Radio What Wave Playlist December 10th 2015
All female led combos tonite as we do our commemoration for the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre that happened in 1989.
1. The Johnnys.....Motorcycle Mama....from their 3rd CD, Rock from 2013. Toronto via North West Territories and led by the leather clad 6 foot tall Veronica Johnny! We've had Veronica on for an interview a couple of years back, probably around the time this CD was released.
2. American Flamewhip....Show Me...from the Winnipeg Riot CD compilation on Dionysus Records and features Joanne Rodriguez on vocals/guitars. Compiled by our fave Winnipeg artist Darren Merinuk, watch out for his next compilation coming out very soon!
3. Angry Dragons....Girlfriend....from their only 7" on Transistor 66 Records and also from Winnipeg and also featuring Joanne Rodriguez on vocals/guitars.
4. 24th Street Wailers....Spitfire....from their recent Where Evil Grows CD. From Toronto but constantly on tour across North America, this combo features Lindsay Beaver on vocals and drums.
5. Twin Fin....Let's Get Drinkin'....from a soon to be released CD, as in the CD release party is set for Dec 19th at Call The Office. Local combo featuring Dana Hartman on the vocals.
6. Chica Boom Boom....Just Like Me....from the recent Transistor 66 100th Release download. Winnipeg combo that again features Joanne Rodriguez.
7. Vibrating Beds....Baby Tell Me....from their only 7" on Transistor 66 Records and came out in 2010. Features Jenna Diubaldo on vocals and guitars.
8. Detroit Cobras....Cha Cha Twist....from their Mink Rat Or Rabbit Lp on SFTRI. No date, but would guess late 90's as they played at Call The Office in 2002. Feature Rachel Nagy on vocals.
9. Big Maybelle....Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On....from the double OKEH Sessions LP This particular session is from 1955 and pre-dates Jerry Lee Lewis' hit version of the song.
10. Ellen McIlwaine....Higher Ground....from The Real Ellen McIlwaine LP from 1975. She got her start in the NYC coffee houses playing blues and even playing with Jimi Hendrix, then came up to Toronto where she stayed for many years. Used to play at places like The Firehall here in London and now lives out west, rarely playing live.
11. Betty Harris....Ride Your Pony....from a compilation called Soul Cellar. An Allen Toussaint cover, we played a version of this tune a few weeks back by The Fleshtones.
12. Aretha Franklin....Satisfaction....from Aretha Arrives....her second LP on Atlantic from 1967.
13. Lost Patrol....Pushin' Too Hard....from a cassette called Rarities 1986-1991. Lost Patrol were from Windsor Ontario but played London many times over their career, and this particular song was recorded at Dan Brodbeck's London studio when it was still in his parent's house. Lost Patrol released many cassettes, records and appeared on many What Wave releases and featured the vocals of Karen Marrero.
14. The Zellots....Soldiers....from Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that came with What What zine 24 (available at Village Idiot). The Zellots were a local combo from the late 70's that lasted until the early 80's and were a band that coulda and shoulda but didn't. Their full story is in a zine called Mongrel Zine out of Vancouver.
15. Tyranna....Back Off Baby....from a 7" on Boppa Do Down Records. Late 70's Toronto based combo that have since released an LP of just about everything they ever recorded. Featured Vera Skye on vocals.
16. Living Deadbeats....Lost...from their only self released LP. Vancouver based combo featuring Lindsay on lead vocals. London connection in Peter Gripp on bass.
17. White Lung...Sleep Creep....from their first LP It's The Evil. Vancouver based punk combo featuring Mish on lead vocals and facial contortions.
18. Bush Tetras....Too Many Creeps....from a 1980 7" on 99 Records.....NYC based funk/dance/postpunk combo that released several records and cassettes, all worth checking out.
19. Delta 5....Mind Your Own Business....from Singles and Sessions 1979-81 CD. UK postpunk/funk political/feminist band that was fairly influential in the big picture.
20. Venus Fly Trap One Girl Band....Mean Old Negro Nudist....from a download and from France. Like the band name suggests, one person band that defies all musical conventions.
21. The Shangri-Las....Sophisticated Boom Boom....from a Greatest Hits CD....Mid 60's girl group that was supposedly influential in the sound of the NYDolls....just a Killer song!!!
22. The Whyte Boots....Nightmare....from Girls In The Garage Volume 2, mid 60's girl garage groups. Just listen to the song, that sums it up perfectly!
23. Palmyra Delran....Baby Should Have Known Better....from Volume 8 of Little Steven's Underground Garage Presents The Coolest Songs In The World. Palmyra was in the all female combo The Friggs and did several projects with Ben Vaughn and presently has her own radio show on Sirius Radio. Check it out if you are able, i'm sure it's cool!
24. Vancougar....Mine First....from the Losin' It CD on Scratch Recordings from Vancouver 2006. An all female combo from Vancouver and they win the prize for the best band name ever!! There's a new release coming out in the new year, probably on Mint Records, their home for the last few.
25. Young Fast and Scientific.....You Told Me....demo from a local combo from the early 90's and appeared on a What Wave release. Features former Hippie Kelly Mulvey on vocals.
26. Patti Smith.... Ask The Angels....from Radio Ethiopia.....had to fade this as we ran outta time but certainly not tunes.
Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!! All greatly appreciated!!! Hope you enjoyed the show and had as much fun as I did putting this one together! There were so many more bands that I wanted to include, but time restraints won out!
Next week, it's all Xmas tunes.....get your requests in now!!
Here's a link to to the archived show:
https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave