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Flashlite #749

Shanda of The Howlers

In today’s garage rock hour, we discover new names for us. Heavy Mother from Bloomington IN, Shanda and The Howlers from Las Vegas, Mullens from Dallas TX, JJ & The Real Jerks frin LA, NoMen from Kilmarnock VA and Gagarins from Spain. And we encounter new music from old favorites such as John Wesley Coleman Mr. Airplane Man, Straight Arrows from Sydney and Last Quokka from Perth, Australia.

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Luke And The Apostles – Been Burnt
Heavy Mother – I Know There’s No Answer
Last Quokka – Disconnected
The Liquorice Experiment – How Many Lies
Strange Attractor – I Always Get What I Want
Shanda & The Howlers – Want You Anyway
The Mullens – What You Deserve
Fruit Tones – Back In The Night (Again)
Heartbeeps – Trembling
The NoMen – Battle Snake
The Gagarins – Red Basement
Poison Boys – Steamroller
CTMF – Love Comes in Spurts
JJ & The Real Jerks – Downward Outward
John Wesley Coleman – Top Of The World
Neverland Ranch Davidians – Rat Patrol
Paint Fumes – Callin’ Out
Straight Arrows – Walkin Thru My Mind
Mr. Airplane Man – Believe
Cheater Slicks – Fear
Optic Nerve – What’s She Trying to Do
Tee Vee Repairman – Out Of Order

Flashlite #679

Green Blue

Today we have a couple of new introductions. Green/Blue come from Minnesotta MN, and they offer us a sweet new album called Offering. Also with a new album, we introduce Junior League straight from Covington LA. Good Looking Son have an ep and they come from Cincinnati OH. Outtacontroller from Canada is back with the new single, John Wesley Coleman III is back with the new album and so is Marc Ribot and his Ceramic Dog. Chris Church teams up with Big Stir Records to reissue his album from 10 years ago and we love it here at the Lighthouse.

Minutemen – The Red And The Black;
Green/Blue – Talking To Myself;
Frankie and the Witch Fingers – Cookin’;
Reigning Sound – Make It Up;
The Spliffs – I Know A Girl;
The Junior League – The Sunshine Saves Everyone;
Good Looking Son – Mr. Wonderful;
The Resonars – Own Up;
The Reflectors – Where Have You Been;
Outtacontroller – Parts Unknown;
Chris Church – Bad Summer;
Chris Church – You Are the Thunder;
Komodor – Nasty Habits;
Blue Oyster Cult – The Red & The Black;
Transistors – Reception to Porter;
John Wesley Coleman – Outerspacey Tracey;
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – Wanna.

Flashlite #560

Pieta Brown

Today’s show is focused on the new singer and songwriter scene. We introduce Angie McMahon and J.P. Shilo from Melbourne, Ada Lea from Montreal. Also we have Tyler Beojian, Pat Hull and Pieta Brown are back with new stuff. Sam Phillips and John Wesley Coleman had some recent tunes which fell through the cracks, but we catch up with that today. Lee Bains III from Alabama is in our live in Cleveland segment.

Wreckless Eric – The Half of It;
Angie McMahon – Keeping Time;
Ada Lea – Mercury;
Chris Shiflett – Welcome to Your First Heartache;
Gyasi – Young Love;
John Wesley Coleman – Fighting A Room;
J.P. Shilo – Kid King Kong;
David Nance – Credit Line;
Mikal Cronin – Undertow;
Tyler & the Names – Sunday Choir;
Pat Hull – Ay Marie.;
Lee Bains III – Live in CLE;
Rich Hopkins Luminarios – Back To The Garden Till I’m Gone;
Kelley Stoltz – Turning Into You;
Pieta Brown – The Hard Way;
Sam Phillips – I Want to Be You;
Rickie Lee Jones – Mac the Knife.

Flashlite #197

Julie DoironSeveral new things today… John Wesley Coleman III has yet another record out this year, so when you add it all up together, it’s his forth this year: two solo, one duet and one with The Golden Boys (we reviewed it last week). Then we have a new band here at the Little Lighthouse, Kriz crvene fuxe from Zagreb, although the news comes to us that the band has already ceased to exists in the meantime. Julie Doiron, who used to be in Eric’s Trip is back with the new solo album. Talking about grunge, Soundgarden also has a new record. And finally, Holly Golighthly has another record with The Brokeoffs entitled Sunday Roll Me Over. We also pay a special homage in this show to Sandy Denny, who has a four CD box set filled with demos and other rarities.

Sandy Denny – Who Knows Where the Time Goes;
Nude Beach – Radio;
The Forty Nineteens – She’s Moved On;
Empire – Electric Guitar;
The Golden Boys – Older Than You;
John Wesley Coleman III – King and Cindy;
The Exploding Hearts – I’m A Pretender;
King Louie’s Missing Monuments – I’m A Pretender (Live in CLE);
Kriz crvene fuxe – Marioneta;
Eamon McGrath – Instrument of My Release;
Eric’s Trip – Listen;
Julie Doiron – Our Love;
Soundgarden – Attrition;
Ron Wood And Ronnie Lane – Just For A Moment;
Rumer – Just For A Moment;
Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs – Goddam Holy Roll;
Sam Philips – I Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye To You;
Sandy Denny – Autopsy.

The Golden Boys – Dirty Fingernails

The Golden Boys - Dirty FingernailsGolden Boys are a five piece from Austin, Texas. The best known name in the band is John Wesley Coleman III, who is known in Austin and elsewhere not only as one of the Golden Boys, but also as a singer songwriter, stand up comedian and a trash poet. But, according to what I could find about the band, it seems that Matt Hoopengardner and Bryan Schmitz, on two guitars and main vocals, are the main driving forces behind the Golden Boys.

Dirty Fingernails is their fifth album and it could be said that it’s the most mature of them all so far. One can find a wide berth of musical genres, from power pop, garage rock and punk rock. The rhythm is fast and the sound is amplified, drum and keyboard driven. Song Outta The Dark even has some horns. Daddy’s Horsewife sounds like a hardcore punk parody. But other than that the topic is mostly love and in general.

The songwriting is very pedant, although the sound is decidedly sloppy.

Garage rocking Curtains, sounds like something that could be on legendary Spoons album Voxin’, although I would be very surprised that the Golden Boys made a conscious connection there.

The first tune on the B-side is Older Than You, obviously on the topic of age difference between the two lovers. It has an extremely catchy one guitar string riff, reminding me on Empire’s Bob Andrews, something that he would employ on Expensive Sound.

The last tune on the record We Are Young is a perfect closer, the unofficial greatest hit of 2012 in my mp3 player. It’s another song on the record about getting older, an anthem about growing up, a sort of a sister song to the Replacement’s Bastards of Young. It is definitely a standout on an album that is nevertheless excellent. With Older Than You on position B1 and We Are Young closing the record, we get a full circle on one side of the record and the topic of coming out of the age becomes the dominant one. Still, it’s not definitely not a downer. It’s a celebration, and it a fun record to play on repeat.

Technical note: the vinyl record is duplicated at the United Records Pressing plant from Nashville TN. Their prints are all over the place – some the best around, some are substandard. My copy of the Golden Boys is very well done – no complaints sound-wise although there are specked scratch patterns on the surface, which is something one just has to get used to at the United Records.

First published on rockxs.com.

Flashlite #161

Davy JonesInteresting premier in this show is the New Multitudes album, which marks this year as a 100 years from when Woody Guthrie was born. It’s another project where the Guthrie’s estate hands out his old unseen lyrics to modern day artists to write new tunes to the old words. First project like that was back in 1998 when Jeff Tweedy and Billy Bragg joined forces on Mermaid Avenue. It’s interesting that the Guthrie’s estate approached old Tweedy’s friend from the Uncle Tupelo days, Jay Farrar. He then also approached Will Johnson from Centro-matic, Yim Yames from My Morning Jacket and Anders Parker from Varnalinen to help him out in the completion. The whole thing turned out very well, Farrar’s singing wasn’t this good in ages and tunes fit the lyrics like a glove. Starting with this show, we will begin with a new segment, Live in Cleveland, which will feature live recordings from various bands on their Cleveland shows. We start with a new song for the Cleveland roots rock band Jack Fords, the band which also premiers at the Little Lighthouse today. Whitehorse is a duet from Canada that consists of singer-songwriters Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland and we feature them for the first time at todays show. Their self titled album is full of well crafted songs. Today we have John Wesley Coleman again, this time with a new solo album Last Donkey Show. Chrome Cranks are back with the new album Ain’t No Likes In Blood. And sadly, today’s show is dedicated to Davy Jones, one of the Monkees, who passed away on February 29 this year after a sudden hear attack.

Bootsy’s Rubber Band – Vanish in Our Sleep;
The Monkees – Look Out (Here Comes Tomorrow);
The Monkees – Star Collector;
Whitehorse – Broken;
Jay Farrar, Yim Yames, Will Johnson and Andreas Parker – V.D. City;
Billy Bragg and Wilco – California Stars;
Green On Red – This I know;
Jack Fords – Covers Blown;
Jack Fords – Turn It Up Louder;
Smrts – Balga Promenade;
Endless Boogie – Pack Your Bags;
John Wesley Coleman – Misery Again;
Gibson Bros – Lone Wild Bird;
The Chrome Cranks – Way-Out Lover;
The Chrome Cranks – Living Dead.

Flashlite #160

Michael DavisToday’s show is dedicated to Michael Davis, the original bass player of the loudest band on earth MC5. He died on February 17 this year after liver failure at the age of 68. We also catch up with another legend Andre Williams who has a new record out. Bruce Springsteen also has a new one out. English new wave legends Wire have a live record out and John Wesley Coleman teamed up with Morgan Coy for a strange little extended play which features new songs in full studio arrangement and also in more stripped down acoustic style.

Albert Smith – Come Together;
MC5 – Kick Out the Jams;
MC5 – Teenage Lust;
Blackbox Revelation – Love Licks;
Andre Williams – Mojo Hannah;
Esther Phillips – Mojo Hannah;
Elkie Brooks – Mojo Hannah;
Danny And The Champions of the World – Ghosts in the Wire;
Bruce Springsteen – You’ve Got It;
Chuck Prophet – He Came From So Far Away (Red Man Speaks);
The Sky Drops – Explain It to Me;
John Wesley Coleman III – Donkey Song;
John Wesley Coleman and Morgan Coy – Wild Zoo;
Wire – Kidney Bingos;
The Lemonheads – Mallo Cup;
Tad – 3-D Witch Hunt;
Dinosaur JR – No bones.

Flashlite #138

Rainer PtacekAnd… we’re back from our usual Summer break. The break was long, but without huge shakes in musical world. Also, not too many great records happened in the past two months while we were gone. My favorite record this summer is definitely Rainer Ptacek session with Calexico members that came out now, but it was recorded way back in 1997, mere months before Rainer passed away. The cd is called Roll Back The Years, and I really wish I could. We lost a lot when Rainer left 14 years ago. From Austin, we have new records for The Krayolas and John Wesley Coleman. From Memphis, we have new records for Jack Oblivian and Bo-Keys. We also have new Brian Wilson, whose new record is centered around Disney movies.

In other news, we say goodbye to Zagreb’s Radio SC. The “flashlite” edition of The Little Lighthouse, that is, Internet edition recorded in my room, as opposed to being live in real radio studio, started back in 2008 on their initiative. I am thankful for bringing me back out into the public, but last spring I got a note from them that their funds got shortened and that the radio ceased to exist. All the best to their crew in future endeavors. In the mean time, we keep rocking the (un)free world on this website, and also in Kragujevac on Radio Centar and Athens on Rock XS.

Wolf People – Time;
The Krayolas – Catherine;
The Krayolas – Gonna Walk Down;
Tyla Gang – Styrofoam;
Housecoat Project – Styrofoam (San Francisco CA 1987);
John Wesley Coleman III – Werewolf Soup;
Jack Oblivian – Dark Eyes;
Rainer and Das Combo – Drop Down Mama;
Rainer with Joey Burns and John Convertino – Roll Back the Years;
Tommy Stinson – One Man Mutiny;
Bash and Pop – Friday Night (Is Killing Me);
The Beatles – Why Don’t We Do It In The Road;
Lowell Fulson – Why Don’t We Do It In The Road;
The Bo-Keys – I’m Going Home (feat. Charlie Musselwhite);
Brian Wilson – Kiss the Girl (From the Little Mermaid);
R. Stevie Moore with Dave Gregory – Dates;
Chris McKenna – Maximum Love Vibes;
Poni-Tails – Born Too Late.

Flashlite #101

John Wesley ColemanUK label Acid Jazz has started re-issuing rare ep records and demos of the garage rock legends from England. In today’s show we represent two of those eps, both dealing with the past of Small Faces – Ian McLagan’s Muleskinners and Steve Marriot’s early solo work. Another cool reissue is the legendary Gibson Bros. LP from 1986 Build A Raft together with a busload of extras. Loretta Lynn has a new tribute album that gathered a mottle crew of artists. Logically, the tribute’s title is Coal Miner’s Daughter. Our good friends from the early days of the show, San Francisco duet ing, is back after a few years of silence with a luxurious CD/DVD release of Dial which is a musical that in parts deals with a loss of Mark Smotroff’s life partner Jack. John Wesley Coleman, a singer-songwriter from Austin is busy lately with putting out albums quite frequently. This time we listen to a track from his latest album Bad Lady Goes To Jail. And we also have one brand new band today, they are very loud and their name is Bottle Up And Go. So let’s go!

Iron City Houserockers – Rock-ola;
John Wesley Coleman – Bad Lady Goes To Jail;
John Wesley Coleman – Liquor Store;
Steve Wynn And The Miracle 3 – We Don’t Talk About It;
Steve Marriot – Money Money;
The Muleskinners – Need Your Lovin;
Eamon McGrath – Land of Dogs;
The Bevis Frond – The Daily Round;
The White Stripes – Rated X;
Black Dub – Surely;
Trixie Whitley and Daniel Lanois – Surely;
Bottle Up And Go – These Bones;
Gibson Bros. – 16 Tons;
Vanilla Fudge – Take Me For A Little While;
ing – Springfiled Avenue;
ing (with special friends) – Drop;
Mike Watt – Hollowed Out-Man.

Flashlite #72

Lorette VelvetteToday’s editions brings you the newest album for The Kropotkins, band fronted by Lorette Velvette and Dave Soldier. This is their third album, and listeners of this show their two first albums very well if they followed our past episodes. We also have A. A. Bondy with his new album Daytrotter Session volume 2, Suzanne Vega with her new album Close-Up Vol. 1 Love Songs. Jon Dee Graham is also here with his brand new album It’s Not As Bad As It Looks. We know him previously as the member of The Skunks, True Believers and The Resentments. He recently had an accident that nearly took his life, and we’re glad to see him back raging full on. John Wesley Coleman III is the new name at the Little Lighthouse. In this show you can hear a tune from his new album called Steal My Mind, Coleman’s version of Warren Zevon’s Lawyers, Guns And Money.

Ivica Percl – Dobar Dan;
Kropotkins – Little Drag Racer;
Kropotkins – Cold Wet Steel;
Kropotkins – Junior’s Groove;
A.A. Bondy – Among The Pines;
A.A. Bondy – I Can See The Pines Are Dancing;
Luther Dickinson & The Sons Of Mudboy – Back Back Train;
Warren Zevon – Lawyers, Guns And Money;
John Wesley Coleman III – Lawyers, Guns & Money;
True Believers – Sleep Enough To Dream;
Jon Dee Graham – My Lucky Day;
Javier Escovedo – The Music Keeps On Playin’;
Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – Maggie May;
Suzanne Vega – I’ll Never Be Your Maggie May;
The Boomtown Rats – (She’s Gonna) Do You In;
The Vibrators – Sweet Sweet Heart.