Flashlite #533

Helen RoseYawpers are back with their third album and so is Eamon McGrath, this time with the newest single. We dig into Memphis neo-traditionalists, Luther Dickinson collaborates with Amy Helm, Amy LaVere, Sharde Thomas and the Como Mamas as Sisters of the Strawberry Moon and another four of his friends, Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla and Allison Russell, perform together as Our Native Daughters. Also down south, our good friend Kim Simpson has a new album and we check out Helen Rose for the first time in our show. Veteran and legendary musician who played with Iggy Pop, David Bowie and Todd Rundgren, Hunt Sales is back in a new project. Finally, Scientists visited our town and we check out their new song.

Prix – Love You All Day Long;
The Yawpers – Dancing on My Knees;
Eamon McGrath – GUTS;
Peter Sarstedt – Easter Eggs;
Turtles – You Showed Me;
Luther Dickinson & Sisters of the Strawberry Moon – Fly With Me;
Our Native Daughters – Mama’s Cryin’ Long;
Those Pretty Wrongs – Fool of Myself;
The Hot Dogs – Another Smile;
Luther Russell – The Sunnyland;
Chris Bell – Speed of Sound;
Jimmy Webb – Psalm One-Five-O;
Kim Simpson – By Lake Kavano;
Helen Rose – John Coltrane on the Jukebox;
Dream Syndicate – John Coltrane Stereo Blues;
Pontiac Brothers – Be Married Song;
Gun Club – She’s Like Heroin;
Flesh Eaters – She’s Like Heroin;
Hunt Sales Memorial – Way on My Own;
The Scientists – Self Doubt;
The Scientists – Self Doubt (Live in CLE).

Flashlite #532

Crystal & Runnin WildToday we start off with the retro 50s sound of Crystal & Runnin’ Wild from Belgium. We follow that up with another retro band, Fever Feel lead by two brothers from Canada Landon Franklin and Logan Gabert. They are inspired by the 70s sound. Luther Russel is probably the most faithful keeper of Big Star fire. After his excellent project with Jody Stephens, Those Pretty Wrongs, he is back with te new solo record. Hedvig Mollestad is a guitar virtuoso from Norway and Crows are a new band from London. Two old-timers are back. Legendary Robin Trower has an excellent new record and so does the legendary psychedelic magicians Chocolate Watchband. Today’s show is dedicated to Boris Popović, the leader of Croatian band Running Party who passed away recently.

Boz Scaggs – Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered;
Crystal & Runnin Wild – Recipe For Agony;
Fever Feel – Come to Me;
John Wesley Coleman III – Baby I Like Your Style;
Guided By Voices – Windshield Wiper Rex;
Luther Russel – Talking to Myself;
Robin Trower – Little Girl Blue;
Red Devil Ryders (Live in CLE);
CFM – Wolf Behind My Eyes;
Shagg – Rustbelt Reject;
Hedvig Mollestad Trio – Bewitched, Dwarfed and Defeathered;
Running Party – Memories;
ESC Life – Say You Will;
The Long Ryders – Walls;
Gorilla – Mary Anne;
Chocolate Watchband – Bombay Pipeline;
Crows – Dysphoria.

Flashlite #531

Ex HexAgain, we bring a show with new music almost exclusively arranged from the new female artists. Ex Hex from Washington DC are back with the new record It’s Real. Last Daze from Nashville TN have a new single. Also from Nashville, we have Dawn Landes. We introduce Exbats from Arizona. Phoebe Bridges and Conor Oberst (from Bright Eyes) have a new band called Better Oblivion Community Center. Stumpwater is an old band from Saginaw MI. Their vintage, unreleased material has been discovered and published by Drag City Records. At the end of the show, we say goodbye to Dick Dale and Andre Williams who passed away within a day from each other, both in their early 80s.

Steve Gunn – Chance;
The Exbats – I Got Fights;
Ex Hex – Another Dimension;
Skid Row – Go, I’m Never Gonna Let You;
Stumpwater – Sister of Mine;
Last Daze – Too Little, Too Late;
Thin White Rope – Macy’s Window;
Better Oblivion Community Center – Big Black Heart;
Dawn Landes – Wind and Rain;
Meat Puppets – Nightcap;
Dick Dale (Live in CLE);
Andre Williams – Gimme.

Flashlite #530

Kerri PowersToday we have an excellent selection of new songs that come from some amazing ladies. Solvej Schou comes from Pasadena CA, and she just announced her new album. Katarina Pejak is from Belgrade, Serbia and has her first US release out. Then we take a short train ride West, to a nearby town of Vinkovci, Croatia where we catch the new Punčke single. Kerri Powers comes travels between Massachusetts and Connecticut and there she is at The Little Lighthouse too. We also introduce Lonesome Shack from Bellingham, WA and Vandoliers from Dallas, TX. Baby Spiders may be a new name for us, but two members of Lotion are hiding behind it: Tony Zajkowski and Rob Youngberg. Robert Forster, the legendary Go-Between is back with the new record too. We wrap things up with a live in Cleveland recording of All Them Witches. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Scott Walker.

Leyla McCalla – Heavy As Lead;
Lonesome Shack – The City Is a Desert;
Solvej Schou – Cruel Hearted Woman;
Nikki Hill – Get Down, Crawl;
Katarina Pejak – Chasing Summer;
Kerri Powers – Bicycle Man;
Boz Scaggs – Jump;
All Them Witches – Manic Depression (Live in CLE);
Lotion – Switch;
Baby Spiders – Knockout Gas;
Punčke – Ako se rumenim;
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Talking Straight;
The Go-Betweens – Stop Before You Say It;
Robert Forster – No Fame;
Vandoliers – Nowhere Fast;
Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore;
Scott Walker – Angelica.