Today we play some albums that we liked very much in 2024 here at The Little Lighthouse. This year, I just list them without any particular valorization. But we have some good tunes from Motorpsycho, Guadalupe Plata, The Hypos, Omni, Zerodent, Makki Jones, Sara Pettite, Corey Ledet, Colin Cutler, David Nance, Ty Segall, Charles Moothart, Osees, J Mascis, Rosali, Lydia Loveless, Ann Savoy and Doris Melton. Tune in next week for a few more!
Motorpsycho – This is Your Captain
Guadalupe Plata – Zapateado
The Hypos – Badway
Omni – INTL Waters
Zerodent – Better Believe Me
Makki Jones – Everything’s Connected
Sara Petite – Le Petit Saboteur
Corey Ledet – Mo Gin In Ta Lamou
Colin Cutler – New Tattoo
David Nance – Mock The Hours
Ty Segall – To You
Charles Moothart – One Wish
Osees – The Neo Clone
J Mascis – Old Friend
Rosali – Slow Pain
Lydia Loveless – Toothache
Ann Savoy – Cajun Love Song
Doris Melton – Getting It Even Pt 1
A good chunk of today’s show is filled with power-pop tunes. We start off with The Akibas new single. This band is important for the history of our show as it was the first band tune ever played at The Little Lighthouse. The we go on to Terry and Louie, surviving duet from The Exploding Hearts and their new single. Galileo 7 from Medway also has a new single. We also introduce Dot Dash from Washington DC and Belltowers from Orlando. Guadalupe Plata with their dusty rock’n’roll return with a new record without any title. And finally, we hear The Z-Boy, an awesome new surf rock, instrumental band from Rhode Island that I saw playing live in Newport, out of a pure coincidence. The best things happen when you’re least expecting them.
Unfortunately, we say goodbye to two great people who influenced rock’n’roll greatly. Alvin Lee from Ten Years After left us on March 6th and George Shadow Morton, producer of the Shangri-Las left us on February 14th. But, we also have a survival story. You probably already heard that Slim Dunlap, the guitar player of The Replacements suffered a stroke last year and he survived it. Although the recovery is slow and expensive, he is holding tight. His old bandmates decided to have a small reunion and make an EP which would directly help Dunlap with the recovery costs. The limited edition EP auction did very well and and now it is scheduled for the regular release as a download and a sound carrier. We hear one of the songs from this record today. We also have one new name today for us, her name is Fredda and she’s from France, but with ties in Tucson AZ. She will be a part of Vacilando 68 promotional campaign this year at SXSW. Another new name is The Go from Detroit. They nurture the retro 60s sound. Guadalupe Plata are also back with the new record and Derek Deprator is also back with a very nice instrumental tune. Probably the most exciting new thing today is King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard with their western conceptual record called Eyes Like The Sky, narrated by Broderick Smith of The Dingoes.