Some songs about the Yuletide (“No Presents for Christmas”; “Santa Doesn’t Cop Out on Dope”…) Some songs from 2020 (“Pandemic Abberation”; “self”…) and some songs that just feel like 2020 (“Psychic Mumbles”, “Spent”…) PLAYLIST: Pink Fairies “Uncle Harry’s Last Freakout” [Never Never … Continue reading →

The actual challenge for the Freeform Portland Pre-Winter Fundraiser was the theme: Future Fun. But we weren’t listening very well. So What’s This Called? presents: FUTURE/NOW! PLAYLIST: Hawkwind “Welcome to the Future – Complete Version” [Space Ritual] Edward Ka-Spel “The Border Of Beyond” [The … Continue reading →

Here is the What’s This Called? 30 Minute Challenge Mix as part of the Freeform Pre-Winter Fundraiser! The theme was “Together/Apart”. PLAYLIST: Echo & the Bunnymen “The Disease” [Heaven Up Here] Harry Partch “The Letter” [The Composer-Performer] Unwound “For Your Entertainment” [Repetition] Pere Ubu “Caligari’s Mirror” [Dub Housing] … Continue reading →

As part of the Freeform Portland Pre-Winter Membership Drive we present a special one hour mixtape type program of proto and classic metal heavy hard rock chunks. PLAYLIST: Krokus “Eat The Rich” [Head Hunter] Budgie “In for the Kill” [In for the Kill] Slough … Continue reading →

It’s the 2020 Freeform Portland Season of Giving Fundraiser! PLAYLIST MOESHA 13 “De la traversee du desert”” [PRIMOCE] Tecuexe Band “Sembrador” [Anthology Of Experimental Music From Mexico] Connect_icut “There’s a Rite Going On” [Moss] Synchonicity Frequency “Intrasekt EP” [Decaptitated LP/EP] Bob Bucko Jr. “Public Health Bomb” [Volte Face] Mecca Normal “Crimson … Continue reading →

#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 →

Escape from Waiting. PLAYLIST: Brett Naucke “EMS Hallucinations – Hallucinations II” [EMS Hallucinations (Hallucinations IV & II)] Charles R. Goff III “Asbestos I Can” [The Lore of the Rugs] Four Dimensional Nightmare “Graveyard” [The Raven Stands Tall With It’s Wings Spread] Meridian Brothers “Puya del empresario” [Cumbia siglo … Continue reading →

Special half hour Halloween What’s This Called? mix for Freeform Portland. PLAYLIST Vincent Price “To Raise the Dead” [Tales of Witches, Ghosts and Goblins] Joan Baez “Diamonds And Rust” [Diamonds & Rust] Sonic Youth “Ghost Bitch (live)” [Staches in Columbus, OH on 8/1/85] Vincent Price “The Broomstick … Continue reading →

Informed as any radio show would be by the All Hallow’s for Democracy in Virusland season, we play some Experimental Music, Drone, Noise, Psych, Post-Punk, Ambient, Strange Music and More! LISTEN TO THE SHOW HERE: PLAYLIST: Echo City “Justice for Some” [The … Continue reading →

PLAYLIST: Chrome “Eyes in the Center” [Red Exposure (Bonus Track Version)] Attilio Mineo “Gayway to Heaven” [Man in Space with Sounds] John Zorn & Thurston Moore “Strange Neighbor” [@] This Mortal Coil “Fyt (Remastered)” [It’ll End In Tears (Remastered)] Chester Hawkins “The Brood” [Semisolids] SpectroDuo “Pathway” [Anthology Of Persian Experimental Music Vol. … Continue reading →