Radio What Wave Playlist February 3^rd 2017

 

Back after a week off and this show was on the 58^th anniversary of the day the music died. Coincidentally, the man who lost (won?) the infamous coin toss with Ritchie Valens, Tommy Allsup passed away a couple weeks prior to this show. Also had to mention Overend Watts, John Wetton and Robert Dalhquist (guitar for The Hellacopters) also passed away…

 

1. The Mongrels….All Systems Go….from a 2013 demo and The Mongrels are back at The Richmond Hotel on Sunday Feb 5^th from 3 to 6 for yet another Rock’n’Roll Rent Party.

 

1. UIC….Crop Dusting….recorded live at Call The Office 3/16/1985 and goes out to Brian Calvert, AKA Brian the Math Teacher who used to be at many gigs around town back in the early 80’s. Brian would always be yelling and dancing up a storm and I think that’s him yelling in the crowd during this song.

 

1. UIC….Heartache….from the Wiseman Sessions LP on Yeah Right Records and UIC are coming back to London on Saturday April 8^th.

 

1. The Sadies…..The Black Sheep….from the Tales Of The Rat Fink CD and summarizes Brian The Math Teacher.

 

1. Flying Squad….Health Food….recorded live at Call The Office 6/18/2005 as part of the Boot To The Head show….30^th anniversary of the closing of the Cedar Lounge.  2 members of Flying Squad are in 44i who play Saturday night at Soho Bar And Grill along with THE.

 

1. 10 Heads On 10…..Safe Canadian Home….recorded live at The Dawghouse 11/26/2016 and they have a gig coming up at Soho on Saturday Feb 11^th.

 

1. Alarm Cat….Notches…..from a brand new demo from this local combo who’s live to air I caught on It’s Trash a couple weeks back.

 

1. Noble Savages…..Who Are The Mystery Girls….brand new demo from this Hamilton combo who are releasing a CD on Transistor 66 Records in the near future.

 

1. 63 Monroe…..Hijack Victim….recorded live at The Dawghouse 11/26/2016 and they have a gig in their altered ego of Stunning on Saturday Feb 11^th at the Eastside here in London. Big Thanx to John Gardi (who has an early Monday morning show here on CHRW) for recording this gig at The Dawghouse.

 

1. Ritchie Valens…..Let’s Go…..from a Greatest Hits LP and it was 58 years ago today the infamous plane crash in Clear Lake Iowa.

 

1. Ritchie Valens…..Fast Freight…..as above and a great guitar instro. Ritchie was still a teenager when he passed, nowhere near the star he would have become.

 

1. Buddy Holly…..It’s So Easy….from the Buddy Holly Rocks LP and from 1958. Tommy Allsup provides the searing lead guitar on this one, and Tommy lost (won?) the coin toss but passed away a couple weeks back. Tommy had a lifelong musical career working with just about everyone in the business. Buddy Holly played the old London Arena 4/10/1958 along with Chuck Berry (who returned several times to London) and many others.

 

1. Buddy Holly…..Down The Line….as above, but from 1955 and goes out to Tommy Black Hole Hilborn who has an art show happening at the Westland Gallery here in London.

 

1. Big Bopper…..Chantilly Lace….from the original single.

 

1. Coaching For Sara…..Look Around….from their only CD and next week, we’re doing a live to air with Coaching For Sara!! This one’s been in the works for what seems like ages!

 

1. TVD….I’d Kiss You Honey But You’re Standing On My Bottom Lip…..from the Salvation Through Distraction CD from this local combo.

 

1. Mott The Hoople….All The Way From Memphis….from the Mott LP from 1973 and goes out to Overend Watts who passed away last week.

 

1. Mott The Hoope…..All The Young Dudes….from the LP of the same name from 1972 and this was the song David Bowie wrote for the band and brought them back to life.

 

1. The Thing From Outer Space…..Pipeline…..live recording from the Dawghouse 11/26/2016.

 

1. Dex Romweber….Nightide….from the recent Carrboro CD on Bloodshot Records. Dex is heading to This Ain’t Hollywood in June to open for Rev Horton Heat and Agent Orange.

 

1. The Youngsters…..I Wanna Be Your Man….from the compilation CD Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas CD and from 1969.

 

1. Chrome Reverse….Teenagers….from the brand new They Wanna Fight LP on Mag Wheels Records and out of Paris France.

 

1. Chrome Reverse…..I Smell A Rat…. As above.

 

1. The Cramps….The Way I Walk….from a 7” and February 4^th is the anniversary of Lux’s passing….2009.

 

1. The Cramps…..Domino….. as above and for Lux.

 

1. Hiroshima Hearts…..4 Steps Down….from their recent Bones EP and we were joined by HH’s lovely lead vocalist Jenn Marino to talk about all things Hiroshima Hearts. And man, there was a lot of things happening in 2016 as Jenn explained and a lot more about to happen! Including the soon to be released 7” record that they just got the test pressings for today!! Jenn hadn’t even seen the picture of the record on facebook yet!!

 

1. Hiroshima Hearts…..The Well….from their debut CD from 2015.

 

1. Hiroshima Hearts…..Spend Your Money….from the Bones EP.

 

1. Hiroshima Hearts….14 Floors….from their debut CD.

 

1. Tuns….Back Among Friends….from their debut LP from last year.

 

1. Badfinger….Baby Blue…..from their Greatest Hits CD and had to cut this short as we’d run out of time.

 

Huge Thanx to Jenn Marino for taking the time from her busy schedule (the band was doing a gig at Grinning Gator the eve of this show) to talk about all things Hiroshima Hearts! And thanx for all the phone calls, emails and facebook messages and the crazy Heys from listeners all over the place!!!

 

Next week, we’ve got a live to air with local power pop combo Coaching For Sara!!

 

Here’s a link to the archived show:

 

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist January 20/2017

 

1. The Gruesomes…..What Wave…..from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood from 1989 and goes out to Gruesome drummer John Jedd Knoll who celebrated a birthday yesterday.
2. Bath Salts….Cool Like The Music….from their recent Mardi Gras CD and from London Ontario.
3. The Only Ones…..Another Girl Another Planet….from the 1979 LP Special View, a Canadian release which collected tracks from their previous UK only releases. This goes out to drummer Mike Kellie who passed away this week. Mike also drummed for Spooky Tooth and many others in a long musical career.  One of my fave songs.
4. Elvis Costello….Radio Radio….from the LP This Year’s Model from 1978,
5. The Rolling Stones….Live With Me…..from the Mono Box Set and on the Let It Bleed CD from 1969.
6. Psychedelic Furs….Pulse….from their 1980 self titled LP. Remember when they played at the Cedar Lounge October 1980, and the next band opened….
7. The Zellots….Blades….from their 1981 Peter Moore produced demo. Peter has gone on to win a Grammy at last year’s gala…this recording is from his tenure at Fanshawe College here in London.
8. Light Bulb Alley…..I Only Got 2 Feet….from the Bright Side Of The Dumpster CD that we finally have in the CHRW library….filed under punk/metal for some odd reason.
9. Hook Up….Cruel Sound Of Love….from their soon to be released on Transisto 66 Records. And speaking of T66, watch out for the new Noble Savages CD also to be released on T66.
10. Pussycat and the Dirty Johnsons….Livin’ With Mum And Dad….from their brand new release on Dirty Water Records out of the UK.
11. Never Betters…..Gold Stars…from their recent Bitchin’ download.
12. X …..Adult Books….from the Dangerhouse compilation.
13. The Secrets….Teenage Rampage….from the OPM CD of the same name and goes out to singer Freddy Pompeii who needs our help now. He’s in a hospital in Philadelphia, where he lives. There’s a benefit happening on Sunday February 5^th at the Garrison in Toronto with loads of cool bands playing.
14. The Scenics….Oh Boy….from their Sunshine World CD and recorded back in 1977. Toronto based, The Scenics used to share gigs with The Demics, each getting gigs in their respective home towns for the other. 
15. Teenage Head….Picture My Face….recorded live at The Spoke and Rim Tavern at Western University 2/18/1981. It was broadcast over the airwaves by CHRW live, (swearing and all) and I taped it on my cassette deck live at the time….only Western students and guests were able to go to this event, of which I was neither.
16. The Government….Flat Tire….from their 1979 Ep and from Toronto.  After Teenage Head finished their above gig, their truck had 4 flat tires. Rumour has it that pointed sticks were involved in the flattening of the tires. There was an opening band for Teenage Head at The Spoke, they were from Vancouver and were a powerpop band that released many records, including one in the UK. They weren’t happy with how much stage space they were given.
17. Death Drive…..Firestar….brand new demo from this Montreal combo. Drummer Ockert Greef celebrated a birthday yesterday and this is for him!
18. The Lamplighters…..I’m Coming Home….from the Do The Ox Cd that arrived via mail yesterday, almost 2 months after leaving Australia. This release is from 2012 and they have a brand new record on the verge of being released. They took their name from a chain of Inns here in Canada, so a Canadian tour is definitely required! I’ve offered to let the band stay in our record room while here in London.
19. The Lamplighters…..1 2 4…. As above.
20. The Mongrels…..Piece Of Crap….from their demos from 2013. Thanx to drummer Carlo for phoning in to thank me for playing a Piece Of Crap!!   LOL
21. Florida Razors….New York’s Screamin’….from the Half A Rock’n’Roll Record from the early 80’s This is a Tom Wilson project, Tom later formed Junkhouse, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings and Lee Harvey Osmond among others. We caught Lee Harvey a couple months back and they put on an Excellent show at the Aeolian Hall here in London.
22. Florida Razors….American Girl….from the Beat Music Lp from 1986. Florida Razors played London many times to appreciative crowds!
23. Dustaphonics….Sounds Groove….from the recent Johnny and Bo CD on Dirty Water Records out of the UK.
24. 24^th Street Wailers….Groove….brand new demo the band sent us this week.  The Wailers are originally from Toronto and currently based in Austin Texas. They travel all across North America and put on Great live shows!!
25. Etta James….Tough Lover….from a Greatest Hits CD and from 1956.
26. Nick Curran…..Reform School Girl….from the Reform School Girl CD from 2010. Nick had never reached his full potential and this CD was his last official release, as he passed a couple years back…..Way too soon as he was just a youngster. Fuck Cancer!
27. Arthur Alexander…..The Girl That Radiates The Charm….from A Shot Of Rhythm And Soul Lp on Ace Records from 1985. This particular recording is from 1960, before he went on to become one of the very first artists recorded at Muscle Shoals in its formative days. Arthur wrote a couple of songs that were recorded by The Beatles and Rolling Stones. And this particular track, sounds like it came from outer space!! Teenage Head recorded a version on their Electric Guitars LP in the mid 80’s.
28. The Stents….Take This Little Heart….from their Invisible Sounds CD on KOTJ records.
29. Birds Of Paradise…..Beehive State…..recent release on Hidden Volume Records and this combo is from Montreal and features Roy Vucino.
30. Rebel Set….Thorn In My Side….brand new 7” on Hidden Volume Records and from Phoenix.
31. Dave Rave Conspiracy…..Weight Of The World…from 1990 and on the Anthology Volume 1 CD.
32. The Tuns…. Mind Over Matter…from their recent self titled debut LP.  Every track on this LP is pure power pop with loads of background and multi part harmonies. Sticks in your head whether you want it to or not.
33. Coaching For Sara…..These People….from their debut CD from last year and from London Ontario. CFS will be doing a live to air on February 10^th on Radio What Wave!
34. Bow Wow Wow….Louis Quatorze…..from The Last Of The Mohicans 12” from 1982. Features a picture of lead singer Annabella Lwin on the front cover naked. Nothing was showing, but there was a major controversy over this, as Annabella was only 14 or 15 at the time! Malcolm McLaren was responsible for this….same guy that ruined the NYDolls but made a mint with his next creation, The Sex Pistols.
35. Bow Wow Wow…..Mile High Club…..as above and we had to fade this as we ran outta time but not tunes.

 

 

Big Thanx for all the phone calls !!!  And for all the emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! That’s what makes it all worthwhile.

 

No show next week due to other commitments, back on February 3^rd with some or all of the Hiroshima Hearts as they have a gig at Grinning Gator that night.   February 10^th we’ve got Coaching For Sara coming in to do a live to air performance!

We’ll be at the Collectible Show on Sunday January 29^th selling some records, CD’s, comics, magazines etc etc….come say Hey!

 

Here’s a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/london-indie-underground

Radio What Wave Playlist Friday January 13/2017

 

1. The Gruesomes…..What Wave….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood LP 1989.
2. The Smugglers…..Alan Thicke…..from the In The Hall Of Fame CD from 1992. For Alan Thicke who passed away a month ago and to commemorate the one time reunion of The Smugglers for the Gilman St Reunion party on the weekend.  But The Smugglers if you want them to do another reunion show…
3. Pacanomad….Coming Out…from the brand new Take It Slow CD. From London and one of the few soul styled combos around this area.
4. Marcellus Wallace….Everything Is Alright….from their self titled CD from around 2 years ago. London funk/soul combo presently on hiatus. Got to see them open up for Barrence Whitfield and The Savages a while back, and they tore the house down!
5. Dustaphonics…..You Don’t Love Me Anymore…from the recent Johnny and Bo release on Dirty Water Records out of the UK.
6. Short Pants Romance…..Heat Wave….from a demo they sent us back in 2008 and from Montreal.
7. The Thing From Outer Space….Ghost Hop….from their recent CD release and they are playing at the Soho tonight here in London….formerly the Victoria Tavern.
8. Uranus….Chinese Soup…..from their 1980 LP and meant to play Secret Agent Man. From London and you can read their full story on the CHRW Radio homepage….London band makes the top 10 on AM radio across Canada in 1980!
9. Blue Demons….Cougar Country….from their blue vinyl 7” on Boppa Do Down Records out of Toronto.
10. Huevos Rancheros…White Out In Wyoming….from a 7” on Get Hip Records from 1994 and from Calgary.
11. The Thing From Outer Space….Mr Moto….as above and used this to close our little instro set.
12. The Dahlmanns….Tear Me Apart….from a recent 7” on Beluga Records and from Norway.
13. The Tuns….Mixed Messages….from their recent self titled debut LP and a super group as there’s a Sloan and a Flashing Light involved in this 3 piece. Caught them live at Call The Office in the fall and one of the best shows I’ve seen recently!! Power pop with tight background vocal harmonies.
14. Blasting Fondas….Saddest Excuse…..from a recent Beluga single and from Sweden.
15. B Sides…..Underground Radio Star/ She’s A Raver….from a 1980 7” and from Vancouver. URS sums up just about every combo that gets played on Radio WW!
16. Simply Saucer….Nice Noize….from the CD compilation that comes with Heavy Metalloid Music, The Story Of Simply Saucer book that just came out. We had author Jesse Locke on air with us a couple weeks back.
17. Chris Houston….Einstein’s Brain….from a 2013 7” and Chris was in Forgotten Rebels over 30 years ago.
18. Poisoned Aeros…..Broken Down…from the Turbulence CD from 2003 and from Hamilton. This combo backed up Sylvain Sylvain on his Canadian tours years ago.
19. MUD….Nite On The Tiles….from their Greatest Hit Singles double CD compilation and from 1976. They sound a lot like…..
20. Sweet….Blockbuster….from a 7” from 1973.  The songs always sound soooo much better on7” record….more punch, more depth and more highs and lows!!
21. Certain General….Hello My God….from their Holiday Of Love EP from 1982. This band hit London for a stay back in the summer of 1981, playing places like the Cedar Lounge and Fryfogles. They put on some amazing shows and helped influence the London scene at the time.  Drummer Marcy Saddy is of course from London Ontario.
22. Long Day Journey…..When My Mind Goes High….from the brand new Grows Their Own CD and from Hamilton Ontario.
23. The Flintettes….Choice Is Ours….from a brand new 7” on La Ti Da Records out of British Columbia. Might be a Tranzmitor in this one!
24. The Kinks…..Lola…from The Anthology 1964-1971 Box Set and for Sir Ray Davies who was just knighted this month!!
25. The Kinks….Johnny Thunder…..as above and lead us to….
26. Johnny Thunders….MIA….from the Que Sara Sara LP from 1985 and sounds a lot like The Legend Killers (former London Ontario combo)
27. Johnny Thunders….Leave Me Alone….from his So Alone LP from 1978 and features some Sex Pistols and a Thin Lizzy on this song.
28. UIC….Leave Me Alone….from the brand new Wiseman Sessions LP and not the same song as the previous Thunders tune. We’re hoping for a UIC show here in London sometime this spring.
29. Coaching For Sara….Sister Won’t….from their self titled debut CD and we’ll have Coaching For Sara live to air on February 10^th.
30. CUB….Flaming Red Bobsled…from the Cuddlecore 94 CD and a request. Didn’t have much luck finding the other requests today.
31. 49^th Parallel….Citizen Freak….from a 7” from 1969 and from Calgary.
32. The Haunted….1 2 5…..from a 7” on Amy Records from 1966. At this point I should plug the upcoming record show at Centennial Hall on March 19^th.  You never know who you might meet or what you might find. Case in point, we met the manager of The Haunted at one of these record shows and he was selling original Haunted singles which is how we got this record. Last show, ran into Matthew Smith, vocalist for Outrageous Cherry, a Detroit combo that have many releases. You just never know….
33. Hiroshima Hearts….4 Steps….from their recent Bones EP and there is a video for this song on the Radio WW facebook page.

 

Ran out of time, but certainly not tunes. Thanx for all the phone calls, emails and facebook messages!! Back next week with loads more tunes.

 

Here’s a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/london-indie-underground

                                                                        Radio What Wave Playlist January 6/2017

 

1. The Gruesomes….What Wave….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood, 1989 on OG/What Wave Records.
2. The Dahlmanns….Teenage News….from a new 7” on Beluga Records and from Norway. This song was originally done by NYDoll Sylvain Sylvain back in his rockabilly days. Great way to start the show as for some reason, we played a lot of rock’n’roll and rockabilly.
3. Frank Ridsdale…..Lonesome Train….recorded live on Radio WW 10/13/2016. Frank was a member of Uranus, and you can read their story on the CHRW website. Frank’s presently playing solo and doing The Stetson Brothers with another former Uranus member, Jerry Fletcher.
4. Frank Ridsdale….Be Bop A Lula….as above, as both songs sorta joined together.
5. Pink Cadillac Scat Cats…. Rockabilly Bop….another live session on Radio WW, this time 7/21/2016, days before drummer Nick Perry’s B’day!
6. Duke Sedan and the Hi-Tones…Real Cool Daddy….from their self titled debut CD from 2008. Members have gone on to Twin Fin and The Thing From Outer Space.
7. Jamie James….Night Rockin’… from his The Big One EP from 1984. Jamie was in London for a few years in the mid 70’s, presently lives in California where he still plays to this day.
8. Lucky 7….Downtown Saturday Night….from their debut LP on Midnight Records and based in NYC. This combo played London many times in the late 80’s and you can see their pics on the Radio What Wave FB page. Several listeners remembered them well and told of them playing Leadbellys, Call The Office and The Firehall back in the late 80’s/early 90’s.
9. Lucky 7…Ready To Rock….from the Feed The Snake CD from 1990.
10. Lucky 7…Lucky 7…. As above.
11. Lucky 7…..Rock’n’Roll Radio….from the Get Lucky LP from 1987.
12. The Thing From Outer Space….The Thing From Outer Space…theme song from their recent CD and they have a gig at Soho on Saturday January 14^th.  Soho is the old Victoria Tavern on South St which has re-opened with a new name.
13. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet…..Spy School Graduation Theme….from a 7” on Estrus Records from 1991. Most of the Shads stuff has been re-released on CD and vinyl recently.
14. Surfdusters….Gruesome….from their Surf After Dark CD on Fireball Records from 1997 and from BC.
15. Death Drive….Death Drive….brand new demo from this Montreal combo that make their debut in Montreal on Saturday.
16. Gloria…..Brain Dead…..from their In Excelsis Stereo CD on Howlin’ Banana Records out of France.
17. Try Umphs….Never Let You Go….from one of their latest downloads and from Toronto….there is a former Londoner in the combo.
18. Cadillac Bill and the Creeping Bent….Lost In Space…from their self titled CD from 2006 and from Hamilton Ontario.
19. Sour Notes….My Blues…demo from this Toronto combo from about 10 years ago.
20. UIC….Green Lady….from the recent Wiseman Sessions LP on Yeah Right Records.  Recorded in 1989 and finally released for all to hear! Former Exeter Ontario natives make good in Toronto.
21. Brown Hornets….Rooftop Sniper….from their only CD from 2007 and from Oshawa Ontario.
22. Coaching For Sara….Tonight’s The Night….from their debut CD and they are playing tomorrow at the Eastside here in town. They will be doing a live to air on Radio WW on Friday February 10^th.
23. Coaching For Sara…..These People….as above.
24. Keith Whittaker….Honestly Ed….from his Drink To Me CD from 2007 and former singer of The Demics, one of the very first punk/new wave combos out of London Ontario.
25. Bloodshot Bill….She’s My Baby…from the Git High Tonite! CD on Transistor 66 Records from 2009 and a request from last week.
26. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners……Crazy Mixed Up World…from the Condo Country CD which is about to be re-released. Ray was one of the best live performers and sadly passed away in 2004.
27. Ronnie Dawson….Action Packed….from the Rockin’ Bones LP and originally from 1958. We got to see Rockin’ Ronnie when he came to town many years ago, playing at Leadbellys with The Frantic Flattops as his backup combo. Great show and we got him to autograph a coupla records!
28. Wanda Jackson….Rock Your Baby…..from the Rockin’ With Wanda LP from 1958. Wanda’s come to town a few times in the last decade or so, and is well worth checking out if you get the chance!! She may be a senior citizen, but man can she sing!!
29. David Bowie…..Changes….from the Hunky Dory LP and we decided to finish the show with some Bowie, as it’s been almost a year since David passed!
30. David Bowie……Sorrow….from the Pinups LP and my fave Bowie song! Used to hear this played on the radio fairly often when it came out and always really dug it!
31. David Bowie….Panic In Detroit….from the Aladdin Sane LP. Used to hear this on the FM rock stations out of Detroit back when it was released.
32. David Bowie…..Suffragette City….from the Ziggy Stardust LP.
33. David Bowie…..Young Americans….from the LP of the same name and we’re outta time, well before we’re out of Bowie tunes!!!

Lucky 7 at Call The Office 2/23/1989. 

 

 

Big Thanx for all the phone calls and the info about Lucky 7 playing at Leadbellys! Our listeners are the best, cause when I make a mistake or miss something, they’re on the phone or FB messenger right away!! Muchly appreciated!!

 

Back again next week, think we might be spinning some Certain General and maybe some glam as you can never get enough of that!!

Certain General at The Embassy....Jan 1/1984. I see Rose, Rhonda, Rob and Pat the Hairdresser in the crowd!

 

You can catch the archived show at:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/london-indie-underground

Disregard the London Indie Underground thing, as it’s Radio WW and we’re waiting for them to update the webpage.

Radio What Wave Friday December 16/2016 Jesse Locke Interview and Simply Saucer Special

We had the honour of a phone interview with Jesse Locke, author of Heavy Metalloid Music, The Simply Saucer Story on this week's edition. Jesse has gone below the surface and back in time to get the full story on one of Canada's most influential (yet unknown) rock'n'roll combos. We had him yammering about the book and answering some really off the wall questions....and it was a lot of fun!! We all learned something! Book release party is tonight in Hamilton, right above Hammer City Records and the Saucer will be playing!!

1. Simply Saucer....Now's The Time For The Party....from the Half Human Half Live CD and a great song to start the show! And speaking of which, this was our first offical friday night show in the new time slot....4 to 6PM on fridays!!

2. Simply Saucer....Instant Pleasure....from Cyborgs Revisited. Recorded back in the mid 70's by Bob Lanois (brother of the more famous Dan) in his parent's basement, well before they moved out and created the monster of a recording industry. This and the next 3 songs are what put SS on the musical map!! Unreleased until 1989, by Hamilton scenester/music geek Bruce The Mole Mowat, this blew a lot of minds, mine included. Still remember the day this showed up in the mailbox, opened it up and was expecting a tame/dated version of their earlier single, She's A Dog (on Gary Pig Gold's Pig Records 1978). Nope, total mindwarp of convoluted protopunk/VU/Stooge/experimental madness that still blows my mind to this day!

3. Simply Saucer....Electro Rock.... as above.

4. Simply Saucer....Nazi Apocalypse...as above.

5. Simply Saucer...Mole Machine...

And right around this time, Jesse called in and we did the record/music geek yammer fest!!

6. The Chessmen....Time Machine....from the CD that comes with the book. Chessmen were a Hamilton garage influenced combo that as we found out during this show, released their one LP on the same day Cyborgs Revisited came out! The Chessmen LP came out on Zapp Records, which was a store in Hamilton. Met the owners years previous as they would always be at the Hamilton Record shows and they would be the dealers with the stuff I was looking for at the time (60's garagepunk and anything weird/unusual).
Here's some more info about The Chessmen....they did many Op Art dance/events in Hamilton and Brantford of which we attended a couple. Full on psych geekiness with light shows, dancers, costumes etc. The Chessmen were also on a couple of What Wave compilations, including Mr Garager's Neighbourhood and even appeared on a Narduar compilation. Played London a few times, namely Electric Banana and Call The Office and yes pictures exist. Our good pal Rick Blythe was guitarist and he was best man at our wedding many years ago. Drummer Michael White recently released the award winning book, Popkiss: The LIfe and Afterlife of Sarah Records, published by Bloomsbury Academic. We met Michael as a young teenager, well before he was in any bands, at record shows here and there and he even published his own zine for awhile (name escapes me).

7. The Loved Ones....Shake Some Action....also from the CD with the book and this is Gary Pig Gold's combo, doing one of my all time fave tunes!

8. Third Kind.....Vekki....also from the CD with the book and a bit of a Saucer band.

9. The Bards...Bus Stop....demo from the late 80's of a very early Gaven Dianda combo as Gaven has a part in the book. You may know of Gaven from Flashing Lights, a combo that had a song, Highschool. that got a fair bit of radio play here in Canada. This is young teenagers doing the harmony vocals on this one....way beyond their years!

10. Edgar Breau....Dandelion Kingdom....from his Patches Of Blue CD from 2012. Edgar was lead guitar, singer and songwriter for Simply Saucer and his solo stuff is almost a 180 turn musically.

11. Simply Saucer....She's A Dog....live recording from CIUT 5/27/2007. CIUT brought SS into the studios for a couple hours one sunday, and this is just a taste of what went down.

12. Simply Saucer.... Give It Away....from 1976 and came with a recent 7" that came with some kind of frisbee if memory serves. Can't for the life of me find the frisbee since we moved, hence the missing details.

13. The Bards....Nowhere Man....from the same session as above....again, this is 16 year old kids doing this!!

14. Edgar Breau....Story Of Simpy Saucer....live recording that Edgar gave me last time we had him onair here on Radio WW...sorry about the sound quality, but the song really does tell the story.

15. Death Drive....I Wanna....brand new demo from this Montreal combo featuring our pal Ockert Greef on the tubs. Protopunk and metal sorta combine on this one and their first show is coming up first week of January.

16. Gloria...Brain Dead...from their brand new Excelsis Stereo releaseon Howlin' Banana Records outta France. All girl combo that harken back to the sounds of the early 60's.

17. Never Betters....Violence...from their Bitchin' release and from London Ontario. For some odd reason, they've topped the charts here at CHRW...sign of good things to come?!?

18. Lucy and the Rats....The Situation....from a brand new 7" on Dirty Water Records out of the UK.

19. Terminal Licks....Come Out Tonight....from a posthumous 7" on It's Trash Records.

20. First Base....If I See You With That Girl Again....brand new 7" on La Ti Da Records and for some reason I called them 4th Base onair....braindead! Very very nice hook in this powerpopper!

21. Coaching For Sara....Tonites The Night....from their recent self titled debut CD and from right here in London....they have a show on Wednesday December 21 at Fitzrays and they go on at 11PM....schedule accordingly!

22. The Flintettes....Same Faces....yet another brand new 7" on La Ti Da Records and another fine powerpopper!!

23. Bath Salts....Jesus Took Me Drinking... from their recent Mardi Gras CD and from right here in London.

24. Red Arms....Hindsight....from their 7" on Yeah Right Records and from here in London.

25. Common Cycles....Temptress....from a download and yet another combo from London ontario....get out and support these local combos when they play out!!

26. Yeah Bud....Wast My Daze.....from a download andyet another combo from London....

27. Charles Bradley....Changes....from the LP of the same name and one of the best things I've heard from 2016. Our best goes out to Charles as he's facing some health issues!

We've gone way overtime and there's no indication of any backup, so we're switching over to pre-recorded as I got places to be!

Huge Thanx to all that phoned in, emailed, facebook messaged etc to welcome and congratulate Radio WW on the new time slot!! We do it for you loonies that listen every week!!

Next week, it's ALL Xmas and holiday tunes, including some of your soon to be favourite holiday tunes!!

Here's a link to the archived show....disregard the London Indie Underground logos....
https://chrwradio.ca/program/london-indie-underground

Radio What Wave Playlist Friday Dec 9....Canadian PowerPop Special Part 5

Final episode on our trip across Canada and yammering about and playing the bands that played (and some still do) powerpop. On this final edition, we finish our look at London Ontario's combos, go west down the 401 to Windsor and then cross the Prairies to Vancouver/Victoria which has always been a hotbed for powerpop.

1. Dustbin Flowers....Bayside Jenny....from their self titled debut CD and a song that shoulda been a radio hit! As so many powerpop/pop tunes should be!

2. Giggleswitch....How Good You Look...from their VII CD from 2007. Local combo that is considered punk, but this song definitely has the hooks and background vocals to get played on this show. And they've just reformed (got back together, not been released from reform school) recently.

3. Ruth's Hat.....Show Me....from their Nostalgic For Right Now double CD from 2006. Not the song I meant to play, but still a pop tune from these guys who used to play places like Call The Office and the Brunswick.

4. The Knaves....White Car....from a demo that a certain DJ (who actually drums in this combo) dropped into all the DJ's mailboxes here at CHRW several years ago. Most of the DJ's ignored this high energy powerpop...not me. Jesse who played guitar in this combo, is now in The Try Umphs who are in the process of releasing 2 songs a month for awhile.

5. Hurricane and Able.....Who's That Girl?....from their 2013 download The Last Temptation. A duo that is half London and half Toronto based and basically a studio band. They've played out once or twice and I've given up pestering them to play London....LOL...

6. Hurricane and Able...Day More Day....from their Thin End of the Wedge download, probably from 2015.

7. Coaching For Sara.....Look Around....from their self titled debut CD that came out earlier this year. They're working on more recording right now, and we'll be spinning it as soon as we get it to our sweaty palms! My fave local powerpop combo and they've got a coupla shows coming up, December 21 at Fitzrays and January 7 at East Side.

8. Fine Print....Tonight....from their wonderful self titled CD from 2013. They also released a cassette on the What Wave label....very limited.

9. Square Root of Margaret...Hollywood Will Find A Way....from their Teragram Photeur CD from 2002 and from just west of London in Chatham Ontario....not the same Chatham that Wild Billy Childish and his band of pranksters came from.

10. The Spys....Underground....from their only 7" from 1980 and from Windsor Ontario. There were 2 different sleeves for this one, and it was recently re-ished by Ugly Pop Records out of Toronto. After releasing this record, the band re-named itself The Nelsons and upon returning to the Cedar Lounge, gave away tons of this 7". My buddy Derek and I both grabbed one and we both put them on the dash of his car when we were leaving. It was the middle of winter, cold as fuck and he had the heater on full to help defrost the windshield. And you guessed it, 2 severely warped records!!

11. Popular Mechanix....Ice Box City....from their self titled first LP from 1979 and from Winnipeg. The whole LP is filled with fast hook laden powerpop! Got to see them at The Cedar Lounge back then and remember them doing a few early Who covers in with the originals. They released one other LP, not quite as good as this one, but that's just my opinion.

12. Telepathic Butterflies....A Final Word...from An Album on Rainbow Quartz Records out of the US, but this band was from Winnipeg. Rainbow Quartz was a label that specialized in powerpop and I still search out anything on this label that I don't have. Very Beatles/Big Star influenced.

13. The Perms....Bring You Down....from their Better Days CD from 2005 and also from Winnipeg. These guys used some well placed horns and at this point, I gave a shout out to our pal The Invisible Man, a horn blower in many ska combos and DJ on UMFM!!

14. Jr. Gone Wild....Old Blue....from their Less Art More Pop LP from 1987 on BYO Records out of California, but these louts were from Edmonton! Great Byrds jangle on the guitars with loads of 60's pop sounds on this label that was known for punk rock. Saw these guys a few times in this lineup and the shows were completely unpredictible due to alcohol, testosterone and probably some man made drugs! I had them doing a sunday night showcase at Key West many moons ago. We had a great writeup in the local newspaper and the place was packed. Only one problem, the band wasn't there!! They had spent the day in Toronto consuming beer and after many frantic phone calls, they showed up and proceeded to load in faster than lightning and start playing! Put on a truly amazing set although a few people had already left. And yet another time, again at the Key West here in London, they were so drunk they were doing Black Sabbath covers and almost falling over each other...luckily only a few saw this train wreck. A documentary on Jr Gone Wild is due out soon and there may be some pics from the Key West shows.

15. Chilliwack....Fly At Night....from their Segue Lp from 1977 and one of the few Canadian powerpop combos that were getting radio airplay here in Canada. They had several really cool pop tunes and thought this one would fit the show best.

16. Grapes Of Wrath....You May Be Right....from their These Days CD from 1991 and from Vancouver. They released at least 3 CD's, all of which got loads of airplay here at CHRW and many other places. Very nice hook in this one.

17. Cub....My Chinchilla....from a 7" EP called Hot Dog Day on Mint Records from 1993. 3 piece combo that played The Embassy here in London at least a few times. They released many other singles, CD's and appeared on many compilations and from Vancouver as most of the combos for the rest of this episode.

18. New Pornographers....Chump Change....from their Electric Version CD from 2003. Another combo that is well known across Canada and get lots of airplay from mainstream radio. They are also a really good pop combo!

19. Bum....Weekend....from a 7" from 1992 and from Victoria BC and sent this one out to Jon Traut from the Boy From Nowhere as he called in just prior to this being aired! Bum were more influenced by Cheap Trick and members showed up in this next combo....

20. Budoken....You Don't Stop Lovin' The Band....from their Spin A Little Gold CD from a few years back.

21. The Sweaters....The Pop Thing....from a CD of the same name from 1991 and validates this whole pop show!

22. The Modernettes....Barbra....from their Teen City EP from 1980 and a band that coulda and shoulda but somehow didn't! This is a song that should be blasting out of the car radio as you cruise the back roads with the top down!!!

23. The Modernettes....Teen City... as above....

24. Secret V's....Modern Boy....from a self titled 1980 12" EP and features a guy named Radial on bass. Radial is none other than soon to be well known, Ray Condo, who along with his Hardrock Goners crossed Canada many a time, preaching the gospel of rock'n'roll! Those Hardrock Goners used to stay at our place when they played London and we got to talking late one night and found out that Ray was Radial. Saw The Secret V's play the Cedar Lounge and Ray said they stayed in the upstairs rooms above the club and let's just say that wasn't the best accomodation here in London....LOL...

25. Female Hands....Divided By 3....from a 1980 self title EP on Quintessence Records. Got this back in the day when I'd buy just about anything that looked interesting and glad I grabbed this. Picked it up when City Lights Book Store had an actual record bar upstairs with loads of new wave/punk records and a young lady ran it. Picked up many singles and the first Dead Kennedys record there as well.

26. Pointed Sticks....Perfect Youth....from the LP of the same name from 1980 and a real game changer when I saw these guys at the Cedar Lounge....they were the first combo that I can remember covering a Sonics song...The Witch!!! And this was right around the time I was discovering Pebbles records (again that record bar at City Lights) and digging and realizing where all these punk sounds were coming from ....60's garagepunk and a bowl haircut for me please!! And then realizing that there were others out there with the same mindset...ie Chesterfield Kings, The Last, Droogs and more!!!

27. Pointed Sticks....Destitute....again from 1980 and a bonus track on the Perfect Youth CD on Zulu Records. Pointed Sticks opened for Teenage Head in the fall of 1980 at the Spoke and Rim at Western University here in London. The Teenage Head live sets aired over CHRW and I managed to tape that. Does anyone know if the Pointed Sticks portion aired and if so, who has a copy that I can trade for??? OCD's got a hold on me!!

28. Young Canadians....Just A Loser...from the This Is Your LIfe EP from about 1980 and features Art Bergman on guitar/vocals. At the time, Art was called Canada's Lou Reed.....monotonic vocal, deep lyrics, hard to deal with due to drugs/alcohol etc... Art has lived through it all, and is still around to this day doing the solo thing and was through town in the last year or so....missed that show.

29. 64 Funnycars....Fading Away....from their 7" EP from 1990 and from Victoria BC. Caught these guys at Call The Office and managed to get all their releases at that time. Nice pop combo.

30. The Smugglers....Walking Out On Love....from a 7" from 1994 and at one time, one of Canada's best known underground combos as they travelled the world, released records around the world but never did well right here in London Ontario! Singer Grant Lawrence, whom you may know of via CBC Radio, is presently working on a book about this combo and might even be some pics from right here in London. I've never seen a grown man kiss another mans bare ass, except when The Smugglers were playing at Call The Office one night....no names, ask me sometime.

31. New Town Animals....Sitting Alonge With You....from the Is Your Radio Active CD from 2001 and Jeffy Clone is in this band. Some members went on to The Briefs.

32. The Clones....Forgetting What I Know....from the Need A Wave CD from 2003. Jeffy Clone and more jeffy clone....LOL....

33. The React....Only Living For You....from a recent 7" on the La Ti Da label and features a member of The Tranzmitors....

Goddamn, ran outta time but certainly not tunes...next up was going to be Vancouger and then a bunch of Tranzmitors singles....maybe next show!!

Big thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! Back again on Friday Dec 16th from 4 to 6PM and we'll be yammering with Jesse Locke about his brand new book on Simply Saucer!

You can find the archived show at, just click on the Dec 09 @ 1600 Download:
https://chrwradio.ca/program/london-indie-underground

Radio What Wave December 8/2016 Playlist.....all Women's Voices Show

1. Honey B and The T-Bones....Bumble Bee...from their 1992 CD Shake Your Shimmy and from Finland. This trio used to play London fairly regularly at a place called Leadbellys. For some reason they got on the blues circuit, yet they were more of a rck'n'roll combo.

2. Queen Beeva.....The Horny One....from a demo from this local combo featuring Jeffy B on the guitar and from 1999.

3. Patsy's Rats....Rock and Roll Friend....from the latest batch of La Ti Da singles that just came out. This combo is from Portland and Patsy is supposedly the daughter of Howie Gelb.

4. The Johnnies....Your Girl....from a recent demo and from Toronto. A timely song as this is about the issue we have here in Canada of missing Aboriginal women.

5. The Hook Up....Bellringer....from their soon to be released product on Transistor 66 Records out of Winnipeg.

6. Lost Patrol....Second Time Around...from a 1988 7" from this Windsor Ontario combo who appeared on many What Wave releases and played London many times. They have a reunion show on Dec 27th in Windsor.

7. Go Four Three....Roxy Roller....from a 7" from 1988 and from Vancouver.

8. Cub...Everything's Geometry....from their Cuddlecor 94 CD on Mint Records and from Vancouver. A trio of fun loving women who released many records and CD's and played the Embassy here in London a couple of times.

9. Birds Of Paradise....Please Stay....from a brand new 7" on HIdden Volume Records and features Roy from Red Mass on the guitar. This one arrived in the mail the day before this show and came with Hidden Volume's zine, 7&7 Is...

10. Stolen Minks....Viola Desmond....from their High Kicks CD from 2008 and extremely timely as this morning it was announced that Black civil rights pioneer Viola Desmond will be on our soon to be released new $10 bills!! Guess we'll be calling this the $10 song soon! The Stolen Minks were from Halifax (I accidentally said Sydney on air) and played London at least twice, both great shows!

11. Dead Rabbits....No Way...from the Boot Two The Head CD from 2002. This was a live show at Call The Office to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the closing of the Cedar Lounge here in London. The Cedar Lounge was our first and only exclusive punk/new wave/whatever club here in London and ran from 1978 to 1982.

12. The Plasmatics....Monkey Suit....from their first LP, New Hope For The Wretched from 1980 and a request by Danny.

13. The Fastbacks....Won't Have To Worry....from the Oh Canaduh! compilation LP on Lance Rock Records from 1995.

14. Jill Porter....Win Me Back....from her self titled CD from 2005 and from Newfoundland.

15. Lucy And the Rats....Lose My Mind....from a 7" on Dirty Water Records out of the UK.

16. The Zorgs...Cruisin'....from their Chew On It CD on Transistor 66 Records and out of Winnipeg.

17. Hiroshima Hearts...Spend Your Money....from their recent Bones CD and from London. It was announced today that they will be playing New Years Eve at Victoria Park Bandshell in downtown London!!

18. Pacanomad....Heaven Can Wait....from their first CD as I couldn't find their brand new CD at the station....that has been resolved and we'll be playing their new CD in a show or 2.

19. Betty Harris....Show It....from New Orleans Funk Volume 2 and from 1969.

20. Etta James....Good Rockin' Daddy....from a Greatest Hits compilation CD and from 1955.

21. Twin Fin.....Devil Girl Stomp....from their recent Whisky Wine and Venom Stop CD and from London and will be playing Fitzrays on New Years Eve.

22. Norma Fraser....Respect....from the Studio One Soul CD from Jamaica and from 1968.

23. Aretha Franklin....I Never Loved A Man...from the Rare And Unreleased double CD on Rhino/Atlantic and this song is from 1966. On some of these demos, Aretha's voice cuts through like a razor!! Recommended even if you're just a casual fan of the Queen Of Soul.

24. Nina SImone....Mississippi Goddamn....from a Greatest Hits CD and from 1964 and very timely in these changing times.

Hope you enjoyed this all female show as it's an annual thing and loads of fun to compile....so much to play and so little time!

Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!

You can catch the archived show at:
https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist December 2/2016 Canadian PowerPop Special Part 4

This is the fourth installment of our Canadian PowerPop Special and we start a band from Ottawa, then head east to Montreal, to the Maritimes, then back to Sudbury Ontario and then head south to London Ontario, home of many a fine power pop combo....and this show aired on Friday December 2nd from 4 till 6PM.

1. Steve Adamyk....20/30....from a 7" on Ptrash Records from 2010. This Ottawa based powerpopper has released many records around the world and everyone I've heard has been really good!

2. The Mighty FFud....Caught...from their self titled CD from 2014. This is the start of our journey through the powerpop combos of Montreal. On guitar and vocals is former Londoner Mark Goodwin, who will show up in a London based combo much later in this show. Caught the Mighty FFud live at Call The Office a few months ago and they put on a mighty fine powerpop show and would highly recommend catching these guys live if you ever get the chance.

3. April Wine...Tonite Is A Wonderful Time To Fall In Love...from their Greatest Hits LP and from 1975. They may be an over the hill arena rock combo, but they still did a couple of cool powerpop tunes over the years.

4. Pagliaro....Some Sing Some Dance....from a self titled LP from 1971. Remember this so well when it was played on AM radio back in the 70's and still dig this one as much today! Pag made it to Toronto a month or 2 ago, and was courted by the rock royalty there as seen in many pictures on FB. The King of Quebec music and almost unknown outside the borders!! Cept here at Radio WW where we idolize the guy......and in Denim Delinquent zine!!

5. Walnut Kids....Can't Stand 'em....from a 7" on Going Gaga Records from 2009 and featuring our pal Seb on the skins. This is one fine slab of pop and made my list of faves from back in 2009!! So 1977!!!

6. The Datsons....Thief In The Night....from a 7" and on the Ricochet Sound label, home of The Gruesomes. Not sure when this came out, but definitely remember The Datsons opening up for The Gruesomes here in London at Call The Office....

7. The Teenbeats....I'll Never Win....from a 7" on the Gamma label. Got this one from our pal Ralph Alfonso, so assume they are from Montreal....

8. Dany Laj and the Looks....Match...from the CD of the same name from a couple years back. Dany comes from Northern Ontario, moved to Toronto around the time this was recorded and presently resides in Montreal. Recently did the North American tour thing with the King of PowerPop, Mr Paul Collins. Caught the show here in London, and as always, DL and The Looks delivered!! One of my fave active powerpop combos!

9. Dany Laj and The Looks....Best Thing In Town...from their recent Word On The Street LP that is one of those LP's that I can play over and over and never tire!

10. HighDials....Diamonds In The Dark....from the A New Devotion CD on Rainbow Quartz records. Caught these guys live when they released this and they put on a Fantastic show!! Lots of 60's influences of the pop and psych variety combine with some really nice song writing on this one! Another one that I never tire of!

11. The Minstrels....Rhythm In Her Head....from the Come Out To Play EP on What Wave Records from 1989. At the time, this trio was based in Quebec City, but later, tended to move all around North America. Loads of early Beatles influences, mersey beat, pop and garage all combined to give this combo a fun infectuous sound!! This should have gone places, but back in 1989, people all wanted CD's or cassettes.

12. Terminal Sunglasses....Antenna Dilemma....from their Wrap Around Cool LP on OG Records from 1985. This LP was just re-released recently on bright pink vinyl.....haven't seen it around anywhere yet.

13. Sonic Avenues.....Close To You...from their debut CD on Ricochet Sound from 2007. These guys are still around, releasing records and playing live. Just recently they were here in London but I missed them!

14. Chains...Soulin'...from their On Top Of Things CD on Get Hip Records from 2002. It's not very common for a Canadian combo to get a release on Get Hip, but these guys did it!

15. Sloan...Good In Every One....from the One Chord To Another CD from 1996 and originally from Halifax as we've left Montreal heading east on this Canadian powerpop trip. Sloan have had some mainstream success here in Canada and some recognition south of the border.

16. The Connexions.....Against The Tide....from a download the band sent us and believe they are from Newfoundland. The entire download was all songs like this one, guitar powerpop and the band said they even played London Ontario once.

17. Jill Porter....Just Ask....from her debut CD from about 2005. From Newfoundland and really fine rock'n'roll influenced powerpop circa late 70's style! One of my recent faves and was able to track down Jill on FB and she still does a bit of music once in awhile.

18. Jill Porter....Rock'n'Roll Songs.....as above.

19. Beaten Hearts....How It Ends....from a download the band sent us and from Moncton New Brunswick from about 2010.

20. Liquid Vapours.....Sticks To You...from the Devilla CD form 2010 and members come from various places in the Maritimes....Sydney and Charlottetown among them.

21. Thee Walkin' Jacks....She Tells Me....from the Drop Dead CD and feature members of the above couple of combos.

22. The Joliettes.....Girls Like Me....from a 7" on Going Gaga Records from 2010 and from Sudbury Ontario as we leave the Maritimes and head back to Ontario....

23. Almighty Rhombus....Even Though.....from a download this combo gave us when they came on Radio WW one day, probably sometime in 2013. They've played London a few times since.

24. The Statues.....Living In Lines....from the New People Make Us Nervous LP and from Sudbury. This trio have released records in many countries and played London at least 2 times.

25. The Statues.....Quality Assurance....as above.

26. NFG....Cyanide....recorded live at the York Hotel, now called Call The Office, probably in 1978/9. They were known as a punk combo, but those background ooohhss and ahhhss just reek of powerpop! As does those nifty little guitar hooks that Simon whips out. NFG morphed into 63 Monroe which is still active to this day.

27. The Stoves.....Look Through Any Window.....live recording from the Cedar Lounge from 1979. 3 piece harmony vocals really bring out the hooks on this old Hollies number! Drummer Greg went on to Sheep Look Up, after serving time in The Zellots.

28. The Finks....Can't Say No....from their only 7" from 1987 and even made it to airplay on the local AM radio stations here in London! Bass player Pete left for Vancouver where he played in garagerockers The Fiends.

29. Itsa Skitsa.....Missing You....from a CD called In 4 Days and recorded aroudn 1984. Ian, the bass player for The Demics was in this combo.

30. Second Thoughts.....Wound Up.....from this self released 7" from 1980. Features guitar/vocals by Mark Goodwin who we heard at the very beginning of this show in his present combo, The Mighty FFud.

31. The Zellots....Soldiers....from a 1981 session with Peter Moore, the guy who won a Grammy this year for his work on the Bob Dylan re-issue. The Zellots were one of those bands that coulda and shoulda but didn't due to many things. There was an extensive interview done with the band in an issue or 2 of Mongrel Zine.

32. The Comos.....She Doesn't Care....from their 2006 CD Bandwidth and is their only release.

33. Lionel Lodge....Smile....from The Agitator CD from 2014. Lionel is currently residing in Austria and plays out there. We had him with a band doing a live to air about a year or so ago!

34. Legend Killers....You'll Get Yours....from the Better Than Hammerin' 7" that came out in 1989 on What Wave Records. Live, this was a loud rock'n'roll combo that put on some crazy beer fueled shows and drove crowds out of their minds! But this particular recording, is definitely powerpop oriented!

All out of time, but certainly not tunes....we'll be back on Friday December 9th, with Part 5 of the Canadian PowerPop Special, continueing along with several more London combos!
Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! On next week's Radio WW, it's an all female show as we commemerate the Montreal Massacre here at CHRW.

Here's a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/london-indie-underground

The above link, doesn't look like a Radio WW thing, but click on the Dec 02 link for the show.

Radio What Wave Playlist December 1/2016 Canadian PowerPop Special Part 3

This is the third installment of our Canadian PowerPop Special and we start with a couple of bands from Toronto that we didn't have time to play last week. From there, we head east to Kingston and Ottawa Ontario.

1. The Job....The Night....from their self released CD from 2008 and from Toronto. Former Londoner Nyles Miszczyk was involved in this combo.

2. Flashing Lights.....High School.....from their 1999 CD Where The Change Is and feature Matt Murphy who is now playing in the band we hear next....

3. The Tuns....Back Among Friends....from their self titled debut LP that came out a few months ago. Members of Sloan and The Inbreds are also involved in this combo. Saw these guys live at Call The Office about a month ago, and man oh man did they ever have the background harmony vocals down tight and right!! It was like going back to seeing the early 70's power pop combos like Big Star and Badfinger! Check them out if they ever hit your town.

4. Ancient Shapes....Public Hymns....from the self titled LP that came out this past summer. This is a side project of Daniel Romano and this LP has the same songs on both sides!

5. The Shanks....Killing Time....from their 2010 CD The Dark Richard Show. This is a duo from Orangeville Ontario and when this was released, were doing some really fine powerpop. They've since changed drummers and gone off in a much heavier sounding curve, which has given them some success in Germany! They've released many since this CD and seem to tour a fair bit.

6. Marvelous Beauhunks....Kicking Around....from the Do Not Resuscitate CD from a few years back, but this was originally recorded in the early 90's. Around this time, the band got back together, released another CD and even a book about them! They were from the Oshawa area, just east of Toronto.

7. Pelt....Makeout/Breakout....from a demo this Kingston combo sent us a couple years back. Some fine new wave/influenced pop!

8. Polymorphines....Anna Lee...from their 2011 The Slip CD and from Ottawa as are the rest of the bands on this show. This CD was produced by Tim Kerr (Big Boys and TONS of other bands) in Austin Texas and when these guys dropped in on Radio WW a few years back, they had lots of stories about their trip to Texas. The Polymorphines released at least 3 other CD's of jangly poppy/garagey type stuff that is a really fun listen.

9. White Wires....Girly Girly Girly....from their debut LP on Going Gaga Records out of Ottawa. Tight infectuous power pop with all the right hooks in the right place. Caught this trio live here in London a few years ago, and they were loads of fun!

10. White Wires...I Can Tell....from their second CD, White Wires II which came out in 2010.

11. The Felines....Dance With Me....from the Ottawa compilation, Ottawa Gaga Volume 1 which came out in 2009. The drummer of the White Wires, Allie, was involved in this combo.

12. Girlfriends.....Shirt and Pants....from the Mac Lewis album and from Ottawa.

13. Bureaucrats.....Grown Up Wrong....from the compilation Smash The State Volume 2 and this song is from 1979. A few years back, there was a re-issue of a lot of the recordings of this early punk/new wave combo.

14. Mother's Children.... What'll Happen To All The Girls....from the That's Who Lp on Deranged Records from 2009. One of my fave bands who are doing this kind of powerpop thing these days. Caught them a few years ago opening up for Paul Collins Beat and they put on an excellent show!!

15. Mother's Children.....The Gang Is Back...from their latest LP, Lemon which was on Mammoth Cave Records.

16. Sick Fits...Shapes....from their self titled CD that came out in 2007. At least one of these guys went on to form Mother's Children. This combo isn't really power pop, as they have lots of glam and new wave and punk influences...all really good influences that they put to proper use!!

Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! On next week's Radio WW, it's an all female show as we commemerate the Montreal Massacre here at CHRW.

Here's a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Playlist 01-28-17

Pagans - Hopped Up
Iggy Pop - I'm Bored
Penetrators - Teenage Lifestyle
Briefs - Orange Alert
Who Killed Nancy Johnson? - Stay Out Late
XSLF - The Rich Man
Underclass UK - Rats
Snide - Hard Work
Addictive Philosophy - Telly
Deathsex Bloodbath - Real Dolls Destroy Humanity
General Chaos - Rich Man
Last Reserves - Burn
Va-Va-Voodoos - Going Back To the Rodeo
Purling Hiss - Fever
Jacuzzi Boys - Strange Exchange
Blind Shake - I Shot All The Birds
Heartbreaker - Baby Talk
Mighty Caesars - Searching High and Low
Redd Kross - Linda Blair
EK Decay - Armageddon
Last Reserves - Burn
Rioters - Dark Days
Pistolhead - Surfin' Safari
99ers - In the Basement
Never Betters - Fair Warning
Gloria - In The Morning
Sex Pistols - No One Is Innocent
X-Ray Spex - Genetic Engineering
Stranglers - Straighten Out
Psychedelic Furs - Flowers
Dirt Byrds - Do Not Disturb
Pravda Cabal - Crumble Fall
Screaming Dead - Night Creatures
Quorum - Things Don't Last
Urban Commandos - United We Stand
Routes - No Permanence
Jesus and Mary Chain - In A Hole
Mission of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday January 28th from Noon-2:00PM EST. Listen in at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 01-14-17

Mr. T Experience - Supersonic
Dead Kennedys - Kill the Poor
Redd Kross - Citadel
Manic Hispanic - I Got A Right
Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection
Nine Day Decline - Stronger
Screaming Dead - 20th Century Vampire
Band For Disease Control & Prevention - Undergrowth
Damned - Lovely Money
XSLF - The Rich Man
General Chaos - Rich Man
Tio Rico - Mr. Big Shot
Snide - Go On
Blank Generation - Hair
EK Decay - Armageddon
Trauma UK - Hail Hail
Blind Shake - I Shot All The Birds
Purling Hiss - Fever
Pack AD - Gold Eyes
Jacuzzi Boys - Refrigeration
Greg "Stackhouse" Prevost - Signed D.C.
Missing Souls - Sweet, Sweet Sadie
Va Va Voodoos - Going Back To The Rodeo
Mystery Lights - Candlelight
99ers - In the Basement
Two Tens - Not Alright
Healthy Junkies - I Don't Give A Damn
Urban Commandos - Neon Groove
Dirt Byrds - Do Not Disturb

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday January 14th. You can listen from Noon-2:00PM EST at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 12-31-16

Serious Drinking - Hangover
Breeders - New Year
Damned - Drinking About My Baby
Quorum - Things Don't Last
Screaming Dead - Night Creatures
Blank Generation - Hair
Snide - Invisible
XSLF - The Rich Man
Now - Into The Eighties
Healthy Junkies - I Don't Give A Damn
Jack and the Rippers - No Desire
Sugar - Gift
Dickies - Communication Breakdown
Mighty Lemon Drops - The Other Side of You
Only Ones - Oh Lucinda
Adrenalin O.D. - New Year's Eve
Sweet Baby - Year After Year
Band For Disease Control and Prevention - 11:59
EK Decay - Nuclear Nation
Trauma UK - Renegade
Dirt Byrds - The Loner
Tio Rico - Mr. Big Shot
Nine Day Decline - Travelling Blind
Pravda Cabal - Writings On The Wall
General Chaos - General Chaos
Gloria - In The Morning
Ace - SuperCool, SuperCruel
99ers - In The Basement
Two Tens - Not Alright
Badass Mother Fuzzers - Dog On A Leash
Missing Souls - Sweet, Sweet Sadie
Teen Archer - No Way Back
Pack AD - So What
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on New Year's Eve from Noon-2:00PM EST. As usual, there will be loads of new punk and garage tunes for your enjoyment. You can listen at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live. The WITR web page appears to be down right now, so just paste this direct link to the stream in your media player: http://streaming.witr.rit.edu:8000/live.m3u

 

Playlist 12-17-16

TVTV$ - Daddy Drank Our Xmas Money
Angry Snowmans - Fruitcakes
Humpers - Run Run Rudolph
Huntingtons - It's Always Christmas At My House
Damned - There Ain't No Sanity Clause
Business - Step Into Christmas
Yobs - Gloria
Stiff Little Fingers - White Christmas
Spinal Tap - Christmas With the Devil
Mono Men - Christmastime Is for Sinners
Hawaii Mud Bombers - Santa's Wish
Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
Taildraggers - Let's Talk About Claus
Gruesomes - Santa Claus
Chesterfield Kings - Hey Santa Claus
Angry Snowmans - You Drive The Sleigh (You Jolly Fella)
Dickies - Silent Night
Creamers - Bob Cringle
Descendents - Christmas Vacation
Splodge - 12 Days of Christmas
Wild Billy Childish & The MBE's - Christmas Lights
Thee Fine Lines - I'm Giving You The Blues (For Christmas)
Gefilte Joe and the Fish - Hanukah Rocks
Waistcoats - (I Wish You Could Be More Like) Santa Claus
Dr. Chompski & The Grey People - Stop The Dreidels! (It's So Hard To Be The Only Jew At Christmas)
Dr. Dyke & The Cinnamon Cowboys - Smells Like Christmas Spirit
Young Docktors In Lust - Today It's Christmas Day
Supersuckers - We'll Call It Christmastime
Angry Snowmans - Is There A Present For Me
4-Skins - Merry Christmas Everybody
Andy Smash - Little Drummer Boy
Luther & The BBB's - What'd You Get
Lowell George & The Factory - Candy Cane Madness
Sonics - It's Christmas
El Vez - Feliz Navi-nada
Man or Astroman? - Frosty The Snowman
Shonen Knife - Space Christmas
Yard Trauma - Christmas Tyme
Ray Daytona & The Googoobombos - Xmas Eve
Riptides - I Can't Have A Merry Christmas
Riptides - I Can't Have A Merry Christmas
Quadrajets - Christmas Time Is Coming
Angry Snowmans - Slave To Saint Nick
Angry Snowmans - Last Christmas

 

The Jeff of the Future Christmas Special will be on the air and the web on Saturday December 17th from Noon-2:00PM EST. There will be two hours of punk and garage Christmas tunes, some naughty, some nice. Mostly naughty. You can listen at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu

 

Playlist 12-03-16

Band For Disease Control and Prevention - 11:59
Blank Generation - Hair
Erasers - I Won't Give Up
Get Smart - Knight
Business - Harry May
Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry
Wasps - Can't Wait 'Til '78
Crass - You've Got Big Hands
Quorum - Things Don't Last
Rollin Machine - Friday Forever
Trauma UK - Hail Hail
UK Subs - World War Three
Va-Va-Voodoos - Open Up Your Door
Screaming Trees - Ash Gray Sunday
Black Hollies - When You're Not There
Citizens of Nowhere - Secrets
Purling Hiss - Fever
Pack AD - Gold Eyes
Blind Shake - Demox
Mystery Lights - Too Many Girls
Electric Eric - The Devil's Cabbage
Emerald Aquarium - As Pig
Phoenix Chroi - Mighty
Redd Kross - Don't You Turn Your Back On Me
Graham Day and the Gaolers - Disown Me
99ers - Calhoun Beach
Teen Archer - No Way Back
13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House
Cynics - The Ring
Lyres - Grounded
NOFX - Oxy Moronic
Kurt Baker Combo - Jerkin' Back "N' Forth
Deniz Tek - Burned Black
Jacuzzi Boys - Strange Exchange
Crash Induction - Works Sirens
Fat Randall - Wreckage
Andy Smash - Indyrock Song
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday December 3rd from Noon-2:00PM EST. You can listen at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu.

 

i MEANT THE PROGRAM WITH THE SEEDS' TRIBUTE. For the few who care about this stuff , Alec Palao has been going to town on his Ace/ Big Beat Seeds series.

Sorry I missed this , Steve. The Seeds documentary still has yet to be shown in Chicago. And it's not for lack of trying on the parts of film fest jurors who prefer their music NOT dry as toast......

Howdy friends and neighbors.

There's a brand new hillbilly episode of The Big Enchilada podcast this month. It's called Barnyard Boogie! and it's a humdinger.

Songs by Southern Culture on the Skids, Rosie Flores, Jesse Dayton, Suzzette Lawrence, C.W. Stoneking, Reverse Cowgirls and more. 

Download HERE

 and/or listen on player belowbelow

 

EEEE wow! This site was down when I tried to post my (NOT) Christmas show a couple of weeks ago. But the site's back up and it's still not Christmas, so here goes ...

 

Check out the latest dadgum BIG ENCHILADA with The Cynics, The Mystery Lights, Nots, The Come 'n Go and more. 

You can find it HERE and/ or listen below

 

Here are a selection of episodes of Revolution Rock that aired at the end of 2016:

Joe Strummer Day 2016:  Tymon Dogg:

I interviewed honorary Clash members, multi-instrumentalist and folk artist Tymon Dogg for CJAM FM's Joe Strummer Day Marathon.  I also played a selection of music has released, including an unreleased outtake from the Combat Rock Sessions.

Tymon Dogg Interview & Radio Special (Show 634):

1. Timon - Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane (Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane/Rambling Boy - 1968)
2. Timon - And Now She Says She’s Young (And Now She Says She's Young/I'm Just A Travelling Man - 1970)
3. Timon - Who Needs A King (1968 Apple Demo) (The Irrepressible Tymon Dogg: A Collection 1968-2009 - 2010)
4. Tymon Dogg - You Turned Your Back On The Sun (For A 40 Watt Light Bulb) ((Relentless - 1989)
5. Tymon Dogg - Velvet Stella (The Irrepressible Tymon Dogg: A Collection 1968-2009 - 2010)
6. Tymon Dogg - I Caught You Dancing (Tymon Dogg - 1976)
7. Tymon Dogg - Too Small To Lead Too Big To Follow (Tymon Dogg - 1976)

TYMON DOGG INTERVIEW PART ONE

8. Tymon Dogg - Locks & Bolts & Hinges (Battle of Wills - 1982)
9. Tymon Dogg - Battle of Wills (Battle of Wills - 1982)
10. Tymon Dogg - Safeway People (Battle of Wills - 1982)

TYMON DOGG INTERVIEW PART TWO

11. The Clash - Lose This Skin (Sandinista! - 1980)
12. The Clash - Once You Know (Combat Rock Outtake)
13. Frugivores - Beyond This Frontier (New Age Songs - 1987)
13. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Mondo Bongo (Global A Go-Go - 2001)
14. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Silver And Gold (Streetcore - 2003)
16. Tymon Dogg - Pound Of Grain (Made Of Light - 2015)
17. Tymon Dogg - That’s The Way It Is (Made Of Light - 2015)
18. Tymon Dogg - Conscience Money (Made Of Light - 2015)

Download/listen to this full episode here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/1025-Revolution_Rock_presents_Tymon_Dogg-20161222-1700-t1482426000.mp3

For more info on Tymon Dogg and this episode visit:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2016/12/joe-strummer-day-2016-tymon-dogg.html

Episode 633:  Sloan, The Gories, Dirtbombs, Danny Kroha and Danny & The Darleans:

This episode featured selections from the reissued One Chord To Another album by Sloan as well as new recordings from Danny & The Darleans Bug Out album, music from The Dirtbombs, Danny Kroha and two super rare live to air tracks that the Gories recorded at CJAM FM in 1989.  

Playlist For Show 633 (Originally aired on December 17th, 2016):

1. The Black Angels - Watch Out Boy
2. Pink Floyd - Flaming (BBC Session 1967)
3. South River Slim - Dirty Pool
4. Lost Patrol - So Strange (The 1991 Sessions)
5. Tea With Lincoln - Space Between The Defect
6. Pissed Jeans - Romanticize Me
7. Hot Snakes - Audit In Progress
8. The Ripps - Loco
9. Propagandhi - This Is Your Life
10. Mystics - Can't Be Happy
11. The Rationals - Feelin' Lost
12. Pet Sun - Web Of Man
13. Paul Jacobs - Born In A Zoo
14. Tea Leaves - I Want To Live In The Dirt
15. Merle Haggard - California Blues
16. Neil Young - Can't Stop Workin'
17. Cass Mccombs - Cry
18. Headache24 - Big Star
19. The Feelies - The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
20. The Gories - Queenie (LIVE At CJAM 1989)
21. The Gories - Hidden Charms (LIVE At CJAM 1989)
22. The Dirtbombs - Chains Of Love
23. Danny & The Darleans - Soul On Ice
24. Danny Kroha - Cannonball Blues (CJAM Session 2016)
25. Jeff Rosenstock - To Be A Ghost…
26. Oromocto Diamond - Gold
27. The Nature Boys - Can't Think
28. Tim Presley - Underwater Rain
29. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects

Download/listen to this episode here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20161217-1900-t1482001200.mp3

For more info on this episode and Sloan's One Chord To Another reissue visit:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2016/12/sloans-one-chord-to-another-20th.html

Here are the two most recent episodes of Revolution Rock.  These episodes feature music from The Scientists, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Paul Jacobs, The Damned, Duotang, The Clash, OFF!, The Zantees, The Diodes and more!

Playlist for November 26th:

1. Blue Rodeo - Dust To Gold
2. Gord Downie - Swing Set
3. Drive By Truckers - Filthy And Fried
4. Frankie & Jimmy - Got My Mojo Workin'
5. Nice Motor - Duck And Cover
6. Gramps The Vamp - The Cave Of 1000 Eyes
7. Whitney - Red Moon
8. King Khan & The Shrines - Lucky Man
9. Lesbo Vrouven - New Sealand
10. Jeff Rosenstock - I Did Something Weird Last Night
11. No Museums - No Reason To Send Letters
12. Paul Jacobs - Vincent (Don McClean Cover)
13. Paul Jacobs - Words Of Wisdom
14. Kevin Morby - Dorothy
15. Crocodiles - I'm Sick
16. Ritual Howls - Nervous Hands
17. Derm Kean & An Incredible Woman - Better Things
18. We Are Wolves - Wrong Wrong
19. Iggy Pop - I Dig Your Mind
20. New York - Dolls Bad Detective
21. Ty Segall - Orange Color Queen
22. Tad - 3-D Witch Hunt (Demo)
23. Thee Oh Sees - Unwrap The Fiend Pt.1
24. The Dickies - You Drive Me Ape
25. The Scientists - Frantic Romantic
26. The Scientists - Shake (Together Tonight)

Download/listen to this episode here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20161126-1900-t1480186800.mp3

Playlist For November 19th:

1. The Replacements - Election Day
2. The Damned - Politics
3. Radiohead - Scatterbrain
4. Preoccupations - Monotony
5. Monomyth - Puppet Creek
6. Duotang - Nostalgia’s A Vice
7. Foxhart Fishman - Home
8. Brazilian Money - The Hammer
9. Tommorow’s Tulips - Optimistic Vibes
10. Sprinters - Last Song
11. The Seams - Seeds
12. The Zantees - Rockin’ In The House
13. The A-Bones - Sham Rock
14. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days, 100 Nights
15. The Clash - Stop The World
16. Jakob Dylan - Evil Is Alive And Well
17. Pop Group - Words Disobey Me
18. OFF! - Legion of Evil
19. Extroverts - TV Baby
20. The O-L West - Trespassing
21. The O-L West - West Coast Blues
22. Port Juvee - Double Vision
23. The Evaporators - Ogopogo Punk
24. The Fallouts - No Ambition
25. The In Crowd - Stop! Wait A Minute
26. Pretty Things - Don't Bring Me Down
27. The Diodes - Behind Those Eyes

Download/listen to this episode here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20161119-1900-t1479582000.mp3

Check out my blog post on The Scientists here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2016/11/the-scientists-shows-629-630.html