Laborwave returns to 103.3 fm WPRB on Monday, September 7th with a special day of thematic programming starting at 7:00 am ET.
7 am – 9 am ET – Regulations are Built in Blood & Song with Krista
Songs about industrial accidents and deaths in the labor movement.
9 am – 11 am ET – Boss Rush with Tis
Boss battle music only; power to the player characters!
11 am – 1 pm ET – Roots Country of the 1980s with Dan Buskirk
By the early ‘8Os a backlash was brewing in the country music scene to the slick Country-Pop sound favored by “urban cowboys.” The music was a throwback to the twangier sounds of the 1960s, but often with a modern attitude. We’ll take a spin through this semi-forgotten musical moment. Yee-hah!
1 pm – 3 pm ET – Alternative Ulster: Songs of Irish Rebellion from Fenians to Kneecap with Lizbot
A deep dive into the history of Irish protest songs from the Rapparee and Easter Uprising through The Troubles Trad-Revival and Ulster Punk.
3 pm – 5 pm ET – The Sun and Stars Haven’t Moved at All with Myshka
90s and 2000s American shoegaze/noise rock/ambient/dreamgaze.
5 pm – 7 pm ET – Clammy Club with Commie Francis
All songs about dampness / sweatiness.
7 pm – 9 pm ET – Social Cohesion? with Grace
Two hours of labor movements in Southeast Asia and the amazing experimental albums that corresponded / came out around particular dates – whether in response to or just magically coinciding with the labor movement at the time!
9 pm – 11 pm ET – In the Field with Scheki
Exploring the use of field recordings in music, incorporating sprawling metropolises and suburban hellscapes too.
11 pm – 1 am ET – Environmental Justice with RITMOS TOCIDOS
leftfield / experimental / bassy / clubby / percussive (latin) electronic music, with live mixing!