Category Archives: Obituaries

Flashlite #629

Clara Engel

Today we experiment with sounds a little bit. Non-conventional genres and artists are on the playlist. We first start with a new project for John Dwyer, Nick Murray, Brad Caulkins, Tom Dolas and Greg Coates, which is perhaps called Witch Egg. Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds follow with a 15 minute dance dreamlike song. Sun Kil Moon is also here with another lengthy new piece. Emma Ruth Rundle teams up with metal heads Thou. Marianne Dissard has an unconventional cover of Ritchie Valens’ Come on Let’s Go. Clara Engel has a new album, and it’s always a surprise and a new, interesting sonic exploration. At the end of the show we pay tributes to Sylvain Sylvain, Phil Spector and Tom Stevens from Long Ryders.

Trash – Road To Nowhere;
John Dwyer, Nick Murray, Brad Caulkins, Tom Dolas, Greg Coates – Greener Pools;
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds – He Walked In;
Thou & Emma Ruth Rundle – Orphan Limbs;
Sun Kil Moon – Morning Cherry;
Clara Engel – Thieves;
Marianne Dissard – Come On, Let’s Go;
New York Dolls – Frankenstein;
Ramones – Danny Says;
Long Ryders – Days Long Ago;
Righteous Brothers – You’ve lost that lovin’ feelin’.

Flashlite #627

Dale Crover

Today we have straight forward loud rock show. We open up with a band that fell through the cracks in the past year, Dirty Streets from Memphis TN. DeeOhGee is a new band for a band from Nashville that we knew as Barefoot Gypsies. Canadian band Outtacotroller are back with new singe. Jarvis Humby is a new name for use from UK. Dale Crover of Melvins has a new record. Legendary Memphis producer and engineer Terry Manning also has a new single. We also check out some archival 45s from Jobcentre Rejects. The Album Show is a cover band from Sydney Australia and we check them standing in for the Creedence Clearwater Revival. We also pay respects to the fallen rock heroes, Leslie West from Mountain and Tim Bogert from Vanilla Fudge.

Vanilla Fudge – The Sky Cried When I Was A Boy;
Dirty Streets – Good Pills;
DeeOhGee – New Way of Life;
Barefood Gypsies (Live in CLE);
Outtacontroller – Come Alive;
Jarvis Humby – The Big Blue Dream Machine;
The Isolators – What’s It to You;
Dale Crover – I Can’t Help You There;
Terry Manning – What’s the Use;
Terry Manning – Guess Things Happen That Way;
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Run Through The Jungle;
Gun Club – Run Through The Jungle;
The Album Show – Run Through The Jungle;
Rock Set РPite̴ Kommun;
Axxe – Through The Night;
Beck, Bogert And Apice – Lady;
Mountain – Mississippi Queen.

Flashlite #626

Mira Furlan

Nothing but nicely written music today. We start off with a shiny new song from Dinosaur JR, possibly the shiniest one J wrote since Take A Run At The Sun. Alice Cooper recorded a tribute to Detroit and we check out a cover of an Outrageous Cherry song. Rat Columns and Cool Ghouls are back with new singles. A band we used to know under various names (Fruit Sandal and Akibas) is back with a new name: Melody And The Jones. Petrified Max, after a superb album from last year has a new single (it’s a new band for Vitus Mataré and John Rosewall of Trotsky Icepick fame). We introduce a band from Istria in Croatia, Finta De Mona, that specializes into covers from old songs from that region. Trevor Beld Jimenez is a new performer from Southern California. We pay a tribute to two Yugoslavian legends who passed away recently. Mira Furlan and Misa Aleksic of Riblja Corba.

Buldozer – Garcon De Yugoslavie;
Dinosaur JR – I Ran Away;
Alice Cooper – Our Love Will Change The World;
Outrageous Cherry – Our Love Will Change the World;
Trevor Beld Jimenez – Moment;
Rat Columns – No Stranger To Life;
Akibas – Can we be friends;
Melody And The Jones – Sun Lions;
Petrified Max – The Lucky Couple;
The Last – Jungle Book;
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns – The Jungle Book;
Cool Ghouls – Helpless Circumstance;
Finta De Mona – Macak z Voloskega;
Bonaca – Macak z Voloskega;
Riblja Corba – Ostacu slobodan;
Mira Furlan i Orkestar Davora Slaminga – Depresivni djecak;
Trotsky Icepick – The Jungle Book;
Red Lights – Jungle Book;
Mira Furlan i Buldozer – Garcon De Yugoslavie.

Flashlite #615

Dumb Punts

Coming back to us, today we bring you Zvonka Obajdin and Svemir with a live in the studio cover of Neil Young, along with Plastic Pals from Sweden with a truly catchy new single. We introduce more catchiness from Dumb Punts over in Australia and Spyrals from California. Over from the Iberian peninsula we check out Ded Routines from Spain and D3O from Portugal with a killer cover from Dead Moon. This episode goes form Spencer Davis and Ken Hensley who left this godforsaken world recently.

Kinks – This Is Where I Belong;
Dumb Punts – Up All Night;
The Spyrals – Goodbye;
Motorpsycho – The All Is One;
The Plastic Pals – More than an icon;
Svemir – Motion Pictures;
Neil Young – Motion Pictures;
The Spencer Davis Group – Morning Sun;
The Spencer Davis Group – Time Seller;
The Gods – Long Time, Sad Time, Bad Time;
The Gods – Maria;
Percewood’s Onagram – Braindrops Won’t Kill The Fire;
Ded Routines – Not available blues;
D3O – Unknown Passage;
Dead Moon – Unknown Passage.

Flashlite #613

Justin Townes Earle

Today we lead in with uncontested rock legends Blue Oyster Cult who are back with the new record. And then, James Williamson of the Stooges and Deniz Tek of Radio Birdman join forces. Phil May passed away earlier this year, but prior to that, he recorded an album with Pretty Things and that album is out now. Nick Lowe joins forces with Los Straitjackets and Paul Kelly is with Paul Grabowsky. Slim Dunlap’s live recordings surface and we check one of the tracks. We pay respects to Justin Townes Earle who passed away on August 20th this year.

Blue Oyster Cult – Hot Rails To Hell;
Blue Oyster Cult – That Was Me;
James Willamson and Deniz Tek – Progress;
Stooges – 1970;
Radio Birdman – t.v. eye;
Stooges – Search And Destroy;
Pretty Things – Midnight To Six Man;
Pretty Things – I’m Ready;
Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets – Crying Inside;
Brinsley Schwartz – Funk Angel;
Kipington Lodge – I Can See Her Face (Parlophone R5776);
Paul Kelly – Crosstown;
Paul Kelly and Paul Grabowsky – sonnet 138;
Slim Dunlap Band – Ain’t Exactly GoodSlim Has Left the Building;
Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait;
Justin Townes Earle – Can’t Hardly Wait;
Justin Townes Earle – Talking To Myself;
James Willamson, Mark Lanegan and Alison Mossheart – Wild Love.

Flashlite #605

Bully

Straight forward rock’n’roll episode today. From two corners of Canada, we greet Dangereens and Dead Ghosts. From the West of the US, we have a new, really good tune from David Nance, new album from L.A. Witch trio and Feral Ohms new single. On the East of the US, Germ House is here with the new album. Nick Waterhouse covers The Seeds and we pay a tribute to their guitarist Jan Savage who passed away on August 8th.

Hayvanlar Alemi – News of the World;
Feral Ohms – I Fall;
Dead Ghosts – Blackout;
Bad Sports – Cardboard Suits;
David Nance – Poison;
David Nance – When The Covers Come Off;
L.A. Witch – I Wanna Lose;
L.A. Witch – Drive Your Car;
Gyasi – Sugar Mama;
Apache – Wild Life;
Husker Du – Diane;
Germ House – Nothing Is Like They Wanted;
Dangereens – Streets of Doom;
Black Lips – Dishonest Man;
Leaving Trains – Payday;
Lyres – I’ll Try You Anyway;
Nick Waterhouse – Pushin’ Too Hard;
The Seeds – Pushin’ Too Hard;
The Seeds – Rollin’ Machine.

Flashlite #604

Bully

Today we start off with a track from the new album for Alaicia Bognano’s Bully. Then we introduce Tough Age from Toronto. Also, new to us are Manarays from Brisbane and Beans from Melbourne. Australians, of course. Then. We have two solo musicians hiding between the band names. Tommy Marolda is The Toms and Dishelved Cuss is Nick Reinhart. Schizophonics have a new single covering Roxy Music and Trotsky Icepick is back yet again with another new release. They are so prouctive in the past year and a half and it’s to everyone’s delight! We dedicate this episode to Martin Birch, an extraordinary music producer and engineer who passed away on August 9th this year.

The Fluid – Big Brother;
Bully – Let You;
Tough Age – Possession;
Petrified Max – Hole in the Sky;
Trotsky Icepick – End Effected;
Manarays – Troubled by the Moon;
Zana – Sweeta;
Electric Light Orchestra – Nightrider;
The Toms – One Man Girl Parade;
Beans – Stride;
Queen – You’re My Best Friend;
The Z-Boys – Too Slow;
Roxy Music – Re-Make Re-Model;
The Schizophonics – Re-Make Re-Model;
Disheveled Cuss – Oh My God;
W/Jayne County and The Electric Chairs – Man Enough to Be a Woman;
Faces – Bad’N’Ruin;
Jeff Beck Group – Spanish Boots.

Flashlite #602

Lelee

Today we begin with two bands based in Slovenia: Čao Portorož and Lelee. In addition to their local tongue, in the best tradition of Slovenian bands, they also mix in Serbocroatian. And Lelee also does lyrics in Macedonian. That sort of panslavism is welcome at the Little Lighthouse. Another thing welcome is Todd Rundgren. Two recent bands released songs that sound a lot like his tunes: The Nude Party from North Carolina and Green Seagull from London. Son of Gene Clark, Kai Clark has released a tribute to his father and we check it out today. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard has a new single. We close the show with two tributes to fallen heroes. Emitt Rhodes has passed away on July 19 and Peter Green six days after that.

Peter Bardens – Homage To The God Of Light;
ÄŒao Portorož – Å est;
Lelee – Fasciniran (sum od mnogu lugje);
Todd Rundgren – Izzat love;
Neon Indian – Deadbeat Summer;
Todd Rundgren – I Saw the Light;
The Nude Party – Shine Your Light;
Green Seagull – Dream You’re Living;
The Rolling Stones – Scarlet;
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Honey;
Kai Clark – Eight Miles Higher;
Byrds – Eight Miles High;
Merry-go-round – Early in the Morning;
Emitt Rhodes – Live Till You Die;
Fleetwood Mac – Homework.

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 #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.