Show #72

Tape Swap Radio

On the latest WDIY 88.1 FM broadcast, we featured the Rooftop Session from Bethlehem, PA-based indie rock band Food Truck, recorded in August, 2024. With their influences planted firmly in the ‘90s alternative rock era, the trio delve into earnest songwriting about friendship, love loss, and the tribulations of navigating your 20s — all with guitar, bass, and drums leaving a satisfying ringing in your ears. Food Truck’s second and newest album, Pure Gold, was just released a week before the recording of this session, and four out of the five songs they performed are from this latest release. As we found out, the open space of the Flatiron Building roof in southside Bethlehem provided an ideal setting for the band to showcase their sharpened songwriting and performance skills.

1. So Distant
2. Anything for You
3. Prettiest Thief
4. Chemical
5. Friend
6. Interview
BAND PICK: The Redos - Make It Three

Also on the radio broadcast, we featured a mix of bands playing DIY shows coming up in the Lehigh Valley, Philly, and NEPA areas — and in lieu of material from the newly-formed band Now Is Never, who will be performing a couple of upcoming Velvert Underground tribute sets, we include three live songs from VU’s iconic 1993 live album. Listen to the songs played from the broadcast in the Spotify and Tidal playlists below.

Complete list of songs featured on the radio broadcast:

Raavi - Take Me - Take Me [Single] (2024)
Sister. - Colorado - Colorado [Single] (2024)
Small Mess - Feeling Better - New Body (2018)
Christina Giacoletti - 22 (Over Soon) - What’s Left Here for Me (2023)
Snail Mail - Madonna - Valentine (2021)
Glitterer - The Same Ordinary - Rationale (2024)
Giant’s Despair (fka Gypsy) - Sleep Well - Giant’s Despair (2011)
OK Buddy - Third Degree - Strays [EP] (2024)
—FOOD TRUCK ROOFTOP SESSION—
So Distant
Anything for You
Prettiest Thief
Chemical
Friend
Interview
BAND PICK: The Redos - Make It Three
The Velvet Underground - Guess I’m Falling - Live MCMXCIII (1993)
The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs - Live MCMXCIII (1993)
The Velvet Underground - The Gift - Live MCMXCIII (1993)
RA!D - Faceless - Faceless [Single] (2024)
Arklight - Half-Life - Exorcisms (2023)
Advance Base - Little Sable Point Lighthouse - Little Sable Point Lighthouse (2022)
William H. Travis - Vermont - Vermont [Single] (2024)
Time Being - Mantra - Would You Rather Have a Ceiling? (2024)
D. Spaulding - Bulldozer - Jilt Matrimonial Turkey Heartland Desert Classic Jubilee (2024)
Creekwater - Weird Year - Wish & Learn [EP] (2015)
Brother JT - California - Shaky Jet Loner (2023)

Live shows mentioned in this episode