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Flashlite #760

Tony Molina

Nice tunes today from Tony Molina, Dan Finnermore’s Swampmeat Family Band (ex Low Cut Connie) and King Tuff. Two hipsters from Animal Collective and Spacemen 3 had a cool little project recently called Reset in which they make collages of various well known songs into something entirely new. We check that out. We also hear from the legends. Andy Partridge from XTC has a new Swindon based project called The 3 Club Men and Graham Parker has a new album too. We introduce JJ McCann Transmission from Australia, Justin And The Cosmics from Nashville, David M. Western (also from Australia) and The Half Cubes.

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The Flaming Sideburns – Invisible Hands
JJ McCann Transmission – Forces at Work
Justin and The Cosmics – Super Blue (Real Bad Sad)
The Special Pillow – That’s the Way It’s Got to Be
The Toms – Someone I Never Knew
King Tuff – Rock River
Panda Bear and Sonic Boom – Gettin’ to the Point
Diners – Working On My Dreams
Eamon McGrath – Man of Steel
David M Western – I’ll Never Forgive You
Graham Parker – Graham Parker & The Goldtops – It Mattered To Me
Graham Parker – Soul on Ice
Todd Rundgren – It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference
Swampmeat Family Band – Black Dogs at Bay
Tony Molina – Devil Song
Tony Molina – Bullshit Riff
Tony Molina – Breakin’ Up
The Half Cubes – The Half-Cubes featuring Moe Berg – She’s So Young
The 3 Clubmen – Racecar
XTC – Don’t Lose Your Temper
XTC – Then She Appeared

Flashlite #758

Kara Jackson

Today we check out the new tunes by Buddy and Julie Miller (from Nashville) and Beth Bombara (from St. Louis). Flashcubes play a cover of Motors. Tony Molina and Jennifer Sbragia have a band together called The Softies. We introduce a poet and musician Kara Jackson from Chicago, Vapour Trails from Bristol UK and John Wayne Supermarket from France. Dan Kopko from Boston has a band called Danny The K and we check it out. We also have tributes to Johnny Rowan, also known as Blackie Onassis, drummer of Urge Overkill who passed away recently at 57 and a tribute to Tony McPhee, the frontman of Groundhogs, who passed away on June 6th.

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Urge Overkill – Bottle Of Fur
Danny The K – Roller Derby Girl
Buddy & Julie Miller – In The Throes
Terry Anderson – No One Knows It
The Flashcubes – Forget About You
The Softies – Don’t Come Back
Beth Bombara – Give Me a Reason
Kara Jackson – Dickhead Blues
Sunny War – New Day
Rod Stewart – You’re In My Heart
The Vapour Trails – On A Beautiful Day
John Wayne Supermarket – Plage de Vieux Fort
Urge Overkill – Henhough The Greatest Story Ever Told
Groundhogs – Strange Town
Groundhogs – Cherry Red

Flashlite #748

Gabbie Torres BBQT

Today we have an international parade of great new tunes. We start our trip in Spain with Capsula and their new single. The next stop is Gabbie Torres and BBQT in Baltimore. Then we go to UK and check out the latest collaboration between Mordecai Smyth and Icarus Peel. Tony Molina and Sarah Rose Janko join forces as The Lost Days. Courettes over in Denmark take a Johnny Thunder’s vocal track and breathe a new life into it. In Australia, we check out Sticker Club, the new project for a long time Evan Dando collaborator Nic Dalton. Another Australian name in today’s show is Ramalamas. New York’s Braden Bodensteiner is introduced for the first time at the Little Lighthouse and so is Zac from Rome, Italy. And finally, we end up in Toronto Canada and close the show with a new tune from Clara Engel.

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Capsula – Dali´s Face
Capsula – Sombra
BBQT – Dangerous Dame
Connections – Unsolved Mysteries
Guided By Voices – Seedling
Good Looking Son – Lord Demon’s Delight
Mordecai Smyth – Out In The Stars
The Lost Days – Coward Exposed
Tony Molina – Hard to Know
The Whiffs – Verlaine
Johnny Thunders and Courettes – You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory (The Courettes Mix)
The Sticker Club – Being Around
The Lemonheads – Being Around
The Liquorice Experiment – Novice Pretender
Braden Bodensteiner – 440
ZAC – The World Is Standing Still
Cheater Slicks – Reaching Through
The Golden Gaytimes – Running Away
The Ramalamas – The Ramalamas – Funtastique
Clara Engel – The Snake in the Mirror
Kim Simpson – Mystery

Flashlite #724

2022

We continue our list of best albums in 2022 and reveal the best albums. All top five records are extremely catchy and favor hooks to pretention. Gyasi gets an LP vinyl release for the first time on Bomp label, known for its catchiness through out the history of rock’n’roll. Vitus Mataré and John Rosewall continue with Petrified Max project and keep cranking high quality music from year to year. Joey Rubbish of Chicago’s Rubs leaves no filler on his hook laden album Dust. Alicja Trout gets together with Sweet Knives and delivers a jewel of an album with a good mix of guitars, bubblegum and synthesizers. But the most complete album this year is in my opinion brought to us by the New Zealand outfit Best Bets. On An Unhistoric Night is a fun record without much pretention, but a fantastic flow that would likely make it a classic in years to come. The rest of the list is pretty great as well and features 3rd Secret, Aoife O’Donovan, Harlan T. Bobo, Jack Broadbent, The Americans, Ghost Woman, Tony Molina, Gentleman Jesse and multiple entries by David Nance. Check it out!

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Gentleman Jesse – Lose Everything;
Tony Molina – The Last Time;
David Nance and Simon Joyner – Clingy And Thick;
David Nance – Yesterday Don’t Matter;
Ghost Woman – Along;
The Americans – Sore Bones;
Jack Broadbent – Ride;
Harlan T Bobo – Free;
Aoife O’Donovan – Phoenix;
3rd Secret – Diamond in the Cold;
Gyasi – Feed Your Face;
Petrified Max – Long Way Around;
The Rubs – Dana;
The Rubs – I Don’t Wanna Wait;
Sweet Knives – Oh Danny;
Sweet Knives – On A Grey Day;
Best Bets – The Point;
Best Bets – Whataworld.


01 Best Bets - On An Unhistoric Night
02 Sweet Knives - Spritzereta
03 The Rubs - Dust
04 Petrified Max - Everything's Beautiful Now
05 Gyasi - Pronounced Jah-See
06 3rd Secret
07 Aoife O'Donovan - Age of Apathy
08 Harlan T Bobo - Porch Songs
09 Jack Broadbent - Ride
10 The American - Stand True
11 Ghost Woman
12a David Nance - Wet Candles
12b David Nance Pearl Lovejoy Boyd James Schroeder - Ash Wednesday
13 Tony Molina - In the Fade
14 Gentleman Jesse - Lose Everything
15 Julie Christensen - 11 from Kevin
16 Sylvia Rose Novak - A Miss A Masterpiece
17 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
18 Murlocs - Rapscallion
19 2nd Grade - Easy Listening
20 Breanna Barbara - Nothin' But Time
21 Sisteria - Dark Matter
22 David Craven & Jon S Williams - Urban Trio
23 So Gung Ho
24 Schizophonics - Hoof It
25 Tav Falco - Club Car Zodiac
26 The Missed - Activation
27 Momma - Household Name
28 Black Lizard - Heads
29 Berries - High Flying Man
30 A Place to Bury Strangers - See Through You

 

Flashlite #699

La Luz

Today we start with the new tune from LA band Berries. We check out a couple of more California artists. Tony Molina, for instance, who just announced his new album. Petrified Max, with LA punk legends Vitus Mataré and John Rosewall is back with their third album Everything’s Beautiful Now which sounds flawless. La Luz from Seattle have two new releases, a new single and a new instrumental album. From Australia, we check out L.A. Mood. Over in Helsinki, Finland, we check out Black Lizard. In Boston, we introduce The Gypsy Moths and in Chicago, we introduce Dedh.

The Berries – Heavy Rain;
The Berries – Prime;
Black Lizard – Trouble Ahead;
Trotsky Icepick – Love Song With Migraine;
Petrified Max – Three Times Gone;
Petrified Max – Formerly Mr. Softy;
L.A. Mood – Catch the Sun;
Replacements – Unsatisfied;
So Gung Ho – Unresolved;
Best Bets – Whataworld;
Tony Molina – The Last Time;
The Gypsy Moths – The Continuing Story Of Arthur Duffy;
The Junior League – Library Bar;
Chris Cacavas – On My Back;
Guided By Voices – Alex Bell;
Dehd – Bad Love;
La Luz – San Fernando Shadow Blues;
La Luz – Spider House;
Evie Sands – Don’t Look Back, Don’t Look Down.

The Best of 2019 Pt 3; Flashlite #570

2019pt3

Part three of our list of best albums in 2019! Today we review some albums which did not make it to our top 30, which may probably just be the lack of my own attention. But before that, I’ve noticed that a whole bunch of good albums were shorter than 30 minutes this year, which is an interesting phenomenon. Albums were too long when we switched formats from LP to CD, but with less than 30 minutes, they seem to be a little too short. Back in the day, those would be classified as Mini LPs. So, today we also check the list of best Mini Albums, all of which were pretty hot last year. At the top of that list is Gyasi.

Best Albums in 2019
01 Danny and the Doorknobs - Jukebox in the LA River
02 The Dates - Ask Again Later
03 Luther Russell - Medium Cool
04 Outrageous Cherry - Meet You In The Shadows
05 Terry And Louie - A Thousand Guitars
06 Leyla McCalla - The Capitalist Blues
07 The See No Evils - Out Of The Shadows
08 Rosalie Cunningham - Rosalie Cunningham
09 Criminal Hygiene - Run It Again
10 Sad Planets - Akron Ohio
11 The Schizophonics - People in the Sky
12 Altin Gun - Gece
13 Guadalupe Plata - Three Demons
14 Those Pretty Wrongs - Zed for Zulu
15 Eugene Chadbourne & Sunwatchers - 3 Characters
16 Wolfmanhattan Project - Blue Gene Stew
17 Mikal Cronin - Seeker
18 The Flesh Eaters - I Used to Be Pretty
19 Jonathan Richman - SA
20 Lisa Prank - Perfect Love Song
21 Bad Moves - Tell No One
22 Morlocs - Manic Candid Episode
23 Eamon McGrath - Guts
24 Redd Kross - Beyond the Door
25 Ty Segall - Deforming Lobes
26 Melomen - Disappear
27 Mattiel - Satis Factory
28 Meat Puppets - Dusty Notes
29 Motorpsycho - The Crucible
30 The Yawpers - Human Question

Best Mini Albums in 2019
01 Gyasi - Androgyne
02 Jordan Jones
03 Porcupine - What You've Heard Isn't Real
04 Zerodent - Landscapes of Merriment
05 UV-TV - Happy
06 Pharlee
07 Ezra Furman - Twelve nudes
08 Tony Molina - Songs From San Mateo County

Tony Molina – Not The Way To Be
Ezra Furman – Evening Prayer
Pharlee – Ethereal Woman
UV-TV – World
Zerodent – Repatriated
Porcupine – Tell Me
Jordan Jones – Oh My Heaven
Gyasi – Colorful
Pat Todd and the Rankoutsiders – The Future Callin’
Jack Oblivian – Scarla
Ex Hex – Another Dimension
Trixie Whitley – May Cannan
Filthy Friends – Emerald Valley
Giant Sand – The Chill Outside
Datura4 – Cat on A Roof
ESC Life – Born To Be Mild
Wreckless Eric – Creepy People In The Middle of the Night

Flashlite #547

Team Dresch

Today we have a new single from Needles//Pins from Vancouver in Canada, new albums for Galileo 7. On the songwriter’s front, Tony Molina and Andy Gabbard have their beautifully personal new albums. Giant Sand continue re-recording their opus, so now they are announcing a new version of their second album The Ballads of Thin Line Men. In Belgrade, we have a new jam band called Nas and from Portland OR, we have a new singersongwriter Kyle Craft. We pay a tribute to a poet Maja Perfiljeva who left an important mark on the Yugoslav pop scene and who passed away recently at the age of 79. Live in CLE segment brings a recording of the charismatic Pharlee.

Giant Sand – A Hard Man To Get To Know (original version);
Needles//Pins – Heaven’s on the Hillside;
Kyle Craft – 2 Ugly 4 NY;
Pat Todd and the Rankoutsiders – Somewhere Down The Line;
Steve Gunn – Ancient Juliet;
The Galileo 7 – There is Only Now;
Tony Molina – Can’t Find My Way;
Tony Molina – Here We Go Again;
Pharlee (Live in CLE);
Andy Gabbard – Floating;
Indexi – Da sam ja netko;
Shadows – I Can’t Forget;
Pankrti – Totalna revolucija;
Nas – Druga stvar;
Giant Sand – A Hard Man To Get To Know.

Flashlite #518

2018 pt2We continue our countdown to the best albums in 2018 and in this episode we announce two albums which share the title of the best one at The Little Lighthouse in the past year. I Am The Polish Army debut album My Old Man struck us with its great enthusiasm, musicianship, songwriting and playful performance. Harlan T. Bobo finally put out his record The History of Violence out on Goner, which just might be his greatest yet. Chip Kinman, along with the help of his son on guitar and his brother behind the knobs created a post-modern patchwork of an album with an astonishing amount of historical and rock references under the Ford Madox Ford moniker. Two ladies, Bat Fangs brought us a quick and powerful rock’n’roll album with hits going steady. Tony Molina on his Kill The Light is even more brief, but the brevity just makes you play the album over and over again. Bad Sports brought an excellent barrage of love punk rock tunes worthy of the greatest examples in the past. Patsy Gelb and her Rats compiled all those perfect singles from their inception on a single record, seriously contending Singles Going Steady as one of the strongest compilation records in the history of rock music. Schizophonics with their amps turned to the max gave us an album that floats like a perfect MC5 tribute. Mama Rosin teamed up with Mick Collins on a collection of cajun and zydeco chants. Ty Segall is as active as ever, but his main release this year entitled Freedom’s Goblin is one of the deepest he recorded yet. Krist Novoselic is back with Giants In The Trees. And that’s our top 10 this year! Looking back at that top 10, this was a really good year and we can only wish 2019 can be at least as good as this one.


Best Albums in 2018
01 I Am The Polish Army - My Old Man
01 Harlan T. Bobo - The History of Violence
02 Ford Madox Ford - This American Blues
03 Bat Fangs
04 Tony Molina - Kill The Light
05 Bad Sports - Constant Stimulation
06 Patsy’s Rats - Singles
07 The Schizophonics - Land Of The Living
08 Broadway Lafayette - Subway Zydeco
09 Ty Segall and The Freedom Band - Freedom's Goblin
10 Giants In The Trees
11 Cross Brothers ‎– Living On Sheepheads
12 Dream Machine - Breaking the Circle
13 Mia Dyson - If I Said Only So Far I Take It Back
14 Earthless - Black Heaven
15 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs
16 Dommengang - Love Jail
17 Giant Sand - Return To The Valley of Rain
18 Anna Von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
19 David Nance Band - Peaced and Slightly Pulverized
20 Ruby Boots - Don't Talk About It
21 Tav Falco - Cabaret of Daggers
22 Ty Segall - Fudge Sandwich
23 Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys - Rot
24 Painted Doll
25 Kevin Gordon - Tilt And Shine

Cross Brothers – No White Mystery;
Giants In The Trees – Seed Song;
Ty Segall – Alta;
Broadway Lafayette – Angola Dreams;
Schizophonics – Put Your Weight On It;
Patsy’s Rats – More Than This;
Bad Sports – Constant Stimulation;
Tony Molina – Look Inside Your Mind_Losin’ Touch;
Bat Fangs – Fangs Out;
Ford Maddox Ford – Immediate Nico;
Harlan T. Bobo – Storied;
Harlan T. Bobo – Town;
Harlan T. Bobo – Paula;
I Am The Polish Army – You Don’t Know;
I Am The Polish Army – Setup;
I Am The Polish Army – My Old Man.

Flashlite #496

Ana KlabučarToday we check out the new tunes form Ben Vaughn. Kevin Gordon is back with a great new album Tilt And Shine and we also check him out in our Live in Cleveland segment. We introduce Tony Molina, out from California, with his new short masterpiece album Kill The Light. Vasko Atanasoski is back with a new project 21 Vek. Billie and The Kids, lead by Ana Klabučar come from Croatia. BBQT is lead by Gabbie Bam Bam out in Austin TX. Fan Fiction come from Cleveland.

Cat Mother And The All Night Newsboys – Can You Dance To It;
BBQT – Let’s Go;
Fan Fiction – Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dad;
The Stars Explode – Untitled #1;
Tony Molina – Breakin’ Up;
Tony Molina – Nothing I Can Say;
21 vek – Novo sonce;
Eva Braun – Vec vidjeno;
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – An Air Conditioned Man;
Kevin Gordon (Live in CLE);
Kevin Gordon – Saint on a Chain;
Jackie DeShannon – Isn’t It a Pity;
Jackie DeShannon – Down By The Riverside;
Billie and the Kids – Another Love;
Ben Vaughn – Somebody Don’t Love Somebody;
The Space Merchants Defeat Song.