Suzi Moon has been an active member of the punk rock scene for well more than half her life, so you might expect that she would have used the free time provided by unplanned COVID-related shutdowns over the last 18 months to pause and catch her breath. You'd be sorely mistaken, however. After years of playing in a band with her sister (Civet, obviously) and taking filmmaking classes and starting a new band, Turbulent Hearts, and playing bass in a new band that flamed out rather unceremoniously last year (L.A. Machina), Moon stepped out on her own for real. She put out an EP, "Call The Shots," earlier this year under her own name with the help of Pirates PRess Records. She self-produced and directed music videos for each of the three songs on "Call The Shots." She's also got another ten songs already recorded for a full-length, and is going back in to the studio in the coming days to record another brand new EP. She's got a full backing band of fellow scene vets (Drew Champion and Sean Peterson of The Split Second on guitar and drums respectively, Patti Bo from River City Rebels on bass) that are slated to play their first shows, including Camp Punksylvania, in a couple of weeks - delta variant be damed. We caught up with Moon to talk about all of that and more. Stay tuned for updates on new material and new videos soon!
This week, after a 1965 Graham Gouldman/Yardbirds refrain: brand new Billy Bragg, Piroshka, Guided By Voices, Daniel Wylie’s Cosmic Rough Riders, Stranglers, Lanterna, Jorge Elbrecht, and Haroula Rose plus Moody Blues, Roy Acuff, Neil Young, 13th Floor Elevators, Ray Charles, João Gilberto & Stan Getz, etc.
Jazz Tents, Lipstick Lips, One Way Streets and American Nights. It's all on the Best of 2015 - So Far.
Here's the Playlist: Do You Wanna Rock Danko Jones Fire Music Addicted Jesse Malin New York Before the War Jazz Tent The Replacements 2015-04-13: Masonic Auditorium,San Francisco, CA (DMonkey) Not Your Turn Summer Cannibals Show Us Your Mind
Brainfreeze Bully Feels Like Lucille The Drip Dry Man Fuck and Forget Suggested by Kate Bad Heart Mischief Brew This Is Not For Children Personality X-Ray The Hex Dispensers III Let's Get Together Avalanche Party The Avalanche Party EP Fine Without You Best Coast California Nights Suggested by Jer Baby Bhangs PINS Wild Nights Raising the Skate Speedy Ortiz Foil Deer Suggested by John Dennis & Billy Craig Finn Newmyer's Roof Suggested by Boyd Josh Jeremy Porter & The Tucos Above the Sweet Tea Line American Night Benchmarks American Night Liquid Daydream POW! Fight Fire
This is another of thsoe months where the new release episode is so easy to compile that it just has to be split into two seperate shows. So tonight is part one, and what is especially gratifying is that so much of the broadcast consists of “friends” of the show.
Yes, there’s the usual contributions from our friends at Rum Bar Records, Red On Red Records, and Big Stir Records. But there’s also newer friends such as Old Town Crier and Dan Israel, who emailed new tunes to check out. And then there’s The Ex-Bombers, the fabulous “psychedelic jazz noir blues explosion” due that I recently discovered on Instagram. After an exchange of DM’s, they actually sent me a vinyl version of their fabulous new “New Love Is Easy” album.
Besides those picks, there’s brand new tunes by longtime Ledge favorites Son Volt, CTMF, Ty Segall, Wavves, and so many otheres. There are new discoveries such as The Pokes, Cosmic Psychos, and The Bug Club. Plus, there are a handful of tracks from Rum Bar’s brand new “XOXOXO Volume One ‘the nice price'” compilation.
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!
This week Dave Coop has tracks by Senseless, Mass Arrest, Direct Threat, Hard Evidence, a classic by the Dead Kennedys and much more! WORLD NOISE This week’s brujeria features Riistetyt/Finland, NoxNoxNox/Japan, Luz de Gas/Spain, Alien Nosejob/Australia, Rubella Ballet/England, Svetlanas/Russia, Svaveldioxid/Sweden, Negazione/Italy, Acidez/Mexico, Funeral Dress/Belgium, Die Schwarzen Schafe/Germany and The Bois/Indonesia, HEAR THE DARKNESS has new songs from Chain Whip, Reek Minds, ANF, EXIL, Imploders, Systema, Gobierno Militar and more, plus throwback tracks from Born Against, Beex, Scared Of Chaka, Infect and current faves from Seized Up, Gulch, Slant among others, SMASH THE DISCOS is reminiscin’ about dumb shit.. Continue reading "On The Nod Ep.137 on Real Punk Radio!!"
August 4th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #504. This week we scoped out two-fers of new tunes from Grindhouse and Descendents!! Plus…Spaghetty Town Record’s Electric Frankenstein/The Stripp split 7″…RPR Band Submissions from Enock Eunuck, Damn Vandals, Nihiloceros, and Louis Lingg and the Bombs…Covers ‘n’ Originals with The Manics/The Heartbreakers and Indonesian Junk/D Generation…along with Rum Bar Record’s Rumbar Rumble split with Pale Lips/The Sorels…and Rum Bar’s XOXOXO Vol. 1 Compilation with tunes from Natalie Sweet, The Kowalskis, The Short Fuses, and The Dents!! 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
Natalie Sweet – Video Phone
Grindhouse – Something for You
Grindhouse – Father’s on Bail
Descendents – Sailor’s Choice
Descendents – Nightage
The Kowalskis – I Love You Baby But I Hate Your Friends
The Short Fuses – Rock Yo Self (Until You Wreck Yo Self)
The Dents – Do You Want It
The MANICS – One Track Mind
The Heartbreakers – One Track Mind
Indonesian Junk – She Stands There MP3
D Generation – She Stands There
Gerry Lehane – Drinking Life
Pale Lips – Candy Song
The Sorels – Spring Break
Enock Eunuck – Fattigdomssaga
Damn Vandals – This City
Nihiloceros – Mammal Science Fiction
ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN – Everybody’s Dead Again
The Stripp – The rising tide
Louis Lingg and the Bombs – Freaky Deaky
July 28th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #503. This week we scoped out the Dammit, Blast and Other Expletives comp from Dammit Records with tunes from BORN=EQUAL, DIRT BYRDS, Headspace, Mad Mulligans, Punky Ruckus, and Stanton’s Grave! New tunes from Smash the Granny! Classics from KISS and MC5! Plus promoted upcoming shows with tunes from Labretta Suede And The Motel 6, KILLER KIN, MALA VISTA, RAVAGERS, and Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts! And wrapped it with a new one from The Peppermint Kicks! 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
Kiss – Detroit Rock City
BORN=EQUAL – Blind Leading The Blind
DIRT BYRDS – Call Around
Headspace – And Sending Part 2
Mad Mulligans – Action Man
Punky Ruckus – She’s A Geezer
Stanton’s Grave – Us Them Everyone
Smash The Granny – Embrace The Grind
Smash The Granny – Where’s The Bar?
KILLER KIN – NARROW MIND
KILLER KIN – BAD, BAD, MIND
Labretta Suede And The Motel 6 – Beach Party Town
Labretta Suede And The Motel 6 – Boogaloo
MC5 – Gotta Keep Moving
MC5 – Tutie-Frutie
Kiss – Deuce
MALA VISTA – NY Groove
RAVAGERS – SUZI (HAS AN UZI)
Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts – Same Old You
The Peppermint Kicks – When Rock & Roll Met Your Dad
This week, after a small slice of 2002 Decemberists: brand new Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Descendents, Aints!, Marty Stuart, Fotoform, Film School, and Jeff Elbel & Ping plus Larry Williams, Alton Ellis, Webb Pierce, Donovan, Bee Gees, Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, etc.
Although I have a montly new release episode, I don’t really have a place for new reissues, compilations, live albums, and other odd releases such as that. Once in a while, I do throw a reissued track or two in the new release show, but for the most part it’s hard to find a spot for them in my usual themed shows.
So tonight those types of releases get their own theme. I can’t say it’s all archival material, though, as there are new recordings by the likes of Los Lobos, The Descendents, and The Beat-Hells. But for the most part, tonight’s show comes from the type of releases I mentioned before. There’s archival collections of bands such as The Outsiders, R. Stevie Moore, and David Bowie. There are rare tracks from reissues of classics by George Harrison, Mudhoney, The White Stripes, and many others. And there’s quite a few great cover tunes.
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!
This weeks show starts with Dave Coop’s playlist with tracks by Strike First, Brand new tracks by TV Drugs, Culture Shock and Head Space plus more! WORLD NOISE features tracks by Ultima Guerra/Columbia, Tereet Cadet/Finland, Brünner Todesmarsch/Czechia, Gauze/Japan, Cuir/France, Golpe/Italy, Bent Out of Shape/Netherlands, The Boldness/Indonesia, Booze & Glory/England, Mess/Mexico, Bishops Green/Canada and Mister X/Belarus. HEAR THE DARKNESS has Classics from: BGK, Kraut, Dillinger Four, Dag Nasty and Career Suicide plus favorites from Ceremony, Trash Talk and new music from Deviated State, Moxiebeat, Bootlicker, Soldiers Of Destruction, Alerta!, ANF and more! SMASH THE DISCOS drunkenly bitches about being born too late!
LISTEN, ENJOY and BREAK SHIT!
If you've watched previous episodes of (*both laugh*) or if you've heard me guest on other podcasts or if you know me personally, you know that Pearl Jam has been a huge part of my musical journey. "Ten," which turns thirty years old this time next month, struck at exactly the right time in my formative years. The shockwave is still being felt, to say the least. Pearl Jam were very honestly the band that really ushered in my love of punk rock, in part through their very public love of bands like Dead Kennedys and Bad Religion and Social D and Dead Boys and obviously The Clash and Ramones. As I one-time aspiring bass player, it was Jeff Ament whose style got me to buy my first bass when I was a teenager (an Alvarez Dana bass, if you're interested).
I've not only followed Pearl Jam far and wide over the last three decades, but I've followed Jeff's solo career and side projects (Three Fish, Tres Mts., RNDM, etc) along the way. His songs are always intricate and textured and unique and pull from a variety of influences. Next month, Ament will release a new solo full length. Entitled "I Should Be Outside," it was written and recorded entirely during COVID-related quarantine. But it's also not the only material he's put out during this time, as it follows last year's blistering "American Death Squad" EP and a new project called Deaf Charlie that features Fitz and the Tantrums' John Wicks on drums.
This was immensely entertaining and meaningful for me, and I hope that came across. I was lucky enough to meet Jeff once in passing at an RNDM show on a snowy November night in Boston (there's a picture of that meeting in the intro and over my right shoulder during our chat here) and I thought that was one of the coolest things that had ever happened to me that didn't involve marriage or the birth of my kid. This was cooler. Thanks Jeff. And yes, don't worry Pearl Jam fans...we talked a lot about PJ and songwriting history and all the "how the sausage is made" stuff!
This week, after a snatch of 1966 Rolling Stones: brand new Piroshka, La Luz, U-Roy, Billy Bragg, Shirley Collins, Descendents, Steve Gunn, and Low plus Kinks, Glen Campbell, Beatles, Solomon Burke, Neil Innes, Kitty Wells, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc.
Ass some of you might be aware of, there´s a new “interest” oriented, global Turbojugend out there: TJ Lucha. TJR talked to members Kevin Mash (UK) and Jimmy Beautiful (USA) about their common interest in Wrestling and even analyze the stunning parallels of Wrestling and our Denim centered community, hence: a Turbojugend World Order (TJWO). Furthermore, we provide a brief update on the current plans of the 2021 Weltturbojugendtage ass well ass a mini-festival in Hamburg, which is scheduled for Juli 31st of 2021.
July 21st, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #502. New tunes from Saustex and Rum Bar Records!!! And it’s my 11 year anniversary so I play what I want! 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
Schoolhouse Rock – The Good Eleven
Pocket FishRmen – Smash the Fascists
Hickoids – Almost Nearly Nancy
Pocket FishRmen – Humans
Dee Dee Ramone – Motorbikin’
Motel Drive – Motorcycle Ride
Motörhead – Iron Horse / Born to Lose
Geoff Palmer – Don’t Be
The Sorels – She’s in the Gang
Pale Lips – Don’t Take Your Switchblade to New York
The Adam Brown – Indie Rock Has-Beens
The Peppermint Kicks – Shag ’72
Misfits – Angelfuck
The Clash – The Magnificent Seven
The Stooges – Search and Destroy
The Bronx – Curb Feelers
SUPERSONIC DEUCES – HAZE THE HIDES
Caströl- – The Speed of A God
Chuck Norris Experiment – A Thief And A Liar
The Drippers – Ain’t No Accident
The Crazy Squeeze – Gimme a Kiss
This week Dave Coop starts things off with a JJ Wilson playlist including Half Off, Fireburn, Deadlock, Arch Rivals, Deep Wound, A brand spanking new track by Bone Folder and More, Bruja,s World Noise This week’s brujeria features Cankro/Brazil, Crucial Features/Lithuania, Acidez/Mexico, Kohti Tuhoa/Finalnd, B.G.K./Netherlands, Limella/Cuba, Perra Vida/Peru, Spirito di Lupo/Italy, Katalexia/Columbia, Death Pill/Ukraine, Taqbir/Morocco and Nitad/Sweden, Benny and Hear The Darkness has new tracks by Chain Whip, Canal Irral, Moxiebeat, Imploders Psico Galera, ZIP, and a new track with Paranoid covering State Of Fear; also featuring classics from Born Against, Bad Religion, MDC and a track from the new LP discography of the legendary Spitboy; plus contemporary faves form Reivers, Night Birds, PI$$ER, Stalag 13 and more and Jason and Russ talk BILL COSBY!!! Smash The Discos!
PLAY AT A HIGH VOLUME OR DO NOT PLAY AT ALL!
This week, after a bit of a 1972 Todd Rundgren hit: brand new Illuminati Hotties, Chills, Justin Sullivan, The Aints!, Kurt Vile, Shannon & the Clams, Joey Cape, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real plus Badfinger, Phil Ochs, Ray Charles, Shocking Blue, Bo Diddley, Waylon Jennings, Mose Allison, etc.
The joke may be that every day is record store day for this goofball, but it is a fact that I do love almost everything about the actual Record Store Day event. Or events, as the last couple of years the event has been split up into multiple days.
This year is no different. The first round was on June 12; the second half is toorrow (July 17). Tonight’s show is a mix of releases from both of the events, and once agai is a show featuring 55 years of great rock and roll. There’s some good old standard reissues, but there’s also a plethora of demos, outtakes, alternate mixes, and more than a few cover tunes.
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!
July 14th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #501. New tunes from Bishops Green, Real Sickies, Los Chicos, and Black Sheriff! Along with tons of killer punk rock’n’roll!! Pirates Press Records, Stomp Records, and Rum Bar Records! Turn it up! We’re LIVE, Wednesday nights, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
PLAYLIST
Bishops Green – Waiting
Real Sickies – Communication Breakdown
Los Chicos – Muddy Muddy
Black Sheriff – Love Exorcist
The Jolts – Nowhere At All
Johnny Thunders – Born to Lose
The Muffs – Lucky Guy
Rocket from the Crypt – Out of Control
Black Sheriff – No No No
Oxymoron – Get A Gun
Cosmic Psychos – Dead Roo
New Bomb Turks – Chip Away at the Stone
Devil Dogs – Get Up (For Rock ‘n’ Roll)
Real Sickies – I Think Of The Sunshine
The Clash – Clampdown
NOFX – Oxy Moronic
Los Chicos – I Love Jay
Anti-Flag – The Ranks of the Masses Rising
Electric Frankenstein – Demolition Joyride/Demolition Derby
Supersuckers – Hot Rod Rally
Real Sickies – Love Is For Lovers
This week Dave Coop starts things off with tracks by Coke Bust, Out Cold, Drunken Rampage, TV Drugs and much more!! World Noise features a new song from Chubby and the Gang/England, Schwach/Germany, Oi! Factory/Austria, The Beggar Belief/Greece, Candy/On the Fray, Siberian Meat Grinder/Russia, Raw Power/Italy, Sial/Singapore, King Ly Chee/Hong Kong and Nervous SS/Macedonia, Hear The Darkness #48 features new music from BOLO, Canal Irreal, Chain Whip, Soldiers Of Destruction; old-school songs from Void and Teen Idles; and a mix of current and contemporary favorites from Urban Sprawl, Bloodkrow Butcher, Replica, Born/Dead, LUX, Propagandhi, Signal Lost, Froggy & The Ringes and more and Smash The Discos goes back to school. features songs by What’s Your Damage?, Bazooka Sharkz, Lions Law, Antagonizers ATL, Arch Rivals, City Miles, Savage Beat, High Society, and Out Of Order!!
This week, after a little 1983 Weird Al Beatles sendup: brand new Boo Radleys, Bevis Frond, Goon Sax, Tobin Sprout, Steve Gunn, Colin Moulding, Art Bergmann, and Lou Barlow plus Buffalo Springfield, Ernest Tubb, Marvelettes, Hollies, Paragons, Ian and Sylvia, Noel Coward, etc.
Bruja hosts a all new show with brand spanking new segments of WORLD NOISE, HEAR THE DARKNESS and Jason and Russ return with an all new SMASH THE DISCOS!!
The latest in the series of episodes devoted to the music of 1981 consists of nothing but US punk from that great year. Primarily centered around the rise of the Southern California hardcore scene, the show jumps around to all parts of our country, and includes a set of great punk from Canada.
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!
July 7th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #500. New tunes from Amyl and The Sniffers, Grindhouse, The Black Halos, Manuals, Shakin’ Nightmares, RUMKICKS, The Harry Anslinger, ΝΟΜΟS 751, and Black Sheriff!! Mixed in with some killer punk rock’n’roll! Cursed Blessings Records, Blank Generation Records, Slovenly Recordings / Mondo Mongo Records, Savage Magic Records!! Turn it up! 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
PLAYLIST
Amyl and The Sniffers – Guided by Angels
Grindhouse – Teenage Heart
The Black Halos – Shoot You Down
The Black Halos – Fossil Fuel
Manuals – When The Tanks Roll Over Poland (Again)
Shakin’ Nightmares – Riding Away
RUMKICKS – I dont wanna die
The Harry Anslinger – Testimony
ΝΟΜΟS 751 – Moracu Se Boriti
The Hellacopters – Sometimes I Don’t Know
Strängen – Farsan söp ihjäl sig
Thunder Express – Always Up To Something New
The Jam – Art School
Operation Ivy – Knowledge
Social Distortion – Another State of Mind
Hüsker Dü – Dead Set On Destruction
The Turpentine = Handsome Lonesome
Black Sheriff – Dance Dance Dance
The Weaklings – It’s So Criminal
Lunachicks – Less Teeth, More Tits
This week, after a 1969 Kinks tidbit: brand new Maxïmo Park, Descendents, Chad VanGaalen, Justin Sullivan, U-Roy & Rygin King, Bobby Gilespie & Jehnny Beth, Doug Tuttle, and Umbrellas plus 13th Floor Elevators, Astrud Gilberto & Walter Wanderley, (Peter Green’s) Fleetwood Mac. Etta James, The Byrds, Willie Nelson, Nic Jones, etc.
For Episode 41 of (*both laugh*), we caught up with Nate Cook from The Yawpers for a quick hitter about his upcoming bike ride from New York to Los Angeles. Yes, you read that right...beginning on the 4th of July, Nate Cook from The Yawpers (whose 2019 Bloodshot Records release Human Question is still in heavy rotation in this house) is cycling from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
Cook took up cycling early in the pandemic, and last summer he embarked on a 700-mile ride from Denver to Tulsa as a fundraiser for the Sweet Relief Musician's Fund. For this year's ride, dubbed Go West, Aging Man (or GxAx for short), Cook decided to go bigger, since he figures he'll be on tour every summer going forward. Two months. NY to LA. A few shows along the way. All on a bicycle, and all for Sweet Relief again.
As an added bonus, GxAx has added another rider this year. Badass singer/drummer Liliana Urbain is going west to east via a more northern route; she left Washington State a couple weeks ago and is presently in Montana with her sights set on Portland, Maine! As a semi-avid road cyclist, I cannot even comprehend how hard that is (particularly given the all-time high temps lately).
It’s a question I ask myself multiple times a day. What would Mr. Westerberg do? The answers guide my day to day life, which explains quite a bit about the status of Mr. Hudson these days. But Geoff Palmer understands, and his great track that gives thsi episode its title is just one of the many incredible songs on his upcoming record, Charts and Graphs. (BTW, somebody please count the Westy song references on this track. I just may have a prize for the person who comes closest.)
As always, this isn’t the only great record coming out soon on Rum Bar Records, and the last 20 minutes consist of nothing but great tracks from that label. There are also sets devoted to wonderful new music from Red On Red Records and Big Stir Records. These are all great records that really would appreciate some support from Ledge listeners. Go check them out.
And that’s not all. I mentioned last month the mystery of a band called The Revenants. They have released over 30 records so far this year, and they’re all free! Please, if somebody out there has any info on this prolific act give me the deets! There’s also the return of the great 80’s Australian band Scientists, and all kinds of other great new tunes!
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!
June 30th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #499. TONIGHT we spun new/upcoming tunes from The Bambies, The Manges, RMBLR, The Boatsmen, The Bronx, The Hip Priests, The Hip Priests, The Datsuns, Cosmic Psychos, The Lombego Surfers, Überyou, Tight Finks, and (Deluxe Edition??) 7seconds!! Some pre-4th of July freedom-celebratin-merica tunes from DEVO, The Clash, Adolescents, and Avengers!! Beach tunes from The Riverdales, Roadside Bombs, Dead Kennedys, and The Delstars!! Spaghetty Town Records, Wanda Records, Damaged Goods Records, Go The Hack Records, Lux Noise!! Turn it up! 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
PLAYLIST
The Bambies – Dirty taint
The Manges – Tootsie Rolls
RMBLR – Get Ghost
The Boatsmen – I Don’t Wanna Lose This Time
The Riverdales – Hampton Beach
Roadside Bombs – Down To The Beach
Dead Kennedys – Funland At The Beach
The Delstars – Catalina Beach
The Bronx – White Shadow
The Hip Priests – No Stranger To Failure
The Datsuns – Dehumanise
Cosmic Psychos – Sin Bin
DEVO – Freedom of Choice
The Clash – Know Your Rights
Adolescents – God Bless America
Avengers – The American in me
The Lombego Surfers – Gimme My Drink
Überyou – How Lonely
Tight Finks – 425 / 17
7seconds – Young ‘Til I Die
7seconds – Red and Black
7seconds – Die Hard
This show is what Guerrilla RPM is about so I thought it would be a good one to post. All over the fucking place. Want this show as a podcast every week? Support the Manifesto on Patreon or via Paypal.
This week Dave Coop’s playlist has tracks by Street Outlaws, Bazooka Sharkz, Deecracks, Animals and Children, classics by Dag Nasty, Down By Law and much more! Bruja’s World Noise features Kuli Panggul/Indonesia, Vanilla Muffins/Switzerland, Oi! of the Tiger/Germany, Pempti Kastka/Greece, Helem/Israel, Hard Skin/England, Oi Polo/Scotland, Limp Blitzkreig/Poland, Polikarpa y sus Viciosas/Columbia, Wolfbrigade/Sweden, Zeman/Italy, Sous Escorte/France, Chain Whip/Canada, Cold Meat/Australia and Gerk/Argentina and Hear The Darkness features tons of new music from: Tokyo Lungs, Bootlicker, Sarushibai, ZIP, BOLO, SOUL GLO, Soldiers Of Destruction and brand-new Chain Whip! Plus, Old-School tracks from Guilty Razors, Red C, and Dicks, along with a couple of classics reinterpreted by KAGAMI and Detestados!
This week, after a refrain from the 1967 Who: brand new Aints!, Low, Lou Barlow, Checkered Hearts, Chills, Juliana Hatfield, Haroula Rose, and Cub Scout Bowling Pins, plus The Action, Jack Greene, Dr. Alimantado, John Martyn, Detroit Emeralds, Count Basie, Allan Sherman, etc.
There’s not a lot to say about this show, as the title pretty much describes the contents of this broadcast. It’s the final show of June, which means the second quarter of the year has now concluded. Hence, tonight’s show features the albums and EP’s that I feel are the best of the three month period.
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!
The Real Kids- All Kindsa Girls
The Swingin’ Neckbreakers- Better Times
The Makers- Sometimes, Sometimes
Legendary Shack shakers- Sin Eaters
Flaming Sideburns- Flowers
Born Liars- Before The Night Gets Cold
The Elite- One Potato, Two Potato
Ned Van Go- Lost In The Trouble
Chesterfield Kings- Up & Down
The Lyres- Busy Body
Iggy & The Stooges- Gimme Some Skin
GBH- Kids Get Down
The Cynics- Dancing On The Wall
Rufus Jagneaux- Opelousas Sostan
Frank Morey- Let It Roll
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys- Chatterbox
Mark Porkchop Holder- Coffin Lid
For episode 40 of (*both laugh*), we went international again, this time catching up with Chachy Englund from Shanghai-based freak punk band Round Eye. The present incarnation of the band features ex-pats from three different countries (the US, Italy and Ireland), and are slated to officially release the physical version of their latest album, Culture Shock Treatment, via Sudden Death Records post haste (the digital release was handled last year by Paper + Plastick). And if you order the album (check the link below), there's a very realistic chance that it'll be in your grubby little paws WAY before anyone from the band actually sees it themselves.
Such is the way of the world when you're doing the punk rock thing under the watchful eye of the CCP. We covered a lot of ground with Chachy - literally and figuratively, and he's got a fascinating first-hand perspective on the COVID outbreak (and subsequent mismanagement), making a record with the iconic Mike Watt (and having it mixed by the equally iconic Bill Stevenson), the state of international touring, and the rigors of touring mainland China as a band of outsiders...and trying to return once you've toured outside the motherland. It's a fascinating chat if I do say so myself. Wonder if Chachy and his bandmates will actually get to watch it!
Record store finds, In Covid We Trust Swiss punk and garage comp tracks, new stuff from the Scoffs, the Dinz, RMBLR, Killer Hearts, Cutthroat Brothers, Zuletzt, Illegal Leather and more.
June 23rd, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #498. TONIGHT we promoted upcoming live shows!! SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC!!! Turn it up! 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
THURSDAY, June 24th – LIVE from the Complex Recording Studio!
SATURDAY, June 26th – The Idolizers Record Release Party!
FRIDAY, July 23rd – Rum Bar Records’ Boston Blowout!
THURSDAY, August 5th – Labretta Suede And The Motel 6!
SATURDAY, September 18th – Bitch Fest 2021!!
…and more!!
PLAYLIST
Daddy Long Legs – Motorcycle Madness
MALA VISTA – Western Beef
The Idolizers – (Whatever Happened to the) Radio?
The Nuclears – Record High
Muck And The Mires – Mint Condition
Stop Calling Me Frank – King Tut’s Tomb
The Dents – Want It Back
The Dogmatics – Gimme The Shakes
Watts – Bring On the Lights
The Monsters – Fever
Bitch Queens – No Class
The Courettes – Hop The Twig
The Monofones – Rich Bitch
Delilahs – Wheels
Here Hare Here – Chez Liam
Jonny Manak & the Depressives – Cha Cha Cha Chewy
Hot Laundry – VOODOO QUEEN
Labretta Suede And The Motel 6 – High Heeled Heartbreaker
Skull Practitioners – Foreign Wives
Cold Dice – Demon’s Tongue
Boss Hog – Winn Coma
This week Dave Coop starts the show with tracks by Mad Mulligans, Violent Traditions, GG Allin and the Murder Junkies, Doug and the Slugz and More! Bruja’s World Noise features tracks by Rude Riot/Ukraine, Mess/Mexico, Bulbulators/Poland, Bent out of Shape/Netherlands/The Boldness/Indonesia, Crude/Japan, Languid/Canada, Uzi/Columbia, Ratas Rabiosas/Brazil, Golpe/Italy, Anarqía Vertical, Moscow Death Brigade/Russia, from Belarus a special project from Bancer of Mister X and a final release from Mister X prior to being disbanding and Benny Brujo has another brutal Hear The Darkness with new songs from: Detestados, BOLO, Psico Galera and another track from the killer new LP from Bootlicker! HTD #45 also features favorites from GELD, Choke Cocoi, Deny The Cross, Game, Deseos Primitivos, Tragedy, plus a track from the forthcoming Beex compilation “Early Years: 1979-1982” coming soon from Beach impediment Records, and much more!Continue reading "On The Nod Ep.131 on Real Punk Radio!!"
This week, after a small snatch of 1967 Buckinghams: brand new Piroshka, Split Single, Idles, Justin Sullivan, Dinosaur Jr., La Luz, Illuminati Hotties, and Cheap Trick, plus Barrett Strong, Elton John, Kitty Wells, Lloyd and Glen, Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood, Everly Brothers, Bee Gees, etc.
The decision to do an all-covers show was decided sometime on Wednesday when my good friends High On Stress announced that they would be releasing a Tommy Keene cover on Friday. This was shortly followed by emails containing new cover tracks by Kid Gulliver and The Dirty Denims. Always having a folder full of such tracks ready for air, it was an easy decision that this was the week to do such a show.
I also had an intriguing idea to put a new spin on such a show. Searching through my archives, I discovered that I had enough Replacements covers to recreate side one of the “Pleased To Meet Me” album. Although my broadcast program decided to suddenly play two tracks out of order, all of the songs from that group of tracks did make the air.
There are also country-tinged coves of old alt-rock tracks by a fabulous British band called Independent Country (including a great ‘mats remake), Richard Thompson and Dead Moon tributes by Country Westerns, Brad Marino doing a lovely Ramones’ track, and many, many other similarly fantastic tunes.
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!
June 16th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #497. Kicked tonight off with a killer new track from The Black Halos’ 7″ Uncommonwealth! Spun some tracks from Bitch Queens, The Monsters, and Nasty Rumours from the In Covid We Trust….Swiss Punk & Garage Compilation! New tracks from Randells, the Electric Frankenstein/The Stripp split, some classics and TUL favorites!!! Cursed Blessing Records, Lux Noise Records, Monster Zero Records, Spaghetty Town Records, and Rum Bar Records! Turn it up! 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
PLAYLIST
The Black Halos – Uncommonwealth
Bitch Queens – The Apocalypse
The Monsters – Gimme Germs
Nasty Rumours – Driving Me Insane
Randells – Elvis In A UFO
Randells – Kicks
Shonen Knife – Psycho Therapy
The Sonics – Jenny Jenny
The Stripp – Dice Man
ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN – American Lies
Muck and the Mires – Hey Sunshine
Poison Boys – Out of My Head
Motörhead – Mean Machine
The Dragons – Self Destruction
X – Because I Do
Graveyard Johnnys – The Wasted
The Clash – Stay Free
The Hellacopters – Fake Baby
Motherfuckin’ Motherfuckers – It’s All Shit
Born Loose – Ain’t That Swell (Baby Go To Hell)
Bitch Queens – Burnin’ Up
This week Dave Coop’s playlist features tracks by The Queers, The Reapers, On The Job, classics by F-Word and The Controllers and much more! World Noise this week we discuss Columbia with brujeria, features Primer Regimen/Columbia, Amenazas/Columbia, Krujido/Columbia, Infra/Columbia, Ataque Zero/Columbia, Limp Britzkreig/Poland, Weltschmerz/Italy, Sparrow 68/Mexico, Sunpower/Belgium, The Chats/Australia, The Raydios/Japan, Bad Mongos/Spain, Penny Cocks/Spain & new music from Disstraxx/England and Soldiers of Destruction, and Benny Brujo’s Hear The Darkness has the On The Nod debut of “The Knife”, the new single from Adrenochrome, plus new music from Tokyo Lungs, Disable, Hez, Generation Suicida, Veganza, Sarin Reaper and ROCCON, plus current and recent faves from; Government Warning, Laffing Gas, GAG, Exit Order, Chain Whip and more! Old-school tracks? Got those too from Die Kreuzen & Zero Boys!Continue reading "On The Nod Ep.130 on Real Punk Radio!!"
Tune in for new stuff from Chubby and the Gang, Killer Hearts, Bridge City Sinners, the Gung Ho Rats, the Judex, Mel Machete and Real Sickies plus much more!
This week, after a brief 1971 Grass Roots bit: brand new Goon Sax, Flock of Dimes, TUNS, Joy Formidable, Doug Tuttle, Lucy Dacus, GospelbeacH, and Tom Jones, plus Isley Brothers, Duane Eddy, Don Gibson, Yabby You, Outsiders, Jimmy Powell, Nara Leã, etc.
June 9th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #496. DEUCES!! Not one…but TWO NEW TUNES from RMBLR, Berlin Blackouts, Les Hatepinks, The Dents, The Fabulous Heydays, Monster Magnet, The Strays, and MOM!! Spaghetty Town Records, Wanda Records, Rum Bar Records, Sound Flat Records, and Western Star Records! Turn it up! 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
PLAYLIST
RMBLR – Hurricane Kiss
Berlin Blackouts – Gonna Go Now
Berlin Blackouts – Captain On The Hightanic
Les Hatepinks – Razor Rock
Les Hatepinks – How could punk be dead when I’m still alive
The Dents – Want It Back
The Dents – Last One Standing
The Fabulous Heydays – Bow Down to the King
The Fabulous Heydays – Assembly Line for the Stupid
The Ramones – Rockaway Beach
The Ramones – Oh Oh I Love Her So
Monster Magnet – When the Wolf Sits
Monster Magnet – Situation
The Strays – Cool Your Jets
The Strays – Silence Is Golden
MOM – Waste My Time
MOM – High Demand
RMBLR – Tal’m Bout
On last week’s new release broadcast I had attempted to right a wrong. I definitely missed the boat on the fabulous Minneapolis band Low Rats blend of “proto-punk meets ’90s garage rock style”, as reviewer Carolyn Keddy recently wrote. Their full-length debut, Year of the Rat MMXX came out late last year, and last week they debuted a brand new “double-dose” single, “Taxi Driver/Brand New Cadillac”. I was so pleased to finally give some of their tunes a little airplay.
And then guess what happened? I had an issue with the file, and I couldn’t upload the episode. Ugh!!! So this week I tried again, and I actually played a couple more songs than I did the week before. And, as an added bonus, I’ve also included a couple of tracks from vocalist Michael Myers’ previous band, Narco States, who I interviewed wasy back in 2015.
The rest of this week’s show consists of music I’ve been playing around the house the last fw weeks. There are well over 60 years of tunes on this broadcast, including some stories I’ve picked up from a couple of books I’ve recently acquired.
And you fine people also get as a bonus the surviving portion of last week’s show. The first hour or so of new releases, and I’ve got a question for listeners regarding a band called The Revenents. I’d appreciate a little help about this band that has released well over a dozen albums for free these last few months.
The combination of these two broadcast means you guys get over three hours of tunes in this week’s download! But please do me a favor and purchase some Low Rats at their bandcamp site. In fact, 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!
Deathpunk has been the definite style of the first Turbonegro albums. Enter the An*l Babes, their illegitimate Norwegian step-brother who most definitely lived up to all the prototypical qualities of early Turboneger tunes: sexy-funny-violent. TJR picked up the mic and talked to two Babes, Abdullah the Thief and Turd, consequently shoving an overdue history lesson.
This week Dave Coop’s playlist features tracks by The Blackjacks, The Venomous Pinks, The Ratz, classics by Manic Hispanic and Suicidal Tendencies plus much more! Bruja’s World Noise has tracks Voco Protesta/Japan, Sial/Singapore, B.E.T.O.E./Venezuela, Ladrona/Costa Rica, Tcukimay/Indonesia, Litige/France, Stiff Richards/Australia, Rubella Ballet/England, Heterofobia/Mexico, La Urss/Spain, Beware the Wolves/Greece, Cervelli Stanki/Italy, Kobra/Russia, Savage Beat/Netherlands and Schwach/Germany and Benny Brujo’s Hear the Darkness brings you new music from both sides of the new Lockheed/Disable split 7″ as well as another track from the new Tokyo Lungs LP, and a song from the Kagami demo, classics from Government Issue, Final Conflict, Despise You and more: along with recent faves from Haircut, Peace Talks, Slant, Hard Skin, Gulch, Brain Tourniquet and more!Continue reading "On The Nod Ep.129 on Real Punk Radio!!"
This week, after a short 1967 Beatles remembrance: brand new Descendents, Art Bergmann, Lou Barlow, Jane Weaver, Dinosaur Jr, Gary Numan, Petrified Max, and A Place to Bury Strangers, plus Martha & the Vandellas, Mose Allison, Desmond Dekker, The Who, Yardbirds, Steeleye Span, Bill Monroe, etc.; and R.I.P. B.J. Thomas (1942 – 2001)
tl/dr: we asked Max Collins from Eve 6 if he wanted to chat and he said sure!
This episode is going live on May 27, which coincidentally marks the 21st anniversary of the first time I saw Eve 6. It was the 2000 WBCN (r.i.p.) River Rave and it took place at the old Foxboro Stadium and it featured bands like Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Everclear and Godsmack (lol) and Stone Temple Pilots and Static-X and Powerman 5000 and Cypress Hill. The turn of the century was a time, man...
ANYWAY, Eve 6, in my opinion, got a little unfairly lumped in with a couple of scenes that, stylistically, they weren't really a part of. Their self-titled debut album, written while the band's members (Max Collins, Jon Siebel, Tony Fagenson) were essentially still in high school, debuted at a time in music that was probably just a bit too late for the punk revival of the mid-90s and just before the nu-metal/butt rock wave of the early 2000s. Stylistically, the band probably had more in common with Alkaline Trio (whose own debut full-length came out six months after "Eve 6) than with the likes of either Third Eye Blind or Sugar Ray or Staind or whoever they got paired with along the way. The lead single, "Inside Out," (aka "The Heart In A Blender Song") blew up and the album sold almost two million copies and so school buses turned into tour buses before very long and, well, here's the 25-cent version of what happened next: sophomore album, Horrorscope, spawned an unlikely hit ("Here's To The Night") which was probably your prom and/or graduation song if you're of a certain age, touring with Bon Jovi, third album didn't spawn a likely/unlikely "hit", band got dropped by RCA and essentially broke up, Max got sober, band reconnected, new album in 2012, bunch of 90s-band style tours, pandemic.
The last year or so have found Collins and Siebel and new drummer Ben Hilzinger started working on new material, the result of which is a five-song EP, "grim value," which is due out next month (see links to the first couple videos below). It's also seen Collins reach a new level of sorta-fame via Twitter, where he's maintained the band's official feed as a mix of 90s-band shit-posting and progressive realist light-in-the-darkness (Much of it is aligned with the dance-pop self-help spiritual guru Chevy Mustang that Collins created that is, if you haven't checked it out yet, completely brilliant.) We talked about all of this and more (Jawbreaker, sobriety, touring with Bon Jovi, etc) over the course of this chat and it was super fun and I still find it amazing that he agreed to do it.
June 2nd, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #495. New tunes from Dead Furies, DIRTY FENCES, Monster Magnet, Geoff Palmer, Los Chicos, The Fabulous Heydays, The Guillotines, The Chelsea Curve, The Chris Rolling Squad, The Travoltas, Plizzken, The Nailheads, and Blood & Stomach Pills!!! Turn it up! 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
PLAYLIST
The Fabulous Hey Days – Cut From A Different Cloth
Dead Furies – Fire Fire
The Chris Rolling Squad – Revolution All Around
Monster Magnet – Motorcycle (Straight to Hell)
Dirty Fences – Pony On
Dirty Fences – Heartache Parade
The Dogmatics – Saturday Night Again
Geoff Palmer – Many More Drugs (Manny Moe And Jack)
Los Chicos – I Don’t Wanna Learn Anymore
The Chelsea Curve – Don’t Look Down
The Travoltas – Escape The Pressure
Monster Magnet – It’s Trash
Monster Magnet – Born to Go
Plizzken – Rude & Wild
The Nailheads – Kill Or Be Killed
The Guillotines – Breakin’ out
Blood & Stomach Pills – Forked Fucking Tongue
This week’s World Noise This week’s brujeria features Los Verrugas/Peru, Los Fastidios/Italy, What We Feel/Russia, Priorities/Greece, No Man’s Land/Indonesia, Svaveldioxid/Sweden, Infra/Columbia, Eyescream/Japan, Lai/Australia, Vivisektio/Finland, Fix Me/Spain, Acidez/Mexico, B.G.K./Netherlands and The Skids/Scotland. RIP Cheryl & Rhino! Hear The Darkness New music from: Xiao, Tokyo Lungs, Headcheese, Paranoid, Roccon, Generation Suicida, Sarin Reaper and Last Agony, Classics from Poison Idea, Decry, Gouka and Spitboy Current and recent faves from: Mass Arrest, Crunk, Hallucination and more, plus Dave Coop starts the show off with a killer set list! Continue reading "On The Nod Ep.128 on Real Punk Radio!!"
This week, after a 1980 Lightning Raiders trill: brand new Chills, TUNS, Reno Divorce, Marty Stuart, Songs For Snakes, 93MillionMilesFromTheSun, and Reds, Pinks and Purples, plus Ronettes, Dee Dee Sharp, Pretty Things, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Beatles, Johnny & June Carter Cash, Prince Buster, Bee Gees, etc.
Putting together a Dylan tribute show for this week was clearly a no-brainer. After all, he turned 80 years old this past Monday! Of course The Ledge would celebrate!
It actually wasn’t until the day of his birthday that I decided on this theme, though, and I have to give special thanks to Lydia Loveless. To help raise money for NIVA (National Independent Venue Association), Lydia and a dozen other artists were a part of Happy Birthday Uncle Bob! A Dylan Tribute.
That release is just one of many recent releases that are the focus of the first half of the show. Daniel Romano, Billy Childish (as The William Loveday Intention), Lucinda Williams, and others have full-length albums of Dylan remakes, and the second half of the show consists of some old favorites such as Paul Westerberg, Jason & The Scorchers, Mike Ness, and many others.
After listening, please go purchase those tracks you enjoy! 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!
Oblivions- Call The Police
T Model Ford- I Was Born In The Swamp
The Flaming Sideburns- Freak Out
The Flaming Sideburns- Walking On My Grave
Sator- Dead Moon Night
The Hellacopters- Rescue
The Maharajas- Remember Me
Carbonas- Hate You
The Philisteins- Can’t Stand The Pain
The Morticians- Don’t Need Your Lovin’
The Hentchmen- Psycho Daisies
The Inmates- Midnight To Six Man
The Inmates- Stop It Baby
The Canary Sect- Stroll On
Glossary- Shaking Like A Flame
The Dexateens- Settle Down (Live)
This week Dave Coop starts things off in honor of Charlie Harper’s 77th birthday a UK Subs block, brand new tracks by Electric Chair and The Infamous Stiffs also tracks by Moscow Death Brigade, Down 4 Life, The Zodiac Killers a classic track by Motorhead and much more, then the Bruja’s World Noise features My Terror/Germany, Vitamin X/Netherlands, Choke Cocoi/Philippines, Death Pill/Ukraine, Negazione/Italy, The Boldness/Indonesia, Faction S/ France, Rude Pride/Spain, The Prowlers/Canada, Mister X/Belarus, KOB 82/Brazil, 3 Minute Riot/Mexico, The Dangerfields/Ireland, Kuro/Japan and Rudimentary Peni/England and last but not least Benny Brujo’s Hear The Darkness has New music from: Paranoid, Crucify Me, Sarushibai and Xiao Current faves from: Fuse Sial, GEL, Tokyo Lungs, Entry, Get Dead and more! Classics from: SSD, The Faction, Spazz and Confuse And a shout-out to the man! Ray Stevens II !!!!!!!Continue reading "On The Nod Ep.127 on Real Punk Radio!!"
May 19th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #494. New tunes from The DeRellas, RMBLR, The Boatsmen, Governess, Muck and the Mires, The Idolizers, French Girls, and Watts!! Plus a whole lotta classic punk rock!! Turn it up! 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!
PLAYLIST
The DeRellas – Highrise Supersize
RMBLR – Main Muscle
The Boatsmen – Saved By Rock
The Boatsmen – Big Waves
Governess – Midnight Swordfight
The Vibrators – Whips & Furs
The Stooges – Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell
Testors – Let’s Get Zooed Out
Muck and the Mires – Mint Condition
The Idolizers – Riot Radio
French Girls – Summertime
Watts – Loud & Fast
The Cramps – Get Off The Road
Motorgirl – Motorgirl
Labretta Suede And The Motel 6 – All Girl Gang Riot
The 101ers – Motor Boys Motor
Circle Jerks – Coup D’Etat
The Damned – Born to Kill
X – We’re Desperate
The Buzzcocks – I Don’t Mind
The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device
In case you weren't aware by now, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. That's a cause that's pretty near and dear to my heart, and for Episode 38, I finally got a chance to promote it! If you've been to Warped Tour or the Flogging Molly Salty Dog Cruise or any number of other punk shows/festivals over the last decade, you've probably run into Rob "Rover" Rushing. For many years, he was the on-the-ground face of the Love Hope Strength Foundation, a non-profit that was co-founded by The Alarm's Mike Peters and that aimed to sign people up for the International Bone Marrow Registry. When LHS moved on from their street team a couple of years ago, Rushing and his wife Tina took the opportunity to create a non-profit of their own, and thus Punk Rock Saves Lives was born! Though it's still in a stage of relative infancy, PRSL has hit the ground running. Focusing on equal rights, human rights and health campaigns, PRSL has shown itself to be a versatile organization, helping to raise money and awareness for mental health campaigns, women's health and reproductive rights campaigns, and much more. The charity was founded in November 2019 and had some big plans for its first full year, but then COVID happened and, like most of us, they were forced to pivot. Now that things are opening up ever-so-suddenly, it seems, more good things are on the horizon. Check out the list of links below to get involved!
This week, after a 1980 Jam refrain: brand new Dinosaur Jr., Stranglers, Real Estate, Split Single, Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen, Maxïmo Park (with Pauline Murray), and Joy Formidable, plus Idle Race, Scott Walker, Hank Williams, Elmore James, Ken Boothe, Tim Hardin, Aerovons, and Cilla Black
This week’s show may be a sequel to last week’s new release episode, but there’s no letdown in quality. Here are two hours of some of the best new music from all over the world – not only the U.S. but Canada, England, Sweden, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and Spain. There’s some pure punk, along with power pop, heavy rock, indie rock, and much more. There are longtime veterans with five decades of rocking, along with some brand new bands with their first releases.
One of the many highlights is the opening set that includes a handful of newly-discovered tracks by an obscure band called The Jacks. Originating in Oklahoma, one member of the band found himself living in Minneapolis. Working in a record store allowed him to befriend members of The Replacements, Husker Du, and The Suicide Commandos. Recordings featuring these amazing musicians have now been released on the album “Make ‘Em Cry”.
We also have the premiere of three tracks from Geoff Palmer’s upcoming album, “Charts & Graphs”. Due out on July 23, this fantastic collection of power poppish punk should be a highlight of the summer. There’s also new tunes by Dropkick Murphys, The Dictators, Juliana Hatfield, and many others!
After listening, please go purchase those tracks you enjoy! 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!
Caveman Rock this week - Lotsa T. Rex, some Frantic Flintstones and a dash of Dinosaur Jr.
The Slider T. Rex The Slider Get Outta My Cave Young Fresh Fellows The Men Who Loved Music 20th Century Boy The Replacements Let It Be '84 [Expanded & Remastered 2008] Cretin Hop Ramones Rocket To Russia
This weeks brujeria features Booze & Glory/England, Perkele/Sweden, Rebelde/Italy, Himnos/Mexico, Maladia/England, Exotica/Chile, Tumbes/Columbia, Cuir/France, Taqbir/Morocco, Reaksi/Australia, Fuse/Singapore, Oi Polo/Scotland and Ultra Razzia/Canada, Hear The Darkness features new music from Sarushibai, Electric Chair and Bootlicker, plus old-school tracks from Bad Religion, Social Unrest, the Avengers, D.O.A. and INFEST, along with contemporary faves from Mustang, GEL, Kicker, Fucked Up, Bad Breeding, Vitamin X and more! and Dave Coop starts things off with brand new tracks by Suzi Moon, Drunken Rampage and more! Plus tracks by The Uncouth, Criminal Outfit, Anti Matter and much more! Continue reading "On The Nod Ep.126 on Real Punk Radio!!"
Bruja takes over the show with some On the Nod Exclusives. This week features some brand new Soldiers of Destruction off their upcoming album “Undefeated,” a sneak peek from Dead 77’s soon to be released album titled “Demons.” We also have brand new Descendents, Manic Hispanic, Crim, Stalag 13, Gel, Bootlicker and Beton Arme, plus many other killer tunes to cure that music fix!Continue reading "On The Nod Ep.125 on Real Punk Radio!!"
To say that I've been looking forward to finally catching up with Scott Radinsky for a long time is an understatement. Radinsky has spent more than three decades carving out a career in not one, but two of my lifelong passions: baseball and punk rock. If you're watching this as a long-time Dying Scene follower, you no doubt know Radinsky as the trademark voice behind a couple supremely influential - if underrated - California punk rock bands: Scared Straight, who were vital in getting the "nardcore" scene on the map before reconfiguring as Ten Foot Pole, and, for the last quarter-century, Pulley. At this point, you're also no doubt aware of Radinsky's successful career as a quality left-handed relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, LA Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals and, finally, Cleveland Indians (you can Google his stats if you want, but he finished with a solid career record of 42-25 with 52 saves and a 3.45 ERA over the course of 11 years. Trust me: that's rock solid.) His career was also interrupted by a bout with Hodgkins Disease, and his comeback won him the 1995 Tony Conigliaro Award. As a lifelong Boston-area guy, also trust me...that's a big deal. We finally caught up with Radinsky recently to talk about how the COVID shutdown has impacted both of his beloved professions, and how they both had to pivot in different ways. Pulley, obviously, had to cancel some overseas tour plans, but the lockdown allowed them the opportunity to work on some brand new material in different and more focused ways than they have in years. It also found them playing a handful of acoustic sessions , which spawned a series of releases containing stripped down renditions of a few songs from each of the band's revved up studio albums to date. The first of those releases, Different Strings, is due out this month on SBAM Records - a label that should sound familiar as its founder, Stefan Beham, was our guest for Episode 36. Find Pulley on Bandcamp here: https://pulley.bandcamp.com/ Pre-order "Different Strings" here: https://shop.sbam.rocks/blogs/news/pulley-different-strings Watch the Pulley "Monsters Of Rock" Livestream we were referencing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQgl11nTNJg&ab_channel=PulleyTV
This week, after snatch of 1964 Gerry & the Pacemakers: brand new The Goon Sax, Justin Sullivan, Sleator-Kinney, Lou Barlow, Christopher Paul Stelling, Shannon & the Clams, and Greg Antista & the Lonely Streets, plus Dillard & Clark, Sandie Shaw, The Who, Willie Williams, Skip James, Dee Clark, The Devilles, and Frank Sinatra; and R.I.P. Lloyd Price (1933-2021) and Napalm Beach’s Chris Newman (1953-2021)
I’m back! Yes, I had to take last week off due to some behind the scenes server issues that are too complicated to go into here. That means that this month’s new release episode is NOT the first Friday of the month…which is a fact that I probably care about more than anybody else.
There is so much great new music out there these days, however, that once again the new release episode is a two part extravaganza! This week features a ton of great new and old bands, along with all kinds of new and upcoming Rum Bar Records’ releases! Next week will be a similar collecton of great garage, indie, power pop, and punk new releases!
After listening, please go purchase those tracks you enjoy! 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.
Merle Haggard- I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
IV & The Strange Band- Son Of Sin
The Makers- Time Of Day
Greg Stackhouse Prevost- Songs For These Times Side B
Flaming Sideburns- Reverberation (Doubt)
The Brimstones- Voodoohexenshakeit
Rookies- From above
Ravens- Lonely Eyes
Cheaters- She Said No
Born Liars- Taxi Ride
The Mullens- All Fours
King Mud- Smoked All My Bud
The Hebrew Hammer checks in from Las Vegas to talk about this year´s PRB in Downtown LV, which is scheduled to take place in September (19:25). Before that, Phallus Maximus from TJ Nordhessen presents the TJ version of the famous Figurine Panini sticker album, another way of collecting and trading picture-stickers of your very own Chapter.
This week, after small slice of 1966 Bee Gees: brand new Descendents, Black Watch, Beachy Head, Chills, Songs For Snakes, Bobby Gillespie & Jhenny Beth, and TUNS, plus The Kinks, Temptations, John Renbourn (with Jacqui McShee), Ernie Ashworth, Dawn Penn, Petula Clark, The Turtles, and Davy Jones (David Bowie)
If you've been a fan of punk rock over the last decade especially, you probably know Stefan Beham...only, you probably don't realize that you know Stefan Beham. The Austria-based graphic artist has designed tour posters and album covers and the like for a Fat Wreck Chords-heavy laundry list of artists that includes acts like NOFX and Frank Turner and Lagwagon and Get Dead and the Bombpops and Bad Cop Bad Cop and myriad more.
We caught up with Stefan recently to chat about his journey from being a kid growing up in Austria to finding punk rock to eventually working for - and with - some of the biggest names in the scene. We also talked quite a bit about his growth from visual artist to festival producer to record label head honcho, and how he's had to constantly pivot in those roles over the course of the COVID pandemic.
This week’s Brujeria features Mister X/Belarus, Moscow Death Brigade/Russia, Loikaemie/Germany, The Analogs/Poland, Los Fastidios/Italy, Rudimentary Peni/England, Fleas and Lice/Netherlands, Enzyme/Australia, Oi Polo/Scotland and a block of bands from Mexico in honor of Cinco de Mayo: Himnos, Sparrow 68, Mess aka the Terribles, Blessed Noise and Bloody Benders, Benny Brujo’s Hear The Darkness has New music from: Crude, Crunk, Cell Rot, Headcheese, Urban Sprawl & ROCCON Plus a replay of a killer song from the new LP from Tokyo Lungs. Classics from: The Dils, Dead Kennedys, Corrosion Of Conformity, Cryptic Slaughter and Kraut Other faves from: Slant, Infect, Exit Order, Soul Glo and more!Continue reading "On The Nod Ep.124 on Real Punk Radio!!"
August 4th, 2021. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #504. This week we scoped out two-fers of new tunes from Grindhouse and Descendents!! Plus…Spaghetty Town Record’s Electric Frankenstein/The Stripp split 7″…RPR Band Submissions from Enock Eunuck, Damn Vandals, Nihiloceros, and Louis Lingg and the Bombs…Covers ‘n’ Originals with The Manics/The Heartbreakers and Indonesian Junk/D Generation…along with Rum Bar Record’s Rumbar Rumble split with Pale Lips/The Sorels…and Rum Bar’s XOXOXO Vol. 1 Compilation with tunes from Natalie Sweet, The Kowalskis, The Short Fuses, and The Dents!! Turn it up! We’re LIVE, Wednesday nights, 10:00pm ET/7:00pm PT on 
