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Flashlite #757

Robbie Robertson

Today we open with a new single for a Melbourne band The Prize. Then we go to Sweden where we check out the new name for us, Finnjavlar. Then we dive into a Blue Arrow Records block with tunes for their new releases by Stutter Steps and The Wind-Ups. Legendary California bands Trotsky Icepick and Rain Parade are back with new tunes. And so is Chris Stamey, legendary founder of The dBs. Natural Child from Nashville are back with a new album. We have a special treat for Guided By Voices fans. They have a new album out and their former member Tobin Sprout has a record of previously unreleased tunes. We hear these two tunes as if they came out together on an album, together with signature low fi and tape dropouts characteristic for the early GBV albums. We close the show with a tribute to Robbie Robertson who passed away on August 9th at the age of 80.

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Jackie De Shannon – I Got My Reason
The Prize – First Sight
Finnjavlar – Life For You
The Whiffs – Satellites
Stutter Steps – Lift
The Wind-Ups – Jonathan Says
Trotsky Icepick – Windowpane
Trotsky Icepick – Before My Madness Caves In
Rain Parade – Bring You Back
Rain Parade – What’s She Done To Your Mind
The dB’s – If & When
Chris Stamey – Back in New York
Guided By Voices – Romeo Surgeon
Tobin Sprout – Bad Scenes
Natural Chold – Playin’ In The Band
Natural Child – Little Magic
The Band – The Weight
The Band – Look Out Cleveland
The Band – Time To Kill
The Band – Chest Fever

Flashlite #579

David Roback

Today we introduce the new singles from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever and The Forty Nineteens. Julian Cope has a new album too. The Third Mind is a new supergroup with Dave Alvin of Blasters, Michael Jerome of Toadies and Victor Krummenacher and David Immerglück of Camper Van Beethoven. They have a new album of new covers of some classic psychedelic tunes. Similar concept, but with less known participants has been released in Chicago by Plastic Crimewave Syndicate. We also introduce a new artist for us, a singer songwriter from France, Theo Charaf. Today we also have two tributes, one to David Roback, legendary leader of Mazzy Star, Opal, Rainy Day and The Rain Parade who passed away recently. Another tribute is to Zoran Modli, legendary Yugoslav radio DJ who vigorously promoted unsigned bands throughout the 80s.

Natural Child – (Might As Well) Put The Pin On;
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Cars in Space;
The Forty Nineteens – Tell Me;
Konjak – Ona i ja (Konjak);
La Strada – Zelje;
Julian Cope – A Victory Dance;
Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light;
The 13th Floor Elevators – Reverberation;
The Third Mind – Reverberation;
Plastic Crimewave Syndicate – Ejection;
Robert Clavert – Ejection;
Opal – Magick Power;
Rainy Day – Soon Be Home;
Rain Parade – I Look Around;
Theo Charaf – Going Down.

Flashlite #520

Tena Rak, Å ećerWelcome to the first ‘regular’ edition of The Little Lighthouse in 2019. Today we play a tune from the new ESC Life album, out soon on Ill In The Head records in North America. ESC Life come from Croatia, and so does Tena Rak. She used to play drums in Vlasta Popić, but that band no longer plays together. So we check out her solo act dubbed Å ećer and quartet Mi Nerve with three other ladies, Ivana PuÅ¡nik , Tea Ovničević, and Ivana Ljubičić. Back in the USA, Terry Six and Louie Bankston (ex Exploding Hearts) are back with an excellent new album together. Eugene Chadbourne teamed up with The Sunwatchers and recorded an album tribute to Minutemen, Doug Sahm and Henry Flyn. Paisley Underground legends Bangles, Three O’Clock, Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade made a record together covering each other’s songs. It’s almost a follow up to the legendary Rainy Day album. John Petković and Dave James of Death of Samantha have a new synth pop duet, Metrolight and we check out one of the songs recorded live in Cleveland recently. Holly Golightly has a new English solo album out and lots of folks included it on their lists of best albums last year. Yes, it’s that good. Outrageous Cherry are back with their final album entitled Meet You In The Shadows completed before the passing of founding lead guitarist Larry Ray.

Calibro 35 – Pragma;
ESC Life – Song of the Weak;
Terry and Louie – (I’m) Looking For A Heart;
Exploding Hearts – Thorns In Roses;
Thee Melomen – Freight Train
Bad Sports – Ode to Power;
Vlasta Popić – Trziste;
Å ećer – Zalogaj;
Mi Nerve – Moji planeti;
Texas Tornados & Sir Doug – Give Back The Key To My Heart;
Eugene Chadbourne & Sunwatchers – Give Back the Key to My Heart;
Eugene Chadbourne & Sunwatchers – Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing;
Minutemen – Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing;
Outrageous Cherry – Self-Made Monster;
Outrageous Cherry – Complicate Me;
Holly Golightly – Love (Can’t You Hear Me);
Holly Golightly – Time Will Tell;
Brian Olive – It’s A Lie;
The Three O’Clock – Jet Fighter;
The Bangles – Jet Fighter;
Metrolight – Molecules (Live in CLE).

Flashlite #235

Enco LesićToday we spend some time listening to the records that came out earlier this year, only we somehow did not represent yet. There’s a new band from LA called Criminal Hygiene with the self titled effort and we check it out now, even though it has been sitting on the shelf for some time. English rocker Hipbone Slim and Mama Rosin collaborator also has a record from a few months ago called Go Hog Wild. We also have some brand new stuff – the new EP for Kevn Kinney’s Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ and a new track from Rain Parade’s Matt Piucci. In the end, we pay a tribute to the legendary singer from Memphis, Bobby Blue Bland. One the most interesting characters from the Yugoslav rock scene Enco Lesić also passed away, so we pay a tribute to him as well.

Mega City Four – Start;
Matt Piucci – Beautiful Flower;
Rain Parade – Depending On You;
Kevn Kinney – In the Land (Of Things That Used to Be);
Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – The Psychedelic Time Clock;
Mama Rosin – Sittin’ on top the world;
Hipbone Slim And The KneeTremblers – Crawl Back To Me;
Bobby Blue Bland – I Woke Up Screaming;
Bobby Blue Bland – St. James Infirmary;
Idoli – Amerika;
Indexi – Sve Ove Godine;
fIREHOSE – The Candle And The Flame;
Hüsker Dü – In A Free Land;
Bob Mould – In a Free Land (Live in CLE);
Criminal Hygiene – Summertime in October;
Mega City Four – Stop.