We have two new heavy rock albums to start off today. Hush or Howl by Black Pistol Fire of Toronto and Austin and Get Pure by Mount Carmel from Columbus. Thee Melomen come from Zagreb, and they are basically Backstreet Brats re-branded. Pridjevi are from around there as well – studio trio which consists of Nina Romić, Dino Santaleza and Ivana Picek. Sally Crewe from Austin TX has a new ep with a cover of XTC’s Making Plans for Nigel. Doug Gillard is a guest guitar hero on it. The Hold Steady are back with the new record. For those who like mellower sounds, we have Kevin Kane from Toronto with his charming cover of Simon And Garfunkel’s Cathy and Allysen Callery re-imagines Gordon Lighfoot’s Sundown.
Allysen Callery – Sundown;
Black Pistol Fire – Dimestore Heartthrob;
Mount Carmel – Fear Me Now;
Buddy Guy – Try To Quit You Baby (Blues Alphabet);
Thee Melomen – Cosmic Ted;
Pridjevi – Lucifer i ja;
Alejandro Escovedo – The Bottom Of The World (Live in CLE);
Doug Gillard – Upper Hand;
Sally Crewe and The Sudden Moves – Making Plans For Nigel;
XTC – Making Plans For Nigel;
R Stevie Moore with Dave Gregory – Dates;
The Mice – Downtown;
The Hold Steady – Wait a While;
The Tunes – Too Proud;
Kevin Kane – Last to Know;
Kevin Kane – Cathy.
The new Laura Cantrell’s album deals with means of transportation. Trains, boats, planes… One of the songs on it is Merle Haggard’s Silver Wings and we check out several versions of it in today’s show. We also make two quick runs through the John Hiatt and Hold Steady songbooks, including their brand new albums. The show ends with Danish band Cola Freaks that I saw live last year. They Will be coming back to the USA (and Cleveland) in August.