Flashlite #394

Boss HogHere we are today with our new episode that brings your the new Boss Hog tune. Yes, Christina Martinez is back! Young Lydia Loveless is back with her third album, and she’s shooting high! John Paul Keith and Amy LaVere are tinkering in studio for the new Motel Mirrors record. Over in Madison WI, Rocket Bureau is working out some healthy power pop. We also Folky Wonky Tonk from Kentucky and Cian Nugent from Ireland. And we finally got that single from the new Evan Dando band The Sandwich Police.

The Passions – Suspicion;
Boss Hog – Wichita Grey;
Lydia Loveless – Longer;
Lydia Loveless – Really Wanna See You;
Tav Falco – Funnel of Love (Live in CLE);
Wanda Jackson – Funnel of Love;
Motel Mirrors – Funnel of Love;
Rocket Bureau – Nightmare;
Descendents – Shameless Halo;
Wonky Tonk – Cleveland;
The Sandwich Police – Love Yourself;
Seger Liberation Army – get down on your knees;
The Underdogs – Get Down On Your Knees;
The Rolling Stones – Ruby Tuesday;
Colvin And Earle – Ruby Tuesday;
Rolling Blackouts – Wither With You;
Cian Nugent – Shadows.

Flashlite #393

Blues PillsToday we have the newest album from our beloved Apache, who we adored six years ago when they had their record Radical Sabbatical. The new album is called Alcatraz. Faux Killas from Memphis are also back with the new record, exactly one year from their previous which we pronounced the best record in 2015. We also have some new bands today, Kaviar Special from France, Pink Mexico from New York City, Levitation Room from LA and Zun also from California. The biggest surprise is Koes Barat from Indonesia.

Steelism – Greenwich Mean Time
Kaviar Special – Mind Fuck;
Pink Mexico – Unhinged Bones;
The See No Evils – Runaway;
Javier Escovedo – Downtown;
Apache – Real Shit;
Apache – Hey Medusa;
Faux Killas – Laura’s Song;
Faux Killas – Shake Machine;
Mark Lanegan – Harvest Home;
Morlocs – Wolf Creep;
Zig Zags (Live in CLE);
Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats – Evil Love;
Levitation Room – There Are No Words;
Koes Barat – Hidup Yang Sepi;
Vaguess – Drift Brain;
Trixie Whitley – Witness;
Zun – Come Through the Water.

Flashlite #392

Blues PillsToday we start off with Harriet Hudson. Her band Miss Destiny is back with the new LP all the way from Melbourne Australia. Writhing Squares is a new duet from Philadelphia. Three important Detroit musicians Thomas Potter, Jim Weber and Jim Diamond started a Bob Seger trubute band called Seger Liberation Army. Teenage Fanclub are also back with the new record called Here and another representative of the 90s power pop revival, Velvet Crush revisits their classic album from 1994 called Teenage Symphonies To God with an alternative demo and live version of that album. Syd Griffin’s bluegrass band The Coal Porters has released their sixth new album and Blues Pills our of Sweden and back with the new collections of their retro blues rock tunes.

Becca Stevens Band – Reminder;
Miss Destiny – Lucky Ones;
The Writhing Squares – Balloon To The Moon;
Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds – Psychic Future;
Heavy Times – Edge of the Night;
Bob Seger System – Down Home;
Seger Liberation Army – Down Home;
City Yelps – 1199;
Badfinger – Just A Chance;
The Cherry Drops – Just a Chance;
Teenage Fanclub – Star Sign;
Teenage Fanclub – The Darkest Part of the Night;
Velvet Crush – My Blank Pages (demo);
Velvet Crush – My Blank Pages;
The Only Ones – Another Girl Another Planet;
The Coal Porters – Another girl Another Planet;
The Blues Pills – Elements and Things.

Flashlite #391

Milo Aukerman DescendentsToday we introduce two new bands fro Portland OR: The Reverberations and Lovesores. We also introduce Cotton Mather from Austin TX and Sam Vicari From Chicago. But the most exciting introduction this week is Connections from Columbus who put out a wonderful new album called Midnight Run. Descendents are back with the new record Hypercaffium Spazzinate. Finally we pay the last respect to legendary founder of Blue Oyster Cult founder Sandy Pearlman who passed away recently at the age of 76.

Jesse Sublett – Mary Ann Won’t Marry Me;
Cotton Mather – The Book of Too Late Changes;
Connections – Weapons;
Pat Todd – Tell Me Now;
Juliana Hatfield – Ordinary Guy;
The I Don’t Cares – Love Out Loud;
Descendents – Pep Talk;
Descendents – Smile;
Lovesores – Rock and Roll Animal;
Hedwig and The Angry Inch – Exquisite Corpse;
Janes Addiction – Being Caught Stealing (Live in CLE);
The Clash – Stay Free;
Blue Oyster Cult – Astronomy;
Dream Syndicate – Merrittville;
The Byrds – I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better;
The Reverberations – Outtasite;
Sam Vicari – What Is Your Kind.