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Flashlite #599

Judy Dyble

Today’s show is dedicated to the wonderful Judy Dyble, the founding vocalist of Fairport Convention and the early singer for the band that grew into King Crimson. She passed away from lung cancer on July 12, this year. Other than that, we check out the new tunes from the 80s underground legends: newly reformed Divine Horsemen, Smudge, Dream Syndicate and The Jayhawks, including their renegade member Mark Olson, with his most recent partner in crime, Ingunn Ringvold. Cherry on top are newly discovered vault music from possibly some of greatest rock’n’roll bands in the history: The Rolling Stones, The Replacements and a project of the Yardbirds members Keith Relf and Jim McCarty called Together. If this doesn’t turn out to be a great listening, then nothing you ain’t a true rocker.

The Replacements – Alex Chilton;
The Dream Syndicate – Hold Brother Hold;
The Rolling Stones – Criss Cross;
The Rolling Stones – She Said Yeah;
CFM – Black Cat;
The Jayhawks – Dogtown Days;
Mark Olson and Ingunn Ringvold – April In Your Cloud Garden;
Bob Dylan – My Own Version Of You;
The Third Mind – Journey in Satchidananda;
Dave Alvin – Guitar Rumba;
Divine Horsemen – Mystery Writers;
The Flesh Eaters – The Youngest Profession;
Together – Henry’s Coming Home;
The Lemonheads – The Outdoor Type (Live in CLE);
Smudge – Gotta Pull Myself Together;
Judy Dyble – Faded Elvis;
Fairport Convention – One Sure Thing;
Fairport Convention – Portfolio.

Flashlite #598

Hedvig Mollestad

Join us in another globe-trotting musical ride. We stop in Boston to hear the new hard-rockers, Banshee. Then we go to Brooklyn and LA, and hear the new collaboration between Dion Lunadon and Kate Clover. Also from LA, we introduce Levitation Room. In New York City we have also Sufis, who sing about Cleveland. Doris Melton from Dream Machine has a new solo single. Lithics come from Oregon and we hear them for the first time. Over in Europe, we check out the new tunes from September Girls (Ireland), Entracte Twist (France) and Hedvig Mollestad (Norway). Australians, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever are back with the new LP record.

Steve King – Satan is Her Name;
Dion Lunadon & Kate Clover – When Will I Hold You Again;
Banshee – Savage Man;
Germ House – Keep It on Your Good Side;
The Sonic Dawn – Young Love Old Hate;
Levitation Room – Dream (within a Dream);
Doris Melton – Turn a Blind Eye;
Hexa – The Trees;
Lithics – Hands;
September Girls – Shut Up;
A Burning Bus – Come on In;
Hedvig Mollestad – A Stone’s Throw;
Entracte Twist – Aquaboulevard;
Petrified Max – The Bat Whispers;
Helicon – Bardo Thodol;
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – She’s There;
Sufis – Cleveland;
The Magnetic Fields – Come, Life, Shaker Life.

Flashlite #597

Steve Priest of Sweet

Good pop music today. We introduce new music from Nite Sobs, from Austin TX, On and Ons from Sydney AU, Reflectors from LA, Reverberations from Portland OR, Honeywagen from Kansas City, MO, Robbing Banks from Utrecht, NL, John Dowler from Melbourne AU and Andy Bopp from Baltimore, Maryland. The show is dedicated to the memory of Steve Priest, the bassist of Sweet, who passed away on June 4th this year.

Sweet – Action;
Nite Sobs – Mixed Signals;
The On and Ons – Change Of Heart;
The Resonars – All These Hats;
Any Trouble – Yesterday’s Love;
The Reflectors – Champagne;
The Reverberations – Palm Reader;
Lawson and Four More – Halfway Down The Stairs;
Hot Dogs – Take The Time To Let Me Know;
True Believers – Sleep Enough To Dream;
Honeywagen – Running Out Of Time;
Robbing Banks – Not The One;
The Whiffs – Please Come Home;
Dirty Looks – 12 O’ Clock;
John Dowler’s Vanity Project – Time To Leave;
Andy Bopp – I Am a Jetfighter;
Cargoe – Time;
The Ar-Kaics – She Does Those Things To Me;
Sweet – Blockbuster;
Sweet – Fox On The Run.

Flashlite #596

Courtney Marie Andrews

Melancholic new summer episode today features new music from Eamon McGrath from Canada, Ethan Daniel Davidson from Detroit, and Plastic Pals from Sweden. We also feature Marshall Chapman from Spartanburg, SC, Loose Koozies from Detroit, Ben de la Cour from Nashville, Warmer from Idaho, Heather Anne Lomax from LA, Courtney Marie Andrews from Phoenix and Trixie and The Trainwrecks from Berlin Germany. Give it a shot!

Czeslaw Niemen & Akwarele – Gdzie To Jest;
The Plastic Pals – Hangin’ in the Louvre;
Marshall Chapman – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow;
Sylvia Rose Novak – Dry;
Neil Young and The Crazy Horse – Powderfinger;
Loose Koozies – Easy When You Know How;
Ben de la Cour – Harmless Indian Medicine Blues;
Morphine – Thursday;
Mark Lanegan – Stockholm City Blues;
Little Albert – Blues Asteroid;
Ethan Daniel Davidson – Death Don’t Have No Mercy;
Eamon McGrath – Sign of the Times;
Swampmeat Family Band – Be Here To Love Me;
Warmer – Fishes Swim and Corals Grow;
Heather Anne Lomax – Better Luck;
Jim Capaldi – Boy With A Problem;
Courtney Marie Andrews- Old Flowers;
Trixie and The Trainwrecks – Summertime;
Big Brother And The Holding Company – Summertime.

Flashlite #595

Bob Dylan

Today at the lighthouse we have nothing but the heavyweight legends of rock’n’roll, all mostly with the new material. We start off with Bob Dylan and Neil Young. Bob has a new record and Neil released unpublished recordings from 1975. We also have two ex members of Green on Red with new records for each of them: Chris Cacavas and Chuck Prophet. Their buddy from the same scene, Russ Tolman, who used to be in True West also has a new single out. Their buddy from the same town, Howe Gelb, has a piano solo record and we check it out. Our good friend from Louisiana, a legendary songwriter in his own right, Damien Youth has a new band Belladonna Lovers and we check it out in this episode of the show. We close the show with the new projects from the Trotsky Icepick camp. They are extraordinarily active these days: Vitus Matare and John Rosewall have a new album as Petrified Max and John Talley Jones is with Strikeslip.

Chris Cacavas – Truth;
Neil Young – Vacancy;
Bob Dylan – Goodbye Jimmy Reed;
Bob Dylan – Standing in the Doorway;
Giant Sand – Warm Storm;
Howe Gelb – Steadfast;
Russ Tolman – The Trees Are In Love With You;
True West – You;
Green On Red – We Shall Overcome;
Chris Cacavas – We Can Dream;
Chuck Prophet – Womankind;
The Stone Roses – Sally Cinnamon;
Damien Youth – Susie Cinnamon;
Belladonna Lovers – Frankenstein Head;
Petrified Max – Snowshoe;
Strikeslip – Stuporstar;
Trotsky Icepick – Imaging Neptune.

Flashlite #594

Melenas

Today is a trippy, international, summertime show. We start off with Black Rainbows from Rome and introduce Jack Grelle from Missouri. In Copenhagen, we check out Sonic Dawn and from France we check out Servo. Spanish ladies Melenas are also new to us. Also singing in Spanish, we have the New Yorker Tall Juan with his new music. On this side of the Earth, we hear Secret Fun Club and
Hexa (both from San Diego and both fronted by Carrie Gillespie Feller) and Z-Boys from Newport, RI.

Billy Cobham – Stratus;
Black Rainbows – Master Rocket Power Blast;
Jack Grelle – Space and Time;
Natural Child – Time Is Money;
The Sonic Dawn – Join the Dead;
The Z-Boys – Stratus;
Hexa – Walking Wounded;
Secret Fun Club with Carrie Gillespie Feller – I Was A Teenage Werewolf;
Servo – Room 3;
Paraf – odlazak;
Luna – Amazon
Belgrado – Wiatr;
Melenas – Ciencia Ficcin;
Tall Juan – Rocio;
The Beat – French Toast (Soleil Trop Chaud).

Flashlite #593

Maggot Heart

Today we start with the new singles Maggot Heart (Sweden) and Bad Moves (Washington DC). Then we have Guardian Singles from New Zealand with their new music and also on that side of the world, Rob Griffiths from Melbourne has a new solo album. He is usually with Little Murders. On this side of the world, Daniel Romano in Canada has several new releases and we sample them in this episode. Over in Europe, we hear a solo project of Alberto Piccolo (also in Messa). The band is called Little Albert. In UK, we hear new music from Document and Hightown Pirates. This episode of the show is dedicated to Richard Lane from The Stems, who passed away on May 12th this year.

The Stems – Love Will Grow;
Maggot Heart – Mercy Machine;
Bad Moves – Party With The Kids Who Wanna Party With You;
Mission of Burma – Fame and Fortune;
Elektricni Orgazam – Nebo;
Guardian Singles – Can’t Stop Moving;
Rob Griffiths – Wait ‘Til The Summer Comes;
Built to Spill – Jokerman;
Daniel Romano – Jokerman;
Daniel Romano – Empty Husk;
Daniel Romano – Natural Lover;
Little Albert – Mary Claire;
Messa – Leah;
Document – Uncle Sam’s Daughter;
Hightown Pirates – When the Soldiers Come;
The Stems – The Other Side.

Flashlite #592

Sylvia Rose Novak

Today we start off with the new single from Bully. Sofia Bolt from LA has a new single out as well. Also, legendary California punk rocker Alice Bag has a new record and we check it our. Becky Black and Maya Miller of Vancouver, better known as The Pack AD are also back with new music. Eileen Rose’s new album is recorded in Muscle Shoals and so is the new Nicole Atkins album. We introduce a new artist for us, Sylvia Rose Novak who really has an astonishing new album. Tami Neilson over in Canada has a new retro inspired record. Today’s show is dedicated to Betty Wright who passed away on May 10th this year.

Betty Wright – Girls can’t do what the Guys do;
Bully – Turn to Hate;
Alice Bag – Sister Dynamite;
X – Water and Wine;
Mary May – A Lot;
The Pack AD – Soul Warden;
Tami Neilson – Any Fool with a Heart;
Big Hogg – Thanks For The Roses;
Ashley McBryde – Martha Divine;
Eileen Rose – Get Up;
Sylvia Rose Novak – Bad Luck;
Beth Bombara – Upside Down;
Aubrey Sellers – One Town’s Trash;
Whitney Rose – I’d Rather Be Alone;
Sofia Bolt – Fixture Picture;
Nicole Atkins – A Road To Nowhere;
Piramid Scheme – Modern World;
Betty Wright – Secretary.

Flashlite #591

Phil May of Pretty Things

Don Howland (ex Bassholes and Gibson Brothers) is back with a spectacular new project and album A Burning Bus. We also check out the new music from Mark Lanegan (who also has a book out), Faux Killas, A Place to Bury Strangers and Magnetic Fields. On a new tribute to the Cramps, we discover a Southern California band Retox. From Spain, we have a new name Pablo Solo. Today’s show is dedicated to Phil May, the frontman of Pretty Things who passed away on May 15th, following complications from hip surgery.

Pretty Things – Walking Through My Dreams;
Night Beats – Bad Love;
A Burning Bus – Faith Healer;
Bassholes – Bowling Ball;
The Cramps – Garbageman;
Retox – Garbageman;
Pablo Solo – Gus, you Dog;
Serge Gainsbourg – En Melody;
Mark Lanegan Band – Hit The City (Live in CLE);
Mark Lanegan – Ballad of A Dying Rover;
A Place To Bury Strangers – Hit The Ground;
Eddy Current Suppression Ring – Like A Comet;
Swans – (She’s A) Universal Emptiness;
Magnetic Fields – Love Gone Wrong;
Faux Killas – Pick You Up;
Ty Segall – 5 Feet Tall;
Pretty Things – Old Man Going.

Flashlite #590

Beth Bombara

Low Cut Connie used to be a band of two primary songwriters: Adam Weiner and Dan Finnemore. Dan is now with Swampmeat Family Band and Adam continues with Low Cut Connie. It’s a wonderful coincidence that we have new songs by both bands in today’s show. Legendary punks X from Los Angeles are also back with the original line up on a new record Alphabetland. Original line up means Billy Zoom on guitar. They revisit a song they did on an album without Billy on the new record and we check that out. Back then, Tony Gilkyson was with the band on guitar. And Tony’s sister Eliza has a new record too. David Bromberg revisits his 1972 song Diamond Lil in his brand new record. Glenn Danzig is here with a cover album dedicated to Elvis Prisley. Beth Bombara is back with the new record and Whitney Rose is a new singer songwriter that we introduce in this episode. Also introducing are Fred and Rose from Argentina, who named themselves after a historical couple who committed crimes. Suicide Swans are also a new band for us, they come from Toowoomba in Australia.

Robert Forster – Songwriters on the Run;
Beth Bombara – Evergreen;
Whitney Rose – In a Rut;
Ashley McBryde – Hang In There Girl;
Fiver – It Is What It Is (Radio Edit);
Low Cut Connie – Look What They Did;
Swampmeat Family Band – If You Want Me To;
The Flesh Eaters – Cyrano De Berger’s Back;
X – Cyrano De Berger’s Back;
Eliza Gilkyson – Peace in our Hearts;
Glenn Danzig and the Power and Fury Orchestra – You & Me (Less Than Zero);
Elvis Prisley – When It Rains, It Really Pours;
Glenn Danzig – When It Rains It Really Pours;
David Bromberg – Diamond Lil;
Ida Mae – My Girl Is A Heartbreak;
Fred & Rose – My Baby Got Balls;
Suicide Swans – Someone’s Chrome;
Yawpers – Live in CLE;
Bele Vrane – Eskalacija.