatures 2002

• Hey! – Faux Jean – Nature 2002
• You’re So Damn Hot – OK Go – OK Go 2002
• 10. Satisfy My Mind – The Greenhornes – Dual Mono 2002

• 9. Veronica Fever – The Raveonettes – Whip It On 2002
• 8. My Defiance – Comet Gain – Realistes 2002
• 7. Everywhere With Helicopter – Guided By Voices – Universal Truths And Cycles 2002
• 6. Bandages – Hot Hot Heat – Make Up The Breakdown 2002

• 5. The Execution Of All Things – Rilo Kiley – The Execution Of All Things 2002
• 4. Jonathan Fisk – Spoon – Kill The Moonlight 2002
• 3. You Held The World In Your Arms – Idlewild – The Remote Part 2002
• 2. PDA – Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights 2002

• 1. Heavy Metal Drummer – Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2002

• Steve Vai Boyfriend – The German Art Students – Kissing By The Superconductor 2002; Harmony Bar Fri 4/9

• One More Dub – The Clash – Sandinista! 1980
• Films – Gary Numan – The Pleasure Principle 1979
• A Word & A Wave – Nation Of Language – A Way Forward 2021

• The Cause – Laura Gibson – Empire Builder 2016
• The Last Cut de Sac – Black Lips – Satan’s Graffiti or God’s Art? 2017
• How Can I Help Ya – Bodega – Broken Equipment 2022

• You Make Me Nervous – The Returnables – So When Can I See You Again? 2005
• Acrid – The Beths – Jump Rope Gazers 2020
• Total Misfit – The Claudettes – Dance Scandal at the Gymnasium! 2018; North St. Carabaret Fri 4/22

• My Wife And My Dead Wife – Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Catalog Sampler 1985
• Beatle Boots – Love Tractor – This Ain’t No Outer Space Ship 1987
• Land And The Life – The Lucy Show – Mania 1987
• Jetfighter – The Three O’Clock – Sixteen Tambourines 1983

• Russian Doll – Gully Boys – Favorite Son 2022; WUDstock, The Sett Sat 4/23
• White Smoke – Split Single – Metal Frames 2016
• Cogs – Minor Victories – Minor Victories 2016

• Must Try Harder – Mastersystem – Dance Music 2018
• Virgin – Crocodiles – Crimes of Passion 2013
• Charm Assault – Ride – Weather Diaries 2017

• Lights Go Out – New Model Army – The Ghost Of Cain 1986
• Let’s Break The Law – Anti-Nowhere League – Burning Ambitions: A History Of Punk Vol. 3 1982
• Ready, Steady, Go – Generation X – Perfect Hits 1975-1981 1978

• Remember – The Linda Lindas – Growing Up 2022
• Lose It – Supergrass – I Should Coco 1995
• Wildlife – Scrunchies – Feral Coast 2022

• Helicopter Parents – Able Baker – Helicopter Parents single 2022; High Noon Fri 4/22
• The Perfect Crime – The Stroppies – Levity 2022
• Too Late Now – Wet Leg – Wet Leg 2022

• Happy When It Rains – The Jesus And Mary Chain – Darklands 1987
• Sugarcube – Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One 1997
• Stoned And Starving – Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold 2012
• Time And Time Again – The Smithereens – Especially For You 1986

• Peeper McLurker – Knuckel Drager – You Do Better! 2008

Next week: Freak Scene Favorites of 2002.

• First Week/Last week…Carefree – Talking Heads – Talking Heads: 77 1977
• Born Of Frustration – James – Seven 1992
• Blue – The Rain Parade – Emergency Third Rail Power Trip 1983

• It’s Your Boy – M Ross Perkins – E Pluribus M Ross 2022
• Picture Book – The Kinks – The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society 1968
• (I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone – The Monkees – The Best Of The Monkees 1967; Overture Sat 4/16-Micky Dolenz Monkees Songs & Stories

• Groundhog Day – The Corin Tucker Band – Kill My Blues 2012
• The One – The Sugar Stems – Only Come Out At Night 2014
• Anti-glory – Horsegirl – Versions of Modern Performance 2022

• Capacity – Big Thief – Capacity 2017
• Accidents Will Happen – Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Armed Forces 1985
• Watch Your Step – Steve Wynn – Dekād: Rare & Unreleased Recordings 1995-2005

• The Good Earth – The Feelies – The Good Earth 1986
• Under Water – Hypnolovewheel – Angel Food 1992
• Quicksand Castle – Dirty Ghosts – Let It Pretend 2015

• Angelica – Wet Leg – Wet Leg 2022
• The Kids Are Alright – The Who – My Generation 1965
• Strange or Be Forgotten – Temples – Volcano 2017

• NYC (disambiguation) – Bodega – Broken Equipment 2022
• Do It Again – Camera Obscura – Desire Lines 2013
• Rich And Strange – Cud – Asquarius 1992
• On The Way Home – Sleeping In The Aviary – You and Me, Ghost 2011

• I Feel Fine – Reptaliens – Multiverse 2022
• Someone New – September Girls – Cursing The Sea 2014
• Challenger – American Music Club – Mercury 1993

• Anunnaki’s Blues – Treatment – Weeping House 2021: Mickey’s Tavern Fri 4/15 w/ Dogsblood and Sex Scenes
• What’s Inside Your Heart – Ty Segall Band – Live In San Francisco 2015
• Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think Of You – The Ramones – Subterranean Jungle 1983
• Mars Needs Guitars! – Hoodoo Gurus – Mars Needs Guitars!
• Racist, Sexist Boy – The Linda Lindas – Growing Up 2022

• I Want To Tell You About What I Want – Robyn Hitchcock – Robyn Hitchcock 2017; Stoughton Opera House Tue 4/19
• Sally Was A Legend – Robyn Hitchcock – Jewels For Sophia 1999
• Birds In Perspex – Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Perspex Island 1991
• Adventure Rocket Ship – Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – Olé! Tarantula 2006

• If You Were A Priest – Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Element of Light 1986

• Transmission – Low – Transmission EP 1996; High Noon Sat 4/9
• Time – Tom Waits – Rain Dogs 1985
• End – The Cure – Wish 1992

• Third Uncle – Brian Eno – Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy 1974
• Are You Ready? – Wire – Object 47 2008
• Old World New World – INXS – Shabooh Shoobah 1982

• Tenement Time – Johnny Marr – Fever Dreams Pts. 1-4 2022
• Dream at Tempo 119 – Silversun Pickups – Carnavas 2006
• I Can See Through You – The Horrors – Skying 2011

• Oh! – The Linda Lindas – Growing Up 2022;
• That Girl – Dumb Vision – Dumb Vision 2016
• Black Egg – Scrunchies – Feral Coast 2022

• Touch Me I’m Sick – Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff 1988
• Green Shirt – Boss Hog – Boss Hog 1995
• Land Of The Freak – King Khan & The Shrines – The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines 2008

• The Gash – The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin 1999; The Sylvee Sat 4/9
• The Only One I Know – The Charlatans – Some Friendly 1990
• I Predict A Riot – Kaiser Chiefs – Employment 2005

• Bessie Goes Blonde II – Cribshitter – Acapulco 2015; Come Back In Sat 4/9 w/ Andy Moore
• Dougie Giro – The Toy Dolls – Dig That Groove Baby 1983
• Get Over You – The Undertones – The Very Best Of The Undertones 1979

• My Echo – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms 2022
• These Important Years – Husker Du – Warehouse: Songs And Stories 1987
• Up To My Elbows – The Stroppies – Levity 2022

• Drown – Son Volt – Trace 1995
• You Won’t See Me – The Beatles – Rubber Soul 1965
• Blister In The Sun – Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes 1982

• Pillar On The Bridge Of You – Bodega – Broken Equipment 2022
• I Just Can’t Be Happy Today – The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette 1979
• Hidden In A Heartbeat – The Elvis Brothers – Movin’ Up 1983
• A Million Miles Away – The Plimsouls – Everywhere At Once 1983

• Defcon 5 – Man or Astroman? – Defcon 5…4…3…2…1 2013