Flashlite #416

1-800-BandToday we start off with the brand new song from a really cool new record for Bash & Pop. Then we check out another cool song from a band that puts records much more frequently, Electric Six. 1-800-Band is a quartet that comes from Brooklyn – they hired legendary Mitch Easter to help them out with the new album entitled High Beams. We also introduce Rob Clarke and The Wooltones are from Liverpool, England and Kill West from Argentina. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard announced a new album that experiments with microtonal scales. Greg Stackhouse Prevost of The Chesterfield Kings is back with the new solo record. And we finish things off with the new album for Sloming Moops that just came out, entitled Dance Drool

Shurman – Looking back;
Bash And Pop – Anything Could Happen;
Electric Six – Lee Did This to Me;
Boomtown Rats – (Watch Out For) The Normal People;
Dave Davies – Creeping Jean;
1-800-Band – Jackie’s Wrong;
Rob Clarke And The Wooltones – Iron Eyes Cody;
Wreckless Eric – Days of My Life;
Pink Floyd – Paintbox;
Honey Radar – Sugar Helicopter;
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Sleep Drifter;
Kill West – Shivers;
Grant Hart – Signed D.C.;
Greg ‘Stackhouse’ Prevost – Signed D.C.;
Love – Signed D.C;
Katie Bar the Door – Gettysburg Girl;
Sloming Moops – Watch Out, Henry!

Flashlite #415

Jillian from Ruby The HatchetIt’s a heavy show today, at least in the beginning. We begin by introducing Ruby The Hatchet fronted by Jillian Taylor, from New Jersey. Then from Maryland, via the new Heavy Nuggets compilation, we check out The Obsessed. Then we pay a tribute to Rick Parfitt, the rhythm guitarist of Status Quo who passed away on December 24th. Then we introduce two brand new bands, one from Australia – The Rhinehearts and the other one Tyler and The Names, fronted by Tyler Bejoian from Boston. At the very end of the show, we hear two bonus songs from the brand new reissue of the legendary album Dixie Friend by Jim Dickinson.

Always August – Flatland;
Ruby The Hatchet – Vast Acid;
The Obsessed – Be the Night;
American Sharks – Satan’s Overture Pt. 1;
Nudity – Now I’m Resting;
Status Quo – Drifting Away;
Status Quo – Pictures Of Matchstick Men;
Camper Van Beethoven – Pictures of Matchstick Men (Live in CLE);
Rinehearts – By Himself;
Tyler & the Names – Orange Van;
The Infidels – Summertime Sucks;
Giant Sand – Milkshake Girl;
Babe Ruth – Sad But Rich;
Goodnight Loving – Dead Fish on the Banks;
The Prophet Hens – I Might Not Be Right;
The Mobbs – G-Type;
Occult Detective Club – The Way It Goes;
James Luther Dickinson – Old Time Used To Be (Christmas Tree);
James Luther Dickinson – Clap Your Hands.

Flashlite #414

Chelle RoseOk, so 2017 is ready to start! We are going to be listening to some new music that arrived during the winter break in which we explored what happened in 2016. We have the new record from the Two Cow Garage of Columbus. We introduce Babaganouj from Australia who are on that wonderful Smudge tribute. Chelle Rose is back with the new record recorded over in Austin TX with Ray Wylie Hubbard. Deniz Tek from Radio Birdman is also back with the new album. We also introduce the new band by Danny from Low Cut Connie – Swampmeat, new music from San Mikulec and his Sloming Moops and hard rockers The Skull.

Bad Luck Jonathan – Strange Engine;
Two Cow Garage – Continental Distance;
Babaganouj – Ugly, Just Like Me;
Scott Reynolds – The Truth About Tuesday;
Seth Walker – Fire in the Belly;
Rickie Lee Jones – Haunted;
Chelle Rose – Gypsy Rubye;
Deniz Tek – Burned Black;
Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats – Devil’s Work;
The Skull – The Door;
Jungle Nausea – Sympathy;
Mannequin Pussy – Denial;
Vlasta Popic – Szeged;
Sculpture Club – Black Coffee;
Low Cut Connie – Sister Mary;
Swampmeat – Sister Mary;
Sloming Moops – Sinner Joe Crazy.

Flashlite #413 – The Best Short Forms in 2016

Best of 2016Today we compile best short forms in 2016, which is kind of a playlist of my favorite singles, eps, downloads and other odds and ends this year.

Jonathan Richman – People Are Disgusting
Melvins – Choco Plumbing
Ghost – Missionary Man
Thee Oh Sees – Man In A Suitcase
Trese Lupa Udara – Beži!;
Vasko Atanasoski – Gradovi;
Fonija – Lazi me, lazi me;
The Safeties – No Fun;
The Sandwich Police – Love Yourself;
Lilly Hiatt – The Ax;
Eamon McGrath & The Hills Mover – Shadows On The Night;
Bash and Pop – Can’t Be Bothered;
Bash and Pop – On The Rocks;
Jon S Williams – Poor Ned;
Sheer Mag – Can’t Stop Fighting;
Jonathan Richman – That’s All We Need At Our Party.