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Flashlite #679

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Green Blue

Today we have a couple of new introductions. Green/Blue come from Minnesotta MN, and they offer us a sweet new album called Offering. Also with a new album, we introduce Junior League straight from Covington LA. Good Looking Son have an ep and they come from Cincinnati OH. Outtacontroller from Canada is back with the new single, John Wesley Coleman III is back with the new album and so is Marc Ribot and his Ceramic Dog. Chris Church teams up with Big Stir Records to reissue his album from 10 years ago and we love it here at the Lighthouse.

Minutemen – The Red And The Black;
Green/Blue – Talking To Myself;
Frankie and the Witch Fingers – Cookin’;
Reigning Sound – Make It Up;
The Spliffs – I Know A Girl;
The Junior League – The Sunshine Saves Everyone;
Good Looking Son – Mr. Wonderful;
The Resonars – Own Up;
The Reflectors – Where Have You Been;
Outtacontroller – Parts Unknown;
Chris Church – Bad Summer;
Chris Church – You Are the Thunder;
Komodor – Nasty Habits;
Blue Oyster Cult – The Red & The Black;
Transistors – Reception to Porter;
John Wesley Coleman – Outerspacey Tracey;
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog – Wanna.

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Flashlite #678

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Blackwater Holylight

We explore the world of international neo psych in this episode. We check out trippy recent pieces from Fernando Perdomo from California, Limignanas (collaborating with Laurent Garnier) and Electric Eye from Norway. Over in Australia we have new name from Sydney, Flippin’ Kick Outs who find inspiration in an old Love song. And so do the venerable Deep Purple. In Helsinki, we check out the garage sounds of Mike Bell Cartel and the US is represented with Action City from Portland abd Blackwater Holylight from Portland OR.

Roy – Where The Mind Meets the Eye;
Mike Bell Cartel – There Comes the Pain;
Electric Eye – Lighthouse Rock;
Meatbodies – Night Time Hidden Faces;
Action City – The Lines You Blur;
Blackwater Holylight – Around You – Around You;
My Bloody Valentine – To Here Knows When;
The Limignanas with Laurent Garnier – Promenade Oblique;
Fernando Perdomo – Yammering Snout;
Strange Attractor – Transworld ft. Eze Jackson;
Hawkwind – It’s Only a Dream;
Deep Purple – 7 and 7 Is;
Flippin’ Kick Outs – 7 Plus 7 Is;
Love – 7 and 7 Is.

Obituaries, Playlist

Flashlite #677

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Rachel Nagy

Today’s show is dedicated to Ronnie Spector and Rachel Nagy, two incredible singers that we lost recently. But before we get into our tributes to Ronnie and Rachel, we check out some new releases. Annie Keating from New York has a new album. Le Butcherettes and Death Valley Girls have a split single and we hear both sides. Gyasi from Nashville has a new single and Aoife O’Donovan from New York is a new name for us, and she released a new album and added an extra cover album consisting of songs from Springsteen’s Nebraska.

Mattiel – Freedom Feels;
Annie Keating – Boxes;
GYASI – Godhead;
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons – Bloodsucking Whore;
Sweet Knives – No More Reasons;
Patsy’s Rats – Burnin’ Honey;
Gabriella Cohen – Frangelico Dreams;
Aoife O’Donovan – Lucky Star;
Aoife O’Donovan – State Trooper;
Bruce Springsteen – State Trooper;
Le Butcherettes – The Universe;
Death Valley Girls – When I’m Free;
The Exbats – Hey New Zealand;
The Courettes – I Can Hardly Wait;
Detrot Cobras – He DId It;
Detroit Cobras – Bad Girl;
Detroit Cobras – Ain’t it a Shame;
Ronnie Spector And The E Street Band – Say Goodbye To Hollywood;
The Ronettes – Baby, I Love You;
The Ronettes – Be My Baby.

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Flashlite #676

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2021

First ‘regular’ show this year! We present the hottest in garage rock from recent weeks. The most exciting novelty is West Coat collaboration between Mike Watt and Cutthroat Brothers. They have released two new records recently. Another supergroup is Teeth of England from Memphis with Dave Sinclair behind the concept, Jack Oblivian behind the drums and Jason Rice from Faux Killas playing guitar. Strange Colours also has a new record and it’s a Toronto band lead by Andrew Moszynski who used to be with Deadly Snakes. Over in Australia we hear Power Supply from Melbourne. Over in Europe we check out Komodor from France and Roman Aul and Rosarys from Germany, who did a new record collaborating with the legendary Detroit producer Jim Diamond. From Switzerland, we check out the new tune by The Jackets. We finish the show with a little tribute to Bill Conway who used to play drums in Treat Her Right and Morphine. Conway passed away on December 19 last year.

True Sons Of Thunder – Bad Trip Pt. 1;
Strange Colours – The Setting Sun;
Cutthroat Brothers and Mike Watt – Been Away;
Cutthroat Brothers And Mike Watt – Out of Control;
Robbing Banks – Wasted;
Jack Oblivian – Milkshake Baby;
Teeth of England – Flying Zero;
Power Supply – The Land of the Fire.m4a’
Flaming Sideburns – Lighthouse Keeper;
Exploding Eyes – Fear;
Komodor – Give Up;
Roman and the Rosarys – Gypsy Woman;
Wilding – I’ll Keep Holding On;
Poison Boys – Little Speedway Girl;
Schizophonics – People in the Sky;
Sweet Knives – House;
The Jackets – What About You;
Morphine – Eleven O’Clock;
Treat Her Right – Everglades;
True Sons Of Thunder – Bad Trip Pt. 2.

Playlist, The Best of 2021

Flashlite #675

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2021

Last year we started our year-end review of best albums that we heard in the past year. This week we head positions 14 to 1. For the number one this year I chose Californian band Cool Ghouls. After several delightful garage rock records, last year they took a huge leap and made a fantastic genre spanning record that shows good taste, measure and expert knowledge of rock’n’roll history. One song will remind you of Beach Boys, other on Todd Rundgren, another one of Byrds, Love, Leonard Cohen… approach seems deliberate and result is stunning album. In a post-post-post modern post-capitalist world an this album looks like a conveyor belt in which best moments of the past roll by one by one, perfectly strung together until the final product comes out. They do their recycling shamelessly and proudly. It’s paradoxically original. It’s an art form. And we love it here.

Our list for 2021 looks like this…


30 The Most - Of What We Have
29 Mike Edison and Guadalupe Plata - The Devil Can't Do You No Harm
28 Chris Church - Game Dirt
27 Kid Khan Unlimited - Opiate Them Asses
26 Daniel Romano - Kissing The Foe
25 Grave Flowers Bongo Band - Strength Of Spring
24 Motorpsycho - Kingdom of Oblivion
23 Yola - Stand For Myself
22 The Exbats - Now Where Were We
21 Shaye Zadravec - Now and Then
20 David Gahan and The Soulsavers - Imposter
19 Danny Kroha - Detroit Blues
18 Murlocs - Bittersweet Demons
17 Salebarbes - Gin à l'eau salée
16 Red Devil Ryders - Pour Me Another One
15 Big Hogg - Pageant of Beasts
14 Endless Boogie - Admonitions
13 Bevis Frond - Little Eden
12 Lelee - Cuka, bije, pumpa
11 Astute Palate
10 Divine Horsemen - Hot Rise of an Ice Cream Phoenix
09 Kid Congo - Swing From The Sean DeLear
08 Rosali - No Meduim
07 Petrified Max - Year Gone By
06 Dinosaur JR - Sweep Into Space
05 Richard Rose - Radiation Breeze
04 A Little More Time With Reigning Sound
03 Bat Fangs - Queen of My World
02 The Reflectors - Faster Action
01 Cool Ghouls - At George's Zoo

And playlist for today is:

Endless Boogie – Bad Call;
The Bevis Frond – Cherry Gardens;
Lelee – Pozeluvam;
Astute Palate – Loose Wings;
Divine Horsemen – Mind Fever;
Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds – (Are You) Ready, Freddy;
Rosali – Mouth;
Petrified Max – Blue Skies Always;
Dinosaur JR – And Me;
Richard Rose – Evil Twin;
Reigning Sound – You Ain’t Me;
Bat Fangs – Never Coming Down;
The Reflectors – Carry On;
Cool Gouhls (Closing Meddley).

Playlist, The Best of 2021

Flashlite #674

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2021

Happy new year everyone! It’s that time of the year when we roll our year end list of best albums in a year we leave behind us. I selected 30 albums that I liked the most and played frequently in the past year. This is the first installment in which we hear albums on positions from 30 to 15. Tune in next week for the completed list. As with any other list, it’s highly subjective but at least those who listen to this show shouldn’t be too surprised for what’s in it. Dive in while we ring in the new!

The Most – First Frost;
Mike Edison and Guadalupe Plata – Take sick and die;
Chris Church – Fall;
King Khan Unlimited – Magpie Eyes;
Daniel Romano – Into A Rainbow;
Grave Flowers Bongo Band – Outer Bongolia;
Motorpsycho – The Hunt;
Yola – Whatever You Want;
The Exbats – All The Lovers Do;
Shaye Zadravec – Silver Bell;
Dave Gahan and Soulsavers – I Held My Baby Last Night;
Danny Kroha – Poor Howard;
The Murlocs – Skewiff;
Salebarbes – Pourquoi tes pas dans mes bras;
Red Devil Ryders – Little Green Cross Pt. I & II;
Big Hogg – Here Come The Moles;

Obituaries, Playlist

Flashlite #673

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Jenny Don't

Last show of 2021! We check out new singles for Jenny Don’t and The Spurs, Eamon McGrath, The Strange (with Chris Eckman) and John Paul Keith. We also check out James McMurtry from Austin TX, Pilgrim from Tulsa, OK, Suicide Swans from Australia, all with new albums. And of course, the legendary Neil Young is also here with a track from his new record. We say goodbye to Michael Nesmith, a Monkee and a great songwriter who passed away this year, 10 days before his birthday.

Shannon McNally – You Show Me Yours And I’ll Show You Mine
Jenny Don’t & The Spurs – Three Or Four Nights
Eamon McGrath – Cannonball
Sierra Ferrell – In Dreams
James McMurtry – Decent Man
Pilgrim – Katie
Rosali – Whisper
Suicide Swans – Below Zero
The Strange – Not Now Not Ever
Chapel Hart – You Can Have Him Jolene
Chuck Prophet – One Last Dance
Jim Lauderdale – Sister Horizon
Neil Young – Song of the Seasons
Dori Freeman – Walk Away
John Paul Keith – If We Make It Through December
Michael Nesmith – Some of Shelly’s Blues
Monkees – What Am I Doing Hanging ‘Round

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Flashlite #672

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Shilpa Ray

Cold post punk synthesizer based show for the cold winter with new music from Shilpa Ray from New York City, New Vogue from Montreal, Canada, KWKA from Fredonia, NY, Dentist in New Jersey and Well Wishers from San Francisco. Also new from whatever was left of Yugoslavia, Marko Artukovic and Paraf. Lost the count of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, but they have another one. We introduced Sweet Knives of Alicja Trout recently, but here is now another new fresh album from her credited to Alicja-Pop.

Dave Gahan and Soulsavers – Lilac Wine
Shilpa Ray – Bootlickers of the Patriarchy
New Vogue – Safe on the autobahn
Metrolight – Satellite Station
KWKA – Sediment
Alicja-Pop – Vines
Ty Segall – Changing Contours
Dentist – Spilled Coffee
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Butterfly 3000
Marko Artukovic – Vreme
Paraf – Novi Berlin
Nomos 751 – MAT
UV-TV – Holland Sunday
Billy Nomates – Hippy Elite
The Well Wishers – Love And Science
+Kraftwerk – Autobahn

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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 #670

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Alicja Trout

Beautifully crafted new music today. Alicja Trout of Lost Sounds and River City Tanlines is back with her new band Sweet Knives. After a great new record with Divine Horsemen, Julie Christensen also announces a new solo record with music written by Kevin Gordon. Dave Gahan teamed up with Rich Machin and Ian Glover of Soulsavers for a new exciting record of covers. Julie Doiron from Montreal has a new album. Gabriella Cohen, Doug Tuttle and Camp Cope have new singles. Action City is Michael Slawter and Shawn Lynch and they hail from North Carolina.

Fernando Perdomo – Day After Day;
Sweet Knives – Dont Think Too Much;
Gabriella Cohen – Just For The Summer;
Thalia Zedek Band – Cranes;
Bat Fangs – Action;
Julie Doiron – Et Mon Amour;
Julie Christensen – Find My Way;
Divine Horsemen – Falling Forward;
Kevin Gordon – Find My Way;
Doug Tuttle – Lead Mask;
Dave Gahan and Soulsavers – Not Dark Yet;
Bob Dylan – Not Dark Yet;
Ruby Amanfu – Not Dark Yet;
Camp Cope – Blue;
Action City – Safe and Sound;
The Who – Success Story.