Radio What Wave Playlist April 28/2016
1. Lionel Lodge.....Speed...brand new single from this former Londoner who now resides in Austria. Local help from the guitar player to the starts, Jeffy B.!!!
2. King Mastino....Psychowhale...from their brand new LP Sail Away on Beluga Records in Sweden, but the band is from Italy.
3. The Alfas....Slide Machine....from their soon to be released 7" on Beluga Records and these guys are from Sweden.
4. The Branded....Brick Wall...from their recently released 7" on Beluga Records and from Sweden. We've played these guys before on Radio WW from previous releases.
5. The Snails....Dancing With The Zombies....from their self titled LP on Beluga Records. This combo is from Greece.
6. Kaviar Special...Starving....from their brand new LP on Howlin' Banana Record out of Paris France.
7. The Flamin' Groovies....Let Me Rock....from their brand new 7" on Burger Records. And no, this isn't a re-issue or unreleased, this is a brand new recording by The Flamin' Groovies and is their first brand new record in years!!
8. Daddy Long Legs....The Stranger Rides Tonight....brand new 7" on Folc Records out of Spain. Daddy Long Legs are from NYC, and have several LP's out on the Norton label. They were in town last friday night and blew the roof off Call The Office!! They played with our good pals catl and Hiroshima Hearts! There's pics of the show on the Radio WW facebook page.
9. Toads Of The Short Forest....Windup Bird...from a brand new 7" on Beluga Records and are from Sweden.
10. The Zorgs...Cruisin'....from their very recent CD on Transistor 66 Records and are from Winnipeg.
11. Light Bulb Alley....Pepper Spray....brand new demo recordings from this trio from Montreal. There's some live recordings from Call The Office on the What Wave SoundCloud page from about 4 years ago.
12. Hipbone Slim and the Knee Tremblers...Hieroglyphic...from their recent Ugly Mobile CD on Dirty Water Records out of the UK.
13. The Thing From Outer Space...Ghost Hop....from their demo recordings and we had these guys in the studio for last week's show! They put on a great set at the Dawghouse here on Saturday night, along with The Surfragettes and The Calrizians. All surf and instro all night!
14. Wiggy Dunit...Wasaga Beach....from the 1991 compilation CD Boppin' In Canada on Nervous Records out of the UK. This is an all Canadian comp of mainly rockabilly, and this particular track is Frank Ridsdale playing everything but the drums, which are ably handled by Dexter Beauregard, both of whom were in Uranus from right here in London Ontario. Both still play regularly as Frank has his Stetson Brothers and Dexter plays in blues combos.
15. Coaching For Sara....These People....from their brand new self titled CD and from London Ontario! Thanx to vocalist Shane for delivering this to the station prior to this show!
16. Coaching For Sara....Little Lady... as above.
17. The 905s....Raw Energy Rock'n'Roll....from their Shake Down CD from 2015 and from Brampton Ontario.
18. Jill Porter.... Rock'n'Roll Songs....from her self titled CD from 2005 and from Newfoundland. Got this from our pals at Ricochet Sound, home of The Gruesomes, very recently.
19. Graham Parker... Saturday Night Is Dead...from the Squeezing Out Sparks LP from 1979. Been on a Graham Parker fix lately as he's such a great songwriter and many of his songs have an angry tone that's mixed with soul and pop sounds. Check out his early work, it's a great place to start investigating this long time artist.
20. Pretty Things.... Cold Stone....from the Singles A's and B's on Harvest Records and this track is from 1970. This goes out to lead guitarist Pete Tolson who just recently passed away. Pete was in the band from the early to mid 70's and was featured on many of their Swan Song Records LP's.
21. Lonnie Mack....Wham....from his 1963 LP The Wham Of That Memphis Man. RIP to Lonnie Mack who passed away the same day as Prince. Highly influential guitarist who worked with Stevie Ray Vaughan for at least one album.
22. Cordcalling...One Road Only...from their brand new LP We Are Still and are a duo from London Ontario whom we've had on a live to air a few years back.
23. Zoom....Subway Surfin'....from the brand new LP Sweet Desperation on Ugly Pop Records. This is recordings done in the late 70's/early 80's that are now just being released. Zoom did release on 7" back in the day, but that's fairly difficult to find these days. The 2 main members of the band, John Hamilton, drums (went on to The Diodes and The Secrets and plays in the current version of The Diodes) and Chris Haight, guitars (Viletone and The Secrets) were both heavily involved in the late 70's/early 80's Toronto punk/new wave scene.
24. Tony Joe White... Elements...from his 1969 LP Continued on the Monument label. This is the guy who hit the big time in the late 60's with Polk Salad Annie and is still playing to this day.
25 catl....Hold My Body....from the 2014 Lp This Shakin' House and had to fade this out as we ran out of time.
Big thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! And kudos to all that attended the Daddy Long Legs/catl/Hiroshima Hearts and The Thing From Outer Space/Surfragettes/The Calrizians live shows last weekend!!! Get out there and support your local bands and the touring bands that come through your town. If you don't, no one else will!!
Next week we've got a 2.5 hour show of all Canadian Garage Punk music from the 80's and 90's with short specials on The Gruesomes, The Dundrells and Drums Along The Gardiner as all 3 bands are getting back together in May!!!
And you can catch the archived show at:
https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave