We bring you some cool new stuff. Daughter of Howe Gelb and Paula Jean Brown (of the original Giant Sand line up), has a great band called Patsy’s Rats. Impulsive Hearts from Chicago are also fronted by a lady: Danielle Sines. Miriam Linna of Norton Records has made another new album this year Down Today. We also introduce Green Hornet from Netherlands and Sloming Moops from Zagreb, Croatia. Also from there, Thee Melomen have a new single. Peter Buck of REM is back with a nice solo record. An interesting tribute came out recently in Tucson AZ for Rainer Ptacek.
Mott The Hoople – Backsliding Fearlessly;
Green Hornet – Let It Go;
Dead Ghosts – Good Love (Is Not Free);
Miriam – So You Say You Lost Your Baby;
Miriam – I Keep Falling In Love;
Impulsive Hearts – MDB;
Rickie Lee Jones – Hunted (Live in CLE);
Peter Buck – I Hate My Life and the Way I Live;
Billy Sedlmayr – Here I Am;
Rainer – Here I Am;
Giant Sand – House in Order;
Patsy’s Rats – Rock & Roll Friend;
Thee Melomen – Chinatown;
Sloming Moops – JF Killer;
Television – See No Evil;
Jesse Winchester – She Makes It Easy Now;
Los Lobos – When We Were Free.
Secret star of this episode is Neil Young. Two of his songs recently saw inspiring covers. Kent State murders are having a 45 year anniversary this year. Neil wrote a song about the event and this year, Cleveland band Obnox recorded a cover. A totally different sounding Colleen Rennison’s new album is named after a Neil Young song See The Sky About To Rain from On The Beach. King Khan is very active these days. After his album with Gris Gris, he reunited with Mark Sultan in a new duet Bad News Boys. We also have Miriam Linna, once a member of Cramps and nowadays boss of Norton Records. She’s back into the “business” as a performer and has a solo album Nobody’s Baby. Howlin’ Rain led by Ethan Miller also has a new album Mansion Songs.