Today we start with the new singles Maggot Heart (Sweden) and Bad Moves (Washington DC). Then we have Guardian Singles from New Zealand with their new music and also on that side of the world, Rob Griffiths from Melbourne has a new solo album. He is usually with Little Murders. On this side of the world, Daniel Romano in Canada has several new releases and we sample them in this episode. Over in Europe, we hear a solo project of Alberto Piccolo (also in Messa). The band is called Little Albert. In UK, we hear new music from Document and Hightown Pirates. This episode of the show is dedicated to Richard Lane from The Stems, who passed away on May 12th this year.
The Stems – Love Will Grow;
Maggot Heart – Mercy Machine;
Bad Moves – Party With The Kids Who Wanna Party With You;
Mission of Burma – Fame and Fortune;
Elektricni Orgazam – Nebo;
Guardian Singles – Can’t Stop Moving;
Rob Griffiths – Wait ‘Til The Summer Comes;
Built to Spill – Jokerman;
Daniel Romano – Jokerman;
Daniel Romano – Empty Husk;
Daniel Romano – Natural Lover;
Little Albert – Mary Claire;
Messa – Leah;
Document – Uncle Sam’s Daughter;
Hightown Pirates – When the Soldiers Come;
The Stems – The Other Side.
Today we have the new music from Mark Lanegan. His band just published the newest single. Zerodent from Perth Australia are preparing their first European tour and they put together a new EP specifically to promote their work at the tour. Also in Europe, from France, Automatic City hails with their brand new album. Then back to Australia, Datura4 has a new album as well and features Dom Mariani of The Stems and Greg Hitchcock of You Am I. Clara Engel has a new record out and you can pick it up at bandcamp. On Burger Records, we present the new singles from The Dates and Those Pretty Wrongs. Today’s show is dedicated to Manja from Disciplin A Kitchme who passed away last week. DuÅ¡an Äukić who played goÄ in Disciplina KiÄme in the late eighties passed away also, about a year ago. We pay tribute to both of them.
After two vinyl junkyards in a row, we go back to the new (and some old) tunes. Tommy Keene is back with a new record and Dom Mariani (ex Stems) teamed up with another Australian cult musician Greg Hitchcock in a new line up called Datura4. We also introduce two new names for us, Cyanide Pills from Leeds and Destination Lonely from Bordeaux, Toulouse in France. The latter band has an awesome cover of an obscure 60s garage rocker Sun’s Going Down by the Dutch combo called The Outsiders.
Today we start off with an Australian band The On and Ons who serve as a backup band for Paul Collins when he plays over there. But they are also a band on their own and The On and Ons Calling is their new record. The band is consisted of former members of Zeros, Stems and Hoodoo Gurus. This also made me look up Hard-Ons. It turns out, they recently had a new record called Peel Me Like An Egg, which I have overseen until now. Scott Reynolds recorded a new album a couple of months ago in his bedroom, so we check it out. Ultimate Painting are a duet from London (Jack Cooper and James Hoare) and we check them out for the first time here at the Little Lighthouse. Todd Rundgren recently teamed up with two Norwegian artists Emil Nikolaisen and Hans Peter Lindstrøm for an unusual new album called Runddans.
Billy Ruane was a promoter and music event organizer in Boston. He had a huge impact on the Boston rock’n’roll scene and many Bostonians and others remember him fondly. Sad news came to us last Thursday that he has passed away in the age of 52. Today’s show is dedicated to him, as well as the beautiful song by Varsity Drag which bears his name. Besides this dedication, we also present some new music in this show. Gentleman Jesse has another 45 as well as the Memphis soul band Jump Back Jake. Croatian garage rockers Erotic Biljan and His Heretics have also a great new single. Jim Jones Revue are here for the first time, so we play two of their songs – one from the new album Burning Your House Down and the other from Mojo Magazine’s tribute to The Beatles album Let It Be. Underscore Adia sent us their song Buick. They come from Pittsburgh and they can really rock. Excellent Australian power-poper Dom Mariani is back with a new album and so is Susan Cowsill who calls her new album simply Lighthouse. I have a crazy fantasy that she named her album after my show… Am I right?!