WYEP Music Blog

Friday mornings on WYEP, Chef Bill Fuller (Corporate Chef for big Burrito) joins Cindy Howes at 7:30am for Pairings! Bill & Cindy challenge each other to pair up your favorite music with matching food and drink.. Let’s see what they came up with this week.

Cindy’s song pick: The Who “My Generation”

Bill’s menu pairing: Bill’s hippie menu – Three Musketeers candy bars, Church’s Fried Chicken, hand rolled Drum Tobacco cigarettes, Rainier Beer and leftover Baked Alaska (leftover from customers’ order at the fancy restaurant you work at).

Bill’s menu: Fried jumbo sandwich (white onion, mustard, soft white buns), Ruffles potato chips (in the sandwich), kosher dill pickles, Coca-cola and Samoa Girl Scout Cookies.

Cindy’s song pairing: Of Montreal “Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games”

Every Wednesday at 9:13 am, one of Pittsburgh’s finest music writers joins me (Cindy Howes) on the Morning Mix to play a couple favorite new songs and share some insight. Today we welcome Justin Jacobs (talking to us from Isreal via Skype!), contributing writer to Billboard & Relix Magazine.

In case you missed it here’s what he played with commentary by Justin:

of Montreal, “Dour Percentage” – Kevin Barnes and company put on a wild show in Tel Aviv a few weeks back — complete with dancing pigs, folks in white sheets, lots of colors and dancing and whatnot. of Montreal’s new album, Paralytic Stalks, is a darker take on the band’s psychedelic weirdo-pop, and this song captures the band at its best. I liken the band on record to David Bowie: really funky and wild, but in a buttoned-up way. But live, the buttons come off, and so do most of the clothing.

Balkan Beat Box, “Part of the Glory” – One of Israel’s best exports, these guys make Middle Eastern pop music (not what you’re thinking) that could play in any Western club, with saxophone lines cutting through spicy, dusty chants and tons of start-stop beats that make you wanna move. I think pop radio would be a better place if bands like this got some play.

Extra bonus!

Liars, “No. 1 Against the Rush” – Liars are back! Everyone’s favorite endlessly-creepy freak-out rockers are going to drop their sixth album, WIXIW, in a few weeks, and this electronic, churning cut is a great teaser. This summer’s going to get weird!