Today we check out the new music from Neko Case and Magnetix. Singer-songwriter from Canada Clara Engel is back with a new guitar oriented EP called In the Fog. We introduce new names at the show, Hot Lunch from San Francisco, Freezing Hands from Tucson AZ, Hanging Stars from London. Shannon Shaw is also back both as a solo artist and as a singer with her band Shannon and The Clams. All of that and more in the new episode of The Little Lighthouse.
Bill Fox – How It Feels;
The Mangetix – Gorilla and Crocodile;
Hot Lunch – Haul of Meat
Hot Lunch – She Wants More;
The Schizophonics – World Of Our Own;
The Karamazov Project – Under The Gun;
Wreckless Eric – Have a Great Day;
Giants In The Trees – Sasquatch;
Part Time Lover (Live in CLE);
Mo Troper – Rock’n’roll will change the World;
The Safes – Hometown;
The Freezing Hands – Comeback Kid;
The Hanging Stars – Honeywater;
Big Eyes – Leave This Town;
Patsy’s Rats – Givin’ Up;
Shannon And The Clams – I Leave Again;
Shannon Shaw – Make Believe;
Kelly Willis – Only You;
Ruby Boots – Somebody Else;
Neko Case – Pitch or Honey;
Clara Engel – Sway.
Today’s show is filled with some very interesting come backs. Ed fROMOHIO Crawford, who used to be in fIREHOSE, has a new album out with his new band FOOD, which also includes Eric Vermillion (ex Gumball) on bass. The new record is an ep called Four Pieces Form Candyland. 80s roots rockers Del Fuegos are also back with an ep called Silver Star. Going deeper in the past for the old masters, we have Dr. John returning to his voodoo psychedelic roots with the help of Dan Auerbach. And the Texas troubadour Ray Wylie Hubbard is also back with a great new record called Grifter’s Hymnal, sounding incredibly fresh. We also have the new record for the Drive-By Truckers keyboardist Jay Gonzalez called Mess of Happiness, which offers a very sober take on power pop, compared to alcohol drenched Americana of his native band. Today we also represent the latest studio record for the French band Magnetix called Droque Electrique. We had their live recording in our previous show. This time in our segment called Live in Cleveland we have Cleveland’s own New Salem Witch Hunters.
The first part of the show is filled with crazy garage rockers. We have Thee Exciters and Johnny Throttle from England, Dan Sartain from Alabama and we round things up with the French duet The Magnetix with a segment from their live show this Sunday in Cleveland. Then we turn to veterans. Rich Hopkins and The Luminarios are here with a new double album. One cd contains a set of truly exceptional new songs and the other cd is ambiental in nature. Wedding Present are also back with the new record and so is Holly Golightly. We also pick one song by Vince Gill from the new tribute record to one of my favorite writers Mark Twain.
When Jody Reynolds appeared in the 50s with Endless Sleep he hit the charts on high positions. But it was a different time, when an underground rocker could really shake things up. And that’s what Jody was, he was the prototype for underground rockers. The sad news comes to us that Jody Reynolds died last month in California at 75. Complications with liver cancer, they say. We remember him in this show in the first half. The second half is reserved for Jody’s sons and daughters – the new underground rockers with great new records. We have Magnetix from France with the new record called Positively Negative and we have The Love Me Nots who recorded their new record in Detroit with Jim Diamond. We also have powerpoppers Mystery Girls and the Villanueva brothers who come from San Antonio with their band Hacienda.