Loud and heavy show today with new music from the legendary Melvins, Lazy Cowgirls’ Pat Todd and his Rankoutsiders. Also, we have Cosmic Psychos from Australia, Sherwin from Lancaster PA, The Cold Stares from Indiana and Charles Mootheart from San Francisco who we know as a collaborator of Ty Segall from Fuzz. We also hear new singles from the Swedish band based in Berlin Germany, Maggot Heart and Mannequin Pussy from Philadelphia.
Rainbow – Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll;
The Cold Stares – Take This Body From Me;
Charles Moothart – Soft Crime;
Fuzz – Time Collapse;
Budgie – Guts;
Sherwin – Velocity;
Melvins – Night Goat;
Bullet – Sinister Minister;
Cosmic Psychos – Beep;
Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders – You Might Be Through With the Past, But the Past Ain’t Through With You;
Bison Machine – Knights of the Stars;
Birds Of Maya – Busted Room;
Maggot Heart – No Song;
Mannequin Pussy – Perfect;
Crushed Butler – Love Fighter;
Terra Cotta – Hard To Know.
Rockin’ show tonight. Flaming Sideburns from Finland are back with the new record and so are The Scientist over in Perth Australia. Ty Segall has a new record as well. This time, it’s a labor of love with Denée Segall. Gino and the Goons are also back with new music. We also introduce Courettes from Danmark, Lysol from Seattle, The Young Sinclairs from Roanoke, VA and Feels from LA.
The Flaming Sideburns – Worldwide Evil Reverse;
Courettes – Hop the Twig;
The Flaming Sideburns – A Song for Robert;
Jarvis Humby – Pick Up The Pieces;
Schizophonics – Something’s Got to Give;
Lysol – Drank My Pride;
Gino and the Goons – Hard Way;
Gino and the Goons – Early Retirement;
OBNIIIs – 4KD;
Richard Rose – Chain Exchange;
The Scientists – 100 Points of I.D.;
The Scientists – Outsider;
The Young Sinclairs – She Never Sleeps;
Robbing Banks – Vampires;
Rexxx – Animal;
The Rubinoos – I Want Her So Bad;
Feels – Rodeo;
Ty Segall – Pictures;
School Damage – Laundry Night In Canada;
The Routes – Mesmerised;
Mike Edison and Guadalupe Plata – Make You Feel My Love.
Trippy show today with new music from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Shannon and the Clams and 10000 Russos. We also check in with Big Hogg from Glasgow and their brand new record. Ty Segall produced new record for LA’s Grave Flowers Bongo Band. We introduce Aquarian Blood from Memphis, Exek from Australia and Birds of Maya from Philadelphia.
13th Floor Elevators – Nobody To Love;
Shannon and the Clams – Midnight Wine;
Grave Flowers Bongo Band – Smile;
Night Beats – Holy Roller;
Big Hogg – Wyverns;
Aquarian Blood – Bolted and Embossed;
All Them Witches – The Children of Coyote Woman;
Exek – Four Stomachs;
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Catching Smoke;
ROY – In The Garden Defeated;
Mugstar – Star Cage;
Birds of Maya – Busted Room;
10 000 Russos – Super Inertia.
Today we check out the new Reigning Sound album, Lou Barlow’s new record, couple of new Todd Rundgren tunes. Jim Lauderdale’s new single is cool and so is collaboration between Moby, Mark Lanegan and Kris Kristofferson who officially retired from singing this year and this is likely his last performance. Our last block are fresh new soundscapes from Ty Segall and Jon S. Williams.
Greg Cartwright – I Don’t Care;
Kingsley and Perdomo – Heaven’s Growing;
Reigning Sound – Let’s Do It Again;
Oblivians – Oblivion;
Gyasi – Burn It Down;
Dinosaur JR – Garden;
Lou Barlow – Privatize;
Todd Rundgren and The Sparks – Your Fandango;
Todd Rundgren, Rick Wakeman, Tony Levin – Welcome To The Machine;
Todd Rundgren – Lysistrada;
Guardian Singles – Tea Lights Exploding;
Imelda May – Just One Kiss (feat. Ronnie Wood);
Jim Lauderdale – Hope Springs Eternal;
Moby, Kris Kristofferson and Mark Lanegan – The Lonely Night;
Ty Segall and Freedom Band – Sleeper;
City of Cool – Mountain;
Jon S Williams – First time;
Fernando Perdomo – For Alfred.
Today we have some very interesting comebacks from two greatest rock’n’roll scenes in the world. True Sons of Thunder, a Memphis super-garage-group is back with the new record, and so are the legendary trio from Detroit, Demolition Doll Rods. Mr. Quintron and Miss Pussycat from New Orleans also have a new record and so does the super-trio Fuzz with Ty Segall, Charles Moothart and Chad Ubovich. We also check out new singles for Outacontroller, Gyasi and Harp Explosion. We introduce Tyler Keith and The Apostles for the first time at the show. Great archival material is also out, by Red Lights (a Jeffrey Lee Pierce band) and the lost album by The Last.
Dead Moon – Fire in the Western World;
Outtacotroller – Loose Lips;
True Sons of Thunder – Killin’ It;
True Sons of Thunder – Crawlin;
Wolfmanhattan Project – Braid of Smoke;
Danny and The Darleans (Live in CLE);
Demolition Doll Rods – Bitch Kickin’;
Quintron and Miss Pussycat – Teenagers Don’t Know Shit;
A Burning Bus – Irrational front;
Tyler Keith & The Apostles – Vaya Con Dios;
Tyler Keith & The Apostles – Fire In The Western World;
Harp Explosion – It’s gonna be a long night;
The Schizophonics – Show Me Your Eyes;
Hayvanlar Alemi – Referendum Day;
Fuzz – Nothing People;
Gyasi – Walk On;
Gyasi – Colorful;
Red Lights – Kisses for my president;
The Last – The Other Side;
The Last – Difference.
Today we bring you sweet tunes from various parts of the world. From France, we introduce Spa Massage and Normcore. Over on the same continent, in Sweden, we bring you ramshackle rockers Beat City Tubeworks. In UK, we have Mark Crozer who used to be with The Shouts and a new tune from Hightown Pirates. On the other side of the world, we have veterans from Australia, Little Murders. Homestead, Rocket Bureau are from Madison, WI and Ty Segall is also here with a new demo record. We also introduce Key Out, although I have no clue where they are coming from.
R. Stevie Moore – The Long And Winding Road;
Rocket Bureau – Love Songs In The Night;
Beat City Tubeworks – Succubus;
The BT’s – Demoness;
Chris Church – Dumb It Up;
Little Murders – Hyena;
Mark Crozer – Burn On Thru Me;
Paul Collins – Glittering Gold;
En Attendant Ana – This Could Be;
Spa Massage – San Francisco;
Paul Orvell – Speak Of The Devil;
Trotsky Icepick – My Mission in Life;
Ty Segall – Sue Thumb;
Hightown Pirates – This One’s for You.;
Yes – Every Little Thing;
Normcore – The Long And Winding Road (Beatles Cover);
Key Out – Chorus;
Vukovar – The New World Order;
Laibach – The Long and Winding Road.
A little darker show today! From Australia, we have recent releases from Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Cable Ties. Stateside, we hear new music from Ezra Furman, Aunt Cynthia’s Cabin. Ty Segall also made a new EP with Harry Nilsson covers. Over in Europe (or is it Asia?!) Hayvalnar Alemi from Turkey come to us with a new, brilliantly titled album Psychedlia in Times of Turbulence. From Canada comes Band Whose Name Is A Symbol and from UK we listen to a lovely new track from The James Hunter Six. We also pay a tribute to Hall Willner who passed away recently.
Minky Starshine – 1000 Umbrellas;
Cable Ties – Hope;
Band Whose Name Is A Symbol -Â From Dusseldorf To Cologne;
Entropija – Dan;
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Modern Man;
Hayvanlar Alemi – KuÅŸkonmaz MMXVII;
Habibi – The World Ain’t Round, It’s Square;
The Savages – The World Ain’t Round, It’s Square;
Aunt Cynthia’s Cabin – Kennel and the Dog;
Ty Segall – Early in the Morning;
Pedaljets – Loved a Stone;
Lou Reed – September Song;
NRBQ – Whistle While You Work (Snow White);
Ezra Furman – Can I Sleep In Your Brain;
The James Hunter Six – Who’s Fooling Who.
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.
Another one of our heavier editions. We open up with Hot Lunch, a new band for us that commutes between San Francisco and Oakland, CA. Then we have Thee Lexington Arrows fronted by Kathleen Wilson over in Baltimore, doing a fantastic version of Gimme Shelter. Then we check out another refreshing cover, Cherry Red originally performed by Groundhogs, but this time from the new live Ty Segall album. Another killer cover in today’s show is Don Nix original in a fresh new version from Pharlee over in San Diego, CA. And the fourth cool cover is Will Anything Happen a Blondie classic this time performed by the Cleveland band Missed, fronted by Mickey Marie. We also check out their new single. And then all the way in Slovenia, we have a band with a similar name, Mist. We close with tracks from the new albums by Sad Planets and Murlocs.
Jeff Beck – Goin’ Down;
Hot Lunch – Gimme Skelter;
Thee Lexington Arrows – Gimme Shelter;
Divine Horsemen – Gimme Shelter;
Earthless – Cherry Red;
Groundhogs – Cherry Red;
Ty Segall and The Freedom Band- Cherry Red;
Pharlee – Going Down;
Ramblin’ Jeffrey Lee – Going Down;
Moloch – Goin’ Down;
Ex Hex – No Reflection;
Blondie – Will Anything Happen;
The Missed – Will Anything Happen (Live in CLE);
The Missed – I Wanna Know;
Mist – The Ghoul;
Mooner – Fana;
Sad Planets – Want You To Want You;
The Murlocs – Problematic Subject.
We continue our countdown to the best albums in 2018 and in this episode we announce two albums which share the title of the best one at The Little Lighthouse in the past year. I Am The Polish Army debut album My Old Man struck us with its great enthusiasm, musicianship, songwriting and playful performance. Harlan T. Bobo finally put out his record The History of Violence out on Goner, which just might be his greatest yet. Chip Kinman, along with the help of his son on guitar and his brother behind the knobs created a post-modern patchwork of an album with an astonishing amount of historical and rock references under the Ford Madox Ford moniker. Two ladies, Bat Fangs brought us a quick and powerful rock’n’roll album with hits going steady. Tony Molina on his Kill The Light is even more brief, but the brevity just makes you play the album over and over again. Bad Sports brought an excellent barrage of love punk rock tunes worthy of the greatest examples in the past. Patsy Gelb and her Rats compiled all those perfect singles from their inception on a single record, seriously contending Singles Going Steady as one of the strongest compilation records in the history of rock music. Schizophonics with their amps turned to the max gave us an album that floats like a perfect MC5 tribute. Mama Rosin teamed up with Mick Collins on a collection of cajun and zydeco chants. Ty Segall is as active as ever, but his main release this year entitled Freedom’s Goblin is one of the deepest he recorded yet. Krist Novoselic is back with Giants In The Trees. And that’s our top 10 this year! Looking back at that top 10, this was a really good year and we can only wish 2019 can be at least as good as this one.
Best Albums in 2018
01 I Am The Polish Army - My Old Man
01 Harlan T. Bobo - The History of Violence
02 Ford Madox Ford - This American Blues
03 Bat Fangs
04 Tony Molina - Kill The Light
05 Bad Sports - Constant Stimulation
06 Patsy’s Rats - Singles
07 The Schizophonics - Land Of The Living
08 Broadway Lafayette - Subway Zydeco
09 Ty Segall and The Freedom Band - Freedom's Goblin
10 Giants In The Trees
11 Cross Brothers ‎– Living On Sheepheads
12 Dream Machine - Breaking the Circle
13 Mia Dyson - If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back
14 Earthless - Black Heaven
15 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
16 Dommengang - Love Jail
17 Giant Sand - Return To The Valley of Rain
18 Anna Von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
19 David Nance Band - Peaced and Slightly Pulverized
20 Ruby Boots - Don't Talk About It
21 Tav Falco - Cabaret of Daggers
22 Ty Segall - Fudge Sandwich
23 Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys - Rot
24 Painted Doll
25 Kevin Gordon - Tilt And Shine
Cross Brothers – No White Mystery;
Giants In The Trees – Seed Song;
Ty Segall – Alta;
Broadway Lafayette – Angola Dreams;
Schizophonics – Put Your Weight On It;
Patsy’s Rats – More Than This;
Bad Sports – Constant Stimulation;
Tony Molina – Look Inside Your Mind_Losin’ Touch;
Bat Fangs – Fangs Out;
Ford Maddox Ford – Immediate Nico;
Harlan T. Bobo – Storied;
Harlan T. Bobo – Town;
Harlan T. Bobo – Paula;
I Am The Polish Army – You Don’t Know;
I Am The Polish Army – Setup;
I Am The Polish Army – My Old Man.
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Another one of our heavier editions. We open up with Hot Lunch, a new band for us that commutes between San Francisco and Oakland, CA. Then we have Thee Lexington Arrows fronted by Kathleen Wilson over in Baltimore, doing a fantastic version of Gimme Shelter. Then we check out another refreshing cover, Cherry Red originally performed by Groundhogs, but this time from the new live Ty Segall album. Another killer cover in today’s show is Don Nix original in a fresh new version from Pharlee over in San Diego, CA. And the fourth cool cover is Will Anything Happen a Blondie classic this time performed by the Cleveland band Missed, fronted by Mickey Marie. We also check out their new single. And then all the way in Slovenia, we have a band with a similar name, Mist. We close with tracks from the new albums by Sad Planets and Murlocs.
We continue our countdown to the best albums in 2018 and in this episode we announce two albums which share the title of the best one at The Little Lighthouse in the past year. I Am The Polish Army debut album My Old Man struck us with its great enthusiasm, musicianship, songwriting and playful performance. Harlan T. Bobo finally put out his record The History of Violence out on Goner, which just might be his greatest yet. Chip Kinman, along with the help of his son on guitar and his brother behind the knobs created a post-modern patchwork of an album with an astonishing amount of historical and rock references under the Ford Madox Ford moniker. Two ladies, Bat Fangs brought us a quick and powerful rock’n’roll album with hits going steady. Tony Molina on his Kill The Light is even more brief, but the brevity just makes you play the album over and over again. Bad Sports brought an excellent barrage of love punk rock tunes worthy of the greatest examples in the past. Patsy Gelb and her Rats compiled all those perfect singles from their inception on a single record, seriously contending Singles Going Steady as one of the strongest compilation records in the history of rock music. Schizophonics with their amps turned to the max gave us an album that floats like a perfect MC5 tribute. Mama Rosin teamed up with Mick Collins on a collection of cajun and zydeco chants. Ty Segall is as active as ever, but his main release this year entitled Freedom’s Goblin is one of the deepest he recorded yet. Krist Novoselic is back with Giants In The Trees. And that’s our top 10 this year! Looking back at that top 10, this was a really good year and we can only wish 2019 can be at least as good as this one.