We start the show with the new rhythm and blues band from Memphis, Southern Avenue. They we check out the new tune for Janiva Magness. We also check out the music from Rickie Lee Jones and Madeleine Peyroux, who are collaboration on a new tour together. The New Pornographers have a new record and so does the singer of The Ettes, Coco Hames. Guided By Voices recorded a new, lengthy double album too. But a special treat today is a block in which we check out separate projects of each new member of Ty Segall’s band. Charles Mootheart has a new CFM album and so does Emmet Kelly with his Cairo Gang. We introduce the pianist Ben Boye and his band Joshua Abrams And Natural Information Society, who also have a new album out.
Joshua Abrams And Natural Information Society – Maroon Dune (Part 1);
Southern Avenue – Slipped, Tripped and Fell In Love;
Janiva Magness – I Can Tell;
Phil Seymour – We Don’t Get Along;
Dwight Twilley and The Rainy Day Saints – I’m On Fire (Live in CLE);
Ty Segall – Thank you Mr. K;
CFM – Lethal Look;
Mikal Cronin – Made My Mind Up;
The Cairo Gang – What Can You Do;
Joshua Abrams And Natural Information Society – Maroon Dune (Part 2);
Rickie Lee Jones and Madeleine Peyroux – Rock On;
The New Pornographers – Play Money;
Fancey – Disco Angel;
Prix – Gir;
Restless Hearts – Now;
Bash And Pop – Tiny Pieces;
Coco Hames and John McCauley – Tiny Pieces;
Guided By Voices – Warm Up To Religion.
Greg Cartwright has grown into one of the most skilful songwriters today. This year, he put his main band Reigning Sound on a break, reunited with The Oblivians for a few shows, and formed a new band Parting Gifts with Coco Hames of The Ettes. The resulting album, Strychnine Dandelion is a rousing pile of basic rock’n’roll fury with Strange Disposition standing out as an obvious favorite.
This is one of the heaviest shows with new materials if you consider what rockers we have with new records this time: Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Mike Watt, Steve Wynn and Greg Cartwright. What a line up, huh? So, let’s see – the Boss dug out old sessions for the Darkness at The Edge of The Town album and has them out now as a double disc called The Promise. Costello recorded an album called National Ransom with T. Bone Burnett in LA and Nashville. Mike Watt has a new conceptual record called Hyphenated-Man and it’s about his life as a middle aged punk. Steve Wynn gathered his Miracle Three over in Richmond to record a new album which they call Northern Aggression. That one’s somewhat of a loose concept too – Yanks belting out in the Southern man’s land. Greg is here with a new band called The Parting Gifts, apparently an one time gig for him and Coco Hames of The Ettes.