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
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.
Fine power pop and catchy tunes today with King Khan, Death Valley Girls and a fine band from Columbus called Connections that we love for a few years now. Whiffs who had a fantastic record two years ago, now are back with the new single. Arts & Leisure from Sacramento are also back with the new album. Dot Dash from Washington is also back with the new album after a great one we heard in 2018. Breanna Barbara is out with her new record. Babaganouj from Australia are also back with the new record. Introducing today Uni Boys from LA. We close our show today with a new song from Dr. Feelgood and also say goodbye to their legendary Wilko Johnson, their former guitarist who passed away on 21 November this year.
Best Bets – Big Time;
Uni Boys – On Your Lovin’ Mind;
The Whiffs – Tired of Romance;
The Whiffs – Seventeen;
Arts & Leisure – Hello;
Arts & Leisure – Pretty;
Breanna Barbara – Diamond Light;
Connections – Very Nice, Very Slow;
Connections – In Space;
King Khan & The Shrines – Children of the World;
Petrified Max – Cool Sliver Moon;
Steve Rosenbaum – Turn Out The Light;
Babaganouj – What Planet Do You Come From;
Death Valley Girls – What Are the Odds;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Your Man’s No Good;
Dot Dash – Walls Closing In;
Dot Dash – Tense & Nervous;
Dr. Feelgood – Damn Right I Do!;
Dr. Feelgood – She Does It Right;
Dr. Feelgood – I Don’t Mind.
A lovely update today with the new music from the legendary Robyn Hitchcock of the Soft Boys. We also check out new tunes from Ruby The Hatchet from New Jersey, Futurebirds deliver a solid cover of Roky Erickson, Hooten Hallers are back with the new album and so is The Intelligence and Lithics. We introduce Amplifier Heads for the first time at the show. We also check out a new colab between Mike Watt, Jim Keltner and Mike Baggetta. We close the show with the new single from the Zagreb band B. Confidential & The Secret Four. We also pay a tribute to Bob Neuwirth, a legendary singer songwriter, originally from Akron, who passed away on May 18 this year.
Tropical Fuck Storm – Stayin’ Alive;
Ruby The Hatchet – Deceiver;
Robyn Hitchcock – The Shuffle Man;
Soft Boys – Insanely Jealous;
Roky Ericson – I Think Of Demons;
Futurebirds – I Think of Demons (Roky Erickson);
The Hooten Hallers – Back In Business Again;
The Hooten Haller – Further From Shore;
Peter & The Silhouettes – Claudette Jones;
The Amplifier Heads – Space Cadette;
Bob Neuwirth – Rock And Roll Time;
Janis Joplin – Mercedes Benz – Janis Joplin;
The Intelligence – How to Improve Your Hearing Without Listening;
The Intelligence – My Work Here is Dumb;
Lithics – Lost Signal;
Minutemen – Maybe Partying Will Help;
Mike Baggetta, Jim Keltner, Mike Watt – Everywhen We Go;
B. Confidential & The Secret Four – Satan Is Her Name;
Crveni koralji – Johnny Guitar.
Today we check in with one of our favorites from the previous seasons, Philadelphia’s 2nd Grade who just have announced a new album. Another one of my favorites, but from the high school days, Godfathers from London are back with yet another album. New faves from Akron, Librarians with Hickeys check in with the new song and so do the Disheveled Cuss from LA. Weyes Blood is also back with new album. We introduce today Pictures from Melbourne, Doctor Explosion from Spain and Cleveland’s own Nick Cross. Our show today is dedicated to Anton Fier, legendary Clevelander and drummer who passed away on September 21, this year.
Bob Mould – Black Sheets of Rain;
Librarians With Hickeys – Ghost Singer;
The Pictures – I Can’t Hold It Back;
2nd Grade – 100 Hrs;
2nd Grade – Favorite Song;
2nd Grade – Beat of the Drum;
Doctor Explosion – Vestir De Mujer;
Godfathers – Love Is Dead;
Godfathers – Midnight Rider;
Nick Cross – Azalea City;
Disheveled Cuss – Wanna Be My Friend;
Disheveled Cuss – Ben Tramer;
Weyes Blood – It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody;
Weyes Blood – Picture me Better;
Jadranka Stojakovic – Sta ti je;
Golden Palominos – (Something Else Is) Working Harder;
Lounge Lizards – Do the wrong thing.
Today we review the newest in on the psych scene. We check in with Sweden’s Motorpsycho who have a new record and also with Osees and Aquarian Blood over in Memphis. We introduce Double Cheese from La Rochelle in France, Chris Forsyth in Philly, Baby Cool from Brisbane, White Hills from NYC. Ghost Woman, fronted by Evan Uschenko is particularly an interesting project! The show is dedicated to a Yugoslav psych and prog rock pioneer Kornelije Bata Kovac who passed away recently at the age of 80.
Sonic Youth – Brave Men Run (in My Family);
Double Cheese – Talk, Drink, Bleach;
Osees – Too Late for Suicide;
Pridjevi – Tavra Zorpro;
Aquarian Blood – Hold Out Now;
Chris Forsyth – Bad Moon Risen;
Sonic Youth – Ghost Bitch;
Ghost Woman – Do You;
Baby Cool – Magic;
David Nance – A Flight Of Stairs;
White Hills – Radiate;
Motorpsycho – Chariot Of The Sun To Phaeton On The Occasion Of Sunrise (Theme From An Imagined Movie;
David Craven & Jon S Williams – Festival;
Indexi – Plima;
Korni Grupa – Put Za Istok.
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).
