Tag Archives: Tough Age

Flashlite #752

Melanas

Today we start with a new song from our old friends in Philadelphia, Dead Milkmen. Then we go to Vancouver, CA and check out Tough Age. On the other side of the planet, in Australia, we bring you the new tunes from Cablet Ties, Body Maintenance, Flyying Colours and Display Homes. On the old continent, we check out Bee Bee Sea from Italy and Melanas from Spain. For a good measure, we add two new names from the US to the playlist: Upland Band and Godcaster.

DOWNLOAD:    OGG    MP3

Matthew Melton – Under Glass
The Dead Milkmen – Hens Teeth And Goofa Dust
Tough Age – In a Garden
Public Interest – Slow Burn
Flying Colors – Do You Feel the Same
Bee Bee Sea – Time & Time
The Tubs – Wretched Lie
Display Homes – CCTV
Melenas – Bang
Gentilesky – On And On
The Upland Band – Ohfivetwosixfive
Godcaster – Didactic Flashing Antidote
Guardian Singles – Pit Viper
Cable Ties – Time for You
Body Maintenance – Silver Yarns
Belgrado – Na Szlak
Swans – Los Angeles City of Death

Flashlite #659

Jade Bird

Today we introduce a young singer songwriter from South London Jade Bird. Rivaling her disarming youth, we also check out the newest from Colleen Green hailing from San Diego CA. Also in California, Lisa Mychols has a new song. Nick Piunti from Detroit has a new single. Crocodiles had a series of digital eps during the pandemic, and now it’s all on a disc. Tough Age from Canada has a playful new single. Also in Canada, Underwater Sunshine recorded a series of basement recordings in 1996-97 and now it’s all released finally. At the end of the show, we pay tribute to Steve Martin Caro and Tom Finn, former Left Banke members who both passed away a year ago.

Colleen Green – Good Good Things;
Jade Bird – Open Up The Heavens;
Lisa Mychols – Dreaming with You;
Lisa Mychols – Make Believe;
The Galileo 7 – I’m Still Here;
Crocodiles – If You Were A Priest
Nick Piunti – One of the Boyz;
Nick Piunti – No Return;
Snooze in Motion – Riverside;
The Last – Weekend Girl;
Alvilda – Kylie;
Colleen Green – I Wanna Be a Dog;
Tough Age – Giuseppe Pizzeria;
Tough Age – Warm Hair;
Autogramm – Anxiety;
Underwater Sunshine – Shine;
Left Banke – She May Call You Up Tonight;
Left Banke – I Haven’t Got The Nerve;
Monnone Alone – Feel it Disappearing.

Flashlite #604

Bully

Today we start off with a track from the new album for Alaicia Bognano’s Bully. Then we introduce Tough Age from Toronto. Also, new to us are Manarays from Brisbane and Beans from Melbourne. Australians, of course. Then. We have two solo musicians hiding between the band names. Tommy Marolda is The Toms and Dishelved Cuss is Nick Reinhart. Schizophonics have a new single covering Roxy Music and Trotsky Icepick is back yet again with another new release. They are so prouctive in the past year and a half and it’s to everyone’s delight! We dedicate this episode to Martin Birch, an extraordinary music producer and engineer who passed away on August 9th this year.

The Fluid – Big Brother;
Bully – Let You;
Tough Age – Possession;
Petrified Max – Hole in the Sky;
Trotsky Icepick – End Effected;
Manarays – Troubled by the Moon;
Zana – Sweeta;
Electric Light Orchestra – Nightrider;
The Toms – One Man Girl Parade;
Beans – Stride;
Queen – You’re My Best Friend;
The Z-Boys – Too Slow;
Roxy Music – Re-Make Re-Model;
The Schizophonics – Re-Make Re-Model;
Disheveled Cuss – Oh My God;
W/Jayne County and The Electric Chairs – Man Enough to Be a Woman;
Faces – Bad’N’Ruin;
Jeff Beck Group – Spanish Boots.

Flashlite #335

Kelley MickweeToday we go back to Ricked Wicky – Robert Pollard’s new band with his old friends. It’s already their second album this year. Umreti Fit, a band from Szeged in Hungary, has a new record Zvezde na plafonu, their first LP. Sonny Landreth, legendary guitar player from Louisiana is also back with the new record. Also in Louisiana, we check out a new singer songwriter here at the Little Lighthouse, Johnny Sansone. Other new names in today’s show are Mesa Cosa, a Mexican/Australian band and Tough Age from Vancouver CA. Finally, we check out a new song by Kelley Mickwee, out of Austin, recorded live in Cleveland.

Anastasia Screamed – Tornado;
Umreti Fit – Å evrole;
Mesa Cosa – Inocente;
Kelley Mickwee – Hotel Jackson;
Kelley Mickwee – Closer (Live in CLE);
Sonny Landreth – Simcoe Street;
Sonny Landreth – C’est Chaud;
Spooks – Sinister Forces;
Johnny Sansone – Lady On the Levee;
Ricked Wicky – Jargon of Clones;
Giant Sand – Every Now And Then;
Howe Gelb – Every Now And Then;
Christine Perfect – Crazy Bout You Baby (Blues Alphabet);
Count Bishops – Taking It Easy;
Stray – Take A Life;
Tough Age – Guilt.