Today’s show is dedicated to Mark Volman, who indebted rock’n’roll as a vocalist in Turtles, Flo and Eddie and background vocalist in T Rex. We also hear new music from Hux and His Punx, Daniel Romano and we hear a rare track by Marshall Crenshaw. Braden Bodensteiner is also back with a new album. We introduce Oog Bogo from LA, Octoberman from Toronto, Acapulco Lips from Seattle, and House and Hawk from Pittsburgh.
T Rex – Children of the Revolution
Hunx and His Punx – Wild Boys
Daniel Romano – Servo
The Whiffs – Satellites
Oog Bogo – Cowgirls
Octoberman – We Used to Talk of Death
The Berries – Vagabond
Superchunk – Bruised Lung
Marshall Crenshaw – Move Now
1-800-MIKEY – Lost In Translation
Acapulco Lips – Fuzzy Sunshine
House & Hawk – Rocket To The Tops
Jonathan Richman – Night Fever
Flo and Eddie – Another Pop Star’s Life, Just Another Town
Turtles – The Last Thing I Remember, the First Thing I Knew
Bruce Springsteen – Hungry Heart
Mothers – Dog Breath
In today’s heavy show dedicated to Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, we hear some new hard rock bands for the first time at The Little Lighthouse. We introduce Crystal Spiders from Raleigh, NC, Thor from Vancouver in Canada (check out their heartful Yardbirds cover!), Bonnevilles from Belfast on the island of Ireland, Italia 90 from London UK, Greenleaf from Borlange in Sweden, Castle Rat from Brooklyn NY and Moe from Buffalo NY. We also check back with Hedvig Mollestad and Older Sun.
Black Sabbath – Rat Salad
Crystal Spiders – Blue Death
Thor – Heart Full Of Soul
Slade – Hear Me Calling
The Bonnevilles – Age Of Monsters
Older Sun – Misty Mountains
Margarita Witch Cult – Be My Witch
Hedvig Mollestad – See See Bop
Italia 90 – On The Scene
Tribal Sinfonia – Something Has You Turned Around
Rosetta Stone – Devil Woman
Castle Rat – Wizard
Motorhead – Vibrator
Moe. – Yellow Tigers
Black Sabbath – Warning
Our show this time brings new music from Lebende Tiere from Leipzig, Primitive Ring from LA, Silver Synthetic from Nashville, Major Stars from Boston, The Jive from Pennsylvania. We also have our good old friends from Sweden Plastic Pals, paying a tribute to Robbie Robertson. We hear a new track by Kevin Gordon and check out the new single from The Berries in LA. Howe Gelb of Giant Sand and M Ward collaborate in a new band Geckos. We pay a tribute to two members of The Victims, Hoodoo Gurus and Dubrovniks who passed away within a few weeks from each other: James Baker and Kimble Rendall.
The Scientists – Frantic Romantic
Lebende Tiere – Fernsehsüchtig(The Victims)
The Victims – television addict
XL-Capris – Dead Budgies
Le Hoodoo Gurus – Leilani (Original Version)
Primitive Ring – Rolling Greed
Silver Synthetic – Happy Ever After
The Vaselines – Son Of A Gun
No Tears – I Wanna Be With You (Tonight)
Major Stars – Blackout
The Jive – Good Time Call
Trotsky Icepick – Rubberband
The Chelsea Curve – 7000 Hours
The Berries – Angelus
Geckøs – Dance of the Gecko
Nelson Bragg – Glorious Days
John Larson and The Silver Fields – Turn Around, Girl
Kevin Gordon – Buddy Montgomery
The Plastic Pals -_The Blue Train
Gentleman Jesse – I Don’t Wanna Know (Where You Been Tonight)
The greatest Cleveland rocker, David Thomas passed away and today’s show is dedicated to him. We also check out new music by Darkness form UK, Valerie June from Memphis, King Kong Blues from France and Penrose Web from UK. Jake Robertson of Ausmutantes is back with his Alien Noisejob project. Several big names are back with new music: Stems from Australia and Suzanne Vega. Matt Tecu and Fernando Perdomo do their duet again. Death Valley Girls cover a Link Wray tune.
Pere Ubu – Non-alignment Pact Aligned
The Darkness – I Hate Myself
Death Valley Girls – Fire and Brimstone
Link Wray – Fire and Brimstone
The Armoires – Ridley & Me After The Apocalypse (Single Edit)
Valerie June – Inside Me
Suzanne Vega – Speakers’ Corner
Lemonheads – Luka
Momma – Last Kiss
King Kong Blues – Gonzo
The Penrose Web – Hexapod Scene
Delivery – Only A Fool
Bob Mould – Hard to Get
Matt Tecu + Fernando Perdomo – Low Hanging Fruit
Alien Nosejob – S-O-S 75
20th Century Boys – Awright
The Stems – Can’t Resist
The Stems – Deep Freeze
Pere Ubu – Breath
Pere Ubu – Waiting for Mary
Pere Ubu – Modern Dance
Today we hear the new music from the legendary California bands X and The Bellrays. Speaking of California, Petrified Max has a new single as well. French actress Emmanuelle Seigner joins forces with Velvet Sunset for some new tunes. Over in Australia, we introduce I Do You Do Karate and check out the new music from Straight Arrow and Gabriella Cohen. Arizona’s Gabrien Naim Amor is also back with the new music. London band The Clientele is back with the new track as well. We close the show with a tribute to Damo Suzuki of Can.
Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs
The Bellrays – Hard Drive
Velvet Sunset with Emmanuelle Seigner – You Look Cool
Emmanuelle Seigner – Such A Hard Time
X – Left & Right
X – Face In The Moon
Straight Arrows – Walkin Thru My Mind
Shake Some – Every Little Noise
Christoper Peifer – Only a Breakdown
Gabriel Naim Amor – Amorsonic
The Clientele – Trains In The Night
Leigh Gregory – Swimming to the Light
Jackie DeShannon – Hydra
Gabriella Cohen – Hydra
I do You do Karate – Peanut Carter
The Lemonheads – No Backbone
Phranc – Old in LA
Petrified Max – She Draws Eyes
Can – Spoon
Can – Halleluwah
Fall – I Am Damo Suzuki
Our show today is dedicated to Dave Sweetapple, one of the kindest people in rock’n’roll that I had pleasure meeting. Unfortunately, news comes to us that he passed away earlier this month, leaving his family and friends inconsolably sad. Towards the end of the show, we pay a special tribute to him with some of the most interesting tunes that he was on. We also hear new music from Leeroy Stagger and Dangreens from Canada, Richard Duguay from LA, Kenny Michaels from Chicago, Reduced from UK and Shivas from LA. Over in Australia we check out the newest from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Volcanics from Perth.
Sweet Apple – I Surrender
Leeroy Stagger – Count To Ten
Richard Duguay & The Beautiful Decline – Reunion
The Scientists – Hell Beach
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Mirage City
The Volcanics – Saturday Night
Crickle – Nothing In Your Eyes
Kenny Michaels – Must Be This New Love Of Mine
Dangereens – Fly By Nighter
Liquor Store – We Buy Gold
Reduced – Get Through To You
The Shivas – Just Like Water
Witch – Soul of Fire
Heavy Blanket – Moon Is
Sweet Apple – I’ve Got A Feeling
Sweet Apple – Dead Moon
Mo Troper has a great year. After producing a great album for Diners, he is now here with his own full length. He dedicated it to Jon Brion. Colin Cutler from North Carolina dedicated his album to Flannery O’Connor. Every song is a reflection on one of her characters. Sheer Mag from Philadelphia has a new single. Jake Roberts (ex Ausmuteants, Hierophants) is back with another Alien Nosejob project. Power pop power is represented by Nick Frater from UK, Marc Bailey from Iowa and Thomas Walsh from Ireland. King Louie Bankston nowadays performs as a one man band. Jaimie Branch was a New York trumpet player who had a series of Fly or Die albums. The latest one came out this year, unfortunately posthumously. Lastly, we have a tune from Ivar and Tommy go to Hollywood and I don’t know anything about them.
Finch – Nothing Like the Sun
Colin Cutler – A New Tattoo
Sheer Mag – Playing Favorites
Sheer Mag – Blood from a Stone
Alien Nosejob – RnR Rubbish Bin
Alien Nosejob – I’m Lost
Ivar & Tommy go to Hollywood – I Poke Bears
Librarians With Hickeys – Ghost Singer
Nick Frater – The Town of Opportunities Suite
Mo Troper – Citgo Sign
Diners – From My Pillow
Marc Bailey – Kite Strings & Fight Scenes
Thomas Walsh – All This Hurt
Swampmeat Family Band – Do it All
King Louie Bankston – Gone Too Far
Jaimie Branch – Take Over The World
Leyla McCalla & Hurray for the Riff Raff – Zanj
Two shows ago we had new music from the sixties bands. Today we have new music from the eighties bands! Boston was one of the big music centers at the end of the 80s with Lemonheads and Blake Babies. Two bands shared members too. They are all back! Lemonheads have a new single and it’s their first original song in many years. It’s Evan Dando’s tribute to Dan Lardner of QTY who passed away in June this year. John P. Strohm drummed in Lemonheads and in Blake Babies. Now he’s back with a brand new solo record as a singer songwriter. Juliana Hatfield made a tribute to Jeff Lynn and ELO. Fuzztones are back with a strange album of what sounds like remixes of other bands. Divine Horsemen have a second album together after Chris D and Julie Christensen reunited. Peter Case of The Nerves and Plimsouls has a new album and so does Jon Dee Graham of Austin’s Skunks. Ska legends Madness are also back. All that in today’s show.
Association – Windy
The Fuzztones – Windy with The Association
Divine Horsemen – Dirty Like An Angel
Divine Horsemen – Devil’s River
The Plimsouls – Zero Hour
Peter Case – Downtown Nowhere’s Blues
Jon Dee Graham – Where It All Went Wrong
The Skunks – Cheap Girl
QTY – Living Things
The Lemonheads – Fear Of Living
John P. Strohm – Troubleland
The Lemonheads – Clang Bang Clang
Blake Babies – Swill And The Cocaine Sluts
Juliana Hatfield – Bluebird Is Dead
Madness – Beginners 101
Madness – Mad Not Mad
Electric Light Orchestra – Bluebird is dead
The Fuzztones – We’re Pretty Quick
Today we begin by rocking out to the new tunes from Barrence Whitfield and Low Cut Connie. There’s a new band Stereo Burlesque featuring Frank Vazzano (of Cobra Verde) and Dave Cintron (both of Downside Special). Jay Gonzalez joined forces with Pete Smith in a new band called Gonzalez Smith. Mitski is also back with another new album. We introduce new names too: Stars Like Ours and Hi-End from Boston, Radio Field from Dusseldorf, Germany and Lunar Laugh from Oklahoma. At the end of the show, we pay a tribute to Gethway brothers from Monstrous. Alex passed away recently and Ken back in 2010.
The Optic Nerve – Sunshine Girl
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages – Hey Miss Glynis
Low Cut Connie – Big Boy
Swampmeat Family Band – Right Here
Purling Hiss -Yer All In My Dreams
Stars Like Ours – What’s Going Wrong
Stereo Burlesque – Speed Away
Cobra Verde – Haunted Heavens
Chinese Herbal Medicine – Grief
The Radio Field – The Version
Lunar Laugh- Born Weird
Mordecai Smyth – Out In The Stars
Danny The K – Cigarettes & Silhouettes
The Hi-End – Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Gonzalez Smith – She’s My Girl
Babaganouj – Shiny Shiny Shiny
Chris Church – bomb (by Flat Earth)
Mitski – Buffalo Replaced
Monstrous – Until The Words Are
Lemon Twigs – Every Day Is The Worst Day Of My Life
Today we check out the new tunes by Buddy and Julie Miller (from Nashville) and Beth Bombara (from St. Louis). Flashcubes play a cover of Motors. Tony Molina and Jennifer Sbragia have a band together called The Softies. We introduce a poet and musician Kara Jackson from Chicago, Vapour Trails from Bristol UK and John Wayne Supermarket from France. Dan Kopko from Boston has a band called Danny The K and we check it out. We also have tributes to Johnny Rowan, also known as Blackie Onassis, drummer of Urge Overkill who passed away recently at 57 and a tribute to Tony McPhee, the frontman of Groundhogs, who passed away on June 6th.
Urge Overkill – Bottle Of Fur
Danny The K – Roller Derby Girl
Buddy & Julie Miller – In The Throes
Terry Anderson – No One Knows It
The Flashcubes – Forget About You
The Softies – Don’t Come Back
Beth Bombara – Give Me a Reason
Kara Jackson – Dickhead Blues
Sunny War – New Day
Rod Stewart – You’re In My Heart
The Vapour Trails – On A Beautiful Day
John Wayne Supermarket – Plage de Vieux Fort
Urge Overkill – Henhough The Greatest Story Ever Told
Groundhogs – Strange Town
Groundhogs – Cherry Red
Podcast made in Cleveland, Ohio. Syndicated by Prvi Prvi na Skali in Kragujevac, Serbia. Sponsored by Blue Arrow Records and Baby Next.