Flashlite #338

Ultimate PaintingToday we start off with an Australian band The On and Ons who serve as a backup band for Paul Collins when he plays over there. But they are also a band on their own and The On and Ons Calling is their new record. The band is consisted of former members of Zeros, Stems and Hoodoo Gurus. This also made me look up Hard-Ons. It turns out, they recently had a new record called Peel Me Like An Egg, which I have overseen until now. Scott Reynolds recorded a new album a couple of months ago in his bedroom, so we check it out. Ultimate Painting are a duet from London (Jack Cooper and James Hoare) and we check them out for the first time here at the Little Lighthouse. Todd Rundgren recently teamed up with two Norwegian artists Emil Nikolaisen and Hans Peter Lindstrøm for an unusual new album called Runddans.

Richard Jones – The Moon is Made of Gold;
The On and Ons – Long Ride;
Hard-Ons – Close To The Ground;
Hard-Ons – Bye Bye Girl;
Faux Killas – Atom Smasher;
Scott Reynolds – Ladders Made of Smoke;
Cairo Gang – A Heart Like Yours;
Bonnie Prince Billy – Night Noises;
Ray Wiley Hubbard (Live in CLE);
Boz Scaggs – Hell to Pay;
Rickie Lee Jones – Valtz De Mon Pere (Lovers’ Oath);
Ultimate Painting – The Ocean;
Todd Rundgren, Emil Nikolaisen and Hans Peter Lindstrøm – Runddans;
Eamon McGrath – Bottles of Love;
Grover Wells and Group – Rosie (Blues Alphabet);
Ultimate Painting – The Ocean (reprise).

Flashlite #337

SherwinToday we introduce Sherwin from Lancester, PA. We also check out some new tunes from Barreracudas (Atlanta GA) and Step-Panther (from Sydney AU). Good old Keith Richards has a new single and it sounds amazingly fresh. The second part of today’s show is dedicated to my friends Žikica and Skoča who lost a good home to their radio shows, because their radio station was shut down. Those shows are my favorites and I can only hope that they will find a new home and a new way to continue with their work as soon as possible. We also say the last goodbye to Wayne Carson Thompson (who wrote The Letter, Neon Rainbow and You Are Always on My Mind) and the keyboard player Eric Wrixon, the founding member of Them and Thin Lizzy (although he stayed with them only long enough to record early singles).

The Flesh Eaters – Radio Dies Screaming;
Sherwin – Disposition;
Step-Panther – Something Must Be Done;
Step-Panther – Jimmy;
The Winkies – Long Song Coming;
Bob Seger – Long Song Comin’;
The Barreracudas – Girl;
The Barreracudas – Shampoo;
Robin Frederick – Been Smoking Too Long;
Dax Riggs – Been Smoking Too Long (Live in CLE);
Elmo Williams – Been Here And Gone (Blues Alphabet);
The Honeybeats – Fa Cone Vuoi;
Fairport Convention – Si Tu Dois Partir;
The Flying Burrito Brothers – If You Got To Go;
The Box Tops – Neon Rainbow;
Them – Gloria;
Keith Richards – Troubled;
The Killer Shrwes – Don’t Let the Bastards Wear You Down (Illegitimi Non Carborundum);
Wayne County – Fuck Off;
Meat Puppets – Six Gallon Pie;
Neil Young – Hey Hey My My;
Green On Red – We Shall Overcome;
Big Star – Thirteen.

Flashlite #336

Ezra FurmanWe start off with two new tunes from Ezra Furman from Boston. Then we have a new super-duet by Neil Michael Hagerty from Royal Trux and James Jackson Toth from Wooden Wand. The band is called Hagerty Toth Band. We play a brand new tune from The Cynics, which I recorded at their live show in Cleveland. Cairo Gang come from Chicago. The brightest spot in today’s show is the introduction of the new LP Gravy for Faux Killas from Memphis, which is probably the best album that came out this year so far.

The Left Banke – I Havn’t Got The Nerve;
Ezra Furman – Hark! To the Music;
Ezra Furman – Devil’s Haircut;
Moldes – El Amante;
Bernay’s Propaganda – PogreÅ¡no zname;
Haggerty Toth Band – Angel Coffee;
Faux Killas – Leaving You;
Moloch – I Can Think The Same Of You;
Big Star – O My Soul (Alternate Version);
Gram Parsons – Cry One More Time;
Alexis Corner – How Long (Blues Alphabet);
Cynics – Here Comes The Dawn (Live in CLE);
The Cairo Gang – Ice Fishing;
Nowhere – Anytime;
Thee Oh Sees – Web;
Chuck Berry – Hey Pedro;
Yardbirds – Putty In Your Hands.

Flashlite #335

Kelley MickweeToday we go back to Ricked Wicky – Robert Pollard’s new band with his old friends. It’s already their second album this year. Umreti Fit, a band from Szeged in Hungary, has a new record Zvezde na plafonu, their first LP. Sonny Landreth, legendary guitar player from Louisiana is also back with the new record. Also in Louisiana, we check out a new singer songwriter here at the Little Lighthouse, Johnny Sansone. Other new names in today’s show are Mesa Cosa, a Mexican/Australian band and Tough Age from Vancouver CA. Finally, we check out a new song by Kelley Mickwee, out of Austin, recorded live in Cleveland.

Anastasia Screamed – Tornado;
Umreti Fit – Å evrole;
Mesa Cosa – Inocente;
Kelley Mickwee – Hotel Jackson;
Kelley Mickwee – Closer (Live in CLE);
Sonny Landreth – Simcoe Street;
Sonny Landreth – C’est Chaud;
Spooks – Sinister Forces;
Johnny Sansone – Lady On the Levee;
Ricked Wicky – Jargon of Clones;
Giant Sand – Every Now And Then;
Howe Gelb – Every Now And Then;
Christine Perfect – Crazy Bout You Baby (Blues Alphabet);
Count Bishops – Taking It Easy;
Stray – Take A Life;
Tough Age – Guilt.

Flashlite #334

Chris SquireWe start off with the new Spanish duet called Los Bengala. They have a new album called Incluso Festivos. Zach Jones is a new name from Portland, Maine. Rolin comes from Cleveland and runs a cool band called Nowehere. We also have some good old familiar faces – Rickie Lee Jones and Richard Thompson. His new album is produced by Jeff Tweedy and his old band Uncle Tupelo saw a release of an interesting tribute recently. We cull out Leeroy Stagger from that tribute. Today we say goodbye to Chris Squire, the bassist of Yes and The Syn.

Los Bengala – No Hay Amor Sin Dolor;
Zach Jones – Some Other Day;
Warm Soda – Young Wreckless Hearts;
Nowhere – Anxiety;
Nowhere – Dead Alive (Live in CLE);
The Syn – 14 Hour Technicolor Dream;
Yes – Roundabout;
Junior Wells – Junior’s Wail (Blues Alphabet);
Richard Thompson – Good Things Happen To Bad People;
Richard Thompson – Patty Don’t You Put Me Down;
Leeroy Stagger – Train;
Uncle Tupelo – Train;
Rickie Lee Jones – Weasel And The White Boys Cool;
Rickie Lee Jones – Jimmy Choos.