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Flashlite #561

Margaret Airplaneman

Today’s we start with The Baby Shakes from New York City and their new album. Mikal Cronin also has a new record out called Seeker. Signing Loins from UK are also back. Pink Tiles from Australia, Big Bite from Seattle and Scarcity of Tanks from Cleveland have new songs out. Margaret and Tara from Mr. Airplaneman have a new ep and we also check out Margaret’s live solo recording. Speaking of live stuff, in our Live in Cleveland segment, we have Mike Watt from his latest visit to our town.

Those Pretty Wrongs – It’s About Love;
Baby Shakes – Modern Girl Renegade;
The Pink Tiles – Have You Heard;
Redd Kross – Fighting;
Criminal Hygiene – Dangers of Convenience;
Mikal Cronin – I’ve Got Reason;
Big Bite – The River (Single);
The See No Evils – Falling;
UV-TV – World;
Mike Watt – She Don’t Know Why I’m Here (Live in CLE);
Mr. Airplane Man – Get On A Plane;
Margaret Airplaneman – Surferliner;
Go-Betweens – dive for your memory;
Vukovar – Dive For Your Memory;
Scarcity of Tanks – Slang Pro;
The Singing Loins – This One.

Flashlite #555

Gorilla

Welcome to the new gloom and doom edition of The Little Lighthouse. We will go through several new hard rocking tunes and also revisit some old stuff too. Schizophonics’ new rocking single opens up the show and then we check in with the new tunes form Matthew Wascovich who again teamed up with a stellar line up of international collaborators. The Silence come from Tokyo and Elder from Berlin. Over in UK we have Gorilla and in LA, Here Lies Man. Towards the end of the show, we check out an excellent retro compilation Jobcentre Rejects. Headbangers of the world, unite.

Buffalo – Freedom;
The Schizophonics – Steely Eyed Lady;
Vicious Fence – Same Cell Different Paint;
Rosalie Cunningham – Ride On My Bike;
The Silence – Freedom;
Elder – Illusory Motion;
Gorilla – Treecreeper;
Here Lies Man – Long Legs (Look Away);
Baseline – Suspended Animation;
Predatür – Seen You Here;
Screaming Trees – Freedom.

Flashlite #453

Baby ShakesToday we start off with a brand new tune from Cheap Wine’s new studio, directly from Pesaro, Italy. Motörhead and Replacements have post-breakup releases, and we check it out today. Pink Tiles from Australia have a really good new album, that showcases their great new leap in artistic maturity. Hidden Rifles are a new band for Matthew Wascovich, Mike Watt and Norman Westberg. We introduce Transit Method from Austin TX and three ladies from New York City, Baby Shakes.

Dead Rock West – Waiting Patiently;
Cheap Wine – Full of Glow;
Transit Method – Snake Wine;
Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash;
Messerschmitt – Jumpin’ Jack Flash;
Motörhead – Jumpin’ Jack Flash;
Hidden Rifles – Thrawnly Lot;
Cheese Borger And The Cleveland Steamers – Never Saw You Again;
Alex Chilton – You’re My Favorite;
The Replacements – Color Me Impressed (Live at Maxwell’s);
The Replacements – Color Me Impressed (Live in CLE);
Needles//Pins – Sleep;
Powerline Sneakers – Mypoohondiac;
Baby Shakes – Won’t See Me;
The Pink Tiles – Rocky Road;
The Candees – little miss rainbow;
The Prisoners – You’re Goin’ Down;
The Favourites – New Feeling;
Lost Baloons – Change Your Mind.

Flashlite #443

Nicole AdkinsToday we introduce several interesting relatively new names on the female songwriting scene. Katie Von Schleicher comes from Brooklyn and Esmé Patterson is from Denver, CO. Nicole Atkins from New Jersey is particularly interesting because she teamed up with Tommy Stinson of The Replacements and Bash & Pop for her upcoming new album. Tommy is also out touring with Chip Roberts as The Cowboys In The Campfire. They stopped by at Cleveland’s Blue Arrow Records and played a few new tunes. We hear one of them today. Talking about Cleveland, Matthew Wascowich is back with his Scarcity of Tanks. They have a new album called Garford Mute, inspired by growing up, and it contains a stellar line up of Pere Ubu and Terminal Lovers bands, plus Doug Gillard and the legendary Steve Mackay, the Stooges sax player with his posthumous appearance. We also check out the new music Left Lane Cruiser and and introduce two new heavy bands, ’68 from Atlanta and Gorilla from UK.

Beach Boys – You’re So Good to Me;
’68 – The Workers Are Few;
Gorilla – Slay Rider;
Gorilla* – Heartless Heart;
The Trashed Romeos – The Grass Is Never Greener;
Jim Dickinson – Grass Is Never Greener;
Cowboys In The Campfire – Breathing Room (Live in CLE);
Cowboys In The Campfire – Fall Apart Together (Live in CLE);
Nicole Atkins – Listen Up;
Andy Gabbard – You’re So Good To Me;
Katie von Schleicher – The Image;
Esm̩ Patterson РMoth Song;
Coming Up Roses – I could have been your girlfriend;
The Long Ryders – Run Dusty Run;
Tyrannamen – I Can’t Read Your Mind;
The Twerps – she didn’t know;
The Stevens – I know (charles and jerry);
Left Lane Cruiser – Booga Chaka;
Scarcity of Tanks – Embrace.

Flashlite #206

Clara EngelCrowdfunding is a cool new way to help musicians make their albums ahead of time, get some special releases in return and maybe even influence the content in some ways. I mean, without your help, the stuff wouldn’t even be out. Today we introduce two artist that took the road of crowdfunding. Clara Engel is from Toronto and she’s a singer songwriter. She previously published in UK and Italy, but not in North America. She started a website on kapipal where you can help her put together her record. Our old friend from The Windbreakers and Gone Fishin’, Tim Lee with his new band Tim Lee 3 is also crowfunding the upcoming album Devil’s Rope. He has an account on indiegogo. Also, he organized a tribute album to his old pal from the Windbreakers Bobby Sutliff and called it Skrang!. We check out one song that he prepared for this occasion today. Sutliff had a bad car accident and needs help to cover the health care costs. We also introduce two new bands, Velociraptor from Australia and The Strypes from Ireland. Strypes are very young and people talked a lot about them last year. Cleveland bands Pere Ubu and Scarcity of Tanks have new albums and Cobra Verde is in our segment live from CLE. Also, we pay a small tribute to Wilko Johnson from Dr. Feelgood who has been diagnosed with the terminal pancreatic cancer.

Damien Youth – Dandelion Girl;
Velociraptor – I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night);
Velociraptor – Sleeping With The Fishes;
The Rolling Stones – Route 66;
The Strypes – Route 66;
Nat King Cole – Route 66;
The Windbreakers – Black & White;
Tim Lee 3 – I Thought You Knew;
Clara Engel – Song to the Sea Witch (Disembody My Voice);
Patti Smith – Dancing Barefoot;
Pere Ubu – Waiting for Mary;
Pere Ubu – Free White;
Scarcity of Tanks – Quigley Dictum;
Cobra Verde – Temptation (Live in CLE);
Moloch – I Can Think The Same of You;
Don Nix – Olena;
Harlan T. Bobo – Crazy With Loneliness;
Dr. Feelgood – One Weekend;
Digger And The Pussycats – Nice to Your Body.

Flashlite #162

Cheyenne Marie MizeToday we start off with the new album for the Memphis area rockers Lucero. Then we introduce a new singer songwriter from Nova Scotia, Mike O’Neill who showcases his talent on the new album called Wild Lines. Another new name in the show is also Alabama Shakes, a band from Northern Alabama that combines soul, southern rock and punk rock into an interesting mixture of genres. Terry Malts comes from California and he is also new in our lineup. Cheyenne Marie Mize is a singer songwriter from Louisville KY with an interesting debut ep We Don’t Need, although I think I do need it. And in the end, Scarcity of Tanks return with three(!!) new albums Vulgar Defender, Fear is Not Conscience, Sensational Grade. In our live in Cleveland series, we have Eilen Jewell and her awesome interpretation of Shakin’ All Over.

The Sky Drops – Swimming with Fishes;
Lucero – Sixes and Sevens;
Lucero – Like Lightning;
The Byrds – Fifth Dimension;
John Stewart – Razorback Woman;
Bill Fox – Whenever I;
Mike O’Neill – Colin;
John Larson – Girl In The Band;
Johnny Kidd And The Pirates – Shakin’ All Over;
Eileen Jewell – Shakin’ All Over;
Alabama Shakes – Hang Loose;
Scarcity of Tanks – Canister Fault;
Scarcity of Tanks – Impaired Nominee;
Terry Malts – Where Is the Weekend;
Cheyenne Marie Mize – Keep It;
The Dark Rags – Drunken Angel;
Starry Eyed and Laughing – Keep It To Yourself.

Flashlite #95

smRtsFolks, here it is, second show for this season! We continue filling out gaps that happened while we were gone over the summer. One of the most pleasant surprises that happened recently is the return of Dan Stuart of Green on Red with his new band The Slummers. He, producer JD Foster and two Italian musicians created this new band and a ultra fun record called Love Of The Amateur. Australian band smrTs that we know from their demos last year are finally out with the first official CD. They call it Sun Sets On A New Tomorrow and it’s full of catchy instrumentals. Satin Gum from Pittsburgh are once again here with another extremely catchy EP which is once again self-titled. Clevelanders The New Lou Reeds have an LP out called Hit Songs. Another Cleveland band Scarcity of Tanks is back with another disc, which they call Bleed Now. And, we also have two débutantes, both from Canada, Strange Attractor and Red Mass and they share a cool split-EP. But the whole show starts with Dax Riggs who has a new album out called Say Goodnight To The World.

Agents of Oblivion – Cosmic Dancer;
Dax Riggs – Let Me Be Your Cigarette;
Slummers – Bowery Boy;
Danny and Dusty – Song for the dreamers;
Green On Red – Snake Bit;
Strange Attractor – Comatose;
Red Mass – Stains;
Nick Cave – Deanna;
Gentleman Jesse And His Men – Deanna;
smRts – On The Road’s Edge;
Mizar – Istekuvam;
Eamon McGrath – Cadillac Rosetowne;
Satin Gum – Hip Shake Heartbreak;
Satin Gum – Run For Covers;
Spampinato Brothers – Refined Man;
New Lou Reeds – Torch’d;
Scarcity of Tanks – Caravan Hooker.

Flashlite #80

Electric SixToday we have the most recent (and not so new) album by Electric Six and Jimi Hendrix “unreleased” compilation Valleys of Neptune. Cleveland band Easter Monkeys have recently published a compilation record entitled Splendor Of Sorrow Plus. And that song sets off a strange review of Cleveland underground from 80s till today: Resolvers and Scarcity of Tanks are at the Lighthouse for the first time. Check us out!

Iskre – Ghost Riders;
Jimi Handrix – Sunshine of Your Love;
Cream – Sunshine of Your Love;
Sedam Mladih – Sloop John B;
Rainy Day – Sloop John B;
Nick Curran – Reform School Girl;
Glossary – Lonely Is A Town;
Ducks Deluxe – Saratoga Suzie;
Easter Monkeys – Monkey See Monkey Do;
Death of Samantha – The Set Up (of Madame Sosostris);
The Resolvers – Better Thief;
Modern Art Studio – Goddamn Volvo;
The Radiation Factory – Squeeze Head;
Scarcity of Tanks – Head of Electrons;
Electric Six – Escape from Ohio.