The Afternoon Show // WTSQ

14/09/2025

happy birthday to West Virginia’s own Fred Sonic Smith. rest in power forever ❤️

Artist: MC5Song: Kick out the jamsAlbum: Kick out the JamsYear: 1969Personnel:Rob Tyner - vocalsWayne Kramer - Lead Guitar, Backing vocalsFred "Sonic" Smith ...

01/09/2025

west virginians - please read. from our pal Reverend Bill. ❤️

Remember, as Federal funding gets cut for food banks and feeding programs, the need continues to grow. Please consider reaching out to your state, county, and city government officials to ask if there is a line item in their budget to better support these programs. And if no provision exists, ask them if they would consider adding funds on the next budget to support the feeding of West Virginians who face food insecurity.

About 15% of West Virginia’s population — one in seven people — is struggling with hunger. Among the most-impacted are children and senior citizens. “We have to figure out a way forward, whether that’s through the community-based organizations or through state resources or federal resources, or, most likely all of the above. We’ve got to find a way forward … Because one setback — a doctor bill, a car breakdown, your heat pump goes bad — one little thing like that can set a family back years. It’s hard for those families. We see it in our pantries. There are a lot of people struggling, right on the edge.” - Mountaineer Food Bank Executive Director Chad Morrison, The Dominion Post

10/08/2025

our hearts have officially exploded. ❤️

INTRODUCING THE S**T HOT RE-FORMED AU PAIRS.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: JEM DOULTON ( DRUMS ) FROM THURSTON MOORE GROUP, ALEX WARD ( GUITAR ), FROM THURSTON MOORE GROUP AND FORMER PERE UBU, LESLEY WOODS ( AU PAIRS' SINGER, GUITAR & SONGWRITER) AND ESTELLA ADEYERI ( BASS) FROM BIG JOANIE BAND

05/08/2025

let's get out and support our friends at Seeds Of Hope For Haiti and the kids they feed and educate! this is going to be an AMAZING night of music. all the love to Woodly Baptiste from SOHFH and Sar from Hello June xo

I'm bringing some of my favorite people together to put on an event that will help our sweet friends in Haiti keep their school running. If you've followed us for a while, you've seen me mention Seeds Of Hope For Haiti. Recently they have been put in some tough situations and were at risk for losing their school that feeds and educates about 150 students. We've become real big cheerleaders for these students and at this point I call Woodly, the school's founder, a friend, so we're gonna do our best to help them out in their time of need and we're gonna do so by bringing people together to buy some great art and hear a couple of West Virginia's best songwriters. Please join us for this wonderful evening.

Here's the RSVP: Music + Art Can Save the School
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Songwriter's Round + Silent Auction
Thursday August 14th, 5-7pm
Folklore Music Exchange in Charleston, WV
Songwriter Round including: Hello June, Andrew Adkins, Ron Sowell, and Blue Twisted Steel

Artists graciously donating work for the silent auction: ECHO-LIT, Heath Holley Design + Illustration, Bashful Bee Press, Erin Kuehn, Michelle Scobey, Scott Baucan, and Veronica Martin.

These works include ceramics, posters, and more. Come have some fun and help us raise some money!

Want to help us raise the funds, but unable to make it in person? Feel free to donate in the link below

16/07/2025

❤️ big bird and snuffy are punk rock.

Please remember to take care of yourselves. Check up on your loved ones, and let them know how much they mean to you.

Try to find a reason to smile and laugh each day.

08/07/2025

reason #27461 to visit Charleston!

07/07/2025

Stiff Little Fingers forever ❤️

‘There wasn’t time to sit down and discuss politics and the future of the world, or your aims and aspirations. You just did stuff’

27/06/2025

24/06/2025

SURPRISE SINGLE DROP & EP ANNOUNCEMENT!

Turns out we’ve been really cheeky and actually kept something a secret for once
(worst secret keeping band ever ever)

Welcome our next single ‘I’m Fine And I’m Doing Great’. An ode to the DIY punk music industry and all its highs and lows. Loving what you do but also genuinely wondering if you need to see a physiotherapist after every tour. We’re exhausted but boy are we grateful for what we have

This single is the 2nd from our new upcoming
EP ‘BORING SONGS FOR BORING PEOPLE’ !! out 12th September

Recorded as always by freaky record making king Niall Doran at the studio we call home Start Together Studios

Artwork by our good mate and resident rat boy of Belfast Conor Barbour SWIPE TO SEE IT & go follow him for more excellent arts

Cool new DIY music video shot by This Ship Argo
Concept & editing by our very own Alanah Smith
(Get to YouTube to watch it)

https://youtu.be/PvN5r6zGZPA

Photo by the glamorous & ever talented legend Ellen Blair who is shooting our entire EP concept

And it’s being put out by thee greatest label in the whole damn world Alcopop Records

Pre-Orders for our new EP on vinyl & cool new exclusive EP merch are available on the Alcopop website & in our bio now if you wanna help support us on this journey

https://ilovealcopop.co.uk/products/problem-patterns-boring-songs-for-boring-people-screenprinted-vinyl-ep

https://ilovealcopop.co.uk/products/problem-patterns-boring-songs-shirt

Anyway, we hope our new single resonates with some of the burnt out baddies out there

20/06/2025

happy west virginia day everyone! ❤️

08/03/2025

*PINK*

Artwork by the awesome Lorna Tiefholz (who will no doubt be invisible tomorrow ...)

08/03/2025

Stop killing women, stop othering trans women, f**k Terfs, stop letting these things slide, stop staying silent, start showing up

Celebrate the incredible women in your life, uplift them, back them, believe them, fight with them

Happy International Women’s Day

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