Station Top 30 – Week of 3/20/23

1. Fever Ray – Radical Romantics (Mute)
2. Eyelids – A Colossal Waste of Light (Jealous Butcher)
3. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World (Matador)
4. Algiers – SHOOK (Matador)
5. Philip Selway – Strange Dance (Bella Union/PIAS)
6. Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)
7. Xiu Xiu – Ignore Grief (Polyvinyl)
8. Kelela – Raven (Warp)
9. Lucrecia Dalt – ¡Ay! (RVNG Intl)
10. Shana Cleveland – Manzanita (Hardly Art)
11. Sleep Party People – Heap of Ashes (Joyful Noise)
12. Screaming Females – Desire Pathway (Don Giovanni)
13. Plaid – Feorm Falorx (Warp)
14. Lia Kohl – The Ceiling Reposes (American Dreams)
15. Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn – Pigments (Merge)
16. V/A – Deep Red. A Tribute to the Cinema of Dario Argento (Eighth Tower)
17. Mary Ocher – Power and Exclusion from Power (Underground Institute)
18. Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork (4AD)
19. Model/Actriz – Dogsbody (True Panther)
20. BIG | BRAVE – nature morte (Thrill Jockey)
21. David Walters – Soul Tropical (Six Degrees)
22. V/A – Penrose Flurry of 45s (Penrose)
23. Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)
24. Waves Crashing – The Viewing EP (Audiomanic)
25. Lonnie Holley – Oh Me Oh My (Jagjaguwar)
26. Avola – Psykor (SIGE)
27. Toumba – Petals (Hessle)
28. Cafe de la Jungle – Blind Forest (QEONE)
29. Carrellee – Scale of Dreams (Negative Gain)
30. Sharkiface – Climax Is a Process (NO PART OF IT)

Station Top 30 – Week of 3/13/2023

1. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World (Matador)
2. Aksak Maboul – Une aventure de VV – Made To Measure 48 (Crammed Discs)
3. The WAEVE – S/T (Transgressive/PIAS)
4. Kelela – Raven (Warp)
5. Xiu Xiu – Ignore Grief (Polyvinyl)
6. V/A – Penrose Flurry of 45s (Penrose)
7. Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)
8. Waves Crashing – The Viewing EP (Audiomanic)
9. Anna B Savage – inFLUX (City Slang)
10. Avola – Psykor (SIGE)
11. Tchotchke – S/T (s/r)
12. David Walters – Soul Tropical (Six Degrees)
13. The Royal Arctic Institute – From Coma to Catharsis (Already Dead)
14. Kevin Morby – Music From Montana Story (Dead Oceans)
15. Chasms – Glimpse of Heaven (Felte)
16. Yellow Pills – Death by Elvis (Mint 400)
17. Sea Moss – SEAMOSS2 (Ramp Local)
18. BIG | BRAVE – nature morte (Thrill Jockey)
19. dEUS – How To Replace It (PIAS)
20. CLASS – But Who’s Reading Me? (Feel It)
21. Daniel Bachman – Almanac Behind (Three Lobed)
22. Gina Birch – I Play My Bass Loud (Third Man)
23. Algiers – SHOOK (Matador)
24. Model/Actriz – Dogsbody (True Panther)
25. Raymond Richards – A Coaxed Ghost (Lung)
26. Rot/Woven – No hope for a better past (s/r)
27. nolongerhuman – therapy EP (COP International)
28. The End of The World – A Timeless Classic (S& Box)
29. Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw)
30. Black Belt Eagle Scout – The Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)

Station Top 30 – Week of 3/6/2023

1. Model/Actriz – Dogsbody (True Panther)
2. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – The Future Is Your Past (‘a’)
3. koleżanka – Alone with the Sound the Mind Makes (Bar/None)
4. Aksak Maboul – Une aventure de VV – Made To Measure 48 (Crammed Discs)
5. Kelela – Raven (Warp)
6. V/A – INSHA (NAUG)
7. Algiers – SHOOK (Matador)
8. BIG | BRAVE – nature morte (Thrill Jockey)
9. Glüme – Main Character (Italians Do It Better)
10. Sightless Pit – Lockstep Bloodwar (Thrill Jockey)
11. The WAEVE – S/T (Transgressive/PIAS)
12. Chasms – Glimpse of Heaven (Felte)
13. Metal Preyers – Shadow Swamps (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
14. The Drin – Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom (Feel It)
15. Lucrecia Dalt- ¡Ay! (RVNG Intl.)
16. Gorgonn – Six Paths (SVBKVLT)
17. Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – Dost 2 (Les Disques Bongo Joe)
18. Black Belt Eagle Scout – The Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)
19. Mary Lou Newmark – A Stitch in Time (Green Angel)
20. CIVIC – Taken By Force (ATO)
21. Ladytron – Time’s Arrow (Cooking Vinyl)
22. Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)
23. Show Me the Body – Trouble The Water (Loma Vista)
24. The End of The World – A Timeless Classic (S& Box)
25. The Royal Arctic Institute – From Coma to Catharsis (Already Dead)
26. V/A – Anthology of Experimental Music from Latin America (Unexplained Sounds Group)
27. Jack Tully & The Seers – Wild Revelations (s/r)
28. Cor de Lux – MEDIA (CDL)
29. Noah Klein – Zion (Moon Glyph)
30. Uranium – An Exacting Punishment (Sentient Ruin)

Station Top 30 – Week of 2/27/2023

1. The WAEVE – S/T (Transgressive/PIAS)
2. Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork (4AD)
3. King Tuff – Smalltown Stardust (Sub Pop)
4. Black Belt Eagle Scout – The Land, The Water, The Sky (Saddle Creek)
5. Jad Fair and Samuel Locke Ward – Happy Hearts (Kill Rock Stars)
6. The Go! Team – Get Up Sequences Part Two (Memphis Industries)
7. Young Fathers – Heavy Heavy (Ninja Tune)
8. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World (Matador)
9. Quasi – Breaking the Balls of History (Sub Pop)
10. The Royal Arctic Institute – From Coma to Catharsis (Already Dead)
11. The Soft Pink Truth – Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This? (Thrill Jockey)
12. koleżanka – Alone with the Sound the Mind Makes (Bar/None)
13. Sudan Archives – Natural Brown Prom Queen (Stones Throw)
14. Metronomy – Small World (Special Edition) (Because Music)
15. @ – Mind Palace Music (Carpark)
16. CIVIC – Taken By Force (ATO)
17. Megadose – Heating Up (s/r)
18. Nima Kazerouni – S/T (Shrimper)
19. Grace Scheele – Landings (Auteur Research)
20. Say She She – Prism (Colemine / Karma Chief)
21. Marisa Anderson – Still, Here (Thrill Jockey)
22. Julia Sabra – Snakeskin (Ruptured / Beacon Sound)
23. Tropical Fuck Storm – Submersive Behaviour (Joyful Noise Recordings)
24. Duval Timothy – Meeting With A Judas Tree (Carrying Colour)
25. Laure Briard – Ne pas trop rester bleue (Midnight Special)
26. Matt Evans – Soft Science (Moon Glyph)
27. Cal in Red – On the Dance Floor (B3SCI)
28. BIG | BRAVE – nature morte (Thrill Jockey)
29. Little Simz – NO THANK YOU (Forever Living Originals)
30. Ladytron – Time’s Arrow (Cooking Vinyl)

Station Top 30 – Week of 2/20/2023

1. Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World (Matador)
2. Thee Sacred Souls – S/T (Daptone)
3. Run the Jewels – RTJ CU4TRO (Jewel Runners)
4. Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations – You Survived So I Might Live (Transgressive/PIAS)
5. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – The Future Is Your Past (‘a’)
6. Little Simz – NO THANK YOU (Forever Living Originals)
7. Loscil // Lawrence English – Colours of Air (Kranky)
8. Galcher Lustwerk – 100% GALCHER (Ghostly International)
9. Seun Kuti & Black Thought – African Dreams (SKE80 LLC)
10. Ladytron – Time’s Arrow (Cooking Vinyl)
11. Orchestra Gold – Medicine (s/r)
12. Trina Basu and Arun Ramamuthy – Nakshatra (SPINSTER)
13. Cal in Red – On the Dance Floor (B3SCI)
14. Mdou Moctar – Niger EP Vol. 2 (Matador)
15. Lee Fields – Sentimental Fool (Daptone)
16. Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork (4AD)
17. Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)
18. Daniel Bachman – Almanac Behind (Three Lobed)
19. Acid Arab – Trois (Crammed Discs)
20. Parannoul – After the Magic (Topshelf)
21. Sea Moss – SEAMOSS2 (Ramp Local)
22. Facta – Emeline EP (Incienso)
23. Plaid – Feorm Falorx (Warp)
24. Horsegirl – Versions of Modern Performance (Matador)
25. Villainous Temple – Fill Creation with Abuse (Transylvanian Recordings)
26. King Tuff – Smalltown Stardust (Sub Pop)
27. James Houlahan – Beyond the Borders (s/r)
28. The End of The World – A Timeless Classic (S& Box)
29. Sightless Pit – Lockstep Bloodwar (Thrill Jockey)
30. John Cale – MERCY (Double Six/Domino)

Station Top 30 – Week of 2/13/2023

1. Plaid – Feorm Falorx (Warp)
2. King Tuff – Smalltown Stardust (Sub Pop)
3. Didon – Tunisian Tale (Electrofone)
4. Little Simz – NO THANK YOU (Forever Living Originals)
5. The Go! Team – Get Up Sequences Part Two (Memphis Industries)
6. Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations – You Survived So I Might Live (Transgressive/PIAS)
7. Ladytron – Time’s Arrow (Cooking Vinyl)
8. Negativland – Speech Free (Seeland)
9. Belle and Sebastian – Late Developers (Matador)
10. numün – Book of Beyond (Shimmy Disc)
11. Sea Moss – SEAMOSS2 (Ramp Local)
12. James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra – The Great White Sea Eagle (Domino)
13. Phil Ranelin & Wendell Harrison – JID16 (Jazz Is Dead)
14. La Tène – 29. Fran – Leaving (Fire Talk) (Bongo Joe)
15. Leland Whitty – Anyhow (Innovative Leisure)
16. Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)
17. Sightless Pit – Lockstep Bloodwar (Thrill Jockey)
18. Nosaj Thing – Continua (LuckyMe)
19. James Brandon Lewis – Eye of I (Anti-)
20. Bobbie Lovesong – On the Wind (Woodsist)
21. Parannoul – After the Magic (Topshelf)
22. Christina Vantzou – No. 5 (Kranky)
23. Richard Dawson – The Ruby Cord (Domino)
24. Photay with Carlos Nino – More Offerings (International Anthem)
25. John Cale – MERCY (Double Six/Domino)
26. Best Fern – Earth Then Air (Backward Music/Youngbloods)
27. V/A – Rare Global Pop 1980s (Crammed Discs)
28. Pulse Emitter – Dusk (Hausu Mountain)
29. The Allergies – Reconcile EP (Jalapeño)
30. Fran – Leaving (Fire Talk)

Station Top 30 – Week of 2/6/2023

1. Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)
2. Ladytron – Time’s Arrow (Cooking Vinyl)
3. John Cale – MERCY (Double Six/Domino) 
4. Oozing Wound – We Cater To Cowards (Thrill Jockey) 
5. Little Simz – NO THANK YOU (Forever Living Originals)
6. RIBBON STAGE – Hit With the Most (Perennial / K Records)
7. Metronomy – Small World (Special Edition) (Because Music)
8. Bobbie Lovesong – On the Wind (Woodsist) 
9. Sea Moss – SEAMOSS2 (Ramp Local)
10. AVOLA – Psykor (SIGE) 
11. Sam Gendel – blueblue (Leaving)
12. Dreckig – Digital Exposure (Broken Clover) 
13. Darkthrone – Astral Fortress (Peaceville)*
14. NEGATIVLAND – SPEECH FREE (Seeland) 
15. Built To Spill – When The Wind Forgets Your Name (Sub Pop)
16. Photay with Carlos Nino – An Offering (International Anthem)
17. Boris – Heavy Rocks (2022) (Relapse)
18. Henry Franklin, Adrian Younge – Henry Franklin JID014 (Jazz Is Dead)
19. Run the Jewels – RTJ CU4TRO (Jewel Runners) 
20. V/A – To Illustrate (Wisdom Teeth)
21. Abraxas – Monte Carlo (Suicide Squeeze)
22. Rozi Plain – Prize (Memphis Industries) 
23. Belle and Sebastian – Late Developers (Matador)
24. The Pelicans – London Crawling (Mint 400)
25. Melody’s Echo Chamber – Unfold (Fat Possum)
26. Keiji Haino & SUMAC – Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood to Pour Let Us Never (Thrill Jockey)
27. V/A – After Dark 4 (Italians Do It Better) 
28. La Femme – Teatro Lúcido (Disque Pointu) 
29. numün – Book of Beyond (Shimmy Disc) 
30. Archers of Loaf – Reason in Decline (Merge)

Station Top 30 – Week of 1/30/2023

1. NEGATIVLAND – SPEECH FREE (Seeland)
2. Ladytron – Time’s Arrow (Cooking Vinyl)
3. John Cale – MERCY (Double Six/Domino)
4. Belle and Sebastian – Late Developers (Matador)
5. Photay with Carlos Nino – An Offering (International Anthem)
6. The Williams Brothers – Memories to Burn (Regional)
7. Liela Moss – Internal Working Model (Bella Union/PIAS)
8. Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)
9. The Pelicans – London Crawling (Mint 400)
10. Darksoft – Beigeification (Look Up)
11. SONOLOGYST – Electrons (Unexplained Sounds Group)
12. Run the Jewels – RTJ CU4TRO (Jewel Runners)
13. Melody’s Echo Chamber – Unfold (Fat Possum)
14. Little Simz – NO THANK YOU (Forever Living Originals)
15. Kepi and Friends – Full Moon Forever (Pirates Press)
16. Marlody – I’m Not Sure At All (Skep Wax)
17. V/A – To Illustrate (Wisdom Teeth)
18. Darkthrone – Astral Fortress (Peaceville) 
19. V/A – Shouts 2022 (Rhythm Section International)
20. Rozi Plain – Prize (Memphis Industries) 
21. Boris – Heavy Rocks (2022) (Relapse)
22. Duval Timothy – Meeting With A Judas Tree (Carrying Colour)
23. Metal Preyers – Shadow Swamps (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
24. Fievel Is Glauque – Flaming Swords (MATH Interactive) 
25. La Femme – Teatro Lúcido (Disque Pointu) 
26. Abraxas – Monte Carlo (Suicide Squeeze)
27. Sohrab – Voyria (Kalahari Oyster Cult)
28. Big Joanie – Back Home (Kill Rock Stars)
29. Pulse Emitter – Dusk (Hausu Mountain)
30. Downstairs J – Too EP (SUZI)

Station Top 30 – Week of 1/23/2023

1. Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)
2. NEGATIVLAND – SPEECH FREE (Seeland)
3. Rozi Plain – Prize (Memphis Industries)
4. Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork (4AD)
5. V/A – To Illustrate (Wisdom Teeth)
6. Abraxas – Monte Carlo (Suicide Squeeze)
7. Run the Jewels – RTJ CU4TRO (Jewel Runners)
8. Fievel Is Glauque – Flaming Swords (MATH Interactive)
9. Duval Timothy – Meeting With A Judas Tree (Carrying Colour)
10. Metal Preyers – Shadow Swamps (Nyege Nyege Tapes)
11. La Femme – Teatro Lúcido (Disque Pointu)
12. Pulse Emitter – Dusk (Hausu Mountain)
13. Big Joanie – Back Home (Kill Rock Stars)
14. Photay with Carlos Nino – An Offering (International Anthem)
15. The Leaf Library – Library Music Volume One (Where It’s At Is Where You Are)
16. Little Simz – NO THANK YOU (Forever Living Originals)
17. Ben LaMar Gay – Certain Reveries (International Anthem)
18. Naujawanan Baidar – Vol. 1 & 2 (Cardinal Fuzz/Feeding Tube/Ramble)
19. Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin – Ali (Dead Oceans)
20. Dezron Douglas – ATALAYA (International Anthem)
21. V/A – Black Metal Rainbows (PM Press)
22. Sam Gendel – blueblue (Leaving)
23. Pole – Tempus (Mute)
24. Richard Dawson – The Ruby Cord (Weird World)
25. Marlody – I’m Not Sure At All (Skep Wax)
26. Buck Curran – Immortal Light (Ramble/Obsolete)
27. Darkthrone – Astral Fortress (Peaceville)
28. Clara Engel – Undergrowth (s/r)
29. Los Bitchos – Los Chrismos EP (City Slang)
30. The Mommyheads – Genius Killer (s/r)

WFMH Shares 5 Asian Songs to celebrate Asian Lunar New Year 2023 : The Year Of the Water Rabbit

The Year of the Water Rabbit will be a gentle year for healing and promoting more peace putting the past tumultuous year of the Water Tiger behind us. Rabbit is known for diplomacy, luck, promoting and following good morals. The Rabbit year will focus of more productivity, empathy, kindness and serenity. 

Happy New Year! Gung Hay Fat Choy from The Weekend Family Music Hour (WFMH). We wish you love, prosperity, peace and good health in the Year of The Water Rabbit 2023.

“Empty Your Mind, be formless, shapeless like water.” – Bruce Lee

Gong Gong Gong 工工工 – Siren

Gong Gong Gong 工工工 is a blend of circular power guitar blues incorporated with Cantonese and Mandarin singing courtesy of Tom Ng. The duo, Tom Ng (guitar) and Joshua Frank (bass), started playing together in Beijing in 2015.

Fans of Western Saharan guitarists and Bo Diddley may especially appreciate the full spectrum of guitar and bass that transpires musical borders and expands the diversity of blues type music to support rhythmic and hard tonal transnationalism. Check out Phantom Rhythm Remixed featuring Asian deejays elevating the Phantom Rhythm album into otherwordly cadence.

Dear Eloise – Brave New World

Dear Eloise is composed of Beijing musicians, Sun Xia (vocals) and Yang Haisong starting in 2008. Dear Eloise is a studio only project influenced by Yang’s more popular band, P.K.14. Yang is also known for his contributions to the Maybe Mars independent record label that is based in Beijing, China. Maybe Mars fosters experimental rock and indie bands from China, Australia and beyond (RADII)..  

Love & Peace – I Can’t Say

Love & Peace was a Korean band from the late 1970s who mastered the sounds of funk, soul, pop and electronic sounds. Love & Peace albums expand to psychedelic remasterings of classical compositions and western themes that bring a happy, triumphant twist to classical improvisations, extending to blues rock and folk tones layered with moog, emotional guitar and vocals peppered with funky drum breaks. Fans of Sanulrim will deeply appreciate Love & Peace (rockontherice.com). 

Frankie Kao (Gao Ling Feng) – I Don’t Know How I Love You (to the melody of I Didn’t Know I Loved You Till I Saw You Rock n’ Roll).

Ko Yuan-Cheng (1950-2014) aka Frankie Kao and Kao Ling-feng was a Taiwanese singer, actor and television show host. He was given the moniker The Frog Prince by his friend and comedian, Ni Min-jan. Kao starred in 14 films and released 11 albums, plus participated in many live events, singing, dancing and showcasing his unique fashion and adaptability in music/entertainment styles. 

Kao lived his life to the fullest, marrying three times in his life and prospering with 6 children. He continued to perform until his demise at the age of 63 from leukemia (wiki).

Yolinda Yan – 無伴的舞 (Dance Without A Partner to the melody of I Think We’re Alone Now).

Yolinda Yan is a popular Canto-Pop singer, actor and former band member of the Japanese Onyanko Club idol group. Yan started in the entertainment world when she joined the Hong Kong television channel Asia Television Limited and within the same year of her stardom, she also became a research student for Onyanko Club in 1987. Yan returned to Hong Kong later to release her first album Hansam Jyuzi and her second album Jan Cosin Mou Bun Di Mou became her well known hit album (generasia.com). 

Writen by Karen Lee (DJ Motormouth Mom) Weekend Family Hour biweekly Saturday 0800-1000 PST.

Weekend Family Music Hour has been with Freeform Portland since the station was established. As a family we have grown with the station & feel so privileged to have an affordable family activity that brings us together with your family’s lives, letting us share our musical household tastes.

We love reciting Chinese horoscope predictions for Asian Lunar New Year, playing our Moog on Halloween, selecting songs based on politics or societal challenges and holidays! Check out our seasonal shows! Mostly indie, rock, electronic, international, folk, rock, synth, disco, soul, hip hop, experimental and jazz/tongue jazz.

Link to past shows: https://www.mixcloud.com/karen-lee3/