One of the most interesting rock musicians that showed up on the scene in the past few years is David Nance from Nebraska. Last year we heard his excellent album Staunch Honey and now he’s back as a part of the band called Astute Palate. Billy Childish is very active recently and we check out his new album with CTFM. Billy Childish is active but not as active as Daniel Romano, who is here again with yet another project called Spider Bites. Melvins have a new single and it’s a peculiar tribute to Beach Boys. We hear new music from Muck and The Mires and introduce Cleveland’s Red Devil Ryders, Advertisement from Seattle and Isolators from Buffalo.
Firehose – Towin’ The Line;
Advertisment – Upstream Boogie;
Muck and the Mires – I’m Your Man;
Faux Ferocious – Listen Hard;
Nick Curran & The Lowlifes – Reform School Girl;
The Revelators – I Can’t Stop Lovin’;
The Isolators – Come On to Me;
Astute Palate – A Little Proof;
David Nance – July Sunrise;
Brimstone Howl – Easter At The Lewises’;
The Hellacopters – Straight Until Morning;
Demolition Doll Rods – Baby Sis;
Quintron & Miss Pussycat – You Made It Weird;
CTMF – Comanche;
Melvins – I Fuck Around;
Husker Du – Won’t Change;
Jay Reatard – Another Person;
Neverever – Now;
Straight Arrows – Petrified;
The Mystery Lights – Too Many Girls;
The Ettes – Trouble With You;
Red Devil Ryders – Elvis’ Piano;
Daniel Romano – Red Dawn;
Daniel Romano – Blue Heron.
Today we say goodbye to Johnny Perez, who played drums in the early days of The Sir Douglas Quintet. We also play some very interesting reissues from many different heroes of this show. Tav Falco has reissued his debut album Beyond The Magnolia County recently, and the record cover includes a nice four sided description on the early history of the band from the insiders. Legendary first (and only) album by Memphis band Moloch also has a very nice high quality vinyl reissue. Beach Boys and Frank Zappa are reissuing their entire catalog and Velvet Underground’s debut from 1967 saw an extremely expanded 6 disc upgrade. Also there’s a new tribute to the same record, marking a nice 45 year anniversary. Other new stuff is Kurt Baker and his new record, as well as Austin’s Rosie Flores.
It’s almost summer. The weather is warm, Sun is shining, Venus is crossing. It’s weather for power pop, it’s weather for the Beach Boys. In today’s show we review the most interesting power pop tunes of today and among them, the new return for one of the biggest inspirations for power pop – the Beach Boys. Mike Love, Al Jardine and Brian Wilson are back together with the new album called That’s Why God Made The Radio. Talking about the Beach Boys, we also have the new record for Nelson Bragg, who played with them for awhile. Then we have Pugwash from Ireland who can definitely harmonize like the Beach Boys. Golden Boys are not so close to the beach, they are from Austin TX and their new record Dirty Fingernails is one of the most exciting records this season. New band and a fine example of good power pop are the Successful Failures who named themselves after a Jack London short story and they come from New Jersey. Tom Oberon comes from Connecticut and he’s a one man power pop band called Oberon Rose. His album Wunjo is free of charge on his soundcloud website. Lemon Clocks come from Liverpool and they have deliberately old fashioned sound on their new album Now Is The Time. Sea of Bees are two ladies with esoteric pop sound and finally, Songs For Snakes come from San Francisco and they bland fine melodies with loud guitars.
So, Beach Boys finished Smile… I don’t know exactly what to think of it. This album probably never even had a clear vision, and it’s unclear how you can complete it with chaotic pieces that the Boys recorded back in the day. Still, the concept behind it is so intriguing that it will hunt the rock’n’roll forever. It hunts me too. In this show, a portion of the playlist is delivered in Smile format, with a lot of cutting and pasting. Check it out from 14:28 to 28:16 in part 1. The rest of the show brings you new tunes from King Khan and Electric Six. We also have new names Jerusalem and the Starbaskets, Barrarecudas, and The Excitements. Giant Sand has a reissue of Chore of Enchantment and there’s a tribute out there for Ian Dury.