Today we begin by rocking out to the new tunes from Barrence Whitfield and Low Cut Connie. There’s a new band Stereo Burlesque featuring Frank Vazzano (of Cobra Verde) and Dave Cintron (both of Downside Special). Jay Gonzalez joined forces with Pete Smith in a new band called Gonzalez Smith. Mitski is also back with another new album. We introduce new names too: Stars Like Ours and Hi-End from Boston, Radio Field from Dusseldorf, Germany and Lunar Laugh from Oklahoma. At the end of the show, we pay a tribute to Gethway brothers from Monstrous. Alex passed away recently and Ken back in 2010.
The Optic Nerve – Sunshine Girl
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages – Hey Miss Glynis
Low Cut Connie – Big Boy
Swampmeat Family Band – Right Here
Purling Hiss -Yer All In My Dreams
Stars Like Ours – What’s Going Wrong
Stereo Burlesque – Speed Away
Cobra Verde – Haunted Heavens
Chinese Herbal Medicine – Grief
The Radio Field – The Version
Lunar Laugh- Born Weird
Mordecai Smyth – Out In The Stars
Danny The K – Cigarettes & Silhouettes
The Hi-End – Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Gonzalez Smith – She’s My Girl
Babaganouj – Shiny Shiny Shiny
Chris Church – bomb (by Flat Earth)
Mitski – Buffalo Replaced
Monstrous – Until The Words Are
Lemon Twigs – Every Day Is The Worst Day Of My Life
Nice tunes today from Tony Molina, Dan Finnermore’s Swampmeat Family Band (ex Low Cut Connie) and King Tuff. Two hipsters from Animal Collective and Spacemen 3 had a cool little project recently called Reset in which they make collages of various well known songs into something entirely new. We check that out. We also hear from the legends. Andy Partridge from XTC has a new Swindon based project called The 3 Club Men and Graham Parker has a new album too. We introduce JJ McCann Transmission from Australia, Justin And The Cosmics from Nashville, David M. Western (also from Australia) and The Half Cubes.
The Flaming Sideburns – Invisible Hands
JJ McCann Transmission – Forces at Work
Justin and The Cosmics – Super Blue (Real Bad Sad)
The Special Pillow – That’s the Way It’s Got to Be
The Toms – Someone I Never Knew
King Tuff – Rock River
Panda Bear and Sonic Boom – Gettin’ to the Point
Diners – Working On My Dreams
Eamon McGrath – Man of Steel
David M Western – I’ll Never Forgive You
Graham Parker – Graham Parker & The Goldtops – It Mattered To Me
Graham Parker – Soul on Ice
Todd Rundgren – It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference
Swampmeat Family Band – Black Dogs at Bay
Tony Molina – Devil Song
Tony Molina – Bullshit Riff
Tony Molina – Breakin’ Up
The Half Cubes – The Half-Cubes featuring Moe Berg – She’s So Young
The 3 Clubmen – Racecar
XTC – Don’t Lose Your Temper
XTC – Then She Appeared
Today we continue the list of my favorite albums in 2020. The complete top 30 list is below!
1. A Burning Bus
2. Sylvia Rose Novak - Bad Luck
3. The Whiffs - Another Whiff
4. Petrified Max - Charlie Drove North
5. Cocktails - Catastrophic Entertainment
6. David Nance - Staunch Honey
7. 2nd Grade - Hit To Hit
8. The Reflectors - First Impression
9. Low Cut Connie - Private Lives
10. Swampmeat Family Band - Muck
11. Ghost Funk Orchestra - Song For Paul
12. Trotsky Icepick - I Haunted Myself
13. Little Albert - Swamp King
14. Emma Swift - Blonde on the Tracks
15. Aubrie Sellers - Far From Home
16. Bipolariod - Paint it Blacker
17. Honey Radar - Ruby Puff Of Dust
18. The Berries - Berryland
19. Natural Child - California Hotel
20. Saba Lou - Novum Ovum
21. Nicole Atkins - Italian Ice
22. Fred and Rose - Estado Alpha
23. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
24. Sonic Dawn - Enter the Mirage
25. Levitation Room - Headspace
26. The Third Mind
27. All Them Witches - Nothing as the Ideal
28. x - Alphabetland
29. Fuzz - III
30. Datura4 - West Coast Highway Cosmic
Aubrie Sellers – Troublemaker;
Emma Swift – Queen Jane Approximately;
Little Albert – Swamp King;
Trotsky Icepick – Oxygen The Destroyer;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Modern Scene;
Swampmeat Family Band – Over Your Head;
Low Cut Connie – Let It All Hang Out Tonite;
The Reflectors – U Should Be My Girl;
2nd Grade – Boys in Heat;
David Nance – My Love, The Dark and I;
Cocktails – Oversaturated;
Petrified Max – Length of Rope;
The Whiffs – Please Come Home;
Sylvia Rose Novak – Flowers For The Fortunate;
A Burning Bus – Watch You Go;
A Burning Bus – Burnt Bridges;
A Burning Bus – I’m Coming Down;
A Burning Bus – Faith healer.
Good songwriting today! We have new music by Sarah Harmer and Eamon McGrath, both from Canada, Adam Weiner and his Low Cut Connie on a new album. We also have one of the most legendary ones: Bruce Springsteen. Talking about legends, John Mayall has just celebrated his 86th birthday with a new single, collaborating with Buddy Miller. Willie Nile had a good record this year and there’s also a tribute organized in his honor. Shemekia Copeland has a lovely new feminist cover of Under My Thumb. Finally, Templo Diez is a new band from Netherlands that we introduce in today’s show.
Daniel Romano – Natural Lover;
Sarah Harmer – New Low;
Low Cut Connie – Help Me;
Swampmeat Family Band – Mother’s Lies;
Molly Tuttle – She’s a Rainbow;
The Rolling Stones – Under my Thumb;
Shemekia Copeland – Under My Thumb;
John Mayall – I’m as Good as Gone (Feat. Buddy Miller);
John Mayall – Curly;
Bette Smith – I Felt It Too;
Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap;
Any Trouble – Growing Up;
Bruce Springsteen – Last Man Standing;
Eamon McGrath – Sparkle & Bleed;
Dan Penn – Edge of Love;
Templo Diez – 305 South;
Graham Parker – One Guitar;
Willie Nile – the Fool Who Drank the Ocean.
Low Cut Connie used to be a band of two primary songwriters: Adam Weiner and Dan Finnemore. Dan is now with Swampmeat Family Band and Adam continues with Low Cut Connie. It’s a wonderful coincidence that we have new songs by both bands in today’s show. Legendary punks X from Los Angeles are also back with the original line up on a new record Alphabetland. Original line up means Billy Zoom on guitar. They revisit a song they did on an album without Billy on the new record and we check that out. Back then, Tony Gilkyson was with the band on guitar. And Tony’s sister Eliza has a new record too. David Bromberg revisits his 1972 song Diamond Lil in his brand new record. Glenn Danzig is here with a cover album dedicated to Elvis Prisley. Beth Bombara is back with the new record and Whitney Rose is a new singer songwriter that we introduce in this episode. Also introducing are Fred and Rose from Argentina, who named themselves after a historical couple who committed crimes. Suicide Swans are also a new band for us, they come from Toowoomba in Australia.
Robert Forster – Songwriters on the Run;
Beth Bombara – Evergreen;
Whitney Rose – In a Rut;
Ashley McBryde – Hang In There Girl;
Fiver – It Is What It Is (Radio Edit);
Low Cut Connie – Look What They Did;
Swampmeat Family Band – If You Want Me To;
The Flesh Eaters – Cyrano De Berger’s Back;
X – Cyrano De Berger’s Back;
Eliza Gilkyson – Peace in our Hearts;
Glenn Danzig and the Power and Fury Orchestra – You & Me (Less Than Zero);
Elvis Prisley – When It Rains, It Really Pours;
Glenn Danzig – When It Rains It Really Pours;
David Bromberg – Diamond Lil;
Ida Mae – My Girl Is A Heartbreak;
Fred & Rose – My Baby Got Balls;
Suicide Swans – Someone’s Chrome;
Yawpers – Live in CLE;
Bele Vrane – Eskalacija.
One of the more surprising reunions that happened in recent days is the reunion of the 70s all female band called Fanny, lead by June Millington. Their new album Walked The Earth sounds very fresh. We also check out the new album for Dan Finnemore. He used to be with Low Cut Connie, but now he has a new band Swampmeat Family Band. Hyperactive Vasko Atanasoski who used to be in Bernays Propaganda has a new band with Deni Krstev called My Tear. Juliana Hatfield announced a new album of Olivia Newton John covers with a cool cover of Physical. We also check out the new album from Canada’s Sloan. New introductions are Sufis from New York and Nashville, Stars Explode from Chapel Hill, NC, Andrew Bryant from Mississippi and Ross Cooper from Lubbock, TX.
Glan Campbell – By The Time I Get To Phoenix;
Sloan – Spin Our Wheels;
Sufis – Another Way;
Them – Just A Little Bit;
The Schizophonics – In Mono;
The Stars Explode – The Long Way;
Fanny – Lured Away;
Kim Fowley – Teenage Death Girl;
Kit Shields And Mooner – Xanadu (J. Lynne);
Juliana Hatfield – Physical;
My Tear – Kraj na juli;
The Hellacopters – Toys and Flavors;
The Bellrays – Soul Girl;
Andrew Bryant – PractiTocal Man;
Ross Cooper – The Wilderness;
Kamo Sutra – Poljubi me;
Radio Stars – The Real Me;
Swampmeat Family Band – The Wire;
Bonny Doon – Try to Be;
Glen Campbell – Where’s The Playground Susie.
Jonathan Richman has a new single with our sponsor The Blue Arrow Records and we check it out. Also, we hear the new singles from Eamon McGrath and Low Cut Connie. Two bands share a split EP, Remedy from Austria and ESC Life from Croatia. ESC Life used to be a backing band for Grant Hart when he did a tour in Europe a few years ago. King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard continue their hyper-production with yet another new album which they call Polygondwanaland. Our show today is dedicated to the drummer of Flesh Eaters, Christian Free who used to be a part of their 90s line up and passed away last week. Also Kak Channthy of The Cambodian Space Project got killed in a car accident last week. We didn’t play this band before, but it’s still important to pay respect to this spectacularly interesting singer-songwriter.
David Nance – What You’re Doing;
Esc Life – Fill The Void;
Remedy – Fix It;
The Number Ones – Breakin’ Loose;
Someloves – Know You Now;
Amy Rigby – New Sheriff;
Low Cut Connie – Beverly;
Jonathan Richman – Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love;
I Am The Polish Army – My Old Man;
Blackfoot Gypsies – I’m so Blue;
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Inner Cell;
Eamon McGrath – Power;
The Schizophonics – Venus Transit;
The Cambodian Space Project – The Passenger;
Flesh Eaters – Death Installment Plan;
Velvet Underground – I’ll Be Your Mirror.
Today we check out the new stuff from the legendary Greg Dulli and his Afghan Whigs. Also Low Cut Connie have a new single that announces a record coming out soon. San Mikulec from Zagreb, Croatia who we know most notably from Sloming Moops has a new project called Van Klokan Band. Aaron Lee Tasjan from Drivin N Cryin has a cool solo album. We also introduce singer songwriters Sera Cahoone and Sarah Shook. New bands today are Platinum Boys from Milwaukee and Chinese Herbal Medicine from LA.
The Hellacopters – In The Sign Of The Octopus;
Platinum Boys – Splittin’ Hairs;
Chinese Herbal Medicine – Winds of the Sun;
Velvet Crush – Time Wraps Around You;
Carousels – Marianne;
Sloming Moops – Get Along;
Van Klokan Band – Creepy;
Cute Lepers – Head Over Heels;
Guided By Voices – I Am A Tree;
The Afghan Whigs – Oriole;
Aaron Lee Tasjan – Dime;
Sera Cahoone – Time to Give;
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers – Fuck Up;
Swampmeat – Girl, You Ain’t Done It;
Low Cut Connie – Revolution Rock N’ Roll;
Little Murders – Too Many Times;
The Grip Weeds – Before I Close My Eyes;
Mike Watt And The Secondmen – Do Not;
Disciplina KiÄme – Nemoj.
Ok, so 2017 is ready to start! We are going to be listening to some new music that arrived during the winter break in which we explored what happened in 2016. We have the new record from the Two Cow Garage of Columbus. We introduce Babaganouj from Australia who are on that wonderful Smudge tribute. Chelle Rose is back with the new record recorded over in Austin TX with Ray Wylie Hubbard. Deniz Tek from Radio Birdman is also back with the new album. We also introduce the new band by Danny from Low Cut Connie – Swampmeat, new music from San Mikulec and his Sloming Moops and hard rockers The Skull.
Bad Luck Jonathan – Strange Engine;
Two Cow Garage – Continental Distance;
Babaganouj – Ugly, Just Like Me;
Scott Reynolds – The Truth About Tuesday;
Seth Walker – Fire in the Belly;
Rickie Lee Jones – Haunted;
Chelle Rose – Gypsy Rubye;
Deniz Tek – Burned Black;
Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats – Devil’s Work;
The Skull – The Door;
Jungle Nausea – Sympathy;
Mannequin Pussy – Denial;
Vlasta Popic – Szeged;
Sculpture Club – Black Coffee;
Low Cut Connie – Sister Mary;
Swampmeat – Sister Mary;
Sloming Moops – Sinner Joe Crazy.
Today we start off with the new Dinosaur JR album that they call Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not. Then, Low Cut Connie stopped by Cleveland on August 26th and played some brand new songs from the upcoming album. Death Lens come from LA and they play a tune from their new album Fuck This. Surinam come from Toronto and Thee Oh Sees from San Francisco continue their furious discography with another new record. Meet Your Death come from Austin TX and they play us a Mose Allison tune If You Live. Then we also have two great new country singer-songwriters, Kelsey Waldon from Kentucky (pictured here) and Miss Tess from New York.
Replacements – Answering Machine;
J Mascis And The Fog – Same Day;
Dinosaur Jr – Be A Part;
Glossary – save your money for the weekend;
Low Cut Connie – Dirty River (Live in CLE);
Low Cut Connie – Revolution Rock’n’Roll (Live in CLE);
BT’s – Givin You Everything;
Death Lens – Moontower;
Surinam – Never a Next Time;
The Hotrats – Bike;
Skeptics – Hole in the ground;
Thee Oh Sees – Dead Man’s Gun;
Meet Your Death – If You Live;
Nikki Hill – Oh My;
Kelsey Waldon – Dirty Old Town;
Miss Tess – Shotgun Wedding;
Mountains And Raibows – Treat Your Mind;
Lemonheads – He’s On The Beach;
The Singles – I Can’t Believe What I Got Myself Into This Time.
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