Loud and heavy rocking episode today with new music from J Mascis’ Heavy Blanket and San Francisco band Older Sun. Lydia Lunch is here with a cover of Black Sabbath’s War Pigs. We introduce two bands from Melbourne AU: Cable Ties and Civic. Also, new for us are Märvel from Sweden and Blue Heron from Albuquerque, NM. Towards the end of the show, we pay a tribute to Van Conner, bass player of Screaming Trees who passed away on January 17th this year. He was only 55.
Sisteria – Om-Yes
Civic – Born in the Heat
MÄRVEL – All For The Glory
Stack Waddy – Rosalyn
Heavy Blanket – Crushed
Older Sun – Misty Mountains
The Deviants – Broken Biscuits
Blue Heron – Push the Sky
Lydia Lunch – War Pigs
The Mark Of Cain – Visions Of Love
Predatür – Take A Walk
Cable Ties – Perfect Client
Screaming Trees – Julie Paradise
Solomon Grundy – My Mind
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.
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.
This is a nice little overview of the new female country rock scene. We start off with Kimberly Morgan York from Southern Kentucky. Then we check in with Nikki Lane from Nashville. Also in Nashville, we have Kelsey Waldon and Caitlin Rose. Over in Finland, we check out Erja Lyytinen. On the other side of the planed, we check in with Tami Neilson and Freya Josephine Hollick. In Canada, we hear the new stuff by Mariel Buckley. Stateside, Sunny Sweeney from Austin has a new record and so does Mean Mary from Geneva, Alabama.
Julie Christensen – Gloryland;
Kimberly Morgan York – Fallen;
Nikki Lane – Denim & Diamonds;
Sophie & The Broken Things – Heavy Metal;
Erja Lyytinen – Bad Seed;
Tami Neilson – Mama’s Talkin’;
Sarah Petite – Runnin’;
Mariel Buckley – Neon Blue;
Kelsey Waldon – History Repeats Itself;
The HawtThorns – On the Way;
Freya Josephine Hollick – Impossible to Love;
Sunny Sweeney – Someday you’ll call my name;
Sylvia Rose Novak – A Better Euphemism, Still;
Mean Mary – No Man’s Land;
Caitlin Rose – Black Obsidian;
Jamie McDell – Botox.
Heavier sound today with new music from Ty Segall, Volcanics and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Members of the Dandy Warhols, Immigrant Union and Courtney Barnett’s band put together a power trio called Super American Eagle. We check out Sisteria fronted by Katie Williams from Norman, OK. Also introducing Cold Stares from Indiana, El Perro from Sand Diego, Hell Beings from Brighton UK.
3rd Secret – Lies Fade Away;
Cold Stares – Mojo Hand;
El Perro – Oh Grace;
The Hellacopters – Beguiled;
Leadfinger – Onr More Day;
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Gaia;
Ty Segall – Hello Hi;
Ty Segall – The Crawler;
Mandragora – Rainbow Warrior;
The Hell Beings – Fungicidal Tendencies;
Volcanics – Vilotale World;
A Place To Bury Strangers – My Head Is Bleeding;
C.O.F.F.I.N. – Under Your Wing;
Urge Overkill – won’t Let Go;
Sisteria – Hunger;
Super American Eagle – Yes;
Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats – Poison Apple.
Today, well tempered music. Jesse Bryson from Brooklyn opens with a Fotomaker song. Murlocs from Melbourne are here with the new single. Toronto’s Sloan is also back with the new single. Martha are back with the new EP. Rubs from Chicago, Maple Mars from LA, Dana Fuchs from New York and Irene Pena from Seattle debut at the show.
Fotomaker – Come Back;
Jesse Bryson – Come Back;
Martha – Dreaming Out Loud (Tenement);
Tony Molina – separate ways;
Black Lizard – Adore Me;
The Reflectors – Fade Away (Into The Blue);
The Undertones – Here Comes The Summer;
The Rubs – Hang On To Me;
The Murlocs – Virgin Criminal;
Petrified Max – ’37 Stovebolt;
The Dirty Truckers – Let It Go;
Bettysoo – Listen;
Dana Fuchs – Borrowed Time;
Sloan – Spend the Day;
Abbie Barrett – Blood & Bone;
Momma – Callin Me;
E – caught;
Kate Clover – Heaven Down Here;
Irene Pena – Shut It Down;
Maple Mars – Silver Craft;
Cocktails – Part of the Problem;
Moogy Klingman – Liz, When You Waltz.
Today we check in with new music fro some true singer songwriting legends: Willie Nelson, John Doe of X, Lyle Lovett and Calexico. Nitty Girtty Dirt Band make a whole album of Bob Dylan covers and they don’t just do Nashville Skyline. Lada, Dinko and Hrvoje from Bambi Molesters have a new band called LHD and it fits very well with their previous work. We also check in with Tyler Bejoian and his Names. But the show opens a newcomer, Peter Donovan from Seattle, WA.
The Americans – Give Way
Peter Donovan – This Better Be Good;
Willie Nelson – I Don’t Go to Funerals;
Green On Red – Time Slips Away;
Daniel Romano – I Don’t Fit In;
Tyler & the Names – OB’s;
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You;
Bob Dylan – Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You;
Tom Troccoli’s Dog – Girl from the North Country;
John Doe – The Cowboy and the Hot Air Balloon;
Lyle Lovett – Her Loving Man;
Lyle Lovett – LA County;
Giant Sand – Yer Ropes;
Calexico – Then You Might See;
LHD – Boiling Water, Dreamy Girl;
Amy Lavere – Girlfriends.
New in music, Urge Overkill are back with the new record. Sylvia Rose Novak is also back with a rocking new single. We played nearly all songs from her previous masterpiece record Bad Luck. David Nance has yet another project, this time with Pearl Lovejoy Boyd and James Schroeder. Ambrose Kenny-Smith from King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard and Sam Cooper from Sagamore collaborate on a new single. Sofia Bolt has a new album. Today, we also introduce Sick Things from Canada, Susan Cattaneo from Boston. We got a wonderful archival record by Narrow Adventure featuring Kristi and Kelly Callan and Kjehl Johansen and we sample it today. The episode is dedicated to Gary Brooker, the voice of Procol Harum who passed away this year on February 19th.
Urge Overkill – Sister Havana;
Sick Things – Waste My Time;
Sylvia Rose Novak – Man I Used To Be;
Tiny Flaws – C’est Different;
Susan Cattaneo – All Is Quiet;
Sofia Bolt – Secret Memories;
Urge Overkill – Somebody Else’s Body;
Urge Overkill – A Necessary Evil;
Cooper & Kenny-Smith – Marengo Dream;
Chris Cacavas – Disappear;
John Wesley Coleman – Mushroom;
Gyasi – Sword Fight;
David Nance, Pearl Lovejoy Boyd and James Schroeder – 80 Into Nothing;
Narrow Adventure – I Don’t Know;
Wednesday Week – Forever;
Dime Box Band – Going My Way;
The Mirage – Is Anybody Home;
Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale.
Louisiana special today. We hear new music either made in Louisiana or inspired by it. We check out the new tunes from Corey Ledet, Dwayne Dopsie, Rose and The Bros, Salebarbes, Willie Durisseau, Kat Danser and Esther Rose. We also pay a tribute to a fallen swamp pop hero Rod Bernard.
Broadway Lafayette – Girl De Hong Kong;
Corey Ledet – This Is All I Want;
Dwayne Dopsie and Zydeco Hellraisers – I Give It You (In French);
Rockin’ Dopsie – Pushin and Pullin;
Mama Rosin – Negro Loco;
Rose & The Bros – Save Me a Waltz;
Salebarbes – Good Lord;
Lost Bayou Ramblers – Granny Smith (Live);
John Delafose – Chokin Kind;
Willie Durisseau – Willie’s Zydeco;
Kat Danser – Frenchman Street Shake;
Dr John – Such a Night;
Esther Rose – Mountaintop;
Rodney Crowell – Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight;
BeauSoleil – Cariere Zydeco;
The Revelers – Southside Stomp;
Rod Bernard and Clifton Chenier – My Babe;
Rod Bernard – Recorded in England;
Rod Bernard – Congratulations To You.
Today we start off with a track from the latest King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard album. Then we hear a new single from Ruby Boots, who collaborated with Indianola. And we hear it in live and studio version. Margaret Dollrod is back with her new band Heartthrob Chassis. In Belgrade, we check out the new music from Å ajzerbiterlemon. Also from Belgrade, we check out music from the surf trio cleverly named Threesome. Fever Feel from Canada have a new single (it’s a band that we just introduced recently. Over in Sweden, we check out The Janitors. It’s an older song, but it’s a good band that fell through the cracks for me. But the most exciting thing by far is the return album from one of my favorite 80s bands Danny And The Doorknobs. It’s a very surprising return to a band that existed shortly under that name, and is way better known as Trotsky Icepick. Their old album Poison Summer is one of the hidden 80s jewels and their new album might be even better than that. Definitely the most pleasant surprise this year and possibly the greatest return album since Mission of Burma’s ONoffON.
Poison Summer (Trotsky Icepick) – Gaslight; King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard – This Thing; Ruby Boots & Indianola – Might Be Losing My Mind; Ruby Boots & Indianola – Might Be Losing My Mind (Live in CLE); Demolition Doll Rods – Ghost on the Highway; Heartthrob Chassis – Sister; Sajzerbiterlemon – Sneg; River City Tanlines – Stop My Heart; The Janitors – Here They Come; Threesome – Lull; Sage – When The Time; Games – When The Time; The Dates – California Underneath the Sea; Fever Feel – In The Palm Of Her Hand; Danny and the Doorknobs – The Shadow; Danny and The Doorknobs – Harmona.
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