Psych review today. We check out the new tunes by The Black Delta Movement over in UK. Also in UK, we have Dead Sea Apes. In Australia, we check out Brown Spirits. On the US side of things, we have Sun Astros, Mammatus and Helen Kelter Skelter. Marc Ribot is also back with his Ceramic Dog. Norwegian masters Motorpsycho are also back with a new record and it sounds a bit lighter than the what we normally used from them.
Ribbons of Euphoria – Invisible Prison
The Black Delta Movement – Always Home
Ceramic Dog – Connection
Korb – Ritual For The Gods
Sun Astros – She’s Gotta Man
Dead Sea Apes – Truther
Dead Flowers – Altered State Circus
Helen Kelter Skelter – Sceptre
Mammatus – Expanding Majesty
Goat – Goatman
Brown Spirits – Dead End Exits
Motorpsycho – Patterns
Motorpsycho – The Dowser
Today we review the newest in on the psych scene. We check in with Sweden’s Motorpsycho who have a new record and also with Osees and Aquarian Blood over in Memphis. We introduce Double Cheese from La Rochelle in France, Chris Forsyth in Philly, Baby Cool from Brisbane, White Hills from NYC. Ghost Woman, fronted by Evan Uschenko is particularly an interesting project! The show is dedicated to a Yugoslav psych and prog rock pioneer Kornelije Bata Kovac who passed away recently at the age of 80.
Sonic Youth – Brave Men Run (in My Family);
Double Cheese – Talk, Drink, Bleach;
Osees – Too Late for Suicide;
Pridjevi – Tavra Zorpro;
Aquarian Blood – Hold Out Now;
Chris Forsyth – Bad Moon Risen;
Sonic Youth – Ghost Bitch;
Ghost Woman – Do You;
Baby Cool – Magic;
David Nance – A Flight Of Stairs;
White Hills – Radiate;
Motorpsycho – Chariot Of The Sun To Phaeton On The Occasion Of Sunrise (Theme From An Imagined Movie;
David Craven & Jon S Williams – Festival;
Indexi – Plima;
Korni Grupa – Put Za Istok.
Loud and heavy show today. We start off with a pair of rough punk bands Mud City Manglers from Pittsburgh and Sick Thoughts from New Orleans. Then we get even heavier with Miss Lava from Portugal and reach the apex of heaviness with Big Brave from Canada. From New York City, we have new music from A Place To Bury Strangers and a new posthumous release by Alan Vega. Over in Norway, Motorpsycho prepared unreleased materials gathered for their recent trilogy and made a whole new exciting album out of it. We finish off with Trash Ferraris who we know very little about.
Motorhead – Emergency;
Mud City Manglers – One More Mile;
Sick Thoughts – Drug Rock;
Earthless – Electric Flame;
Miss Lava – The Fall;
Big Brave – Half Breed;
Tad – Weakling;
A Place To Bury Strangers – End of the Night;
Alan Vega – Fist;
Aamon Duul II – Eye Shaking King;
Blaak Heat – Black Hawk;
Motorpsycho – Kingdom of Oblivion;
Trash Ferraris – Philistine;
Joy – Back To the Sun.
Welcome to the new episode! We have some good new music for you all. We start off with Transit Method over in Austin, TX who has a new record. Motorpsycho from Sweeden continue a string of annual releases with All Is One LP. The Most from Southington, CT is a new introduction, as well as Ridiculous Trio from Chicago. Ridiculous Trio are a brass trio that has some unusual new versions of Stooges music. Another new introduction is from St. Louis, Missouri: David and Jake Maness, or otherwise known from The Maness Brothers. Hard-Ons from Australia are back with heavy sound. Lastly, we play a loooong track by Fernando Perdomo, which sort of binds the show from the beginning to the end and holds it like super glue.
Transit Method – Cannibals;
Motorpsycho – The Magpie;
Hedvig Mollestad – A Stone’s Throw;
Parlor Walls – Spinning Gold;
The Maness Brothers – Tupelo;
Little Albert – Outside Woman Blues;
Fernando Perdomo – A Circle Appears to Guide Me;
The Most – First Frost;
A Burning Bus – Platform;
Maggot Heart – Justine;
Hard Ons – Made To Love You II;
The Ridiculous Trio – T.V. Eye;
Wylder Ratttz – T.V. Eye.
As accustomed, every year around this time we look back and review some of the best albums that I’ve enjoyed in the past year. In this installment of the Little Lighthouse, we review albums that took #30-#14 positions on my list. Although, it should be said that the list is that of a moment, and not a result of a very careful deliberation. Enjoy the music! Top 13 next week.
Yawpers – Earn Your Heaven;
Motorpsycho – Lux Aeterna;
Meat Puppets – The Great Awakening;
Mattiel – Rescue You;
Thee Melomen – Time Has Come;
Ty Segall – Squealer;
Redd Kross – Punk II;
Eamon McGrath – Unsung Warsong;
Morlocs – Buffoon;
Bad Moves – Out of Reach;
Lisa Prank – Rodeo;
Jonathan Richman – Alegre Soy;
The Flesh Eaters – The Green Manalishi;
Mikal Cronin – Fire;
Wolfmanhatan Project – Jar in the Staircase;
Eugene Chadbourne and The Sunwatchers – Give Back The Key To My Heart;
Those Pretty Wrongs – Undertow.
Today’s show kicks off with the new single for John Petkovic (Cobra Verde) and Pat Carney (Black Keys), together as Sad Planets. We also introduce the new releases from Motorpsycho and Specials who reunited after many years. We introduce Low Life from Sydney Australia and Katla from Iceland. Shagg is a new quartet from Cleveland and we also hear one of their songs recorded live. Sara Romweber, drummer of Let’s Active, Snatches of Pink and Dex Romweber Duo passed away at the age of 55 on March 4th, and today’s show is dedicated to her memory.
Nikki Hill – Take The Ride (It Don’t Matter);
Sad Planets – Not of This World;
Specials – Breaking Point;
Specials – Ghost Town;
Sunwatchers – New Dad Blues;
Motorpsycho – Psychotzar;
Katla – I Will Hunt You.;
Outrageous Cherry – Last Nice Guy In Detroit;
Coldcock – I Wanna Be Rich;
Low Life – Lust Forevermore;
Shagg – Switchblade Baby;
Shagg (Live in CLE);
Dex Romweber Duo – Jungle Drums;
Snatches of Pink – Thing of the Past;
Let’s Active – Ring True;
The Lemonheads – Magnet;
NRBQ – Magnet.
The Little Lighthouse presents best albums in 2017. A good way to usher the new year is to put together a list of best albums in the previous one. We’ve been doing this for a long time with more or less discipline, but the criteria is always personal and the lists simply collects albums that I’ve kept coming back to most frequently. This time we cover positions 35-15 and tune in next week for the top 14. Today we cover one of four albums that was put together by the productive and controversial Matthew Melton (Warm Soda), heavier rock records from The Obsessed, Elder, Motorpsycho All The Witches and Ruby The Hatchet show a modern approach to head banging, twisted Americana of Ethan Daniel Davidson, Yawpers and My Buddy Moose represent a fresh approach to a genre that needs reinvention badly. Strong lyrical works from Daniel Romano and John Wesley Coleman III are the best to enjoy while reading and musing on the inner sleeves. Bully, Lost Balloons, Sheer Mag, Needles//Pins show that indie rock still has something to say. Beautiful vocals of Dead Rock West are to admire. Ty Segall had an album of his career. Baby Shakes simply have short and fun record that makes you wanna play on and on. Newcomers Improbables and experienced Golden Boys hail from their garages with high octane garage rock and of all experiments from King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, their Microtonal Banana was the most fun.
15 Baby Shakes - Turn It Up
16 Daniel Romano - Modern Pressure
17 John Wesley Coleman III - Microwave Dream
18 Ty Segall
19 Lost Balloons - Hey Summer
20 The Improbables - Object To Be Destroyed
21 All Them Witches - Sleeping Through The War
22 The Obsessed - Sacred
23 Motorpsycho - The Tower
24 Golden Boys - Better Than Good Times
25 The Yawpers - Boy in a Well
26 Elder - Reflections of a Floating World
27 My Buddy Moose - IV
28 Dead Rock West - More Love
29 Needles//Pins - Good Night, Tomorrow
30 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
31 Warm Soda - I Don't Wanna Grow Up
32 Ruby The Hatchet - Planetary Space Child
33 Sheer Mag - Need To Feel Your Love
34 Ethan Daniel Davidson - Crows
35 Bully - Losing
Bully – Either Way;
Ethan Daniel Davidson – Beast;
Sheer Mag – Just Can’t Get Enough;
Ruby The Hatchet – Killer;
Warm Soda – To Be With Ramona;
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard – Melting;
Needles//Pins – Time and Tide;
Dead Rock West – Boundless Fearless Love;
My Buddy Moose – After The Feeling Has Gone;
Elder – Thousand Hands;
Yawpers – Reunion;
The Golden Boys – So Cowboy;
Motorpsycho – The Maypole;
The Obsessed – Be The Night;
All Them Witches – Don’t Bring Me Coffe;
The Improbables – Crawl With Me;
Lost Baloons – Not My Time;
Ty Segall – Freedom;
John Wesley Coleman – Shovel;
Daniel Romano – Dancing With The Lady In The Moon;
Baby Shakes – Baby Blue.
Today we have a few international bands that are presented for the first time here at our little show. Sir Bald Diddley and his Ripcurls come from UK. Motorpsycho are a veteran group that rocks out from Norway using a wide array of styles and influences. Wolfmother are quite popular over in Australia, but we have them here debuting. Suzanne Santo usually plays together with Benjamin Jaffe in Honeyhoney, but this time we check out her solo record. Lee Ann Womack made quite a career in pop and country crossover a decade ago, but this time she’s returning to the roots. And finally, we introduced Dori Freeman not so long ago, and she is already back with a new record.
Flora Pop – You’re My Favorite Waste Of Time;
Sir Bald Diddley And His Ripcurls – Wild Wig Out;
Motorpsycho – The Cuckoo;
Tall Juan – I Wish I Knew;
Craig Brown – Live in CLE;
Wolfmother – Best of a Bad Situation;
Dori Freeman – Yonder Comes a Sucker;
Dori Freeman – Ain’t Nobody;
Lilly Hiatt – records;
Sam Philips – Same Changes;
Suzanne Santo – Ghost in My Bed;
Honeyhoney – Give Yourself to Me.flac
Judee Sill – I’m Over;
Cheese Borger And The Cleveland Steamers – Something Bad;
Lee Ann Womack – All the trouble;
Marshall Crenshaw – You’re My Favorite Waste Of Time.
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Today’s show kicks off with the new single for John Petkovic (Cobra Verde) and Pat Carney (Black Keys), together as Sad Planets. We also introduce the new releases from Motorpsycho and Specials who reunited after many years. We introduce Low Life from Sydney Australia and Katla from Iceland. Shagg is a new quartet from Cleveland and we also hear one of their songs recorded live. Sara Romweber, drummer of Let’s Active, Snatches of Pink and Dex Romweber Duo passed away at the age of 55 on March 4th, and today’s show is dedicated to her memory.
The Little Lighthouse presents best albums in 2017. A good way to usher the new year is to put together a list of best albums in the previous one. We’ve been doing this for a long time with more or less discipline, but the criteria is always personal and the lists simply collects albums that I’ve kept coming back to most frequently. This time we cover positions 35-15 and tune in next week for the top 14. Today we cover one of four albums that was put together by the productive and controversial Matthew Melton (Warm Soda), heavier rock records from The Obsessed, Elder, Motorpsycho All The Witches and Ruby The Hatchet show a modern approach to head banging, twisted Americana of Ethan Daniel Davidson, Yawpers and My Buddy Moose represent a fresh approach to a genre that needs reinvention badly. Strong lyrical works from Daniel Romano and John Wesley Coleman III are the best to enjoy while reading and musing on the inner sleeves. Bully, Lost Balloons, Sheer Mag, Needles//Pins show that indie rock still has something to say. Beautiful vocals of Dead Rock West are to admire. Ty Segall had an album of his career. Baby Shakes simply have short and fun record that makes you wanna play on and on. Newcomers Improbables and experienced Golden Boys hail from their garages with high octane garage rock and of all experiments from King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, their Microtonal Banana was the most fun.
Today we have a few international bands that are presented for the first time here at our little show. Sir Bald Diddley and his Ripcurls come from UK. Motorpsycho are a veteran group that rocks out from Norway using a wide array of styles and influences. Wolfmother are quite popular over in Australia, but we have them here debuting. Suzanne Santo usually plays together with Benjamin Jaffe in Honeyhoney, but this time we check out her solo record. Lee Ann Womack made quite a career in pop and country crossover a decade ago, but this time she’s returning to the roots. And finally, we introduced Dori Freeman not so long ago, and she is already back with a new record.