The Trip! Jan. 11 2015 Show!

The Trip!  Jan. 11 2015 Show!  Get it here!  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20150111-0000-t1420934400.mp3

The setlist: 


THE BLACK DELTA MOVEMENT - THE TRIP 
THE TAMRONS - WILD MAN 
FELIX AND HIS FABULOUS CATS - HEY TIGER! 
HOLLYWOOD HURRICANES - HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL 
THE TRAITS - NOBODY LOVES THE HULK 
EARL GRANT- HOUSE OF BAMBOO 
THE WHEREABOUTS - DON'T BRING ME DOWN 
THE WHEREABOUTS - ROADRUNNER 
THE KINKS - GOTTA GET THAT FIRST PLANE HOME 
ADRIAN LLOYD- LORNA 
THE SHIVAS - RIDE ON 
STEVE DAVIS - SHE SAID YEAH 
THE ALLAH-LAS- NO VOODOO 
JIMMY RABBIT - MY GIRL 
THE FIREBALLS - BULLDOG 
OBLIVIANS - HEY MAMA, LOOK AT SIS 
LOS OVNIS- INFINITO 
TEDDY GREEN - GIVE ME YOUR HAND 
THE ROAD - YOU RUB ME THE WRONG WAY 
FELIX AND HIS GUITAR - CHILI BEANS 
FRANKIE STEIN & HIS GHOULS - MUMMYS LITTLE MONSTER 

BO DIDDLEY - MAMA DON'T ALLOW NO TWISTIN' 
RAY ELLSWORTH - THE ROCK AND ROLL SHOW 
DANNY KROHA & THE DEL TOROS - DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID 
THE MODS - YOU GOT ANOTHER THING COMIN' 
THE MODS - I GIVE YOU AN INCH 
ROD MCKUEN - GET THE HELL OUTTA MY WORLD 

i'll be playing at Bric - A - Brac Records , 3156 W. Diversey , Chicago , Saturday at 5 PM , for 

GPH alumni . Lil' Lisa Louise of The Dyes. It's all in the events column.

CHIC - A - GO GO WILL BE TAPING THEIR 1000th EPISODE , SUNDAY AT NOON.

Promontory 5311 South Lake Park , Hyde Park , Chicago . VERY special acts expected.

Note that this IS , assuredly , a child - friendly event , but alcoholic beverages will be served for adults , while special non - alcoholic drinks will be made for the kids.

If I wake up in time to make the long train and bus ride , I'll be there.

IT WAS ALSO JUST ANNOUNCED THAT CHEETAH CHROME AND ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS WILL BE PLAYING , HERE , IN FEBRUARY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS CHEETAH IS DOING A SOLO SET AS WELL AS PLAYING WITH ROCKETS , OR WHAT.

DENIZ TEK IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING A US TOUR , HOT ON THE HEELS OF THE RECENT RADIO BIRDMAN GIGS IN AUSTRALIA . THAT'S ALL I'VE HEARD.

I've got something MUCH bigger than that to tell , but , I have'nt been given permission to announce it , yet , sorry. 

Otherwise , I intend to play more shows this year , and to DJ more , particularly at my old stomping grounds , Delilah's 2771 N.Lincoln.

Seeing any shows this weekend? Festivals? DJ events? Parties?

What are you doing for ACTION this weekend... or ANY weekend?

What are you doing to keep rock'n'roll dangerous for future generations???

Let's hear it!

Or right here on the Hideout:

http://www.garagepunk.com/music/1759/snake-alley

Thanks to Richard, all 13 episodes of Snake Alley have been restored and can be heard here:

https://garagepunkpirateradio.wordpress.com/tag/snake-alley/

that type of music might be beyond saving.

Radio What Wave Playlist January 8/2015

1. 905's....Running Full Speed....from the Radio What Wave Sessions 5/16/2013. The 905's were playing The Rivoli the night this show aired and we here at Radio WW really dig the 905's!

2. Dave Campbell...Time Is Now...from the Finding The Real CD. Local and from late 2013 as we play more cool stuff that we came across in 2014. Dig The Faces/soul sound on this track!

3. Mess.... Alcohol...from a download. These guys are from Moscow and must really dig the NYDolls and early Stooges as they have that sound down quite nicely!

4. Legato Vipers...Spy Vs Spy...from their self titled CD and are from the Cambridge area. Shades of Shadowy Men!!

5. catl....Get Outta My Car...from the Soon This Will All Be Gone CD and will be playing This Ain't Hollywood tonite for a video release party.

6. Noble Savages....In The Basement....from their self titled debut CD and they will be playing with catl tonite!

7. The Living Deadbeats....Easy Peasy...from the Not Yer Buddies compilation Volume 4 from Vancouver. The Living Deadbeats featured former Londoner Pete Feend and just recently packed it in.

8. Fleshrag....Bad Attitude....from the Too Fucked Up download. Hamilton Ontario combo that feature a former Mystic and Rocket Reducer.

9. Excelsior....Shut In...from their brand new 7" on It's Trash Records.  From London and the have a really cool sound reminiscent of greasy 50's rock'n'roll meets early Dead Kennedys!

10. The Dropouts...Sucker Punch....from their After School Sessions CD that came out in 2005. Rumour has it, that a couple of these guys are now in Excelsioir. The Dropouts were from London and right after this CD came out, they relocated to Vancouver and hooked up with Pete Feend who we name dropped above.

11. The Dropouts...Bored Stiff...from their 2003 debut CD.

12. Flatt and Scruggs...The Ballad Of Jed Clampett....from a 7" on Columbia Records and goes out to Miss Elly May Clampett who is now resting out back beyond the cement pond.

13. The Untamed Youth....Hey Elly May...from the More Gone Gassers LP on Norton Records and from 1990. A dedication to our gal and for those that aren't aware, this is the combo that launched guitarist Deke Dickerson (then called Derek) to fame.

14. Don't Touch The Dancers....Make Me Sick...from the LDN CD put out last year by CHRW. BTW, Don't Touch The Dancers are playing on Friday Jan 16th at Call The Office with Teenanger and TV Freaks.

15. Mother's Children....Talk To Her....from the brand new Lemon LP on Mammoth Cave Records. Ottawa powerpop combo with all the right sounds! Easily one of my fave LP's of 2014!

16. The Real Kids...I Can't Shake That Girl...from the brand new Shake...Outta Control LP on Ugly Pop Records. We've waited way too long for this one and John Felice and Billy Cole still got the songs, sounds and move!! Dedicated to Alpo, The Real Kids longtime bass player who passed away way too soon.

17. The Real Kids....She Don't Take It....so good we had to play 2 tracks. You can pick it up locally at Speed City or most of the record shops in Toronto.

18. Marshmallow Overcoat...Groovy Little Trip....from The Very Best Of double LP. From Tucson Arizona and features vocalist Timothy Gassen, responsible for the recent and essential book, The Knights Of Fuzz, which is a gigantic history of the garagepunk band movement from the late 70's up to the present. There's even a Canuck section from your truly.

19. Flight Reaction.... Falling Through Colour....from their self titled debut CD on 13 O'Clock Records from Austin Texas. The band is from Sweden and features a former member of The Crimson Shadows (one of THE best 80's garagepunk combos) and The Maggots.

20. The Galileo 7...Don't Know What I'm Waiting For....from the False Memory Lane CD on 13 O'Clock Records. G7 come from the UK, and a couple members were in the highly acclaimed The Prisoners in the early to late 80's.

21. Heart Attack Kids....Platonic Love....from a recent 7" on It's Trash/Speed City and this local duo will be playing this Wednesday at Call The Office.

22. SFH....Mayor On Crack....7" on Ugly Pop Records covering Toronto's former (and disgraced) Mayor.

23. Simply Saucer....Low Profile....from the recent Baby Nova 12". Protopunk combo from Hamilton Ontario that is still viable 40 years later. Catch them live if you ever get the chance as live dates are getting fewer.

24. Radio 4....I Don't Wanna Go To NYC....from the compilation cassette, Slippery's Club Hits that came with What Wave 24. You can pick this up locally or contact me for info.

25. Panic....I'm Dead.....from the Bad Fantasies LP. Toronto doom combo whom several have compared to early Pere Ubu.

Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!! All appreciated as that's what keeps the fires going!

Next week, we start a series of specials on The Last Pogo Jumps Again movie. It's a documentary of the Toronto and area punk scene from the very beginnings up until the Last Pogo event which happened in December 1978. The Last Pogo referred to the end of punk events happening at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto.  It was a 2 night closing event and was filmed by Colin Brunton as a documentary, released for a very short time and then disappeared, returning several years  back. This new movie covers the scene right up to the event with some coverage of the later scene. We're going to start next week's show covering the bands that led up to the scene and then the early Toronto combos. From there, we'll cover the later Toronto combos, then delve into the Hamilton and finally the London scene. I'll be digging through our archives for lots of unreleased recordings for this series of specials.

You can hear the archived show at the following link:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist Jan 1/2015 All 2014/late 2013 recordings

First off, Happy New Year from Radio What Wave!! This show will only be recordings from 2014 and late 2013 as we highlight some of the releases that made it to WW HQ's. This will NOT be a best of, nor top 10 or any of that crap! Simply some really cool music that we came across and hopefully you too will dig some of this!! Big Thanx to all the labels, bands, artists that still send us actual physical copies and links for downloads! Much appreciated!!

1. The Mogs....Swamp Love...from the El'Mogamundo! CD. Had to start the show with this one as our good pal Rob Munro played guitar/sang/wrote the songs and it was his long time dream to get this CD out. Luckily, Rob was able to get this out before his untimely passing this summer. We were pals with Rob for approx 25 years as I still remember him coming up to us at a Gruesomes show at Call The Office and raving and ranting about how good The Gruesomes were and how he and his pal James Bond were starting a band that was going to be similar...and the birth of the Frankenstein 5! Rob played a big part in the London Ontario scene for many years, playing in bands like the mentioned F5, The Mood, Groove Things, Scratching Post, solo and The Mogs prior to moving to Burlington Ontario several years ago. And then the bug caught him again and we re-connected in Hamilton, seeing many cool bands like Magic Christian, The Cynics, Ugly Beats and so many others. From there he helped form The Noble Savages which you can hear later on in this show. Miss your rambling Rob!
We also lost several other local musicians this past year, Jake Proctor, Rob Brent (The Demics, Mettle) and Jeff Depew (Legend Killers, 63 Monroe, Taplash, Hogbitch, Scratching Post and many more).

2. Lionel Lodge....Putting Down My Gun...from The Agitator CD. Lionel is presently in Austria where he plays regularaly, but promises to be back in London on Friday Feb 6th for a show at Fitzrays.

3. Roger Zuraw....Keep Your Mouth Shut...from a CD single and written on the front 'For The Downtrodden and the Oppressed' a timely message. And a big shout out to Roger as not only a regular listener, but a frequent phone caller to Radio WW!! Thanx Roger!

4. Dustbin Flowers...Saturday's Ashes...from their II CD. Local combo featuring the man of a 1000 bands, Jeffy B. They play out fairly often, so catch them if you can.

5. Eugene Ripper...Punks and Pushers...from the Hangman CD. Eugene was in the early 80's Toronto combo, Stark Naked and The Fleshtones, not to be confused with The Fleshtones from NYC.

6. WIlko Johnson....Going Back Home...from the CD of the same name in collaboration with Roger Daltrey. Wilko was diagnosed with terminal cancer and had just a few months left. Roger phoned him up and said 'wanna make a record', to which Wilko replied 'I've only got a little time left, so we gotta do it quick' which they did. Out popped this marvelous CD featuring Wilko's staccato guitar burst and Roger's hearfelt vocals. Miraculously Wilko had surgery and is cancer free and continued on playing after a recovery hiatus. For those not familiar, Wilko was the original guitarist in Dr Feelgood and Roger sings for The Who.

7. Jim Jones Revue....Catastrophe...from the Savage Heart LP. UK combo who finally made it to London Ontario and put on an absolute Killer show last January!! One of my fave shows of this past year! Since then, the band has decided to pack it in.

8. Vintage Experience...You Don't Look Good To Me....from a demo from this Oneida based combo. Guitarist vocalist Ryan In The Red, had a long time show on CHRW called In The Red and presently does a podcast on The Garagepunk Hideout called Rock City Madness. Check it out, you won't be disappointed.

9. The Mongrels....7 and 7 Is....recorded live at APK 8/3/14 as part of the Rock'n'Roll Rent Party that happens the first sunday of the month. Next one happens on Sunday Jan 4th at 3PM and features the next band....

10. Straight Jacket....Jesus Love Porn Stars....from a recent demo and as mentioned above, SJ will be playing at 3PM this coming sunday at APK in downtown London Ontario.

11. Holy Roller...Bicycle Day....recent demo fromt his 3 piece pop combo who recently played a Rock'n'Roll Rent Party.

12. Pacanomad....Heaven Can Wait....from their recent Restless EP CD. Yet another combo who has played the Rock'n'Roll Rent Party!

13. Frankie And Jimmy....Let It Rock....from their Scream The Blues LP. Hamilton based 2 piece blues combo.

14. catl....Save Myself....from This Shakin' House LP. 2 piece Toronto based rock'n'roll/blues combo that play London fairly regularly. And ALWAYS put on a killer show!!

15. O Lendario Chucrobillyman....Midnight Jungle....from his Man Monkey CD that came out on Off Label Records from Germany. One man band from Brazil that tours the world and is on my list of bands to see....maybe someday!

16. Vikki Vortex and The Cumshots....Countdown To A Breakdown....from the latest Garagepunk Hideout compilation download. This is their 10th download covering the world of garagepunk music and VV come from Germany.

17. Great Dismal Swamis....Loch Ness Lightning....from their Fandango 7" and this is another combo that i've connected via the garagepunk hideout. Check them out, it's free to join.

18. Delusionaires....The Scrump....a recent single on Hidden Volume Records from Philidelphia. This label has released a ton of cool singles and are well worth checking out. The Delusionaires come from Florida, hence the hot'n'greasy vibes!

19. Excelsior.....Pornos...from their brand new 7" EP on It's Trash Records from London Ontario. The record is called Punk Floyd EP and you can pick it up locally at Speed City, Grooves, Village Idiot etc....there's a rumour that a couple of these guys may have been in a combo called The Dropouts who left London several years ago and re-surfaced in Vancouver, releasing a couple of CD's during their existence.

20. Excelsior....Wildlife Death Match...from the It's From London 7" EP on It's Trash Records. BTW, It's Trash is also a radio show here on CHRW, broadcasting every 2nd friday at 6PM.

21. Heart Attack Kids...Eh Ok...from their recent 7" EP on Speed City/It's Trash Records. Local 2 piece garagepunk combo that might be appearing at the next Kissin' The Carpet show in Hamiton Ontario.

22. Noble Savages....Music Will Kill You...from the brand new Marshmallow Generation LP on It's Trash Records. Noble Savages as you should all know by now, call Hamilton Ontario home and have recently acquired legendary drummer Stacey Case for future draft choices.

23. Hurricane And Able....Day More Day....from their most recent download and the 3rd for this Toronto/London based combo. Still waiting for these guys to play here in London.

24. King Tuff....Headbanger....from the Black Moon Spell CD. Had to fade this out as we the bell rang and the ref stopped the show....back with more next week.

Big Thanx for the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! From the above listing, guess it was a pretty good year for music....at least for my ears! We'll continue with some more songs from 2014 next week and then maybe do a special on something or other....you'll have to tune in to find out as i haven't decided yet. Next week same time, same channel.

Here's a link to the archived show:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

The Dogs

Black Chameleon Prayer

Astma Records/ Phonophile

This isn't the French Power Pop band from the 80s or that flashy rap group from the 90s. They look like the Hives, might be the only non-black metal band from Oslo (i kid) and the singer sounds like "Richard Butler meets Nick Cave". Having banged out two previous albums (Set Yourself On Fire And Follow The Smoke - 2012 and The Tears Are Voodoo - 2014) they straddle the line between garage rock and alternative rock yet have not broken the glass ceiling under either genre. 

"Don't Let Me Down" kicks of the album with an urgent anthem that pulls equally from the the gutter rock of the Lords of Altamont and the Hives radio friendly garage rock circa Tyrannosaurus Hives. The strength of the band though is in their post punkish tinged gems. "Stay Away from Her", "Anything You Don't Regret", and "Reduced to Existence"  They mine deep catalogue of organ driven garage rock that The Horrors used to play (while they were playing to any crowd that would listen) on "I Don't Wanna". "Something That Bleeds", and "Why I Lie".

The whole record finds a nice balance even though the band can't decide what it wants to be (new wave post punk vs. primal garage tinged rock). The gospel/ preachy elements confuse especially on the track "Those Blackouts" which is equal parts "CW" show background music and Hives Black and White-era.

Regardless of what how this band see's themselves genre wise they put together a nice album and at least have piqued my interest to take look back. Hopefully this is enough or you to take a look.

As for 2015, this is coming up next month:

For Immediate Release
January 5, 2015


Saustex Records Announces "Ballsier" by the Grannies
CD out January 20th - LP out February 17th
Bay Area Shows - East Coast Shows with the Upper Crust



Saustex is pleased to unleash “Ballsier”, the latest full length album from Bay Area cross-dressing, geriatric superstars The Grannies, out January 20th (CD) and February 17th (Vinyl). The new set picks up where 2011’s “For Those About To Forget To Rock” left off with an arthritic and defiant middle finger raised high above a squalid rawk’n’roll soundtrack. Lead singer Wizard Sleeves wails hard won lessons about dodgy friends, gentrification and love to the chaos while producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, The Gits, High On Fire) aptly synthesizes the band’s well-fermented bile and grungy, virulent twin-guitar attack on tunes like “Soviet”, “Wade in Bloody Water” and “Modern Medicine”. The CD edition of the album features remixes of “The Corner of F*ck and You” by Ben Addison (of UK acid jazz legends Corduroy) and “Glittersh*tter” by German producer, DJ and sound designer Matt Flores. Tour dates in the Bay and on the East Coast are listed below...the spring/summer will see them head for Texas and Europe.

The Grannies story began on a hot July night in 1999, as five grown men dressed as old ladies crossed 11th St in San Francisco and hit the stage at the Paradise Lounge. 15 years, 8 Jack Endino-produced albums, 3 European tours, more than a few beer soaked house dresses, some delighted fans, some not-so delighted soundmen, an 8’ x 5’ oil painting by German artist Frank Bauer (that sold in Cologne for $25,000), some good press, some bad press; and these self-proclaimed “Masters of Quality Edutainment” are still at it. Still. Saustex label boss Jeff Smith has dubbed them “The hardest working ladymen in rock’n’roll”.

Featuring former members of Ain’t (SF), Black Furies (SF), Hollow Heyday (Boston) and Hullabaloo (Boston) The Grannies have released albums on their Dead Teenager and Wondertaker labels and now unleash their full-length debut for Saustex. “Mixing the frantic three chord riff rock of G.B.H. with the in-your-face danger of the Dwarves and add in Divine's fashion sense for good measure -- and voila, you now have the ingredients for a Grannies' cocktail.” says Greg Prato of All Music Guide.

These five are mild-mannered career and family men by day, occupying jobs ranging taxi driver to architect that allow them to don nothing but the latest in thrift store fashion on stage, “looking like a dystopian nightmare vision of glam”, notes Ken Shimamoto of The Stash Dauber. The San Francisco Bay Guardian says “this bunch of moldy old punk rockers, whose history consists chiefly of dressing up like old ladies, getting f*cked up and f*cking things up while decent folk look on in horror are a definite must see.” and Musicdownload was prompted to this bit of pith: “The band members look like Nick Nolte's mug shot if he had been dressed as the lady from ‘Mama's Family’...” But we’re getting too tangled up in visuals because it’s really the music that matters, right?

While schtick gets The Grannies to the altar, the music ties the knot. Unbeknownst to most, the band has maintained the same five members for over a decade, but each has the unusual habit of changing their stage names from album to album. So, while you cannot count on consistent album credits beyond mainstay Seattle producer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Murder City Devils, High On Fire) you can bet there will be some furious, juvenile and belligerent punk rawk and roll lurking within the packaging walls of any release by The Grannies. Sleazegrinder had this to say about the band: “...Best of all, regardless of what mode they’re in, whether it’s sincere rock revivalists or snotty, tranny-granny punk rock assholes, they lay on the hooks and the howls and the c*ck-rockin’ guitar solos like…like they’re not even dressed like arthritic 70 year old broads at all.” And Seattle weekly The Stranger beams “The Grannies assault your ears with something mean, something dirty and something completely rock‘n’roll.”

THE GRANNIES LIVE:

Saturday February 28 San Francisco, CA Benders Noise Pop Afternoon Happy Hour
Friday March 6 Oakland, CA Golden Bull
Saturday March 14 San Francisco, CA The Knockout Afternoon Show

East Coast dates with The Upper Crust
All shows are with The Upper Crust & White Dynomite

Thursday April 23 New York, NY Bowery Electric
Friday, April 24 Somerville, MA Cuisine en Locale
Saturday, April 25 Portland, ME

For more information on Saustex visit www.saustexmedia.com and learn more about the band at www.thegrannies.com

Thanks for trying, John. There are two ways to listen. Radio Free America http://www.radiofreeamerica.com/station/ksfr is sometimes spotty. Then there's http://www.ksfr.org (upper right ), where you can listen through iTunes, Window Media Player etc. As long as I'm turning this into a plug, Sound World is on 10 pm Mountain Time Sunday. My show from last night can be found at Radio free America.

...I wonder if Michael Weldon knows that The Electric Mess's video has an early Psychotronic , prominently displayed? I'm sure he'd get a kick out of it.  Steve , I listened to your show , the other night , but , it kept cutting out on me , unfortunately. John.

Two of my favorite new ones are relatively new bands that haven't received much discussion in here but seem to be anchored in garage and punk. One is Benjamin Booker, a kid in his early 20s whose stated influences include The Gun Club (and Blind Willie Johnson). Then there's The Bloodhounds, East LA Chicanos who owe a lot to The Yardbirds (and have a weird jug band fetish. )

Also I absolutely love The Electric Mess, a NY band I first met here in the Hideout.

I recently posted my 2014 Top 10. http://www.garagepunk.com/blogs/6614/5954/terrell-s-tune-up-s-top-10-albums-of-2014

I have'nt been buying alot of new stuff....Danny Amis' (Los Straitjackets) new CDS is great , in a Ventures/John Barry /HENRY MANCINI STUFFED IN A PHONEBOOTH KINDA WAY.

Fleshtones' last album was great (Boy , who could have seen that coming?). Reverend Horton Heat's last one is pretty strong , just not as good as their ignored previous effort , "Laffin' and Cryin'". The Fuzztones' SELF - TRIBUTE ALBUM , with help from many true Garage legends , is killer , even if you don't like The Fuzztones. Gonn's last release makes an ass of anyone who fancies themselves "Garage Bands"....

I would also pick Thee Oh Sees Drop from 2014 as a favourite.  Also worth checking out, Teenanger's EPLP (its more garage/punk), The Black Lips - Underneath The Rainbow and Parquet Courts Sunbathing Animal.

Haven't heard the Real Kids reissue, will have to check that one out.

Cool. But , of course , I meant The Real Kids. This is and event. So was their last EP and 45 , which was almost 20 years ago....I don't think the propsed live album on REAL o Mind (I think.) came out , either, just teh 45. Thanks for the info.

John: Assume you mean the Real Kids LP, if so, it's on Ugly Pop Records on vinyl.

Here's a link:

http://uglypop.bigcartel.com/

Ugly Pop has released a ton of cool stuff, mainly reissues of long out of print recs. Lots of early Canpunk singles, ie The Spys, Hot Nasties, Simply Saucer and loads more. All pressed and packaged with loving care. My favourite Canadian record label.

DAMN! Now it's 2015 , and this is the first I've heard of it .  I heard they were MAKING the album , but , we all knew that that meant it could be another year.....Well , I sure hope I can find it. I know it's not very "Punk Rock'' to buy your music in an actual record store , but , i'LL TRY THAT , FIRST.

HAPPY NEW YEAR , EH?

John.

2014 did bring a new Real Kids LP, Shake....Outta Control their first LP in many many years. It was long awaited for these ears and didn't quite live up  to what i was expecting. Although on repeated listens, it's been winning me over more each play.

And finally the new Mother's Children LP, Lemon which beat The Real Kids at their own game. Pure power pop with loadsa hooks and guitars that play together so well. Easily one of my fave LP's of the year! These guys are off to Europe sometime this year, just wish they'd play some of the cities that within driving distance prior.

Mine def is Drop by Thee Oh Sees, and VLMA's self stitled release.

Skull Theft is coming out with a split with Ratboiler and they also have their own album coming out too, so that's exciting. VLMA's starting to record in January/Febuary for their next release, and anything released by them is gold. Old Indians record is coming out soon, too. That's all I got speculated so far.

Here are the two most recent episodes of Revolution Rock.  

January 3rd Play List:

1. 999 - I’m Alive
2. The Tomboys - I’d Rather Fight Than Switch
3. The Len Bright Combo - You’re Gonna Screw My Head Off
4. Young Rival - Elevator
5. Acid Baby Jesus - Who’s First
6. John Otway - Baby’s In The Club
7. Wazmo Nariz - Tele-Tele-Telephone
8. Queen’s Rug - Like A Plague
9. AKA & The Charlatans - 634 Dog
10. Little Richard - Keep A Knockin’
11. Jack Scott - Midgie
12. The Gestics - Invasion
13. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Theme From TV
14. Davie Allan & The Arrows - Blues Theme
15. CJ Ramone - Last Chance To Dance
16. Fifth Column - Like This (Brave New Waves Session)
17. The Animals - Don’t Bring Me Down
18. Tire Swing Co. - Time Away
19. The Black Angels - Molly Moves My Generation
20. Sonic Jesus - Lost Reprise
21. The Electric Vomit - Treasure Hunt
22. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - You Belong To Me (Live)
23. The Government - Telephobia
24. Ty Segall - It’s A Problem
25. Actual Water - Waldo Jackson
26. Dead Ghosts - Summer With Phil
27. Dead Ghosts - Cold Stare
28. Roy Orbison - You’re Gonna Cry
29. Roy Orbison - I Never Knew

Download/listen to this podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20150103-1900-t1420311600.mp3

Check out my blog post on Roy Orbison's Rock House here:http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2015/01/roy-orbison-at-rock-house-show-541.html

December 27th Play List (Best of 2014):

1. Parquet Courts - Instant Disassembly (Sunbathing Animal - What's Your Rupture? 2014)
2. Parkay Quarts - Content Nausea (Content Nausea - What's Your Rupture? 2014)
3. Guided By Voices - Planet Score (Motivational Jumpsuit - Guided By Voices Inc. 2014)
4. Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs - Hold Me Close (Gates Of Hell - South Paw Records 2014)
5. Paul Jacobs - Waking Up (Do It Again - Self Released 2014)
6. James O-L & The Villains - Late Night Drive (On The Banks Of The Detroit River - Famous Last Records 2014)
7. Ought - Weather Song (More Than Any Other Day - Constellation Records 2014)
8. White Lung - Just For You (Deep Fantasy - Domino 2014)
9. Ty Segall - Connection Man (Manipulator - Drag City 2014)
10. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy (Salad Days - Captured Tracks 2014)
11. Ariel Pink - Nude Beach A Go-Go (Pom Pom - 4AD 2014)
12. King Tuff - Magic Mirror (Black Moon Spell - Sub Pop 2014)
13. OFF! - I Won't Be A Casualty (Wasted Years - Vice 2014)
14. Chad Vangaalen - Leaning On Bells (Shrink Dust - Sub Pop 2014)
15. The Black Angels - The Flop (Clear Lake Forest EP - Blue Horizon Records 2014)
16. Kestrels - Wide Eyes (The Moon Is Shining Our Way EP - Noyes/Sonic Unyon 2014)
17. Ty Segall - Manipulator (Manipulator - Drag City 2014)
18. St. Vincent - Birth In Reverse (St. Vincent - Loma Vista/Republic Records 2014)
19. Iceage - Forever (Plowing Through The Field Of Love - Matador 2014)
20. Perfume Genius - Longpig (Too Bright - Matador 2014)
21. The Black Lips - Dorner Party (Underneath The Rainbow - Vice 2014)
22. White Fence - Anger! Who Keeps You Under (For The Recently Found Innocent - Drag City Records 2014)
23. Swans - A Little God in My Hands (To Be Kind - Young God/Mute Records 2014)
24. Sun Kil Moon - Pray for Newtown (Benji - Caldo Verde Records 2014)
25. Teenanger - Sky Saxon (E P L P - Telephone Explosion 2014)
26. Thee Oh Sees - Drop (Drop - Castle Face 2014)

Download/listen to this podcast here:http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20141227-1900-t1419706800.mp3

Check out my blog post featuring my favourite ten releases of 2014:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2014/12/2014-highlights-show-540.html

Playlist 01/03/15

Psychedelic Furs - India
Adverts - No Time To Be 21
Generation X - Night of the Cadillacs
Rezillos - 2000 AD
Double Date With Death - Ride
Jagged Lines - Kickin' The Habit
Occult Tofu Soup - Rude
El Cine - Laundromat
Meatbodies - Disorder
OBN IIIs - Off The Grid
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - I'm In Your Mind
Wax Witches - Social Introvert
Thee Oh Sees - Crack In Your Eye
Blind Shake - Go Lie
Ausmuteants - Freedom of Information
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Dirty Looks - Let Go
DMZ - Mighty Idy
Blue Hearts - Be Nice
FOC - In The Back
Thee Wylde Fuzz Show - Stunner
Mighties - I Hope This Letter
Narco States - Lost In Time
Loose Pills - Stop
Chesterfield Kings - You Better Look Now
Syn - Grounded
Lyres - Self-Centered Girl
Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream
Body Futures - Hooks & Eyes
Spits - Trouble
Sonny Vincent & Spite - Wait
Love Me Nots - No Myth
Sugar - The Gift
Screaming Trees - Change Has Come
Salem 66 - Playground
Harmonica Lewinski - King Mountain
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on for its first show of 2015 on Saturday January 3rd. There will be the usual mix of Punk, Garage, and Psychedelic tunes. You can listen at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu

I wouldn't say record, but the first time I saw VLMA live, it became clear to me on what I wanted to hear in music outside of stoner metal. They made music like I wanted my drawings to look. Wild, kill'em all experimental, and scumboppin.