By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on June 9, 2023
This week’s show was all set when some tragic news changed a good portion of the broadcast. Yes, there was still the mix of old and new tunes that had been originally planned. But I could not help but make room for a couple of remembrances of fabulous artists who had passed away in recent days. The first death was Jack Lee, who got his start in The Nerves, a band that also featured Paul Collins and Peter Case. A song he wrote for that band, “Hanging on the Telephone”, was later made famous, and he also wrote hits for Paul Young (“Come Back and Stay”) and Suzi Quatro (“You Are My Lover”). He passed away on May 26 of colon cancer. The other tragic passing hits hard. Throughout the past few years, Justine Covault’s music has been a regular feature of The Ledge. I first became aware of her with her Rum Bar Records releases as Justine and the Unclean and Justine’s Black Threads. She then moved on and started Red On Red Records, a lable that regularly put out some fabulous Boston-based rock and roll. Earler today, her daughter, Haley, announced on Facebook that Covault had passed away, […]
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By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on November 18, 2022
On a fairly regular basis I’m asked what type of music I most enjoy. It’s a pretty tough question to answer, to be honest. The standard answer I hear in return is “I love all kinds of music”, which to me is code for “I only like what’s popular”. Sorry, but having a playlist on Spotify that includes both Drake, Meghan Trainor, and Luke Bryan isn’t the proof of versatility most of these poeple believe it is. So what is the genre or sub-genre that is closest to my heart? “Punk” is a little too confining, and honestly there is a lot of shitty music under that moniker. “Alternative” doesn’t mean the same today as it did 30 years ago since maintstream rock radio has co-opted it. “Garage rock” is indeed getting closer but still doesn’t feel right. I think deep in my heart the term power pop, or at least my version of the term, best describes my music taste. I was, after all, born the day The Beatles recorded their first single, and the first two rock and roll albums I owned just out of my toddler phase was the first Monkees record and the A Hard Day’s Night soundtrack. My […]
Posted in big star, cheap trick, dwight twilley, exploding hearts, guided by voices, juliana hatfield, only ones, paul collins, peter case, plimsouls, Podcast, power pop, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, teenage fanclub, The Ledge
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 28, 2015
Nothing but track eight’s to commemorate that we still have a couple days left in the eighth month of the year.
Posted in archers of loaf, bash and pop, cheap time, cheap trick, clash, cramps, david bowie, dead boy, elvis costello, exploding hearts, guided by voices, hindu love gods, hold steady, husker du, jam, jesus and mary chain, jim jones, kinks, lemonheads, live ledge, lou reed, music, Podcast, ramones, replacements, rolling stones, saints, Scott Hudson, sex pistols, sonic youth, soul asylum, stooges, suicide commandos, superchunk, talk, uncle tupelo, velvet underground, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on May 22, 2015
Since we’re in the fifth month of the year, why not a show dedicated to nothing but track five of some fantastic albums?
Posted in archers of loaf, bottle rockets, cheap trick, clash, exploding hearts, fall, hoodoo gurus, hot snakes, husker du, indie, jam, jd mcpherson, king tuff, lydia loveless, music, neighborhoods, nervebreakers, pixies, Podcast, radio birdman, ramons, realpunkradio, replacements, rocket from the crypt, Scott Hudson, sex pistols, sleater-kinney, social distortion, sonics, soul asylum, stooges, suburbs, superchunk, supesuckers, talk, twin peaks, velvet underground, weed
By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 10, 2015
A simple premise – everything played tonight is the fourth track of the album they appeared on!
Posted in aquadolls, babes in toyland, bash & pop, blue mountain, bottle rockets, clash, cramps, dave edmunds, drones, elvis costello, exploding hearts, goo goo dolls, heartbreakers, husker du, jesse malin, jesus & mary chain, live ledge, lydia loveless, paul westerberg, Podcast, pow wows, ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, sex pistols, sonics, soul asylum, suburbs, sugar, superchunk, supersuckers, swamp john reis, Wilco, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 18, 2014
In response to the horrors of Coachella, Hudson curates his own personal music festival.
Posted in alex chilton, archers of loaf, babes in toyland, bikini kill, blondie, buzzcocks, cheap trick, chuck berry, circle jerks, clash, cramps, damned, david bowie, dead boys, descendents, devo, downliners sect, Eddie Cochran, elvis costello, exploding hearts, f-units, face, gene vincent, graham parker, heartbreakers, husker du, jam, jawbreaker, jerry lee lewis, jesus and mary chain, johnny burnette, kinks, live ledge, lou reed, mc5, meteors, music, Podcast, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, talk
By paulisded@yahoo.com on November 30, 2012
It’s become a monthly feature for Hudson to showcase almost an entire show of new releases and blog finds. This is one of those episodes.
Posted in adrian edmundson, archers of loaf, babies, bad brains, bang bang rock and roll, banjoey ramone, barreracudas, camper van beethoven, cavedogs, cheater slicks, chris spedding, draghounds, evens, exploding hearts, flag with hank, garage, golden smog, ian mackaye, indie, jesse malin, king tuff, legendary wings, mahones, murlocs, music, natural kicks, new releases, Podcast, pogues, prime movers, prisoners, punk, realpunkradio, rites of spring, rolling stones, scott hudosn, straight arrows, talk, vidbrators
By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 5, 2012
No real theme for this week – just some random tracks and irritated babbling from Scott.
Posted in against me!, agent orange, avail, barreracudas, challenger 7, circle jerks, cramps, crass, dwarves, eater, eddie & the hot rods, eddie spaghetti, elvis costello, exploding hearts, eyeliners, f.u.2, felt, firehose, forgotten rebels, frank black, garage, gas huffer, gentleman jesse, genya ravan, god's favorite band, goo goo dolls, gories, grandpaboy, grant hart, indie, l'assassins, music, my bloody valentine, Podcast, power pop, punk, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, shoes, talk, television personalities, titus adronicus
