Today we check American singer-songwriters with the most interesting new releases. Margo Price and Sharon Van Etten collaborate on a new tune. Dawn Landes and Rizo are also collaborating. Annie Keating is back with the new tune and so it Amy Ray. Elizabeth Moen comes from Chicago, Angie Olsen from Ashville, Carter Sampson from Oklahoma, Dawn Riding from California, Abbie Gardner from New Jersey and Bailey Bigger from Memphis. They all have new releases.
Leyla McCalla – Vini We;
Margo Price and Sharon Van Etten – Radio;
Elizabeth Moen – Where’s My Bike;
Freya Josephine Hollick – Nobody’s No Better; Than No One;
Angie Olsen – All the Good Times
Carter Sampson – Gold;
The HawtThrons – On the Way;
Rizo & Dawn Landes – War on Women;
Annie Keating – I’ve Got You;
Dime Box Band – What Went Wrong;
Linda Hoover – 4 + 20;
Amy Ray – From This Room;
Dawn Riding – All the Time;
Fiver – Working Class Coinage;
Erika Lewis – If You Were Mine;
Bailey Bigger – Let’s Call It Love;
Abbie Gardner – See You Again;
Gina Sicilia – One Last Tender Moment.
Roots rock today. We check out new music from Walter Parks, who used to play with Richie Havens in the past. Another new tune comes from The Cold Stares, over in Indiana. Also introducing we have Herman Hitson from Atlanta and Dayna Kurtz from New Orleans. Her project is called Lulu and The Broadsides. Directly from Canada, we introduce Meghan Parnell and Bywater Call. Mark Lanegan’s collaborator Duke Garwood has a new album and so does Brant Bjork. We close the show with one new tune from All Them Witches.
Willie Walker – A Lucky Loser;
Walter Parks and the Unlawful Assembly – Wade In The Water;
The Cold Stares – The Joy;
Little Albert – Blues Asteroid;
Hambone Skinny – Gin Joint Jukin’;
Herman Hitson – Let The Gods Sing;
Bywater Call – Left Behind;
Annie Keating – Boxes;
Dayna Kurtz – That’s a Pretty Good Love;
Duke Garwood – Return to Splendour;
Slink Moss Explosion – Magic of the Stone;
The Murlocs – Wickr Man;
Brant Bjork – Who Do You Love;
All Them Witches – Blacksnake Blues.
Topic today is recent garage rock scene around the globe. We first check in with Thee Isolators from Buffalo New York. Then we have Strange Attractor from Canada. Over in Oxford Mississippi, we hear a title song from Tyler Keith’s new album. Graham Winchester from Memphis has a new tune. Another fertile rock’n’roll ground, Detroit has sprung Popular Creeps with new album out on Big Stir Records. In UK, from London, Jack Cades are back with the new single. Also in UK, we have Liquorice Experiment. We also check out Optic Nerve, a band that was around since the mid 80s but remained virtually unknown until recently. They recorded a very nice album back in 2005 and it finally sees the light of day these days. Today’s show is dedicated to Jerry Lee Lewis who passed away recently.
C.O.F.F.I.N. – City Sun;
Thee Isolators – Crying Eyes;
Strange Attractor – Dog Walker;
S.U.G.A.R. – Heartbreaker;
Dion Lunaton – Too Hard to Love, Too Young to Die;
Tyler Keith – Hell to Pay;
Graham Winchester – Lab Rat;
So Gung Ho – Schoolday’s Over;
Wolfmanhattan Project – H Hour;
Popular Creeps – Black & Blue;
The Jack Cades – Something New;
Ace of Spit – Lonedell Wildflower;
The Downhauls – Convenient Friend;
The Darts – Love Tsunami;
The Optic Nerve – Everyday Sunshine;
The Toxics – Gaffer Tape;
Schizophonice – Turns to Glass;
Little Richard – Keep A Knockin;
Veronica Lewis – Ode to Jerry Lee;
Jerry Lee Lewis – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On;
Jerry Lee Lewis – Lewis Boogie;
The Liquorice Experiment – Novice Pretender.
Today we check out the latest in loosely speaking post wave. We have new singles from the Australian bands R.M.F.C. and Straight Arrows and also French band Frustration and Spitting Image from Reno, Nevada. We check out new album announcements from two Ohio bands, The Drin from Cincinnati and Public Squares from Cleveland. Bass Drum of Death from Oxford, Mississippi has a new album and Eamon McGrath did something outrageous – seven (yes 7!) new albums in just one day. Over in LA, Fernando Perdomo and Michael Collins collaborate as Broken Sound. Today’s show is dedicated to Tom Verlaine, legendary guitarist of Television who passed away on January 28.
Television – Days;
The Drin – Venom;
Bass Drum of Death – Find It;
Bass Drum of Death – Too Cold to Hold;
Spitting Image – Full Sun;
Broken Sound – She Likes Running;
New Brutarians – New Muse;
Eamon McGrath – Tides;
Public Squares – Voices;
Living Stereo – Soul 67;
Eggy – Magic 8 Ball;
Frustration – Winds Of Change;
Tom Verlaine – Mr. Blur;
R.M.F.C. – Access;
Straight Arrows – Fast Product;
Television – Marquee Moon.
My coming out of age decade is the 80s. But we can all safely objectively admit that the best rock music came out between 1965 and 1975. Two of the strongest creators in that period left the planet recently within a week from each other. Legendary guitarist of Yardbirds Jeff Beck and founder of The Byrds David Crosby. Both left an permanent mark in the history of popular music. Beck as a guitarist and Crosby as a vocalist and songwriter. We merely use this sad moment to just take back the clock and listen to some music from the period when rock was truly innovative and fresh. Excuse my US vinyl for the Yardbirds, but that’s how it came out back then in glorious fake “electronically enhanced” stereo.
Byrds – Psychodrama City
Yardbirds – Train Kept A Rolling
Yardbirds – Evil Hearted You
Yardbirds – Shapes of Things
Yardbirds – Over Under Sideways Down
Yardbirds – Jeff’s Boogie
Jeff Beck – Hi Ho Silver Lining
Jeff Beck Group – Blues De Luxe
Jeff Beck Group – Spanish Boots
Jeff Beck Group – Ice Cream Cakes
Beck, Bogert and Appice – Superstition
Byrds – The Airport Song
Byrds – Wait and See
Byrds – Eight Miles High
Byrds – Wild Mountiain Thyme
Byrds – What’s Happening
Byrds – Renaiscance Fair
Byrds – Lady Friend
Byrds – Triad
Byrds – Draft Morning
David Crosby – Get Together.
Welcome to the first regular Lighthouse in 2023! We have new tunes from Trotsky Icepick, Starcrawler, Brower, Speedways and The Routes. Speedways from UK and Brower from New York have exceptionally catchy new tunes. We introduce Pointed Sticks from Canada, Rayland Baxter from Nashville and Varonas from Spain. We also have two tributes. One to Terry Hall, the vocalist of The Specials and leader of Fun Boy Three and the other to Massimo Savic, legendary Yugo rock singer. Both passed away last month.
The Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore;
Dorian Gray – Sjaj u tami;
Trotsky Icepick – Girl You Got to Change;
Petrified Max – The Big W (Happy New Year);
Mick Trouble – Me and the Riddle Tree;
Brower – Where is the Magic;
The Speedways – Secret Secrets;
Deniz Tek – Home;
Fruit Tones – Cream & Sugar;
The Pointed Sticks – Out Of Luck;
The Pointed Sticks – There’s The Door;
Rayland Baxter – Tadpole;
BBQT – JUMPOUTS (single version);
Starcrawler – Thursday;
Varonas – Décadas;
Doctor Explosion – Grises;
The Routes – Lead Lined Clouds;
Fun Boy Three – The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum);
The Specials – Friday Night Saturday Morning;
The Specials – Concrete Jungle.
Contemporary rockers like to go back to the old songs and make covers. It’s been like that since the earliest days of rock’n’roll. Pandemic lockdowns have forced musicians to stay home and pause their tours. In confinement, many found inspiration in old songs. Today’s show is just a mere selection to illustrate this phenomenon. Glam, power pop, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, 60s rock… that’s on our program tonight, but in renewed and refreshed makeovers from today’s artists.
Willie Nelson – With a Little Help from My Friends
The Flashcubes featuring Steve Conte – Gudbuy T’Jane
Bill Lloyd – Let Her Dance
The Jack Cades feat. Frankie Fuzz – For Your Love
The Zack Static Sect – Have You Seen My Baby
The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs – Slow Death
The Loud Family – Rocks Off
Hollis Brown – Stupid Girl
Melvins – Sway
The William Loveday Intention – Hurricane
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Brad Marino – Another Sad and Lonely Night
Mod Fun – Day After Day
Jeff Beck/Johnny Depp – Venus In Furs
Sounds Incarcerated – Porpoise Song
Valerie June – Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home
John Wesley Coleman – Everybody’s Talking
Phosphorescent – To Love Somebody.
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!
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
It’s that time of the year when we draw the line and look back into the past year. Today we review part 1 of my favorite albums in 2022. Today we sample music from the latest albums of A Place To Bury Strangers, Berries, Black Lizard, Momma, The Missed, Tav Falco, Schizophonics, So Gung Ho, David Craven & Jon S Williams, Sisteria, Breanna Barbara, 2nd Grade, The Murlocs, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Sylvia Rose Novak and Julie Christensen.
A Place To Bury Strangers – Broken;
The Berries – Life’s Blood;
Black Lizard – 66Sick;
Momma – Callin Me;
The Missed – The Actor;
Tav Falco – Tony Driver Blues;
Schizophonics – The Alchemist Twist;
So Gung Ho – Unresolved;
David Craven & Jon S Williams – Surrender;
Sisteria – Star Child;
Breanna Barbara – Nothin But True;
2nd Grade – Hands Down;
The Murlocs – Living Under A Rock;
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Gliese 710;
Sylvia Rose Novak – Fight;
Julie Christensen – Gloryland.
All new in roots rock today with Hambone Skinny from Boston, Massachusetts, Annie Keating from Brooklyn, New York, Kai Strauss from Germany, Shawn Pittman from Texas and Duwayne Burnside from Memphis. We also have Peter Slager and Julie Scott together as a part of Spellbound, Dirty Streets from Memphis and Miraculous Mule from London UK. Remember the wonderful old roots rock band Wet Willie? Their frontman Jimmy Hall is back with the new solo record.
Charlie Musselwhite – A Voice Foretold;
Hambone Skinny – Trash Can;
Annie Keating – Lovesick Blues;
Cecil Moore – Diamond Back;
Spellbound – Whisky;
Peter Case – Every 24 Hours;
John Mayall and Scarlet Rivera – Deep Blue Sea;
Dirty Streets – Poison;
Kai Strauss – Night Shift Blues;
Delbert McClinton – Stagger Lee;
Jimmy Hall – Jumpin For Joy;
Shawn Pittman – Maintain;
Jack Broadbent – Baby Blue;
Miraculous Mule – I Know I’ve Been Changed;
Duwayne Burnside – See My Jumper Hanging on the Line;
Nort Mississippi Allstars – Juicy Juice.
Podcast made in Cleveland, Ohio. Syndicated by Prvi Prvi na Skali in Kragujevac, Serbia. Sponsored by Blue Arrow Records and Baby Next.
