If you like round numbers, then you should be excited that this is the 800th episode of “shortened” Little Lighthouse, since I moved to Ohio. If you add over 200 episodes from Utah and Louisiana, we’re way pass 1000 episodes. Other than that, we give you another average Little Lighthouse show (which is way beyond anything in the podcast universe). We start off with veterans: Paul Weller and Richard Thompson. Another veteran is our good friend Mike Watt, who has a new album with his Italian friends Stefano Pilia and Paolo Mongardi. We also have new tunes by John Larson from Providence, Lava Fangs from Melgourne, Sticker Clun from Sydney, Magic Fig from San Francisco and Street Panther from Montreal. A special treat is a great new singer, debuting at The Little Lighthouse, Grace Cummings from Melbourne.
Paul Weller – All The Pictures On The Wall [Demo]
Paul Weller – jumble queen
Richard Thompson – The Fear Never Leaves You
Richard and Linda Thompson – Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair
Fernando Perdomo – The Silent Sun
John Larson and The Silver Fields – Don’t Look Too Fast
Lava Fangs – Photograph
Daniel Romano – Where’s paradise_
Mike Watt – Piss-Bottle Man
If Sogno Del Marinaio – Purple, Orange, Green + Yellow
The Sticker Club – Way Up High
Motorpsycho – Hey, Jane
The Loons – Daffodils Or Despair
Magic Fig – Goodbye Suzy
Grace Cummings – Ramona
Doris Troy – A School For Fools
The Stems – Leave You Way Behind
Lucius – Hey, Doreen (The New Recording)
Street Panther – Aggro
Gyasi – Cheap High
Mike Watt is a rock’n’roll sailor and now his in the boat with two Italian fratello’s Andrea Belfi and Stefano Pilia. Their band Il Sogno Del Marinaio has a new record out called Canto Secondo and they are about to embark on a big American tour. Before you catch them in your town, here they are at the Little Lighthouse. Talking about Italians, there’s a new band out from over there called Sultan’s Bathery. They were also on the tour in the ol’ US of A just recently. John Mayall has a new record and since we’re at the letter M in our Blues Alphabet, it’s the right time to spend some airtime on this great British bluesman. John Doe has a new best off record and it also contains two brand new songs. We feature one of them today. Also, somehow the news of Peter Banks passing away escaped me last year, so we pay a little tribute to the legendary guitarist of Syn, Yes and Flash.
Today we are saying the last goodbye to one of the true rock’n’roll legends. Reg Presley of the Troggs left this ugly world on Fabruary 4th this month. We listen to his music at the end of the show. We also have some new stuff. Mike Watt put out a record with his Italian friends Stefano Pilia and Andrea Belfi. The three of them make together a trio called Il Sogno Del Marinaro. Richard Thompson is also back with a new record called Electric, and it is one of the better ones he made in recent years. We also have two new bands today, Punks On Mars from Brooklyn, NY and the Schills from Portland, OR. Glttery Schills are ran by the Paisley Pop Records boss Jim Huie and this label also released a tribute to Bobby Sutliff recently. Today we continue listening to this record with a selection from a very interesting collaboration between Velvet Crush and Matthew Sweet.