We reported earlier this year that Porcupine over in Minneapolis had recruited Greg Norton from Hüsker Dü as a bass player. Their new album is out and there’s a cover of a Hüsker Dü song Standing By The Sea among other really good originals. Tav Falco also has a new record out. Thalia Zedek is very productive this year. After an album with her new band E, there’s also a new one of her own. We introduce Dee Rangers from Sweden, Grip Weeds from New Jersey, Caddy from Norway and Warm Drag, a duet from Los Angeles. We pay a tribute to Tony Joe White who passed away on October 24th this year.
Cowbell – Nothing but Trouble;
Dee Rangers – Gotta Have a Good Time;
The Grip Weeds – Someone;
Husker Du – Standing By the Sea;
Zuzu’s Petals – Standing By The Sea;
Porcupine – Standing By The Sea;
Caddy – Miracle Turn;
Electric Six – (It Gets a Little) Jumpy;
The Gun Club – Fire of Love.ogg
Warm Drag – Cave Crawl;
Tony Joe White – Soul Francisco;
The Fleshtones – Touch and Go;
R. Stevie Moore – Sentimental Ties;
Snooze In Motion – Sound Trigger;
Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe – French Monday Afternoon;
E – Hollow;
Thalia Zedek Band – Tower;
Tav Falco – Sleepwalk;
Rainer and Das Combo – Sleepwalk.
Today we continue listening to the stuff we found on Roadkill records over in UK. We check out Muertos and Sly Persuaders. The Fadeaways over in Japan have a new record. We introduce All-Seeing Eyes, a boogie band from Cincinnati, OH, Gabriella Cohen from Canada, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs from Newcastle, UK and Tommy and the Commies, also from Canada. Gabriella Cohen is also in our Live in Cleveland segment.
We have a new tune from the productive band out in Nashville called All Them Witches. Paul Kelly out in Australia is also back with a new record called Nature. Peter Holsapple has a weird new album, which was recorded back in the 70s as a demo in Memphis at the same time when Alex Chilton was recording Like Flies on Sherbet so his record label decided to combine demos from both works on a single album. Å umski from Zagreb also have a new record and we introduce new names for us Les Lullies, Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe. Out in England we check out stuff out on Roadkill records, Weird Sex and Projector.
The highlight of today’s show is interview with Doris and Matthew Melton of Dream Machine. I decided to inspect their interesting histories. You can find out where they come from, how they got together, what got them to switch from love songs to more abstract themes, what equipment they use to make records and what in the world it all has to do with Yugoslav 70s rock. But that’s the second part of the show. The firs part introduces new music from Sick Thoughts, Bad Sports and Platinum Boys. From Greece, we hear the new tunes of their legendary band The Last Drive. Ty Segall, the most productive rock musician ever just finished yet another album this year and it’s one of those cover albums. Today we check out his cover of Dils’ Class War.
David Nance who made a big splash with a series of very interesting Internet projects and a masterpiece album entitled Do The Negative Boogie is back with the new record which he calls Peaced and Slightly Pulverized. Handsome Jack, over in Buffalo NY is also back with the new album and so is Bim Thomas with Obnox. Electric Six have a new record and so do Death Valley Girls. Matthew Houck leads Phosphorescent to the new release as well. We also introduce the one-man band for Justin Sullivan of Flat Worms, which he calls Night Shop.
Today we have a brand new track from The Flesh Eaters, who reformed in their most notorious line up, featuring Chris D, Steve Berlin, DJ Bonebrake, John Doe, Bill Bateman and Dave Alvin. And it’s a cover of a lesser known Sonics tune! We also have the new tune from Emma DeCorsey of I Am The Polish Army from her new cassette Dream. Clara Engel from Toronto in Canada also has a new album A Shore Far From Any Prison. Clara will be playing live in Cleveland on December 7th at Euclid Tavern and on December 8th at The Whiskey Bar. Emma will be playing at Blue Arrow Records on November 10th at 3pm. Both of them are coming to Cleveland through a booking production of The Little Lighthouse. So that’s something new I’m doing and it would be appreciated if you all come and support the effort. Talking about Blue Arrow Records, new Jonathan Richman record is coming out today on that label and it’s called Sa. It features Jerry Harrison on keyboards, among others. We also introduce Maiorano from Berlin Germany, Michael Head from Liverpool, England and an older record that came on Ill In The Head Records by a Croatian band Gipps. On Numero, there is also a nice reissue compilation entitled Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground. We check it all out today.
Billy F Gibbons from ZZ Top has a new solo record and so does Richard Thompson, the legendary guitarist of Fairport Convention. We also introduce some new names today: Dumb Punts from Melbourne Australia, Brandy from New York City and Ike Reilly from Chicago. Colleen Green is interesting, she released several cassette tapes in the past few years over in Los Angeles. As a loving tribute to John Wicks who passed away on October 7th, we play two songs by The Records. War on Women are live in Cleveland.
Today we are saying goodbye to one of the greatest sound engineers in the world for rock’n’roll. Geoff Emerick passed away last week at the age of 72. We listen to some the music he recorded, but we also check out a good dose of new stuff. Alejandro Escovedo teamed up with Don Antonio Gramentieri from Sacri Cuori on a new album and Peter Perrett of The Only Ones is somewhere out there to help as well. Paul Collins of The Beat is back with the new record as well. Aaron Lee Tasjan, man from the heart of Ohio with a stellar biography of collaborations with Kevn Kinney and New York Dolls is also back with the new album. We introduce a retro band from California, The Sound Reasons, Luke Tuchscherer from UK via New York City, buddies of Paul Weller over in UK, Stone Foundation and the new singer songwriter Curtis Roush.
Raul Rudolph of the Pink Fairies still pushes on with the band, so we check out their new album. Instrumentalist from Memphis TN, Impala, are also back with a new album in almost 20 years. We introduce Thee Dagger Debs from UK, Echotest from Italy, Big Bite from Seattle and Velveteen Rabbit from New York City on Hozac Records. We pay a tribute to Johnny Strike, legendary frontman of Crime, who passed away on September 9th this year.
Donnie Fritts recorded a new tribute to the late and great singer songwriter Arthur Alexander, and we sample in in this episode. Our pals, Plastic Pals from Sweden are also back with the new single. Walter Lure who used to be one of Johnny Thunders’ Heartbreakers is back with his band The Waldos. We also introduce The Peawees from Italy, Record Company from Los Angeles, Vines from Sydney Australia, and Subsonics from Atlanta, GA.