Welcome to the first regular show of 2025! We have some new tunes for you. We start with The Jackets from Bern in Switzerland. Then we go to California and hear the new single from Javier Escovedo of Zeros. Ambrose Kenny Smith is busy with Morlocs and King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard. Now he is with a third band, Gum. We check that out today. Des Demonas are from Washington DC and have a new, exceptionally sounding record. Syd Straw is back with a new single. David Nance has an album of outtakes. We also introduce The Gypsy Moths from Boston and Spyrals from California. Show closes with a special tribute to Slim Dunlap, legendary guitarist of Replacements and many other configurations from Minneapolis.
Buzz Barker and The Atomic Bums – Land of The Free
The Jackets – Coco Loco
Javier Escovedo – Work It Out
Beachwood Sparks – Wild Swans US Radio Mix
Gum – Old Transistor Radio
Des Demonas – Restructuring
Golden Palominos – Diamond (Ney York City 1986)
Syd Straw – Take Back the Night
The Gypsy Moths – Heart To Break
Pelazo – Ten Feet Deep
David Nance – I Stood Alone In The Grocery Store
The Spyrals – UH HUH
Bound Beggars – All Over Again
The Replacements – Achin’ To Be
Spooks – Laugh It Up
Bob Dunlap and Symphonic Fuzz – Loud Loud Loud Guitars
Slim Dunlap – Ain’t Exactly Good
Slim Dunlap – Cozy
Today we lead in with uncontested rock legends Blue Oyster Cult who are back with the new record. And then, James Williamson of the Stooges and Deniz Tek of Radio Birdman join forces. Phil May passed away earlier this year, but prior to that, he recorded an album with Pretty Things and that album is out now. Nick Lowe joins forces with Los Straitjackets and Paul Kelly is with Paul Grabowsky. Slim Dunlap’s live recordings surface and we check one of the tracks. We pay respects to Justin Townes Earle who passed away on August 20th this year.
Blue Oyster Cult – Hot Rails To Hell;
Blue Oyster Cult – That Was Me;
James Willamson and Deniz Tek – Progress;
Stooges – 1970;
Radio Birdman – t.v. eye;
Stooges – Search And Destroy;
Pretty Things – Midnight To Six Man;
Pretty Things – I’m Ready;
Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets – Crying Inside;
Brinsley Schwartz – Funk Angel;
Kipington Lodge – I Can See Her Face (Parlophone R5776);
Paul Kelly – Crosstown;
Paul Kelly and Paul Grabowsky – sonnet 138;
Slim Dunlap Band – Ain’t Exactly GoodSlim Has Left the Building;
Replacements – Can’t Hardly Wait;
Justin Townes Earle – Can’t Hardly Wait;
Justin Townes Earle – Talking To Myself;
James Willamson, Mark Lanegan and Alison Mossheart – Wild Love.
We start off today introducing Craig Brown, Jack White’s buddy from Detroit and Cyanide Pills from Leeds, UK. The we introduce the guitar player from Minneapolis Ben Glaros who landed his skills to the Pirner brothers Dave and Paul on a Slim Dunlap tribute band The Happy Roosters and Fathom Lane with Michael Ferrier. My friend Stanjin Strbac has a new column and he writes about Rhiannon Giddens and Son Volt. Inspired by his writings, we check out these two in today’s show. Emma Ruth Rundle and Amber Arcades close the show today. Amber Arcades is actually Annelotte de Graaf, a Dutch singer-songwriter from Utrecht.
Knowbody Else – Until I’m Like Uncle Hugh;
Craig Brown – Overthinking;
Cyanide Pills – Say You Will;
John Wesley Coleman – Jesus Never Went To Jr High;
Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs – Movie Queen;
The Happy Roosters – Cooler Then;
Fathom Lane – Sugardown;
Mark And The Clouds – Don’t Block The Sun;
Rhiannon Giddens – Hey Bebe;
Son Volt – Back Against The Wall;
Bash And Pop – Breathing Room;
Mike Watt with Jom And Terry Show Live in CLE;
Status Quo – Over And Done;
Amber Arcades – It Changes;
Emma Ruth Rundle – The Distance.
Unfortunately, we say goodbye to two great people who influenced rock’n’roll greatly. Alvin Lee from Ten Years After left us on March 6th and George Shadow Morton, producer of the Shangri-Las left us on February 14th. But, we also have a survival story. You probably already heard that Slim Dunlap, the guitar player of The Replacements suffered a stroke last year and he survived it. Although the recovery is slow and expensive, he is holding tight. His old bandmates decided to have a small reunion and make an EP which would directly help Dunlap with the recovery costs. The limited edition EP auction did very well and and now it is scheduled for the regular release as a download and a sound carrier. We hear one of the songs from this record today. We also have one new name today for us, her name is Fredda and she’s from France, but with ties in Tucson AZ. She will be a part of Vacilando 68 promotional campaign this year at SXSW. Another new name is The Go from Detroit. They nurture the retro 60s sound. Guadalupe Plata are also back with the new record and Derek Deprator is also back with a very nice instrumental tune. Probably the most exciting new thing today is King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard with their western conceptual record called Eyes Like The Sky, narrated by Broderick Smith of The Dingoes.
Gordon Lightfoot – I’m Not Saying;
The Replacements – I’m Not Sayin’;
Guadalupe Plata – Esclavo;
Endless Boogie – Occult Banker;
The Dirtbombs – Do You See My Love (For You Growing) Live in CLE;
The Dingoes – Goin’ Down Again;
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Evil Man;
Mountain – Theme For An Imaginary Western;
The Go – Voices Rant On;
Fredda – Morin Heights;
The Shangri-Las – Remember (Walking in the Sand);
Ten Years After – One of These Days;
Derek Paul DePratör – Where Did You Go.
The Replacements fans should pay special attention today. We have a new track for Paul Westerberg and also a new one for Chris Mars. Chris’ song is a part of an effort to raise fund for Slim Dunlap’s recovery after a severe stroke this February. And we also have Kevin Bowe, a musician from Minneapolis who collaborates with Westerberg on Bowe’s new record. Nels Cline is on guitar. We also have the brand new album for Natural Child. They already had one really good one earlier this year called For The Love Of The Game (we have a review of that one), and now they have another fresh one called Hard In Heaven. Scott Reynolds (ex All) is trying to put a new record together, and we culled one of the demos from the Internet. Chris Brokaw (ex Come and Dirt Music) is also back with a new record called Gambler’s Ecstasy and we have a recording from his Cleveland live show. New name today is Cory Branan from around Memphis and Bad Sports from Denton TX. We also represent some very interesting compilation records.
Eamon McGrath – (Acoustic) Signals;
Natural Child – She’s Got A Mind;
Natural Child – B$G P$MP$N;
Ian Hunter – Comfortable (Flyin’ Scottsman);
Bad Sports – Red Overlay;
Chris Brokaw – Danny Borracho;
Chris Brokaw – Crooked (Live in CLE);
Paul Westerberg – My Road Now;
Kevin Bowe and The Okemah Prophet – Everybody Lies;
Chris Mars – When I Fall Down;
Scott Reynolds – Ladders Made Of Smoke;
River City Tanlines – Pretty Please;
The Stones – Down and Around;
The Textones – You Can Run;
International Submarine Band – Sum Up Broke;
Stream Of Consciousness – Till You’re Through;
Rick Jarrard – High Coin;
The Byrds – Lady Friend;
Cory Branan – Survivor Blues.
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