The Amplifier Heads joined forces with Barrence Whitfield on their new single. Daniel Romano has a new album with his Outfit. Dream Machine over in Utah have a new single. Kill Devil Hills from Perth, AU have a new album. Reflectors are back with another super catchy tune. Roots rock duet Courettes from Denmark continue their productive sequence of hits. We even have a bit of a supergroup today. Members of Spongetones, Spygenius plus Chris Church and Dolph Chaney collaborate in The Electromagnates. John Larson has a new song with his Silver Fields. Our friends from the first episodes Special Pillow have a new album over in New Jersey. Hurray For The Riff Raff are also finally debuting in our show after being unjustly ignored for years. All and more today in the Lighthouse.
Fugs – Morning Morning
The Amplifier Heads with Barrence Whitfield – They Came To Rock
Daniel Romano – You can steal my kiss
Daniel Romano’s Outfit – Jokerman
Steely Dan – Barrytown
The Special Pillow – A Certain Level of Uncertainty
Hurray For The Riff Raff – Hawkmoon
Rose Garden – Look What You’ve Done
Spencer Davis Group – Every Little Thing
John Larson and The Silver Fields – Don’t Look Too Fast
The Electromagnates – Airwave Hello
J Mascis – Set Me Down
Big Trouble House – Hundreds of Refugees
The Courettes – Shake!
The Reflectors – All The Way Down
Dolph Chaney – Californiagain
Fendahlene – When the Hit Began
The Kill Devil Hills – Prescribed Burns
Dream Machine – Find Me Again
Doris Melton – Red Flowers
It’s the last show of 2018! Today we start a little heavy. Machine comes from The Netherlands and Biblical is from Toronto, Canada. Both bands play hard rock. Then we introduce a humorous new band from Knoxville, TN, Ex-Gold. Constant Mongrel are new to us, but we know Kill Devil Hills really well. Both bands come from Australia and have new records out. Over in Macedonia, Bernays Propaganda is back with a new EP, featuring Mike Watt. And also on the same label, Balkan Veliki, we introduce Rade Jordanovski. We close the show with three new acts from UK: Broken Soundtracks and Laish. Groovy Uncle is back with a new record.
First half of the show today is dedicated to legendary punks and last Monday in Cleveland. On that day, we had two events that threaten to be the events of the year. First, at the Rock’n’roll Hall of Fame we had a chance to see four legendary Cleveland punks who returned to the city to promote their new books. David Thomas, Cheetah Chrome, Mike Hudson and Bob Pfeifer had a great chance to reconnect with their native audience and reaffirm their well known love-hate relationship with the sweet home of Cleveland. Then, at the Grog show we had a chance to see Mike Watt live with his Missingmen. They played their new opera in its entirety and it worked really great as a single piece without interruptions. The next set was a short but furious and unforgettable Minutemen set. It was one of the best things I’ve ever seen. The second half of todays show is dedicated to some new records that came out. Lords of Altamont have a new record and they covered The Litter’s Action Woman. Another great cover today is that of Kill Devil Hills song Drinkin’ Too Much, this time on the new record for James Leg, the front man of Black Diamond Heavies. Meat Puppets are also out with the new record called Lollipop.