Quite a few interesting releases today: Damned are back pretty much in classic line up with the new record. Ian Hunter is also back with first part of the new album. Juliana Hatfield has a new single (sharing sides with Emma Swift). Dynamic duo of brothers Lemon Twigs are back as well. Murlocs have a steady release of annual albums, and the new one just came out. Also from Australia and just as active, The On and Ons are back as well. Our recent favorite Gyasi has a new EP. Reverberations and Country Westerners are also some of the novelties we have today. Ohio is represented by Keith Harman and his project Good Looking Son.
13th Floor Elevators – Baby Blue
The Reverberations – Fly My Kite
Gyasi – Baby Blue
Gyasi – You Don’t Love Me Like You Used To
Damned – I Just Can’t Be Happy Today
Damned – Bad Weather Girl
Ian Hunter – This Is What I’m Here For
Mott The Hoople – Black Scorpio
Juliana Hatfield – I See You
Juliana Hatfield – Lotta Love
Lemon Twigs – Ghost Run Free
Lemon Twigs – Queen of my School
The Murlocs – Growing Pains
The Murlocs – Superstitious Insights
The On and Ons – Games People Play
The On and Ons – She’s Leaving
Shake Some – Slow Down
Country Westerns – Speaking Ill Of The Blues
Good Looking Son – Long Form Girlfriend
Good Looking Son – She’s so Nice
It’s that time of the year when we draw the line and look back into the past year. Today we review part 1 of my favorite albums in 2022. Today we sample music from the latest albums of A Place To Bury Strangers, Berries, Black Lizard, Momma, The Missed, Tav Falco, Schizophonics, So Gung Ho, David Craven & Jon S Williams, Sisteria, Breanna Barbara, 2nd Grade, The Murlocs, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Sylvia Rose Novak and Julie Christensen.
A Place To Bury Strangers – Broken;
The Berries – Life’s Blood;
Black Lizard – 66Sick;
Momma – Callin Me;
The Missed – The Actor;
Tav Falco – Tony Driver Blues;
Schizophonics – The Alchemist Twist;
So Gung Ho – Unresolved;
David Craven & Jon S Williams – Surrender;
Sisteria – Star Child;
Breanna Barbara – Nothin But True;
2nd Grade – Hands Down;
The Murlocs – Living Under A Rock;
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Gliese 710;
Sylvia Rose Novak – Fight;
Julie Christensen – Gloryland.
Today, well tempered music. Jesse Bryson from Brooklyn opens with a Fotomaker song. Murlocs from Melbourne are here with the new single. Toronto’s Sloan is also back with the new single. Martha are back with the new EP. Rubs from Chicago, Maple Mars from LA, Dana Fuchs from New York and Irene Pena from Seattle debut at the show.
Fotomaker – Come Back;
Jesse Bryson – Come Back;
Martha – Dreaming Out Loud (Tenement);
Tony Molina – separate ways;
Black Lizard – Adore Me;
The Reflectors – Fade Away (Into The Blue);
The Undertones – Here Comes The Summer;
The Rubs – Hang On To Me;
The Murlocs – Virgin Criminal;
Petrified Max – ’37 Stovebolt;
The Dirty Truckers – Let It Go;
Bettysoo – Listen;
Dana Fuchs – Borrowed Time;
Sloan – Spend the Day;
Abbie Barrett – Blood & Bone;
Momma – Callin Me;
E – caught;
Kate Clover – Heaven Down Here;
Irene Pena – Shut It Down;
Maple Mars – Silver Craft;
Cocktails – Part of the Problem;
Moogy Klingman – Liz, When You Waltz.
Another well tempered show today. We have new music from truly legendary names: Teenage Fanclub, Scott Reynolds (of All), Evie Sands and Imelda May. Modern classics, The Murlocs lead by Ambrose Kenny-Smith are also back with the new single. And The Forty Nineteens are back with the new album. We also introduce John Larson from Providence, RI and Jim Trainor picturesque Couer D’Alene in Idaho.
The Everly Brothers – You’re Just What I Was Looking For Today;
The Murlocs – Francesca;
Jim Trainor – Truth;
Dinosaur JR – I Aint;
Status Quo – All The Reasons;
Teenage Fanclub – The Concept;
Teenage Fanclub – Home;
The Forty Nineteens – Tell Me;
The Tuns – In the Middle of the Way Home;
Ezra Furman – Early Rain;
Imelda May – Made To Love (feat. Ronnie Wood, Gina Martin & Dr. Shola Mos-Shogbamimu);
Evie Sands – The Truth Is in Disguise;
Evie Sands – Any Way That You Want Me;
Byrds – So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star;
Cool Ghouls – Smoke & Fire;
The Last – Weekend Girl;
All – Mary;
Scott Reynolds – Spit;
John Larson and The Silver Fields – I Don’t Want to Hear Their Names Anymore;
Keith Jarrett – It’s A Lonesome Old Town.
Another one of our heavier editions. We open up with Hot Lunch, a new band for us that commutes between San Francisco and Oakland, CA. Then we have Thee Lexington Arrows fronted by Kathleen Wilson over in Baltimore, doing a fantastic version of Gimme Shelter. Then we check out another refreshing cover, Cherry Red originally performed by Groundhogs, but this time from the new live Ty Segall album. Another killer cover in today’s show is Don Nix original in a fresh new version from Pharlee over in San Diego, CA. And the fourth cool cover is Will Anything Happen a Blondie classic this time performed by the Cleveland band Missed, fronted by Mickey Marie. We also check out their new single. And then all the way in Slovenia, we have a band with a similar name, Mist. We close with tracks from the new albums by Sad Planets and Murlocs.
Jeff Beck – Goin’ Down;
Hot Lunch – Gimme Skelter;
Thee Lexington Arrows – Gimme Shelter;
Divine Horsemen – Gimme Shelter;
Earthless – Cherry Red;
Groundhogs – Cherry Red;
Ty Segall and The Freedom Band- Cherry Red;
Pharlee – Going Down;
Ramblin’ Jeffrey Lee – Going Down;
Moloch – Goin’ Down;
Ex Hex – No Reflection;
Blondie – Will Anything Happen;
The Missed – Will Anything Happen (Live in CLE);
The Missed – I Wanna Know;
Mist – The Ghoul;
Mooner – Fana;
Sad Planets – Want You To Want You;
The Murlocs – Problematic Subject.
Today we start off with Sheer Mag from Philadelphia with their new, third EP. Then we go to Australia and check the new album for The Murlocs, lead by Ambrose Kenny Smith from King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard. Then we visit Moscow, Russia and their new quartet Nikola Tesla and Thee Coils. All Them Witches from Nashville have a new album called Lightning At The Door. Bob Mould from Hüsker Dü also has a new record, called Patch The Sky. We are still very excited by Lilly Hiatt’s new record Royal Blue, and she surprised us pleasantly with four previously unavailable songs. We pay respect to Keith Emerson and George Martin. And, we also have a special announcement, my sister Snežana Žabić has a new book out on Punctum – get it! There’s a lot of incriminating stories involving yours truly inside the book.
All Them Witches – Talisman;
Sheer Mag – Nobody’s Baby;
The Murlocs – Young Blindness;
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – God is In The Rhythm;
Nikola Tesla & Thee Coils – Na Vstrechu;
All Them Witches – When God Comes Back;
The I Don’t Cares – Born For Me;
Paul Westerberg – Born For Me;
Mega City Four – Storms To Come;
Bob Mould – Lucifer and God;
Javier Escovedo – Beaujolais;
Janiva Magness – As Long As I Can See The Light (Live in CLE);
Lilly Hiatt – Haunt You;
The Nice – Flower King Of Flies;
The Beatles – A Day in the Life.
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