August 1st, 2020: The Hoboken Sound
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The legendary rock and roll club Maxwell’s closed 7 years ago. We miss it terribly! The revered Hoboken establishment was home to a bunch of great bands in the 1980s, including The Feelies, Yo La Tengo, The Bongos, and more. This episode highlights some of the artists that were part of the burgeoning Hoboken music scene of the 1980s. Tune in to hear songs from The Feelies, Wild Carnation, Yung Wu, Speed the Plough, The Trypes, Yo La Tengo, Winter Hours, human switchboard, The dB's, The Individuals, Rage To Live, The Bongos, and more! If you’re not familiar with Maxwell’s or the Hoboken Sound, lemme take you to SCHOOL!
- Playlist Title: Local Fidliety
- DJ Name: Tom Gallo
- Playlist Start Date: Aug 1, 2020
- Playlist Start Time: 2:00 PM
- Playlist End Time: 3:00 PM
- Show Description:
Local Fidelity showcases the best new music from Brooklyn and the greater New York City area music scene. As an avid participant and gig-goer, host Tom Gallo guides listeners through the depths of the city’s unrivaled underground music scene with specially curated playlists and in-depth interviews with local artists that are just on the verge of breaking out. You can also catch the occasional live in-studio performance and hear recorded performances from Tom’s cassette archive, The McKenzie Tapes, which contains a plethora of live performance at various NYC venues over the course of the last 40 years.
Time | Artist | Song | Release | Label |
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2:01 PM | The Feelies | It's Only Life | Only Life | Bar None |
2:06 PM | Wild Carnation | Dodger Blue | Tricycle | Delmore Recording Society |
2:10 PM | Yung Wu | Aspiration | Shore Leave | Bar/None Records |
2:14 PM | Speed the Plough | The Tide Won't Tire | The Plough & the Stars | Bar None |
2:17 PM | The Trypes | The Undertow | Music For Neighbors | Acute |
2:21 PM | Yo La Tengo | Barnaby, Hardly Working | Fakebook | Bar/None Records |
2:26 PM | Winter Hours | Stay With Me | Winter Hours | Capitol Records |
2:35 PM | Human Switchboard | (Say No To) Saturday's Girl | Who's Landing in My Hangar? | Fat Possum |
2:39 PM | The dB's | Love Is for Lovers | Like This | |
2:42 PM | The Individuals | Walk By Your House | Fields/Aquamarine | Bar/None Records |
2:47 PM | Rage to Live | Swimmer | Blame the Victims | Bar/None Records |
2:55 PM | The Bongos | Come Back to Me | Beat Hotel | RCA Records Label |