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The Big Takeover Show – Number 368 – February 7, 2022
This week, after a slice of 1973 David Bowie: brand new Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Cheap Star, Ex-Vöid, Parquet Courts, Linda Lindas, Successful Failures, and Carina Messier, plus Shangri-Las, Bob & Earl, Troggs, Connie Smith, Idle Race, Augustus Pablo, and The Hi-Numbers; and R.I.P. The Ventures’ Don Wilson (1933-2022)
Tommy Unit LIVE!! #526
The Ledge #506: New Releases
The monthly new release episode has become my favorite episodes of The Ledge. It’s a monthly reminder to actively search out brand new music (even more than usual). It makes me give a double glance to records that may otherwise get lost in the shuffle.
Even in the dog days of winter, there’s a ton of great new music released every week. On this week’s episode, there’s the best Elvis Costello album in years. There’s a surprisingly rocking album by Eels. There’s the usual great Rum Bar and Big Stir releases, and the returns of The Hellacopters and Hoodoo Gurus. There’s something for everyone!!!
I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion!
For setlists and more information head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
Redox #298 – Man Without Ties
Originally published on 1/31/16
Ties - those that we wear around our neck (occasionally) and those that bind (always).
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New stuff from Bad Idea, Mad Brother Ward, Ravagers and more.
On The Nod Ep.153 on Real Punk Radio!!
Red Red Wine On A Sunday #517 – Off Your Pants (Live at the 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN, 1/23/81) Take 2
It's the Smart show!
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Continue reading "Red Red Wine On A Sunday #517 – Off Your Pants (Live at the 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN, 1/23/81) Take 2"(*both laugh*) Episode 51: Sarah Shook!!
This is an episode that I've been looking forward to since before (*both laugh*) was even an idea for a show. I was introduced to Sarah Shook's music when their debut album, Sidelong, was rereleased by Bloodshot Records back in 2017 (it had initially been self-released by their band, Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, several years prior but I was waaaay out of the loop at that point). I found Sidelong to be an interesting listen; it felt like it ran a real throwback country-and-western vibe through a little bit of a modern roadhouse filter. It certainly wasn't like much else I listened to at the time, and Sidelong and its follow-up, 2018's Years, even stood out amongst the large quantity of Bloodshot artists I'd been listening to for a long time (Cory Branan, Scott H. Biram, Murder By Death, Lydia Loveless, etc).
The Disarmers went into the studio in California to record their third album in early 2020, just as the world was on the cusp of shutting down for the foreseeable future. Label issues and supply chain issues and inability to tour issues got in the way got in the way, as they're wont to do. Fast forward to 2022 and Sarah Shook is on the cusp of releasing their third album. It's called Nightroamer and it's on a new label (Thirty Tigers) and it's really, REALLY good. Fans of Sarah Shook and the Disarmers will certainly find plenty of recognizable sounds, but there are left turns and even-further-left turns and some new and different subject matter. All of that results in an immensely compelling listen, easily their best output to date.
We caught up with Sarah to talk at length about the new album; from finishing the recording roughly a week before the pandemic became "a thing" in the States, to the obvious label issues, to the choice of when to actually release it to the world. We also talked about some of the subject matter; parts of the album were written after Shook got sober, and obviously created a very different writing process for them this time around. Perhaps most compellingly, we talked about their increasing involvement as a vocal force to be reckoned with, advocating for the elevating of queer and non-white voices in the country music world. Oh, and we talked about their growing up in strictly religious household and teaching themselves to play guitar and write songs in spite of having no popular music frame of reference, a concept that is truly mind-boggling to me.
Nightroamer is due out February 18th. Pre-orders are still available here: https://www.disarmers.com/store/Music-c23349544
You can also check out the Disarmers' videos and live performances and more on their YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/c/SarahShooktheDisarmers/videos
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This week, after a 1970 Neil Young refrain: brand new Hoodoo Gurus, Astrid Williamson, Kids On a Crime, Inflorescence, Papercuts, Feeders, and Citified, plus Carl Perkins, Roy Harper, Skeeter Davis, Bo Diddley, Ivy League, Wailers/Skatalites, and The Carter Family
down in the basement Episode 002
It only took me three months to get off my ass and do it again but here it is! 2 hours of the good stuff as we do. New favorites, old favorites, and a generous helping of whiskey fueled rambling.
Git it.
Reverend Beat-Man | Blues Trash (Swiss German Version)Du Bisch Dobe(Voodoo Rhythm Records)2017
The Monsters | Du Hesch Class, Ig Bi Trasch | Fromd vo Mir(Slovenly Records)2022
The Cramps | A Date With Elvis | The Hot Pearl Snatch(Big Beat Records)1986
Wau Y Los Arrrghs!!! | Viven!!! | La Cueva(Slovenly Records)2009
Telekrimen | Culto A Lo Imbecil | Magia Negra(Slovenly Records)2019
Satan's Pilgrims | Soul Pilgrim | Shit Sandwich(Estrus Records)1994
Messer Chups | Taste The Blood of Guitaracula | Magneto 2017(Gitaracula Records)2017
The Thunder Rocks | Nasty Rockabilly | Oh My Linda(B-Sharp)2011
The Dirtbombs | Chariots Of The Gods? | Your Love Belongs Under A Rock(Au Go Go)1999
Mel Smith & The Night Riders | Born Bad Volume 6 | Pretty Plaid Skirt (And Long Black Sox)(Born Bad)1992
Batmobile | Buried Alive | Mad At You(Count Orlok Music)1988
Rochee And The Sarnos | Understanding Sarno | Sarno Beat(Nervous Records)1985
Archie | Listen To What Archie Sez | Eat The Worm(Kix 4 U Records)1986
The Legendary Shack Shakers | Cockadoodledeux | They Won't Let Me Forget(Alternative Tentacles)2021
Days N Daze | Crustfall | To Risk To Live(All We've Got Records)2017
The Orphans | Raise The Youth | For An Old Kentucky Anarchist(Fistolo Records)2004
Cletus Got Shot | UnAmerican | Union Town(Self Release)2010
Bridge City Sinners | Unholy Hymns | Rock Bottom(Flail Records)2021
Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band | Bless This Mess | Crooked Smile(Farmageddon Records)2013
The Muslims | Fuck These Fuckin' Fascists | Crotch Pop A Cop(Epitaph)2021
Crazy & The Brains | Where The Juice Drips | Over the Edge(Crash Assailant Records)2020
The Briefs | Steal Yer Heart | Getting Hit On At The Bank(Better Youth Organization)2005
The Showcase Showdown | Pemanent Stains | Another Emergency(Damaged Goods)1999
Toy Dolls | A Far Out Disc | She Goes To Finos(Volume Records)1985
The Dickies | Stukas Over Disneyland | Stukas Over Disneyland(Restless Records)1988
Juliette Seizure & The Tremor-Dolls | Seizure Salad | Seizure Salad(Dirtyflair Record Company)2017
Bad Cop/Bad Cop | The Ride | Breastless(Fat Wreck Chords)2020
War On Women | Capture The Flag | Silence Is The Gift(Bridge Nine Records)2018
Sick Bags | Only The Young Die Good | Only The Young Die Good(No Front Teeth Records)2019
The Avengers | We Are The One | I Believe In Me(Superior Viaduct)1977
The Baboon Show | The World Is Bigger Than You | Class War(Kidnap Music)2016
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The Ledge #505: Leftovers
A year in music doesn’t really end on December 31. There’s always new discoveries, and forgotten purchases. There are box sets and live albums that were ignored on their initial release, or albums discovered by checking out year-end lists.
That’s where the vast majority of tonight’s show comes from. I have studied other site’s lists, and have enlarged my knowledge of 2021. I have looked into box sets by the likes of the Beau Brummels and True West. I’ve pulled out my various Levitation Sessions live albums. And I’ve also received a couple of really nice packages from bands that believe they would fit on my show.
I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge!
For more information and setlists, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
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Ravagers, Fast Eddy, Trouble Seekers, New Rocket Union, Fret Rattles and more.
Tommy Unit LIVE!! #524
January 19th, 2022. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #524 – Suuuuper late posting of this show! Began with another peek into the new Hellacopters rekkid! Then checked out bands from the Revenge of the Down South Showdown and Ghost Highway Recordings’ SAMPLER 2022 (sales of this digital sampler will be used for events and to buy books for children with cancer who are at the Hospital De Santiago de Compostela in coordination with the ASANOG association)! And more! Turn it up! We’re LIVE, Wednesday nights, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
http://realpunkradio.com/podcast/tommyunitlive/tommyunitlive524.mp3
PLAYLIST
| The Hellacopters | Eyes Of Oblivion |
| The A-BOMBS | Fire & Skill |
| SCUMBAG MILLIONAIRE | Bombs Away |
| MUD CITY MANGLERS | Waste of my time |
| The INSEMINOIDS | Eye Suck |
| Wyldlife | Cowboys and Slutz |
| RMBLR | Move Over |
| Dinos Boys | Holy War |
| RAVAGERS | Shake the Reaper |
| The Chuck Norris Experiment | When Shadows Fall In Your Grave |
| The Drippers | Ain’t No Accident |
| The Backstabbers | Knockout |
| The Goops | City Slang |
| BLACK MOON BOYS | Zombies, Zombies, Zombies |
| J. HORROR: | Boris Karloff |
| SONS OF COBRA | Outsider |
| MALA VISTA | Echo |
| BBQT | Savage 512 |
| Antagonizers ATL | Believe |
| The Uppers | Bulldozer |
| The Hallingtons | Your boy |
Redox #297 – Customer
Originally published 1/24/16
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2015 - What a year! The "Best" of the best of the year are here. Yes - I am a rhyming fool.
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The Big Takeover Show – Number 366 – January 24, 2022
This week, after a 1955 Dave Bartholomew/Smiley Lewis snippet: Brand new Beach House, Superchunk, Boo Radleys, Spoon, The Smile, Reds, Pinks and Purples, Dion, and Wet Leg, plus The Beatles, Ed McCurdy, Monkees, Lee Perry & the Upsetters, Billy Stewart, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, and Leroy Van Dyke; and R.I.P. Rough Trade and Elektra executive and 99 Records maven Terry Tolkin, age 62
RNRM586: The 8th Annual Manifesto Awards™
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Trouble Seekers!
Episode 87: Sexual Harassment – The Album in the Rearview Mirror
Roos De Baas of TJ Singapore / TJ Goess is back again to join TJR in another TRBNGR album review, namely Sexual Harassment (2012).
Partly controversial, we dissect each song of the album, analyze it and pour our personal verbal liquids onto it. Plus, another awesome, very sexual Cream Puff at the end.
Red Red Wine On A Sunday #516 – Take Me To The Hospital (Live at G. S, Vigs)
Saturday - my second favorite day of the week
Continue reading "Red Red Wine On A Sunday #516 – Take Me To The Hospital (Live at G. S, Vigs)" The Big Takeover Show – Number 365 – January 17, 2022
This week, after a 1967 Zombies trill: Brand new Fontaines D.C., Guided by Voices, Linda Lindas, Astrid Williamson, Andy Bell, Kids On a Crime Spree and Billie Elish, plus The Kinks, [Nat] King Cole Trio, Pentangle, Bee Gees, Ernie K. Doe, Professor Longhair, and Grandpa Jones; and R.I.P. Marvelettes’ singer Wanda Young (1943-2021) and Ronettes singer Ronnie Spector (1943-2022)
Tommy Unit LIVE!! #523 – Songs That Rocked 2021 (Part 2)
January 5th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #523 – Songs That Rocked 2021 (Part 2). TONIGHT we spanned the globe spinning songs from some of my favorite band submissions from 2021! Bands can send properly tagged mp3s to rprbandsubmissions@gmail.com! Turn it up! We’re LIVE, Wednesday nights, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
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PLAYLIST
Dr. Boogie – Do You Right
BLAST BOMB – ROCK ‘N’ ROLL JUNKIE
Lawmaker – Lionhearted
Baabes – Greaseballs to Glitters
The Fabulous Heydays – Pistol Packing Penny
Pat Todd & the Rankoutsiders – Cheap Nostalgia
K.V. RAUCOUS & the Cave Dwellers – Tarantula Twist
Down by Law – Denim and Leather
Dead United – Fuck the Fiends!!!
The Decayed – Your Time Has Come
Los Pepes – I Want You Back
Candy Smokes – Ya Ya Ya
Mad Mulligans – Jimmy Got Robbed
The SUCK – Fantasy Beer League
The Hallingtons – Slaughterhouse
Grindhouse – Teenage Heart
Dead Furies – Fire Fire
The Side-Bets – OW! (Spinns)
Slovenians – Newbee in Town
Slow Faction – Culture War
RUMKICKS – I Don’t Wanna Die
Enock Eunuck – Fattigdomssaga
Soy City Stranglers – Black Deuce
Bajo Custodia – Equilibrio
Louis Lingg and the Bombs – Freaky Deaky
Swamp Jacuzzi LIVE #176
The Gourds- Lower 48
Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders- A New Pair Of Eyes
The Schizophonics- Clock Strikes 12
The Phantoms- Stab Me (In My Broken Heart)
Sonic’s Rendevous Band- Clock With No Hands
The Real Kids- Solid Gold (Thru and Thru) *vinyl
Dave Davies & The Bloody Hollies- In The Mainframe
Thee Wylde Maniacs- Why Ain’t Love Fair?
The Carter Administration- Kentucky Is Ohio’s Alabama
The Bottle Rockets- Wave That Flag
Son Volt_ The Devil May Care
Schedule 1- Five Hundred to One
The Swingin’ Neckbreakers- Shake It Some More
Luke Seymoup- Paint
The Amplifier Heads- Rocket Boys
Todd Snider- Rocket Fuel
The Knitters- The Call of the Wreckin’ Ball
RNRM586: 8th Annual Manifesto Awards™
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Red Red Wine On A Sunday #515 – If Only You Were Lonely (Working Version) [Solo Home Demo]
The best of 2021 tonight!
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The Big Takeover Show – Number 364 – January 10, 2022 (2021’s Best, Part II of II)
This week, after a bitta The Move: The Annual Lookback Countdown, Part II of II!: One Song Each From Jack’s Picks For the 50 Best Albums of 2021, selections 25-1. (Plus one song each from five of 2021’s Best Singles/EPs and reissues, too.)
(*both laugh*) Episode 50: Hushdrops’ John San Juan!!
Back in early 2020, Hushdrops, the long-running Chicago-based power trio (John San Juan on guitar and vocals, Joe Camarillo on drums, Jim Shapiro on bass) were slated to go into the studio to finish work on what would become their third full-length record. Then in what's become a recurring theme on this show, plans were put on hold due to the onset of Year One of the pandemic.
While that part of the story is certainly not unique, the story took a sharp and unexpected and tragic turn a year ago. As Year Two of the pandemic kicked off, Camarillo was hospitalized for a stroke and a heart attack. While in the hospital, he suffered and ultimately succumbed to a brain stem stroke. At only 52, the literal backbone of the band was taken much, much too soon.
After some time, San Juan and Shapiro decided the best way to honor their longtime friend and collaborator was to pull together the album that they'd been working on prior to the pandemic. The problem, obviously, is that it wasn't done yet. As fate would have it, there was a soundboard recording of one of the band's last pre-lockdown shows, a set that included a few new tracks that were intended for the new release but that hadn't made their respective ways to the recording studio yet. What followed was the fascinating (to me, anyway) challenge of recording studio guitar, bass and vocals over the isolated live performance drum tracks for two songs that ended up on the album, creating what is a very unique feel to both those tracks and the album in general.
We were lucky enough to catch up with John San Juan to talk about all of this and more. It was the first time we talked, although we've talked about him on a few episodes of (*both laugh*) to date, as he plays bass in the trio that Smoking Popes' Josh Caterer put together for the pair of live albums that he released as bookends in 2021. We talked a lot about Josh, and about Joe, and about mellotrons, and all things in between.
Order "The Static" the latest - and last?! - Hushdrops release from Pravda Records here: https://pravdamusic.com/album/2067945/the-static
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Circus is the theme tonight!
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The Big Takeover Show – Number 363 – January 3, 2022 (2021’s Best, Part I of II)
This week: The Annual Lookback Countdown, Part I of II!: One Song Each From Jack’s Picks For the 50 Best Albums of 2021, selections 50-26. (Plus one song each from five of 2021’s Best Singles/EPs and reissues, too.)
The Ledge #502: Best Records of 2021 NYE Countdown
So your favorite online radio DJ decided to spend a bitterly cold New Year’s Eve playing over six hours of the best music of 2021. But what else would I have done? New Year’s Eve is amateur night, and I haven’t ventured out of my house for the big night in years.
With the big night lining up with a Ledge weekly broadcast, the decision to do a “Casey Kasem” was easy. So this show is a true marathon. First off, there’s a countdown of the 20 best reissues, box sets, compilations, and tribute albums of the year. Then there’s a countdown of the 40 best albums of 2021, and we hit the stroke of midnight in the eastern and central time zones with tracks from some of the great singles and EP’s of the year, along with tunes from a number of great albums that barely missed the cut of making the big countdown.
Honestly, while the world is melting down we are somehow seeing a cultural renaissance. How else could I put together a six hour playlist of nothing but music from the past year? It’s simply incredible how much wonderful music is coming out on a weekly basis from all over the world. This is why I do The Ledge, and why there’s an episode every month that consists of nothing but new releases.
I sincerely hope everyone enjoyed their holiday season, and that 2022 turns out to be a magical year for you all!
Continue reading "The Ledge #502: Best Records of 2021 NYE Countdown"Tommy Unit LIVE!! #522 – Songs That Rocked 2021 (Part 1)
December 29th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #522. TONIGHT we spun songs from some of my favorite releases from 2021…Part 1! Ghost Highway Recordings, Transubstans Records, Lux Noise, Spaghetty Town Records, Fat Wreck Chords, SVART Records, Cursed Blessing Records, Rum Bar Records, Beluga Records, Pig Baby Records, ATO Records, VooDoo Rhythm Records, Iron Lung Records, and more! Turn it up! We’re LIVE, Wednesday nights, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
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PLAYLIST
The Hellacopters – Reap A Hurricane
Chuck Norris Experiment – Turning Me Inside Out
Bitch Queens – Con Man Contraband
Governess – Grimetime
The Hip Priests – Sounds A Lot Like War
Nine Pound Hammer – Get the Hell off the Farm
Poison Boys – Dick in the Dirt
Teenage Bottlerocket – Gorilla Warfare
Killer Hearts – Good Time Motherfucker
The Boatsmen – Afterparty In Hell
RAVAGERS – DOWN THAT ROAD
RMBLR – Hurricane Kiss
Sonny Vincent – Radiation Day
Gutter Demons – Mental Radio
Speedmobile – Iron Ride
The Black Halos – Uncommonwealth
The Idolizers – Action!
The Girls – Shaking hands with Rock N’ Roll
The Reflectors – Faster Action
KILLER KIN – SONIC LOVE
Amyl and The Sniffers – Don’t Fence Me In
The Monsters – You’re Class, I’m Trash
Slant – How Did It Feel?
The Muslims – Live Laugh Lead
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Manifesto Award Nominees back to back. Who gets your vote?
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Manifesto Award™ Nominees back to back. Who gets your vote? See the full list by clicking on the Manifesto Awards™ link above. Awards show is January 12th!
Episode 86: Remembering Hank von Helvete (live)
On November 19th the world was given notice that Hank von Helvete sadly passed away in Oslo, Norway. This episode is a true tribute to Hanks impactful, larger than life on stage persona, showing what Hank meant to the band during their early days, performing a wild and rather intense gig in Eugene, Oregon, back in the 90s (listen to the live footage, the whole set!). Thank you for everything & rest in peace, Hank.
The Big Takeover Show – Number 362 – December 27, 2021
This week, after an annual year-end Neil Sedaka/Jo Ann Campbell trill: brand new Jetstream Pony, Donovan’s Brain, Naked Raygun, Linda Lindas, Chime School, Black Watch, and Listening Post, plus Billy Ward & His Dominoes, Prince Far I, Everly Brothers, Sparks, Carl Smith, Chuck Berry, Roger Miller, etc.
Redox #296 – Get A Move On
Originally posted 12/27/15
It's a New Year in 5 short days. Cheers to the New Year and all those Resolutions!
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Tommy Unit LIVE!! #521 – Xmas Festivus!
December 15th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #521. Annual Xmas show from Rockefeller Plaza in NYC! Or the Starbucks across the street?!? Turn it up! We’re LIVE, Wednesday nights, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
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PLAYLIST
Snow Miser / Heat Miser
Clarence Carter – Back Door Santa
Dead Moon – Christmas Rush
Mr. Grinch – Mr. Grinch Theme 1966
Angry Snowmans – I Love Christmas In The City
The Royal Guardsmen – Snoopy’s Christmas
Lemmy Kilmister, Billy Gibbons, Dave Grohl – Run Rudolph Run
The BellRays – Rocket Ship Santa
El Vez – Feliz Navidad
Mojo Nixon – Transylvanian Xmas
Mojo Nixon – Son Of Santa
The Vandals – Oi! To The World
NOFX – Xmas Has Been X’ed
SSD – Jolly old saint nicholas
The Dickies – Silent Night
Jonny Manak & the Depressives – Santa Stole My Whiskey
DropKick Murphys – The Seasons Upon Us
The Pogues – Fairytale of New York
Redox #295 – I Am Dreaming Of A White Christmas
Originally released 12/17/15
Santa's getting ready to hit the sled and get the nose all red. It's the Pinhead Christmas 2015 Extravaganza!
The Playlist Please.....
The Big Takeover Show – Number 361 – December 20, 2021
This week, after a small slice of Charles Brown holiday cheer: brand new Superchunk, Beach House, Pom Pom Squad (with Matthew Caws), Billy Bragg, Marty Stuart, Beaumonts, and Dewey Defeats Truman, plus Loretta Lynn, Oscar the Grouch, James Brown, Marlene Paul, Bill Monroe, Otis Redding, Cedric Bravo & Rico Rodriguez, etc.
The Ledge #501: Annual Rock & Roll Christmas Party
The goal of the annual Ledge Christmas extravaganza is to prove that holiday music doesn’t have to suck. And once again, it’s certainly true as the vast majority of rock, punk, garage, and Americana tracks are brand new songs specifically for this year’s festivities!
I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion!
For more information, including setlists, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
Swamp Jacuzzi LIVE #175 (Christmas Special)
Commander Cody- Daddy’s Drinking Up Our Christmas
Nic Roullette & The Blue Moon Boys- Santabilly Boogie
J.D. McPherson- Hey Skinny Santa
The Gypsy Moths- Maybe This Christmas
Brian Setzer Orchestra- Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Belton Richard- Please Come Home For Christmas
George Jones- My Mom & Santa Claus
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys- Louisiana Christmas Day
Tee Jules- Twelve Days Of Christmas
Dave DelMonte & The Cross County Boys- Ghost Of Christmas Past
Buck Owens- Christmas Shopping
The Beaumonts- Cocaine Christmas
Stevie Tombstone- Christmas On Red River
The Swinging’ Neckbreakers- Under The Christmas Tree
Hasa Ortega- Christmas Eve On The Big Bayou
Davie Allan & The Arrows- Santa On The Run
The Kinks- Father Christmas
Loose Cattle & Lost Bayou Ramblers- Don’t Make Your Mama Cry On Christmas
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Red Red Wine On A Sunday #513 – Beer For Breakfast
It's the RRWOAS 2021 Christmas Extravaganza!
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Originally published on 12/13/15
It's Monday - need a mix that will get you moving and wake up those synapses? Here ya go...
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Continue reading "Redox #294 – Kiss Me On The Bus" (*both laugh*) Episode 49: Josh Freese on his new solo record and SO MUCH MORE
This particular episode was a long time coming, for a variety of reasons. Josh Freese has had the type of career - and has the type of personality - that has made me want to interview him for a lot longer than I've had the capacity to actually conduct interviews. He might have played with everyone from Sting to Guns 'N' Roses to Nine Inch Nails to The Offspring to Dweezil Zappa to Juliana Hatfield to Kelly Clarkson, but if you've been involved in the punk rock scene at all for the last three decades, he's still Josh from The Vandals. Or, for a small number of us, Josh from Viva Death.
Anyway, Josh just put out a new solo album, "Just A Minute: Vol. 1" - it was written and recorded from his home studio during quarantine. It's twenty songs in, you guessed it, twenty minutes, and it was released on Loosegroove Records, a label owned by Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard and Brad's Regan Hagar. It's wild: some of the songs are expertly crafted and fully thought-out punk rock songs and some of them sound almost like the descent into madness that a lot of us experienced when locked in our houses for an indeterminate amount of time.
We cover a lot of ground over the course of 75 or so minutes: Danny Elfman, The Vandals, Stone Gossard and Pearl Jam, living in Long Beach, playing with Sting, Queens Of The Stone Age, setting up a home recording studio a decade ago and actually finding the time to use it during a pandemic, and a lot more. We also talked, obviously, about "Just A Minute: Vol. 1" and probably spent more time talking about "Just A Minute: Vol. 2," which should hopefully be out during the spring of '22.
Buy "Just A Minute: Vol. 1" on vinyl: https://shop.thehardtimes.net/products/josh-freese-just-a-minute-vol-1-neon-coralvinyl?_pos=1&_sid=8d3887eea&_ss=r
Buy other Josh Freese merch, like stickers and pins and t-shirts and plaid shorts and a guitar: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JoshFreeseGoods
Continue reading "(*both laugh*) Episode 49: Josh Freese on his new solo record and SO MUCH MORE"The Big Takeover Show – Number 360 – December 13, 2021
This week, after a lil’ 1987 Chills trill: brand new Stranglers, Black Watch, Feeders, Aimee Mann, Dennis Davison, Fawns of Love, and Persian Leaps, plus The Isley Brothers, Clarence Carter, Colin Blunstone, Duncan Browne, Rudy Mills, Ray Stevens, Little Brenda Lee, etc., and R.I.P. The Monkees’ singer/guitarist Mike Nesmith (1942-2021) and Angelic Upstarts’ singer Thomas ‘Mensi’ Mensforth (1956-2021)
Redox #293 – Swingin’ Party
Originally published 12/6/15
Desert Island Discs - Love 'em and I play a ton tonite!
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New Dr. Boogie! Yeah, you read that right, Dr. Boogie!!
The Ledge 500th Episode Celebration!
Almost 12 years to the day after the very first attempt at a podcast, this week markes the 500th episode! To celebrate, I let the listeners take over! The call was made on all social media platforms to suggest bands or songs that were discovered via this show, and those results are reflected in this week’s playlist.
Many listeners simply submitted the songs of their choice. Others accompanied their picks with extremly complimentary emails. But a handful actually sent in audio tributes to the show! No matter how these messages were sent, they warmed the heart of this host. I’m blown away by the kind words, and I was especially happy to get some audio from Max, the voice you hear at the beginning and end of each and every show.
Here’s a couple of links that were mentioned on the show:
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New Dr. Boogie! Yeah, you read that right, Dr. Boogie!!
Tommy Unit LIVE!! #520
December 8th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #520. TONIGHT we promoted Jesse Malin’s Holiday Benefit Show for Howie Pyro! Along with some Amyl and the Sniffers, Xmas tunes and killer Norwegian Rock’n’Roll! Turn it up! We’re LIVE, Wednesday nights, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
http://realpunkradio.com/podcast/tommyunitlive/tommyunitlive520.mp3
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PLAYLIST
Chuck Norris Experiment – Hand Grenade (featuring Jeff Dahl)
Toilet Boys – Can’t Wait
Lunachicks – Luxury Problem
L7 – Everglade
Murphy’s Law – I Got A Right (Stooges)
D Generation – Stealing Time
Danzig – Wicked Pussycat
Joey Ramone – Spirit In My House
Amyl and the Sniffers – Some Mutts (Can’t Be Muzzled)
Amyl And The Sniffers – I’m Not A Loser
Amyl and The Sniffers – Don’t Fence Me In
Amyl and The Sniffers – Control
Beebe Gallini (featuring Cindy Lawson) – You Ain’t Getting Nothin
El Vez – Santa Claus Is Sometimes Brown
Ye Banished Privateers – Deck and Hull
Angry Snowmans – Bright Lights
THE DOGS – Oslo
Chrome Division – Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top)
Gluecifer – Just What The Doctor Ordered (Ted Nugent)
The Good the Bad and the Zugly – Nostradumbass
(*both laugh*) Episode 48: The Return of Josh Caterer (Smoking Popes)
The good ship (*both laugh*) keeps sailing along with our 48th episode, and it features one of our only repeat guests to date. He's the owner of one of my favorite voices in the pantheon of punk rock, and he's also one of my favorite songwriters and one of, in my opinion, the most underrated guitar players in the scene. A triple threat!
Anyway, he's the inimitable Josh Caterer, and if you remember back at the beginning of 2021, we chatted about what was to be his first solo release, The Hideout Sessions. It was an album recorded in front of a live stream online audience at an otherwise empty club in Chicago, and it marked the first real appearance of any sort by this particular project, which featured Caterer on guitar and vocals, John Perrin on drums and John San Juan on bass.
To mark the release of that album this spring, the band played an album release show, but because all of the clubs were still closed to the public, they did it via live stream and recorded it as an album...AGAIN! If you're keeping score at home, that makes not one but TWO live albums recorded before actually playing a show in front of an in-person, human audience. The result of that latter show is The SPACE Sessions, due out next week (December 17th) on Pravda Records. It was recorded at - you guessed it - at SPACE in Evanston, Illinois, and like The Hideout Sessions, it features an interesting mix of songs from Caterer's catalog (via Smoking Popes and, yes, Duvall!!!) and some standards that you might otherwise think of as from the big band era, because they were popularized by the likes of Judy Garland and Sammy Davis Jr. and Elvis Presley and, in the case of "At Last," which happens to be my wedding song...Etta James.
The set also closes with Caterer being joined on vocals by his daughter, Phoebe, for an updated take on "Somethin' Stupid," popularized by Frank Sinatra and his own daughter, Nancy. If been even tangentially aware of the punk scene over the course of the last three decades, you're of course aware of a legion of bands that have covered songs from outside the typical punk rock milieu, but they've done them with a fair amount of tongue planted firmly in cheek, as in "oh, isn't it funny/ironic that we're playing this song this way!" Sometimes it works great and sometimes it's a gag that tires after the first few listens, much like a comedy album. What's different about the old standards that Caterer et al., take on is the appreciation that the band has for the source material, paying considerable homage in their modern retellings.
Anyway, I'm rambling (I know, right?)...if you liked The Hideout Sessions, you'll love the SPACE Sessions. I'll add pre-order links when they're available (it'll be available digitally and on CD next weekend but the vinyl will have to wait until...who knows, honestly. Friggin' Adele...).
Catch the Josh Caterer Trio (along with the Sunshine Boys) live and in person:
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Shake, Slam, Pogo, Skank - it's the Dancing show!!!
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ENJOY!
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The Big Takeover Show – Number 359 – December 6, 2021
This week, after a brief 1985 Replacements trill: brand new Justus Proffit, Jetstream Pony, Chime School, Wet Leg, Donovan’s Brain, Boo Radleys, and Fleeting Joys, plus The Beatles, Benny Spellman, Jimmy Smith, Small Faces, Muddy Waters, Melanie, Elvis Presley, etc., and R.I.P. country singer Stonewall Jackson (1932-2021)
Swamp Jacuzzi LIVE #174
Degurutieni- Acme In The Afternoon
Throwing Muses- Colder
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers- New Ways To Fail
Sloan- Coax Me
The Real Kids- Do The Boob
Hans Condor- Blood On The Rug
The Stone Coyotes- In The Church Of The Fallen Rain
Chuck Mead- Out On The Natchez Trail
The Lost Boys- Affection
Robert Gordon- Deuce & A Quarter
Peter Wolf- Nothing But The Wheel
Waylon Jennings- I’ve Always Been Crazy
Greg “Stackhouse” Prevost- Stoned To Death
Andre Williams & The A-Bones- The Spider & The Fly
Gary Roadarmel- Here Comes Krampus
Tommy Unit LIVE!! #519
December 1st, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #519. TONS of new tunes! Even an Xmas set!! Ho fuckin’ Ho! Turn it up! We’re LIVE, Wednesday nights, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
http://realpunkradio.com/podcast/tommyunitlive/tommyunitlive519.mp3
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PLAYLIST
The Dictators – Let’s Get The Band Back Together
SUPERSONIC DEUCES – BORED & STROKED
The Backstabbers – KNOCKOUT
The Dirty Denims – Gotta Run
Strange Colours – Get In Line
FINALE – Extra Extra
Remote Control – ANAYALATE
THE DRIPPERS – NO STARS
Mad Rollers – Ukraine Girl
Soy City Stranglers – Every Day
Soy City Stranglers – Burn Out
Slant – Enemy
Stolen Wheelchairs – Vandalism
Matt Ellis – Monkey Brain
The Beaumonts – Jesus Versus Santa
The Krayolas featuring Augie Meyers – Tex-Mex Rudolph (Navidad Remix)
El Sancho – We Finally Won the War on Christmas
Angry Snowmans – I Turned Into A Nutcracker
Mondo Wave – Say Ahh!
SONIC ANGELS – On the Radio
ANIMOLS – Orso
Snotty Cheeckbones – Remember
Ricky Rochelle – Speedy Jackrabbit
Ricky Rochelle – Exceptionally Loved
The Dictators – God Damn New York
Redox #292 – Kids Don’t follow
Originally Published 11/29/15
Side One, Track One. The start of a Trek. The beginning of the End. Start your wandering here, because not all those who wander are lost. Hey - lighten up, it's just music!
Here's the Playlist:
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Fuckin’ fucks!
(*both laugh*) Episode 47: Jesse Ahern!
Boston-area Americana-punk troubadour Jesse Ahern has shared stages with everyone from Dropkick Murphys to Rancid to Frank Turner to Lenny Lashley and countless others both across the US and across Europe. At long last, he finally sits down with us for a chat about his new album, "Heartache and Love." The album grew out of sessions that popped up during the pandemic when what had been some pretty expansive 2020 tour plans ground to a halt. The album both refines and expands upon the sort of roots-rock-meets-folk-punk thing that Ahern has been doing so well for years now. It helped earn Ahern a Boston Music Award nomination for Americana Artist Of The Year, where he's up against some local heavy hitters like Mark Erelli and Lila Wiles and Lashley himself.
At first glance, it might seem that Ahern would fit into a handful of other categories, from Singer-Songwriter of the Year to Punk/Hardcore or Rock or Folk or even Blues Artist of the Year...but maybe that's what makes Ahern so perfect for the Americana label, because his sound is an amalgam of all of the above, all of which make him an artist rooted in classic American working-class music.
As you might imagine based on the almost 90-minute length of our chat, we cover a lot of ground, from parenting three children during a pandemic, to touring Europe with Dropkick Murphys and Frank Turner, to his upcoming overseas run with Chuck Ragan and Chris Cresswell, to growing up in the Boston area music scene, to the struggles with addiction and the depths of the recovery community in the punk scene. We also talk quite a bit about Lenny Lashley, because he's a one-of-a-kind.
Check out Ahern's website here: https://www.jesseahern.com/
Order "Heartache & Love" here: https://www.jesseahern.com/store
Continue reading "(*both laugh*) Episode 47: Jesse Ahern!"Tommy Unit LIVE!! #518 – RIP Hank
November 24th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #518. Back on November 19th the world lost Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby (a.k.a. “Hank von Helvete”, also “Hank Herzog von Helvete”, “Hank from Hell”, “Hank Von Hell”, “Hertugen”, “Herr Tugen”, “Hertis”, “Hanky El Magnifico”, “Frank Hank” and “Hanky”). And this is my tribute show in honor of his passing. We’re LIVE, Wednesday nights, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
http://realpunkradio.com/podcast/tommyunitlive/tommyunitlive518.mp3
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PLAYLIST
Turbonegro – All My Friends Are Dead
Turbonegro – Übermensch
Turbonegro – No Beast So Fierce
Turbonegro – Nihil Sleighride
Turbonegro – Denim Demon
Turbonegro – Sailor Man
Turbonegro – Bad Mongo
Turbonegro – The Age Of Pamparius
Turbonegro – Rendeavous With Anus
Turbonegro – Selfdestruction Bust
Turbonegro – Fuck The World
Turbonegro – Le Saboteur
Turbonegro – Blow Me (Like The Wind)
Turbonegro – If You See Kaye (Tell Her I L-O-V-E Her)
Turbonegro – Everybody Loves a Chubby Dude
Turbonegro – Stroke the Shaft
Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult – I Declare-Treason
Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult – Bleed Idiot Bleed
Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult – Misconception
Maria Solheim & Hank Von Hell – Rom for Alle
Hans Erik Dyvik Husby – En hyllest til Hans Erik Dyvik Husby
Hank Von Hell – Bum to Bum
Hank Von Hell – Bombwalk Chic
Hank Von Hell – Egomania
Hank Von Hell – Dead
Hank Von Hell – Danger Danger!
Hank Von Hell – Am I Wrong
Hank Von Hell – Fake It
Redox #291 – Like You
Originally Published 11/22/15
Here's the Playlist:
Maximum Consumption
The Kinks
Everybody's In Show-Biz
Cherry Pie
Warrant
Cherry Pie
Suggested by El of Cassettes and Chocolate Milk
Like You
The Replacements
Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash!
Gooseberry Pie
Dean Kohler
Essential Pebbles 2
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)
"Frenchie" Robert Clary
Hogan's Heroes Sing The Best Of World War II
Custard Pie
Led Zeppelin
Physical Graffiti
Suggested by Kate
Fuck Pie
Nine Pound Hammer
Hayseed Timebomb
Suggested by Jake of Jake's Inferno
Sweetie Pie
Eddie Cochran
Red Hot Rockabilly
Pie Cart Rock And Roll
Johnny Cooper
Pie Cart Rock And Roll
Wild Honey Pie
Pixies
At The BBC
Zoo Pie
Guided by Voices
Do the Collapse
Sweet Thistle Pie
Cracker
The Golden Age
Suggested by Boyd
The Big Takeover Show – Number 358 – November 29, 2021
This week, after a 1968 Beatles refrain: brand new Spoon, Beach House, La Luz, Lauds, Sacred Shrines, Archie Sagers, and The Natvral + Jen Goma, plus The Kinks, Monkees, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Skeets McDonald, Keith & Tex, Cool Stove, Ruby Johnson, etc.; and R.I.P. Margo Guryan (1937-2021)
Redox #290 – Can’t Get Enough of Your Love
Originally Published 11/15/15
Quit hogging the Covers, will ya? All covers tonight with some Ramones, Kinks and Cramps.
Here's the playlist:
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A tribute to Hank Von Hell, new Kevin Patrick Stevenson mixes, new Beaumonts, new Stolen Wheelchairs and more.
Red Red Wine On A Sunday #511 – I’m In Trouble
All Favorites tonight - in the Punk, 2 Tone, College Rock and 70's Rock Genres!
Here's the Playlist:
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This week, after a bitta 1995 Gene: brand new Successful Failures, Naked Raygun, Horsegirl, Susanna Hoffs (and Aimee Mann), Fawns of Love, Chime School, Bart & Friends, and Shivas, plus Wilson Pickett, Flying Burrito Brothers, Phyllis Dillon (and Hopeton Lewis), Chambers Brothers, Left Side, Rod McKuen, etc.; and R.I.P. Moody Blues drummer Graeme Edge (1941-2021)
The Ledge #498: Covers
I’ve mentioned a few times over the years that I have a folder that I toss cover tunes into for future shows of that sort. The recent release of not one but four fabulous albums of nothing but remakes made me realize it’s time to empy that folder. Those four records are the main focus of this covers show. Spygenius, The Grip Weeds, Die Toten Hosen, and the The Queers features revved up versions of the band’s favorite tracks from the past. Three of them highlight rockers from the 60s, while Die Toten Hosen continues to show their love to the initial punk rock revolution of the late 70s
Besides those racuous tunes, this episode also includes The Jazz Butcher (RIP Pat Fish) doing The Modern Lovers, A Bunch of Jerks performing a Bowie classic, a group called Mom resurrecting an old Prince track, and many more. (Unfortunately, an equipment error causes an abrupt end to this week’s episode.)
I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion!
Continue reading "The Ledge #498: Covers"(*both laugh*) Episode 46: Lars Frederiksen on his debut solo record, ”To Victory”!
Despite having a career that has consisted of more than three decades of writing and recording and playing music professionally in bands like Rancid and the Old Firm Casuals and Stomper 98 and Last Resort and Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and Oxley's Midnight Runners and probably more that I'm forgetting, next Friday (November 26th if you're keeping track) marks the release date for the inimitable Frederiksen's debut release as a solo artist. The album is called "To Victory" and it'll be released on Pirates Press Records (and yes, physical copies of the vinyl version do exist!) and it features reworked versions of a half-dozen tracks that span Frederiksen's entire career arc as both a music fan and a music maker. Fear not, fans off Frederiksen's particular style of aggressive songwriting; this solo release doesn't see him abandoning his street punk roots for a beard and a flannel and a campfire acoustic guitar. It's still raw and aggressive, yet the stripped down version of a song like "Motherland" or "Skunx" finds the lyrics resonating on a much more personal level. We were lucky enough to have a lengthy and wide-ranging conversation with Frederiksen about all things "To Victory," from the initial batch of several dozen songs that were proposed, to playing his first show as a true solo artist, to the sort of shifts in perspective and priorities that come from going through a divorce and the death of his mother and finding a new partner and turning 50 all in the span of a couple of years...a span that included a global pandemic that forced the shutdown of the entire music industry for the foreseeable future.
Lars Frederiksen "To Victory" music videos:
"Skunx" - https://youtu.be/vJ-JHDHQD9Q
"God And Guns" - https://youtu.be/B7UvBZE_RS4
"Army Of Zombies" - https://youtu.be/qsO0ANtKpjM
Continue reading "(*both laugh*) Episode 46: Lars Frederiksen on his debut solo record, ”To Victory”!"On The Nod Ep. 148 on Real Punk Radio!
Plus current and old-school faves from Wasted Time, Out Cold, Government Issue, T.S.O.L., Paint It Black, GELD, Free Beer and more!
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PLAY AS LOUD AS YOU CAN STAND!!!!!
The Big Takeover Show – Number 356 – November 15, 2021
This week, after a small snatch of 1986 Billy Bragg: brand new Lucy Dacus, Black Watch, Beths, La Luz, Don McGlashan, Beach House, and Courtney Barnett, plus Sonny Boy Williamson, Fleur De Lys, Hank Williams, Dennis Brown, Beach Boys, Etta James, Dave Brubeck, etc.
Tommy Unit LIVE!! #517
November 10th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #517. New tunes from The Monsters, The Pulsebeats, Bitch Queens, Special Duties, The Dayglo Abortions, Los Capitanes, Soy City Stranglers, The Hallingtons and more! Turn it up! We’re LIVE, Wednesday nights, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
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PLAYLIST
The Pulsebeats – (She Sings Like) Joey Ramone
Bitch Queens – Don’t Be That Dude
Chuck Norris Experiment – DirtShot
Bitch Queens – Brainwash Radio
The Lords of Altamont – Living With The Squares
Special Duties – Rebel
Los Capitanes – Benny Hill
The Clash – Gates Of The West
The Sonics – High Time
Sex Pistols – Substitute
The Monsters – Get Drunk On You
The Monsters – Carpool Lane
The Dayglo Abortions – Kill Kill Kill
Soy City Stranglers – Black Deuce
The Dead Vikings – Electric Demon
Liar Thief Bandit – Feather
The Hallingtons – Business Boy
The Rods – Crank It Up
Mötley Crüe – Live Wire (40th Anniversary Remastered)
Dead Moon – Dead Moon Night
The Ledge #497: New Releases (Pt. 2)
For part two of this month’s new release series it’s the usual formula. New records by veteran acts mix with brand new artists, along with a few tracks from featured reissues. So you get the brand new Sarah Shook & The Disarmers single shortly after a set of demos from the two new Pretenders box sets. The return of The Professionals mixes with the up and coming Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes.
I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion!
For set lists and other info head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
(*both laugh*) Episode 45: Weakened Friends‘ Sonia Sturino on the band‘s new album, Quitter!
Welcome back, (*both laugh*) fans! We took a little hiatus there for a few but we're back in action.
For episode 45, we caught up with Sonia Sturino of the kick ass trio known as Weakened Friends. They're due to put out their sophomore full-length, "Quitter," on November 19th and let me tell you...it's a great one! We talked an awful lot about the band pushing themselves on this record (which was produced by the band's bass player, Annie Hoffman, and engineered by Hoffman and their drummer, Adam Hand) in ways that they hadn't quite before. We also talked about being on tour in March 2020 as the world was shutting down, and getting back out on the road last month in the, I guess we're calling it, "new normal." Oh, and we definitely talked about The Tragically Hip (a band I've quite honestly never knowingly heard) and Our Lady Peace (a band that I've definitely heard and enjoyed for years) and about how cool a record label Don Giovanni is and lots more stuff as well (like our mutual pal Adam Parshall, who is an amazing concert photographer...hi Adam!).
This was a lot of fun and everyone should check out "Quitter" ASAP and go catch Weakened Friends on the road with The Beths early next year!
-Pre-order "Quitter" from Don Giovanni Records here: https://www.dongiovannirecords.com/store
-...or find it on their Bandcamp page here: https://weakenedfriends.bandcamp.com/
-Visit Weakened Friends' website here: https://www.weakenedfriends.com/
Continue reading "(*both laugh*) Episode 45: Weakened Friends‘ Sonia Sturino on the band‘s new album, Quitter!"Episode 85: Spaghetty Town Records – Rock´n´Rolling the Pandemic (TJ Atlanta)
Teddy Spaghetty from TJ Atlanta checks in and provides an in debt look into his own record label, which he founded in 2015 and that international bands like The Bitch Queens (CH) and Motosierra (URY) call their U.S. home.
We talk producing Vinyl VS. CDs, the perils of running a music related business in a pandemic and how to get your own band´s representative overseas.
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New stuff from Poison Boys, Bitch Queens, Ten-o-Sevens, Bad Secret, Dayglo Abortions, Lorrainas, Gutter Demons, the Monsters, Anger Boys and more.
Redox #289 – Hey Good Lookin’
Originally published 11/8/15
Hey Good Lookin' - What Ya Got Cookin' - How about some Mats, Clash, Dog Party and The Descendants?
Here's the Playlist:
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The Big Takeover Show – Number 355 – November 8, 2021
This week, after some goofy Caroline birthday comedy: brand new Radiohead, Chime School, U-Roy & Santigold, Petrified Max, Blushing (featuring Miki Berenyi), Muun Bato, and Lou Barlow, plus Big Joe Turner, Colin Blunstone, Bobby Taylor, Jerry Lee Lewis, Benny Barnes, Biff Rose, The Action, etc.
Tommy Unit LIVE!! #516
November 3rd, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #516. New tunes from Dead Furies, Poison Boys, Dirty Denims, Gutter Demons, The Guillotines, Ricky Rochelle, V8 Wankers, top Calling Me Frank (featuring Keith Streng & Peter Zaremba), The Shang Hi Los, The Right Here, The Muslims, Dayglo Abortions, and Hard-Ons! Turn it up! We’re LIVE, Wednesday nights, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
http://realpunkradio.com/podcast/tommyunitlive/tommyunitlive516.mp3
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PLAYLIST
Dead Furies – Your Kiss Like Venom
Poison Boys – Can’t Get You out Of My Mind
Poison Boys – Day by Day
Dirty Denims – Even When I’m Wrong I’m Right (LIVE)
Mr Fang and the Dark Tones – Green Woman From Outer Space
Gutter Demons – Ritual
The Guillotines – Power Drunk
Ricky Rochelle – Yeti in the Snow
Ricky Rochelle – All She Needs
V8 Wankers – The Day Rock’N’Roll Died
Rokets – Loose Cannon
Cheerleader 666 – Want Action
Deadheads – My Demons
Stop Calling Me Frank featuring Keith Streng & Peter Zaremba – Hard Lovin’ Man
The Shang Hi Los – Plymouth Rock
The Right Here – Buy Me Another Round
The Muslims – Crotch Pop A Cop
The Muslims – IDGAF
Dayglo Abortions – White People
Hard-Ons – Fucked up Party
The Ledge #496: New Releases (Pt. 1)
Once again, the wealth of quality new music means that this month’s new release episode is expanding into a two-part series! This week is dominated by artists and labels that can accurately be described as “friends of the show” – artists such as Dave Sheinin, Dan Israel, Old Town Crier, along with our label friends at Big Stir Records, Red On Red Records, and, of course, Rum Bar Records!
But there’s also something special for fans of The Replacements! Well, of course there is. This show isn’t named after one of their songs for no reason! Two weeks ago saw the reissue of their very first album, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash. 100 tracks, 67 of them previously unreleased. Those who purchased the box at the Electric Fetus in Minneapolis, however, also received a bonus flexidisc with four more unreleased versions. Thanks to Ledge listener Jim Portesan, tonight’s episode includes those four rarities, along with a miniset of songs from the concert disc of the box.
I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion!
For more info, including setlists, please head to scotthudson.blogspot.com
Swamp Jacuzzi LIVE #173
The Bloody Hollies- Sticks And Stones
Boss Martians- Opportunistic Girl
Scott Morgan- Look What You’re Doing To Me Baby
Geraldine Fibbers- Fancy, They Suck
Bottle Rockets- 24 hrs A Day
Black Market Baby- Strike First
Southern Bitch- Mark Of The Beast
Ghostfinger- Hello Movies
Ddax Riggs- Ghost Movement
Deer Tick- The Bump
Old Town Crier- I Might Get Lost
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys- Laisse Moi Connaitre: Let Me Know
Reverand Beat-Man And Izobel Garcia- Black Metal
The Monsters- Electrobike Asshole
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New stuff from Gutter Demons, Postage, the Dinz and more.
Redox #288 – Left Of The Dial (Live)
Originally published 11/1/15
Tapes of all kinds tonight - The Clash, Circle Jerks, Fuzz and D Generation - Let It Roll!
Here's the Playlist:
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This week, after a dash of 1965 Paul Simon: brand new Nada Surf, Feeders, Pointed Sticks, Billy Bragg, Black Swan Lane, Willie Nelson Family, and Midnight Oil, plus David Bowie, Barbara Lynn, Pete Ham, Bee Gees, McGuire Sisters, Dave Pike, Nat King Cole, etc.
The Ledge #495: Halloween
Just like almost every episode, the annual Halloween edition of The Ledge would never exist without the friends of the show who provide us with fresh material every year. In the weeks leading up to the ultimate rock and roll holiday, bands and/or labels send us all kinds of material perfect for this ghoulish show.
This year is no exception, and thanks must go to Big Stir Records, The Ex-Bombers, Red on Red Records, Mr. Fang and the Dark Tones, The Cutthroat Brothers, and quite a few others for sharing with us a large percentage of the material you hear tonight. Along wtih those donations are a ton of relatively new music that fits the format. It’s the perfect Halloween soundtrack!
I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion!
For more info, including setlists, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
