Welcome to Brainwaves!

Posted: April 2, 2013 by brainwaves in Playlists, Podcasts

Brainwaves iconBrainwaves is eclectic alternative radio – two hours of music every week spanning five decades of rock and roll. You’ll hear everything from the pop 70s all the way to the latest melodic indie, with a healthy dose of punk, progressive, new wave and grunge thrown into the mix. Your host, Brian Blum, broadcasts from Jerusalem, Israel, so you’ll hear some cool Israeli rock as well.

Here are the times to listen:

Israel & Europe (EET)
Monday at 5:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (3:00 PM in the U.K.)
Monday at 6:30 PM on 
RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 1:00 PM on Radio Lantau (7:00 PM in Hong Kong)
Tuesday at 9:00 PM on WildDogsRadio
Wednesday at 6:00 PM on CMRSradio (4:00 PM in the U.K.)
Wednesday at 9:00 PM on Life Right Radio (7:00 PM in the U.K.)
Thursday at 7:00 PM on Voodoo Radio (5:00 PM in the U.K.)
Sunday at 10:00 PM on CMRSradio (8:00 PM in the U.K.)

North America
Monday at 7:00 AM Pacific and 10:00 aM Eastern on Voodoo Radio
Monday at 8:30 AM Pacific, 11:30 Eastern on RadioFreeNachlaot.com
Tuesday at 3:00 PM Pacific, 6:00 PM Eastern on Radio Lantau
Tuesday at 11:00 AM Pacific and 2:00 PM Eastern on WildDogsRadio
Wednesday at 8:00 AM on CMRSradio
Wednesday at 11:00 AM Pacific and 2:00 PM Eastern on Life Right Radio
Thursday at 9:00 AM Pacific and noon Eastern on Voodoo Radio (7:00 AM in the U.K.)
Sunday at 12:00 PM on CMRSradio

Requests and comments: brainwavesradio@gmail.com

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BandSong
Toy MatineeThe Ballad of Jenny Ledge
Kevin GilbertThe Best Laid Plans
Kevin GilbertSuit Fugue (Dance of the A+R Men)
GiraffeFly on a Windshield/Broadway Melody of 1974 (cover: Genesis)
GenesisCalling All Stations
Sheryl CrowMother Nature’s Son (cover: The Beatles)
The Guess WhoNo Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature
Mother MotherDirty Town
Sufjan StevensDecatur or Round of Applause for Your Stepmother
The Durutti ColumnRequiem for Mother
Peter GabrielMother of Violence
Kaki KingGay Sons of Lesbian Mothers
Natalie MerchantMotherland
SparksNever Turn Your Back on Mother Earth
Daft PunkMotherboard
Paul SimonMother and Child Reunion
John LennonMother
DaughterSmother
The IciclesWhirling
The IciclesSnowmen
Steven WilsonMy Book of Regrets
The XXIntro
Owl CityOn the Wing
Matthew SweetLooking at the Sun
Belle and SebastianTo be Myself Completely
The StillsReady for It
The Jim Carroll BandPeople Who Died
Billy IdolDancing with Myself
Erez Lev AriZake et Ami (Win Over the People)
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BandSong
The Botzer ProjectWho Are You? (English translation)
Bright EyesLover I Don’t Have to Love
Beach FossilsTaking Off
Yael NaimFar Far
Kishi BashiBright Whites
The Jim Yoshi Pile UpDouble Negative
Bob SchneiderJohn Lennon
Mark KozelekFind Me, Ruben Olivares
Nick DrakePink Moon
Dream AcademyLife in a Northern Town
The Polyphonic SpreeThe Fragile Army
YesSoon
Lucy SchwartzRunning
HaimBetter Off
The Innocence MissionEvensong
Cocteau TwinsPearly Dewdrops’ Drops
Daddy DewdropsChick a Boom
SugarloafDon’t Call Us We’ll Call You
Dr. HookSylvia’s Mother
Tommy Tutone867-5309 (Jenny)
The DickiesManny Moe and Jack
Nash the SlashDead Man’s Curve (cover: Jan and Dean)
Iggy PopLust for Life
Neon NeonI Lust For You
The BuzzcocksJust Lust
Jets OverheadWhite Out
Mat KearneyNothing Left to Lose
Pete YornCrystal Village
Peter Gabriel (with Laurie Anderson)This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
Laurie AndersonThe Beginning of Memory
Azure RayThese White Lights Will Bend to Make Blue
Rilo KileyThe Good That Won’t Come Out
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BandSong
Neil CicieregaCrocodile Chop
The Beach BoysCrocodile Rock (cover: Elton John)
Echo and the BunnymenCrocodiles
R.E.M.Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter
Tilly and the WallAlligator Skin
Red Letter AgentBurn the Good Ones Down
Roco DeLuca and the BurdenColorful
Pop is ArtLet Me Be the One
Josh RitterChange of Time
Tangerine DreamPrecious (cover: Depeche Mode)
Depeche ModeEverything Counts
U2Stories for Boys
The CureJumping Someone Else’s Train
Bloc PartyThis Modern Love
World PartyMaking Love (to the World)
Regina SpektorThe Party
Matt Pond PAThe Party
Jonathan CoultonI’m Having a Party
The Bay City RollersSaturday Night
ChicagoSaturday in the Park
The Small HoursSunday
Happy MondaysStep On
Counting CrowsOn a Tuesday in Amsterdam Long Ago
The Guess WhoA Wednesday in Your Garden
The CureFriday I’m in Love
Rebecca BlackFriday
AquaBarbie Girl
Rilo KileyThe Frug
Savanna RootsBaby Gone
Suzanne VegaIn Liverpool
The BanglesGoing Down to Liverpool
The Boo RadleysLazarus
The BeatlesGlass Onion
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Beatles A to Z — in covers!

BandSong
The Well PenniesAll My Loving
Robyn HitchcockA Day in the Life
Matthew Sweet & Susannah HoffsAnd Your Bird Can Sing
LightmythAcross the Universe
Eddie IzzardBeing For the Benefit of Mr. Kite
Elliot SmithBecause
Michael StanleyCry Baby Cry
Tangerine DreamEleanor Rigby
Yellow Matter CustardFree as a Bird
GomezGetting Better
Yellow Matter CustardGlass Onion
Dua LipaGolden Slumbers
The MustangHere, There and Everywhere
World PartyHappiness is a Warm Gun
Vanilla SkyHelp!
P.HuxI’m Looking Through You
StoriesI Want to Hold Your Hand
Neal MorseIf I Fell
VinesI’m Only Sleeping
Johnny CashIn My Life
Stars on 45Beatles medley
Elton JohnLucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Nick CaveLet it Be
Fool’s GardenMartha My Dear
Sheryl CrowMother Nature’s Son
Nick HeywardNowhere Man
GrandaddyRevolution
TransatlanticStrawberry Fields Forever
Neal MorseSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends
Randy BachmanThink for Yourself
Lucinda WilliamsWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps
Heather NovaWe Can Work It Out
Anya MarinaYou’re Gonna Lose that Girl
The Beat BugsYou Won’t See Me
Walk off the EarthYesterday

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Playlist for April 20, 2026

Posted: April 20, 2026 by brainwaves in Playlists
BandSong
EthnixStrawberries
Yehuda PolikerWhat Will Be Will Be
Alon OlearchikShe Walks on the Roads
Monika SexOn the Floor
The Tractor’s RevengeGame of Tears
ForesttAmalia
The Idan Raichal ProjectNicer Words Than These
Nathan GoshenThinking About It (Let it Go)
Niv KaikovNo Regrets
Red MeadowForever 21
SynergyGuilty
The Madbujah ProjectBaladistan
Avraham TalLights
Efo HaYeledWhat’s Come Over Me?
KarolinaFacing the Sea
KaveretMarket Song
KaveretInspector Clever
Ivri LiderThe Blue Glass
Beit HaBubotMissed Dreams
AvtipusThere Goes My Humor
Tea PacksThe Old Station
MashinaWake Up
MashinaA Qualified Optician
Shalom HanochSlowly Slowly
Shlomo ArtziLike Then
Arik EinsteinFragile
Ehud BanaiGoing Out into the Light (Published)
Evyatar BanaiWhen Will We Kiss?
Elai Botner and the Outside KidsDone but not Over
Botzer(Hebrew is) a Pretty Language