Nice tunes today from Tony Molina, Dan Finnermore’s Swampmeat Family Band (ex Low Cut Connie) and King Tuff. Two hipsters from Animal Collective and Spacemen 3 had a cool little project recently called Reset in which they make collages of various well known songs into something entirely new. We check that out. We also hear from the legends. Andy Partridge from XTC has a new Swindon based project called The 3 Club Men and Graham Parker has a new album too. We introduce JJ McCann Transmission from Australia, Justin And The Cosmics from Nashville, David M. Western (also from Australia) and The Half Cubes.
The Flaming Sideburns – Invisible Hands
JJ McCann Transmission – Forces at Work
Justin and The Cosmics – Super Blue (Real Bad Sad)
The Special Pillow – That’s the Way It’s Got to Be
The Toms – Someone I Never Knew
King Tuff – Rock River
Panda Bear and Sonic Boom – Gettin’ to the Point
Diners – Working On My Dreams
Eamon McGrath – Man of Steel
David M Western – I’ll Never Forgive You
Graham Parker – Graham Parker & The Goldtops – It Mattered To Me
Graham Parker – Soul on Ice
Todd Rundgren – It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference
Swampmeat Family Band – Black Dogs at Bay
Tony Molina – Devil Song
Tony Molina – Bullshit Riff
Tony Molina – Breakin’ Up
The Half Cubes – The Half-Cubes featuring Moe Berg – She’s So Young
The 3 Clubmen – Racecar
XTC – Don’t Lose Your Temper
XTC – Then She Appeared
Today we say goodbye to BB King, a blues giant who passed away this week. But we also have some time for new names. We check out Cool Ghouls from San Francisco and Dirty Fences from New York City. We also check out the new record for Graham Parker and The Rumour.
We start off today with the new single for Sweet Apple. It’s a cover of Alice Cooper’s Elected. Then we check out the new band from Los Angeles, Blackfeet Braves. Los Straitjackets follow with their instrumental version of Nirvana’s Teen Spirit. Then we introduce new band from Australia, The Laurels. Shivering Timbers from Akron are in our Live in Cleveland segment. We also check out the new record for legendary Graham Parker. Some new reissues/archives are out as well. Jacke Deshannon’s final installment of her 60’s singles and Dan Penn’s soulful demos.