A nice show today featuring new music from Dream Machine’s Doris Melton, collaboration between Red Mass and Chantal Ambridge, yet another new album by Guided By Voices, new single by Sylvia Rose Novak and a return to the scene by Barbara Manning. We also introduce Girl With a Hawk (from Boston), Journals Kept (also from Massachusetts) and four ladies in a new band called Hedrons. LA band Momma collaborates with Narrow Head from Texas on a new split single, covering each other’s songs.
Jaimie Branch – Burning Grey
Girl With A Hawk – The Romantic
Doris Melton – Plutonium Bomb
Diners – Someday I’ll Go Surfing
Peach and Lee – It’s Up to You
Narrow Head – Medicine
Momma – Sunday
The Exbats – The Happy Castaway
The Lunar Laugh – Stranger Than Oz
Red Mass – ADDICTED ft Chantal Ambridge
Guided By Voices – For The Home
Uni Boys – I’m Alright
Jon Dee Graham – There’s a Ghost On the Train
The Hedrons – Turn the Video Off
The Journals Kept – Nothing In This World
Lilli Lewis – Happy Enough
Jenny Don’t & The Spurs – Fire In The Western World
Sylvia Rose Novak – Broad Strokes
Barbara Manning – I’m Running
Shake Some – Not Even You
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
Today we open with the new bad from France, Shake Some. Also from France, we have the new one from Les Lullies. John Henry Timmis IV is a reclusive artist and author who passed away in 2002, but I haven’t been aware of him until now, when a collection of his basement tapes surfaced recently under the moniker of J.T.IV. We stay in Chicago and check out the new one from Poison Boys. Over in Dayton, we check in with Guided By Voices who released yet another album in the past year (I lost the count). Also in Dayton, Andrew Gabbard has a new single and also, a new record with his native band Buffalo Killers. It’s a compilation of rare and unreleased recording he did with his brother Zach. Robert Forster of Go-Betweens is back with the new record. Monnone Alone is also here with new music. We introduce Gwil Owen from Nashville. and Nothing but best pop music today in honor of Burt Bacharach, who passed away on February 8th this year.
Dionne Warwick – Walk On By
Shake Some – Don’t Tell Me More
Poison Boys – Set You Free
Poison Boys – Don’t You Turn on Me
Connections – Month 2 Month
Guided By Voices – Ballroom Etiquette
Andrew Gabbard – Glum And Empty
Buffalo Killers – Good Feeling
The Go-Betweens – Don’t Let Him Come Back
Robert Forster – Did she Overtake You
Robert Forster – She’s A Fighter
J.T.IV – A Fix Of Rock N Roll
Maple Mars – Anchors Aweigh
Popular Creeps – Split Decision
Gwil Owen (February 2023) – GhostTown
Les Lullies – Dernier Soir
Eamon McGrath – Teenager
Monnone Alone – Ways to Wear My Hair
Tom Jones – Promise Her Anything
Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach – God Give Me Strength
Today we check in with Guided By Voices who have a third new album within a year. Family band The Exbats are back with their strongest effort yet. Habibi has a new single. In France, we check out Warmbabies. On the power pop side of things, Nick Frater is back with a new record. On the edgier side of things, Poison Boys from Chicago who have a new album. Also in Chicago we check out a cool Prince cover from Local H. We pay respect to fallen heroes. Don Everly of The Everly Brothers passed away on August 22 this year. Also, Yu Grupa loses their third drummer within a year. Raša Djelmaš passed away on October 28th this year.
The Murlocs – Misinterpreted;
Poison Boys – Don’t You Turn on Me;
Guided By Voices – High in the Rain;
The Bevis Frond – Everyone Rise;
Ride – Twisterella;
The Warmbabies – Last Days Of Summer;
Nick Frater – Buggin’ Out;
Chris Church – Bell the Cat;
The Brothers Steve – Electro-Love;
Daniel Romano – Don’t Turn Around Janet;
Hindu Love Gods – Raspberry Beret;
Local H – When Doves Cry;
Habibi – Call Our Own;
Bat Fangs – Talk Tough;
The Exbats – Coolsville USA;
Pablo Solo – Open Up Summertime;
Yu Grupa – Laz;
Everly Brothers – I Used To Love You;
Everly Brothers – I Wonder If I Care as Much.
Nice new tunes today from Guided By Voices, Rat Columns, Jay Gonzalez and Autogramm. Leigh Gregory of The Dispossessed and Mellow Drunk is back with a solo record and opening tune on it bears a tribute to Lemonheads in its title. Speaking of Lemonheads, PA musician Fred Mascherino teamed up with Evan Dando co-writing a song together for his band The Color Fred. We introduce Wilding from Melbourne and Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs from Toronto. We close the show today with a small tribute to Zafir Hadzimanov, one of the most interesting early pop and rock singers of Yugoslavia who passed away recently.
Lemonheads – Alison’s starting to happen;
Guided By Voices – Margaret Middle School;
Autogramm – Bad Day;
Chris Church – Removed;
Rote Kapelle – You Don’t Know;
The Dispossessed – Sister Mary;
Leigh Gregory – Allison’s Not Happenin’ Anymore;
Jay Gonzalez – Need You Round;
Shocking Blue – Oh Lord;
Bonnie St. Claire – Catch Me Driver;
Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting for the Man;
Wilding – Burning Up Inside;
Rat Columns – Athens;
Audacity – Umbrellas;
The Numner Ones – Sharon Shouldn’t;
Scott Reynolds – The Truth About Tuesday;
Sam Coffey & the Iron Lungs – What This City Needs;
The Color Fred – Everwrite;
John Paul Keith – Ain’t Done Loving You Yet;
Ally Venable – Heart of Fire;
Zdenka Vuckovic – Cemu istina;
Zafir Hadzimanov – Momci.
Twenty years ago, on a Saturday morning of January 14th 2001, I walked into KLSU studio and broadcasted the very first Little Lighthouse over the radio. Soon after that, I had an idea to put mp3 recordings of the show on my website and basically created the first podcast in the world (maybe?!). Twenty years later, I still do this weekly, delighting a negligible amount of listeners. And so we go into the 21st year with some new music from Kelley Stoltz, Radio Days, Mark Crozer, Andy Bopp, Guided By Voices, Pushups. But we start with good old Dukes of Stratosphear that inspired all this that I do and we end with a bouquet of Bob Dylan tunes.
Dukes of Stratosphear – 25 O’Clock;
XTC – Reel By Reel;
Dukes of Stratospear – Little Lighthouse;
Kelley Stoltz – Never Change Enough;
Radio Days – I Got a Love;
Tim Lee 3 – Magnolia Plates;
Redd kross – Dancing Queen;
Mark Crozer – The Winner Takes It All;
Andy Bopp – Bicycle Parts;
The Sandwich Police – Splinters;
Stutter Steps – Floored;
Guided By Voices – King Flute;
Guided By Voices – Stops;
Pushups – Can’t Help Myself;
Bob Dylan – I Contain Multitudes;
Emma Swift – Queen Jane Approximately;
Lucinda Williams – Queen Jane Approximately;
The William Loveday Intention – Positively 4th Street;
Daniel Romano’s Outfit – Sweetheart Like You;
Bob Dylan – Sweetheart Like You.
We have a nice powerpop oriented show today. We are starting with the new album for Greg Pope and follow up with yet another release by Daniel Romano this year (is anyone counting still?). Lemon Twigs are back with another shiny album. Built To Spill from Boise ID, return with an album that fully consists of Daniel Johnston’s reinterpretations. 2nd Grade is a new name that comes from Philadelphia. Their album is packed with short, catchy songs that are instant favorites. Speaking about short catchy songs, Guided by Voices are also back with a new one. Is anyone still counting those? Also from Ohio, we introduce Librarians with Hickeys. Cocktails from San Francisco released a wonderful little masterpiece this year entitled Catastrophic Entertainment. That and a bunch of other recent and not so recent pop tunes, today at the Little Lighthouse!
Guided By Voices – Motor Away;
Greg Pope – Blue Skies Above;
Daniel Romano – Laura Doesn’t Like Her Haircut;
Roling Blackouts Coastal Fever – The Second of The First;
The On And Ons – 9 Days;
Lisa Prank – Get Mad;
The Lemon Twigs – Live in Favor of Tomorrow;
Built To Spill – Life In Vain;
Kathy McCarty – Like a Monkey in a Zoo;
The Reflectors – Baby it’s You;
The Speedways – Daydreaming;
The Beatles – Eight Days A Week;
2nd Grade – Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider;
2nd Grade – Shooting From the Hip;
Guided by Voices – To Keep An Area;
Painted Doll – She Talks To Mirrors;
Jordan Jones – Be My Baby;
The Games – Why Can’t We Go Back;
Cocktails – Never Be Alone;
Librarians with Hickeys – And Then She’s Gone;
The Dates – Summer Girl.
Today we start off with the new Guided by Voices tune. Also, Australia’s Leadfinger are back with a spontaneously recorded new mini album in Spain. We also hear recent music for Georgia’s Illegal Drugs (lead by John Robinson who was in Turf War). Older Sun fronted by Kelsey Guntharp have a new single. We introduce Frayle from Cleveland and Slander Tongue from Berlin and Entropija from Belgrade, Serbia. Venus Flytraps are in our live in Cleveland segment.
Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well;
Guided By Voices – Physician;
Older Sun – Wild Side;
Honeymoon Disease – Only Thing Alive;
Dead Feathers – All Is Lost;
Frayle – 1692;
Entropija – Drug;
Fury – 100% Proof;
Jayne County – Johnny Gone To Heaven;
Illegal Drugs – Tie Your Own Rope;
Leadfinger – Cruel City;
Leadfinger – You Wear it Well;
The Venus Flytraps (Live in CLE);
Honey Radar – Swan Demonstration;
Eerie Family – Dead Stars Still Shine On Us Tonight;
Slander Tongue – Shattered Girl.
We have plenty of new surprised from the Yugo rock scene this time. We start off with Svemir from Zagreb, lead by Zvonka Obajdin. Then we go to Serbia and we check out the new collaboration between Eva Braun and Elektricni Orgazam. Also, from that scene, the old 80s attraction called S.T.R.A.H. is back with the new single. On the US scene, we check out the new stuff from The Dream Syndicate and Guided By Voices. We introduce a guitar slinger from Philadelphia Chris Forsyth.
STRAH – Mesec; Svemir – Zadnja djevojka atomskog doba; Eva Braun & Gile – Put za Lisabon; Elektricni Orgazam – Zagreb; Bevis Frond – Old Man Blank; Lemonheads – Old Man Blank (Live in CLE); Dils – It’s Not Worth It; Chris Forsyth with Rosali – Dream Song; Rosali – Rise to Fall; Dream Syndicate – You Are My Friend; Dream Syndicate – The Way In; Guided By Voices – End It with Light; Guided By Voices – They’re Not Witches; Guided By Voices – As We Go Up We Go Down; Sad Planets – Yesterday Girls; Suicide – Cheree; Sparrow Steeple – Your Mom’s Twin Sister’s Daughter’s Twisted; STRAH – Deca Rade.
Guided by Voices and A Place To Bury Strangers are back with new albums, and we check that out in this show. We also introduce Mike Krol from Los Angeles, Bazooka from Greece, Yurt from Dublin, Ireland, Spice Boys from Sweden, Crack Pipes from Austin TX and Writhing Squares from Philadelphia. So, this week is one of the heavier, more psychedelic playlists. Enjoy!
Rade Jordanovski – 3;
Mike Krol – Little Drama;
Bazooka – Mesa Stin Poli;
Tad – 3-D Witch Hunt (Peel Session);
A Place To Bury Strangers – Dead Moon Night;
A Place To Bury Strangers – Punch Back;
Yurt – Sjambok;
Yurt – Flight of the Intergalactic Mallard;
Stonebride – Embodiment;
Arrogance – Black Death;
Spice Boys – Spice City Boys;
Guided By Voices – Where Have You Been All My Life;
The Ritual – Speed Freak;
The Crack Pipes – Bang Bang Bangs;
The Writhing Squares – Steely Eyed Missile Man;
Coffin Daggers – Monsters from the Id.
Podcasting from Cleveland, Ohio. Broadcasting on Radio Kragujevac, every Sunday from 4-5pm (Central European Time). Streaming on Rock XS every Thursday at Midnight (Eastern European Time).
Guided by Voices and A Place To Bury Strangers are back with new albums, and we check that out in this show. We also introduce Mike Krol from Los Angeles, Bazooka from Greece, Yurt from Dublin, Ireland, Spice Boys from Sweden, Crack Pipes from Austin TX and Writhing Squares from Philadelphia. So, this week is one of the heavier, more psychedelic playlists. Enjoy!
