Minutemen’s “Double Nickels On The Dime”, Husker Du’s “Zen Arcade”, Meat Puppets second album… all these records came out within two months in 1984 and today are considered greatest albums of the underground rock movement in the 80s. Another thing they have in common is that they were engineered and produced by SPOT. His portfolio, mainly for SST is nothing short of stunning. He is also responsible for fun etchings in the runout grooves of SST records. Sadly, he passed away on March 4th this year after a stroke. Today’s show is entirely dedicated to his work.
Husker Du – Eight Miles High
Black Flag – Rise Above
Minutemen – One Reporter’s Opinion
Minutemen – This Ain’t No Picnic
Minutemen – History Lesson Part 2
Husker Du – Somewhere
Husker Du – Pink Turns To Blue
Husker Du – Newest Industry
Meat Puppets – Lost
Meat Puppets – Lake of Fire
Meat Puppets – Up On The Sun
Meat Puppets – Maiden’s Milk
Descendents – Hope
Descendents – Bikeage
Minutemen – The Maze
Minutemen – Definitions
Minutemen – Sickles and Hammers
Husker Du – It’s Not Funny Anymore
Minutemen – 99
Husker Du – If I Told You
Husker Du – Celebrated Summer
DC3 – 98 Malvern St
Rhythm Pigs – Fire
Happy Family – We Love You We Don’t Love You
Tailgators – Pick Up The Deck
Mike Watt (with SPOT) – Hearbeat
Today we open with the new bad from France, Shake Some. Also from France, we have the new one from Les Lullies. John Henry Timmis IV is a reclusive artist and author who passed away in 2002, but I haven’t been aware of him until now, when a collection of his basement tapes surfaced recently under the moniker of J.T.IV. We stay in Chicago and check out the new one from Poison Boys. Over in Dayton, we check in with Guided By Voices who released yet another album in the past year (I lost the count). Also in Dayton, Andrew Gabbard has a new single and also, a new record with his native band Buffalo Killers. It’s a compilation of rare and unreleased recording he did with his brother Zach. Robert Forster of Go-Betweens is back with the new record. Monnone Alone is also here with new music. We introduce Gwil Owen from Nashville. and Nothing but best pop music today in honor of Burt Bacharach, who passed away on February 8th this year.
Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
Shake Some – Don’t Tell Me More
Poison Boys – Set You Free
Poison Boys – Don’t You Turn on Me
Connections – Month 2 Month
Guided By Voices – Ballroom Etiquette
Andrew Gabbard – Glum And Empty
Buffalo Killers – Good Feeling
The Go-Betweens – Don’t Let Him Come Back
Robert Forster – Did she Overtake You
Robert Forster – She’s A Fighter
J.T.IV – A Fix Of Rock N Roll
Maple Mars – Anchors Aweigh
Popular Creeps – Split Decision
Gwil Owen (February 2023) – GhostTown
Les Lullies – Dernier Soir
Eamon McGrath – Teenager
Monnone Alone – Ways to Wear My Hair
Tom Jones – Promise Her Anything
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach – God Give Me Strength
Today we check out new jams by Mythic Sunship from Denmark and Dead Meadow from Washington DC. Arizonians Naïm Amor and John Convertino collaborate on very interesting instrumentals. Introducing this week, Odd Men Out and Korb from London UK, Elkhorn from New York, Marcel Borrack from Melbourne Australia and Third Sound from Berlin.
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Blood Moon;
Odd Men Out – Summer;
Mythic Sunship – Tempest;
Mike Baggetta, Jim Keltner, Mike Watt – Everywhen We Go (Slight Return);
Naïm Amor and John Convertino – Black Foot Shuffle;
Elkhorn – Wilderness;
David Craven & Jon S Williams – Mountain;
Korb – Android;
Marcel Borrack – Marcel Borrack – Stop Trippin’;
Daliborovo Granje – Mehana;
Dead Meadow – Valmont’s Pad;
The Third Sound – Ghosts of Memphis;
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Ice V.
Today we check American singer-songwriters with the most interesting new releases. Margo Price and Sharon Van Etten collaborate on a new tune. Dawn Landes and Rizo are also collaborating. Annie Keating is back with the new tune and so it Amy Ray. Elizabeth Moen comes from Chicago, Angie Olsen from Ashville, Carter Sampson from Oklahoma, Dawn Riding from California, Abbie Gardner from New Jersey and Bailey Bigger from Memphis. They all have new releases.
Leyla McCalla – Vini We;
Margo Price and Sharon Van Etten – Radio;
Elizabeth Moen – Where’s My Bike;
Freya Josephine Hollick – Nobody’s No Better; Than No One;
Angie Olsen – All the Good Times
Carter Sampson – Gold;
The HawtThrons – On the Way;
Rizo & Dawn Landes – War on Women;
Annie Keating – I’ve Got You;
Dime Box Band – What Went Wrong;
Linda Hoover – 4 + 20;
Amy Ray – From This Room;
Dawn Riding – All the Time;
Fiver – Working Class Coinage;
Erika Lewis – If You Were Mine;
Bailey Bigger – Let’s Call It Love;
Abbie Gardner – See You Again;
Gina Sicilia – One Last Tender Moment.
Roots rock today. We check out new music from Walter Parks, who used to play with Richie Havens in the past. Another new tune comes from The Cold Stares, over in Indiana. Also introducing we have Herman Hitson from Atlanta and Dayna Kurtz from New Orleans. Her project is called Lulu and The Broadsides. Directly from Canada, we introduce Meghan Parnell and Bywater Call. Mark Lanegan’s collaborator Duke Garwood has a new album and so does Brant Bjork. We close the show with one new tune from All Them Witches.
Willie Walker – A Lucky Loser;
Walter Parks and the Unlawful Assembly – Wade In The Water;
The Cold Stares – The Joy;
Little Albert – Blues Asteroid;
Hambone Skinny – Gin Joint Jukin’;
Herman Hitson – Let The Gods Sing;
Bywater Call – Left Behind;
Annie Keating – Boxes;
Dayna Kurtz – That’s a Pretty Good Love;
Duke Garwood – Return to Splendour;
Slink Moss Explosion – Magic of the Stone;
The Murlocs – Wickr Man;
Brant Bjork – Who Do You Love;
All Them Witches – Blacksnake Blues.
Topic today is recent garage rock scene around the globe. We first check in with Thee Isolators from Buffalo New York. Then we have Strange Attractor from Canada. Over in Oxford Mississippi, we hear a title song from Tyler Keith’s new album. Graham Winchester from Memphis has a new tune. Another fertile rock’n’roll ground, Detroit has sprung Popular Creeps with new album out on Big Stir Records. In UK, from London, Jack Cades are back with the new single. Also in UK, we have Liquorice Experiment. We also check out Optic Nerve, a band that was around since the mid 80s but remained virtually unknown until recently. They recorded a very nice album back in 2005 and it finally sees the light of day these days. Today’s show is dedicated to Jerry Lee Lewis who passed away recently.
C.O.F.F.I.N. – City Sun;
Thee Isolators – Crying Eyes;
Strange Attractor – Dog Walker;
S.U.G.A.R. – Heartbreaker;
Dion Lunaton – Too Hard to Love, Too Young to Die;
Tyler Keith – Hell to Pay;
Graham Winchester – Lab Rat;
So Gung Ho – Schoolday’s Over;
Wolfmanhattan Project – H Hour;
Popular Creeps – Black & Blue;
The Jack Cades – Something New;
Ace of Spit – Lonedell Wildflower;
The Downhauls – Convenient Friend;
The Darts – Love Tsunami;
The Optic Nerve – Everyday Sunshine;
The Toxics – Gaffer Tape;
Schizophonice – Turns to Glass;
Little Richard – Keep A Knockin;
Veronica Lewis – Ode to Jerry Lee;
Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On;
Jerry Lee Lewis – Lewis Boogie;
The Liquorice Experiment – Novice Pretender.
Today we check out the latest in loosely speaking post wave. We have new singles from the Australian bands R.M.F.C. and Straight Arrows and also French band Frustration and Spitting Image from Reno, Nevada. We check out new album announcements from two Ohio bands, The Drin from Cincinnati and Public Squares from Cleveland. Bass Drum of Death from Oxford, Mississippi has a new album and Eamon McGrath did something outrageous – seven (yes 7!) new albums in just one day. Over in LA, Fernando Perdomo and Michael Collins collaborate as Broken Sound. Today’s show is dedicated to Tom Verlaine, legendary guitarist of Television who passed away on January 28.
Television – Days;
The Drin – Venom;
Bass Drum of Death – Find It;
Bass Drum of Death – Too Cold to Hold;
Spitting Image – Full Sun;
Broken Sound – She Likes Running;
New Brutarians – New Muse;
Eamon McGrath – Tides;
Public Squares – Voices;
Living Stereo – Soul 67;
Eggy – Magic 8 Ball;
Frustration – Winds Of Change;
Tom Verlaine – Mr. Blur;
R.M.F.C. – Access;
Straight Arrows – Fast Product;
Television – Marquee Moon.
My coming out of age decade is the 80s. But we can all safely objectively admit that the best rock music came out between 1965 and 1975. Two of the strongest creators in that period left the planet recently within a week from each other. Legendary guitarist of Yardbirds Jeff Beck and founder of The Byrds David Crosby. Both left an permanent mark in the history of popular music. Beck as a guitarist and Crosby as a vocalist and songwriter. We merely use this sad moment to just take back the clock and listen to some music from the period when rock was truly innovative and fresh. Excuse my US vinyl for the Yardbirds, but that’s how it came out back then in glorious fake “electronically enhanced” stereo.
Byrds – Psychodrama City
Yardbirds – Train Kept A Rolling
Yardbirds – Evil Hearted You
Yardbirds – Shapes of Things
Yardbirds – Over Under Sideways Down
Yardbirds – Jeff’s Boogie
Jeff Beck – Hi Ho Silver Lining
Jeff Beck Group – Blues De Luxe
Jeff Beck Group – Spanish Boots
Jeff Beck Group – Ice Cream Cakes
Beck, Bogert and Appice – Superstition
Byrds – The Airport Song
Byrds – Wait and See
Byrds – Eight Miles High
Byrds – Wild Mountiain Thyme
Byrds – What’s Happening
Byrds – Renaiscance Fair
Byrds – Lady Friend
Byrds – Triad
Byrds – Draft Morning
David Crosby – Get Together.
Welcome to the first regular Lighthouse in 2023! We have new tunes from Trotsky Icepick, Starcrawler, Brower, Speedways and The Routes. Speedways from UK and Brower from New York have exceptionally catchy new tunes. We introduce Pointed Sticks from Canada, Rayland Baxter from Nashville and Varonas from Spain. We also have two tributes. One to Terry Hall, the vocalist of The Specials and leader of Fun Boy Three and the other to Massimo Savic, legendary Yugo rock singer. Both passed away last month.
The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore;
Dorian Gray – Sjaj u tami;
Trotsky Icepick – Girl You Got to Change;
Petrified Max – The Big W (Happy New Year);
Mick Trouble – Me and the Riddle Tree;
Brower – Where is the Magic;
The Speedways – Secret Secrets;
Deniz Tek – Home;
Fruit Tones – Cream & Sugar;
The Pointed Sticks – Out Of Luck;
The Pointed Sticks – There’s The Door;
Rayland Baxter – Tadpole;
BBQT – JUMPOUTS (single version);
Starcrawler – Thursday;
Varonas – Décadas;
Doctor Explosion – Grises;
The Routes – Lead Lined Clouds;
Fun Boy Three – The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum);
The Specials – Friday Night Saturday Morning;
The Specials – Concrete Jungle.
Contemporary rockers like to go back to the old songs and make covers. It’s been like that since the earliest days of rock’n’roll. Pandemic lockdowns have forced musicians to stay home and pause their tours. In confinement, many found inspiration in old songs. Today’s show is just a mere selection to illustrate this phenomenon. Glam, power pop, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, 60s rock… that’s on our program tonight, but in renewed and refreshed makeovers from today’s artists.
Willie Nelson – With a Little Help from My Friends
The Flashcubes featuring Steve Conte – Gudbuy T’Jane
Bill Lloyd – Let Her Dance
The Jack Cades feat. Frankie Fuzz – For Your Love
The Zack Static Sect – Have You Seen My Baby
The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs – Slow Death
The Loud Family – Rocks Off
Hollis Brown – Stupid Girl
Melvins – Sway
The William Loveday Intention – Hurricane
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Brad Marino – Another Sad and Lonely Night
Mod Fun – Day After Day
Jeff Beck/Johnny Depp – Venus In Furs
Sounds Incarcerated – Porpoise Song
Valerie June – Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home
John Wesley Coleman – Everybody’s Talking
Phosphorescent – To Love Somebody.
Podcasting from Cleveland, Ohio. Broadcasting on Radio Kragujevac, every Sunday from 4-5pm (Central European Time). Streaming on Rock XS every Thursday at Midnight (Eastern European Time).
