Flashlite #290

Pink TilesGreat news today! From this show on, we are underwritten by one of the best record shops in the world, Blue Arrow Records. Visit their location on the historic Waterloo Rd in Collinwood, Cleveland, it’s a great place to be. But let’s go back to the music. We bring a wild variety of tunes today from Chuck Berry and George Jones to wild garage rock of today. We have some new live records on the program, Lucero and White Fence both came up with some recently. White Fence also has a studio record out, which he calls For the Recently Found Innocent. Also a bunch of new names: The Pink Tiles from Melbourne, Faux Killas from Memphis, Dino’s Boys from Atlanta and Connections from Columbus. We finish things off with Waylon Jennings’ son Shooter Jennings who made a tribute to George Jones. He is singing in an effective duet with Katy Cole, who we should keep an eye on. She has a band over in Nashville called Last Daze.

Screaming Trees – Tomorrow Changes;
The Move – Do Ya;
The Pink Tiles – State Of The Nation;
Chris Cacavas And Edward Abbiati – Against the Wall;
Morphine – You Speak My Language;
Faux Killas – Eye on The Eye;
Dino’s Boys – Catapult;
Chuck Berry – Broken Arrow;
Ty Segall – Manipulator;
White Fence – Like That;
White Fence – Pink Gorilla;
Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox – Light of Day (Live in CLE);
Lucero – That Much Further West;
Connections – You Won’t Forget It;
Mud Boy And The Neutrons – Brownsville;
Furry Lewis – I’m Going To Brownsville (Blues Alphabet);
George Jones – If Drinkin’ Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will);
Shooter Jennings and Katy Cole – If Drinkin’ Don’t Kill Me.

Flashlite #289

Bruno Subiotto, Roger N. OutIt’s a heavy show today. We start off with OBN III’s from Austin TX, lead by Orville Bateman Neeley III. Their new album Third Time To Harm, which is loud add diverse love letter to rock’n’roll. Speaking about rocking, one of the strongest bands in Yugoslavia was The Spoons from Pula. Their singer Bruno Subiotto continued his career as a singer in numerous bands, and also as an actor. His new band is called Roger N. Out which we feature in today’s show. San Pedro Slim is also a new name in our show. He comes from San Pedro, sings the blues and plays a mean harmonica. Chuck Prophet’s new single is also featured today. It’s a heavy show today, but we finish with an incredible, soft new arrangement of Laura Nyro’s Been On A Train. This features Rickie Lee Jones on vocals and will be out on the upcoming Billy Child’s record Reimagining Laura Nyro.

Laura Nyro – Been On A Train;
Patto – Hold Me Back;
OBN IIIs – Parasites;
Blue Oyster Cult – Betty Lou’s Got A New Pair of Shoes;
Bob Mosley – The Joker;
The Spoons – Sooner or Later;
Roger N. Out – Ride Me;
Morgen – Welcome to the Void;
Powder Monkeys – I Thank You;
Sam and Dave – I Thank You;
J.B. Lenoir – The Whale (Blues Alphabet);
San Pedro Slim – Someday I Won’t Care;
Chuck Prophet – Lonely Desolation;
The Chamber Strings – I’ll Die Before She Leaves (Live in CLE);
Billy Childs Feat. Rickie Lee Jones – Been On A Train.

Instrumental bed music: Frank Zappa – Duodenum is dedicated to my dad.

Flashlite #288

The Ugly BeatsWe have some hot reissues this time from the Numero Group. As a continuation of their Nikki Sudden reissues, we also now have the first Jacobites reissues, the first lp and Robespierre’s Velvet Basement. Another hot reissue on the same label is Texan hard rock band Josefus with their 1970 loud masterpiece Dead Man. We also have some interesting new records. Brian Olive, who used to be with The Greenhornes and Soledad Brothers, now has a new EP called Move. We introduce The Ugly Beats from Austin TX and Rat Columns for the first time at The Little Lighthouse. Rock’n’roll megastars J Mascis and Ty Segall have new records each and Mark Lanegan had put out the new EP as an advance for the upcoming new record in the Fall this year.

Bevis Frond – Begone;
Josefus – Situation;
Brian Olive – Kicking the Dirt;
Brian Olive – Left Side Rock;
Junior Kimbrough – I Gotta Try You Girl (Blues Alphabet);
Los Flecos – Los Gusanos;
The Ugly Beats – Los Gusanos;
Hollis Brown – Gipsy Cat Blues (Live in CLE);
Jacobites – Jacobites Grave Kings And Queens;
Jacobites – Fortune of Fame;
Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove – Revolver;
Mark Lanegan And Isobel Campbell – Revolver;
Mark Lanegan Band – Jonas Pap;
J Mascis – Wide Awake;
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Vambo;
Ty Segall – The Faker;
Rat Columns – Another Day.

Flashlite #287

Elin Larsson, Blues PillsWe start of rocking hard. Mojo Magazine came up with the third instalment of their Heavy Nuggets and it sounds heavier than ever. Then we have a new name from Sweden – a hard rocking band Blues Pills fronted by Elin Larsson. Twin Peaks hail from Chicago and have a new album Wild Onion. Then we have a nice pair from Hozac – two singles and two new bands, 999999999 from the US and Southern Comfort from Australia, lead by Harriet Hudson and Angie Bermuda (also in Straight Arrows). One of the strongest albums this year so far is a duet by Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove, entitle simply A Fistful of Desert Blues. They recorded a bunch of punky blues songs and it’s really strong. Then we have Richard Thompson with a new acoustic solo record in which he revisits his classics. But probably the coolest little bit today comes out in our Live in CLE segment. Today we have a brand new band from Cleveland called Monday Sound and it’s put together by Tom Fallon (New Salem Witch Hunters) and Brent Ferguson (Living Stereo). They covered no less than two Jackie DeShannon songs on their first gig ever and my recorder was handy…

The Gun Club – The Stranger In Our Town;
Freedom – Going Down;
Blues Pills – High Class Woman;
Ian McLagan and The Bump Band – All I Wanna Do;
Freddie King – Going Down (Blues Alphabet);
Twin Peaks – No Way Out;
Jackie DeShannon – Dream Boy;
The Monday Sound – Dream Boy (Live in CLE);
Jackie DeShannon – Don’t Turn Your Back On Me;
The Monday Sound – Don’t Turn Your Back On Me (Live in CLE);
999999999 – White Devils;
Southern Comfort – Suzanne;
Sonic Youth – Death Valley ’69;
Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove – End of My Rope;
Wovenhand – Field of Hedon;
Richard Thompson – I Misunderstood.