WNUR DJ Ezra Arez Ráez (WCAS '12)
Iceland folk, metal, and… a pirate cowboy?
Weinberg sophomore and WNUR DJ Ezra Arez Ráez listens to a wide range of music — and we mean wide: everything from 1930s banjo music to a song with a name he doesn’t know the meaning of. Tune into his WNUR show(s) at 6:30 p.m. Monday, 9:00 p.m Monday (Wild Mountain Nation with Tomi Mendel and Doug Kaplan) and 9:00 p.m. Friday (Shred, White, and Blue with Zach Robinson and Max Allison).
“False Light”
ISIS
Oceanic (2002)
This song will rip your face off and then scream at it.
“Heart it Races”
Dr. Dog
Heart it Races (2007)
This song’s pretty light, but Dr. Dog did wonders with the already awesome Architecture in Helsinki track.
“Far Beside”
Fulcrum Creak
Incriminated/Fulcrum Creak Split (1998)
I was looking for some new black metal for my radio show on Fridays. This wasn’t quite brutal enough but still pretty sick.
“Sleepdrunk Seasons”
Hjaltalin
Sleepdrunk Seasons (2008)
Very airy folk music, like most stuff from Iceland… funny how they descend from the Vikings.
“Love Undone”
The Deadly Snakes
Love Undone (1999)
One of the most satisfying songs I’ve ever heard.
“I Got a Plan for a Saturday Night”
The Deadly Snakes
Love Undone (1999)
The perfect song for a party thrash.
“Pirate Cowboy”
The Deadly Snakes
Not Your Soldier Anymore (2001)
My friend Declan and I had recently commented on this song’s ability to explain a cowboy’s confusion at also being a pirate.
“OTO-MUTU-SAN ～音ムツさん～”
Hifana
Not entirely sure what that’s supposed to mean, but it’s quite possibly the greatest band in the world.
“Six String Banjo Piece”
Sylvester Weaver
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923-1927) (2000)
Part of my Wild Mountain Nation set, which is the pre-WWII field recordings show on WNUR.
“Cigareetes, Whusky, and Wild, Wild Women”
The Sons of the Pioneers
RCA Country Legends (1946)
Another song of the WMN set. Apparently priorities haven’t changed much in 80 years.
