Yeasayer
It’s been 4 years since we last heard from Yeasayer.
Brooklyn’s experimental foursome offer their 4th album, Amen & Goodbye, on April 1st.
“I Am Chemistry” is a pre-release.
“I Am Chemistry”
The Oedipus Project
Warpaint bassist and singer/songwriter Jenny Lee Lindberg has a solo debut.
Referring to her solo self as jennylee, the album right on! features the song “boom boom”.
Jonathan L, new music Monday from Berlin.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Dweezil Zappa “Rat Race” (Los Angeles)
*X-ite Project “Get Free Today” (Bremen, Germany)
*rekkorder “Locked” (Hamburg, Germany)
*Dim Zach “Discomare Sex” (Greece/Costa Rica)
*Somma “Cinza Fénix (Portugal)
*Operation:Mindcrime “Burn” (Seattle)
*Operation:Mindcrime “Life Or Death” (Seattle)
*Friendships “Ghost Hear” (Emu Point, W. Australia)
*Bam Spacey “Lova Mig” (Malmo, Sweden)
*Mrs. Howl “Her Story” (Tempe, Arizona)
*The Sunjays “Can’t Stand” (Hamburg, Germany)
*The Sneaky Nixons “Sex” (Liverpool, England)
*Naked Highway “Never Cared” (New York)
*The Black Sparrows “Crown And Cushion” (London)
*All The Kings Men “City Lights” (Manchester)
*Doll Skin “Wring Me Out” (Phoenix, Arizona)
*exmagician “Kiss That Wealth Goodbye” (Belfast, Ireland)
*Life Is Better Blonde “Mine” (Melbourne, AU)
*Lax Lizzard “da Beach” (Berlin, Germany)
*The Noble Thiefs “Made Of Stone” (Winnipeg, Canada)
*Niall James Holohan “New Wave (Is…)” (London/Denmark)
*Hot Vestry “Parallel To Tomorrow” (Macclesfield, U.K.)
+Shirley Levi “Harvest Moon”(1 take-iPhone) (Los Angeles)
*Men In The Sky “If I Go” (U.K./Canada)
*Sugarmen “Plastic Ocean” (Liverpool, England)
*The Coathangers “Watch Your Back” (Atlanta, Georgia)
*So Star “Mobilize On The Dance Floor” (Manchester)
JOAN JETT SONG OF WEEK: “Love Is Pain”
*New Order “Academic” (Manchester, England)
Methyl Ethel, a trio from Perth, will emerge from Down Under in 2016.
Their debut album Oh Inhumane Spectacle made a splash in Australia last year.
The song “Twilight” will move them beyond their home shores.
“Twilight Driving”
Sadly, SVIIB will be the final album from School of Seven Bells, a band I was so fond of.
What began as a trio with twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza and Benjamin Curtis, transformed into a duo when Claudia left in 2010.
Tragically Benjamin died of lymphoma in 2013.
SVIIB is the abbreviation for School of Seven Bells and Curtis did complete his parts before becoming sick.
“Open Your Eyes” from the album coming next month.
“Open Your Eyes”
Half Moon Run is a Montreal quartet who released their 2nd album, Sun Leads Me On, late last year.
Compelling harmonies on the new single “Turn Your Love”.
“Turn Your Love”
Jonathan L from Berlin, only on Monday, here.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Basia Bulat “Infamous” (Toronto, Canada)
*Oranj Son “Pyscho Disco Face” (Ellesmere Port, England)
*Monster Jaw f/Justin Sullivan “Why” (Leeds, England)
*Public Service Broadcasting “Sputnik” (London)
*Lukas Graham “7 Years” (Copenhagen, Denmark)
*Smokey Bastard “Baba Yaga” (Reading, England)
*Pound Of Flesh “Believe” (new mix) (Chicago)
*Lydmor & Bon Homme “Dream Of Fire” (Copenhagen)
*Campbell L Sangster “Odds Are Stacked”(London/Liverpool)
*Lizzy Lee “Irresistable” (New York City)
*Junior Boys “Big Black Coat” (Ontario, Canada)
*rekkorder “Under Fire” (Hamburg, Germany)
*The Deadline Shakes “Shelters” (Glasgow, Scotland)
*The Levons “Too Strange” (Liverpool)
*Leanne Kingwell “So Long” (Fischer Z cover) (Melbourne)
*Genoveva (Kachurkova) “Kain’s Theme” (Mascedonia)
*Barney Goodall & The Nighthawks “If We Don’t…(Liverpool)
*Alpha Shallows “Set The Fires” (Leeds/Wakefield, England)
JOAN JETT SONG OF WEEK: “Treadin’ Water”
*Gavin Turek & TokiMonsta “Hemisphere” (Los Angeles)
*Salute “Diamond (Gold Rush)” (Brighton/Vienna)
*Colours “Monster” (Florida)
*Tindersticks f/Jehnny Beth “We Are Dreamers” (Nottingham)
*Doll Skin “Blind” (Phoenix, AZ)
*Keema “Tell Me Where It Hurts” (Copenhagen)
*Autolux “Soft Scene” (Los Angeles)
Sunflower Bean, a young trio based in Brooklyn, debut with their album Human Ceremony next month.
A band to watch.
“Easier Said” is the lead track.
“Easier Said”
Jonathan L is Monday strong.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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Kosoti “Gone Too Far” (Newcastle, England)
Ruthie Collins “Ramblin’ Man” (Nashville)
Skellums “The Avenue” (Liverpool)
Ballerina Black “Blue-ish Grey” (Los Angeles)
FFS “The Power Couple” (Glasgow/Los Angeles)
Daybehavior “Cambiare” (Stockholm, Sweden)
Space “Strange World” (Liverpool)
Void “Not The One” (Wales)
Jodz “Waiting (Till Then)” (Manchester, England)
Rew Starr “A lot Of Mistakes” (N.Y.C.)
The Winachi Tribe “Time For Love” (Warrington, U.K.)
Ilona “Beautiful Country” (London)
Boris Carloff “Cos You Know” (Czech Republic)
Shooze “Trouble In London” (Redditch, U.K.)
Ali Ingle “Hey Kid” (London/Liverpool)
Little Brother Eli “Dreams” (Oxford, England)
The Plastic Pals “Timing Is Everything” (Stockholm)
The Shy Lips “Bahia Part 2” (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Postcards From Jeff “Suburban Girl” (Manchester)
Filter Distortion “Frequency Modulation” (Liverpool)
Robert Lauri “In The Dark” (Paris, France)
The Small Society “Political Songs…” (Guildford, U.K.)
Milton Star “Things Fall Apart” (Fife, Scotland)
Deeper Upper “Stoneworks” (Lithuania)
Showstar “The Trouble Is” (Belgium)
So-Star f/Que Da Wiz “Koko” (Manchester)
Gang Of Four f/ H.Gronemeyer “The Dying Rays” (London)
The Sunjays “Slow Speed” (Hamburg, Germany)
Juno Reactor “Zombie” (GMS remix) (London)
David Bowie, a personal inspiration, hero and friend.
I was fortunate to travel Japan with him in 1992 while he was in the conglomeration Tin Machine. His insight made the country even more special.
This photo is from my private collection. I snapped it during an intimate conversation in a hotel room in Tokyo.
David will live on forever. He is “Lazarus”.
“Lazarus” from Blackstar
Jonathan L returns for the New Year every Monday on the Oedipus Project from Berlin.
Today a Los Angeles focus.
Lopsided World of L (Hour !)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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Felix Da Housecat “Madam Hollywood” (Chicago)
*Ediblehead “Driving In My Car” (Los Angeles)
Machine Head/Stephen Dewey “L.A. Gothic” (Los Angeles)
-Freddie Snakeskin ID-
*Los Angelics “Live Like Kings (Mexico)” (Los Angeles)
Rancid “L.A. River” (San Francisco)
Sunrise Avenue “Hollywood Hills” (Helsinki, Finland)
Leitbur “Strange In L.A.” (Los Angeles)
Thin Lizzy “Hollywood (Down On Your Luck” (Ireland)
Love Zombies “California Haze” (London, England)
Frank Black “Los Angeles” (Massachusettes)
Ballerina Black “Open Your Eyes” (Los Angeles)
-Kat Corbett ID-
Moby and the Void Pacific Choir “Almost Loved” (N.Y.)
Dancing Heals “Los Angeles” (Melbourne, Australia)
Warren Zevon “Join Me In L.A.” (Los Angeles)
Fire Tiger “Green Light” (Los Angeles)
The Diamond Light “Heathens” (Los Angeles)
Dave Philp “Hollywood Book Of The Dead” (Los Angeles)
Veruca Salt “Eyes On You” (Los Angeles)
LA Guns “Hollywood Forever” (Los Angeles)
WVM “Empire” (Los Angeles)
-Swedish Eagle ID-
JET “Goodbye Hollywood” (Melbourne, Australia)
*Chandler Juliet “California Road Trip” (Los Angeles)
The Singularity “Wetter” (Los Angeles)
Tramps In Stereo “Together” (Los Angeles)
Some Velvet Morning “Hollywood” (N. London)
Crown Jwlz “California King” (Los Angeles)
*Shirley Levi “Hollywood” (1 take Demo) (Los Angeles)
Euthanasia “L.A. Riots” (United Kingdom)
**Excerpts of Randy Newman “I Love L.A.
runs throughout show**