La Luz
Another band you should know:
La Luz, a female surf-rock quartet from Seattle now based in Los Angeles. Their 3rd album, Floating Features, comes out in May.
California Finally
Cicada
Stella Donnelly
Stella Donnelly, a young singer/songwriter from Australia, takes on sexual assault on her debut EP, Thrush Metal.
Powerful!
Boys Will Be Boys
Mechanical Bull
Lopsided World of L
Every Monday from Berlin, Jonathan L.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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*Mary and the Ram “The Cross” (York, England)
*Abinchova “Präludium” (Switzerland)
*Abinchova “Nachtlied” (Switzerland)
*Calamity The Kid ”American Muscle” (Los Angeles)
*Bad Wolves “Zombie” (Cranberries cover) (N. America)
*Twisted Wheel “Oh What Have…” (Lanchaster, U.K.)
*Simple Minds “Magic” (Glasgow, Scotland)
*Little Brother Eli “Tooth” (Oxford, England)
*Richie Phoe “Lyrical Chef Dub” (Brighton, England)
*The Damned “Standing On The Edge Of Tomorrow” (London)
*William Shatner “Garbageman” (Cramps cover) (Los Angeles)
*Andy Cooper “The Perfect Definition” (Long Beach, CA)
*Slaves “Patience Is The Virtue” (Sacramento, CA)
*Jack White “Corporation” (Detroit)
*Broadway Lafayette “Bayou Lover” (N.Y.C.)
+Hegarty “I Only Dream” (Liverpool)
*Woody and the Blythers “My BB” (Prescott, AZ)
*Marcus Marr “Familiar Five” (London)
*Imperial Leisure “Creeper” (London)
*Lines In The Sky “Teeth” (Nashville, TN)
*Hollie Cook “Ghostly Fading” (London)
*Jaded Heart “Final Moment” (Duisburg, Germany)
*Tiny Fighter “New Century” (Sweden/Australia)
ALICE COOPER SONG OF WEEK: “No More Mr. Nice Guy”
*Creep Show “Modern Parenting” (United Kingdom)
*The Money War “Recall” (Perth, Australia)
*Mason Book Girl “Karma” (Japan)
*Maff “Desfile” (Santiago, Chile)
*Shape Shifting Aliens “Showing My Face” (Sweden)
*Kiki Toao & Rombout “Djinn Disco” (Amsterdam)
Lily Allen
Lily Allen’s 4th album No Shame is expected in June.
During the four years since Sheezus her marriage ended and she suffered an identity crisis, not relating to her musical choices.
Here are two from No Shame: Trigger Bang (Feat. Giggs) and the song Three, written from the point of view of a three-year old.
Missed her.
Trigger Bang
Three
Poliça and stargaze
Poliça, the Minnesota quintet, have banded together with stargaze, the Berlin-based orchestra collective, for their 4th album, Music for the Long Emergency.
Exploring love in times of political turmoil, listen here to the gentle beauty of Agree.
Agree
Lopsided World of L
Jonathan L from Berlin shows the SHE’s have it.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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*Susie Blue “Didn’t Mean To Care” (Northern Ireland)
*Tango With Lions “Proof Of Desire” (Greece)
*Coreign “One Day” (Switzerland)
*Martha Ffion “We Make Do” (Glasgow, Scotland)
*Kat Meoz “Bad Moon” (Los Angeles)
+Club Domani f/ Cristina Bugatti (Milan, Italy)
+Johnette Napolitano “Crib Girl” (Joshua Tree, CA)
*Afika Mamas “Tata Madiba (for Nelson Mandala)” (S. Africa)
*Lucy Dacus “Addictions” (Richmond, Virginia)
*Erika Wennerstrom “Extraordinary Love” (Full V.) (Austin, TX)
+Chàrlee M. f/von den Helden “Winterzeit” (Bielefeld, Germany)
*Mavis Staples “Who Told You That” (Chicago)
*Übertos “Hot Damn Emmylou” (Norway)
*Tiger Lilly “New Year” (London, England)
*Tamara Bubble “Laundry” (Brooklyn)
+Jenn Vix “Alive Again” (Rhode Island)
*Beth Wimmer “Loosen My Grip” (Switzerland)
*Belle & Sebastian “Same Star” (Glasgow, Scotland)
+Lola Dutronic “My Name Is Lola” (Germany/Canada)
*Esme Bridie “Tower Of Regret” (Liverpool, England)
*Hawley Pen “3 Strikes” (Denver, CO)
*Maari “Heartbreaker” (Sydney, Australia)
*Ronnie Spector “Tell Her No” (Zombies cover) (Connecticut)
*IAMEVE “All Seeing Eye” (Los Angeles)
+Lou Parker “Piece Of Mary” (Brisbane, Australia)
+Dessa “Fire Drills” (Minneapolis)
*Meri Amber “Dance ’Til You’re Dead” (Sydney, Australia)
*On Dead Waves “Winter’s Child” (London, England)
+Perel “Die Dimension” (Berlin, Germany)
Twin Shadow
We’ve waited 3 long years for music from the soulful synthpop Twin Shadow.
The album Caer is forthcoming.
Included is the song Saturdays with assistance from his friends HAIM.
Saturdays (Feat. HAIM)
Lopsided World of L
Jonathan L, Berlin’s music man.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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*Erika Wennerstrom “Extraordinary Love” (edit) (Austin, TX)
*Young Fathers “In My View” (Edinburgh, Scotland)
*Coreign “Run Run Run” (Switzerland)
+Hey Jetman “Tinder And Tears” (Berlin, Germany)
+TC&I “Scatter Me” (Swindon, England)
*Club Domani & Jerry Bouthier “You Be” (Milan, Italy)
*Benjamin Shoos f/ Dent May “All Night” (Paris, France)
*Plastic “Headless Rabbt” (Cheshire, England)
*Colin Macleod “Kicks In” (Glasgow, Scotland)
*The Screaming Love Collective “Artificial Stimulation” (U.K.)
*Mugzy “My Journey” (Sydney, Australia)
*Long Distance Calling “Like A River” (Germany)
*b.d. Gottfried “Blame It On The Money” (Canada)
*Moscow Death Brigade “Straight Outta Moscow” (Russia)
*Hegarty “Broken Soul” (Liverpool, England)
*Noah Gundersen “The Sound” (Seattle, WA)
*Speak, Brother “Magnesium” (Coventry, England)
*The Spook School “Body” (United Kingdom)
ALICE COOPER SONG OF WEEK: “Rats”
*Steve Hewitt “Pushing Me Away” (Kent, England)
*Martin Nocun “Pump Up The Music” (Poland)
*Kangarucci “Taxi Man” (United Kingdom)
*Tony Moore “Save The Day” (London, England)
*The Maple State “Something In The Water” (Manchester)
*COG “The Middle” (Sydney, Australia)
*Travis Caudle “What It Is” (Perth, Australia)
*Ray Keith “Bun Dem Computer” (Re-issue) (London)
Gaz Coombes
Gaz Coombes, former lead singer of the band Supergrass, gives us his 3rd solo album, World’s Strongest Man, in May.
Deep Pockets rocks!
Deep Pockets
Lopsided World of L
Jonathan L, and more new music.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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*Karen O f/M. Kiwanuka “Yo! My Saint” (N.Y.C.)
*TC&I “Scatter Me” (Swindon, England)
*Mugzy f/ Pablo “Can’t Stop Us” (Sydney, Australia)
*Long Distance Calling “The Far Side” (Germany)
*Boytronic “Big Hands For The Dreamers” (Hamburg, Germany)
*Duran Duran f/ A. Wickett “Girls On Film” (1979 demo)
*Hegarty “I Only Dream” (Liverpool, England)
*Nelson Can “Downtown” (Copenhagen, Denmark)
*Hey Jetman “Tinder And Tears” (Berlin, Germany)
*The James Hunter Six “I Got Eyes” (London, England)
*Andy Cooper “Can’t Be Satisfied” (Long Beach, CA)
*Typo Clan” “The Tune” (Italy)
*Joan As Police Woman “Tell Me” (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
*TC&I “Greatness (The Aspiration Song)” (Swindon, England)
*Courtney John “Free For All” (Kingston, Jamaica)
*Baby Raptors “Lost Boi” (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
*Joel James “Adorn, Above” (Melbourne, Australia)
*Norquay “Slaves” (Scotland)
*Moscow Death Brigade “What We Do” (Moscow, Russia)
*Listener “Bloodshot/New Love” (Kansas City)
*Editors “Magazine” (Birmingham, England)
ALICE COOPER SONG OF WEEK: “Under My Wheels” (Live)
*Pink Tea “Smoko” (Brisbane, Australia)
*Coreign “Lay All Down” (Switzerland)
*Loudness “The Voice” (Osaka, Japan)
*Rachel Mason “Time To Resign” (Los Angeles)
*Lionize “Election Year” (Washington D.C.)
*Un and gonflable “Tropques” (Paris/Berlin)
*G-Lati &Mellons f/ C. Davis “Off The Ground” (Netherlands)
The Damned
The Damned was the first punk rock band in the UK to release a single; and it was the first one that I played in 1977.
The band was also one of my first interviews at my tiny college station. Truly dreadful. Punks to punks.
The Damned has been through various transformations over the years with Dave Vanian, the lead vocalist, the only constant.
Captain Sensible from the original band has rejoined the current lineup.
Evil Spirits is due in the spring and features the anthemic Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow.
Standing on the Edge of Tomorrow
Courtney Barnett
One of the most important artists to emerge in recent years is Courtney Barnett.
Tell Me How You Really Feel will be the title of this Australian’s 3rd album due in the spring.
As a precursor, we have the song Nameless, Faceless with Kim Deal of The Breeders on backing vocals.
Nameless, Faceless