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Flashlite #220

Scott MillerDevastating week for rock’n’roll… This time we have four obituaries to cover. Scott Miller was one of the most creative college rock musicians from the 80s. He was the leader of Game Theory, which had a series of very interesting albums back in the day and that was often played on college radio stations across the US. Then we have Storm Thorgerson, the leading artist in the Hipgnosis art collective who designed many of the iconic album covers throughout the 70s. Lead singer of the Australian band Divinyls, Chrissy Amphlett also died a few days ago at the age of 53. And the most recent news is that Richie Havens, who had a memorable live appearance at the original Woodstock, also passed away. Beside tributes to these artists, we also feature the new single for Turf War, new albums for Carla Olson and Todd Rundgren and a new band Bazooka from Greece.

Horseflies – Human Fly (Live in CLE);
Bazooka – Penny;
Turf War – Born To Run Free;
Heavy Times – Poison Ivy;
Byrds – She Don’t Care About Time;
Carla Olson with Richie Furay – She Don’t Care About Time;
Textones – Upset Me;
Game Theory – Erica’s Word;
Game Theory – White Blues;
Game Theory – Couldn’t I Just Tell You;
Todd Rundgren – Couldn’t I Just Tell You;
Todd Rundgren with Metropole Orchestra – We Gotta Get You a Woman;
Led Zeppelin – For Your Life;
Pink Floyd – Corporal Clegg;
Divinyls – Only Lonely;
Richie Havens – Freedom.

Flashlite #207

King Gizzard and The Lizard WizardToday we explore connections of the new Australian psychedelic rock scene with Todd Rundgren. Tame Impala is a new band from over there that a lot of people were excited about last year. Their album Lonerism ended up on many year end lists right at the top positions. They even collaborated with Todd Rungren on one track and they covered the opening tune on his 70s masterpiece A Wizard A True Star. Another band, King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard also showed up recently covering Todd’s song Open My Eyes, which he put out with his band Nazz on the famous Nuggets compilation. Also from Australia, we have a long time Evan Dando’s collaborator Tom Morgan with the new LP. London band The Barracudas, who had a minor surf hit in 1980 are back with a cool new 45. Also, we introduce Cleveland band Wolly Bullies in our Live in CLE segment.

Ian Hunter – Saint;
Spencer P. Jones and the Nothing Butts – Conditions Apply;
Tom Morgan – Taste for Blood;
Smudge – Divan;
Tame Impala – Apocalypse Dreams;
Tame Impala – International Feel;
Todd Rundgren – Tic Tic Tic You Need Your Head Rock’n’roll Pussy;
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard – High Hopes Low;
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Open My Eyes;
Nazz – Open My Eyes;
Paul Revere and The Raiders – Hungry;
Wooly Bullies – Out Of My Head (Live in CLE);
Natural Child – Rock Bottom;
The Barracudas – Summer fun;
The Barracudas – God Bless the 45;
Jonathan Richman – Government Center;
Paul Kelly – To Her Door;
Paul Kelly – Cold As Canada;
The Windbreakers – I Thought You Knew.

Flashlite #146

Mark Moogy KlingmanA few new records premier in today’s show. R. Stevie Moore has a new album called Advanced and it’s as fresh and as exciting as we got used from Stevie. Hipbone Slim who collaborated with Mama Rosin earlier this year, also has an album on his own with his Kneetremblers. Cody Chesnutt who you may remember as a guest on Phrenology by the Roots, is back this year with a new EP called Black Skin No Value, somewhat more ambitious project than his first album Headphone Masterpiece. Calexico are back with a compilation record that contains the best tracks from their tour only discs. The only new name today is the New Orleans street band Washboard Chaz Blues Trio.

We dedicate today’s show to Mark Moogy Klingman, a frequent collaborator of Todd Rundgren and a synthesizer pioneer who died at the age of 61 after a battle with cancer last week.

Freddy Cannon – Tallahasee Lassie;
The Rolling Stones – Tallahassee Lassie;
Israel Nash Gripka – Black And Blue;
Hipbone Slim and The Kneetremblers – King Of The Rocket Men;
Washboard Chaz Blues Trio – Pick Yourself Up;
Mama Rosin with Hipbone Slim and The Kneetremblers – London Zydeco;
Reigning Sound – Watching My Baby;
Cody Chesnutt – The Seed;
Cody Chesnutt – Where Is All The Money Going;
True Sons of Thunder – Bloodclot;
Todd Rundgren – Dust In The Wind;
Todd Rundgren – Just One Victory;
Rainer with Joey Burns and John Convertino – Cheer Down;
Calexico – Griptape;
Walter Ghoul’s Lavender Brigade – Glass Room;
R. Stevie Moore – Carmen is Coming;
Thee Oh Sees – The Dream.