Today we bring you several new bands. We have Empty Markets from Austin TX, Seratones from Shreveport LA and Cosmic Dead from Scotland. We also check out the newest collaboration of Petra Haden and Jesse Harris and a new record from Janiva Magness, Love Wins Agan.
Tunneltones – Happyland;
Red Arms and Wasted Potential – Ice Cold Ice;
Empty Markets – Home Invasion;
Terminal Lovers – Gone;
Seratones – Headtrip;
Petra Haden and Jesse Harris – Sometimes You Have to Choose Sides;
Charlie Haden and the Haden Triplets – Seven Year Blues;
Janiva Magness – Moth to a Flame;
Stone Cupid – Live and Not Die Trying;
Jack Oblivians And The Sheiks – La Charra (pt 1);
The Sheiks – Shitty Bo Diddley;
Jack Oblivians And The Sheiks – La Charra (pt 2);
The Forty Nineteens – I Walked With a Zombie;
Roky Ericosn – I Walked with a Zombie;
Los Straitjackets (Live in CLE);
The Cosmic Dead – Human Sausage;
Webb Wilder – Rough And Tumble Guy.
Today we hear some new music from the kings of lo-fi rock, Robert Pollard and Guided By Voices. He is as productive as ever. Following his footsteps in lo-fi, we introduce City Yelps from Leeds UK and Honey Radar from Indiana. Paul Kelly is back with a set of Shakespearean sonnets. Plastic Pals form Sweden have a new single. San Mikulec, a one-man band in Croatia is back with the new project called Snooze in Motion and we close everything with John Doe of X with his new album. Bob Hillman is a new name in show, he recorded an albums with the help of Peter Case. We pay respect to Jadranka Stojakovic, probably the greatest female character that ever came out of the Yugoslav pop and rock scene. She passed away yesterday.
The biggest thing today is the new record for Julie Christensen. She is back big time with her new band Stone Cupid and the new record called Cardinal. We remember her well from her stint with Chris D and Divine Horsemen band in the 80s. From San Francisco, The Forty Nineteens are back with a new rock’n’roll kick-in-the-gut called Rebooted. We also hear a segment from Pat Todd’s live show in Cleveland and we pay a tribute to the great Prince.
Today we bring you new music from Kid Cong Powers, Kill Devil Hills and September Girls. We have also a neat and exclusive Cleveland collaboration between Archie and The Bunkers and Cleveland Steamers. We introduce Levitation Room from Los Angeles with their psychedelic sound and Wink Burcham with his ultra cool approach to country rock. Finally, talking about country, we pay a tribute to the king… Merle Haggard has passed away and we remember him by playing some cover versions and a an original early track.
Lots of cool new garage rock today. We have the new music from Chicago’s Heavy Times and Italy’s Sultan Bathery. Hyper-productive Australians King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard are back with yet another new record Nonagon Infinity. Four Minnesota ladies with years of experience in various band joined forces and formed a band called Beebe Gallini that focuses on garage rock covers. Detroit garage rock revivalists from the late 90s, The Go have a new live album. Webb Wilder, guitarist and actor from North Mississippi is back with the new album Mississippi Moderne. Our good Australian friend Jon S. Williams who we know from City of Cool is back with an excellent batch of new recordings and we check out his cover of Trevor Lucas’ Poor Ned. We wrap things out with the new Allysen Callery tune.
Today we start off with the new record for Cheap Trick. We also introduce new bands: Music Band from Nashville, Vaguess from Long Beach, Terminal Lovers from Cleveland, Rocket Bureau from Wisconsin and Australian Rolling Blackouts. ne of my favorite albums in the last couple of months is Lilly Hiatt’s Royal Blue along with its b-sides, so as a part of my experiment to see what it makes so good, I dug out some past work from the producer and keyboardist Adam Landry and drummer Jon Radford. We also have Jonathan Richman live in CLE, courtesy of our good sponsor Blue Arrow Records.
Today we introduce Fernando Viciconte and Mean Jeans from Portland, OR. Also, from England, we have the three ladies from Thee Jezebels and afro-punk by The Heavy. Charles Moothart from San Francisco is a buddy of Ty Segall and we hear his band CFM for the first time today. Guida from Italy are back with a new album called Guida Speaks Evil. The news comes to us that Andrew Loomis, drummer of the legendary Dead Moon passed away on March 8, so we prepared a block of Dead Moon songs to remember him by.
Today we start off with Sheer Mag from Philadelphia with their new, third EP. Then we go to Australia and check the new album for The Murlocs, lead by Ambrose Kenny Smith from King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard. Then we visit Moscow, Russia and their new quartet Nikola Tesla and Thee Coils. All Them Witches from Nashville have a new album called Lightning At The Door. Bob Mould from Hüsker Dü also has a new record, called Patch The Sky. We are still very excited by Lilly Hiatt’s new record Royal Blue, and she surprised us pleasantly with four previously unavailable songs. We pay respect to Keith Emerson and George Martin. And, we also have a special announcement, my sister Snežana Žabić has a new book out on Punctum – get it! There’s a lot of incriminating stories involving yours truly inside the book.
A few new names today. First, Uncle Acid and The Deadbeads, a hard rock band from England. Also from over there, Desert Mountain Tribe. The Cherry Drops are a power pop band from Florida and Cherie Currie from Runaways had a new album recently, so we check it out. Dan Baird from Georgia Satellites joined forces with Warner Hodges of Jason and The Scorchers and had a live show in Cleveland.
Today we start off with the new Jack Oblivian record. He’s back with the new band The Sheiks and the new album The Lone Ranger of Love. Bazooka is a new band from Greece. Robert Pollard has another new album and we lost the count long time ago. Also from Ohio, we check out the new music from Rocket From The Tombs. The Verbs are Steve Jordan who we know from his collaboration with Keith Richards and Meegan Voss who was with the Poptarts and they have a new cover only album. Jay Gonzales, who we know from his collaboration with Drive By Truckers and who had a nice power pop album in 2012. We listen to The Sadies live in CLE.