Today we check in with Guided By Voices who have a third new album within a year. Family band The Exbats are back with their strongest effort yet. Habibi has a new single. In France, we check out Warmbabies. On the power pop side of things, Nick Frater is back with a new record. On the edgier side of things, Poison Boys from Chicago who have a new album. Also in Chicago we check out a cool Prince cover from Local H. We pay respect to fallen heroes. Don Everly of The Everly Brothers passed away on August 22 this year. Also, Yu Grupa loses their third drummer within a year. Raša Djelmaš passed away on October 28th this year.
The Murlocs – Misinterpreted;
Poison Boys – Don’t You Turn on Me;
Guided By Voices – High in the Rain;
The Bevis Frond – Everyone Rise;
Ride – Twisterella;
The Warmbabies – Last Days Of Summer;
Nick Frater – Buggin’ Out;
Chris Church – Bell the Cat;
The Brothers Steve – Electro-Love;
Daniel Romano – Don’t Turn Around Janet;
Hindu Love Gods – Raspberry Beret;
Local H – When Doves Cry;
Habibi – Call Our Own;
Bat Fangs – Talk Tough;
The Exbats – Coolsville USA;
Pablo Solo – Open Up Summertime;
Yu Grupa – Laz;
Everly Brothers – I Used To Love You;
Everly Brothers – I Wonder If I Care as Much.
Welcome to our first regular show in 2014. After several shows in which we had a year-end review, new records piled up so today’s show is filled with new stuff. We start off with the brand new tune for Games, who we just pronounced as the band with the best record in 2013. We also use this opportunity to learn about some previous bands for Jeremy and Dave in Games. Then we check out the new Apache tune. They have a new single. First Base come from Toronto and they just released a fun debut record on Hozac. We check them out as well. Then we have a relatively new tribute that Ben Deily and his Varsity Drag performed in honor of Wiz (ex Mega City Four and Ipanema). We continue with an exclusive new track from Sweet Apple which is scheduled to appear on their upcoming album Golden Age of Glitter. It sounds a bit like Suicide, so we check out another song that also sounds like Suicide, by a new band Dreamsalon from Seattle. Chris Eckman also has a new record called Harney County. We also check out Rainy Day Saints live in Cleveland. I read in Sanjin Strbac book Token For The Favorite Wurlitzer a quote from Zikica Simic that there’s not enough appreciation for blues these days. So I decided to feature one blues musician that I admire in each new show in alphabetical order. So, in our new regular segment Blues Alphabet, we hear Pink Anderson. Finally, we pay a special tribute to Dick Dodd (ex Standells) and Phil Everly, of The Everly Brothers. Both of them died recently.
