Power pop review today! Mike Polizze out of Philadelphia is back with Purling Hiss. REM drummer Billy Berry has a new band out there Bad Ends in Athens, GA. Another veteran name from the south, Superchunk have a new single. Our recent favorites, Whiffs from Kansas City have another album out. Nude Party from New York and Well Wishers from San Francisco are back with new records. King Tuff also has a new album and Librarians With Hickeys have a new single. We introduce Vancouver singer songwriter CC Voltage and California band Decibels.
Mark Crozer – I Feel Heavy
Purling Hiss – Baby
The Decibels – Enough
The Decibels – Wrong Way Right
Popular Creeps – Wait & See
Trotsky Icepick – I Got a Line on You
Bad Ends – All Your Friends Are Dying
King Tuff – Portrait Of God
The Speedways – A Drop In The Ocean
The Rubs – Waste of Time
Superchunk – Making a Break
The Whiffs – Shot Thru
The Whiffs – Forget Your Name
Outtacontroller – Time To Crash
Tony Molina – All I’ve Known
The Well Wishers – Heroes
The Nude Party – Hey Monet
Connections – Steppin’ Out
Beatnik Termites – Strawberry Girl
Librarians With Hickeys – Can’t Wait ‘Till Summer
CC Voltage – Bummer Party
Brad Marino – False Alarm
Fine power pop and catchy tunes today with King Khan, Death Valley Girls and a fine band from Columbus called Connections that we love for a few years now. Whiffs who had a fantastic record two years ago, now are back with the new single. Arts & Leisure from Sacramento are also back with the new album. Dot Dash from Washington is also back with the new album after a great one we heard in 2018. Breanna Barbara is out with her new record. Babaganouj from Australia are also back with the new record. Introducing today Uni Boys from LA. We close our show today with a new song from Dr. Feelgood and also say goodbye to their legendary Wilko Johnson, their former guitarist who passed away on 21 November this year.
Best Bets – Big Time;
Uni Boys – On Your Lovin’ Mind;
The Whiffs – Tired of Romance;
The Whiffs – Seventeen;
Arts & Leisure – Hello;
Arts & Leisure – Pretty;
Breanna Barbara – Diamond Light;
Connections – Very Nice, Very Slow;
Connections – In Space;
King Khan & The Shrines – Children of the World;
Petrified Max – Cool Sliver Moon;
Steve Rosenbaum – Turn Out The Light;
Babaganouj – What Planet Do You Come From;
Death Valley Girls – What Are the Odds;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Your Man’s No Good;
Dot Dash – Walls Closing In;
Dot Dash – Tense & Nervous;
Dr. Feelgood – Damn Right I Do!;
Dr. Feelgood – She Does It Right;
Dr. Feelgood – I Don’t Mind.
Today we continue the list of my favorite albums in 2020. The complete top 30 list is below!
1. A Burning Bus
2. Sylvia Rose Novak - Bad Luck
3. The Whiffs - Another Whiff
4. Petrified Max - Charlie Drove North
5. Cocktails - Catastrophic Entertainment
6. David Nance - Staunch Honey
7. 2nd Grade - Hit To Hit
8. The Reflectors - First Impression
9. Low Cut Connie - Private Lives
10. Swampmeat Family Band - Muck
11. Ghost Funk Orchestra - Song For Paul
12. Trotsky Icepick - I Haunted Myself
13. Little Albert - Swamp King
14. Emma Swift - Blonde on the Tracks
15. Aubrie Sellers - Far From Home
16. Bipolariod - Paint it Blacker
17. Honey Radar - Ruby Puff Of Dust
18. The Berries - Berryland
19. Natural Child - California Hotel
20. Saba Lou - Novum Ovum
21. Nicole Atkins - Italian Ice
22. Fred and Rose - Estado Alpha
23. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
24. Sonic Dawn - Enter the Mirage
25. Levitation Room - Headspace
26. The Third Mind
27. All Them Witches - Nothing as the Ideal
28. x - Alphabetland
29. Fuzz - III
30. Datura4 - West Coast Highway Cosmic
Aubrie Sellers – Troublemaker;
Emma Swift – Queen Jane Approximately;
Little Albert – Swamp King;
Trotsky Icepick – Oxygen The Destroyer;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Modern Scene;
Swampmeat Family Band – Over Your Head;
Low Cut Connie – Let It All Hang Out Tonite;
The Reflectors – U Should Be My Girl;
2nd Grade – Boys in Heat;
David Nance – My Love, The Dark and I;
Cocktails – Oversaturated;
Petrified Max – Length of Rope;
The Whiffs – Please Come Home;
Sylvia Rose Novak – Flowers For The Fortunate;
A Burning Bus – Watch You Go;
A Burning Bus – Burnt Bridges;
A Burning Bus – I’m Coming Down;
A Burning Bus – Faith healer.
Today we introduce the newest album from King Khan’s 17 year old daughter Saba Lou. Also new to us is Tucson AZ one-man-band Diners lead by Tyler Broderick. Great new albums with loads of catchy songs are released by More Kicks from London UK and The Whiffs from Kansas City. Willie Nile is back with a new record and so are Tim Lee and Susan Bauer, together this time as Bark. Schizophonics new LP is also finally in our hands, it’s called People in the Sky. We also introduce a relatively new track from Julie Christensen. Next week, we begin our review of best albums in 2019!
Rodney Crowell with Billy Gibbons – 56 Fury;
Willie Nile – Somewhere It’s Raining;
Bark – Drilla Hole;
Bark – Signal;
Trixie Whitle – Danger Mind;
More Kicks – What You Thinking;
The Whiffs – Seventeen;
Lisa Prank – Truth About You;
The Bevis Frond – Blew Me Out;
The Magnolias – When I’m Not;
Diners – You’ve Got It;
The Schizophonics – Like a Mummy;
Faz Waltz – Oh Penny;
Trotsky Icepick – Trust;
Scarcity of Tanks – Gentlemen On Junk;
Longport Buzz – Who Is He;
The NoMen – Salvage My Youth;
Saba Lou – On The Fields;
Julie Christensen – Breaking Open.
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