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The Ledge #617: Record Store Day

I know the event has plenty of naysayers, but I absolutely love Record Store Day. I love the ritual of standing in line with other record nerds of all ages, and discussing exactly what treats we're looking for. Even standing in line to pay, a task I generally dread at any retailer, is full of great chats.

And then there's the actual music. As somebody who loves vault material - demos, outtakes, live recordings, early mixes, etc. - it's a day of treasures. There's also a ton of records you never expected to see reissued, and there is always a number of 60s garage rock compilations.

This year was no exception, and tonight you see the results of last Saturday's early morning search. What did you guys find? Let me know what treats you picked up!

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1. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Heart of Steel 

2. Jesse Malin - Mona Lisa

3. Bare Jr. - You Blew Me Off

4. The Bottle Rockets - Truck Driving Man

5. Faces - Had Me a Real Good Time

6. Ian Hunter - This Ain't Rock And Roll 

7. Wilco - I Love My Label

8. Rain Parade - Talking in My Sleep

9. Television - Venus

10. Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Cocaine Dream

11. Talking Heads - Thank You For Sending Me An Angel

12. Keith Richards - I'm Waiting for the Man

13. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I'm So Free

14. Lucinda Williams - Legendary Hearts

15. David Bowie - Round And Round

16. David Bowie - Velvet Goldmine

17. The High Spirits - Palisades Park

18. The ICC - She Don’t Play Games

19. The Shandells - Gorilla

20. The Nightcaps - Wine, Wine, Wine

21. Los Shain's - Bule Bule

22. Los Locos Del Ritmo - Hey Joe

23. Los Apson - Satisfaccion (Satisfaction)

24. Lone Star - Mi Generacion

25. Lenny Kaye - The Letter/Run Run Run

26. Alejandro Escovedo - I Wanna Be Your Dog

27. The Replacements - Nowhere Man

28. The Replacements - I'm in Trouble 

29. Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (1975 Demo)

30. Ramones - Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (1975 Demo)

31. Sex Pistols - No Feelings (Take 1 / Chris Spedding Session / 1976)

32. Sex Pistols - Don't Give Me No Lip, Child

33. Kepi Ghoulie - I Bleed Rock N Roll

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The Ledge #616: Records

Tomorrow (April 20) is a sort of unofficial holiday for those of us who are obsessed with music. It's Record Store Day! To prime myself, and hopefully you fellow music nerds, tonight's episode is devoted to songs about records, record stores, and the people like us who collect them!

It's another wide range of material, from classic beat sounds of the 60s (Tweeds) to late 70s power pop (The Mumbles, Milk 'n' Cookies) to self-reverential 80s alternative rockers (The Jesus & Mary Chain) and current garage and punk along with plenty of singer/songwriters of all eras! 

I'm hoping this fires you all up to get out there and find your wishlist tomorrow! What are y'all looking for? Let me know what treats you discover!

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1. Tweeds - I Need That Record

2. Todd Snider - Vinyl Records

3. Drivin' N' Cryin' - The Little Record Store Just Around The Corner

4. Tom Tall - Stack-A-Records

5. Marah - Why Independent Record Stores Fail 

6. The Reds, Pinks and Purples - Saw You at the Record Shop Today (Electric)

7. The Reds, Pinks and Purples - The Record Player and the Damage Done

8. The Jesus & Mary Chain - 33 13

9. The Jesus & Mary Chain - 45rpm

10. The Short Fuses - Drop The Needle

11. The Shang Hi Los - Skipping Records

12. Brad Marino - Broken Record Baby

13. The Cheap Cassettes - Black Vinyl!

14. Elvis Costello - 45

15. Luke Haines & Peter Buck - 45 Revolutions

16. Blitz - 45 Revolutions

17. The Barracudas - God Bless The 45

18. Thee Wylde Oscars - Seven Inch Record

19. The Exbats - Ghost In The Record Store

20. Cheap Gunslingers - Record Store

21. The Melmacs - Record Store

22. Andras Jones - Record Store

23. Broncho - Record Store

24. Blake - Vinyl Junkie

25. Diamond Dogs - Get A Rock N Roll Record

26. The Lasts - I Stole Your Records

27. Used Kids - I Miss My Records

28. Supersuckers - Rock-N-Roll Records (Ain't Selling This Year)

29. Milk 'n' Cookies - Buy This Record

30. Vista Blue - Make a Record

31. Fernando Perdomo - Girl with a Record Collection

32. The Brags - Vinyl

33. Brian Setzer - Vinyl Records

34. The Mumbles - Poly Vinyl

35. Vacant Faces - Spinning Records

36. Matt Mays - 78's, 33's & 45's

37. Wreckless Eric - 33s + 45s

38. The Persian Leaps - About Your Record

39. Private Lives - Hit Record

40. Built to Spill - Fake Records of Rock & Roll

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The Ledge #615: New Releases (Pt. 2)

Like all of the new release episodes, the second part of this month's series features a wide range of styles - a little bit Americana, some power pop, a touch of psych, and plenty of good ol' punk rock. There are bands whose careers go back almost 50 years (Cock Sparrer), along with quite a few who are spotlighting their debuts. From Omaha to Sydney, with a couple of stops in France and Switzerland, this is a well-rounded collection of the best new music.

My hope for these new release shows, and honestly all of my broadcasts, is that you guys enjoy these tunes so much that you go out and purchase them. If you do, please let these artists and labels know where they heard them as it really helps shows like The Ledge continue to receive these great tracks!

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1. Local Drags - Left In The Sun

2. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - You Don't Get to Tell Me

3. Waxahatchee - Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman)

4. John Moreland - One Man Holds The World Hostage

5. Alejandro Escovedo - Bury Me

6. Scott H. Biram - Rather Be High

7. Meatbodies - Psychic Garden

8. Drahla - zig-zag

9. The Libertines - I Have A Friend

10. Speedfossil - IRL

11. Huck 2 - Echo Chamber

12. High Tiny Hairs - Only Lonely

13. King Drapes - Bad Rockabilly Suicide Girl

14. Pleasants - Takeout Dinner

15. The Hellflowers - Girl U Want

16. The Hellflowers - Little Boogie

17. Hammered Saint - Get Off My Lawn

18. ITCHY & THE NITS - Beat It Bozo!

19. Wine Lips - High on Your Own Supply

20. The Carnivals - Greasy Pole

21. Shaggahs - Word Around Town

22. Rick Barton - Digging Ditches

23. The Amplifier Heads - Dead Star

24. Bart and the Brats -Clock-watcher

25. BAD HUSBAND - Bands "R" Dumb

26. Dead Pollys - Me and Claes

27. The Jukeez - White Liquor

28. Cock Sparrer - With My Hand On My Heart

29. Cock Sparrer - Mind Your Own Business

30. The D-Fibs - Only Fans

31. The Bricks - Punks Not Dead

32. Descendents - Red Tape [de Circle Jerks]

33. Descendents - I Just Want Some Skank/Beverly Hills [de Circle Jerks]

34. Circle Jerks - Kabuki Girl [de Descendents]

35. Circle Jerks - Hope [de Descendents]

36. The Attycs - Emo Chicks on the Beach

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The Ledge #614: New Releases (Pt. 1)

I was close to finishing off the tracklists for this month's two part new release series when I received an unexpected text message from an old friend. Rich Show, the legendary leader of three classic South Dakota bands (No Direction, Flag With Hank, and Violet), along with a number of side projects and solo releases, sent me the files for his upcoming record, Age Appropriate.

I could not have been happier with this shocking news, as he's been a great friend for the over 40 years he's been creating music. Obviously, I immediately sampled tracks from the record and inserted them into tonight's show.

But Rich is not the ony friend whose music is featured tonight. White Rose Motor Oil sent me the second cover of their "pre-owned songs" series. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin have contnued their series of monthly singles. Numb Surprise, who contributed to last year's "52 Weeks of Teenage Kicks", provided two newly-recorded tracks. There's also fantastic tracks from our friends at Big Stir Records (The Half Cubes, The Speed Of Sound), Rum Bar Records (Beebe Gallini, Pavid Vermin, The Shang Hi Los), and many others!

My hope for these new release shows, and honestly all of my broadcasts, is that you guys enjoy these tunes so much that you go out and purchase them. If you do, please let these artists and labels know where they heard them as it really helps shows like The Ledge continue to receive these great tracks!

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1. White Rose Motor Oil - You Gotta Sin to Get Saved

2. Rich Show - What Can I Do To Make You Feel

3. Rich Show - Me And Poor Little Me

4. Rich Show - Stepping Across That Line

5. Rich Show - See No Evil Fear No Evil

6. Rich Show - Abyss Slayer

7. Pernice Brothers - Not This Pig

8. Pernice Brothers - Hey, Guitar

9. Old 97's - Somebody

10. Old 97's - American Primitive

11. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin - Ink Blue Smoke Again

12. The Cynz - Crow-Haired Boys

13. The Speed Of Sound - West Wind

14. The Half-Cubes - The Girl

15. Numb Surprise - Been Down So Long

16. Numb Surprise - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

17. Fast Eddy - LUCKY STRIKE

18. The Chesterfield Kings - Meet You After Midnight

19. James Sullivan - My Best Friend

20. James Sullivan - Day Late Dollar Short

21. Brent Seavers - No Perfect Way

22. Eyelids - Anything Could Happen

23. Pat Todd and The Rankoutsiders - Why I Sing

24. Beebe Gallini - She Hulk

25. Pavid Vermin - Desecrate The Cathedral

26. The Shang Hi Los - Op-Operator

27. The Jesus And Mary Chain - The Eagles and the Beatles

28. Drunk Mums - Slippin' Up

29. Lancashire Bombers - Redhead Girl

30. Tambourine Girlfriend - I Want To Go Back To Michigan

31. The Prize - One Day At A Time

32. The Unknowns - Heart In Two

33. Charles Moothart - One Wish

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The Ledge #613: First Quarter Recap

During the process of putting together tonight's look back at the first three months of 2024 I suddenly realized that just by looking through the January and February releases I already had more than enough tunes for a two hour show. That's without even taking a look at a jampacked March! 

Obviously, that means I had to cut out quite a few fave songs for tonight's show. My suggestion is for everyone to go back and listen to the new release episodes of the last three months to check out anything missed in tonight's broadcast.

It has been a great year for music, although I confess that I say this each and every year. But the fact is that those who complain that rock and roll was only great in their teen years are just plain wrong. That's a "you" problem. There's something for everyone tonight - ferocious punk, hookladen power pop, a blast or two back to roots rock. There's brand new bands and grizzled veterans. Take a chance and give them a shot!

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1. The Silent Treatment - First World Problems

2. Shadow Show - Your Fantasy

3. Waxahatchee - Ice Cold

4. The Hillbilly Moon Explosion - Sometimes Late At Night

5. The Paranoid Style - I Love the Sound of Structured Class

6. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers - Motherfucker

7. Daniel Romano - Where's Paradise

8. David Nance - Mock the Hours

9. Brent Seavers - Of Poetry

10. Lorne Behrman - The Blue Goes on Forever

11. Ducks Ltd. - Cathedral City

12. Apollo Ghosts - Faded Neil Young Shirt

13. Marc Valentine - Tyrannical Wrecks

14. Mala Vista - 9 Ball

15. Ty Segall - Reflections

16. Charles Moothart - Hold On

17. Meatbodies - They Came Down

18. IDLES - Hall & Oates

19. J Mascis - Can’t Believe We're Here

20. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Venal Joy

21. The Bevis Frond - Gods' Gift

22. TH' LOSIN STREAKS - Me 'n' Z

23. Faz Waltz - The Way You Roll

24. The Sleeveens - Give My Regards to The Dancing Girls

25. Acumen - Hocus Pocus

26. Dartz - Gender Reveal Burnout

27. The Blamers - Sex Trail

28. Christy Costello - Uranium Baby

29. KRYYE - Sanda Duval

30. Sheer Mag - Eat It and Beat It

31. Pouty - Virgos Need More Love

32. Smalltown Tigers - In A Dream (With A Fool Like You)

33. Spiral Heads - Don't Wanna See You Around

34. Pleasants - Interwebs (Sex, Drugs 'n' Theft)

35. Split System - The Wheel

36. Jittery Jack with Amy Griffin on Guitar - Avid Indoorsman

37. His Lordship - I'm So Bored Of Being Bored

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The Ledge #612: Once Again Some Odds And Ends

This is another of those shows inspired primarily by what I've been listening to around the house. But it's not just records this time, as the inspiration is coming from all sorts of media forms. The first main set, for instance, was inspired by the "Great Plains" section of Steven H. Gardner's excellent Another Tuneless Racket: Punk and New Wave In the Seventies, Volume 5, The American Beat West. In late 70s Kansas City, there was a shortlived but extremely influential label called Titan Records. Gardner profiles the label, the principal owners, and the artists whose records were released in their short lifespan.

Also represented in tonight's show is music from the legendary label, Good Vibrations. No, it's not Beach Boys-related. Good Vibrations was a Belfast record store and label that existed in the late 70s, and is most known for discovering and releasing the first Undertones single, "Teenage Kicks". I suggest that all music fans head right away to Freevee and watch the wonderful film, Good Vibrations. If you love the tunes of that era, you'll enjoy this film as much as I did

The rest of the show consists of records I've thrown on my turntable the last couple of weeks, from 1968's Disposable album by The Deviants to last fall's latest record by The Dwarves, Concept Album. There's also some late 70's punk (The Vibrators, Suicide Commandos) and "new wave" (Boomtown Rats, Graham Parker), lots of 80s college rock (The Feelies, Del Fuegos, The Cult), and some fabulous recently-reissued garage rock from Subsonics. There's a little something for anyone with good taste!

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The Exploding Hearts - Modern Kicks

Gary Charlson - Brown Eyes

J.P. McClain & The Intruders - Just Another Pop Song

The Secrets - It's Your Heart Tonight

Gems - Save Your Money

The Boys - On a Night Like This

Rudi - Big Time

The Undertones - Smarter Than U

The Outcasts - The Cops Are Comin'

Terri & the Terrors - Laugh At Me

The Del Fuegos - Don't Run Wild

Buffalo Tom - Sunflower Suit

Pixies - Hang on to Your Ego (John Peel Session 11th June 1990)

Beat Rodeo - Twin Home Towns

Suicide Commandos - Real Good Time Together

Suicide Commandos - Complicated Fun

Suicide Commandos - She

The Queers - Valleri

The Queers - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone

The Deviants - Somewhere to Go

The Cult - Spiritwalker

Redd Kross - Play My Song

Milk 'n' Cookies - Not Enough Girls (In The World) (2nd version)

Graham Parker & The Rumour - Endless Night

The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap

The Vibrators - Into The Future….

The Lemonheads - Strange

Pavement - Kennel District

Subsonics - Voodoo Doll

Subsonics - Subway Pink

The Feelies - Too Far Gone

The Feelies - What Goes On

The Dwarves - We Will Dare

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The Ledge #611: Those Big Ten Inch Records

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 those very records. 

These sort of releases generally form a handful of different types of material. They can be extended singles filled with previously unreleased bonus tracks (Guided By Voices, Jesus & Mary Chain). They can be rarities collections of b-sides or outtakes (The Clash, Bad Brains). Or they can be fully-fledged brand new releses (Geoff Palmer & Lucy Ellis, The Coolies). 

Plus, this theme allows me to celebrate the 11th year anniversary of the reunion of The Replacements! Songs For Slim came out on March 5, 2013, and this obviously led to their hitting the road a year later. Topping off their set, I also included the cover of "Route 66" that was the highlight of their 1987 "Alex Chilton" EP.

Thanks also must go to various folks that had suggestions for tonight's show, including the band White Rose Motor Oil, who contributed the tracks of the last set of tonight's broadcast.

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1. Bull Moose Jackson - Big Ten-Inch Record

2. Geoff Palmer & Lucy Ellis - In a Town This Size

3. The Coolies - Uh Oh!

4. Muck and the Mires - Break It All

5. Bare Wires - Television Girls

6. Wilco - Don't You Honey Me

7. Eels - Bone Dry

8. David Bowie - Can't Help Thinking About Me

9. The Wedding Present - Drive

10. The Clash - Pressure Drop

11. Archers of Loaf - Audiowhore

12. Archers of Loaf - Harnessed in Slums

13. Pavement - From Now On

14. D Generation - She Stands There

15. Cheap Trick - Day Tripper (Live)

16. The Flamin' Groovies - Slow Death

17. The Fall - Middle Mass

18. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Everything's Alright When You're Down

19. Wreckless Eric - Waxworks

20. The Replacements - Busted Up

21. The Replacements - I'm Not Sayin'

22. The Replacements - Lost Highway

23. The Replacements - Route 66 

24. 68 Comeback - Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee

25. Black Lips - It Won't Be Long

26. Rocket From The Crypt - Light Me

27. Guided By Voices - Underground Initiations

28. Bad Brains - I Against I

29. Ty Segall Band - Diddy Wah Diddy

30. Useless Eaters - Car Accident Face

31. audacity - teenage town

32. Jimmy Eat World - Lucky Denver Mint

33. The Mission - Mr. Pleasant

34. PIXIES - Another Toe

35. Blue Meanies - Don't Doubt the Cow

36. The Hot Rats - Big Sky

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The Ledge #610: New Releases Pt. 2

This week's continuation of last week's new release episode features, once again, no drop off in quality. There's plenty of great new music from both relatively new artists and longtime veterans. I mean, who could have guessed that we'd still have vital tunes from two of America's first punk bands, T.S.O.L. and Nervous Eaters? Let alone the return of The Bevis Frond, the latest from super-prolific songwriter Daniel Romano, and a plethora of Australian bands?

Oh, and by the way, I'm looking for some suggestions for next week's show. Earlier this week, I pulled out my collecton of ten-inch vinyl EP's, and I'd like to do a broadcast based on those generally forgotten records. But I don't have enough of these types of releases to fill a whole show, so please let me know some of your favorites of this format!

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1. White Rose Motor Oil - You're No Good

2. Daniel Romano - You Can Steal My Kiss

3. Daniel Romano - Where's Paradise

4. Lorne Behrman - Ferris Wheels

5. The Bevis Frond  - Heat

6. Apollo Ghosts - Faded Neil Young Shirt

7. Ducks Ltd. - Cathedral City

8. Owen Adamcik - Mixed Signals

9. Gob Psychic - Content Moderator

10. Liam Gallagher & John Squire - Raise Your Hands

11. IDLES - Dancer

12. Os Overdoses - Fall Guy for Murder

13. Elephant Jane - Swan Song

14. Uranium Club - Small Grey Man

15. Gentleman Jesse - Where Time Stands Still

16. Gentleman Jesse - Return of the Mack

17. The Follies - Not Here

18. Gentlemen Rogues - Involuntary Solitary

19. His Lordship - I'm So Bored Of Being Bored

20. Phil & The Tiles - Real Estate Mastermind

21. Dr. Ex & The Breakups - Bye Bye Bizarro

22. The Thingz - Heavy Metal Back Pocket

23. Still Animals - Downtown Path

24. Alien Nosejob - The Executioner

25. Mean Jeans - I Don't Give a Shit Anymore

26. Mean Jeans - Taco Bell Parking Lot

27. Split System - Dave

28. Split System - The Wheel

29. T.S.O.L. - Swimming

30. T.S.O.L. - Low-Low-Low

31. Nervous Eaters - Vampire

32. The Hellacopters - Alright Already Now (Revisited)

33. Stop Calling Me Frank - Whiskey In The Jar

34. Shaggahs - Bull Of A Man

35. The Amplifier Heads feat. Barrence Whitfield - They Came To Rock

36. Thee Alcoholics - It's So Easy

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The Ledge #609: New Releases Pt. 1

Once again, the monthly new release show has to be expanded into a two-part extravaganza. 2023 is seriously shaping up to be a wonderful year for new music, as evidence not only by tonight's show but all of our new release broadcasts so far this year.

As always, we have some tracks by "friends" of the show (Rob Moss, Dave Strong, Robbie Quine, Friends of Cesar Romero and others), some longtime faves (The Hillbilly Moon Explosion, Laura Jane Grace, Keith Richards, etc.) and quite a few relative newcomers (Shadow Show, Mala Vista, Faz Waltz, and so much more).

But this episode also includes a couple of tunes by a record that could quite possibly end up being my favorite record of the year, the self-titled debut album by The Sleeveens on Dirtnap Records. This is the dirty garage/punk record I've been crdaving for quite some time, and I hope you folks all love it as much as I do. 

And once again I have a late entry to the "Teenage Kicks" cover series, thanks to a fellow DJ who sent me a version set to be released in April by Canadian Music Hall of Famer Lee Aaron. The Undertones tune is part of a covers album titled "Tattoo Me", which also includes remakes of songs by Elastica, Led Zeppelin, Nina Simone, and Elton John. Yeah, quite an odd assembly of songs.

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1. Lee Aaron - Teenage Kicks

2. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin - You and Time

3. Dave Strong - Where Should I Go

4. Robbie Quine - Two Of Hearts

5. Mala Vista - 9 Ball

6. Shadow Show - Your Fantasy

7. Shadow Show - Mystic Spiral

8. The Hillbilly Moon Explosion - Sometimes Late At Night

9. The Hillbilly Moon Explosion - 1979

10. The Sleeveens - Give My Regards to The Dancing Girls

11. The Sleeveens - Dry Cider

12. Faz Waltz - The Way You Roll

13. Faz Waltz - Good Lovin'

14. Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head

15. Laura Jane Grace - Punk Rock In Basements

16. Mary Timony - Summer

17. Pouty - Virgos Need More Love

18. The Freeloaders - Don't Fuck Me Up (With Peace and Love)

19. Spiral Heads - One of My Dreams

20. Scaners - No Return

21. The Electromagnates - Airwave Hello

22. Christy Costello - Uranium Baby

23. Gen and the Degenerate - Girls!

24. COLD CREAM - Cactus Wife

25. Sheer Mag - Eat It and Beat It

26. Grazia - Speed Freak

27. Smalltown Tigers - Meet Me In The City

28. The Cynz - Crow Haired Boys

29. Kickboy - Sanitized

30. Hammered Saint - Taylor Swift

31. Friends of Cesar Romero - More Like Norman Fucking Mailer

32. Friends of Cesar Romero - I Believe In Her Science

33. Worse Off - Dislike, Unsubscribe

34. Keith Richards - I'm Waiting For The Man

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The Ledge #608: Covers

As I've said before, I have a folder on one of my laptops that I keep around just to acccumulate cover tunes for episodes like this one. Once that folder is full, it's time to broadcast! This version of that theme includes sets devoted to primarily new versions of songs by The Clash, The Undertones, The Rolling Stones, and MC5. There's also one-offs of tracks by a wide variety of punk, pop, garage and power pop classics, including a rather surprising remake of a tune by the world's most popular pop star! 

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1. The Courettes - Shake It Off

2. Wilderhoney / The Wild Honey Collective - Wasn't Born To Follow

3. Luna - Satellite of Love

4. The Lemonheads - Seven Out

5. The Krayolas - I Hear You Knockin'

6. Numb Surprise - Teenage Kicks

7. The Sleeveens - Get Over You

8. Krusty - Teenage Kicks

9. Smudge - Here Comes The Summer

10. Thee Volatiles - Teenage Kicks

11. Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre - Kick Out The Jams

12. Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre - I Can Only Give You Everything

13. Soul Asylum - Shakin' Street (MC5 Cover)

14. Spacemen 3 - Starship (demo version)

15. Nouvelle Vague - Should I Stay or Should I Go?

16. The Gotobeds - I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.

17. The Dandy Warhols - Straight To Hell

18. Big League - Lost in the Supermarket

19. Guerrilla Teens - Rip This Joint

20. Acumen - Surprise, Surprise

21. Roxanne Fontana - The Singer Not The Song

22. Robbie Quine - Let's Spend the Night Together

23. Medicine - Some Other Guy

24. Medicine - She Said She Said

25. Terminal Intensity - Till the End of the Day

26. The Luck of Eden Hall - S.F.Sorrow

26. The Silent Treatment - Bored Teenagers

27. The Silent Treatment - Tied Down (Live)

28. The Brainstems - See No Evil 

29. The Brainstems - Shake Some Action 

30. Glyders - Neat Neat Neat

31. The Dee Thees - The Whole World Has Lost Its Head

32. The Dahlmanns - Dancing With Joey Ramone

33. The Glimmer Stars - Rollers Show

34. Angel Face - Slippin & Slidin

35. The Speakeasy - Johnny B. Goode

36. The Beatersband - Danny Says 

37. Vista Blue - Debra Jean

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The Ledge #607: Love Stinks

Anti-love songs is a rock and roll specialty. From the very beginning of the genre, writers with a poison pen have created a plethora of material that is not exactly Hallmark card material. Tonight's show celebrates tracks of this time, highlighted by a number of more recent tracks of that sort. But that doesn't mean there isn't room for oldies, as there are garage rockers from the 60s, power pop from the 70s, and some good ol' alternative rockers from the 80s. And, of course, it's also an opportunity for an extended set from the greatest self-loathing rockers, The Replacements. I mean, come on, you can't have a show of this sort without "Valentine".

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1. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Love Stinks

2. The Replacements - Valentine 

3. The Replacements - Love You Till Friday 

4. The Replacements - Favorite Thing

5. The Replacements - I'm Not Sayin'

6. The Replacements - If Only You Were Lonely 

7. Paul Westerberg - Down Love

8. Lydia Loveless - To Love Somebody

9. Lydia Loveless - Alison

10. Lorne Behrman - Love in Desperate Times

11. Freddie Dilevi - Damned Love

12. The Starfires - I Never Loved Her

13. The Outcasts - I Didn't Have To Love Her Anymore

14. Mozzy Dee - Love Loves To Hurt Me

15. The Gypsy Moths - Don't Let The Love Songs Fool You

16. CTMF - Love Comes in Spurts

17. Ism - I Think I Love You

18. Pernice Brothers - Love My Way

19. Soul Asylum - Love Will Tear Us Apart

20. Dash Rip Rock - True Drunk Love

21. Personal and the Pizzas - $7.99 for Love

22. Gentlemen Rogues - Mocking Love Out of Nothing at All

23. Crocodiles - Love Beyond The Grave

24. Sloppy Heads - Love Is a Disease

25. Gonads - I Lost My Love To A UK Sub

26. Griswalds - Psychobilly Love Affair

27. The Dwarves - We Will Dare

28. Thee Headcoats - I Can Destroy All Your Love

29. Last - I Don't Wanna Be In Love

30. Pushups - Love That Girl

31. The Innocents - One Way Love

32. The Playn Jayn - I Love You Like I Love Myself

33. Husker Du - Never Talking to You Again

34. Hüsker Dü - Don't Want to Know if You Are Lonely

35. Romeo Void - Love Is An Illness

36. The Godfathers - Love Is Dead

37. Kepi Ghoulie - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

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The Ledge #606: New Releases Pt. 2

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The Ledge #605: New Releases Pt. 1

Once again the music gods have bestowed so much great new tracks that the monthly new release show must be expanded into two episodes. That is a great sign for 2024, and especially so because not only is there quality and quantity, but there's a great mix of classic artists and brand new acts. There's 18 year old Owen Adamcik's plan for a new EP every month this year. There are Ledge "friends" such as Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin's monthly single and a new tune by local legends Thought Patrol. There's the return of veterans The Smoggers and Rubber City Rebels. Plus surprisingly great new tracks by the liks of J. Mascis, Green Day, and Superchunk.

And to kick things off is a late submission for last year's "52 weeks of Teenage Kicks" series. Two weeks ago Thee Volatiles, "thee best punk rock band in all of Montclair NJ!" sent me their version, and I couldn't be more thrilled! In fact, I will always accept new covers of the tune. So if you were considering it last year, please go ahead and do it and I'll guarantee to open my next show with it!

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1. Thee Volatiles - Teenage Kicks

2. Thought Patrol - Check the Truth

3. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin - Hey You (We're Sick of You)

4. The Jack Rubies - Angeline Soul

5. Paul Mojo And The Black Kat Bones - I Still Miss Johnny Cash

6. Finnoguns Wake - So Nice

7. The Frigidaires - Roller Skating Queen

8. Canyons And Locusts - Soo All The Way

9. Collin Wolf - Turned To Hubris

10. Superchunk - Everybody Dies

11. Superchunk - As In A Blender

12. The Lemonheads - Seven Out

13. Arcwelder - Lafayette

14. J Mascis - Old Friends

15. J Mascis - Can’t Believe We're Here

16. Green Day - Corvette Summer

17. Green Day - 1981

18. BRAD MARINO - Theodora

19. BRAD MARINO - A.D.H.D.

20. Owen Adamcik - Don't Call On The Phone

21. Owen Adamcik - What I'm All About

22. Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders - All Down The Line

23. Guerrilla Teens - Rip This Joint

24. Acumen - Surprise, Surprise

25. Medicine - She Said She Said

26. The Beatersband - Danny Says

27. Mala Vista - In The Dark

28. The Get Alongs - Funny How

29. Smug Brothers - Enceladus Lexicon

30. Wisconsin Anger Team - Tell The World

31. The Smoggers - Don't Try To Help Me Anymore

32. The Smoggers - My Last Rock'n'Roll

33. River City Rebels - Pop Culture Baby

34. Robbie Quine - Women Who Ride With Wolves

35. Rick N The Sickos - I'm A Sicko

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The Ledge #604: Odds & Ends Again

The "odds and ends" series is an opportunity for me to mix all kinds of material. This week's version mixes a bunch of new releases with a ton of material I've been playing around the house in recent weeks. There's also a tribute to Mary Weiss, the leader of The Shangri-Las who passed away a few days ago. Otherwise, there's classics by The Clash, X, The Birthday Party, and The Long Ryders, along with a new discovery of The Deviants, a great old band that for whatever reason I had never checked out.  

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1. The Replacements - Alex Chilton (Rough Mix)

2. The Shangri-Las - Give Him a Great Big Kiss

3. Mary Weiss with the Reigning Sound - Nobody Knows (But I Do)

4. X - I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts

5. The Clash - All the Young Punks (New Boots and Contracts)

6. Lorne Behrman - The Blue Goes On Forever

7. The Jack Rubies - Hark

8. The Trouble Seekers - Not like U

9. Ty Segall - My Best Friend

10. The Deviants - I'm Coming Home

11. 13th Floor Elevators - Reverberation (Doubt)

12. The Leaves - Tobacco Road

13. Thee Headcoats - Troubled Times

14. Night Beats - Cinderella

15. Robbie Quine - Let's Spend the Night Together

16. Roxanne Fontana - The Singer Not The Song

17. The Weeklings - Mr. Soul Satisfaction

18. The Speakeasy - Johnny B. Goode

19. Soul Asylum - Attacking The Beat

20. Tommy Keene - Back to Zero Now

21. The Beat Farmers - Gun Sale at the Church

22. The Long Ryders - Run Dusty Run

23. Suburbs - Baby Heartbeat

24. The Boatsmen - Why Wait

25. Jonesy - (If It's Not Rock 'N Roll) Go To Hell

26. Oblivians - I'll Be Gone

27. Cheap Trick - Clock Strikes Ten

28. The Birthday Party - Nick the Stripper

29. Sonic Youth - Death  Valley '69

30. Spacemen 3 - Things'll Never Be The Same (demo version)

31. The Chills - Look for the Good in Others and They'll See the Good in You

32. Nancy Sinatra - Got It Together

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The Ledge #603: UK 1979

1979 was an important year for rock and roll, but it was a bigger year for my musical journey. This was the year that the real obsession with buying records began. I had a job. I had a car. And I had put together a pretty awesome sound system in my bedroom.

This was the first year I was buying new music AS it was coming out. I was no longer saving up for a record I read about in Creem Magazine. I was at the record store each and every week. In fact, this was the year I first started working at a record store, and you know I spent more money on music than I actually made at the store.

So tonight's celebration of the UK sounds of that year is truly a trip back in time. With a handful of exceptions, this was indeed a good portion of my playlist back then. London Calling. A Different Kind of Tension. Setting Sons. Cool For Cats. Labour of Lust. The list goes on and on of music I forced friends to endure whether they liked them or not.

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1. The Undertones - Here Comes The Summer

2. The Clash - Spanish Bombs

3. The Clash - Death or Glory

4. The Buzzcocks - I Don't Know What To Do With My Life

5. The Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head

6. Graham Parker - Discovering Japan

7. Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army

8. Nick Lowe - American Squirm

9. Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk

10. Squeeze - Slap & Tickle

11. Sex Pistols - Something Else

12. Public Image Ltd. - Poptones

13. The Monks - Johnny B.Rotten

14. The Damned - Smash It Up, parts 1 & 2

15. The Jam - The Eton Rifles

16. Joe Jackson - I'm the Man

17. The Inmates - Dirty Water

18. The Only Ones - Out There in the Night

19. The Soft Boys - Rock N Roll Toilet

20. The Raincoats - Fairytale in the Supermarket

21. The Slits - Typical Girls

22. The Cigarettes - They're Back Again, Here They Come

23. The Nips - All the Time in the World

24. Generation X - Valley of the Dolls

25. UK Subs - Strangehold

26. Strangeways - Wasting Time

27. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device

28. Wire - Map Ref. 41 °N 93° W

29. The Fall - Rebellious Jukebox

30. Joy Division - Transmission

31. The Ruts - Babylon's Burning

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The Ledge #602: 2023 Runners Up

Two weeks ago, I counted down my 40 favorite records of 2023. This week's broadcast is a showcase for 35 other records that just barely missed the cut. There's no letdown of quality, though, as each and every one of these picks could have easily made my main list. But combining the two shows, you now have my official list of the 75 best albums of the year. Think of these shows as a master shopping list, as I'm sure that any fan of punk, indie, power pop, and garage rock can find a record or five worth owning from tonight's show.

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1. The Baseball Project - New Oh In Town

2. Teenage Fanclub - Tired Of Being Alone

3. The Long Ryders - September November Sometime

4. Rain Parade - Angel Sister

5. Mudhoney - Little Dogs

6. Cory Hanson - Horsebait Sabotage

7. Motorbike - Motorbike

8. Deeper - Build a Bridge

9. The Murlocs - Initiative

10. EYELIDS - Crawling Off Your Pages

11. The Decibels - There's Just Something About You

12. The Pretty Flowers - Another Way To Lose

13. The Pozers - Save A Kiss For Me

14. Kurt Baker - Rock 'n' Roll Club

15. The Tubs - Illusion pt. II

16. The Reverberations - Dr Please

17. The Summertimes - Password

18. Bully - All I Do

19. Ratboys - Crossed that Line

20. RVG - Midnight Sun

21. Death Valley Girls - Islands in the Sky

22. Sweeping Promises - Shadow Me

23. Private Lives - Trust In Me

24. Kepi Ghoulie - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

25. Kepi Ghoulie - Happy When It Rains 

26. Rancid - New American

27. CLASS - Between the Lines

28. Graham Day And The Gaolers - Mystery Man

29. The Bug Club - Samuel Was Beautiful Tonight

30. Tee Vee Repairmann - Out Of Order

31. The Unknowns - Shot Down

32. The Hi-End - I Need A Witness

33. The Shang Hi Los - Plymouth Rock

34. The Tearaways - Charlie, Keith and Ringo

35. The Damned - Bad Weather Girl

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The Ledge #601: New Releases

It may be a new year, but there's no change to the first episode of each and every month. Once again, I present to you over two hours of brand new music. Ok, there are a handful of tracks that actually came out a few months ago, but these are new discoveries for me. So in my convoluted set of self-created rules, they're still new releases to me. 

But as always, this show features a great mix of punk, garage, indie rock, and power pop. There's music from all over the world, and both brand new and veteran acts. Anybody with a hunger for new music should be able to find their own highlights.

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1. Poppy Robbie - Robert Pollard Trading Card Collection

2. The Silent Treatment - Hulk Hogan (Is A Dick)

3. The Silent Treatment - Scandalizer

4. Run Westy Run - Foodcourting

5. Run Westy Run - Moxin Hey

6. Ryan Adams - Waste of Time

7. Ryan Adams - Blown Away

8. Dion Lunadon - Diamond Sea

9. Bory - North Douglas

10. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin - The World (Is a Playground)

11. Richard Turgeon - Friend Zone

12. The Incurables - When I Grow Up

13. Fast Eddy - In Too Deep

14. Angel Face - Bad Feeling

15. Hairy Nipples - Basement tapes

16. Brody and the Grodies - Tubes of Meat

17. Night Fury - Cats, Dogs, & Rock 'n' Roll

18. Perilous - Rock & Roll Kiss

19. The Belair Lip Bombs - Say My Name

20. Girl With A Hawk - The Romantic

21. Friends of Cesar Romero - Tomorrow's Weather Girl

22. Vista Blue - Somebody's Favorite Band

23. Post Ramone - Breakdown

24. The Deflators - Liar Liar

25. MC16 - Polytechnic

26. North Sea Fever - Go One Better

27. SEX MEX - Maxs Mom

28. OUTTACONTROLLER - Just a Scratch

29. The Fuzzies - Side of My Own

30. The Khybers - The Shouting Men

31. The Royal Hangmen - Let's Get Together

32. The Sino Hearts - Right Out

33. The Glimmer Stars - Rollers Show

34. The Glimmer Stars - Pictures Of You

35. Jittery Jack with Amy Griffin on Guitar - Tonight's the Night

36. The Mochines - Killer Woman

37. WiMP! - Set You Free

38 True Stars - Sick Thing