We welcomed Bethlehem, PA-based indie rock band Food Truck onto the roof of the city’s Flatiron Building 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 provided an ideal setting for the band to showcase their sharpened songwriting and performance skills.
Show #72
This show premiered on WDIY 88.1 FM — Lehigh Valley Public Radio in August, 2024. We featured the Rooftop Session from Food Truck. We also 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 session below or the songs we played in the Spotify and Tidal playlists below.
1. So Distant
2. Anything for You
3. Prettiest Thief
4. Chemical
5. Friend
6. Interview
BAND PICK: The Redos - Make It Three
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
