Tag Archives: Helicon

Flashlite #865

International psych update today with new music from Palooka 5 and Brian Pills from UK, Kombynat Robotron from Germany, Atom Juice from Poland, ORB from Melbourne AU, Color Green from LA. We also check out Noman Potter’s work out of Austin who collaborated with Population II form Canada and Yoo Doo Right. Friends of this show, Davit Crave3n and Jon S Williams who we used to know as City of Cool are back with a new album Soup. Helicon made new music using lesser known solo tracks from the legendary Rolling Stone Brian Jones. We check it out today!

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Eloy – Daybreak
Palooka 5 – Born In Berlin
Kombynat Robotron – Morast
Electric Citizen – Other Planets
Population II, Yoo Doo Right, Nolan Potter – La Perla
Nolan Potter – Commander of the Clowns
Japanese Television – Tabadaboum
Atom Juice – Hercules
O.R.B – End Times
Daiistar – Star Starter
Helicon & Brian Jones – Train Station Scene, Sitar
Color Green – Ball And Key
Goat – Golden Dawn
Brian Pills – Waste A Day
David Craven and Jon S Williams – Watching the clock – Copy
Hedvig Mollestad – Golden Griffin

Flashlite #838

Cool update today with new music from Helicon in Glasgow, Atlantic Thrills from Rode Island and Kelley Stoltz from San Francisco. We introduce Crows from UK, Jealous Yellow from Seattle, The Green Child from Australia, Dry Erase from Germany, Ekko Astral from Washington DC, 1186 from Bogota and finally Suitor – from Cleveland!

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Pas De Deux – Rendez-Vous
Crows – Bored
Helicon – Higher
Prison Affair – Masturbation
ORB – Can’t Do That
Jealous Yellow – Dirty Hand
Atlantic Thrills – Bone Rattle – 01 Bone Rattle
Bad Moves – A Drowning Confession
The Green Child – The Lawn
Dry Erase – The Acquisition
The Rebel Set – Fool’s Army
Velociraptor – Drag Me Under
Peace De Résistance – Fast Money
Ekko Astral – On Brand
Kelley Stoltz – Turning Into You
Can – Turtles Have Short Legs
NEU! – After Eight
Suitor – Prize Horse
1186 – Histeria
Radar Men From The Moon – Confusion

Flashlite #746

Night Beats

Today we check out the new tunes from Golden Hours (Berlin Germany), Black Delta Movement (London UK), Helicon (Glasgow UK), Texas hopefuls Night Beats, Japanese noisemakers with the long name Acid Mothers Temple and The Melding Paraiso UFO, Edena Gardens from Denmark and another UK veteran Icarus Peel (formerly in Honey Pot). Also new, from Vegas, The Laissez Fairs. In the last block of today’s show, we pay a tribute to Pete Brown, a UK poet who wrote lyrics for Cream.

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Jackie DeShannon – Sunshine of Your Love
Golden Hours – Run Man Run
The Black Delta Movemnt – Fourth Pass Over The Graveyard
Helicon – Too Much Is Not Enough
Helicon – Flume
Night Beats – Hot Ghee
The Laissez Fairs – Sensation
The Laissez Fairs – Upon The Wall
Acid Mothers Temple And The Melting Paraiso UFO – Cometary Orbital Drive
Dommengang – Myth Time
Edena Gardens – Dreich
Icarus Peel – Loki Laughs Last
Cream – White Room
Cream – Sunshine Of Your Love
David Craven and Jon S Williams – Nipaluna

Flashlite #694

Jillian Raye of 3rd Secret

Today we start off with the 80s garage and college circuit legends Fuzztones who have a new album. Then we check out 3rd Secret, which is really a collaboration between Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and Jillian Raye who already collaborated on two albums as Giants In The Trees. From London, we check out Japanese Television and from Japan we check out Dhidalah. Satellites is a very interesting concept from Israel that pays a homage to the great Anatolian rock music from the 70s. Helicon from Glasgow are back with the new EP and we also check out a new track from Clara Engel over in Toronto.

The Fuzztones – Nine Month Later;
The Fuzztones – Marble Hall;
3rd Secret – I Choose Me;
Giants In The Trees – System Slave;
Japanese Television – Snake Shake;
Satellites – Yagmur Yagar Tas Üstüne;
The Id – The Rake;
Baris Manco – Mozart;
Lamp of the Universe – Return as Light;
Dhidalah – Invader Summer;
Helicon – Freakquency;
Electric Eye – The Sleeping Sharks;
Strange Attractor – Gaia;
Clara Engel – Cryptid Bop.

Flashlite #573

Neo Psychedelic Scene

The past decade has seen the revival of psychedelic music scene. Two main representatives are King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard and Thee Oh Sees. These bands, and many other bands, fill arenas around the world. The new music has so little chord changes, that it might just be all one chord for an entire hour today. In today’s show, we explore some of the new music that comes from that scene, including the latest albums by Karkara from France, Ghost Funk Orchestra from New York, Dhidalah from Japan, Eerie Family from Texas, Helicon from London and Plastic Crimewave Syndicate from Chicago. Remember what the dormouse said? Feed your head…

Karkara – Proxima Centaury;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Slow Down;
Ghost Funk Orchestra – Kaddis;
Oh Sees – The Experimenter;
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Billabong Valley;
Dhidalah – Jovian Sky;
Eerie Family – Dead Stars Still Shine On Us Tonight;
Helicon – Sound Of Confession;
Plastic Crimewave Syndicate – The Gwardjal.