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Uncle Tupelo – Live in Philadelphia

June 11, 2026 /

Uncle Tupelo was — Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy and Mike Heidorn — decided to re-form their high-school band after its lead singer left for college. They were based in Belleville, Ill., blending punk rock with country. Becoming one of the early pioneers of what would become alt-country. I swear I saw them at JC Dobbs in I’m guessing 91 but it is not listed on this archive site Factory Belt.
Here are two recordings of them playing in Philadelphia later.

TLA 2/27/1992

World Cafe Live in Studio, WXPN-FM, 4/94

Go To Blazes – live WKDU

Philly by way of DC band Go To Blazes live – Jackie’s show on WKDU 4/18/89. (Sorry I didn’t get very  many of the song titles but I will correct…

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X – Ripley’s Music Hall 9/3/81 + Interview

X from the Ripley’s Music Hall from the Wild Gift Tour. Sadistic Exploits opened for them. There is a short interview at the end from backstage (I assume.) The Ripley…

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X – Live Chestnut Cabaret 7-30-86

X Live from the Cabaret in July 1986. I missed this show along with so many good shows that summer – should have stayed in Philly. Oh well I did…

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Luna – Live

April 3, 2026 /

Luna are an American indie rock band from New York, NY, formed in 1991 by singer/guitarist Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500. The current lineup (since 2000) features Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500), Sean Eden, Lee Wall and Britta Phillips. Past members: Justin Harwood and Stanley Demeski.

Live from the Khyber Pass on 10/19/1992


On World Cafe WXPN 11-24-92

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Informed Sources

October 15, 2025 /

Informed Sources was a primary force in Philadelphia’s music scene during the 1980s. Sprung from blunt punk rock origins, the group quickly grew artistically, pushing the boundaries of “punk” with a literate approach to lyrics and thoughtful-but-powerful arrangements, while sharing stages with legendary bands ranging from Black Flag and X to Dead Kennedys and Bad Brains.
– from Informed Sources site (with lots of storeis, photos, flyers, songs lyrics, etc) Check it out.

Fun Under the Sun

From Philly Hardcore 1981-1986 Part 1 Post
Informed Sources – City Gardens, Trenton NJ 3-82 [from cassette tape]
01. In God We Trust

Informed Sources – WXPN, Philadelphia 12-83 [from cassette tape]
01. Final War 02. title unknown
03. Situation Tragedy
04. Going Out
05. In God We Trust
06. Why Should I
07. This Was The 1980s
08. title unknown
09. I’ve Lost Control
10. In The Mind Of Phyllis Schlafly
11. title unknown
12. Stuck In My Hole
13. Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
14. Forever Never Came
15. Nothing But Lies
16. Dense Pack

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INFORMED SOURCES –Right & Wrong, Dense Pack

Autistics

January 10, 2024 /

Very early Philly Punk Band – I didn’t realize where on Bandcamp until recently – two live shows one from the Hot Club and the other on WXPN. Later went on to be DJ Bobby Startup and the Bunnydrums.

Bobby Startup – Vocals, Attitude
Bruce Glider – Guitar, Vocals, Clothes
Johnny Vukovich – Bass, Looks
Joe Ankenbrand – Drums, Expressions
With Karen ? – Bass, Education (Hot Club)
Other guitar guy – Beard (WXPN)

Live at Hot Club – 4-14-79

Live at WXPN – Early 1979

Flyers

Lee Paris

Lee Paris – Yesterday’s Now Music Today (WXPN)

September 6, 2021 /

Lee Paris Radio shows from September 1981with Frank Blank before the first Punk Fest. (Thanks for the files Frank)
Than a show split into 9 parts with an interview with the Sic Kidz while they were on tour in California. The entire recording was labeled Lee Paris bit he seems to sign off kind of early on but I just kept t he rest of the music which was probably music XPN used to fill up dead air. Thanks to Flipo from the Excuses for the audio.

Lee Paris: Yesterday’s Now Music Today; Punk Rock Top 10: Nov 1978 WXPN Radio Broadcast

Lee Paris: Yesterday’s Now Music Today | Jan 19, 1979 Punk and New Wave Music Live Radio Broadcast

Lee Paris on I-92

Bunnydrums- Reunion Show 2006

June 21, 2021 /

Bunnydrums reunion show from 2006 at World Cafe Live.
The summer of 2006, Frank Marr and I started to play live shows again with Marc Laurick (bass; 9 Fireman 9, Certain General, King Britt, Byard Lancaster), Howard Harrison (guitar; Martin Bisi) and Michael Mongiello (drums; Scareho). It was Marc Laurick that engineered the return of the band to play live again and we continued to do shows for about another ten years, until Marc’s untimely passing away. In that period, we shared the stage with the Bush Tetras, Certain General, Pure Hell, Richard Lloyd, Stan Ridgway, Note Killers and others. These shows were a lot of fun to play, at one-point Marc arranged to have the great avant-garde saxophonist, Byard Lancaster to sit in with us which was a trip. Greg Davis, Bunnydrums’ original bass player and Joe Ankenbrand (drums), unfortunately, were not available to participate in this reunion. – from the Last Day Deaf interview
Thanks to Flipo from the Excuses for the audio.

01 – Boundaries
02 – Deep in the Heart
03 – Shiver
04 – Closed Eyes
05 – Frozen Hands
06 – Unknown
07 – TV Eye

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Eddie Hacksaw’s Night of Reckoning show

June 11, 2020 /
Eddie Hacksaw

Eddie Hacksaw was a pioneering DJ at WXPN in the early days of the Philadelphia scene. Personally I never got to meet him but I’ve always heard he was a great DJ that did a lot to promote the local scene. Tragically he died in a car accident August 1986.
This is a recording of one of his shows from December 1982 (Thanks for the files Frank Blank)

While there is not much on the internet about Eddie I did find this film he made:
Bored (1984) by Eddie “Hacksaw” Richard

“Bored” is a film school project by the late Eddie Richard (1963-1986). He was the dj “Hacksaw” of WXPN-FM’s “Night of Reckoning” show.

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