On Friday 4/24 at 10PM ET Dr. Cosmo and “Nocturnal Transmissions” welcome Philadelphia’s Canadian Invasion! (This performance has been postponed for a later date. Stay tuned!)
Take unlikely proportions of airline food, Built to Spill, and power pop sensibilities, mix, stir, electrify and bake over a copper wire, then serve chilled. This Philadelphia-based group answers your desperate musical questions with amusing and pointed lyrics and guitar whimsy. So says Magnet Magazine:
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Even though we’re ready to take a second vacation, our weekly Top 30 charts are not. The Top 30 is a tireless worker, counting down the most-loved music hear on our airwaves, week in and week out.
On Fridays you can always hear the best of the best during our Top Ten Show on at 5PM EDT! (Like the show? Become a fan on Facebook!)
WPRB 103.3 FM TOP 30 FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 17, 2009
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Over at the Chicago Reader‘s blog, there’s a great piece about the Fems and the strange-but-true story of how WPRB DJ alum Ken Katkin may have been responsible for getting this slice of 80s-era Buffalo punk reissued on Drag City:
When I was still in high school, a long, long time ago, the only radio station I listened to regularly was WPRB, operated by students at Princeton University. I first heard a lot of great bands …

From WPRB News: a double edition of Discourse, featuring conversations on American involvement in the Middle East to cutting edge developments in “nanoimprint lithography.”
Sunday at 12:00 pm EST, join producer Sophie Jin for an interview with Jon Greenwald, Vice President of the International Crisis Group and former director of the U.S. Department of State Office of Counter-Terrorism. Greenwald discusses the state of American involvement in the Middle East and how the Obama administration is …

We’re back with another list chock full of new music loved by our station staff!
On Fridays you can always hear the best of the best during our Top Ten Show on at 5PM EDT! (Like the show? Become a fan on Facebook!)
WPRB 103.3 FM TOP 30 FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 10, 2009
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On Wednesday 4/1 from 5PM ET until 10PM, WPRB’s Rhythm of the One program will host an extended five-hour broadcast featuring the “best 103 funk songs you’ve probably never heard of.”
DJ Matt is scouring the secret vaults as we write! Expect to hear lost gems by artists such as Chocolate Milk, Warm Excursion, Roy C. and the Honey Drippers, Billy Ball and the Upsetters, and many more.
Should be an evening to remember, so don’t …

From WPRB News: Marriage, Law, and American Society, a multi-part interview series on the program Discourse.
This Sunday, April 5, at 12:00 pm EST, tune in for the first part of a new interview series on Discourse: Marriage, Law, and American Society. In Part I: the Mormons and Marriage, producer Sophie Jin sits down with Slate contributor and Princeton History Department lecturer Neil J. Young to discuss Proposition 8 and the American legacy of Mormon …

April is here! We hear this month brings lots of precipitation. Whether it’s rain or shine, our Top 30 is here for you. Every week our chart is calculated using actual plays from our lovely on-air staff.
On Fridays you can always hear the best of the best during our Top Ten Show on at 5PM EDT! (Like the show? Become a fan on Facebook!)

WPRB 103.3 FM TOP 30 FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 3, …

On Friday 4/3 at 10PM ET Dr. Cosmo and “Nocturnal Transmissions” welcome Philly/NJ prog rockers the Tea Club!
Intensely punkish and atmospheric lyricism stitched with dramatic shifts and structured intentionality is the cloth of progressive rock from which this band is made. Rather than recycling the old prog themes, The Tea Club forges new paths and creates a sound that is immediate and urgent.
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WPRB Jazz Director Max is here to fill you in on a new release from the world of jazz fusion. Got something to share? What new Jazz records have you been digging? Drop a line to our Jazz Department in the comments!
Right now, jazz legends Chick Corea and John Mclaughlin are touring with their “Five Peace Band.” The Five Peace Band is a fusion supergroup the likes of which has not been seen since Miles …