Radio What Wave Playlist May 10/2021
- Gruesomes…..What Wave….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood 1989 OG Records.
- Dany Laj and the Looks….Smile…from their soon to be released 10 Easy Pieces release which is now in pre-order status. Get it before it’s sold out.
- Shannon and the Clams….Onion….from their 2018 Onion release and the latest of theirs. Shannon has done a country release since this.
- Knoxville Girls…. Sophisticated Boom Boom….from their recent In A Ripped Dress release that has Kid Congo on it.
- Miesha and the Spanks….SOS….from their recent Singles release and from Calgary.
- Stephen Schijns….Map….latest single from this Kelowna BC resident and as always is in the power pop genre.
- Routes….Kapow….from their brand new Intstrumentals II on Groovie Records and is at least their 3rd release since this pandemic started! They’re a trio from Japan.
- Wasagas….Scuba School….from their recent Dance Party A Go Go release and from Toronto.
- Poison Suckers….Stick Up….brand new and from Winnipeg. JRod is in this one, she of American Flamewhip, Vagiants, Angry Dragons and the…..
- Sorels….Spring Break….from their recent 7” and from Winnipeg.
- Wasagas…..Dance Party A Go Go…..title track from their latest.
- Enchanters….Torture Chamber….from their brand new 7” on Transistor 66 Records out of Winnipeg and this trio is from Toronto.
- Delbert McClinton….Heartbreak Radio….from his 1981 Plain From The Heart release. We got news that Delbert is retiring after decades in the industry as no one knows what touring and playing live will be like once the pandemic is over.
- Chip Kinman and Mack MacKenzie….It’s Not Worth It….from their 2018 Cua Tro De Los Angeles EP.
- Three O’Clock Train….Train Of Dreams…..from their 1985 Wig Wam Beach release and from Montreal. This was Mack’s country rock band from the 80’s.
- Rizdales…. Honky Tonk Honeymoon…..from their 2018 Lucky Enough release and from London Ontario.
- Porter Wagoner….Rubber Room….from his 1972 What Ain’t To Be Just Might Happen.
- Birthday Party….Dead Joe….from their 1982 Junkyard release and for song co-writer Anita Lane who passed very recently. She was also involved in the Bad Seeds as a song co-writer.
- Ultravox….Satday Night In The City Of The Dead….from their debut release from 1977. This, and the rest of this set is a bit of a continuation of our last few shows, looking at the beginnings of punk/new wave using the book Another Tuneless Racket by Steven H Gardner as reference.
- Magazine….Shot By Both Sides….from their 1982 After The Fact release.
- Wire….Feeling Called Love….from their 1977 Pink Flag release.
- Rubber City Rebels….Rubber City Rebels….from the 1977 From Akron release. This goes out to John.
- Roger Zuraw….Freight Train Through My Head Blues….from his 2007 Feels Like Blues To Me release and Roger is from the Etobicoke area where he played regularly prior to the pandemic.
- Lost Patrol….You’re Gone….from their 1988 debut long player that came out in France, yet the band is from Windsor Ontario. They played London many times, always putting on great shows!
- Jr Gone Wild….Cosmos….from their 1986 Less Art More Pop release. There’s a documentary still under progress about these guys, as once they started, the makers realized there was a lot more to this band than originally thought.
- TVD…Mole….from their brand new Avec release, which is now available from the usual download places, soon on vinyl and CD. And from right here in London Ontario.
- Playboy Manbaby…. Bored Broke and Sober….from their 2018 Don’t Let It Be release.
- Bootsey X….Dwarf Bunny Nation…from his 2013 Women’s Rites release and from Detroit.
- Jeremy Porter and the Tucos….Put You On Hold…from their recent Candy Coated Cannonball release and from Detroit. For some reason, I can’t get enough of this song, my fave so far in 2021!
- The Facts….Love/Hate….from their 1983 Anxiety release and from Detroit.
- Vertical Pillows…. Jump Back….from their 1985 7” and Rob Tyner was involved helping out this band prior to his passing.
- Evan Johns….Boomerang….from the 4 Big Guitars From Texas release from 1985. This goes out to Denny Freeman, guitarist on this track, who passed away very recently. Denny was one of this shit hot guitarists who played on many records/releases.
- Bad Seeds….Taste Of The Same….from the Eva album and goes out to drummer Bobby Donamo who passed away very recently.
- Pylon….Weather Radio….from their 1980 Gyrate release.
- Penetration…..Don’t Dictate…from the Guillotine compilation of early UK punk/new wave bands.
- Gossip…. Arkansas Heat…from the Arkansas Heat 10” release.
- Peter Zaremba’s Love Delegation….Hey Disco…from the 1988 Delegation Time release and Peter is vocalist for The Fleshtones.
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Back again next week with more noise. Stay safe!