Tune in Sunday morning as DJ Pat K makes a return visit to "DJ Roulette" with a set of 100%-certified wigflippers from 11am-12pm EST! Get down with the WOW sound at point your antennae to wfmu.org!
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Sunday 11am | Pat K returns to DJ Roulette!
Tune in Sunday morning as DJ Pat K makes a return visit to "DJ Roulette" with a set of 100%-certified wigflippers from 11am-12pm EST! Get down with the WOW sound at point your antennae to wfmu.org!
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Boys! Boys! Boys!
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! Join the girls at 7pm today - Boys Boys Boys! Tune in right here: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/72047
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Our special guest today on the Whig Out! is Jorge Explosion from one of Ichiban's current fave groups, Los Munjitas del Fuzz - the Little Nuns of Fuzz - from Gijon, Spain - and we're also giving away TWO copies of Munjita del Fuzz most recent single, so be sure to tune in right here today at 8, right after the Real Nitty Gritty, to WIN! Now here's a little taste of these wild uh, uhrrr, women at the Funtastic Dracula Carnival!
DJ Roulette Presents: Border Beat!
Today on DJ Roulette, the new member of the Ichiban family!
We present Reyes Rodriguez, of Norton Records, with a fantastic set of South-Western and Mexican 45s!
Don't miss this at 11am!
Border Beat is here!
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
The Fringe Factory w/guest Mike Brandon of The Mystery Lights!
Tonight The Fringe Factory Radio Show is back with DJ Vikki V and a guest interview with lead singer/guitarist Mike Brandon of the band The Mystery Lights! Also featuring brand new music from The Schizophonics, Try Umphs, The Routes, Paint Fumes & more! Turn it up March 29th at 8pm ET or if you miss it you can listen the archive show after at http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/71842
Girl Sounds - Crayons to Perfume!
Each week, Ichiban brings you an hour of girl sounds from the sixties on Crayons to Perfume! List at 7 on Wednesday! http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/71829
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
SHHHHH! Wordless Women, today on Crayons to Perfume!
Sometimes almost silent is golden! Today, the girls hum, scream, clap, sigh, moan, ooh , ahh , la la and make the most pleasant sounds on Wordless Women, a relaxing hour of 60s and early 70's groovy girls. Tune in here at 7pm: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/71731
Monday, March 20, 2017
RIP Chuck Berry
What can possibly be said about the father to us all...
He Wrote The Rock 'n' Roll Bible
RIP Chuck Berry
GOAL!
WFMU made our goal!
We thank everyone who pledged to Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban! You are the greatest. We would be nuthin' without ya!
YOU will save Rock 'n' Soul!
Sunday, March 19, 2017
The Real Nitty Gritty -- tonight at 7:00 + WHIG OUT at 8:00
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR SUPPORTING WFMU
Pledge at https://wfmu.org/playlists/RG to keep freeform corporate-free radio alive!
Mop Melting Whig Out!
Whig Out! with Mop Melting 60's and modern garage - tonight featuring the NEW version of the Sellwood's hit, City of People (originally by the Illusions), now with added JUNE on the Keyboards!
It's the last day of the WFMU Marathon and the Whig Out! is pulling out the stops! We've got our GRAND PRIZE package from HIDDEN VOLUME records, plus a handful of great 45's to give away so be sure to tune and of course PLEDGE to WIN! We're also giving our premium, premium track from Flyp Your Lid - our WFMU premium full of the Wyld and Whiggy sounds that start and end our show every week, a spin - it's an exclusive from the Reverberations out of Portland, Oregon and it's just gonna blow your little mind to bits so make sure you catch this week's show! Here's the link to tune in http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/71647, at 8pm right after the Real Nitty Gritty!
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Fuzz Bomb Babes on Crayons to Perfume! at 7
Fuzz Bomb Babes - turning it up to 10, on today's Crayons to Perfume! Garage, Psych, ye-ye, and rock'n'roll dolls dig deep and dive in head first into a fizzy fountain of fuzz....I'll play some tracks from my WFMU Marathon Premium Fuzzy Bunnies, plus give away some CD prizes and the grand prize thanks to Sundazed Records, a copy of the Pleasure Seekers What A Way To Die vinyl LP. So tune in to rock out and to win!
Sunday, March 12, 2017
The Real Nitty Gritty WFMU Marathon Week 2
The Whig Out's Off The Hook!!
The WFMU Marathon is off the hook! and the Whig Out! is raising some cash for our beloved WFMU - one of the few freeform radio stations in the nation and one of the very few with no corporate sponsorship - and commercial free - so please pledge today and tune in Sunday, 8pm for some great prizes! Listen right here!
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
The Fringe Factory Takes An International Time-Trip From 1966-2017!
It's MARATHON TIME again here at WFMU & The Fringe Factory! For this first marathon show DJ Vikki Vaden takes you on an International Time Trip thru the years 1966 to 2017! Stream it right here! Hear 60s garage rarities from The Plagues, We the People, Five Americans, The Chessmen, Wool & more! Plus some brand new music from The Creation Factory, The Mad Caps, Las Munjitas Del Fuzz, Los Platillos Volantes, The Outta Sites and others inspired by killer 60s Garage, Psych & Fuzz! It's time to dig into those pockets, pick cool swag and make a pledge to support our parent station WFMU, the coolest and oldest freeform, non-commercial, listener-supported radio station on the Planet! Keep Radio Alive!!
Lee's Ladies on Crayons to Perfume!
It's no secret, Lee Hazlewood loved the ladies, and today on Crayons to Perfume! the girls sing Lee's songs - either those he wrote or recorded - Ann Margret, Dusty, Dalida, Zebra - they're all here.... and great prizes are here as well! You can win one of three special Crayons to Perfume! CD's made up from listeners favorite shows so tune in at 7pm to pledge and to win while you pledge your support to WFMU, Rock'n'Soul Ichiban and of course, the GIRLS! I've also got a killer no filler WFMU Marathon premium - Fuzzy Bunnies! featuring 21 fuzzed out females from the 60's - garage, psych, ye ye & sunshine pop from France, Australia, Germany, Indonesia, South America, the USA and the UK.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
What's Happening?!?! WFMU Marathon Week 1
Alright, it is time. The time it is. What time is that you say?
Time to raise dough, bread, scratch, cash, dinero, etc....
Tonite at 7PM, I will be joined by Mike Sin, of WFMU's Optical Sound and garage rock drumming legend!
Prizes to give away and a premium sized pledge will get you my 2017 premium.
What's Happening?!?! Sings For You
15 1960's tunes with the one man band of myself.
Join in Tuesday 7PM EST
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Marathon Time!!! The REAL NITTY GRITTY tonight at 7pm ET!
Thursday, March 2, 2017
WFMU Marathon 2017!
The time it is today...
March 5th begins the WFMU marathon to keep us on the air!
It's a mighty undertaking, but your WFMU Rock 'N Soul Ichiban DJs are ready!
Consider making a pledge to your favorite Ichiban program and get in the running for some fabulous prizes.
Also our toppermost of the poppermost djs have created premiums that with a premium sized pledge, you automatically get one!
The process is as quick as getting up to flip the 45 to the B side!
Take us to the top Johnny!
Click the handy widget at anytime
March 5th-19th
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Nothin' but T-R-O-U-B-L-E at the Fringe Factory!
Tonight at 8pm ET after Crayons To Perfume on WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban it's Nothin' but T-R-O-U-B-L-E with DJ Vikki Vaden at The Fringe Factory! Hear a brand spankin' new song from The Prefab Messiahs, Fogbound, plus The Music Machine, The Electric Prunes, The Schizophonics, The Woolly Bushmen & more! Rock Out with Your Psych-Out! Stream it on WFMU.org. Live playlist, archive & comments here: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/71412
Fruity Frauleins on Crayons to Perfume!
More Kinky Cuties? No! Just some fresh, juicy and ripe girl group and female fronted r&b and soul goodness, with a little bit of pop and some jazz, all with loads of appeal! Hear it here, 7pm Wednesday on Ichiban!
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Stoned!
Wild Teens gather no moss here at the Whig Out! Tune in and turn on, Sunday at 8pm right after Pat K's Make with the Shake (filling in for The Real Nitty Gritty). We'll make you twist and we'll make you shout! Right here! Tune in!
Make With The Shake fills in for The Real Nitty Gritty, tonight at 7PM EST!
Tonight DJ Pat K & Make With The Shake fills in for the Real Nitty Gritty while Tania & Thomas take a powder this week. Tune in at 7PM EST for a dose of swinging soul & stomping garage, then don't forget to Whig Out at 8!
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Field Tripping South with FringeFactory guests The Midnight Larks!
Join the chat and view the live playlist during the show at: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/71306 or listen to the archive there later!
Decca Darlings 5 on Crayons to Perfume!
The last of the Decca Darlings series airs today on Crayons to Perfume! with America Decca Girls on US Decca. Tune in at 7pm for a little bit of soul, some girl groups, a smidgen of country tinged pop and all the Decca Girl Goodness!
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Wow Wow Wow Whig Out!
Wow Wow Wow Whig Out! Tune in at 8pm Eastern, 4 Pacific for tonight's Whig Out! Right after The Real Nitty Gritty! We've got our usual heaping helping of garage topped off with some Dutch Beat, a sprinkling of psych and a dash of beat!
Traveling Soul
Be the first person to name the distribution company started by John Abbey for the Curtom Record Company out of Atlanta, Ga. Winner will receive a copy of Traveling Soul The Life of Curtis Mayfield. Written by Todd Mayfield with Travis Atria. If you'd like to know who the people in the slideshow are, pick up a copy of the book. It's fantastic. Curtis Mayfield forever, Amen.
Mish Mash Real Nitty Gritty
Mish Mash record party with The Real Nitty Gritty tonight at 7:00PM ET on WFMU's Rock-n-Soul ICHIBAN! Savage R&B, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, greasy rockabilly & sleazy instrotrash platters! then Whig Out! at 8:00
Playlist and pop up player here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/RG
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Heavy Distortions! Brand New Reverberations, Gentle Cycle, Fogbound & more on the Fringe Factory!
Tonight's The Fringe Factory Radio Show with DJ Vikki Vaden features brand spankin' new music from The Reverberations, The Gentle Cycle, Fogbound & more! Plus lots of fuzzy & groovy garage & pysch nuggets. Catch it at 8pm ET or the archived version after right here on the playlist page: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/71203
Georgia Girls on Crayons To Perfume!
Today it's the remarkable Georgia Girls on Crayons to Perfume! featuring Gladys Knight and the Pips, Sandy Gaye, Nancy Broom, the Ravenettes and many may more. Liz Lands was Georgia's Motown Girl in the 60's - under appreciated, she had a long road to the stardom she never really attained - a unique voice most suitable for the gospel and praise music she grew up singing, Liz turned to secular music as a way to become independent. There is a great interview with Liz below, make sure you check it out. She is a great character and had a very interesting life, including a stint as a Freedom singer for Martin Luther King. Tune in to Crayons to Perfume! today at 7pm for Georgia Girls, and then stay tuned for the Fringe Factory at 8.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Happy Valentines Day!
The Electras - Ten Steps To Love
Wilson Picket - Everybody Needs Someone To Love
Love
Jean Shepard - Just Give Me Love
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Alright With Me!!! The Real Nitty Gritty tonight at 7:00PM ET on WFMU's Rock-n-Soul ICHIBAN!
Alright With Me -- The Real Nitty Gritty -- tonight at 7:00PM ET on WFMU's Rock-n-Soul ICHIBAN! Savage R&B, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, greasy rockabilly & sleazy instrotrash platters! then Whig Out! at 8:00
Playlist and pop up player here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/RG
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Hidden Volume Field Trip South!
Attention all rock n roll freaks!
Are You Gonna Be There?!?!
February 24 and 25th in Orlando, Florida at Will's Pub is the place to be!
Baltimore's Hidden Volume, the impeccable label saving the garage-rock'n'roll scene for people like you and me, is throwing a party that'll be outta site!
Friday February 24
The Little Richards (San Diego)
The Hatebombs (Orlando)
Subsonics (Atlanta)
The Woolly Bushmen (Orlando)
The Wildtones (Orlando)
Little Sheba & the Shamans (Tampa)
Saturday February 25
Southern Culture On the Skids (Chapel Hill)
The Woggles (Atlanta)
The Ar-Kaics (Richmond)
The Schizophonics (San Diego)
Midnight Larks (Atlanta)
The Stents (Baltimore)
The BellTowers (Orlando)
WFMU Ichiban DJs Vikki Vaden, Dave Ewing and Matt Clarke spin the wax!
Will's Pub
1042 N. Mills Avenue
Orlando, Florida
Buy your tickets now!
https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1399233
This Sunday on DJ Roulette, DJ Pat K returns with another edition of "Make With The Shake" from 11am to 12pm EST. Tune at wfmu.org (or via WFMU's swanky custom mobile app for iPhone or Android) for a Sunday morning dose of the finest 45rpm rock & soul hipshakers, guaranteed to scramble your eggs, burn your toast, and pop your percolator!
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Penny Valentines Day! Crayons to Perfume!
Crayons to Perfume! is celebrating Penny Valentine, the first lady of rock journalism by playing the ladies she loved. In the mid-60's, Penny got her start reviewing records and conducting interviews with the beat and pop scene in the UK, eventually focusing a lot on her favorite soul artists of the US, helping them gain strong careers in the UK. You can read some of her articles from the 60's and 70's on the Rock's Back Pages website Tune in at 7 pm this evening to hear Penny's girls and even a record Penny cut herself!
Sunday, February 5, 2017
Whig Out!
We're back again, today at 8pm, right after The Real Nitty Gritty (at 7pm) as always with wild garage, a touch of psych, a bit of jangle with Richard & The Young Lions, The Troggs, Electric Healing Sound, the Masonics, Painted Ship, and the Molochs plus many more! Check us out here at 8pm Eastern, 5 Pacific and then in the archive shortly afterwards.
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Whig Out! Maximum Fuzz & Freaky Beats!
Hello Liz! Are you a freak? Rogues, Devil worshipers, junk food addicts, jive turkeys, and of course Hangmen all today on the Whig Out! at 8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific right after a whompin' good time with the Real Nitty Gritty!
The Real Nitty Gritty! tonight at 7:00
Playlist and pop up player here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/RG
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
People! LET's FREAK OUT! at the Fringe Factory!
People...LET's FREAK OUT!! Time are changin' BUT there's a party in 1969 and you're invited! This week features more 60s underground garage, heavy headbangers & psychedelic sounds with J Vikki Vaden! Playlist & comments here: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/70840
Tune in and TURN IT UP!
Goldie & The Gingerbreads - Crayons to Perfume!
Today at 7 on Crayons to Perfume! It's the 4th in the Decca Darlings series with an hour of Goldie & The Gingerbreads! The Gingerbreads were one of the very first all-girl bands signed to a major label in the 60's which took them from the US to the UK and back again with records not only for Decca, but Fontana, Immediate and Atco too. We'll hear pre-Gingerbreads and also solo records from the girls as well. Tune in right here, and check out the Gingerbreads in action (singing a song they came to hate)!!
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Anesthesia -- The Real Nitty Gritty!
Playlist and pop up player here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/RG
Put Yer Dukes Up! and Whig Out!
Southern California vs Northern California today on the Whig Out! Tune in at 8pm Eastern, 5pm Pacific right here right after The Real Nitty Gritty and dig the Harbinger Complex, Rubber Maze, The Hurricanes and many more plus freak-outs and some jangle!
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
International Decca Girls at 7pm on Crayons to Perfume!
Today, as part of a series of shows dedicated to the Darlings of Decca, it's International Girls with some girl group sounds, garage-y numbers & quirky weirdness featuring schlager swingers, ye ye yummies, and beat babes from all over the world. If you missed the first two segments, check out the Crayons to Perfume! archive and tune in here at 7pm for International Decca Darlings.
Sunday, January 15, 2017
The Real Nitty Gritty! tonight at 7:00
Gonna Catch Me A Rat -- The Real Nitty Gritty -- tonight at 7:00PM ET on WFMU's Rock-n-Soul ICHIBAN! Savage R&B, gutbucket blues, gruesome garage, sweaty soul, greasy rockabilly & sleazy instrotrash platters! then Whig Out! at 8:00
Playlist and pop up player here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/RG
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
In the Midnight Hour The Life & Soul of Wilson Pickett
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| Courtesy of Maxwell Pickett/Wilson Pickett Jr. Legacy LLC |
If you've never seen Wilson Pickett live in Germany from 1969, stop everything and turn on youtube.
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Wicked. Chicken. Tonight at 7:00 on Ichiban
Playlist and pop up player here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/RG
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Sunday Morning Shake! DJ Pat K on DJ Roulette
Sunday morning on DJ Roulette, DJ Pat K returns with another episode of Make With The Shake! Seriously shakin' rock & soul guaranteed to spill your coffee and send your flapjacks flying! Tune in at 11AM EST on wfmu.org!
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Decca Darlings
Decca Darlings - the first in a series of shows featuring the girls of Decca Records and their subsidiary's, begins with the inaugural show this evening at 7pm Eastern, 4 Pacific, on Crayons to Perfume! Featuring Decca Beat Girl 45s from the UK, and we'll hear Maryanne Faithful, Antoinette, Louise Cordet, Lady Lee, Dodie West and many more - and in the following weeks tune in to hear international Decca dames and girl groups. Thanks to recent compilations like The Girls Scene and Love Hit Me! we know more about the Decca girls today, than we ever did before. Tune in for Decca Darlings - UK beat girls here!
Here's Dana Gillespie from her 1969 LP on Decca Box of Suprises, and her version of the Hollies Pay You Back With Interest (previously released on a Pye 45 in 1967)
Sunday, January 1, 2017
Whatcha Gonna Do
Playlist and pop up player here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/RG
Whig Out! gets Organized!
Today on the Whig Out at 8pm (right after the Real Nitty Gritty!) we get Organized - featuring your organ laden faves like the Spencer Davis Group, Untamed Youth, The Seeds, Creeps, ? & The Mysterians, Ken & The 4th Dimension and so many more.
Our old friends The Omega Men kick the show off, check them out here - in grainy footage from the late 90's - but get a load of this super Hammond laden version of She Comes in Colors!
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