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Flashlite #671

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Susanna Hoffs

Today we check out new music from Susanna Hoffs (who used to be in Bangles). She made a cover record. Successful Failures from Trenton, NJ and Loose Koozies from Detroit are back with new tunes. Italian powerpoppers Radio Days have a new single. We introduce Grand Splendid from Montreal in Canada and Warmbabies from Nice in France. We close the show with two obits related to visual art characters important to rock music. Photographer Mick Rock passed away on November 18th and painter Kosta Bunusevac passed away on September 8th.

Disciplina Kicme – Zub;
The Successful Failures – Naval Victories;
The Warmbabies – Girls Don’t Like It;
The Bevis Frond – Find The Mole;
Velvet Underground – Femme Fatale;
Rainy Day – I’ll Be Your Mirror;
Susanna Hoffs – Femme Fatale;
Grand Splendid – Magic;
UV-TV – Distant Lullaby;
The Exbats – Practice On Me;
The On and Ons – Vanishing Act;
Radio Days – 1998;
Loose Koozies – The Butterfly;
Sad Planets – Want You To Want You;
Step-Panther – Bike Lock;
Sonny Vincent – The Rain is Black Again;
Rebel Star – Sunce;
Disciplina Kicme – Dozivljaji Zelenog Zuba;
Iggy and The Stooges – Search and Destroy;
Lou Reed – Vicious.

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Flashlite #174

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Sea of BeesIt’s almost summer. The weather is warm, Sun is shining, Venus is crossing. It’s weather for power pop, it’s weather for the Beach Boys. In today’s show we review the most interesting power pop tunes of today and among them, the new return for one of the biggest inspirations for power pop – the Beach Boys. Mike Love, Al Jardine and Brian Wilson are back together with the new album called That’s Why God Made The Radio. Talking about the Beach Boys, we also have the new record for Nelson Bragg, who played with them for awhile. Then we have Pugwash from Ireland who can definitely harmonize like the Beach Boys. Golden Boys are not so close to the beach, they are from Austin TX and their new record Dirty Fingernails is one of the most exciting records this season. New band and a fine example of good power pop are the Successful Failures who named themselves after a Jack London short story and they come from New Jersey. Tom Oberon comes from Connecticut and he’s a one man power pop band called Oberon Rose. His album Wunjo is free of charge on his soundcloud website. Lemon Clocks come from Liverpool and they have deliberately old fashioned sound on their new album Now Is The Time. Sea of Bees are two ladies with esoteric pop sound and finally, Songs For Snakes come from San Francisco and they bland fine melodies with loud guitars.

Utopia – Say Yeah;
Buffalo Tom – Summer;
The Successful Failures – How People Start Sentences;
Guided By Voices – Class Clown Spots a Ufo;
Oberon Rose – One Man Show of Sorrow;
The Golden Boys – We Are Young;
Gentleman Jesse and His Men – Highland Crawler Black Hole;
John Wesley Coleman – Don’t Waste My Time;
Songs For Snakes – St. Mary;
Nelson Bragg – You Could Believe;
Mike O’Neill – Say You Don’t Mean It;
Pugwash – Fall Down;
NRBQ – Here I Am;
The Lemon Clocks – The Bright Side;
Jay Gonzalez – Punch of Love;
John Larson – Billy and Wiggy;
Sea Of Bees – Gone;
Beach Boys – Summer’s Gone.

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Flashlite #25

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Ray Mason Today’s episode is filled with new music. Hard working musician from Massachusetts, Ray Mason, sent us the new Lonesome Brothers CD called The Last CD along with two of his older releases that we have missed. We check all that out in this show. The Heretics from Oslo in Norway also send us their new ep – five furious garage rock tracks. Cobra Verde form Cleveland also have a brand new album out. It was recorded nearly two years ago, but it’s finally out. It’s called Haven’t Slept All Year and it’s a candidate for the hottest release this year. New Jersey rockers The Successful Failures are here at the Little Lighthouse for the first time and we showcase them with their title song and one other song from their latest album called Ripe For Burning. Philadelphia band Love City also debuts at the show with an upcoming 7″ called Regretting. From Boise Idaho, we get to hear a new band called The Very Most and their Beach Boys influenced pop. We close the show with the spankin’ brand new album for the Georgia Satellites singer Dan Baird who has a new band called the Homemade Sin. And woah – that’s was a pretty long list for one show, huh?

The Reigning Sound – Uptight Tonight;
Cobra Verde – Riot in the Foodcourt;
The Heretics – Dipper Boy;
The Successful Failures – Successful Failures;
The Succesful Failures – All I Can Take;
Love City – Regretting;
Gun Club – Carry Home;
Pierced Arrows – Frankenstein;
Paul Revere and the Raiders – Free;
The Very Most – Good Fight Fighting;
Endless Boogie – Coming Down The Stairs;
Paul Westerberg – Knockin On Mine;
Lonesome Brothers – Fins On A Cadillac;
Ray Mason Band – I’m Not That Kind Of Guy;
Ray Mason – I’m Not That Kind of Guy;
The Woods – Battleship Chains;
Georgia Satellites – Battleship Chains;
Dan Baird & Homemade Sin – Damn Thing To Be Done;
Steely Dan – Reelin’ In The Years;
Stitches – Tip The Wink.