We’re at the end of this historic crappy year. Still, there’s a good handful of albums that we kept coming back to at the Little Lighthouse. So, let’s take a look back and try to list those albums. Before the complete list of top 30 albums is complete in a week for now, let’s dig into the lower end of that list. For a crappy year, overall, the music was really good.
Datura4 – Mother Medusa;
Fuzz – Close Your Eyes;
X – I Gotta Fever;
All Them Witches – Lights Out;
The Third Mind – Claudia Cardinale;
Levitation Room – Stars Speak Softly;
The Sonic Dawn – UFO;
Bob Dylan – False Prophet;
Fred And Rose – In The Pines (Where Did You Sleep Last Night);
Nicole Atkins – These Old Roses;
Saba Lou – Penny Roll;
Natural Child – Farm;
The Berries – Passing Scene;
Honey Radar – Almanac Singer;
Bipolaroid – In My Cave.
Today we start off with a new rocking tune by The Short Fuses from Minneapolis. Then we go to Greece and check out the new band for us Alien Mustangs. Rachel Brooke is from Michigan and we introduce her for the first time at The Little Lighthouse. Tanya Donelly, former member of Throwing Muses and Belly is back with a new project with Parkinton Sisters and she rolls out an old Paul McCartney tune for the occasion. Death Valley Girls over in LA are back with new tunes. We also introduce new music from The Budos Band.
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Pause I;
The Short Fuses – Baby Got Bat Wings;
Alien Mustangs – Darklands;
Faz Waltz – Rebel Kicks;
Shemekia Copeland – She Don’t Wear Pink;
Rachel Brooke – Great Mistake;
Kate Clover – Channel Zero (2020 Mix);
Nicole Atkins – In The Splinters;
Tanya Donelly – Let Me Roll It;
Death Valley Girls – I’d Rather Be Dreaming;
Fernando Perdomo – Girl With A Record Collection;
Petrified Max – Fall;
Tuff Sunshine – Move A Mountain;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Pause II;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Queen Bee;
The Budos Band – Gun Metal Grey 1;
The Most – Reintroduction;
Andrew Bryant – Who Am I;
Van Duren – New Year’s Eve;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Pause III.
Today we give you a bunch of sweet new tunes. We open up with a great cover of Making Time by Civics from Melbourne. Then we check out Icarus Peel and his Acid Reign over in UK. Next, we have Supercrush in Seattle and their new album. Then we continue with Tommy Marolda and his The Toms, who go back to 1979 in search for their newly rehashed material. Jack Cades from Warwick UK and Cowboys from Bloomington IN create retro sounds in modern times. We also introduce Robert Jon and The Wreck and Long Goodnight both from California, the latter one being a new project for Fernando Perdomo and the singer Chloe Dolandis.
Mooner – I Can’t Tell;
Civic – Making Time;
Icarus Peel’s Acid Reign – Wishful Thinking;
Primitons – All My Friends;
One plus Two – Promise;
Supercrush – Get It Right;
The Toms – Til the End of the Day;
Jordan Jones – Wrote You a Song for Me;
The Reflectors – U should be my girl;
Dovers – What am I Gonna Do;
The Jack Cades – What Am I Going To Do;
The Cowboys – Round and Round;
Stan McMahon – Great American Hope;
Cocktails – Those Changes;
Bash and Pop – Not This Time;
Low Cut Connie – Nobody Else Will Believe You;
Robert Jon and the Wreck – Makes Me Wanna Yell;
Long Goodnight – Good Song_It’s True;
Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light;
The Lemon Twigs – Leather Together;
Luther Russell – Have You Heard?;
2nd Grade – Sunkist.
Today we have some very interesting comebacks from two greatest rock’n’roll scenes in the world. True Sons of Thunder, a Memphis super-garage-group is back with the new record, and so are the legendary trio from Detroit, Demolition Doll Rods. Mr. Quintron and Miss Pussycat from New Orleans also have a new record and so does the super-trio Fuzz with Ty Segall, Charles Moothart and Chad Ubovich. We also check out new singles for Outacontroller, Gyasi and Harp Explosion. We introduce Tyler Keith and The Apostles for the first time at the show. Great archival material is also out, by Red Lights (a Jeffrey Lee Pierce band) and the lost album by The Last.
Dead Moon – Fire in the Western World;
Outtacotroller – Loose Lips;
True Sons of Thunder – Killin’ It;
True Sons of Thunder – Crawlin;
Wolfmanhattan Project – Braid of Smoke;
Danny and The Darleans (Live in CLE);
Demolition Doll Rods – Bitch Kickin’;
Quintron and Miss Pussycat – Teenagers Don’t Know Shit;
A Burning Bus – Irrational front;
Tyler Keith & The Apostles – Vaya Con Dios;
Tyler Keith & The Apostles – Fire In The Western World;
Harp Explosion – It’s gonna be a long night;
The Schizophonics – Show Me Your Eyes;
Hayvanlar Alemi – Referendum Day;
Fuzz – Nothing People;
Gyasi – Walk On;
Gyasi – Colorful;
Red Lights – Kisses for my president;
The Last – The Other Side;
The Last – Difference.
Good songwriting today! We have new music by Sarah Harmer and Eamon McGrath, both from Canada, Adam Weiner and his Low Cut Connie on a new album. We also have one of the most legendary ones: Bruce Springsteen. Talking about legends, John Mayall has just celebrated his 86th birthday with a new single, collaborating with Buddy Miller. Willie Nile had a good record this year and there’s also a tribute organized in his honor. Shemekia Copeland has a lovely new feminist cover of Under My Thumb. Finally, Templo Diez is a new band from Netherlands that we introduce in today’s show.
Daniel Romano – Natural Lover;
Sarah Harmer – New Low;
Low Cut Connie – Help Me;
Swampmeat Family Band – Mother’s Lies;
Molly Tuttle – She’s a Rainbow;
The Rolling Stones – Under my Thumb;
Shemekia Copeland – Under My Thumb;
John Mayall – I’m as Good as Gone (Feat. Buddy Miller);
John Mayall – Curly;
Bette Smith – I Felt It Too;
Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap;
Any Trouble – Growing Up;
Bruce Springsteen – Last Man Standing;
Eamon McGrath – Sparkle & Bleed;
Dan Penn – Edge of Love;
Templo Diez – 305 South;
Graham Parker – One Guitar;
Willie Nile – the Fool Who Drank the Ocean.
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