February 23rd, 2022. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #529 – Scoped out new tunes from Shawn Refuse (Chumhuffer), The DeRellas, The Loyal Cheaters, J Prozac, Fear Gods, remastered Circle Jerks, 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
This week, after a 1949 Ed McCurdy anti-war wish: brand new Cheap Star, Jeanines, Guided by Voices, Pineapples, Valery Trails, Haroula Rose, and Boo Radleys, plus Pretty Things, Nina Simone, Jeannie Seeley, Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & His Clowns, Howlin’ Wolf, Clarendonians, and Ted Taylor; and R.I.P. Procol Harum leader Gary Brooker (1945-2022), Wipers/Rats/Napalm Beach drummer Sam Henry (1956-2022), and Mark Lanegan (1964-2022)
Doing it again as hard as I can, episode 003 goes long with right around 3 hours of the best in punk rock, rockabilly, ska, and more.
Git it.
Mass Arrest | Power | White Validation(Iron Lung Records)2019
Filth | The Shit Split | You Are Shit(Lookout! Records)2008
Blatz | Shit Split | Berkeley Is My Baby (And I Want To Kill It)(Lookout Records)1994
Quincy Punx | Nutso Smasho | Be My Alibi(Recess Records)1999
Angerboys | How To Profit From The Panic | Brain Damage(Plastic Bomb Records)2021
Lexicon Devils | Lexicon Devils | High Blood Pressure Damage(Self Release)2013
Germs | Mia - Anthology | Communist Eyes(Slash)1993
Blanks 77 | Tanked And Pogoed | I Wanna Be A Punk(Radical Records)1997
The Partisans | The Partisans | Partisans(Captain Oi!)2005
Blitz | Voice Of A Generation | Voice Of A Generation(Anagram Records)2008
Infa Riot | Singles And Rarities | Kids Of The 80's(Bootboy Tapes)1989
Abrasive Wheels | When The Punks Go Marching In! | Burn 'em Down(Riot City Records)1982
Oxymoron | Best Before 2000 | Another Day, Another Mess(Cyclone Records)2000
One Way System | Writing On The Wall | Corrupted World(Captain Oi!)1994
G.B.H. | Midnight Madness & Beyond | Limpwristed(Rough Justice)1986
The Murderers | The Murderers And The Jerkoffs Split CD | Grab Another(Beer City Records)1999
D.O.A. | Murder | Concrete Beach(Restless Records)1990
Fuck Bomb | Wreck Your Party! | Wreck Your Party(Self Release)2020
Circle Jerks | Group Sex/ Wild In The Streets | 86'd (Good As Gone)(Frontier Records)1988
D.I. | Ancient Artifacts | O.C. Life(Reject Records)1985
Angry Samoans | The Unboxed Set | My Old Man's A Fatso(Triple X Records)1995
The Avengers | Died For Your Sins | Teenage Rebel(Lookout Records)1999
Lonesome Kings | Shotgun Full Of Blues | Nothin' for Me(Emerald City Sounds)2003
Calamitiez | Calamitiez | Ballad Of The One Eyed Jacks(Crazy Love Records)2006
P. Paul Fenech | Skitzofenech | What Kind Of Spell(People Like You)2008
Cooterfinger | The Shit Hits The Fans! | Lord Of The Flies(Illbilly Records)2005
The Violent Shifters | Wide Open Baby!! | 6 Days On The Road(Self Release)2014
Junior Brown | Semi Crazy | Semi-Crazy(MCG/Curb)1996
Eddie Spaghetti | Sundowner | Cowboy Boots(Bloodshot Records)2011
The Blasters | Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings | Tag Along(Warner Bros.)2003
Bloodshot Bill | Get Loose Or Get Lost | Movin' Faster(Goner Records)2020
Mojo Nixon | Whiskey Rebellion | Ain't Got Nobody(Self Release)2009
The Space Cadets | Astrobilly Rockin' | We Just Wanna Be Loved(Vinyl Japan)1996
Imelda May | Love Tattoo | Johny Got A Boom Boom(Universal Music)2007
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This week’s show was originally going to be another in the series of “odds and ends” episodes where I air tracks from some record I’ve either recently acquired or pulled out of the archives to give a listen. Unfortunately, the deaths of two great rockers changed those plans.
Mark Lanegan is in my opinion the most artistic of all of the grunge-era lead vocalists. While the vast majority of his brethren rarely travelled out of their safe zone, Lanegan was a musical shape shifter throughout his entire career. There was simply not a genre he wouldn’t attempt, nor did it seem like he ever said no to a collaborator. The first half of the show consists of long sets devoted to his solo career and also a taste of those collaborations.
Then just a couple of hours before showtime came the news that Downliners Scet leader Don Craine had also passed away. Never heard of the Sect? You’re loss. Please go do some research after listening to tonight’s show. The set dedicated to him not only includes some of the great tracks of their mid-60s glory years but also a couple of great collaborations with Billy Childish.
Filling up the rest of the show are some of the tunes originally slated for tonight’s show, including a number of tracks from a fabulous collection of 60s garage rock. Did you know that Jerry Mathers of Leave It To Beaver was in a band? You do now!
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
The Chesterfield Kings- Dawn
The Flamin’ Groovies- Don’t You Lie To Me
The Peewees- ‘Cause You Don’t Know Me
Reigning Style- Reptile Style
The Gourds- Shreveport
The Gourds- Pill Bug Blues
The Real Rids- She’s Alright
The Real Kids- My Baby’s Book
The Real Kids- Roberta
The Real Kids- Do The Boob
The Real Kids- My Way
The Real Kids- Reggae Reggae
The Schizophonics- Put Your Weight On It
The Makers- Sharp Leather Walking Shoes
The Makers- Leopard Print Sissy
Lyers- We Sell Souls
John Paul Keith- Doin The Devil’s Work
This week, after a 1982 antiwar Damned refrain: brand new Stars, Kurt Vile, Elvis Costello & the Imposters, M. Ward, Fontaines D.C., Astrid Williamson, and Billy Bragg, plus Pretty Things, Bobby Bare (Sr.), Temptations, Merry Go-Round, Dusty Springfield, Linda Ronstadt, and Cab Calloway; and R.I.P. The Sadies' Dallas Good (1974-2022)
Well, I guess this is growing up. On Marmite and Boudica and Red Dwarf and The Van Pelt and the best punk rock album of the year.
Earlier this month, Frank Turner released his ninth studio album. Entitled FTHC, it is by far his most "punk rock" album to date (I suppose one could argue that his previous album, 2019's No Man's Land, which was primarily a historical folk album with each song telling a different tale about a woman from history, ranging from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Christa McAuliffe, was his most "punk rock" album to date for entirely different reasons, but that's more of a semantic argument than we need right now). FTHC is his most personal album to date - no easy feat for someone who's made a career of wearing his tape deck heart on his sleeve. It may indeed be his best album to date. It is, most certainly and perhaps not surprisingly given the above factors, his first album to debut at #1 on the charts in his native UK.
We caught up with Turner the day after learning that FTHC was, in fact, named the number one selling album in the land. We talked about the importance of that distinction, particularly as it came fifteen years and nine albums into his solo career. We talked about the influences behind the album and about how getting married and turning 40 and still being alive has provided a different sort of perspective that wasn't afforded to his younger self. We talked about the making of the album (the image of Ilan Rubin recording drums in a Los Angeles studio over Zoom while Frank watched from London and producer Rich Costey watched from Vermont is still one I find endlessly amusing). We talked about the stories behind some of the album's more personal tracks, although I did leave out the songs about his struggles with anxiety and cocaine addiction and how his relationship with his father changed after the latter came out as a trans woman several years ago; those have been covered at length in other outlets. And perhaps most importantly, we talked about the legion of Turner fans, aptly known as the Frank Turner Army, that has been steadily building for the better part of the last decade and who, frankly, rightly share in a lot of the success behind FTHC. They even pitched in for a few questions that certainly ran a stylistic gamut.
This week, after a 1982 antiwar Damned refrain: brand new Stars, Kurt Vile, Elvis Costello & the Imposters, M. Ward, Fontaines D.C., Astrid Williamson, and Billy Bragg, plus Pretty Things, Bobby Bare (Sr.), Temptations, Merry Go-Round, Dusty Springfield, Linda Ronstadt, and Cab Calloway; and R.I.P. The Sadies' Dallas Good (1974-2022)
“No Elvis, Beatles, or Rolling Stones!”
Sure, it was a pose. The Clash may have sung those lyrics, but they were actually true students in the history of rock and roll. But the British punk scene of 1977 was certainly a time when the walls were pushed over and new blood took over the music scene. Maybe the lyrics should have been “No Floyd, Yes, or ELP!”
So tonight’s celebration includes a ton of artists that proved themselves to be legendary, along with many other bands that had long careers. And there’s also quite a few acts that crashed and burned, leaving behind a fabulous two or three minute piece of dynamite!
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 info, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
When it comes to food, seems like nothing is as Punk as a pizza. When it comes to Pizza, nothings seems more controversial for TJ like Pineapples as a topping. That´s reason enough to dig even deeper into the topic and consult Branden Powers, creator of Evel Pie, the RnR pizza mecca in Las Vegas who tries to explain the magic of Pizza and Punk and how to merge them into a most favorable concept.
February 16th, 2022. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #528 – A double dose of the new Guitar Gangsters, along with new tunes from Miss Georgia Peach, The Loyal Cheaters, Upploppet, SUGUS, F.A.N.T.A., and lots 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
Killer Hearts
Buried In Leather
Guitar Gangsters
United We Fall
Guitar Gangsters
Fifty Dangerous Things
The Hives
I Gotta Get Some Action Right Now (The Hellacopters)
New stuff from Suzi Moon, Tramp, The Prostitutes, Sweat, Klaxo, Illegal Leather, The Gaggers, the Roxies, School Damage, Chubby and the Gangs and more!
If you've read any of the press that came out surrounding LA hardcore band Sweat's debut LP, "Gotta Give It Up," you've probably noticed that the common theme throughout is that Sweat aren't a typical hardcore band. They've got a sound and a style and a swagger that are unique; hardcore, for sure, but with riffs and rhythms that range from thrashy to chunky to 70s rock (think Think Lizzy). At the center of the activity is the firebrand that is Tuna Tardugno. It's abrasive and confrontational and a whole lot of fun.
We caught up for a super fun conversation with Tuna about the band's history (they've only got nine gigs under their collective championship belts, a byproduct of the band's formation less than a year prior to the world shutting down) and recording with Grammy-nominated producer Jack Shirley and their upcoming plans (tour? new album?). We also talked a lot about Tuna's introduction to the world of punk and hardcore in upstate New York and the parallels between the DIY punk and wrestling communities, both of which are near and dear to Tuna's heart. Oh, did we mention Tuna's a wrestler as well? Admittedly, my knowledge of modern wrestling is actually more limited than my knowledge of hardcore, which is pretty effing limited in its own right. Still, I am from the same hometown as Paul "Triple H" Levesque, so maybe I can hold my own a little.
Anyway, this was a super fun conversation. Hope you dig it.
February 9th, 2022. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #527 – Scoped out a couple new tracks from the upcominf Ravagers rekkid! Played some surf to celebrate my birthday! Along with some pro vs con Valentine’s Day tunes! 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
This week, after a 1967 Love extract!: brand new Killing Joke, Beths, Wet Leg, Superchunk, Spoon, Willie Nelson, and Sharon Van Etten, plus Howling Wolf, Manfred Mann, Eric Monty Morris, Beatles, 101ers, Hollies, and Xavier Cugat
This week, after a 1967 Love extract!: brand new Killing Joke, Beths, Wet Leg, Superchunk, Spoon, Willie Nelson, and Sharon Van Etten, plus Howling Wolf, Manfred Mann, Eric Monty Morris, Beatles, 101ers, Hollies, and Xavier Cugat
Valentine’s Day is the one “holiday” this is not rock and roll friendly.
Seriously, it just doesn’t work. Rock and roll isn’t about love. It’s about primal feelings. It’s about lust. It’s about vitrol. It’s about lost love; not current love.
Obviously, almost every rock and roll band has had their share of love songs. They’re called ballads, and some of them are not only very lovely but can be classics. But they’re not rock and roll songs.
Tonight’s show may consist primarily of songs with the word “love” in them, but there are no love songs here. Every track fits the various concerns I listed above. Think of this as the anti-Valentine’s Day 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! Let them know who is giving them promotion!
For more information and setlists head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
The Left- Redneck 7-11
The Gourds- Son of Bum
The Bottle Rockets- Mendocino
Doug Sahm- Poison Love
Louvin Brothers- I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby
Slobberbone- 16 Days
The Real Kids- All Kindsa Girls
The Real Kids- Solid Gold (Thru and Thru)
The Real Kids- Rave On
The Real Kids- Better Be Good
The Real Kids- Taxi Boys
The Real Kids- Just Like Darts
Miss Georgia Peach- Back Side of Dallas
Chas Justus- Old Habits (Courtney Granger)
Ghostfinger- Give Me $ome Money
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)
February 2nd, 2022. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #526 – All two-fers tonight celebrating 2/2/22! OPener and closer paying tribute to the late, great Dr. Johnny Fever. Two new tunes from the upcoming Mud City Manglers re-issue, two new ones from The Anomalys, two new ones from Sam Snitchy, and more killer pairs! Beluga Records, Ghost Highway Recordings, Spaghettytown Records, Slovenly Records, and VooDoo Rhythm Records. 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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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
This week Dave Coop starts things off with tracks by The Grim, Gag, Vis Vires, Snake Pit, Bishops Green, a classic by 45 Grave and much more!! World Noise features tracks by Negative/Spain, The Chats/Australia, The Chisel/England, Plizzken/Germany, Mister X/Belarus, Cadaveres Podridos/Venezuela, Heterofobia/Mexico, Rubella Ballet/England, Kohti Tuhoa/Finland, Nurse/Japan, Concrete Control/War, Illegal Corpse/France, All for Nothing/Netherlands, Schwach/Germany and Cobra/Russia! Hear The Darkness #68 features new music from Ztuped, Faze, Imploders, Schizos and more!
Plus, recent faves from Scalple, Daunted, BOLO, Obsolete Man, Bootlicker, Destruct and many more!
We also “record-nerd-out” and celebrate recent represses of the Rudimentary Peni LP “Death Church” and the killer self-titled Tokyo Lungs 7″ with songs from those and it’s all topped off with a Poison Idea classic!
PLAY LOUD, VERY LOUD!!!!
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.
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
January 26th, 2022. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #525 – Killer new and upcoming releases from Rum Bar Records, Cleopatra Records, VooDoo Rhythm Records, Spaghetty Town 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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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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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
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!
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PLAYLIST
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
The Ledge is so proud to be able to present to you the premiere of four tracks from the upcoming record by Miss Georgia Peach. “Aloha From Kentucky”, set for release on March 18 on Rum Bar Records, is a fabulous combo of twang and raunch from the Short Fuses/Beebee Gallini veteran. Produced by Brian Pulito & Travis Ramin, and with musical backing from members of Nashville Pussy and Nine Pound Hammer, this is going to be one record every one should check out.
Besides these great tunes by Miss Georgia Peach, the rest of the show consists of primarily double shots of records I’ve been listening to in my spare time. There’s some archival rarities from David Bowie, The Heartbreakers, and Lou Reed, some live recordings by The Jesus And Mary Chain, X, Wilco, and King Gizzard, along with a little tribute to the late Rachel Nagy of The Detroit Cobras.
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 other information, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
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.
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)
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
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
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.)
It’s a new year, so let’s start it right with nothing but new music over the course of the two hour broadcast. As always, it’s the latest indie, punk, power pop, and garage rock from all over the world. There’s bound to be something in tonight’s show that you enjoy.
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 other info, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com
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.
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.)
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!
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!
http://realpunkradio.com/podcast/tommyunitlive/tommyunitlive522.mp3
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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
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!
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.
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.
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!
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
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 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!
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
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.
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)
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:
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!
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
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:
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)
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
The start of December means that this week’s new release episode is the final one of 2021! And like each of the previous episodes of this type this year this one is full of nothing but great power pop, garage, punk, indie, and there’s even a preview of this year’s Christms special.
But more importantly, let’s talk about next week’s show. It’s Ledge episode #500, and I’d love to get some assistance from the Ledge audience. Please please please, regardless of whether you’re a relatively new listener, or somebody who has now listened to all 499, contact me to let me know of some songs, albums, or bands that you’ve discovered via this show. You can even make a little recording talking about the show, your picks, or anything that you feel is important to convey. You can contact me on social media (paulisded on twitter or instagram), or send an email to paulisded@gmail.com!
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!
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!
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
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!
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.
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!
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
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
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)
The Chesterfield Kings- Dawn
The Flamin’ Groovies- Don’t You Lie To Me
The Peewees- ‘Cause You Don’t Know Me
Reigning Style- Reptile Style
The Gourds- Shreveport
The Gourds- Pill Bug Blues
The Real Rids- She’s Alright
The Real Kids- My Baby’s Book
The Real Kids- Roberta
The Real Kids- Do The Boob
The Real Kids- My Way
The Real Kids- Reggae Reggae
The Schizophonics- Put Your Weight On It
The Makers- Sharp Leather Walking Shoes
The Makers- Leopard Print Sissy
Lyers- We Sell Souls
John Paul Keith- Doin The Devil’s Work
The Left- Redneck 7-11
The Gourds- Son of Bum
The Bottle Rockets- Mendocino
Doug Sahm- Poison Love
Louvin Brothers- I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby
Slobberbone- 16 Days
The Real Kids- All Kindsa Girls
The Real Kids- Solid Gold (Thru and Thru)
The Real Kids- Rave On
The Real Kids- Better Be Good
The Real Kids- Taxi Boys
The Real Kids- Just Like Darts
Miss Georgia Peach- Back Side of Dallas
Chas Justus- Old Habits (Courtney Granger)
Ghostfinger- Give Me $ome Money 
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 
