Ty Segall is back with the new double LP, and it sounds like he surpassed his last year’s self titled record. Lots of good music on this one. Heron Oblivion have a new album out, which was recorded live in San Francisco last year. Thee Fine Lines from Springfield, MO and our local darlings, Archie and The Bunkers are also back. Also from Cleveland, we have the new band for David Petrovich, who Clevelanders know as a charismatic guy selling second hand junk in the basement of Beachland. The new band is called Black Tights. We also have them in our live in CLE block. We also introduce Robyn Gibson from UK who keeps cranking excellent home made covers of power pop hits. Another band that we hear here for the first time is The Cold Still from Canada. The biggest thing in today show is the new band that we play for the first time at the show. They come from Brooklyn and their name is I Am The Polish Army. Today’s show is dedicated to the South African trumpet player Hugh Masekela who passed away last week.
John Wesley Coleman III – Trans-Am Summer Blues;
Thee Fine Lines – Lost Its Charm;
Ty Segall & Freedom Band – She;
CFM – Pinch the Dream;
David Nance – Wallflower;
Heron Oblvion – Crossroads (Doug Sahm cover);
Sir Douglas Quintet – At The Crossroads;
Black Tights (Live in CLE);
Black Tights – Raw Data;
The Cold Still – Black Tights;
Patti Smith – So You Want To Be (A Rock ‘n’ Roll Star);
Byrds – So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star;
Robyn Gibson – 5D;
Last Leaves – Something Falls;
Glass Eye – Lake Of The Moon;
I Am The Polish Army – Dead Cat;
Archie And The Bunkers – Looking.
Today we have the new album from King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, who continue with their hyperproduction. Other new music this week are the new introductions. We have Jesus Sons from LA and Angelica Rockne, also from California. We also introduce Bohannons from Chattanooga, TN and The Woolly Bushmen from Orlando, FL. Also from Chicago, we have Plastic Crimewave Syndicate. Over in Europe, we have a one man band Tongue Tied Twin from Switzerland. Prljave Sestre from Serbia play an enthusiastic cover of Dr. Feelgood. We also pay a tribute to Tommy Keene and Pat DiNizio who both passed away recently.
We begin the first weekly review of the new music and events in the rock world. Tim Lee and Susan Bauer are back, this time under a new band name Bark. Galileo 7 from the Medway area amd Pugwash from Ireland are back with their own brand of refined power pop. Part Time Lover from Cleveland have a new single, and we check out the B-side. We also introduce Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys from Sydney, Australia. We also pay tributes to Fast Eddie Clarke, the last remaining member of Motörhead classic line up. Ray Thomas of The Moody Blues also passed away this month. Oh, and by the way, it’s been 17 years since this little show started out.
We continue our list of best albums in 2017, this time with top 14 albums. This year was full of albums that will surely stay and I will definitely keep coming back to these many times in my life. Chris Church has came up with with a power pop album that can stand next to all the classics from that disarming genre that only seems effortless on the surface. Big Hogg offered us their extremely playful version of modern day prog rock. If you think Alien Lanes are a classic record, you should definitely look into Stevens and their album Good. Similar albums with great melodies, low fi and clever segues were always in the top of my albums in the past years. Matthew Melton and his wife Doris started a new project Dream Machine and The Illusion definitely made a mark, even politically (although unwittingly). Hayley Thompson-King and her concept record about the biblical woman is truly a deep album that goes from country over garage rock and ends up in opera. Tin Foil are newcomers from Detroit with an addictive set of songs on their album without a title. Pink Tiles return with a record that definitely puts them on a map of serious bands with fun content. David Nance comes from Omaha and has created an album sounds so well crafted, as if he was putting albums for a really long time. Americans on I’ll Be Yours reach depths and territories that were only visited by House of Freaks in the past. Emmett Kelly and his Cairo Gang continue with a series of truly timeless albums with Untouchable. Harlan T. Bobo’s new album came out only a month ago, and there was not enough time to come back to it many times, but it definitely made me rearrange my playlist and put him up on the high third place. It might be his strongest yet. On the top we have Sweet Apple and Bash & Pop. There’s a lot in common to these albums. Both are genre defying and disarmingly playful works of rock’s veteran warriors who know exactly where the sources of this music is. It was a good year for rock.
The Little Lighthouse presents best albums in 2017. A good way to usher the new year is to put together a list of best albums in the previous one. We’ve been doing this for a long time with more or less discipline, but the criteria is always personal and the lists simply collects albums that I’ve kept coming back to most frequently. This time we cover positions 35-15 and tune in next week for the top 14. Today we cover one of four albums that was put together by the productive and controversial Matthew Melton (Warm Soda), heavier rock records from The Obsessed, Elder, Motorpsycho All The Witches and Ruby The Hatchet show a modern approach to head banging, twisted Americana of Ethan Daniel Davidson, Yawpers and My Buddy Moose represent a fresh approach to a genre that needs reinvention badly. Strong lyrical works from Daniel Romano and John Wesley Coleman III are the best to enjoy while reading and musing on the inner sleeves. Bully, Lost Balloons, Sheer Mag, Needles//Pins show that indie rock still has something to say. Beautiful vocals of Dead Rock West are to admire. Ty Segall had an album of his career. Baby Shakes simply have short and fun record that makes you wanna play on and on. Newcomers Improbables and experienced Golden Boys hail from their garages with high octane garage rock and of all experiments from King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, their Microtonal Banana was the most fun.
It’s that time of the year when we begin our year-end review. Our first show in this three-part series will cover best small forms, 45s, EPs and downloads and some of the snippets from the best live shows in Cleveland last year. Also we check out my favorite reissues this year, Savage Young Dü by Hüsker Dü and In My Room by The Gun Club. Check it out!
Today we introduce the new hope of Burger Records, Mattiel Brown, from Atlanta Georgia and Cojones from Zagreb, Croatia. Two new exciting power pop records came out in Canada, it’s by Chris Church and it’s called Limitations of Source Tape and in Portland OR, by Mo Troper, entitled Exposure and Response. We also welcome back Stereo Soul Future from Boston with their new single. Also, First Base are back with the new record. But the most exciting new thing this week is the new EP by Terry Chambers and Colin Moulding of XTC. Their new duet is called TC&I. This episode is dedicated to Bora OslovÄan, bass player of PekinÅ¡ka Patka who passed away recently in the age 57.
What a year for Matthew Melton. He put out four albums, one with Warm Soda, two with Dream Machine and one new solo. His lovely Yugoslavian wife Doris got unjustly accused for fascism, Castle Face them both out of their label and then they relocated from Austin to Netherlands. And one of those Dream Machine albums is also new. We check that out in today’s show and wish them better luck with the new label. We also have new music from The Golden Boys (also from Austin) and Steelism. We also introduce The Hooten Hallers. But the biggest new album this week is the brand new one from Harlan T. Bobo. It’s called Hector, The History of Violence, and it’s perfect. At the end of this episode, we say goodbye to Johnny Hallyday who passed away last week after a long battle with colon cancer.
Here we go! After some time another episode of our wonderful series called Vinyl Junkyard. This is all about me finding a long forgotten but still excellent album sitting in some bargain bin dirt cheap, just waiting to be picked. Those with good memory maybe remember that in our 
We listen to the Russian surfers and B movie fans, Messer Chups. Aslo the new album by The Singles from Detroit as well as Ruby The Hatchet from New Jersey. Ariel Pink has a new album dedicated to an odd 60s singer songwriter Bobby Jameson. Check out also the new introductions, The County Liners from Olympia, OR and New Candys from Italy. Finally, we also introduce Porcupine from Minneapolis. Greg Norton recently joined the line up on bass.