Saturday, December 23, 2017

WORK FOR LOVE

Yikes, it looks like I missed a week! Tune in tongiht at 10 for tracks from Wulfband, Ministry, Traitrs and more.

Listen live or via the archives at 88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge
http://wmbr.org


Saturday, December 9, 2017

COME GET COLD WITH ME

It's snowing. Tune in at 10pm Saturday and get cold with me. Expect tracks from Berlin, Les Maitres, Human Leather, Buzz Kull and much more. xoxoxo

Listen live or via the archives at 88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge
http://wmbr.org


Saturday, December 2, 2017

Later Days

Tonight @ 10~ Expect Killing Joke, Ritual Veil, Tones on Tail and more.

Listen live or via the archives at 88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge
https://wmbr.org

Saturday, November 25, 2017

This is what I want, this is what you get

Tonight at 10~ Tracks from Lowlife, The Sound, CCFX and more.
Listen live or via the archives at 88.1FM Cambridge
http://wmbr.org




Saturday, November 18, 2017

Music for the masses

Tonight! Join the Saturday night DJs for a live broadcast from the Muddy @ MIT. I'll be playing tracks from Depeche Mode, Cult Club, Chris & Cosey, DIIV and more.

Catch Lisa Death Car @ 6pm, MaGoGo @ 8pm and Backpacks @ 10pm. 🖤🎚️🍻
Listen Live or via the archives at WMBR 88.1FM
http://wmbr.org


Saturday, November 11, 2017

THANK YOU!!!

Tonight @ 10! It's post-fundraising week and back to the grind. A huuuuge thank you to all who donated to Backpacks and WMBR. We love you! Expect tracks from Portion Control, The Church, Fearing and more.

Listen live or via the archives at 88.1FM WMBR Cambridge
http://wmbr.org

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Money changes everything

Tonight @ 10p! The playlist is set and it’s fundraiser week at WMBR. Let us know you’re out there and help support local, free-form radio! 💰 Expect tracks from Sisters of Mercy, The Chameleons, The Agnes Circle and more.

Listen live or via the archives at 88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge http://wmbr.org

Saturday, October 28, 2017

A dreaded sunny day...

And it really was! Tonight I'll be playing tracks from Clan of Xymox, Boy Harsher, L'An2000 and more, including a special sneak preview of a new song from local band House of Harm. All while you prepare yourselves to go out into the night. It's our season, friends, get into it~

Tune in 10-11pm at 88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge
Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org



Saturday, October 21, 2017

In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb

Tonight we start on the harder side of things with a ripper from Odonis Odonis, some Skinny Puppy then settle down for the dreamy sounds of the new Choir Boy, Golden Apes and more. I'm on the clock 10-11pm every Saturday night, join me!


Listen live or via the archives at 88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge
http://wmbr.org/


Sunday, October 15, 2017

LATE TO THE PARTY

I guess I forgot to post yesterday, we can't have that!! Last night's hour was definitely one for the record. Tracks from VoX LoW, The Cure, Strawberry Switchblade and more. If you missed it, you can always check out the archives at http://wmbr.org and Trackblaster.




Saturday, October 7, 2017

Hello October!

My favorite month is here! Tune in for tracks from The Horrors, House of Harm, The Soft Moon, and more xo







Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org
88.1FM WMBR Cambridge


Saturday, September 30, 2017

Brian, Halloween's not 'til October.

A playlist inspired by a rainy Saturday afternoon? Yes please. See you at 10p~

Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org
 88.1FM WMBR Cambridge
 

Saturday, September 23, 2017

The Gorgon!

I'm back from beyond! JK, I took a week off to see some live music. Thanks to MaGoGo and the The Show Show for covering. This week's playlist is a keeper with tracks from Camp Claude, Dead Cult, Drab Majesty, Rule of Thirds and more.



Listen Live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org
88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge


Saturday, September 9, 2017

It's complicated

Back this week with tracks from Pentagram Home Video, Gatekeeper, TVAM and more. Some new, some old, and some current favorites. Tune in!

Listen live or via the archives at 88.1FM Cambridge
http://wmbr.org
 
 

Saturday, September 2, 2017

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE

This week I get to drive the galactic disco ball that is The Show Show from 8-10pm and then bury the evidence 6ft. under for Backpacks at 10pm. Tune in!

Listen live or via the archives at 88.1FM Cambridge
http://wmbr.org

Saturday, August 26, 2017

Hey, what's your soup du jour?

Tonight we dine on tracks from Horrid Red, Clan of Xymox, Second Still and more. Join me every Saturday night 10-11pm on 88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge   Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Hey there, swamp thing...

Back tonight with a bunch of new stuff and some old gold. Expect tracks from Second Still, Gold Class, Death bells as well as some New Order, TR/ST, and Chameleons thrown in for good measure. A whole hour's worth of songs put into a tiny little capsule just for you.



Playlist from 8/19/17 via Spotify
*Missing: Killing Time - "Lakeview Hotel"

Tune in to 88.1FM WMBR 10-11pm every Saturday night Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org

Saturday, August 12, 2017

IT WAS LIKE A BIG 'OL FLYING SAUCER

I'm back from the Big Easy and on the air tonight 10-11pm! Expect tracks from Comsat Angels, DAME, Trevor Something, Burning Palms and more.


Playlist for 8/12/17 via Spotify
Tracks unavailable:
  • DAME - Glitch - DAME S/T, Charmschool Records
  • Katzkab - New Vision - Objet No. 2
  • Red Temple Spirits - City of Millions
  • Comsat Angels - Independence Day
Full tracklist at http://track-blaster.com, Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org
Also, did y'all catch last week's excellent fill-in courtesy of MaGoGo? Listen here: http://track-blaster.com/wmbr/playlist.php?id=28151




Saturday, July 29, 2017

All right, but when they attack the car, save the radio.

Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi - coming up tonight at 10pm, tracks from LA'n2000, A Projection, CANNIBALE (oui!), Bowery Electric, The Horrors and more. It's a good one, friends!




Playlist for 7/29/2017 via Spotify
Listen Live or via the archives at 88.1FM WMBR Cambridge
http://wmbr.org


Saturday, July 22, 2017

Second Summer of love?

This was a tough one to pull together. You almost ended up with an hour of acid house thanks to a friend and his post about the second summer of love... Inspiration is everywhere!

Instead, expect tracks from Ritual Howls, Bat Nouveau, Tones on Tail, Vagus and more~

Playlist for 7/22/2017 via Spotify
Saturdays, 10-11pm on 88.1FM WMBR, Cambridge
Listen Live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org



Saturday, July 15, 2017

Would you eat a spider?

While everyone is at that cool Lydia Lunch Retrovirus show at the Elks tonight, I'll be sitting within the brown carpeted tomb that is B Control, spinning tracks from Spectres, Skinny Puppy, The Good North and more.



Playlist for 7/15/2017 via Spotify
Tune in 10-11pm at 88.1FM, Cambridge
Listen live or via the archives at http://WMBR.org

Saturday, July 8, 2017

Brian, the skateboard stays in the garage.

Tune in 10-11pm tonight! There will be plenty of chorus-y guitar for everyone.Tracks from Ulrika Spacek, Rendez Vous, Modern English, Wire Train and more~



Playlist for 7/8/2017 via Spotify
Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org
88.1FM, Cambridge


Saturday, July 1, 2017

THEY'RE ONLY NOODLES, MICHAEL

Tonight, enjoy a couple of hours of sweaty Tim Capello gyrating and playing saxophone to a bunch of vampires with cool jackets...

8-10pm - I pretend I know what I'm doing while filling in for MaGoGo on The Show Show. Tracks from Tom Tom Club, Telex, Camp Claude, Die Form and so much more.

10-11pm - The usual Backpacks fair with tracks from Night Sins, The Sound, Sextile, two tracks borrowed from some of our other amazing WMBR DJs and a brand new one from High-Functioning Flesh...

Playlist for 7/1/2017 via Spotify 
Listen live or via the archives
http://wmbr.org 88.1FM Cambridge

Saturday, June 17, 2017

An hour is all you get.

Join me this week 10-11pm. Tracks from Public Memory, Blessure Grave, OMD, this group of interesting haircuts below and a ton more. xo!



Playlist for 6/17/2017 via Spotify
Listen live or via the archives at 88.1FM in Cambridge
http://wmbr.org


Saturday, June 10, 2017

A little goth with your breakfast

Tonight! Oh yes. Tune in for tracks from Children on Stun, RAKTA, Planning for Burial, Cat Party and more.


On the air 10-11pm on 88.1FM, WMBR, Cambridge
Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org

Heard this track while out to breakfast this week with my co-workers. It was like when you're in a store and you actually hear a song you know and love, you just get so excited.


Saturday, June 3, 2017

Oh hey, it's been a while.

It's a new season for Backpacks! Tune in tonight 10-11pm, for new tracks from Veil of Light, Night Sins and some old ones from My Bloody Valentine, Wire and more. xo!

I'm getting ready as we speak...


Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org
88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge

Saturday, May 20, 2017

Heather X2

Tonight! Catch me and my darling friend Heather T. on Backpacks and Magazines 10-11pm! Tracks from M!R!M, Depeche Mode, Black Wing and more.





Listen live or via the archives 88.1FM WMBR, Cambridge
http://wmbr.org


Saturday, May 13, 2017

This one took a while...

Tune in tonight 10-11pm for tracks from Shadow Age, Frank (Just Frank), Team Dresch, and more! It will be a moody night, for sure... 
 

Backpacks and Magazines airs every Saturday night from 10-11pm on 88.1FM WMBR, Cambridge. Listen live or via the archives at http://WMBR.org
 
 

Saturday, May 6, 2017

What's that smell?!

Filling in for MaGoGo tonight so things will be extra fun and dance-y. Tune in 8-10 for the Show Show then stay for the Backpacks and Magazines until 11.

listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org
 
 

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Mon Coeur!

I am flipping excited for this week's playlist. A bunch of new finds (It's For Us, Mardou), more Grand Blanc (because I can't stop listening to Memoires Vives), a throwback This Ascension track (remember that cool Jabberwocky Tess catalogue?) and more.

 

10-11pm on 88.1FM WMBR, Cambridge
Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org



Sunday, April 23, 2017

Last night we made magic happen.

Not really. We just broadcasted live from the Muddy Charles and it was amazing! Many many thanks to all the hard work of our tech department for making it happen. Catch the James Dean Death Car Experience, The Show Show and yours truly on the archives at http://wmbr.org.

See you next week!~ xoxo


Saturday, April 15, 2017

You just can't beat a day like today.

Tonight~! The Horrors, Zounds, Flesh World and more...
Tune in 10-11pm
88.1FM WMBR Cambridge
Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org

Saturday, March 25, 2017

You better be able to dance in those leather pants.

Apparently there is an episode of Friends where Ross buys a pair of leather pants to be cool but can't get them on his body. Hilarity ensues. Tune in 10-11pm this week for NEON, L'an2000, Gene Love Jezebel and more.

BONUS ROUND - I'm also covering for Insomnia Sounds Midnight - 1am. I'm not super well-versed in current indie-rock favorites so I'm indulgently looking back to a time of basement shows, short haircuts, Burrito Max and nice kids.

Listen live or via the archives at 88.1FM in Cambridge http://wmbr.org

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Pretty Standard.

Tune in tonight 10-11pm! I'll be playing some Way Out from Providence, In Letter Form, Marching Church and more.

Listen Live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org
88.1FM WMBR Cambridge

Saturday, March 11, 2017

This is Ladies Night

It's Women's Week at WMBR! The playlist is set with Belgrado, Sally Dige, Geneva Jacuzzi and more!

10-11pm on 88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge
Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org
 
 

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Am I Dreaming?

First show of the new season! I've been at this gig for a full year now and I still can't believe they let me come back. Am I dreaming? I love WMBR <3

Join me 10-11pm for some more tracks from She Past Away, Agent Side Grinder, The Sound and more. 
 


Aimlessly driving around in your car? Tune that stereo all the way left, 88.1FM in Cambridge. OR you can listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org

Saturday, February 25, 2017

I'm Back in the Basement!

I've returned from a strange land where the nightclubs let you take your drink outside to the street and industrial lofts are still affordable. Providence, you're real cool <3 Tune in for tracks from Holograms, Gatekeeper, Human Tetris and more!

Backpacks and Magazines airs every Saturday night from 10-11pm on 88.1FM, WMBR in Cambridge. Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org
 
 

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Coming up on a year!

Still doing this thing. Get into it! This week, tune in for tracks from Rendez Vous, Geometric Vision, Doomriders and more <3

Backpacks and Magazines airs every Saturday night 10-11pm on 88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge.
Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org/


Saturday, February 4, 2017

So Much Chorus-y Guitar

This week's playlist is a gem! Tune in tonight 10-11pm for tracks from Cabaret Voltaire, Soft Kill, Siekiera, The Agnes Circle and more.




Listen Live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org


Saturday, January 28, 2017

At least we still have this...

My darling friend, Heather T., keeps me company tonight in the basement catacombs known as WMBR. Tune in for tracks from The Cure, Les Savy Fav, Killing Joke and more. xo!



Backpacks and Magazines airs every Saturday night, 10-11pm on 88.1FM WMBR in Cambridge! Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org


Saturday, January 21, 2017

UNITED WE DON'T

In light of recent events and today's marches across the country, I put together an hour of music dedicated to the female voice. It is going to be unpredictable and will hopefully set your pants on fire.

Tune in 10-11pm for tracks from Bratmobile, Austra, Siouxsie, L7, Cher and more. Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org

Ladies, tonight's playlist is dedicated to you!

Saturday, January 14, 2017

We'll Just Drive Around Awhile

Tune in this week to feel some feels. Tracks from Black Marble, Cloakroom, Jets To Brazil and more.


Backpacks airs every Saturday night from 10-11pm on 88.1FM WMBR Cambridge
Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org

Saturday, January 7, 2017

Happy New Year!

A little snow won't stop us... Tune in tonight for tracks from Sunshine Gun Club, Belgrado, The Cure and more. That is, if I can make it to the station in once piece.

10-11pm TONIGHT on 88.1FM WMBR
Listen live or via the archives at http://wmbr.org