Flashlite #612

Emma Swift

We have a couple of new names today. We start off with Coffis Brothers from Santa Cruz, CA. Daniel Donato comes from Nashville and we have a new one from Molly Tuttle from San Francisco with a phenomenal cover of She’s A Rainbow. Coming back, we have Kathleen Edwards from Canada and legendary Mary Chapin Carpenter featuring Duke Levine on killer lead guitar together in a stunning tribute to The Rolling Stones. We also check out John Dowler’s new track and we are especially delighted to hear Dan Penn’s new tunes. Emma Swift has a new record and it’s entirely consisted of Bob Dylan covers. The record is cleverly titled Blonde on The Tracks.

Swampmeat Family Band – Friends In The Floor;
The Coffis Brothers – Play It Loud;
Dan Penn – I Didn’t Hear That Coming;
Dan Penn – Come Into My Heart;
Bob Dylan – Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands;
Emma Swift – Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands;
John Dowler’s Vanity Project – Ordinary Man;
Fred and Rose – Midnight Train;
Daniel Donato – Angel from Montgomery;
Mary Chapin Carpenter – Between The Dirt And The Stars;
The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses;
The Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow;
Molly Tuttle – She’s a Rainbow;
Kathleen Edwards – Glenfern;
Detroit Cobras – Bad Girl.

Flashlite #611

Cary Morin

Today’s episode is inspired by the new music more or less connected to Louisiana. We start off with the new names for us, one-man-band Jesse Dayton and native American guitarist Cary Moran. John Paul Keith is next with a Cajun tune on his latest live album, specially prepared to close the gap between releases during the pandemic. Slavic Soul Party also released a similar live effort. They are a brass band showcasing Balkan folk traditions, but Balkan brass bands are really not all that different to the New Orleans brass and I think it can be heard on the tune I selected for this show. Legendary Louisiana Le Roux are back with the new record. Rhiannon Giddens has a new single, and we check it out today as well.

Ambrose Thibodeaux – Two Step de Kaplan;
Jesse Dayton – Mardi Gras Shake;
Cary Morin – Cary’s Groove;
Cary Morin – Blue Delta Home;
The Revelers – Au bou de la rivière (At the End of the River);
John Paul Keith – Cajun;
Rhiannon Giddens – Don’t Call Me Names;
Layla McCalla – Oh My Love;
Buckwheat Zydeco – When The Levee Breaks;
Lost Bayou Ramblers – Si J’Auraus Des Ailes (Live);
Leigh Gregory – Louisiana;
Sonny Landreth – Blacktop Run;
Rufus – Opelousas Sostan;
Clifton Chenier – Zydaco Cha Cha;
Louisiana’s Le Roux – Lucy Anna;
Slavic Soul Party – Truth;
Wayne Toups – Tupelo Honey.

Flashlite #610

2nd Grade

We have a nice powerpop oriented show today. We are starting with the new album for Greg Pope and follow up with yet another release by Daniel Romano this year (is anyone counting still?). Lemon Twigs are back with another shiny album. Built To Spill from Boise ID, return with an album that fully consists of Daniel Johnston’s reinterpretations. 2nd Grade is a new name that comes from Philadelphia. Their album is packed with short, catchy songs that are instant favorites. Speaking about short catchy songs, Guided by Voices are also back with a new one. Is anyone still counting those? Also from Ohio, we introduce Librarians with Hickeys. Cocktails from San Francisco released a wonderful little masterpiece this year entitled Catastrophic Entertainment. That and a bunch of other recent and not so recent pop tunes, today at the Little Lighthouse!

Guided By Voices – Motor Away;
Greg Pope – Blue Skies Above;
Daniel Romano – Laura Doesn’t Like Her Haircut;
Roling Blackouts Coastal Fever – The Second of The First;
The On And Ons – 9 Days;
Lisa Prank – Get Mad;
The Lemon Twigs – Live in Favor of Tomorrow;
Built To Spill – Life In Vain;
Kathy McCarty – Like a Monkey in a Zoo;
The Reflectors – Baby it’s You;
The Speedways – Daydreaming;
The Beatles – Eight Days A Week;
2nd Grade – Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider;
2nd Grade – Shooting From the Hip;
Guided by Voices – To Keep An Area;
Painted Doll – She Talks To Mirrors;
Jordan Jones – Be My Baby;
The Games – Why Can’t We Go Back;
Cocktails – Never Be Alone;
Librarians with Hickeys – And Then She’s Gone;
The Dates – Summer Girl.

Flashlite #609

Billy Nomates

Little Lighthouse is usually centered around music recorded with live drum and good guitars. Very rarely do we play synthesized beats and keyboard driven music. This episode is an exception. Nearly all songs are either synthesizer based or contain synthesized beats. Fake music. Lügenmusik. I promise it’s just a one-off. I’m really not an expert in this style of music. But enough interesting new tunes came in to build a good show and it also left us with enough space to look for some classics. We begin with the new tune for Psychedelic Furs and continue with a new name for us, Billy Nomates (or Tor Maries). Then we check out a new track from Metrolight (in Cleveland) and Can Tan from Turkey. Key Out come from Australia and we check out one of the latest tunes from Moon Duo. Dead Milkman Joe Jack Talcum has a new synth based dune and the new EP from Sculpture Club is based on synths.

Altin Gun – Gesi Baglari;
The Psychedelic Furs – No-One;
Billy Nomates – Escape Artist;
Trixie Whitley – The Hotter I Burn;
Human League – Life Killers;
Laki Pingvini – Devojka iz svemira;
Metrolight – 20th Century Boy;
Can Tan – Slap Inside This House;
Todd Rundgren – Breathless;
Suicide – Cheree;
Depeche Mode – So Much Love;
Key Out – buildings;
Moon Duo – Motorcycle, I Love You;
The Berries – DYWIB;
Chris Cacavas – Burn The Maps;
Joe Jack Talcum – Donut Dance;
Sculpture Club – Cops Don’t Care Pt. II;
Fred Thomas – Cops Don’t Care Pt. II;
Kraftwerk – Mitternacht.

Flashlite #608

Skylar Gregg

October show brings new music from All Them Witches, Oh-Sees and Karkara. San Mikulec over in Croatia is back with another Snooze in Motion EP. From Seattle, we have Naked Giants and Skylar Gregg is hailing from Nashville. We also introduce a new project for Wooden Wand and Nick Mitchell-Maiato, which they call One Eleven Heavy.

Faux Killas – Space Force;
The Nervous Eaters – Don’t You Cry;
All Them Witches – 41;
Honey Radar – Medium Mary Todd;
ÄŒao Portorož – U Daktariju;
Ned O’Millick Cooperative – E polucija;
Snooze in Motion – Doomsday in Disguise;
Naked Giants – The Shadow;
A Burning Bus – life goes on;
Oh-Sees – Gong of Catastrophe;
Karkara – Falling Gods;
Logan Ledger – I Don’t Dream Anymore;
One Eleven Heavy – Wild Hair;
Skylar Gregg – I Already Know;
Mark Lanegan – Burying Ground.