PLAYLIST: Melvins “Let It All Be” [The Bootlicker] Sheila Scoville “The Wind from Nowhere” [single] Jefferson Airplane “Wooden Ships – Remastered” [Volunteers] Hawkwind “Time We Left This World Today – 2007 Remaster” [Space Ritual] Deep Purple “Child in Time” [Deep Purple in Rock] Bardo Pond “Destroying Angel” [Ticket Crystals] Sleep Party People “I’m … Continue reading →

This show loaded with: #Plunderphonics, #BrandNew #ExperimentalMusic including #New Negativland, #CassetteUnderground classics, and MORE! Like a breath of fresh air… or as close as we could get. HEAR THE PROGRAM HERE: PLAYLIST: The Tape-beatles “Listen to the radio” [A Subtle Buoyancy Of Pulse] Negativland “Yesterday Hates Today” [True False] Evolution Control … Continue reading →

My good friend Vern died about a week ago upon collapsing due to organ failure. While I’d known for some time that he was not well, Vern was such a rock ‘n roll survivor that I guess I really thought … Continue reading →

We bring you a #New episode of What’s This Called? on Freeform Portland featuring 2 hours of #ExperimentalMusic #Drone #Noise and #StrangeMusic including a sampling of tracks from the new In Bed compilation by Seattle based experimental sound artist Patrick Neill Gundran AKA Uneasy Chairs. 2-4 PM Pacific Standard Time. Your host Ricardo … Continue reading →

#DontCallItaComeback PLAYLIST: Dog Chasing Sun “The Grand Inquisitor” [Fire Walks with Me] Violent Vickie “The Blame” [The Blame] Noah Mickens interview Speaker Music “Techno Is a Liberation Technology” [Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry] GX Jupitter-Larsen “BLM About the Permawave 2020” [Building A Better Reality : A Benefit Compilation] Bugskull “Distracted … Continue reading →

What’s This Called? Returns to regularly scheduled programming on the #4thofJuly! 2-4 PM PST your host Ricardo Wang celebrates the US holiday with a reprisal of the No Skinny Ties variation of the program. Tune in to hear all independent … Continue reading →

HEAR THE SHOW BELOW: PLAYLIST: Sons Of Kemet “Breadfruit” [Lest We Forget What We Came Here to Do] Mutabaruka/Linton Kwesi Johnson “Would U/LKJ Iron Bar Dub Remix ” [Mash-up] Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald “Summertime (JPOD Remix)” [Mash-up] Bad Brains “I Against I” [I Against … Continue reading →

#BlackLivesMatter #InSolidarity #TimeHasComeToday #Streaming or #Download: PLAYLIST: Public Enemy “Welcome To The Terrordome” [Fear Of A Black Planet (Deluxe Edition)] Flying Lotus “Fire Is Coming” [Flamagra (Deluxe Edition)] The Equals “Police on My Back” [A Best Of…] Production Unit Xero “Grind” [Mutations] Negativland “This Is Not Normal” [True False] Sun … Continue reading →

The What’s This Called? contribution to Freeform Portland’s Friday challenge “It’s Not a Phase”. All favorite songs from your host Ricardo Wang’s teenage years of listening and djing. #Streaming or #Download: PLAYLIST: Rush “Cygnus X-1” [A Farewell to Kings] Sonic Youth “(She’s in … Continue reading →

Your host Ricardo Wang took the “Movie Night” challenge for Freeform Portland and turned in a 30 minute mix of What’s This Called? related film music. Hear the movies below! PLAYLIST: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “From Her to Eternity … Continue reading →