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Flashlite #761

Ghost Woman

Cool overview of neo-psychedelic tunes and bands. We have new music from Ty Segall, Rat Columns of Perth, AU and The Intelligence from California. Ghost Woman is also here with the new music and now it’s a duet with Evan Uschenko and Ille van Dessel. We introduce The Brooms from Portugal with a cover of Hawkwind, Sloppy Heads from NY and a band from Brazil White Canyon and The Fifth Dimension (has nothing to do with the legendary vocal group of the same name). Verstärker comes from Kentucky but they sound like they came from 1970s Germany.

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Tomorrow – Real Life Permanent Dream
White Canyon & The 5th Dimension – Howling Pines
Sloppy Heads – New Speedway Boogie
Pink Mexico – Hot Air
Ty Segall – Void
Verstärker – Ankunft
Rat Columns – Someone Else’s Dream
Rat Columns – Cerulean Blue
Ghost Woman – Alright Alright
Ghost Woman – 3 Weeks Straight
The BROOMS! – Motorhead
The Intelligence – Now, Squirm!
Kooper, Bloomfield, Stills – You Don’t Love Me

Flashlite #641

Rat Columns

Nice new tunes today from Guided By Voices, Rat Columns, Jay Gonzalez and Autogramm. Leigh Gregory of The Dispossessed and Mellow Drunk is back with a solo record and opening tune on it bears a tribute to Lemonheads in its title. Speaking of Lemonheads, PA musician Fred Mascherino teamed up with Evan Dando co-writing a song together for his band The Color Fred. We introduce Wilding from Melbourne and Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs from Toronto. We close the show today with a small tribute to Zafir Hadzimanov, one of the most interesting early pop and rock singers of Yugoslavia who passed away recently.

Lemonheads – Alison’s starting to happen;
Guided By Voices – Margaret Middle School;
Autogramm – Bad Day;
Chris Church – Removed;
Rote Kapelle – You Don’t Know;
The Dispossessed – Sister Mary;
Leigh Gregory – Allison’s Not Happenin’ Anymore;
Jay Gonzalez – Need You Round;
Shocking Blue – Oh Lord;
Bonnie St. Claire – Catch Me Driver;
Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting for the Man;
Wilding – Burning Up Inside;
Rat Columns – Athens;
Audacity – Umbrellas;
The Numner Ones – Sharon Shouldn’t;
Scott Reynolds – The Truth About Tuesday;
Sam Coffey & the Iron Lungs – What This City Needs;
The Color Fred – Everwrite;
John Paul Keith – Ain’t Done Loving You Yet;
Ally Venable – Heart of Fire;
Zdenka Vuckovic – Cemu istina;
Zafir Hadzimanov – Momci.

Flashlite #626

Mira Furlan

Nothing but nicely written music today. We start off with a shiny new song from Dinosaur JR, possibly the shiniest one J wrote since Take A Run At The Sun. Alice Cooper recorded a tribute to Detroit and we check out a cover of an Outrageous Cherry song. Rat Columns and Cool Ghouls are back with new singles. A band we used to know under various names (Fruit Sandal and Akibas) is back with a new name: Melody And The Jones. Petrified Max, after a superb album from last year has a new single (it’s a new band for Vitus Mataré and John Rosewall of Trotsky Icepick fame). We introduce a band from Istria in Croatia, Finta De Mona, that specializes into covers from old songs from that region. Trevor Beld Jimenez is a new performer from Southern California. We pay a tribute to two Yugoslavian legends who passed away recently. Mira Furlan and Misa Aleksic of Riblja Corba.

Buldozer – Garcon De Yugoslavie;
Dinosaur JR – I Ran Away;
Alice Cooper – Our Love Will Change The World;
Outrageous Cherry – Our Love Will Change the World;
Trevor Beld Jimenez – Moment;
Rat Columns – No Stranger To Life;
Akibas – Can we be friends;
Melody And The Jones – Sun Lions;
Petrified Max – The Lucky Couple;
The Last – Jungle Book;
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns – The Jungle Book;
Cool Ghouls – Helpless Circumstance;
Finta De Mona – Macak z Voloskega;
Bonaca – Macak z Voloskega;
Riblja Corba – Ostacu slobodan;
Mira Furlan i Orkestar Davora Slaminga – Depresivni djecak;
Trotsky Icepick – The Jungle Book;
Red Lights – Jungle Book;
Mira Furlan i Buldozer – Garcon De Yugoslavie.

Flashlite #457

Ghalia and Mama's BoysToday we start off with a new band, Arts And Leisure from Sacramento, CA lead by Gerri and Tim White. Fernando Perdomo is a producer that many compare to the modern day Todd Rundgren. We also have the new music from David West, who we know from Rat Columns, but this time he is with his new band Teardrops. Tin Foil come from Detroit and Street Hassle are from Minneapolis. Ghalia Vauthier comes from Brussels and she joined forces with Mama’s Boys from New Orleans, forming a new exciting roots rock band.

The Beatles – And Your Bird Can Sing;
Arts And Leisure – Here I Go;
Fernando Perdomo – Spotlight Smile;
Sweet Apple – She Wants To Run;
Snooze in Motion – Mirror Song;
Kristina Gorovska i Vasko Atanasoski – Vo ladna soba;
David West With Teardrops – Morning rain;
The Metal Babies – All a Waste of Time;
Transit Method – Parabnormal;
ESC Life – Full Circle;
Tin Foil – She’s An Automaton;
Street Hassle – Rock and Roll Sage;
Andy Gabbard – Fireworks;
Bash And Pop – Saturday (Live in CLE)
Cheap Wine – The Wise Man’s Finger;
The Pink Tiles – Time for Love;
Ghalia and Mama’s Boys – Press That Trigger;
Dead Rock West – Stereo.

Flashlite #442

Rad ColumnsToday we introduce a few new names in this show. Freak Genes, two guys from Manchester, Male Gaze from San Francisco, and we introduce Rod Bryan from Arkansas. Rat Columns from Perth are back with the new record and so is Benjamin Booker. My Buddy Moose from Rijeka are finally out with the new record which was nearly two years in making. Supergroup Sweet Apple is also back with the new rocking record (with members from Cobra Verde, Witch and Dinosaur JR). Danny And The Champions of the world, an Americana band from the British isle, is also back. Today’s show is dedicated to Aleksandar D. Kostić Kosta, legendary journalist from Belgrade who influenced me a lot. He passed away this week at a young age of 55.

Elvis Costello – Lovable;
Freak Genes – Exposed;
Male Gaze – Wha Do Wha Do;
Male Gaze – Stupid Heart;
Stutter Steps – Encino;
Rat Columns – Death Is Leaving Me;
Rat Columns – She Loves the Rain;
Benjamin Booker – Truth is Heavy;
Mega City Four – Who Cares;
The Safeties Live in CLE;
Rod Bryan and Megan Michelle – Former Lover;
My Buddy Moose – Second Best;
Blue Things – High Life;
Captain Beyond – Armworth;
Hot Stuff – Jay Time;
Danny and The Champions of the World – Waiting for the Right Time;
Sweet Apple – You Don’t Belong To Me;
Van Morrison – Street Choir;
The Replacements – Here Comes A Regular.

Flashlite #288

The Ugly BeatsWe have some hot reissues this time from the Numero Group. As a continuation of their Nikki Sudden reissues, we also now have the first Jacobites reissues, the first lp and Robespierre’s Velvet Basement. Another hot reissue on the same label is Texan hard rock band Josefus with their 1970 loud masterpiece Dead Man. We also have some interesting new records. Brian Olive, who used to be with The Greenhornes and Soledad Brothers, now has a new EP called Move. We introduce The Ugly Beats from Austin TX and Rat Columns for the first time at The Little Lighthouse. Rock’n’roll megastars J Mascis and Ty Segall have new records each and Mark Lanegan had put out the new EP as an advance for the upcoming new record in the Fall this year.

Bevis Frond – Begone;
Josefus – Situation;
Brian Olive – Kicking the Dirt;
Brian Olive – Left Side Rock;
Junior Kimbrough – I Gotta Try You Girl (Blues Alphabet);
Los Flecos – Los Gusanos;
The Ugly Beats – Los Gusanos;
Hollis Brown – Gipsy Cat Blues (Live in CLE);
Jacobites – Jacobites Grave Kings And Queens;
Jacobites – Fortune of Fame;
Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove – Revolver;
Mark Lanegan And Isobel Campbell – Revolver;
Mark Lanegan Band – Jonas Pap;
J Mascis – Wide Awake;
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Vambo;
Ty Segall – The Faker;
Rat Columns – Another Day.