Today we start off with a one man band from Utrecht in Netherlands, Robbing Banks. Then we have a new super-group called Diamond Rugs consisted of John McCauley and Robbie Crowell from Deer Tick, Ian Saint Pé from Black Lips and Steve Berlin from Los Lobos. Then we hear two different tributes to The Rolling Stones – one by Broadway Lafayette and the other from Shiny Darkly. Low Cut Connie has a new single. R. Stevie Moore joins forces with Jason Falkner (ex Three O’Clock) for a one-time album called Make It Be. Finally, new exciting band from Macedonia, Bernays Propaganda closes the show today.
Old Testament – Skin and Bones;
Robbing Banks – Search and destroy;
Diamond Rugs – Thunk;
The Rolling Stones – Backstreet Girl;
Don Nix – Backstreet Girl;
Broadway Lafayette – Backstreet Girl;
Shiny Darkly – Under My Thumb;
The Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb;
Sonny Terry – Ride And Roll (Blues Alphabet);
The Flamin’ Groovies – Have You Seen My Baby;
Low Cut Connie – Shake It Little Tina;
Eamon McGrath – Cocaine Highway;
Sidewalks – Whoever Said That You Was Cool;
Stevie Moore And Jason Falkner – I H8 Ppl;
Ricked Wicky – Frenzy of Blame;
Miriam – Walking Down the Street;
Doug Gillard – Live in Cleveland
Vasta Popić – Ema;
Bernays Propaganda – Zabraneta Planeta.
New names in today’s show is the Portuguese duet called New Kind of Mambo and The Horrors from Cedar Rapids in Iowa. New Kind of Mambo has a new ep on their bandcamp page (free download) and Horrors have a new album called Vent produced by one of the heroes of this show Greg Cartwright. Tough Shits is another new band today with a self titled album. Deer Tick have new ep called Tim and we check it out in today’s show, by exploring connections between John McCauley and Paul Westerberg. Howe Gelb expanded the line up of his Giant Sand and now they are Giant Giant Sand – 12 people total in the new line up. Giant indeed. Freedy Johnston, Jon Dee Graham and Susan Cowsill put the record out as The Hobart Brothers and Lil’ Sis Hobart. We heard them all together for the first time a year ago in Flashlite 123 and now their first official album At Least We Have Each Other is out.