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Flashlite #705

Abronia

Continuing with a relevant collection of well tempered music. We check out new singles from Outtacontroller (in Canada). Buffalo Killer brothers Andy and Zach Gabbard are back with the new album. Ben Vaughn also has a new one and so does Len Price 3 and Nick Frater. For the first time at the Lighthouse, we check out venerable bands The Flashcubes (from Syracuse) and The Spongetones (from North Carolina). Also introducing Spygenius from UK and Abronia from Portland OR.

Sylvia Rose Novak – Stress Fracture;
Outtacontroller – Limit And A Situation;
The Len Price 3 – She Came From Out Of The Sun;
Chris Cacavas – Oh, Brain;
The Dream Syndicate – Straight Lines;
Cheap Wine – Disguise;
Nick Frater – Stuck In My Ways;
Spygenius – Son Of The Morning, Go Man Go!;
Fernando Perdomo – Keep Your Chin Up, Girl;
Mo Troper – The Blood Donor in Me;
John Doe – Destroying Angels;
The Flashcubes featuring The Spongetones – Have You Ever Been Torn Apart;
Ben Vaughn – Wayne Fontana Was Wrong;
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders – The Game Of Love;
The Courettes – Only Happy When You’re Gone;
The Mudd Club – Surf Kansas;
The Ways and Means – Breaking Up a Dream;
The Gabbard Brothers – Hang On, Mama;
Abronia – Plant The Flag;
Nikki Sidden – Nothing Left;
Eamon McGrath – Age of Unease.

Flashlite #630

Palmyra Delran

We start today with new music from Palmyra Delran and continue with new stuff from Chris Church. Continuing the theme of nice songwriting, we check out the new tune from Andy Gabbard. Then we check out music from another Andy, Andy Lewis who we know from his recent collaborations with Judy Dyble. Fernando Perdomo continues his weekly new releases with another new album. Armories is a new name for us, they participate on the recent tribute to 20 20. Than we go to the remains of Yugoslavia and we hear the new Steve Wynn cover from Zvonka Obajdin and Svemir . Also, we hear a brand new tune from Dino Santaleza and Pridjevi. Staying on the same ground, but covering different times, we pay a tribute to Branko Marušić Čutura and Đorđe Balašević, both of them passed away within a day from each other recently.

Dinosaur JR – Hide Another Round;
Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang – Who’s Been Sleeping Here;
Chris Church – Know;
Chris Church – Coulda Fooled Me;
Andy Gabbard – DDS;
Andy Gabbard – Instant Trancer;
Andy Lewis – Pipeline;
Plastic Penny – Baby You’re Not To Blame;
Chad and Jill – The Cruel War;
Fernando Perdomo – Class of 98;
The Armoires – The Night I Heard a Scream;
20 20 – The Night I Heard a Scream;
Petrified Max – Get the Guitar;
Dream Syndicate – Whatever You Please;
Svemir – Whatever you please;
Pridjevi – Scarab;
Pridjevi – Pozuri polako;
Yu Grupa – Noć je moja;
Rani Mraz – Mnogo mi znači to;
ĐorÄ‘e BalaÅ¡ević – Lunjo.

Flashlite #582

Lilly Hiatt

Today we start with Stuart Turner and his Flat Earth Society, all the way from the musically rich Medway area in UK. Pedaljets come from Kansas City, Danny McDonald from Melbourne and The Berries from Seattle, WA. Those our new introductions this week and Berries have a killer new LP. We are also listening to new albums from Andy Gabbard and Lilly Hiatt. Plastic Pals from Sweden are back with their new single. Check out the recent recording of Yawpers live in Cleveland. This show is dedicated to Yugoslavian singer Zdenka Vučković who passed away on March 8 this year.

Bob Dylan – This Wheel’s On Fire;
Stuart Turner And The Flat Earth Society – Kisses Are Keys;
Pedaljets – Down Town;
Trotsky Icepick – I Haunted Myself;
Stan McMahon – Have You Heard The Word_;
The Berries – Passing Scene;
The Plastic Pals – Plastic Pal;
Gretchen’s Wheel – The Last Balloon;
The Yawpers – (Live in CLE);
Danny McDonald – Commuter’s Lament;
Andy Gabbard – Fight To Live;
Andy Gabbard – This Wheel’s On Fire;
Julian Cope – That Ain’t No Way to Make a Million;
Aubrey Sellers – Troublemaker;
Lilly Hiatt – P-Town;
Zdenka Vučković – You don’t have to say you love me;
Byrds – This Wheel’s On Fire.

Flashlite #547

Team Dresch

Today we have a new single from Needles//Pins from Vancouver in Canada, new albums for Galileo 7. On the songwriter’s front, Tony Molina and Andy Gabbard have their beautifully personal new albums. Giant Sand continue re-recording their opus, so now they are announcing a new version of their second album The Ballads of Thin Line Men. In Belgrade, we have a new jam band called Nas and from Portland OR, we have a new singersongwriter Kyle Craft. We pay a tribute to a poet Maja Perfiljeva who left an important mark on the Yugoslav pop scene and who passed away recently at the age of 79. Live in CLE segment brings a recording of the charismatic Pharlee.

Giant Sand – A Hard Man To Get To Know (original version);
Needles//Pins – Heaven’s on the Hillside;
Kyle Craft – 2 Ugly 4 NY;
Pat Todd and the Rankoutsiders – Somewhere Down The Line;
Steve Gunn – Ancient Juliet;
The Galileo 7 – There is Only Now;
Tony Molina – Can’t Find My Way;
Tony Molina – Here We Go Again;
Pharlee (Live in CLE);
Andy Gabbard – Floating;
Indexi – Da sam ja netko;
Shadows – I Can’t Forget;
Pankrti – Totalna revolucija;
Nas – Druga stvar;
Giant Sand – A Hard Man To Get To Know.

Flashlite #448

Ty SegallThis show starts with Paint Fumes from Charlotte, NC. Then we check out the new album by Ty Segall, done to support the American Civil Liberties Union. His friend over in California, Kelley Stoltz is also back with the new record. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard must be the busiest band in the world, along with Ty Segall. They already published their third album this year, and it’s a collaboration with another Australian band called Mild High Club. King Washington is a new trio from LA and Edgar Jones comes to us from UK. Andy Gabbard has a new record called Plenum Castle. Last week we heard David Nance with is take on the Beatles, and this week we hear his own epic tune called Ambulance.

Joe South – A Million Miles Away;
Paint Fumes – Brick Wall;
Ty Segall – Dust;
Ty Segall – Rusted Dust;
Jonly Bonly – Never Thought I’d Die;
Gorilla – Stay With Me;
Kelley Stoltz – Tranquilo;
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Tezeta;
Powerline Sneakers – Don’t Shit Me Now;
Dr. John – Ice Age;
Paul Kelly – Josephina;
King Washington – Nowhere’s Hard to Find;
Edgar Jones – La Cancion Del Dia Y De Noche;
Nicole Atkins – Darkness Falls So Quiet;
Love As Laughter – Coast to Coast;
The Yawpers – A Decision is Made;
Andy Gabbard – Black Fire Rainbows;
David Nance – Ambulance.

Flashlite #387

Jenny Don'tToday we have one new band with all female members. The Beverleys – three ladies from Toronto. Jenny Don’t ails from Portland and fronts her punk rock band Don’t. We also introduce the new band for Chris Shaw from Ex Cult, Ty Segall and Charles Moothart from Fuzz called Goggs. The man that made my favorite record last year, Andy Gabbard visited Cleveland and played some new tunes. My field recorder was ready. We also introduce Cowboys from Bloomington IN and a Toronto supergroup Highest Orders. One of the most pleasant surprises this week is Leland Sundries from New York and their new record called Music For Outcasts. Senior Service is an instrumental band from UK. Prkos Drumski covers Fairport Convention by the camp fire and we check it out.

John Hiatt – Come Back Home;
Goggs – Falling In;
The Cowboys – Silverback Sexdrive;
Andy Gabbard – Fireworks (Live in CLE);
Andy Gabbard – Bizarre Love Triangle (Live in CLE);
Kate Maki – When I’m Lonesome;
The Beverlys – Lemonade;
Don’t – Wrong Generation;
Death Valley Girls – I’m A Man Too;
Los Pistolas Coyotes – Blanca Piscada;
Tex And The Horseheads – Lucky Hand;
Leland Sundries – Bad Hair Day;
The Highest Order – I’d Ask You To Stay;
Meat Puppets – Split Myself in Two;
Gun Club – She Is Like Heroin To Me;
Ray Mason – You’re Supposed To Wish The Best For People;
The Senior Service – Bone Jacked;
Prkos Drumski – Who Knows Where The Time Goes.

Andy Gabbard – Fluff

Andy Gabbard - FluffAndy and Zach Gabbard are in a hard rocking, jammy band from Cincinnati called Buffalo Killers. As a band, Buffalo Killers delivered a string of five notable albums and both brothers wrote the songs. This year, Andy decided to try something on his own.

As a solo artist, Andy could expand his interests beyond the hard rock of Buffalo Killers. From love songs to a girl to a love song to his record collection, Fluff is a much more relaxing listen than any of the five he did with the band (and that’s not to say that Buffalo Killers records are a bore, au contraire).

Musically, there’s a lot of wonderful guitar solos on Fluff (Super National), great melodies (LYSM, Side B) and even an occasional Syd Barrett knockoff Octoman.

And while More sounds like the best song J Mascis never wrote, guitar riffing from the first minute of the record to the last minute record pays a wonderfully crafted homage to Nirvana. You might say, lots of bands pay an homage to Nirvana, but Andy Gabbard does it in a subtle, understated but loving fashion. I can only think of one band that did it so well: remember Monstrous from Rochester NY and their Mother Nature’s Slaves from 2006? Fluff is that good.

In contrast to its unpretentious title, Fluff stands out as the most well rounded and most thoughtful album of 2015.

Flashlite #361 – The Best Albums in 2015 (Part Two)

Best of 2015Today we continue our traditional review of the best records at the Little Lighthouse in the past year. The top 10 is here. We have double number one position, so two albums share the title of the best records this year. I thought about a lot which one to pick and decided to split the title between Andy Gabbard’s Fluff and Faux Killas Gravy. Gabbard’s Fluff is a well rounded, carefully thought-out record (although you may think the opposite from the title) and Faux Killas are a young new force from Memphis that blasted their debut as if they have rock’n’roll in their fingertips. The rest of the list follows bellow and then, check out the playlist for the top 10 if you have time. Oh, yeah… happy new year to everyone!!!


1 Andy Gabbard - Fluff
1 Faux Killas - Gravy
2 Warm Soda - Symbolic Dream
3 Kim Fowley's Psychedelic Dogs - Detroit Invasion
4 Tav Falco - Command Performance
5 Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated at Last
6 Disciplin A Kitchme - Opet.
7 Danny Kroha - Angels Watching Over Me
8 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
9 Datura4 - Demon Blues
10 OBN IIIs - Worth a Lot of Money
11 Bernays Propaganda - Zabraneta planeta
12 Giant Sand - Heartbreak Pass
13 Baddat For Trubbell - Tva sjundedelar av ett liv
14 Cairo Gang - Goes Missing
15 Soldiers Of Fortune - Early Risers
16 Zerodent
17 Fuzz II
18 Low Cut Connie - Hi Honey
19 Sonny Vincent and Spite - Spiteful
20 Ghost - Meliora
21 Vlasta Popić - Kvadrat
22 The Yawpers - American Man
23 Paul Kelly - The Merri Soul Sessions
24 The Bevis Frond - Example 22

Sweet Apple – Under the Liquor Sign;
OBN IIIs – 4KD;
Datura4 – Gravedigger Man;
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Dirt;
Danny Kroha – Gloryland;
Disciplin A Kitchme – Hendrix Hendrix;
Thee Oh Sees – Poor Queen;
Tav Falco – Bangkok;
Kim Fowley’s Psychedelic Dogs – Detroit Is Electric;
Warm Soda – Find That Girl;
Andy Gabbard – Home Suite;
Andy Gabbard – Dreams;
Andy Gabbard – Lonely Girl;
Faux Killas – When You Get Wild;
Faux Killas – Dead Man;
Faux Killas – Get You to Work.

Flashlite #343

Andy GabbardToday we have some cool new singles by well known bands: legendary Godfathers and King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard. We introduced Zig Zags earlier this year and now they’re back with an EP. Mark Lanegan released an old set of demos dating back to 2002, which really sound exceptionally good. We introduce two new solo artists: Andy Gabbard from Columbus (also in Buffalo Killers) and Bill Lloyd from Nashville. From Macedonia comes Fonija, a punk trio with young folks belting out some impressive tunes.

Vinegar Joe – Forgive Us;
Zig Zags – Randy;
Zig Zags – Sunken City;
Barreracudas – Promises;
Andy Gabbard – Side B;
Thee Oh Sees – Lupine Ossuary;
The Godfathers – Till My Heart Stops Beating;
Bill Lloyd – Yesterday;
Datura4 – Hoonswine;
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard РPaper M̢ch̩ Dream Balloon;
Fonija – Cetvrtok;
Rolling Stones – Get off of My Cloud;
Yardbirds – I Got Love If You Want It;
Slim Harpo – I Got Love If You Want It (Blues Alphabet);
Barrence Whitfield – Bloody Mary (Live in CLE);
Mark Lanegan – A Suite for Dying Love.