Several new records today… Kid Congo Powers plays nowadays with The Pink Monkey Birds and they have a new record out called Gorilla Rose. They also have a new single which they split with Hunx and His Punx (which we introduced in our previous epizode). Matt Sweeney and Bonnie Prince Billy also share the new single. Beastie Boys are back with Hot Sauce Committee Part Two which is their first album with vocals in seven years. New names today are Amanda Shires, a singer songwriter from mythical Lubbock TX, but now based in Nashville. Another band debuts at the Little Lighthouse from over in Nashville – Natural Child. We also have Raphael Saadiq for the first time today. The dude is a famous mainstream pop and hip hop producer, but now he has a new retro funky/soul record called Stone Rollin’ which I can really appreciate.
Irma Thomas – Time Is On My Side;
Dax Riggs – Wall of Death;
Beastie Boys – Lee Majors Come Again;
Bäddat För Trubbel – ISO 9004;
Testors – Together;
Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds – Floor Length Hair;
Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds – Hills Of Pills;
Gun Club – Eternally Is Here;
Danny And The Doorknobs – Little Things You Don’t Know;
Eggs Over Easy – Henry Morgan;
Matt Sweeney and Bonnie Prince Billy – Must Be Blind;
Amanda Shires – Ghost Bird;
Ty Segall – The Slider;
The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed;
Natural Child – Let It Bleed;
Swag – Every Little Truth;
Raphael Saadiq – Radio;
The Beatles – I’m So Tired.
We are sad to hear that two ladies that influenced pop and rock music greatly from completely opposite directions passed away recently within a single day. One is Poly Styrene, legendary front woman from the X-ray Spex. This punk sister changed the music forever with the unforgettable opening lines “Some people think that little girls should be seen and not heard. But i think: oh bondage, up yours! 1,2,3,4!”. The other one is Phoebe Snow, a singer songwriter from New York City that also changed the face of the music with her first album in 1974. Many performers today, and not only women, borrow today a lot from these two and they will be remembered. Other than paying tributes to Phoebe and Poly, we also introduce a new female singer songwriter Bonnie Whitmore from Nashville. Sam Phillips is also back with her new album. Then we also have a brand new EP for Ty Segall, which entirely consists of T Rex covers. Another new name today is Hunx and His Punks, also from San Francisco, just like Ty Segall.