Today we open with a new single for a Melbourne band The Prize. Then we go to Sweden where we check out the new name for us, Finnjavlar. Then we dive into a Blue Arrow Records block with tunes for their new releases by Stutter Steps and The Wind-Ups. Legendary California bands Trotsky Icepick and Rain Parade are back with new tunes. And so is Chris Stamey, legendary founder of The dBs. Natural Child from Nashville are back with a new album. We have a special treat for Guided By Voices fans. They have a new album out and their former member Tobin Sprout has a record of previously unreleased tunes. We hear these two tunes as if they came out together on an album, together with signature low fi and tape dropouts characteristic for the early GBV albums. We close the show with a tribute to Robbie Robertson who passed away on August 9th at the age of 80.
Jackie De Shannon – I Got My Reason
The Prize – First Sight
Finnjavlar – Life For You
The Whiffs – Satellites
Stutter Steps – Lift
The Wind-Ups – Jonathan Says
Trotsky Icepick – Windowpane
Trotsky Icepick – Before My Madness Caves In
Rain Parade – Bring You Back
Rain Parade – What’s She Done To Your Mind
The dB’s – If & When
Chris Stamey – Back in New York
Guided By Voices – Romeo Surgeon
Tobin Sprout – Bad Scenes
Natural Chold – Playin’ In The Band
Natural Child – Little Magic
The Band – The Weight
The Band – Look Out Cleveland
The Band – Time To Kill
The Band – Chest Fever
Psych review today. We check out the new tunes by The Black Delta Movement over in UK. Also in UK, we have Dead Sea Apes. In Australia, we check out Brown Spirits. On the US side of things, we have Sun Astros, Mammatus and Helen Kelter Skelter. Marc Ribot is also back with his Ceramic Dog. Norwegian masters Motorpsycho are also back with a new record and it sounds a bit lighter than the what we normally used from them.
Ribbons of Euphoria – Invisible Prison
The Black Delta Movement – Always Home
Ceramic Dog – Connection
Korb – Ritual For The Gods
Sun Astros – She’s Gotta Man
Dead Sea Apes – Truther
Dead Flowers – Altered State Circus
Helen Kelter Skelter – Sceptre
Mammatus – Expanding Majesty
Goat – Goatman
Brown Spirits – Dead End Exits
Motorpsycho – Patterns
Motorpsycho – The Dowser
Today we dive into the recent garage rock scene. We check out Vains with a US and Canadian combined line up, Canadian ladies Taxi Girls, Far Out from Brisbane, Generador from Spain, Frankie and The Witch Fingers LA, Fuzillis from London, Spills Denver CO and Baron Four from UK. Mings from Eindhoven, Netherlands are back with the new single. It’s super cool to hear supergroup The Master Plan with members from Dictators, Fleshtones and Waxing Poetics.
Cheater Slicks – Pipsqueek
Vains – Petroleum King
Taxi Girls – Good Grace
JJ & The Real Jerks – Rat Beach
Cable Ties – Time for You
The Master Plan – I Wanna Feel Something
The Far Outs – Bad News For You
The Missing Links – Wild About You
King Khan – John B’s Lament
Generador – Voy Cuesta Abajo
Frankie and the Witch Fingers – Mild Davis
The Golden Gaytimes – The Golden Gaytimes Theme
CLASS – Grid Stress
The Fuzillis – Tacoma
The Spells – I Don’t Want a Legacy
Heartbeeps – Never Stop
Neverland Ranch Davidians – Rat Patrol
The Mings – Lies
The Baron Four – What Can I Do
Paint Fumes – My Dreams
Tee Vee Repairman – Drownin’
Today we check out the latest tunes from whatever was left of Yugoslavia. We start with Norveska Suma from Novi Sad and Detroit Groove Gang (they claim they are from Croatia, Michigan). Over in Ljubljana, we check out Misli and Lelee. Damjan Manevski is behind both bands. Severa Gjurin, also from Ljubljana had a nice single last winter, so we check it out now in the middle of summer. Croatia always had small towns with interesting bands. That tradition continues and in this episode we check out M.O.R.T. from Sinj and Skotni Vrag from Virovitica. Serbia also has small towns, and Marko Artukovic comes from Sabac. Tidal Pull has a new single and so does the veterans Rebel Star.
Izae – Poluprozirna
Detroit Groove Gang – Little Barry
Norveska suma – Sumrak
Stijene – Tri svijeta
Misli – Pravo uvo
LELEE – Nestaješ
Ned O’Millick Cooperative – Za Dzonija
M.O.R.T. – Svijet se sužava
Skotni Vrag – Skotni Vrag
Vozdra – Vozdra Coek
Tidal Pull – Glas 42
Severa Gjurin – Kamin
Peter Meze in Janc Galc – Zatocisce
Rebel Star – Mesec
Marko Artukovic – Ponekad se setim
Muzej Sarvan – Muzicari loseg kova
Today we have a focus on new music that either came from Louisiana or it’s inspired by Louisiana. Lew Winston Band over in Montreal has some recent tunes that we haven’t played in our previous review of Louisiana music. Legendary Ivan Neville Leyla McCalla is collaborating with Michot’s Melody Makers from Lafayette on a warmly intimate new album of songs. Quintron is back under a moniker Bobby M.G. John Qui Saute from France and Eddie 9V from Atlanta have music inspired by Louisiana. We check out two New Orleans brass bands too: Hot 8 Brass Band and Wit’s End Brass Band. We pay a tribute to Huey Piano Smith who passed away at the age of 89 in Baton Rouge.
Le Winston Band – Laisse mon coeur tranquille
Le Winston Band – Retomber en enfance
Michot’s Melody Makers with Leyla McCalla – Latibonit
Michot’s Melody Makers – Reveil Michot
Eddie 9V – Yella Alligator
John Qui Saute – To the Rodeo
Lost Bayou Ramblers – My Generation
Feufollet – Les jours sont longs
Bobby M.G. and the Qreeps – Mardi Gras Creep
Geraint watkins – Heaven
Black John The Conqueror
Ivan Neville – Greatest Place On Earth
Huey Piano Smith – Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
Huey Piano Smith – Don’t You Know Yockomo
Huey Piano Smith – Little Liza Jane
Hot 8 Brass Band – Sexual Healing
Wit’s End Brass Band – La Nena
Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Do It Fluid
Today we start with a new song from our old friends in Philadelphia, Dead Milkmen. Then we go to Vancouver, CA and check out Tough Age. On the other side of the planet, in Australia, we bring you the new tunes from Cablet Ties, Body Maintenance, Flyying Colours and Display Homes. On the old continent, we check out Bee Bee Sea from Italy and Melanas from Spain. For a good measure, we add two new names from the US to the playlist: Upland Band and Godcaster.
Matthew Melton – Under Glass
The Dead Milkmen – Hens Teeth And Goofa Dust
Tough Age – In a Garden
Public Interest – Slow Burn
Flying Colors – Do You Feel the Same
Bee Bee Sea – Time & Time
The Tubs – Wretched Lie
Display Homes – CCTV
Melenas – Bang
Gentilesky – On And On
The Upland Band – Ohfivetwosixfive
Godcaster – Didactic Flashing Antidote
Guardian Singles – Pit Viper
Cable Ties – Time for You
Body Maintenance – Silver Yarns
Belgrado – Na Szlak
Swans – Los Angeles City of Death
We check out some interesting stuff this week. Mark Corzer has a good recent EP with The Rels. Chris Church puts out new music regularly, and we check out his recent single. Gabriella Cohen from Melbourne has a new single and Hazmats as well. We introduce John Wayne Supermarket from France and Blues Emergency from Toronto. Blue Broderick and Diners are back with super fresh new music produced by Mo Troper and it’s catchy as hell. Chinese Herbal Medicine has a new album. Legendary San Francisco band that had really cool music in the 70s is back together and we check out their new song.
Outacontroller – True Story
Mark Crozer & The Rels – Wasted Dreamer
Earth Quake – Out on The Floor
Gary Phillips – Let Her Dance (sung by Gary Phillips of Earthquake)
Neon Leon – Moving In the Right Direction
Chris Church – One More Chance To Get Over You
Chinese Herbal Medicine – Discordant
Babaganouj – Dumb For You
Cirkle – Nothing In Your Eyes
Gabriella Cohen – Dream Woman
Diners – The Power
Broken Sound – Sweet Lorraine and Sleazy Dean
Duke Robillard – Oh Babe
The Bevis Frond – Dragons
The Hazmats – Skewed View
Lemon Twigs – What You Were Doing
John Wayne Supermarket – Plage de Vieux Fort
The Blues Emergency – A Love Revolution
Les Lullies – Ze?ro Ambition
Loud show today. We open with veterans, Local H from Chicago who have a new album. Then we have another veteran band, albeit with quite a different line up than when they started, Hard-Ons from Sydney. Clutch is band with the new record and so is Big Brave, over in Montreal. Blue Heron from Albuquerque has a new single and Macarrones from Spain have a new album. We introduce Golden Grass from New York and Dozer from Sweden. We close with one of the most exciting albums recently, Wave Cannon by the Dutch band The Machine.
Miller Anderson – Nothing in This World
Local H – No Fun
Hard-Ons – Hard-Ons – Sling Shot
Older Sun – Raised By Wolves
Clutch – Slaughter Beach
Big Brave – Carvers, Farriers and Knaves
Pink Mexico – Junkie Smile
Blue Heron – Superposition
Macarrones – Seguimos
BBQT – The Boulevard
Golden Grass – 100 Arrows
Watts – The Black Heart Of Rock N Roll
Silberbart – Chub Chub Cherry
Dozer – Ex-Human, Now Beast
The Machine – Wave Cannon
Brainticket – Black Sand
In today’s garage rock hour, we discover new names for us. Heavy Mother from Bloomington IN, Shanda and The Howlers from Las Vegas, Mullens from Dallas TX, JJ & The Real Jerks frin LA, NoMen from Kilmarnock VA and Gagarins from Spain. And we encounter new music from old favorites such as John Wesley Coleman Mr. Airplane Man, Straight Arrows from Sydney and Last Quokka from Perth, Australia.
Luke And The Apostles – Been Burnt
Heavy Mother – I Know There’s No Answer
Last Quokka – Disconnected
The Liquorice Experiment – How Many Lies
Strange Attractor – I Always Get What I Want
Shanda & The Howlers – Want You Anyway
The Mullens – What You Deserve
Fruit Tones – Back In The Night (Again)
Heartbeeps – Trembling
The NoMen – Battle Snake
The Gagarins – Red Basement
Poison Boys – Steamroller
CTMF – Love Comes in Spurts
JJ & The Real Jerks – Downward Outward
John Wesley Coleman – Top Of The World
Neverland Ranch Davidians – Rat Patrol
Paint Fumes – Callin’ Out
Straight Arrows – Walkin Thru My Mind
Mr. Airplane Man – Believe
Cheater Slicks – Fear
Optic Nerve – What’s She Trying to Do
Tee Vee Repairman – Out Of Order
Today we have an international parade of great new tunes. We start our trip in Spain with Capsula and their new single. The next stop is Gabbie Torres and BBQT in Baltimore. Then we go to UK and check out the latest collaboration between Mordecai Smyth and Icarus Peel. Tony Molina and Sarah Rose Janko join forces as The Lost Days. Courettes over in Denmark take a Johnny Thunder’s vocal track and breathe a new life into it. In Australia, we check out Sticker Club, the new project for a long time Evan Dando collaborator Nic Dalton. Another Australian name in today’s show is Ramalamas. New York’s Braden Bodensteiner is introduced for the first time at the Little Lighthouse and so is Zac from Rome, Italy. And finally, we end up in Toronto Canada and close the show with a new tune from Clara Engel.
Capsula – Dali´s Face
Capsula – Sombra
BBQT – Dangerous Dame
Connections – Unsolved Mysteries
Guided By Voices – Seedling
Good Looking Son – Lord Demon’s Delight
Mordecai Smyth – Out In The Stars
The Lost Days – Coward Exposed
Tony Molina – Hard to Know
The Whiffs – Verlaine
Johnny Thunders and Courettes – You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory (The Courettes Mix)
The Sticker Club – Being Around
The Lemonheads – Being Around
The Liquorice Experiment – Novice Pretender
Braden Bodensteiner – 440
ZAC – The World Is Standing Still
Cheater Slicks – Reaching Through
The Golden Gaytimes – Running Away
The Ramalamas – The Ramalamas – Funtastique
Clara Engel – The Snake in the Mirror
Kim Simpson – Mystery
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