Today we start off with a small tribute to one of the greatest: Steve Albini. He passed away on May 7th and a new posthumous Shellac album followed just days after the tragic event. We also check out new music by Las Nubes from Florida, Glitter Wizard from San Francisco, The Anti-Queens from Tornoto, Gone as Gone from Canada, Stonebride from Croatia Handsome Jack from Buffalo and Custody from Finland.
Big Black – Passing complexion
Shellac – Chick New Wave
Las Nubes – Pesada
Rapeman – Up Beat
Pink Mexico – Swear Words
Glitter Wizard – Motorider
The Anti-Queens – Bulldozer
Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
Street Panther – Heathen
Good As Gone – The Ticket
Stonebride – In Presence
Appalooza – Killing Maria
Motorpsycho – Young Man Blues
Custody – Hollow Times
Handsome Jack – It’s Understood
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant – Please Read The Letter
David Nance who made a big splash with a series of very interesting Internet projects and a masterpiece album entitled Do The Negative Boogie is back with the new record which he calls Peaced and Slightly Pulverized. Handsome Jack, over in Buffalo NY is also back with the new album and so is Bim Thomas with Obnox. Electric Six have a new record and so do Death Valley Girls. Matthew Houck leads Phosphorescent to the new release as well. We also introduce the one-man band for Justin Sullivan of Flat Worms, which he calls Night Shop.
Today we have Julie Doiron from Canada returning to the playlist with her new band Julie and The Wrong Guys. Also from Canada, The Wasted Potential that we played some time ago through a series of contemporary Hüsker Dü covers are back with a new tune dedicated. The DTs come from Bellingham WA, and hail from Hidden Volume, the same label that also brought us Gorilla* and The Improbables this year. Katy Cole and her Last Daze keep putting out new songs and we are anticipating the new record with great hopes. And we also wait for the new Dream Syndicate record. Meanwhile they are putting occasional tracks from their upcoming album on Youtube. Derrick Anderson from Toledo, OH teamed up with The Bangles for his new single. We also check out Handsome Jack from Lockport, NY live in Cleveland. Brinsley Schwartz lost album It’s All Over Now is finally properly released, so we check that out too.