Nice show today! We start off with two bands from Canada. Good as Gone is the new one for us and Needles // Pins we know well. Both have new tunes out. Danny from Danny and the Champions of the World is here with a new song and so is legendary Wanda Jackson and Joe Jack Talcum of Dead Milkmen. We check out the new solo music from Scottish singer songwriter Josienne Clarke and introduce The Hotpoints from Australia.
Prefab Sprout – When love breaks down;
Good As Gone – Comin’ Down Blues;
Needles Pins – A Rather Strained Apologetic;
Andy Bopp – Sure and True (Everything Is Accurate);
Bash’n’Pop – Anything Could Happen;
Willie Nile – Asking Annie Out;
Danny George Wilson – Can You Feel Me?
The Hotpoints – Head Over Heels;
The Murlocs – Illuminate The Shade;
Lelee – Cudo;
Josienne Clarke – Sit Out;
Wanda Jackson – Big Baby;
Tank and The Bangas – Rhythm of Life;
Yola – Dancing Away In Tears;
Joe Jack Talcum – Record Store;
Harvey McLaughlin – Miss It When I’m Gone;
R. Stevie Moore – Safe, Reliable And Courteous.
Today we introduce a few new names in this show. Freak Genes, two guys from Manchester, Male Gaze from San Francisco, and we introduce Rod Bryan from Arkansas. Rat Columns from Perth are back with the new record and so is Benjamin Booker. My Buddy Moose from Rijeka are finally out with the new record which was nearly two years in making. Supergroup Sweet Apple is also back with the new rocking record (with members from Cobra Verde, Witch and Dinosaur JR). Danny And The Champions of the world, an Americana band from the British isle, is also back. Today’s show is dedicated to Aleksandar D. Kostić Kosta, legendary journalist from Belgrade who influenced me a lot. He passed away this week at a young age of 55.
The most exciting thing in this show is the new band for Greg Roberson who was in Reigning Sound. His new band is called Trashed Romeos and they made a tribute to the Memphis underground scene in the 60s and the one and only Jim Dickinson. The record is called Where Dreamers Never Go. Lucero, also from Memphis, have a new ep and it’s called Texas and Tennessee. Regarding TX, Israel Nash Gripka moved over there and has a new album too. Elsewhere, we have Danny And The Champions of the World from London and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from Australia with their brand new albums.
Ladies night today! First 40 minutes is nothing but ladies… Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss from Sleater Kinney have a fresh, new band called Wild Flag. Self title album is out on Merge. Singer songwriters Pieta Brown and Ana Egge are also here with interesting albums. Egge’s new record is called Bad Blood and it’s apparently based around the mental problems that run in her family. The Walkabouts are also back after six years with the new record which they call Travels In The Dustland. Chris Eckman lives in Slovenia these days and he organized a very interesting tribute to Bob Dylan together with a group of local musicians. We represent this album today with Severa Gjurin and her version of Not Dark Yet from Bob’s later period. The show closes with two boys from across the pond. The new name for us is Danny George Wilson and his band The Champions of The World. Springsteen fans should pay attention. Laz McCluskey from Bubblegum Lemonade is working on the new record and testing the pulse of the audience by sharing some early demos. We check out one of those demos today.