Today we have a somewhat acoustic oriented show. The mood is set by Julie Christensen and her Stone Cupid who are back with an acoustic but gritty new album. We also check out the new music from Kim Simpson over in Texas who has gone political on his new album. Judy Dyble who used to be Fairport Convention is back with a new album, actually second in a year. She’s very active recently. Ray Davies of The Kinks is also back with the second installment of his Americana series. We introduce Jill Jackson from Scotland and Lucy And The Rats from London, although Lucy Spazzy comes originally from Australia. Dead Rock West are on our live in Cleveland segment.
Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Dream;
Ray Davies with Karen Grotberg – The Take;
Lucy & The Rats – Night Comes;
Patsy’s Rats – More Than This;
Eamon McGrath – The World Is A Cold Dark Place;
Shawna Russel – The Only One;
Dead Rock West – More Love (Live in CLE);
Judy Dyble and Andy Lewis – He Said I Said;
Judy Dyble – Newborn Creatures;
Jill Jackson – Worries;
Mike Watt – Drove Up From Pedro;
Tom Waits – Hold On;
Julie Christensen’s Stone Cupid – Hold On;
Kim Simpson – Here Come the Goblins;
Simon And Garfunkel – Kathy’s Song.
Last we presented positions 35-14 of what I think were the best albums in 2016. Today we continue with that business and we present Top 13 best albums this year. It doesn’t mean that these any worse than the ones we will put in top 13, it’s just a matter of personal taste. This year was not an easy one, but it brought us some records that will stay with us for many years I think. The top part of the list is reserved some some incredible comebacks (Sylvia Juncosa, Dinosaur Jr, Jody Stephens), new comers (Honeymoon Disease, Honey, Blaak Heat, Connections). But the album that marked year from me, is Julie Christensen’s new project Stone Cupid. She sang better than ever, on a record that is rocking, grungy and rootsy at the same time. A killer span of genres that can only be brought by one of the Divine Horsemen. Dive into my selection of the top 13 records and hopefully you will find something for yourself. See you next year!
BEST OF 2016 AT THE LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE
1 Stone Cupid - The Cardinal
2 Connections - Midnight Run
3 Those Pretty Wrongs
4 Blaak Heat - Shifting Mirrors
5 Lilly Hiatt - Royal Blue
6 Lydia Loveless - Real
7 Bad Luck Jonathan
8 Dinosaur Jr. - Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
9 Honeymoon Disease - The Transcendence
10 Disciplin A Kitchme - Opet
11 Jack Oblivian and The Sheiks - The Lone Ranger Of Love
12 Sylvia Juncosa - Wanna Gotta
13 Honey - Love is Hard
14 Meet Your Death
15 Jonathan Richman - Ishkode Ishkode
16 Dan Stuart - Marlowe's Revenge
17 Zig Zags - Running Out of Red
18 Apache - Alcatraz
19 Faux Killas - Time In Between
20 Erotic Biljan And His Heretics - The Devil Stole My Record
21 Seger Liberation Army - Innervenus Eyes
22 Javier Escovedo - Kicked Out Of Eden
23 The I Don't Cares - Wild Stab
24 Scarcity Of Tanks - Ringleader Lies
25 Flesh Panthers - Willows Weep
26 Faz Waltz - Callin loud
27 Purling Hiss - High Bias
28 Radkey - Delicious Rock Noise
29 DON'T - Fever Dreams
30 Descendents - Hypercaffium Spazzinate
31 Ray Mason - The Shy Requester
32 Thee Melomen - Chinatown
33 Bernays Propaganda - Politika
34 Datura 4 - Hairy Mountain
35 Medicine Boy - Kinda Like Electricity
Honey – White Noise;
Sylvia Juncosa – Gamblin’ Fool;
Jack Oblivian And The Sheiks – Fast Friends;
Disciplin A Kitchme – Biti imun na ovaj nemar;
Honeymoon Disease – Rock ‘N’ Roll Shock;
Dinosaur JR. – Tiny;
Bad Luck Jonathan – Bonehead;
Lydia Loveless – Midwestern Guys;
Lilly Hiatt – Get This Right;
Blaak Heat – Sword Of Hakim;
Those Pretty Wrongs – Thrown Away;
Connections – Raise Awareness;
Connections – Kate;
Connections – Gross Lake;
Stone Cupid – Gasoline;
Stone Cupid – The Cardinal;
Stone Cupid – Anthem.
The biggest thing today is the new record for Julie Christensen. She is back big time with her new band Stone Cupid and the new record called Cardinal. We remember her well from her stint with Chris D and Divine Horsemen band in the 80s. From San Francisco, The Forty Nineteens are back with a new rock’n’roll kick-in-the-gut called Rebooted. We also hear a segment from Pat Todd’s live show in Cleveland and we pay a tribute to the great Prince.
All Them Witches – The Marriage of Coyote Woman;
Modern Lovers – Roadrunner;
The Forty Nineteens – 383 Dodge Charger;
Jon S Williams – Silence;
Sonic Youth – Teenage Riot;
Divine Horsemen – Tenderest Kiss;
Stone Cupid – Riverside;
Dada – The Last Time;
Hindu Love Gods – Raspberry Beret;
Prince and The Revolution – Darling Nikki;
Prince – The Most Beautiful Girl In The World;
Pat Todd and the Rankoutsiders – Down The Line (Live in CLE).
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