By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on November 1, 2024
Once again, the monthly new release episode is expanded to a two part extravaganza! This week’s show is split between “friends of the show” and long time veterans of the business. The “friends” sections include hometown h…
Posted in 2nd grade, fleshtones, joy buzzer, linda lindas, log flume, new releases, off contact, paul kelly, peter perrett, pixies, Podcast, realpunkradio, Scott Hudson, The Ledge
By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on October 25, 2024
The annual Halloween show is yet another Ledge tradition. Every year I gather up whatever new scary tunes have been released, and fill up whatever time is left with tracks I call “new to me”. Thanks to a plethora of subissions this year, I…
Posted in fleshtones, garage, Halloween, monster's halloween, new releases, pixies, Podcast, punk, punk rock halloween, Scott Hudson, The Ledge
By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on May 17, 2024
The May 7 death of musician/engineer/producer/ranconteur Steve Albini shocked music fans all over the world. What may have surprised fans even more is the discovery of just how much classic records he helped create in his four decade run. Besides famo…
Posted in big black, cheap trick, jon spencer, nirvana, pixies, pj harvey, Podcast, realpunkradio, Scott Hudson, shellac, steve albini, wedding present
By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on March 15, 2024
Ten inch records are the forgotten treasures of my library. They’re housed in a little side section of my entertainment center, and most are rarely touched. This is why a couple of weeks ago I decided to have a marathon listening session of thos…
Posted in 10", bad brains, bull moose jackson, david bowie, EP's, geoff palmer, guided by voices, hot rats, jesus & mary chain, jimmy eat world, pixies, Podcast, realpunkradio, replacements, rocket from the crypt, Scott Hudson, The Ledge
By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on October 28, 2022
I may say this every year but it is worth repeating. Halloween is the ultimate rock and roll holiday. Like truly great rock and roll, Halloween is dangerous, controversial, and noisy. Religious idiots for decades have claimed both are associated with …
Posted in beatersband, damned, garage, Halloween, indie, jerry only, music, pixies, Podcast, punk, realpunkradio, replacements, roky erickson, Scott Hudson, The Ledge, vibrators, vista blue
By paulisded@yahoo.com (theledge) on October 21, 2022
It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for box sets and other repackages of previously released material. I may be new release oriented, but I love a good set of odds and ends. Give me those unheard demos. Let me hear those old concerts. Tonight’s show compiles those types of records. There’s unreleased material by a forgotten band that were contemporaries of the New York Dolls. There’s a new mixes of classic Dead Kennedys songs. There’s numerous outtakes by the likes of Wilco and Joe Strummer. And there’s also the recently discovered early recordings of future Velvet Underground tunes by Lou Reed. Plus, a ton of live releases from Todd Snider, Pixies, Soul Asylum, and others. I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion! For more information, including setlists, […]
Posted in dead kennedys, joe strummer, libertines, lou reed, music, pixies, Podcast, realpunkradio, soul asylum, stooges, The Ledge, Wilco
By paulisded@yahoo.com on November 13, 2020
It may be a cliche, especially compared to the dumpster fire of this year, but it was definitely a simpler time for me in 1990. It was a year that I sort of became an adult. Sort of are the key words here. It was also a year of musical transition for me, as it was the year of the last Replacements album and the year of Uncle Tupelo’s debut album. For the next few years, “Americana” became my leading musical force. With a few exceptions, of course. (Both of these recors, The Replacements’ “All Shook Down” and Uncle Tupelo’s “No Depression”, get an extended look during tonight’s show.) This week’s show takes a look at much of what was in my gigantic portable CD carrier during that year. Yes, I had one of those 64 disc cases that went with me wherever I went. One has to be prepared, you know. Hopefully, you’ll enjoy this nostalgic look at my personal music taste from that era. 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 […]
Posted in 1990, bob mould, breeders, cramps, garage, indie, music, pixies, Podcast, punk, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, soul asylum, superchunk, The Ledge, uncle tupelo
By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 25, 2019
I know I say this every year, but Halloween is the most rock and roll of all holidays. Thus it only makes sense that a Halloween-themed Live Ledge is one of the easiest shows to put together. Which is obviously why I host one almost every single year. Finding tracks to play is so easy, even without relying on the standard Halloween tunes that one hears everywhere. Songs about ghosts, witches, zombies, vampires, and other similar subjects are always rampant in rock, so it’s just a matter of scanning the library. This year’s version stands up proudly against all the previous episodes. There’s brand new bands such as Uncle, Rocket 808, and Pale Lips. There’s veteran punk rockers such as The Members, UK Subs, Billy Childish, and The Vibrators. There’s covers of Suicide, David Bowie, and (believe it or not) Tom Petty. There’s really something for everybody, so be sure to play this show next Thursday when the trick or treaters start arriving. After listening, please go purchase those tracks you enjoy!
Posted in billy childish, Halloween, live ledge, music, pale lips, pixies, Podcast, replacements, Scott Hudson
By paulisded@yahoo.com on May 31, 2019
Minutes before the planned second episode devoted to 1989 was set to record came news of the death of legendary pyschedelic garage rocker Roky Erickson. A half hour or so of Roky’s music is aired at the beginning of the show before going into the original playlist.
Posted in 1989, cult, cure, elvis costello, live ledge, mudhoney, music, nervebreakers, nirvana, pixies, Podcast, ramones, roky erickson, Scott Hudson, tommy keene
By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 23, 2015
Nothing but musical questions tonight!
Posted in 7 seconds, archers of loaf, bad religion, benjamin booker, buzzcocks, centro-matic, cramps, creation, creeping ivies, dictators, elvis costello, go-go's, god's favorite band, hoodoo gurus, husker du, jam, kinks, make out, matthew melton, minutemen, misfits, muffs, music, nervebreakers, new york dolls, pixies, Podcast, purple hearts, queers, radio birdman, ramones, realpunkradio, Scott Hudson, small faces, smugglers, stiff little fingers, talk, undertones, warm soda, wipers
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 March 20, 2015
The second part of three episodes where host Hudson highlights albums that featured three classic tunes in a row.
Posted in cheap trick, david bowie, jesus and mary chain, live ledge, music, patti smith, pixies, Podcast, power pop, punk, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, smiths, soft boys, sugar, uncle tupelo
By paulisded@yahoo.com on December 12, 2014
Hudson counts down the 20 best reissues, box sets, and other miscellaneous 2014 releases.
Posted in afghan whigs, artwoods, best of 2014, bluebells, bob dylan, camper van beethoven, close lobsters, csny, fugazi, jam, jayhawks, jesus and mary chain, kinks, mighty lemon drops, music, pixies, Podcast, primal scream, reissues, replacements, scruffy the cat, small faces, springsteen, superchunk, talk, uncle tupelo, velvet underground, Wilco
By paulisded@yahoo.com on December 5, 2014
Flogging Molly multi-instrumentalist Bob Schmidt is tonight’s special guest.
Posted in beach slang, bob schmidt, bobby keys, cj ramone, ex-gentlemen, faces, flogging molly, ian mclagan, jam, jim carroll, king khan, legendary wings, memories, music, pixies, Podcast, realpunkradio, rolling stones, Scott Hudson, single mothers, small faces, spastic hearts, strand of oaks, swingin utters, talk, tweens, velvet underground, Wilco
By paulisded@yahoo.com on January 17, 2014
Host Scott Hudson “celebrates” what is starting to seem like the longest, coldest winter ever.
Posted in a-bones, bill callahan, deer tick, dumptruck, elvis costello, fastbacks, for against, garland jeffreys, housemartins, jeff the brotherhood, jonathan richman, josh rouse, killing joke, mark olson, minutement, muddy waters, music, pixies, Podcast, realpunkradio, redd kross, robyn hitchcok, rolling stones, Scott Hudson, summer hymns, superchunk, trip shakespeare, tripwires, u.k. subs
By paulisded@yahoo.com on January 10, 2014
A little tribute to Phil Everly, plus some more new releases and blog finds!
Posted in billie joe armstrong, dogs, donnas, dynamites, eddie and the hot rods, flat duo jets, georgia satellites, gram parsons, memphis morticians, mogs, music, norah jones, phil everly, pixies, Podcast, primitives, r.e.m., radioactivity, realpunkradio, replacements, rockpile, Scott Hudson, sidewinders, slade, stychnine, tim timebomb, undecided by default, untamed youth, velvet underground
By paulisded@yahoo.com on January 3, 2014
We start off the year with nothing but brand new releases and reissues!
Posted in 7 seconds, barracudas, blendours, bremen riot, ctmf, drive-by truckers, fall, flehstones, hard working americans, jeffrey lewis, joe strummer, live ledge, livids, lovesores, memphis morticians, missing monument, motel mirrors, music, new trocoderos, pixies, Podcast, pogues, realpunkradio, ricky c qurtet, Scott Hudson, september girls, stephen malkmus, suburbs, tim easton, tim timebomb, velvet underground
By paulisded@yahoo.com on December 27, 2013
An alphabetical trip through some of Hudson’s favorite bands.
Posted in alex chilton, big star, buzzcocks, camper van beethoven, clash, damned, elvis costello, firehose, guided by voices, husker du, iggy, jam, kinks, live ledge, lyres, mission of burma, music, only ones, pixies, Podcast, queers, radio birdman, ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, saints, Scott Hudson, superchunk, t. rex, undertones, wreckless eric, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on September 27, 2013
Nothing but music from 1988 tonight, along with some commentary from Scott on his recent interview with Big Brother cast member Amanda Zuckerman.
Posted in 1988, adolescents, alice donut, amanda zuckerman, bad religion, bb15, big brother, big brother gossip show, billy bragg, bongwater, camper van beethoven, dead milkmen, dinosaur jr, flaming lips, fugazi, graham parker, junk monkeys, lemonheads, live ledge, mudhoney, music, naked raygun, nick cave, Operation Ivy, pixies, Podcast, robyn hitchcock, social distortion, soul asylum, the fall
By paulisded@yahoo.com on September 6, 2013
There’s quite a few new releases of note, and Hudson samples them all!
Posted in avengers, babyshambles, bad sports, bags, black joe lewis, connection, dirtbombs, fat white family, hentchmen, julie ruin, king khan, music, mystic eyes, new releases, paley brothers, pixies, Podcast, realpunkradio, replacements, savages, Scott Hudson, sharks, suburbs, superchunk, terry malts, tommy keene, two car garage, ty segall, zeros
By paulisded@yahoo.com on June 28, 2013
Most of tonight’s show is a soundtrack of sorts to Hudson’s “Walking Rock Alphabet”.
Posted in am stereo, bronx, chevelles, clash, downliners sect, jonathan richman, lemuria, music, old 97's, pixies, Podcast, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, suburbs, sugar, talk
By paulisded@yahoo.com on June 14, 2013
An almost all-interview show, with Gorman Bechard chatting about the Replacements reunion, and members of Cursive and Teenage Bottlerocket promoting upcoming Sioux Falls appearances.
Posted in bash & pop, clash, color me obsessed, cursive, gorman bechard, music, paul westerberg, pixies, Podcast, pretenders, ramones, replacements, slim dunlap, songs for slim, Teenage Bottlerocket, tommy stinson
By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 19, 2013
Tonight’s show is a love letter to the great city, Boston, and features 50 years of seminal rock, garage, punk, and college rock!
Posted in bill janovitz, boston, cars, dick dale, dogmatics, dropkick murphys, lemonheads, lyres, music, pernice brothers, pixies, Podcast, realpunkradio, remains, Scott Hudson, scruffy the cat, sebadoh, standells, street dogs, young adults
By paulisded@yahoo.com on September 7, 2012
With a big day coming up this week, host Scott Hudson has selected one song per year that he has been alive. Sunday’s Rural Ledge-ucation will conclude the series.
Posted in archers of loaf, beatles, big star, bob dylan, boomtown rats, clash, david bowie, dinosaur jr, flamin' groovies, garage, guided by voices, husker du, indie, jam, kinks, love, mc5, monkees, music, pixies, Podcast, punk, r.e.m., ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, reverend horton heat, rocket from the crypt, rolling stones, ronettes, scott hudosn, sex pistols, stooges, supershunk, sweet, t. rex, talk, tommy keene, translator, uncle tupelo, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 24, 2012
Tonight’s show features a ton of new and upcoming releases, along with quite a few rare finds.
Posted in black pistol fire, black randy, bob mould, brewers, clash, dead boys, divine fits, garage, gaslight anthem, hollywood brats, hypstrz, indie, jam, jeff the brotherhood, jesus and mary chain, kinks, magic christian, minutemen, mummies, music, new releases, only ones, paul westerberg, phones, pixies, Podcast, professionals, punk, realpunkradio, reverend horton heat, saints, Scott Hudson, sugar, supersuckers, sweet, talk, the bad lovers, the orwells, the rip-offs, the wall, the white wires, thee oh sees, ty segall, wolfmen, young fresh fellows
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 10, 2012
Continuing with the Peel Sessions theme, tonight’s show includes not only great Brit acts but American bands who contributed to the series.
Posted in babes in toyland, big black, bratmobile, breeders, brian jonestown massacre, chris spedding, close lobsters, cramps, damned, detroit cobras, frank black, fugazi, garage, generation x, hole, hot snakes, indie, john peel, meteors, mudhoney, mummies, music, new bomb turks, nirvana, pavement, peel sessions, pixies, Podcast, pogues, shadowy men on a shadowy planet, shellac, siouxsie and the banshees, sonic youth, soundgarden, squeeze, stiff little fingers, sugarcubes, talk, teenage fanclub, the cure, the fall, velocity girl, vibrators, wedding present, ween, white stripes, young marble giants
By paulisded@yahoo.com on May 11, 2012
The goal was simple – to make it through an entire show without whining. Did I succeed?
Posted in alice bag, angry dead pirates, avengers, bags, blisters, cheats, cribs, dodson's dogs, elvis costello, free kitten, garage, hussy, indie, japandroids, joey ramone, kead dennedys, mansfields, master plan, mind spiders, movements, muck and the mires, music, my bloody valentine, nads, perfect, pete and the pirates, pixies, Podcast, primitives, punk, realpunkradio, rocky top vapor, Scott Hudson, sonic avenues, soundtrack of our lives, talk, teenager, tommy stinson, ty segall, undertakers, vapids, way-outs, weirdos, white fence, young fresh fellows
By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 6, 2012
Scott once again goes back a half-life for songs from a decadent year.
Posted in alter boys, angry samoans, barfly, bobby sutliff, butthole surfers, cat heads, close lobsters, connells, cult, d.o.a., descendents, dinosaur jr, firehose, fleshtones, garage, goo goo dolls, hardo-ons, hoodoo gurus, husker du, indie, jazz butcher, jesus and mary chain, lemonheads, lime spiders, los lobos, mickey rourke, miracle legion, music, pixies, Podcast, punk, ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, saints, Scott Hudson, scruffy the cat, smiths, talk, wedding present, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on February 17, 2012
Shocking more than a few people, Hudson cranks up the amps tonight for lots of pure RAWK!
Posted in ac/dc, aerosmith, cult, garage, husker du, indie, jesus and mary chain, kiss, metal, motorhead, music, pixies, Podcast, punk, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, soul asylum, stooges, supesuckers, talk