Finding Sounds presents:
Finding Sounds Ep 13: Field Day
“Welcome back to finding sounds on wrir. Today i got up and looked at the trees and birds in the wind. I thought about the most important timeline one could live on Earth right now. Or What about the least important? We are a species that feels like were missing our origins. The blurry void of fragments of found history paint an empty picture. What if we were planted here? A test of conscious reality working itself out. Working towards something? Who then put us here? Non human intelligence? Ourselves from the future? Ourselves from the past…
Portal Finding Sounds August 1st, 2023
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: aural, drone, experimental, music, tonal
End Of The Century presents:
End of the Century: Nothing Compares with DJ Miss Kitty
I don’t do anything in order to cause trouble. It just so happens that what I do naturally causes trouble. I’m proud to be a troublemaker. –Sinead O’Connor
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor; (8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023 aged 56), was an Irish singer-songwriter, artist-musician and political activist. O’Connor released 10 studio albums throughout her career. Her debut studio album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in 1987 and charted internationally. It was considered “one of the most striking debuts of its era, synthesizing everything from rock to hip-hop to the global music-influenced atmospherics of Peter Gabriel into a style that was entirely her own.” Her second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990), became her biggest success, selling over seven million copies worldwide. Its lead single, “Nothing Compares 2 U”, was named the number-one world single in 1990 by the Billboard Music Awards. Although she was at times often steeped in controversy, it “never drowned out her astonishing songcraft…As well as being a fearless interpreter of others’ work, the late singer adapted to a seemingly endless array of styles, marking her out as a bold and utterly singular artist.” –Alex Petridis
Sources:
Carrie Thornbrugh End Of The Century July 29th, 2023
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: #wrir #localmusic, music, Music show, obscure, post-punk, synthpop, UK music british breakfast rock, variety, WRIR
Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) presents:
best of 2023 so far…
so listen
@pndwrir
bte
DJ tablescraps Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) July 18th, 2023
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Tags: #wrir #localmusic, music, Music show, obscure, Punk, rva radio, WRIR
Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) presents:
Be Gay Do Crime!
Pelican johnny and I play gay punk, queercore and other stuff
@pndwrir
DJ tablescraps Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) June 20th, 2023
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: #wrir #localmusic, music, Music show, obscure, Punk, rva radio, weirdo, WRIR
Finding Sounds presents:
Finding Sounds Ep9 with gethen & h_pin
This episode of FINDING SOUNDS is featuring guests gethen & h_pin! They are two Virginia heads deep in the etherea of electronic music, usually by way of minimal techno, techno, and crushed ambience. Both of them are founders of OSB, and built it’s sound system, which has been a great recent hub for underground music in the city. Individually, they make insane visual art work as well, which you can find on their links below.
For this episode, they each did ~1 hour mix each, highlighting some great techno music which may not be easily heard or found, mostly from the early 00’s. I was very lucky to have them on before they move to NYC. Mix is great for any time of day or night, giving a wide range of hypnotic and controlled, organic and machine-driven. Thank you sm to both of them for coming on the show. Safe journey to yall <3
https://www.instagram.com/customcharacter_/
https://www.instagram.com/23_24_25_neversaygoodbye/
Thank you for listening!
FS/p
Portal Finding Sounds June 6th, 2023
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: experimental, finding, gethen, h pin, music, Richmond, sounds, techno
Cause and Effect presents:
Cause And Effect: DJ Miss Kitty Vogue
In honor of pride month, DJ Miss Kitty is focusing on the fabulous queer/drag ballroom music scene of 1970s/80s/90s New York. We’re talking disco, house, vogue…WERKING IT!
“Ballroom, ball, or house culture has been a way for queer blacks and Latinos to respond to a society that devalued their lives and attempted to erase their presence. Through elaborate performances incorporating and commenting on race, class, and gender, the ball community has historically reflected the American Dream and one’s exclusion from it.” –BY LESTER FABIAN BRATHWAITE
Carrie Thornbrugh Cause and Effect June 3rd, 2023
Posted In: Music, Music Shows
Tags: #wrir #localmusic, Electronic, electronica, music, Music show, variety, weirdo, WRIR
Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) presents:
two little piggies
guest: co-pig Pelican Johnny
Lots of cool punk
maybe some AI generated content
who could know?
BTE
DJ tablescraps Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) May 23rd, 2023
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: #wrir #localmusic, music, Music show, Punk, rva radio, weirdo, WRIR
Cause and Effect presents:
Cause and Effect: Pirate Radio with DJ Miss Kitty
No, we’re not talking about the Pittsburgh pirates or the swashbuckling sort, today’s Cause & Effect episode takes a look at the Pirate Radio movement.
In 1964, there was nowhere easy for British youth to listen to rock ‘n’ rollers like The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones. Commercial radio wasn’t yet an option, and the guardians of the publicly-owned British Broadcasting Corporation considered such music immoral, antisocial and unfit for public broadcast. Yet just three years later, on Sept. 30, 1967 — the BBC switched on the transmitters of Radio 1, the country’s first dedicated popular music station. What happened to change their minds? The answer to that question — and the story of how pop music came to the FM dial in the U.K. — involves illegal offshore broadcasters AKA PIRATE RADIO.
Drive around some parts of London today and you’re still liable to hear mainstream radio broadcasts drowned out by fleeting bursts of unfamiliar music. Pirate radio stations have been illegally hijacking the FM dial since the 1990s, but while the pirate scene is far smaller than it was in its heyday, the influence of pirate radio has endured and the movement is still thriving on a local scale, and a vibrant array of online-only stations are inspired by the energy and spirit of the pirates.
Carrie Thornbrugh Cause and Effect April 29th, 2023
Posted In: Fund Drive, Music, Music Shows
Tags: #wrir #localmusic, Electronic, music, Music show, obscure, variety, WRIR
Finding Sounds presents:
Finding Sounds Ep7 with L Salicis “Form State”
L Salicis is a good friend of mine, hailing from Tidewater region of Virginia, we met via serendipitous email during COVID. They were reaching out to send music to my label formforum. Since then they have moved to Richmond and has become an integral part of the experimental/underground electronic music scene in the city. They book shows and are planning a full-length to coming out before summer’s end. Thank you so much to L Salicis <3
First hour is a mix from L Salicis, second hour is a mix from me, deskulling 🙂
Much love! Thank you for listening
Portal Finding Sounds April 25th, 2023
Posted In: Music Shows
Tags: ambient, breaks, Electronic, experimental, music, Richmond, vibes, virginia
Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) presents:
Non-English Punk
(see above)
bte
DJ tablescraps Dog Germs / PND (punk’s not dead) April 11th, 2023
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Tags: #wrir #localmusic, music, Music show, obscure, Punk, rva radio, WRIR