A lot of new names for us this time. We start off with Jon McKiel of Canada. We also introduce Bonny Doon from Detroit, Cory Branan from Mississippi and Beth Bombara from St. Louis. Rob Clarke and his Wooltones sent us their brand new single, Hills from Sweden are here with the new record and Jeff Beck’s singer Imelda May has a new solo record. CJ Ramone, a man who once replaced Dee Dee Ramone in the Ramones has a solo album with The Adolescents as a backing band.
Rachel Haden – 12 Monkeys;
Jon McKiel – Unknown Source;
CJ Ramone – Let’s Go;
Ramones – Scattergun;
Bonny Doon – Lost My Way;
Hills – Master Sleeps;
Frank Zappa – Trouble Every Day;
Cream – Tales Of Brave Ulysses;
The Cairo Gang – That’s When It’s Over;
Rob Clarke And The Wooltones – Jump In My Igloo;
Cory Branan – Imogene;
John Wesley Coleman III – Bad Lady Goes To Jail (Live in CLE);
The Modulators – Take a Chance (Demo);
The Boys – You Make Me Shake;
Imelda May – Should’ve Been You;
Beth Bombara – I Tried (Too Late);
Rob Clarke And The Wooltones – Shilling For The Gas.
Today we start of with some bands that used to be big in the 80s: Jesus and Mary Chain and Depeche Mode. Dave Gahan seems to be inspired a lot by the sounds he created with the Soulsavers a few years ago. Todd Rundgren is also back and his new single is a collaboration with Swedish dance artists Robyn. Automatic City from France sent us their new cover of Chuck Berry’s Havana Moon. We introduce two new bands from England, Mulholland from York and Mark and The Clouds from London. Zagreb’s Trobecove Krusne Peci are back with a live album recorded at the Club Kocka. Speaking of live albums and clubs, there’s a new various artists deal called Start Your Own Fucking Show Space, which pays a tribute to a club in Brooklyn called Death by Audio. Also, live in Cleveland, Kevin Gordon plays his new tune.
Today we start off with the recently reunited Australian 80s band Ratcat. Then we check out Sweet Apple covering April Wine, just as they are preparing the new album Sing The Night in Sorrow, which is due this Summer (but you know how those things always get delayed…). NE-HI are a new band from Chicago and Samantha Fish is hailing from Kansas City with her cigar box guitar. Arbouretum are back with the new record and so is Rodney Crowell. Emmett Kelly of The Cairo Gang is back with the new record, as a result of collaboration with Ty Segall. Jaye Jayle is a new name for us from Louisville, KY!
Today we celebrate life and times of the great Chuck Berry! We lost him last weekend. I think he is basically the reason we have rock’n’roll today. If you hear some new band and you can’t hear Chuck Berry in their sound, at least a little bit, then it’s not rock’n’roll. All the greats were immensely influenced by Chuck. His guitar riff is the very fiber of the rock’n’roll fabric. He turned lyrics into poetry. He made rock’n’roll art and he was the first one to do it. We will hear a bunch of covers of Chuck’s greatest songs from a wild variety of artists today in his honor. Rest in peace, master!
Today, we bring you back All Them Witches from Nashville, legendary Godfathers from UK, John Wesley Coleman III from Austin TX and Afterhours from Italy. New names are Mind Meld from LA, California Camp Koala from Budapest, Hungary.
Today we introduce Audacity and Midnite Snaxxx from California and Century Palm and Career Suicide from Toronto. Buzz Osborne from Melvins and Teri from The Butcherettes have a new band together called Crystal Fairy. Old 97s are back with the new record too. We also introduce a new singer songwriter Brad Armstrong.
Today we hear the new music from Bernays Propaganda (actually and old live recording that just came out on their bandcamp page), Hills from Sweden, Winstons from Italy, and The Intended from Detroit. Duke Garwood is a guitarist and a former collaborator of Mark Lanegan on their Black Pudding project. Fancey is a new band from Todd Fancey from The New Pornographers.
Of all the new bands today, only one returns. It’s The Sadies with their new album Northern Passages. All other stuff are new introductions. King Salami and The Cumberland Three are London immigrants from the Carribean, France, Japan and Spain. The Masonics are a trio from Medway and it does have that good Medway sound. Molochs are a duet from California and Bremen Riot are from Austin, TX. Country tinged Candles come from New York City.
Today we pay a tribute to Pete Overend Watts, bass player of Mott The Hoople who passed away from throat cancer on January 22 this year. His old buddy from the band, Ian Hunter, is going strong, with a new record and we check it out today. We also sample the new Chuck Prophet’s new album loosely based on the mysterious death of Bobby Fuller. We introduce Dexateens from Alabama, Last Night and Automatic City from France, Grumbling Fur from London UK and Rank Strangers from Minneapolis.
Ty Segall is back with the new record and so is Mark Sultan. Other than those two fantastic comebacks, we have a few new introductions. Sex Organs are two people dressed as – you guessed it – male and female sex organs costumes. Becky Warren is a new singer-songwriter from Nashville. TOY are a quartet from England and Charlie Faye and the Fayettes are three ladies. Besides Charlie, BettySoo is also there as well as Akina Adderley. Finally, Jason Simon from Old Testament is here with his first solo album. We also hear Stray Trolleys that were active back in 1982 with some cassettes, now available digitally.