Mikal Cronin
Indie multi-instrumentalist Mikal Cronin makes his home in San Francisco.
Occasional bass player for his friend Ty Segall, Cronin has just released his 2nd solo album MCII.
“Weight” displays his songwriting talents.
Big Black Delta
For over 10 years Jonathan Bates was the leader of the rock trio Mellowdrone.
He has now embarked on an electronic solo adventure under the name Big Black Delta.
“Side of the Road” is from his self-titled debut.
Lopsided World of L
Jonathan L rocks from Berlin.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Lordi “Schizo Doll”
*Jon Byrne “Cigarette Song”
*Cora Lee “B.E.A.S.T.”
*Massive Wagons “Area 51”
*Villagers “Judgement Call”
*HeadCat f/ Lemmy, Slim Jim Phantom, Danny B. Harvey “Let It Rock” (2011)
*ACIDIC “Copperman”
*Wumpscut “Der Liebe Gott Sieht Alles”
*Stellar Corpses “Dead Stars Drive-in”
*Jane Woodman “Black Forrest”
*Elliot Easton’s Tiki Gods “Sir Surfalot”
*Blondie “Dead Air”
*Queens Of The Stone Age “My God Is The Sun”
*Dead Can Dance “Children Of The Sun”
*Cherries On A Blacklist “Talking To Jesus”
*David Bowie “Dirty Boys”
*Born Ruffians “Permanent Hesitation”
*Brickwall Jackson “Goin’ Down Swingin’ ”
*ME *Under The Sun”
*J Mascis and Sharon Von Etten “Prisoners” (John Denver cover)
*Junip “Your Life Your Call”
*Joe Satriani “A Door Into Summer”
*The NowhereNauts “Hideaway”
*Saxon “Walking The Steel”
*Mudhoney “Sing This Song Of Joy”
*Young Gwapa f/ Young L.A. “Do Sumthing”
JOAN JETT SONG OF THE WEEK: “Nag”
*Anoxia “Blame Yourself”
*Dawn Of Ashes “Morphine Addiction”
*Ben Tax “Gluesksmoment”
Iggy & the Stooges
He’s a legend and we watch and listen with wonder as he performs with youthful passion while witnessing the inevitable aging of his body.
Iggy Pop has released a new Iggy & the Stooges album, Ready to Die. Truly the godfather of punk.
Spitting out the words with awkward meter, “Job” is quintessential Iggy.
Iron & Wine
Samuel Beam is the artist known as Iron & Wine.
Over the course of his career he has slowly expanded his repertoire from bedroom troubadour to band leader while exploring different musical genres but always featuring his gentle voice.
Ghost on Ghost, his 5th album, has elements of pop and jazz as heard here on “Grace for Saints and Ramblers”.
Lopsided World of L
Mondays rock with Jonathan L from Berlin.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Old Man Markley “Blindfold”
*Massive Wagons “Fight The System”
*Frazic “Klick Klack”
*Palma Violets “Step Up For The Cool Cats”
*Juno Reactor “Final Frontier”
*Chyna Nicole “A Thing For You”
*Suicidal Tendencies “Cyco Style”
*RDGLDGRN “Million Fans”
*Personal “Perfect Empty Clone”
*Wumpscut “Tod Essen Leben Auf” (Dwarf edit)
*Ummagma “Balkanfellini”
*Krokus “Dög Song”
*David Bowie “I’d Rather Be High”
*Kraftwerk interlude “Die Stimme Der Energie”
*Lou Reed “Future Farmers Of America” (2000)
*Michael Jeffries “Journey On A Butterfly” (remix)
*Queensryche f/ Todd Le Torre “Redemption”
*Jane Woodman “Sister Europe”
*BETA “Cassiopea” (replay)
*OMD “Metroland”
*Driicky Graham “I Do This”
JOAN JETT SONG OF THE WEEK: “TMI” (replay)
*ME “Hoo Ha”
*Anthrax “TNT” (AC/DC cover)
*TXL “Ich Habe Angst”
*Frightened Rabbit “Holy”
*Tony deKaro “Der Novak” (remix-replay)
*IAMEVE “Self Sabotage”
*Adam Schock “Ignition”
Deerhunter
Deerhunter’s 6th album, Monomania, came out yesterday, their first since 2010’s acclaimed Halcyon Digest.
There have been some minor lineup changes but the band remains the vision of eccentric Bradford Cox.
Describing their new record as “Nocturnal Garage”, prepare for a wild ride on this title track.
“Monomania”
Savages
Savages consists of 4 women from London.
From their website:
SAVAGES MANIFESTO #1
SAVAGES’ INTENTION IS TO CREATE A SOUND, INDESTRUCTIBLE, MUSICALLY SOLID, WRITTEN FOR THE STAGE AND DESIGNED WITH ENOUGH NUANCES TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF EMOTIONS. SAVAGES ARE A SELF-AFFIRMING VOICE TO HELP EXPERIENCE OUR GIRLFRIENDS DIFFERENTLY, OUR HUSBANDS, OUR JOBS, OUR EROTIC LIFE, AND THE PLACE MUSIC OCCUPIES INTO OUR LIVES. SAVAGES’ SONGS AIM TO REMIND US THAT HUMAN BEINGS HAVEN’T EVOLVED SO MUCH, THAT MUSIC CAN STILL BE STRAIGHT TO THE POINT, EFFICIENT AND EXCITING.
Their intense debut album, Silence Yourself, comes out today.
Listen to the power of “She Will”.
Lopsided World of L
Our man in Berlin, Jonathan L.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Helloween “Crack The Riddle”
*Lordi “Candy For The Cannibal”
*ME “Carousel”
*Spiritual Beggars “Dreamer”
*Frazic “Be Closer (Where U R)” (replay)
*Ghost & Writer “(Do I Have) Your Word” (Titanic Moon)”
*Love Cream “Love Train”
*World Premiere-*BETA “Cassiopea ii”
*Human Zoo “Cosmopolitan Scene”
*Krokus “Better Than Sex”
*Biffy Clyro “Trumpet Or Tap”
*Heimataerde “Dein Opfer”
JOAN JETT SONG OF THE WEEK: *Reality Mentality”
*RDGLDGRN (Red Gold Green) “I Love Lamp”
*Stratovarius “Fantasy”
*Jolly “Guidance One”
*Jane Woodman “Vapour”
*Joey Ramone “New York City”
*Jolly “Guidance Two”
*KMFDM “Animal Out”
*Saxon “Made In Belfast”
*DIO “Along Comes A Spider” (remastered 2012 reissue)
*IAMEVE “Another Day” (Angel remix)
*Bitter Joy “Burned”
*Buckcherry “Gluttony”
*Eat Dr. Ape “All I See Is Nothing”
*World Premiere- *St. Madness “Drowning On Air”
*Anthrax “Big Eyes”
*Miss Crazy “Make It Go Away”
*Cherries On A Blacklist “Goat In The Yard”
*GhostCow “Wonder”
Poliça
Last year the indie band from Minneapolis, Poliça, gave us a gorgeous debut with Give You the Ghost.
Poliça loosely means “policy” in Polish although there is no “ç” in the Polish alphabet.
They have now recorded a new song with Justin Vernon, the leader of Bon Iver.
Listen how his voice blends beautifully with lead vocalist Channy Leaneagh in “Tiff”.
Marnie Stern
Marnie Stern, singer/songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire, is known for her distinctive tapping guitar style. (The strings are tapped onto the frets of the guitar with both hands rather than one hand fretting, the other picking.)
“Immortals” is from her latest album entitled The Chronicles of Marnia.
Lopsided World of L
Jonathan L from Berlin with new Joan Jett this week.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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*Citizen K “Dr. Green” (2005)
*Ghost & Writer “Hurricane”
*New York Dolls ” ‘Cause I Sez So” (2009)
*The Tossers “Bombo Lane”
*ME “Working Life”
*Sister Sin “Fight Song”
*KMFDM “I Heart Not”
*Violet Clark “Free Clothes”
*Adam Schock “Funk That Ass”
*Frazic “Be Closer (Where U R)”
*Madness “On The Town” (2009)
*The Fuse “Runners”
*IAMEVE “When I Was Young”
*Krief “Tell Yourself”
*The Diamond Light “Screaming Through These Halls”
*Ummagma “Lama” (Jane Woodman remix)
*Too Sick To Use Guns “Million Faces”
*Kassoma “Control”, *Bitter Joy “Across The Distance”
*JOAN JETT SONG OF THE WEEK: “TMI” (Brand New)
*Spiritual Beggars “Hello Sorrow”
*Bogan Via “Copy And Paste”
*Cherries On A Blacklist “Tendre Que Esperar”
*Tony deKaro “Firefly”
*Ed Kowalczyk “I’m The Proof”
*Joe Matera “No Way!”
*Adam Ant “Hard Men Tough Blokes”
*The NowhereNauts “Insomnia”
Jake Bugg
Jake Bugg’s debut album came out last fall in England but has only just been released here in the US.
Self-titled, it entered the U.K. charts at No.1.
“Two Fingers” is just one of the many singles from this impressive singer/songwriter.
