tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-345477852024-03-19T00:10:08.679-04:00Revolution RockDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.comBlogger723125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-81843306684402472772024-03-02T22:20:00.001-05:002024-03-10T13:39:56.456-04:00Melt the Honey: An Interview with Madeline Link of Packs & Show # 1028<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWcuu0srWGYIhfOgc1hTiOw8haLf7PaCcuBBdJF5GO49hdvjH4XOuZA9OJ9XSStSlOsbWHYLdsTn4n78lMOBKKBJqDkxCy2Ypgd7yCcnVy3eXH0wLZo3JE3gs0996b1H6lBcQdcuKiWFSlaYx9ceuhyPeTWVRcKvVNGDsjgeNZFYVnNubg5a6/s1200/Packs%20Melt%20the%20Honey.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsWcuu0srWGYIhfOgc1hTiOw8haLf7PaCcuBBdJF5GO49hdvjH4XOuZA9OJ9XSStSlOsbWHYLdsTn4n78lMOBKKBJqDkxCy2Ypgd7yCcnVy3eXH0wLZo3JE3gs0996b1H6lBcQdcuKiWFSlaYx9ceuhyPeTWVRcKvVNGDsjgeNZFYVnNubg5a6/w640-h640/Packs%20Melt%20the%20Honey.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Toronto-based band Packs began around 2019 as a solo project for songwriter Madeline Link. A full band emerged shortly after featuring Dexter Nash (guitar), Noah O’Neil (bass) and Shane Hooper on drums. With a few singles released online, they drew the attention of Fire Talk records and then released their debut album <i>Take The Cake</i> in 2021 and <i>Crispy Crunchy Nothing</i> followed in 2023. The band’s sound has been described as lo-fi indie rock, garage rock, and drawing influences from acts such as Pavement, Guided By Voices, Sebadoh and others, Link’s lyrics often pull from a literary aesthetic, delivering character driven stories at times, or evoking meaning from the mundane moments in life by balancing wit with humour. Packs third full-length album <i>Melt the Honey</i> arrived in January 2024.<br /><br />Recorded in Mexico over the course of 11 days by the band themselves, <i>Melt the Honey</i> takes a more experimental approach to aspects of Packs sound, often wandering into psych, shoe gaze and folk territory while still staying true to the sounds of the band’s first two albums. “89 Days” opens with a hazy more lethargic feel. Lyrically, Link sings<b> “No backups for 89 days/I click on close, but the thought still remains/And as I fall asleep, I wish that I could change” </b>touching on themes of unresolved tasks, missed opportunities and the passage of time in a poignant way. “Honey” is a more upbeat track. The album takes its title from this song. With acoustic guitars, steady drums, bass and electric guitar that cuts in and out with organ in the syrupy choruses, lyrics <b>“Tar on the freeway marks on the wall/This is where I fall/Figuring out it's seriously what I wanted all this time”</b> in the verses emphasize the complex layers and thrills of a new relationship. <br /><br />“Pearly Whites” is a harsher sounding track, with grittier guitars and undeniable fuzzy melodies, this track sounds influenced by its surroundings being recorded in the warmer climate of Mexico. Taking on a scuzzier shoe gaze sound, this song was also one of a two that were inspired from literary works. This one draws inspiration from one of the characters from Jack Kerouac’s <i>On The Road</i> reflecting the acceptance and appeal of certain societal behaviours, while “HFCS” is a more lo-fi garage-sounding track. With lyrics <b>“High fructose corn syrup”</b> in the sugary sounding choruses, Link and Packs tackle the addictiveness of artificial based sugars over the real thing while also serving up a metaphor for authenticity. ”Take Care” is another unhurried track, pulling in psych vibes that digs into the concept of self-realization and treating yourself with the same care you give to others, especially in the early stages of a relationship.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTnLf6NhAqA0fkz5iJ5rIej2tW1HFHUe5NqF9flYRwohDd3_vha7ijpJ1P9U72gIE8j0gbVGapK6SyzkOILOiF_T2kojpmOwN4xyX6_adIOGr47fj_uH_K_OGF4T8GS2MUd4BeKRuNy2pMe2ysc1yxVRkVwS9GCRTOZR0NC_ERQSNP1Jp3Ewz/s745/packs-2021.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="745" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTnLf6NhAqA0fkz5iJ5rIej2tW1HFHUe5NqF9flYRwohDd3_vha7ijpJ1P9U72gIE8j0gbVGapK6SyzkOILOiF_T2kojpmOwN4xyX6_adIOGr47fj_uH_K_OGF4T8GS2MUd4BeKRuNy2pMe2ysc1yxVRkVwS9GCRTOZR0NC_ERQSNP1Jp3Ewz/w400-h264/packs-2021.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>“Paige Machine” draws its influence from another literary source Mark Twain, but in a different sense. In the 1800’s Twain backed the development of a printing device by James W. Paige, but due to the complicated nature of its design and the obsessive perfection of Paige’s nature, the machine was doomed. With lyrics such as <b>“It'll only work once now/Cause you took it apart/And it this new configuration/Fucked up, now you gotta restart”</b> Link plays with the lyrical phrasing in this song as country, psych and surf guitar melodies layer overtop of acoustic guitars, melodic bass and drums, adding to the unease of the situation while at the same time portraying a message of not overthinking or over doing things for fear of losing what you were trying to do creatively in the first place. This also echoes throughout the album in many ways, not just lyrically, but also musically. The crunchy sounding “Missy” is about a stray cat that would roam around the band’s practice space in Xalapa, Mexico while they recorded this album. Sung from the perspective of this cat, this seemingly simple tale drawing on themes of connection, desire and vulnerability, like many of Link’s songs can have multiple possible meanings. There is even a Spanish spoken section in the middle of the song by Lupita Rico adding further layers to this track. The burnt-out psychedelia of “Trippin’” comes in with acoustic guitars, bass and well, trippy sounding guitars that move through as the song floats forward. Drawing comparisons to <i>Mellow Gold</i>-era Beck, "Trippin" comes in as the second last song on this album, while “Time Loop” ends <i>Melt the Honey. </i><br /><br />Musically, “Time Loop” with its rolling basslines, shuffling drums, acoustic guitars and atmospheric psych influenced electric guitar lines, applies a juxtaposing optimism in-between Link’s smooth sounding vocal melodies. Lyrics such as <b>“It’s not hopeless yet,”</b> wander within the song itself, revelling in the possibilities despite the sometimes gloomy moments around us. Throughout <i>Melt the Honey</i>, the music is raw, unfiltered and unafraid to experiment. Lyrically, the songs go deep into the complex layers of emotions with a new sense of optimism, still evoking meaning from the mundane with an undeniable wit and humour. <i>Melt the Honey </i>reverberates with lo-fi confident honeyed rhythms, melodies and lyrics that will be hard to forget.<div><br /></div><div><b>Listen to the interview Revolution Rock did with Madeline Link here: <iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://player-widget.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-madeline-link-interview-march-2nd-2024%2F" width="100%"></iframe> </b></div><div><div><b>Packs Playlist (Originally Aired On March 2nd, 2024):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Packs - Cheese (<i>Crispy Crunchy Nothing</i>- Fire Talk - 2021)<br />2. Packs - HFCS (<i>Melt the Honey </i>- Fire Talk - 2024)<br />3. Packs - Silvertongue (<i>Take the Cake</i> - Fire Talk - 2021)<br />4. Packs - Abalone (<i>Crispy Crunchy Nothing</i>- Fire Talk - 2021)<br />5. Packs - Honey (<i>Melt the Honey </i>- Fire Talk - 2024)<br />6. Packs - Drink Rain (<i>Drink Rain</i> - Single - 2021)<div><br /><div><b>MADELINE LINK (of Packs) INTERVIEW PART I</b><br /><br />7. Packs - Sink (<i>Ouch + B-Sides</i> - 2021)<br />8. Packs - FM (<i>WOAH EP</i> - Fire Talk - 2022)<br />9. Packs - Clingfilm (<i>Take the Cake</i> - Fire Talk - 2021)</div><div><br /><b>MADELINE LINK (of Packs) INTERVIEW PART II</b></div><div><br />10. Packs - Hold My Hand (<i>Take the Cake</i> - Fire Talk - 2021)<br />11. Triples - Play it Again (<i>Play It Again </i>- 2017)<br />12. Triples - Summer Song (<i>Play It Again </i>- 2017)<br />13. Triples - Making Space (Big Time - 2019)<br />14. Lovers Touch - Weatherman (<i>1681 D </i>- 2017)<br />15. Lovers Touch - It’s Not Right (Live) (<i>In Muted Colours</i> - 2017)<br />16. Packs - 4th of July (<i>Crispy Crunchy Nothing</i>- Fire Talk - 2021)<br />17. Packs - Who Will It Be (<i>WOAH EP</i> - Fire Talk - 2022)<br />18. Packs - Hangman (<i>Take the Cake</i> - Fire Talk - 2021)<br />19. Packs - Trippin’ (<i>Melt the Honey </i>- Fire Talk - 2024)<br />20. Packs - Tightmouth (<i>Ouch + B-Sides</i> - 2021)<br />21. Packs - Cheshire Cat Grin (<i>Ouch + B-Sides</i> - 2021)<br />22. Packs - Don’t Go for the Goats Milk (<i>WOAH EP</i> - Fire Talk - 2022)<br />23. Packs - Dishwater (<i>Crispy Crunchy Nothing</i>- Fire Talk - 2021)<br />24. Packs - Divine Giggling (<i>Take the Cake</i> - Fire Talk - 2021)<br />25. Packs - Take Care (<i>Melt the Honey </i>- Fire Talk - 2024)</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for <a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/">Revolution Rock</a> and click the March 2 file to download/stream the episode.</b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-34380931212040751972024-02-24T22:28:00.009-05:002024-03-03T13:15:48.963-05:00P'Twaaang!!!: Revolution Surf 2024 & Show # 1027<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGAQtA5elA1cNzPL7W-2ZgtoiMLvWUwMxFO1ymNHzoJYxAzYtm5ZGXMHWdtyxbABTvwpkEkcMMBtdV-k2VbjwR7Qi5TZ8e-MVhZZHCiZid0trTgmHw6PbNQEoMzAYWywAVe6E4ayBT5mhmt7-vZeIXdy_wHIwgDpGGfhyphenhyphenjZBC1zqWNrdtjkEO/s3801/REVSURF2024-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGAQtA5elA1cNzPL7W-2ZgtoiMLvWUwMxFO1ymNHzoJYxAzYtm5ZGXMHWdtyxbABTvwpkEkcMMBtdV-k2VbjwR7Qi5TZ8e-MVhZZHCiZid0trTgmHw6PbNQEoMzAYWywAVe6E4ayBT5mhmt7-vZeIXdy_wHIwgDpGGfhyphenhyphenjZBC1zqWNrdtjkEO/w640-h640/REVSURF2024-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator">This year’s Revolution Rock featured guest host Greg Maxwell (of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theuglyvision" target="_blank">The Ugly Vision</a>) and we played a selection of old/new international surf, obscure horror themed surf and some surf songs from bands you might not expect to have had a surf song.</div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacmneALm4rWLDZC1DBo2g_D_u76nbMH2yMU4Cb9hf1KV6Rj8Dgp0yLkZiITb7eaXw179FV-okJS0Q_g-niO0WabuWGtR-q_zZuCZ02RtppVkpixuPKIPwK2Rp6yDt4OS6FituN-7MxYAtU7L7U5wsGU16xF2Gamv6ILTrbFYugrD2oK4HdBUO/s1500/ChurchofReverbWeb.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacmneALm4rWLDZC1DBo2g_D_u76nbMH2yMU4Cb9hf1KV6Rj8Dgp0yLkZiITb7eaXw179FV-okJS0Q_g-niO0WabuWGtR-q_zZuCZ02RtppVkpixuPKIPwK2Rp6yDt4OS6FituN-7MxYAtU7L7U5wsGU16xF2Gamv6ILTrbFYugrD2oK4HdBUO/w640-h640/ChurchofReverbWeb.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Messer Chups are a surf band from St. Petersburg, Russia and have been playing their own version of surf music mixing elements of classic surf rock, bands like The Cramps, low-budget horror monster movies, drag race surf culture, and much more into their sound. The earliest version of this band formed in late 1998 by musician Oleg Fomchenkov (known as Guitaracula or Gitaracula). The band started off as a duo and has gone through many lineup changes. Currently the band performs live and records as a trio (usually with a few guests) featuring Svetlana (Zombierella) (who joined around 2007) on bass and have gone through several drummers, but currently Signor Mattia plays drums. They have had lots of music and albums released over the years. In 2013, they released their surf cult classic <i>Church of Reverb</i> on the band's own Gitaracula Records. It has had a few reissues, most recently via surf-based UK label Hi-Tide Recordings for its 10th anniversary with new artwork by Grey Haas. It features Messer Chups classics such as “Surf N’ Rolla,” “Cemetery Beach,” “Zomboanga,” “Rockin’ Zombie,” and “Dracula Hates Photoshoots.”<br /><br /><div><a href="https://hitiderecordings.com/products/churchofreverb" target="_blank">Find that album here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdKCOX19fJ1KbIzdj58-eH1uFRk6nNSHI1TZKr4RrHFB9yiT_V5NSSqPrP4eWhgGwp3ofuC7VjcToyyBUG90w599rxu25ggA0DIigqL3UxFiKBvsVaJUkJTJnGxoM5fT-ZNfgCylAvOiceaiKkb3fH93GsujRqR2zYP8uurtqxq-xe1h9yvvq/s720/wipeouters-p'twaaang!!!.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="719" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdKCOX19fJ1KbIzdj58-eH1uFRk6nNSHI1TZKr4RrHFB9yiT_V5NSSqPrP4eWhgGwp3ofuC7VjcToyyBUG90w599rxu25ggA0DIigqL3UxFiKBvsVaJUkJTJnGxoM5fT-ZNfgCylAvOiceaiKkb3fH93GsujRqR2zYP8uurtqxq-xe1h9yvvq/w640-h640/wipeouters-p'twaaang!!!.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>While perhaps best being known for being in Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh has been involved with making music for TV and film. He formed a production company called Mutato Muzika in 1989, which has produced tons of music for commercials, TV, and movies, many of them Wes Anderson films. Mark created music for many Nickelodeon shows such as <i>Rugrats, Pee-Wee’s Playhouse</i> and many others. In 1999, he was tasked with creating a theme song to a new cartoon series that focused on extreme sports called <i>Rocket Power</i>. Shortly after that the group The Wipeouters released an album in 2001 called <i>P’Twaaang!!! </i>This group consisted of Mark Mothersbaugh (vocals/keyboards), Bob Mothersbaugh (guitar), Bob Casale (guitar), and Josh Mancell on drums. Two-thirds of this group was made up of members of Devo. The album would also feature guest appearances from Gerald Casale of Devo, and others from his production company. The album is a mix of surf and Devo-ish keyboard-induced sounds. This album has some great hidden surf gems such as the robotic surf sounds of “Dangerdog,” the surf exotica influenced “Surf’s Up On Goon Island,” the keyboard synth surf of “Twist n’ Launch,” “Luna Goona Park,” and the spy-themed “Rocket Full of Power.” <i>P’Twaaang!!! </i>is an interesting detour in the Devo discography.<div><br /></div><div><b>Revolution Surf 2024 Playlist (Originally Aired On February 24th, 2024):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Nick and The Jaguars - Ich-I-Bon #1 (<i>Ich-I-Bon #1/Cool and Crazy</i> - 1959 - Tamla)<br />2. Satan’s Pilgrims - Dilation (<i>Psychsploitation</i> - SP Records - 2009)<br />3. The Vettes - Super Stock Vette (<i>Rev-Up</i> - MGM Records - 1964)<br />4. The Vondells - Rough Road (<i>The Vondells </i>- Unreleased - 2003)<br />5. Luau or Die - Breaking the Law (<i>Dead on the Floor Vol.1 </i>- 2015)<br />6. Os Aquamans - A Mafia (<i>Os Aquamans II </i>- Uala Records - 2020)<br />7. Los Tiki Phantoms - Mondo Senior (<i>Y El Enigma Del Tiempo </i>- Hi-Tide Recordings - 2023)<br />8. Mary Ann Hawkins - Hawkinsmania (<i>Mary Ann Hawkins </i>- Svart Records - 2023)<br />9. The Surf Coasters - Hungarian Dance ‘95 (<i>Rising</i> - 78label - 2016)<br />10. Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited - Land of Swinging Atoms (<i>The Flawless Ms Drake</i> - Hi-Tide Recordings - 2022)<br />11. Messer Chups - Zamboanga (<i>Church of Reverb </i>- Hi-Tide Recordings - 2023)<br />12. Messer Chups - Twin Peaks Twist (<i>Heretic Channel </i>- Solnze Records - 2009)<br />13. Flat Duo Jets - California Luau (<i>Lucky Eye </i>- Outpost Recordings - 1998)<br />14. The Greasy Gills - Aloha Prisoners (<i>Bodega Boys</i> - 2018)<br />15. Bloodshot Bill - Smoke Den (<i>Songs From the Sludge </i>- Hi-Tide Recordings - 2022)<br />16. The Swinging Pussy Cuts - Undertow (<i>Going Out With... </i>- 2022)<br />17. The Ichi-Bons - Snake Eyes (Live) (<i>Live in Tucson Vol.2 </i>- 2022)<br />18. Shango - Plan 9 From Pipeline (<i>Reverb of the Living Dead </i>- 2023)<br />19. The Slimetones - Space Slime (<i>Turtle Music </i>- 2023)<br />20. Johnny Thunders - Pipeline (<i>So Alone </i>- Sire Records - 1978)<br />21. The Replacements - Buck Hill (<i>Hootenanny</i> - Twin/Tone - 1983) <br />22. Ketamines - No Grand Design (<i>Spaced Out </i>- Mammoth Cave Recording Co. - 2012)<br />23. James OL & The Villains - Kill the Devil (<i>On The Banks of the Detroit River </i>- 2014)<br />24. Roye Trout - Bite the Tow (<i>Salty Waves/Bite The Tow</i> - Single - 2014)<br />25. The Wipeouters - Dangerdog (<i>P'Twaaang!!!</i> - Casual Tonalities - 2001)</div><div>26. Jonathan Richman - Grunion Run (<i>I, Jonathan</i> - Rounder - 1992)<br />27. The Deadly Ones - It’s Monster Surfing Time (<i>It's Monster Surfing Time </i>- Vee-Jay Records - 1964)<br />28. The Munsters - Eerie Beach (<i>The Munsters </i>- Decca - 1964)<br />29. The Ventures - The Bat (<i>The Ventures in Space</i> - Dolton Records - 1964)<br />30. The Storms - Tarantula (<i>Thunder/Tarantula </i> - Single - Sparton - 1964))</div><div>31. The Traditional Fools - Surfin’ with the Phantom (<i>Fools Gold </i>- In The Red Recordings - 2016)<br />32. The Surfrajettes - Priscilla (<i>Roller Fink </i>- Hi-Tide Recordings - 2022)<br />33. Super Krystal - Brnjica (<i>Super Krystal </i>- 2022)<br />34. The Babalooneys - False Start (<i>Winternationals/False Start</i> - Hi-Tide Recordings - Single - 2023)<br />35. The Sadies - Rat Creek (<i>Pure Diamond Gold </i>- Bloodshot Records - 1999)<br />26. The Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes (<i>Sliced Tomatoes</i> - Single - 1972 - Music Merchant)<div><br /></div></div><div><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for <a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/">Revolution Rock</a> and click the February 24 file to download/stream the episode.</b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-54118798179480185132024-02-17T22:04:00.013-05:002024-02-21T10:32:02.387-05:00Systems Edge: An Interview with Dion Lunadon & Show # 1026<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOSCxnAEhc3U8l2qLcbU7FT-FKhVI1v7kOZY0z_N2znBxAvMrd0KnPmsSyjKXFln7KFwOXOsaCGlqsk7YSyTn4_06nc7E3R7dtoDc-yWr-nEeHGS9MgfcpPp2nEf4mCdsTD2TvybMSr9Zc6e6d1vLuG5eWLhg2MUp_iP9fa5_cOl8dA2QyxUm/s1200/Dion%20Lunadon%20Systems%20Edge.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOSCxnAEhc3U8l2qLcbU7FT-FKhVI1v7kOZY0z_N2znBxAvMrd0KnPmsSyjKXFln7KFwOXOsaCGlqsk7YSyTn4_06nc7E3R7dtoDc-yWr-nEeHGS9MgfcpPp2nEf4mCdsTD2TvybMSr9Zc6e6d1vLuG5eWLhg2MUp_iP9fa5_cOl8dA2QyxUm/w640-h640/Dion%20Lunadon%20Systems%20Edge.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Uncompromising rock and roll is a good term to use when describing the music of Dion Lunadon. With his latest and third full-length album <i>Systems Edge</i> out on In The Red Records, he explores the intense and wild framework of rock music, revealing a sense of gritty rock and roll, garage and punk sounds. When describing the music, bands such as <i>Raw Power-era</i> Iggy & The Stooges, The MC5, Rowland S. Howard, David Bowie, Ramones come to mind, but these are only reference points. After creating music for many years in different groups, his solo efforts have been described as a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/34547785/5411879817948018513" target="_blank">“<b>voyage through self-discovery”</b></a> and the listener is along for the ride. The first single for this album arrived near the end of 2023, less than a year after 2022’s <i>Beyond Everything</i>. “Secrets” delivers a new sonic space within the makeup of Dion’s music. Fuzzy guitar, basslines and catchy choruses delve into 70s punk and power pop aesthetics and opens <i>Systems Edge</i> with something you might not expect.<br /><br />“Nikki” is a noisy punk edged track with driving bass, drums and chaotic guitars as lyrically it seems to tell a horror movie inspired story of a dark romantic fantasy, “Diamond Sea” is one of the standout tracks on <i>Systems Edge</i>. In a press release about the song Dion had this to say about the song: <b>“Diamond Sea is about the first time I took acid when I was about 16 with my best friends. We were the only ones on a beautiful giant beach. It was about 5am and we watched the fog disappear as the sun came up. Half of those people are alive and half are not. This song is for them!”</b> Moving into glam rock territory, the song starts off with guitar and drums, when the bass hits glam rock vibes echo elements of David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars mixed with New York Dolls styled rock. The lyrics in “Diamond Sea” cut deep with a sense of the idyllic being contrasted with the existential. “I Walk Away” simmers with gritty intensity that you wouldn’t think was possible after hearing some of the tracks that precede it. The lyrics such as <b>“I see the view/Sweet retribution/With no one to defend you,”</b> and <b>“I wanna stay/But you know I won’t,”</b> have Lunadon wading through a world surrounded by antagonistic negativity. A one-note organ part during the chorus adds further tenseness while drums crash and guitars build with climbing sinister riffs. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvuMchZicPI_RSlgmqX2F9ausz6dczFitXMpjvkc8pV-zGop1YawxvRojRG0TDdnkA_Fg_puRXnB1XHLL7eN9IH9eh69yr945psPCGyG0UfUbe8nOHzg4srCuao2gsOG_Cas5_VaPcImj-K_IzCr8aFyfXi167OUvCDuU5ei8z9x4n40Y0EMt/s3449/2_credit_alexander_barton.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3449" data-original-width="2400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvuMchZicPI_RSlgmqX2F9ausz6dczFitXMpjvkc8pV-zGop1YawxvRojRG0TDdnkA_Fg_puRXnB1XHLL7eN9IH9eh69yr945psPCGyG0UfUbe8nOHzg4srCuao2gsOG_Cas5_VaPcImj-K_IzCr8aFyfXi167OUvCDuU5ei8z9x4n40Y0EMt/w279-h400/2_credit_alexander_barton.jpg" width="279" /></a></div>“Rocks On” is a combination of body shaking bass grooves and energetic guitar work that doesn’t follow a predictable song structure. As the chorus hits, its intoxicating melodies grab a hold of you as the song exposes the cracks of a cold society. “Shockwave” is a noisy, dirtier sounding punk song. Dating back to a recording from the first album that Dion released, this song fits at home here with its thrashing drums, lethal guitars and a penetrating, yet catchy chorus. “Grind Me Down” slows down the pace a bit with yet another groove heavy bass riff in between steady drums and wild frenzied sounding guitars as lyrics such as “<b>You grind me down to nothing/You can’t I’m already dust/Serenade to someone/Lies shrouded in love/Shake it off”</b> and <b>“I Couldn’t see your love,”</b> which repeat throughout the song in a fervent fashion. This song conjures up a danceable anarchy, as the lyrics search for meaning in the embers of a fragmented situation or relationship.<br /><br />“I Don’t Mind” arrives as a deep cut on <i>Systems Edg</i>e at track nine of ten. With fuzzy basslines, crunchy walls of guitar distortion and a catchy, mesmerizing bass and a drum heavy chorus of <b>“I Don’t Mind/If I never see you again,”</b> Lunadon sings of a corrosive toxic relationship that he avoids for his own well being. Further lyrics such as <b>“Don’t wanna be a low life zero/I don’t wanna be an open cut,” “I walk across the street/To get away from you/I cut my mind so deep/And stitch it up real crude”</b> in the verses add to the universe created in this character driven song as unrelenting, wild guitar licks and bends further stress the frustration and friction of the song’s dynamics. “Room With No View” ends S<i>ystems Edge</i>. The longest track on this album at almost eight minutes, the live and spontaneous feel of this slow, heavy dirge of a song digs into darker lyrics as it delves into blues and psych rock elements, while also being a style of its own. Throughout <i>Systems Edge</i>, Dion Lunadon delivers ten songs that don’t always follow a standard formulaic song structure, providing an unpredictable collection of songs that reveals something else with each listen. <i>Systems Edge</i> breaks from the cycle of the bland and journeys through a universe of real, uncompromising rock and roll.<br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Listen the interview that Revolution Rock did with Dion Lunadon here:<iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://player-widget.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-dion-lunadon-interview-february-17th-2024%2F" width="100%"></iframe> </b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Systems Edge Playlist (Originally Aired On February 17th, 2024):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Dion Lunadon - Eliminator (<i>Dion Lunadon</i> - Agitated Records - 2017)<br />2. Dion Lunadon - Negative Energy (<i>Schreien EP </i>- Discofridge - 2020)<br />3. Dion Lunadon - It’s the Truth (<i>Beyond Everything </i>- In The Red Recordings - 2022)<br />4. Dion Lunadon - Shockwave (<i>Systems Edge</i> - In The Red Recordings - 2023)<br />5. Dion Lunadon - Diamond Sea (<i>Systems Edge</i> - In The Red Recordings - 2023)<br />6. Dion Lunadon - I Don’t Mind (<i>Systems Edge</i> - In The Red Recordings - 2023)<div><br /><div><span style="text-align: center;"><b>DION LUNADON INTERVIEW PART I</b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>7. Dion Lunadon - Nothing But My Skull (<i>Beyond Everything </i>- In The Red Recordings - 2022)</div><div><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><b>DION LUNADON INTERVIEW PART II</b></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>8. Dion Lunadon & Kate Clover - When Will I Hold You Again (<i>When Will I Hold You Again</i> - Single - 2020)<br />9. The True Lovers - Obsession (<i>The True Lovers</i> - Altra Records - 2010)<br />10. A Place To Bury Strangers - Straight (Album Cut)<br />11. Nothing At All! - Busted (<i>Nothing At All! </i>- Zerophonic - 1995)<br />12. Nothing At All! - Get Some (<i>Nothing At All! </i>- Zerophonic - 1995)<br />13. The D4 - No Antidote (John Peel Session 2002) <br />14. The D4 - Exit To the City (Original 4 Track Radio Single Version) (<i>6Twenty One</i> (Digital Version) - Flying Nun Records - 2022)<br />15. The D4 - Come On! (<i>6Twenty</i> - Flying Nun Records - 2001)<br />16. The D4 - Get Loose (<i>6Twenty</i> - Flying Nun Records - 2001)<br />17. The D4 - Do No Right (<i>Out of My Head</i> - Flying Nun Records - 2005)<br />18. The D4 - Stops Me Cold (<i>Out of My Head</i> - Flying Nun Records - 2005)<br />19. Dion Lunadon - Com/Broke (<i>Dion Lunadon</i> - Agitated Records - 2017)<br />20. Dion Lunadon - Goodbye Satan (<i>Beyond Everything </i>- In The Red Recordings - 2022)<br />21. Dion Lunadon - Room With No View (<i>Systems Edge</i> - In The Red Recordings - 2023)</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for <a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/">Revolution Rock</a> and click the February 17 file to download/stream the episode.</b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-62545662368336509882024-02-10T22:43:00.001-05:002024-02-13T23:34:24.720-05:00Ramblin' Rose: The Music of Wayne Kramer and His Influence & Show # 1025<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgStVR1iQ4-RAxZmibys20h7NlKC95pM5JGIgmajkodp1QwG0acABd8ZwgphffBpZdQB8oQ__zb20Hxu9gdB9e4QEY6DPJxqNyNGLZjGyL_N8R2kpjVjKcZ5XgNlYVHgS6VWeSl7HZM_tsBcdWgJ8_IOTjfwyR2oLMp3bAnsQZUb_EUs52D8FW/s1581/wayne%20kramer%20the%20mc5.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1581" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgStVR1iQ4-RAxZmibys20h7NlKC95pM5JGIgmajkodp1QwG0acABd8ZwgphffBpZdQB8oQ__zb20Hxu9gdB9e4QEY6DPJxqNyNGLZjGyL_N8R2kpjVjKcZ5XgNlYVHgS6VWeSl7HZM_tsBcdWgJ8_IOTjfwyR2oLMp3bAnsQZUb_EUs52D8FW/w640-h426/wayne%20kramer%20the%20mc5.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br />Wayne Kramer was co-founder and guitarist in The MC5. Formed in 1963 in Lincoln Park, Michigan, with the MC5 Kramer’s explosive guitar playing was part of a dual guitar attack with Fred “Sonic” Smith, musically one of the early proto punk bands, MC5 pulled influences from early Motown, R&B with early rock and roll sounds of artists such as Chuck Berry and also had an interest in free jazz. Alongside the high-energy performances they were also politically charged lyrically, speaking to the counterculture and underground music scenes at the time. Releasing three albums, their first album was the live album <i>Kick Out The Jams,</i> which was recorded over two nights in October (30th & 31st) of 1968 at the legendary Grande Ballroom in Detroit. It also featured the title classic and highly influential title track "Kick Out the Jams." Their first album was decided to be a live album due to the band’s lack of studio experience at the time. All of their efforts were put into performing live at the time, so the idea to capture the band’s live energy on record made the most sense. <i>Kick Out the Jams</i>, featured songs such as “Ramblin’ Rose,” “Rocket Reducer No. 62,” “The Motor City is Burning,” among others such as MC5’s take on Sun Ra’s “Starship,” which ends the album in a mixture of free jazz, rock and roll and chaos. The album was also surrounded in controversy, due to the use of the words “Kick out the jams motherfucker!” which was uttered by vocalist Rob Tyner on the recording. The linear notes by manager John Sinclair also featured profanity, which nowadays probably wouldn’t bother anyone, but back in 1969 it caused a Detroit department store to stop selling any Elektra album. They were dropped from the label shortly after.<br /><br />The MC5 bounced back quickly, recording <i>Back in the USA </i>with future Bruce Springsteen producer Jon Landau at GM Studios in Detroit on Atlantic Records. Released in 1970, many felt <i>Back in the USA </i>failed to capture MC5 properly in the studio at the time, but lyrically and musically it is quite a strong album. With songs such as “Tonight,” “Call Me Animal,” “The American Ruse,” “Human Being Lawnmower,” the albums lyrics built upon the five’s political and social themes. Musically, the lean garage sounding tracks pre-dated punk and power pop musical movements that would happen within the next decade. One more album would follow in 1971, <i>High Time</i> before the band’s split. Produced by The MC5 and Atlantic Records engineer Geoffrey Haslam, <i>High Time</i> is definitely the best studio-sounding recording to be released by The MC5. Although lyrically it pulls back on the political themes a bit, musically the band is unstoppable on this record, with a strong rhythm section and dual guitar attack switching focus from track to track, this was also the first album of theirs to feature individual song writing credits. Featuring now classics such as “Sister Anne,” “Miss X, “ “Future/Now,” ”Over and Over,” and “(Skunk) Sonically Speaking,” MC5 cut loose showing the dynamics and versatility of their sound in addition to their evolution as musicians at that point in time, while never losing what made them so great in the first place. But, due to a variety of factors, such as poor album sales, heavy drug use, internal tensions and being bankrupt, the band split in 1972.<div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-j9sNAGPlRVoAnuDXz8k0cGSDJPq3xlYXEKGC6-C9Y-iFO43od3cw1gC5dJvTGO5uOnCp842l0qw5m4EIhLsVMf2V8_jHbUJjf6kbx39U0pNusVN1ANNPdeFAem_0Mm1MABxfRtsTZpV81Hgk9gdbFrIBNdJuAni-r6Du0p-WaAsPZrifawWM/s2048/Ramblin'%20Rose%20Single.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2017" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-j9sNAGPlRVoAnuDXz8k0cGSDJPq3xlYXEKGC6-C9Y-iFO43od3cw1gC5dJvTGO5uOnCp842l0qw5m4EIhLsVMf2V8_jHbUJjf6kbx39U0pNusVN1ANNPdeFAem_0Mm1MABxfRtsTZpV81Hgk9gdbFrIBNdJuAni-r6Du0p-WaAsPZrifawWM/w315-h320/Ramblin'%20Rose%20Single.jpeg" width="315" /></a>Following his time with The MC5, Kramer continued with music, however, in 1975 he was busted for dealing drugs and spent four years in prison. But, something was happening in the underground, the music of bands such as The MC5 and The Stooges were informing underground bands in the UK and all over. Kramer joined the funk rock group Was (Not Was) in 1979 and played in the New York underground music scenes throughout the 80s. He formed Gang War with guitarist Johnny Thunders also in 79. The band did not last long though, they did record some demos in the same year, as well as playing live shows for about a year, but they fizzled out shortly after that. In the 90s he began releasing solo music, signing to Epitaph Records. Despite putting out several albums and singles (including his excellent version of “The Harder They Come”), Kramer’s breakthrough solo effort came with 1995’s <i>The Hard Stuff</i> on Epitaph Records. Several followed, Kramer also worked as a producer and worked with other bands as well as doing some soundtrack work. <br /><br />Wayne Kramer seemed to always be working on something. He even released a free jazz album titled <i>Lexington</i> with the Lexington Arts Ensemble. The music was put together for a PBS documentary <i>The Narcotics Farm</i>, about the Federal Narcotics Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. This free jazz album was inspired in part also by Kramer’s time in prison where he played in a prison band called Street Sounds with jazz trumpeter Red Rodney. Rodney is a jazz legend who played with the Charlie Parker Quintet, the two studied music together while incarcerated with Rodney giving Kramer music lessons. Also when the <i>Lexington</i> album was released in 2014, it charted at #6 on the Billboard Top Jazz Charts. The MC5 reformed in different incarnations several times (in 2001 and again in 2018).<br /><br />In 2009, Kramer, along with his wife Margaret Saddi Kramer and British musician Billy Bragg, started Jail Guitar Doors, an organization that brought instruments to prison inmates in hopes of rehabilitating inmates through the transformative power of music. The non-profit organization was named after a song of the same name by The Clash, which references Kramer’s incarceration. Kramer published his memoir <i>The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5 and My Life of Impossibilities</i> in 2018 and was set to release a new MC5 album, featuring surviving MC5 member Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, alongside several other musicians prior to his passing in February 2024. Kramer and his music influenced generations of musicians and helped to lay the groundwork for what would become known as punk rock.<br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Ramblin' Rose Playlist (Originally Aired On February 10th, 2024):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. The MC5 - Ramblin’ Rose (<i>Kick Out the Jams </i>- Elektra - 1969)<br />2. The MC5 - Human Being Lawnmower (<i>Back in the USA </i>- Atlantic - 1970)<br />3. The MC5 - Miss X <i>(High Time </i>- 1971 - Atlantic)<br />4. The MC5 - I Can Only Give You Everything (<i>The Big Bang!: Best of The MC5 </i>- Rhino Records - 2000)<br />5. Wayne Kramer & The Pink Fairies - If You’re Going to the City (<i>Cocaine Blues</i> - Total Energy - 2000)<br />6. Gang War - Crime of the Century (Demo) (<i>Crime of the Century </i>- Sonic Records - 1996)<br />7. Gang War - Hey Thanks (Live) (<i>Johnny Thunders & Wayne Kramer's Gang War! -</i> Jungle Records/Skydog Records - 2020)<br />8. The MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (Single Version) (<i>Kick Out the Jams - </i>Single - - Elektra - 1969)<br />9. The MC5 - Tonight (<i>Babes in Arms</i> - ROIR - 1983)<br />10. The MC5 - Poison <i>(High Time </i>- 1971 - Atlantic)<br />11. The MC5 - Look What You’ve Done Done (<i>'66 Breakout </i>- Total Energy - 1999)<div>12. The MC5 - The Motor City is Burning (<i>Thunder Express</i> - Skydog International - 1992)<br />13. Wayne Kramer - Get Some (<i>Ramblin' Rose - </i>Single - - Stiffwick - 1978)<br />14. Wayne Kramer - The Harder They Come (<i>The Harder They Come </i>- Radar Records - 1979)<br />15. Wayne Kramer - Street Warfare (<i>Negative Girls </i>- Single - Pure and Easy Records - 1983)<br />16. Wayne Kramer - Junkie Romance (<i>The Hard Stuff </i>- Epitaph Records - 1995)<br />17. The MC5 - I Just Don’t Know (<i>The Big Bang!: Best of The MC5 </i>- Rhino Records - 2000)<br />18. The MC5 - Looking At You (<i>Back in the USA </i>- Atlantic - 1970)<br />19. The MC5 - Thunder Express (<i>The Big Bang!: Best of The MC5 </i>- Rhino Records - 2000)<br />20. The MC5 - Gold (<i>Babes in Arms</i> - ROIR - 1983)<br />21. The MC5 - Starship (<i>Kick Out the Jams </i>- Elektra - 1969)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for <a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/">Revolution Rock</a> and click the February 10 file to download/stream the episode.</b></div></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-86268060682600349162024-02-03T22:56:00.012-05:002024-02-08T19:20:41.492-05:00King of Soul: The Music of Sam Cooke and other Soul and R&B Selections & Show # 1024<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5AMl7r1Jr5GhlqrofEMUWyAHw7SYJeTQEi5RAGzD0U7bY_OSiX-3KOCDV1KOw6qp2m45n1ciUbfXOJEE8y5ijxzQtMfxiQNtoxMRt2_hv_o45d_ZBHNo8920kzpw6Lbi2rNPqgNDd6_qZuqi9VzcjlP7Lv6irNU98x-HsMic9xRDSOvGKNfu/s1000/Sam%20Cooke%20by%20Jess%20Rand:Michael%20Orchs%20Archives.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy5AMl7r1Jr5GhlqrofEMUWyAHw7SYJeTQEi5RAGzD0U7bY_OSiX-3KOCDV1KOw6qp2m45n1ciUbfXOJEE8y5ijxzQtMfxiQNtoxMRt2_hv_o45d_ZBHNo8920kzpw6Lbi2rNPqgNDd6_qZuqi9VzcjlP7Lv6irNU98x-HsMic9xRDSOvGKNfu/w640-h384/Sam%20Cooke%20by%20Jess%20Rand:Michael%20Orchs%20Archives.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div>Article Written By Adam Peltier</div><div><br /></div>Who was the real Sam Cooke? Its one of the many mysteries left after the artist’s premature death in 1964. Like any person, he was many things, so many that these facets often appear to be in contradiction. He was a schmaltzy crooner and a throat-rending RnB showman, a gospel-singing spiritualist and a licentious lothario, a shrewd businessperson and an influential Civil Rights activist. Sixty years after his murder, the pieces of this puzzle remain. Will we ever know whom exactly this golden-voiced “King of Soul” was or will we remain projecting our own notions onto the man, defining an identity of the “Sam Cooke” we want him to be? As Virginia Woolf wrote of the titular character in <i>Jacob’s Room</i>:<br /><br /><b>“It seems that a profound, impartial, and absolutely just opinion of our fellow-creatures is utterly unknown...life is but a procession of shadows, and God knows why it is that we embrace them so eagerly, and see them depart with such anguish, being shadows. And why, if this -- and much more than this is true -- why are we yet surprised in the window corner by a sudden vision that the young man in the chair is of all things in the world the most real, the most solid, the best known to us--why indeed? For the moment after we know nothing about him.”</b><br /><br />Much like Jacob, whose inner-voice Woolf kept suppressed and unheard during the course of the novel, Cooke is a man we will never truly known beyond the shadows projected on him by history and our own hungry gazes.<br /><br />Sam Cooke’s legacy tends to cast him as a social conscious activist-singer. This conception of the man is undoubtedly bolstered by his epochal hymn of humanism, the song that went on to be considered the unofficial anthem of the Civil Rights movement, “A Change is Gonna Come.” This is an incredible legacy to be associated with, but is one that overlooks the multifaceted career and character of the singer.<br /><br />Cooke’s greatest commercial successes was not as an activist, but an entertainer. He longed for crossover success between coloured and white audiences, doing all he could to be considered a type of “Black Sinatra” (to borrow an idea from his friend and fellow activist, Muhammad Ali), a standard-bearer of feel-good anthems and dance tunes. This contradicts the legacy imposed on Cooke as a social justice songwriter; the majority his songs were not about political activism, but were pop ditties about falling in love, being in love, and having a good time. His 1962<i> Greatest Hits</i> compilation is replete with such songs: “Cupid,” “Having a Party,” and “Twistin’ the Night Away” to name a few. So, is this the answer? Was Cooke simply a pop entertainer, one who longed for unparalleled success, but who saw the light and began making socially conscious music? No life is so simple and linear.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMpxZ2kgRANPwiM_StF8iljRu84WjQMvQZp745yrBGpBXFyF8Ua3YTpjIA4RsPH4kqz-22IcgBEDaWJci7eFUGJeCeF_c2lELZH02tw-3p1kYDkzS4Y32eBDbLJalZckTy4cfQukHZqXopQBeDE6NWBHRkhzk-eyYnVhQL-k5MDBG8KFzE1xi/s1000/ChangeGonnaCome-Sam-Cooke%20Single.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1000" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMpxZ2kgRANPwiM_StF8iljRu84WjQMvQZp745yrBGpBXFyF8Ua3YTpjIA4RsPH4kqz-22IcgBEDaWJci7eFUGJeCeF_c2lELZH02tw-3p1kYDkzS4Y32eBDbLJalZckTy4cfQukHZqXopQBeDE6NWBHRkhzk-eyYnVhQL-k5MDBG8KFzE1xi/s320/ChangeGonnaCome-Sam-Cooke%20Single.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Cooke started as a spiritual singer with the gospel-group The Soul Stirrers. His initial career was not in secular, but spiritual music. The Soul Stirrers found success with Sam’s debut recording, “Jesus Gave Me Water.” Not only did this garner a major hit for the band, with its framework going on to influence a great deal of secular pop music like doo wop and Motown, it also gave Sam his first taste of success. Critic and biographer Peter Guralnick credits Sam and the Soul Stirrers for bringing gospel music to the attention of a wider and younger audience. Particularly, an audience of young women. <i>In Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke,</i> Guralnick writes that girls would rush to the stage when the Soul Stirrers performed, hoping to glimpse the charismatic and handsome singer. Already, lines were blurring; the pious gospel singer experienced the type of treatment normally received by pop idols. This may have been the catalyst for Sam to leave the group and pursue a career in pop music. Despite this shift, many aspects of his gospel background would remain implicit in his recordings, imbuing tracks like “Mean Old World” and “Summertime” with a sense of spiritual longing and hope. “A Change is Gonna Come” permeates with the fervor of faith and transcendence, even as Sam frets in the song over mortality and the uncertainly of what lays “beyond the sky.” <br /><br />So, does this straighten the narrative? Was Sam Cooke the once faithful gospel singer who discovered his voice in secular music, pursued success in the realm of pop, and then grew into a socially conscious activist? Again, the story is murkier than that. What of numbers like the empathetic ode to prisoners in “Chain Gang” or his touching rendition of “Deep River,” both released during his boom period of pop success? How do these contribute to this narrative? This adds another layer of complexity to the mystery of Sam Cooke.<br /><br />Another aspect to consider is how sanitized Cooke made his music during this bid for pop success. Producers and agents forced the artist to chase trends, layering songs with syrupy string arrangements and encouraging him to write about flash-in-the-pan dance crazes (e.g. the twist, the cha-cha). How do we consolidate the boundary-breaking artist of social justice and radical declarations for Civil Rights with the man who frequently capitulated to trends of the music industry? <br /><br />Then there was the intimate Sam Cooke, a side of the artist revealed in twofold during 1963. This year saw the release of the introspective <i>Night Beat </i>album. The parred down recording, lacking the studio embellishments and orchestrations of much of his discography, revealed a different aspect of the artist. As per the title, Night Beat features an eerie late night vibe, unlike the smooth trappings of his previous albums. It is a recording marked by melancholy, doubt, and longing. This album displayed a type of intimacy and maturity unprecedented in the singer’s previous work. This pensive and reflective Sam Cooke not only stood at odds against what came before, but what else he would record that year, a raucous live performance at the Harlem Square Club in Miami, Florida. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfevep3ezyeykPZbu-6XCUTLkE9jTyJ9OafIwycvx-97wa-97WhGsDC9Jc3tKwiIIiFNIJCdOgQ7HSaM25UWYhGeX1DyUjMwR2t8zA4RsyoWNUjz7ijAVofvqsiZC8ziwunJ23cHnx4CldDTWGaovvCQn9z_jFcI5RjVzTVoKHeum8y04uvRJ/s600/Sam%20Cooke%20Harlem%20Square%20Club.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfevep3ezyeykPZbu-6XCUTLkE9jTyJ9OafIwycvx-97wa-97WhGsDC9Jc3tKwiIIiFNIJCdOgQ7HSaM25UWYhGeX1DyUjMwR2t8zA4RsyoWNUjz7ijAVofvqsiZC8ziwunJ23cHnx4CldDTWGaovvCQn9z_jFcI5RjVzTVoKHeum8y04uvRJ/w400-h400/Sam%20Cooke%20Harlem%20Square%20Club.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>The Sam Cooke of <i>Live at the Harlem Square Club</i> is not the pop balladeer of “You Send Me” and “Wonderful World,” nor is it the contemplative singer from Night Beat. This Sam Cooke is energy incarnate, hard-hitting and raw. Standards like “Cupid” and “Having a Party” receive new life, as Cooke howls through his back catalog. Fiery passion and intensity replaces the slickness of the studio recordings. Gone are the saccharine trappings of “For Sentimental Reasons” and “Nothin’ Can Change This Love,” the words to these pop hits meaningless. It is all about the energy Cooke sings with, and that voice. That voice. Sam could sing nonsense and make it sound profound. The voice was all that mattered. This was as far from away from being a “Black Sinatra” as he would ever get. Perhaps this performance was too intense, as executives at Cooke’s label decided releasing the boisterous performance would jeopardize their star’s pop persona. The label canned this release in favour of the schmaltzy <i>Sam Cooke Live at the Copa</i>. The glitz and polish of that recording could not stand more in contrast to what was captured that night in Miami in 1963. Thankfully, the record saw a proper release in 1985 and has since been rightfully recognized as one of the greatest live rock/pop recordings ever released. We finally had a chance to hear that performance, and that voice. Indeed, that voice is all we have left of Sam Cooke. Yet, where does that leave us?<br /><br />The landmark release of “A Change Is Gonna Come” in 1964 created another disruption to the identity of Sam Cooke. This is a song that no essay or critique can encapsulate the power of. It must be listened to, inhabited. It is a call to action, an existential reflection, and a plead for justice so profound and powerful that it has usurped almost all other aspects of Cooke’s legacy. The song turned the singer into “the civil rights singer,” despite the scarcity of political material in his catalog. It is that monumental of a song, its impact hardly deluded despite its 60 years of existence. Despite the legacy-defining power of this track, it may be surprising to learn the song was not initially released as a single. This epochal song saw release on the album <i>Ain’t That Good News </i>in February, and was only released on a single in December as the B-side to the track “Shake,” a return to the more feel-good dance music of Cooke’s past hits. The song would only see its official release as an A-side in 1967, three years after the singer’s passing. Despite this, it would wind up being the Sam Cooke song.<br /><br />The album “Change” was released on, <i>Ain’t That Good News</i>, much like the artist himself, is full of seeming paradoxes. The first side of the record is a stream of hard soul and horn-laden RnB. Its sound has more in common with releases from contemporaries like Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett than the polished pop of Cooke’s past. Yet this is a juxtaposition to what comes on the second side. While it opens up thunderously with “A Change is Gonna Come,” the remainder of the side features a series of orchestral ballads and traditional numbers. This pairing may seem an odd choice, but it shows the complexity of Cooke’s character. He was not one thing, but many. Despite the comfort taken in calling the artist the “civil rights singer,” easily identifying and cataloging him, Sam Cooke was not so easy to pin down. He could extol the pleasures of life in “Good Times,” issue world-shaking profundity with “A Change is Gonna Come”, and croon hackneyed tripe about giving his love “a chicken that has no bone” on “The Riddle Song.” Sam was that complex, that human. As Woolf alluded, many have taken to embracing the shadows of only certain aspects of his legacy, yet people are more than the penumbra of how others chose to view them. As a Black American fighting for Civil Rights, Cooke knew all about the oppression that such aspersions cast by others could engender. <br /><br />Cooke passed away in tragic fashion, murdered on December 11th, 1964 in a Los Angeles motel at the age of thirty-three. Many questions remain after his death, but one of them was what would have happened if tragedy had not struck that fateful day? Who would Sam Cooke have become and what other facets of his person would we have witnessed? Would he continue pursuing socially conscious topics in his music? Would he follow the path set by <i>Night Beat</i>, creating intimate and introspective songs? Would he revert to the type of accessible pop balladry he built his career on? Alternatively, would we have witnessed a completely new artist, inspired by the changes of popular music in the 1960s as heralded by the likes of The Beatles, Hendrix, and Cooke’s inspiration for “Change,” Bob Dylan? Ultimately, we will never know.<br /><br />The question remains, not just for Sam Cooke, but also for the myriad of Black lives taken too young, unjustly robbed of their chance to live, breathe, and be free: who would they have become? We will never know the true Sam Cooke (who do we ever learn to know in a true sense?), but let this mystery stand as an emblem, a reminder of all the lives that we cannot know. When I think of Sam Cooke, I do not think of the man as an activist, entertainer, zealot, nor victim. People are more complex than that, impossible to distill down to a single idea. I choose instead to struggle, to make out details through the shadow cast by my own gaze, to take in the complex and often contradictory elements that made up this singular human being, gifted with a voice like none other and who inspired countless many with his charm, skill, style, and ideas. Sam Cooke was a man, and like all men, was prone to ambition, contradiction, tragedy, and triumph. When remembering Sam Cooke, it is crucial to remember not to let our perceptions, the shadows we cast, loom over who he was. Even if we will never truly grasp the entirety of this incredibly talented human being, the point is to try and embrace the unknowability and seemingly paradoxical nature of who Sam Cooke, who any of us, are.<br /><br />So, who was the real Sam Cooke? Artist? Businessman? Trend-setter? Trend-follower? Lothario? Faithful? Faithless? Activist? Capitalist? Victim? Hero? Voice? Legend? Yes, but also no. Peer through the shadows, scrutinize, and be prepared for an obfuscated view. The act of looking is the point.<div><br /></div><div><b>King of Soul Playlist (Originally Aired On February 3rd, 2024):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Sam Cooke - Mean Old World <br />2. Sam Cooke - Meet Me at Mary’s <br />3. Sam Cooke - It’s All Right/For Sentimental Reasons (Live) <br />4. Sam Cooke - (Somebody) Ease My Troublin’ Mind <br />5. Eddie Spencer - Power of Love <br />6. Eddie Spencer - If This is Love I’d Rather Be Lonely <br />7. Eric Mercury - Everybody Has the Right to Love <br />8. Salome Bey - Paper Man <br />9. Jackie Shane - Send Me Some Lovin’ <br />10. Jackie Shane - Chickadee<br />11. The Soul Stirrers - I’m So Glad (Trouble Don’t Last) <br />12. Dale Cooke - Lovable<br />13. Sam Cooke - Introduction/Soul Twist (Live) <br />14. Sam Cooke - Feel It (Don’t Fight It) (Live) <br />15. Sam Cooke - Nothing Can Change This Love (Live) <br />16. Sam Cooke - Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen<br />17. Jo-Jo and the Fugitives - Fugitive Song <br />18. Lloyd Delpratt - Together <br />19. The Sheiks - Eternal Love <br />20. Jackie Mittoo - Grand Funk<br />21. Jackie Mittoo - Soul Bird <br />22. Otis Redding - A Change Gonna Come <br />23. Aretha Franklin - Good Times <br />24. Jackie Wilson & Count Basie - Chain Gang <br />25. The Supremes - Shake <br />26. Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter ‘Till Three <br />27. Gary U.S. Bonds - Not Me <br />28. The Equals - Police On My Back <br /> <div><br /></div><div><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for <a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/">Revolution Rock</a> and click the February 3 file to download/stream the episode.</b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-17432820296177631372024-02-03T00:01:00.012-05:002024-03-01T00:17:25.635-05:00Coming Up on Revolution Rock in February 2024 & Shows # 1023, 1022, 1021It’s February and that means theme month has arrived for Revolution Rock. Every episode that airs in February will be devoted to a specific theme. Dave and Adam have some cool programming lined up ranging from our annual Black History Month program to our Revolution Surf episode. Revolution Rock can be streamed and downloaded from cjam.ca (and also after it airs on this website). Revolution Rock became a syndicated program back in 2020 and can now be heard on several different campus/community radio stations across Canada in addition to CJAM FM.<br /><br /><div><b>King of Soul: The Music of Sam Cooke and other Soul and R&B Selections</b><br />February 3rd, 2024<br />7-9 PM EST<br />CJAM 99.1 FM (<a href="http://www.cjam.ca">www.cjam.ca</a>)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVRrXqDhyGL9fMl9Psy_K4aqhvDvS7XBz_q8hmFQZiSZc_HxEG9UvHOVoQxUJ1EsCBbJ-33Uzp0xMhfSARVS2-mPqEGQSn6LOjuhLJdpT43W4mk8XXTEtNYnrU4ryFPETltQRxA6rKi-2q1U6kgAMWlPMuAzBHzHcb8yfzGowOHnFmrDk96Rt/s980/Sam%20Cooke%20-%20Michael%20Ochs%20Archives.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="980" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVRrXqDhyGL9fMl9Psy_K4aqhvDvS7XBz_q8hmFQZiSZc_HxEG9UvHOVoQxUJ1EsCBbJ-33Uzp0xMhfSARVS2-mPqEGQSn6LOjuhLJdpT43W4mk8XXTEtNYnrU4ryFPETltQRxA6rKi-2q1U6kgAMWlPMuAzBHzHcb8yfzGowOHnFmrDk96Rt/w640-h426/Sam%20Cooke%20-%20Michael%20Ochs%20Archives.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Who was the real Sam Cooke? It is one of the many mysteries left after the artist’s premature death in 1964. Like any person, he was many things, so many that these facets often appear to be in contradiction. He was a schmaltzy crooner and a throat-rending RnB showman, a gospel-singing spiritualist and a licentious lothario, a shrewd businessperson and an influential Civil Rights activist. Sixty years after his murder, the pieces of this puzzle remain. Will we ever know who exactly this golden-voiced “King of Soul” was? <br /><br /><i>Live at the Harlem Square Club </i>was originally recorded in 1963, the Sam Cooke of <i>Live at the Harlem Square Club i</i>s not the pop balladeer of “You Send Me” and “Wonderful World,” nor is it the contemplative singer from Night Beat (released in 1963). This Sam Cooke is energy incarnate, hard-hitting and raw. Standards like “Cupid” and “Having a Party” receive new life, as Cooke howls through his back catalog. Fiery passion and intensity replaces the slickness of the studio recordings. Perhaps this performance was too intense, as executives at Cooke’s label decided releasing the boisterous performance would jeopardize their star’s pop persona. The label canned this release in favour of the schmaltzy <i>Sam Cooke Live at the Copa</i>, but thankfully, the record saw a proper release in 1985 and has since been rightfully recognized as one of the greatest live rock/pop recordings ever released.<br /><br />On this episode we will be celebrating Black History Month by featuring a selection from Cooke’s discography, including several tracks from the <i>Live at the Harlem Square Club</i> in addition to music from other R&B and soul artists. <br /><br /><b>Ramblin' Rose: The Music of Wayne Kramer and His Influence</b><br />February 10th, 2024<br />7-9 PM EST<br />CJAM 99.1 FM (<a href="http://www.cjam.ca">www.cjam.ca</a>)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tHXrWtpfW2v-Ml6IA9NcC-1aj0gwkVfKkWRzv2z8mOcgpTnv66g8dqzlGpnr-EXk5ZoaxTS_8VQj1JTbjiRIPNSr5pzWBIc3J3N5jw7tZzZwSAkCM1mH0VxqAInQUfwUrmVs2QRgWJ27cTKbfS8OH-wE2JPv7DXsgjcore6Zt5IA8aFFd8sK/s2208/WayneKramer_cred_MikeBarich.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="2208" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tHXrWtpfW2v-Ml6IA9NcC-1aj0gwkVfKkWRzv2z8mOcgpTnv66g8dqzlGpnr-EXk5ZoaxTS_8VQj1JTbjiRIPNSr5pzWBIc3J3N5jw7tZzZwSAkCM1mH0VxqAInQUfwUrmVs2QRgWJ27cTKbfS8OH-wE2JPv7DXsgjcore6Zt5IA8aFFd8sK/w640-h374/WayneKramer_cred_MikeBarich.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Wayne Kramer was co-founder and guitarist in The MC5. Formed in 1963 in Lincoln Park, Michigan, with the MC5 Kramer’s explosive guitar playing was part of a dual guitar attack with Fred “Sonic” Smith, musically one of the early proto punk bands, MC5 pulled influences from early Motown, R&B with early rock and roll sounds of artists such as Chuck Berry and also had an interest in free jazz. Alongside the high-energy performances they were also politically charged lyrically, speaking to the counterculture and underground music scenes at the time. Releasing three albums, their first album was the live album <i>Kick Out The Jams</i>, which was recorded over two nights at the legendary Grande Ballroom in Detroit. It also featured the title classic and highly influential title track. After two more albums (<i>Back in the USA</i> and <i>High Time</i>), the band split in 1972. <br /><br />Following his time with MC5, Kramer continued with music, however, in 1975 he was busted for dealing drugs and spent four years in prison. But, something was happening in the underground, the music of bands such as The MC5 and The Stooges were informing underground bands in the UK and all over. Following his time in jail he started Jail Guitar Doors, an organization that brought instruments to prison inmates in hopes of rehabilitating inmates through the transformative power of music. The non-profit organization was named after a song of the same name by The Clash, which references Kramer’s incarceration. In the 90s he began releasing solo music, signing to Epitaph Records. The MC5 reformed in different incarnations several times (in 2001 and again in 2018). Kramer published his memoir <i>The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5 and My Life of Impossibilities</i> in 2018 and was set to release a new MC5 album, featuring surviving MC5 member Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, alongside several other musicians. Kramer and his music influenced generations of musicians and helped to lay the groundwork for what would become known as punk rock. <br /><br />On this episode, Revolution Rock will devote an entire episode to the music of Wayne Kramer and his influence.<br /><br /><b>Systems Edge: A Dion Lunadon Radio Special </b><br />February 17th, 2024<br />7-9 PM EST<br />CJAM 99.1 FM (<a href="http://www.cjam.ca">www.cjam.ca</a>)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynC3zsxi-F92siCZEPJPxtXw14BpniLTQWHEGzfksHma3RJyNMWGb3A3MXAxpNwGu3-hS6KyeOkHOmUw5Be1GL2nZK-TNSLtTwbiMyd4Glysnde0NpjP13eZuPVF9M7Sqx6AUxJ2LUaybfw6Mb_9Dg6O_ODi-CR3Uhcj-I5LpN1TdVd2ZoZ0y/s1008/Dion%20Lunadon%20Live.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="756" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynC3zsxi-F92siCZEPJPxtXw14BpniLTQWHEGzfksHma3RJyNMWGb3A3MXAxpNwGu3-hS6KyeOkHOmUw5Be1GL2nZK-TNSLtTwbiMyd4Glysnde0NpjP13eZuPVF9M7Sqx6AUxJ2LUaybfw6Mb_9Dg6O_ODi-CR3Uhcj-I5LpN1TdVd2ZoZ0y/w480-h640/Dion%20Lunadon%20Live.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>High-energy rock and roll music is something that has been present in everything that Dion Lunadon has been involved with. Starting out in New Zealand and performing with bands such as The Snitches, Nothing At All, The Rainy Days, he would form The D4 with fellow vocalist/guitarist Jimmy Christmas in the late 90s, along with drummer Rich Mixture and bassist English Jake. The band began to strike a chord as the early 2000s garage rock revival began to take off alongside bands such as The Hives, The Strokes and The White Stripes. The D4’s first release was the album <i>6Twenty</i>. Released in 2001 and named after a guitar amplifier, the album featured six singles several of which charted in the UK. After touring the US and different parts of the world (in addition to being featured on US late night TV shows such as David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel) and two full-length albums, The D4 called it quits in 2006. Dion would go on to perform briefly with a new band after relocating to the US called The True Lovers in 2010 pulling in more soul and blues influences, following that he joined as bassist in the noise rock band A Place To Bury Strangers. In 2017, Dion released his first self-titled solo album, featuring intense and uncompromising rock and roll sounds. Leaving APTBS around 2020, Dion switched focus to his solo work releasing <i>Beyond Everything</i> in 2022 on In The Red Records and touring with a new live band. A third full-length followed also on In The Red in late 2023/2024 called <i>Systems Edge</i>.<br /><br />On this episode we will dig deep into Dion Lunadon’s discography, playing selections from his solo work, The D4, Nothing At All and other bands he has been involved with in addition to an interview with Dion Lunadon. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Revolution Surf 2024</b><br />February 24th, 2024<br />7-9 PM EST<br />CJAM 99.1 FM (<a href="http://www.cjam.ca">www.cjam.ca</a>)</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildLzFwmBdcoxda3JczmZESD2PkDEKTyuAzO_MVWlIgimysL6xKEpEVECNMLTP8Hmy9ceimerScj3dl1KlWA1G9Nh8Cn65Mkz8d8MEp9_NVUuXxZgHYRfCQDbWOG62759Egkkf0F6dfWCwsw2BmjEGDbMgZeGjeSXNYLUCttsWV6whia8xZLnI/s624/Joey%20Ramone%20Surf.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="624" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEildLzFwmBdcoxda3JczmZESD2PkDEKTyuAzO_MVWlIgimysL6xKEpEVECNMLTP8Hmy9ceimerScj3dl1KlWA1G9Nh8Cn65Mkz8d8MEp9_NVUuXxZgHYRfCQDbWOG62759Egkkf0F6dfWCwsw2BmjEGDbMgZeGjeSXNYLUCttsWV6whia8xZLnI/w640-h430/Joey%20Ramone%20Surf.webp" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Every February, Revolution Rock does theme month based episodes, but it all began with an annual surf rock episode in the early halcyon days of the program. The tradition continues this year at the end of February. The influence of surf music is everywhere. You can find it in movies, TV shows and it pops up in other genres as well. The crack of the reverb and twang is hard to miss, but there have also been several bands that you might not expect to have done surf songs. For example, Johnny Thunders covered The Chantays classic “Pipeline” on <i>So Alone</i> in 1978 (it was also a staple of his live set), The Replacements did “Buck Hill” on 1983’s <i>Hootenanny</i>, even members of Devo formed a band called The Wipeouters and released their own unique take on the surf genre titled<i> P’ Twaaangg!!!</i> in 2001. <br /><br />On this episode of Revolution Surf, we will feature several surf songs by bands you might not expect to have done a surf song, in addition to a selection of new and old international surf bands. This program will also feature friend of the show and graphic designer/illustrator extrrodinaire Greg Maxwell (also known as The Ugly Vision).<br /></div><div><br /></div><b>Check out the most recent episodes/playlists of Revolution Rock below:</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Show 1023 (Originally Aired January 27th, 2024)(Positive People, Brian Eno, Big Star, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, The Verlaines, Devo):</b></div><br />1. Window Lamp - Screen Zombie <br />2. Private Lives - Get Loose <br />3. Positive People - Siren <br />4. Positive People - Another Self <br />5. Merin - A Place That Time Forgot <br />6. Packs - AmyW <br />7. Corridor - Mourir Demain<br />8. Paul Jacobs - Expensive <br />9. Outta Controller - Gimme Nothin’ <br />10. Hot Garbage - Mystery<br />11. Brian Eno - Baby’s On Fire <br />12. Brian Eno - Blank Frank<br />13. Big Star - Mod Lang<br />14. Big Star - September Gurls<br />15. Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Demo)<br />16. Bob Dylan - The Ballad of Hollis Brown <br />17. Muddy Waters - My Home is in the Delta <br />18. Muddy Waters - You Can’t Lose What You Never Had <br />19. Weed - Puncture <br />20. Cameronoise - Hillbilly Heroin <br />21. The Sweet Kill - Forbidden <br />22. Devo - Ton O’ Luv <br />23. Victor Dimisch Band - It’s Cold Outside<br />24. The Verlaines - New Kind of Hero <br />25. The Terminals - Batwing <br />26. The Expendables - Head for the Hills<div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></div><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for <a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/">Revolution Rock</a> and click the January 27 file to download/stream the episode. </b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Show 1022 (Originally Aired On January 20th, 2024)(Shangri-Las, Packs, Ty Segall, Ducks Ltd.):</b></div><br />1. The Shangri-Las - Dressed in Black <br />2. The Shangri-Las - Dum Dum Ditty<br />3. Packs - Missy <br />4. Packs - HFCS <br />5. Dana Gavanski - How to Feel Uncomfortable <br />6. Sleater-Kinney - Untidy Creature<br />7. Shadow Show - Aunt Maizy <br />8. It’s All Meat - Feel It <br />9. Ducks Ltd. - Train Full of Gasoline <br />10. Ty Segall - Egg Man <br />11. Sprints Shaking - Their Hands <br />12. Sprints - Adore Adore Adore <br />13. Spectres - AM Gold <br />14. Pissed Jeans - Moving On <br />15. Look Blue Go Purple - Safety in Crossword <br />16. The Great Unwashed - Born in the Wrong Time <br />17. The Axemen - Rocks in My Heart <br />18. The Fall - Room to Live <br />19. The Exploding Budgies - Hank Marvin <br />20. Fever Feel - Running Through An Open Door <br />21. Breeze - Disposable <br />22. Folly Group - Strange Neighbour <br />23. The Bug Club - Four Sisters<br />24. Rick White - Big Mess <br />25. Rick White - My Cage<br />26. Klark Kent - Thrills (Demo) <br />27. Women - Untogether <div><br /></div><div><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for <a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/">Revolution Rock</a> and click the January 20 file to download/stream the episode.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Show 1021 (Originally Aired On January 13th, 2024) (Shadow Show, Dog Day, Joni Mitchell, Two Dollar Bill, Gram Parsons):</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div>1. Shadow Show - Mystic Spiral <br />2. Daniel Romano’s Outfit - Field of Ruins <br />3. Dog Day - Suffer Surfer <br />4. Dog Day - Wasn’t It Nice<br />5. Angel Face - You’re No Angel<br />6. Imploders - What Do You Want? <br />7. Psychic Void - Something Sweet<br />8. Neil Young & the Santa Monica Flyers ft. Joni Mitchell - Raised On Robbery<br />9. Joni Mitchell - People’s Parties <br />10. Gram Parsons - Return of the Grevious Angel<br />11. Two Dollar Bill & His Bad Pennies - Newfoundland Bullet (Live)<br />12. Bob Dylan - Can’t Wait (Version 2) <br />13. The DoubleHappys - Needles & Plastic <br />14. The Sneaky Feelings - Someone Else’s Eyes <br />15. Jean-Paul Sartre Experience - Jabberwocky <br />16. The Bats - Had to be You <br />17. The Gordons - I Just Can’t Stop<br />18. Tall Dwarfs - Shade for Today <br />19. Mo Troper - Citgo Sign<br />20. Diners - So What <br />21. Wetface - Man in Love<br />22. Aversions - New Whip <br />23. Ghost Woman - Highly Unlikely <br />24. Bog Moss - Dayglow Tree<br />25. Bloodshot Bill - You Gotta <div><br /></div><div><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for <a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/">Revolution Rock</a> and click the January 13 file to download/stream the episode.</b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-56279707425206331762024-01-07T22:09:00.003-05:002024-01-08T08:31:34.409-05:00Revolution Rock: The 2023 Interviews & Show # 1020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ16Cu-0BAh7WXrFOQjsWmLHp1wcidmWYzStHg56MpsTE_yZLLcamk4zbVbIStz5DnlmhCUeFHB8nbUQ6powEHhj2g4lGw5YE5k-KmJZCm31c5n43jjQyqhFxo8dWukAdvNpyqJlZ2tDGwIFzs-nX5G09WRcUyTbHhZROhjrNxzK03f7OR93tq/s3801/revrock2023interviews3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ16Cu-0BAh7WXrFOQjsWmLHp1wcidmWYzStHg56MpsTE_yZLLcamk4zbVbIStz5DnlmhCUeFHB8nbUQ6powEHhj2g4lGw5YE5k-KmJZCm31c5n43jjQyqhFxo8dWukAdvNpyqJlZ2tDGwIFzs-nX5G09WRcUyTbHhZROhjrNxzK03f7OR93tq/w640-h640/revrock2023interviews3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>In 2023, Revolution had seven interviews featured on the program. Five audio interviews were done and two email based interviews specifically for this website. As we have done in recent years, we did an episode containing highlights (or clips) from each of the audio interviews that we did and played some music/music relating to each of those artists. Below you will find some info about these interviews in addition to the playlist and download/streaming links to the episode.<br /><b><br />An Interview with Jose Contreras (of By Divine Right) (February 2023):</b><div><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONcMkkYQI-eb4-XousSusMJ0WGId4G3RYod1Wq6iVKZ0i5nkG1oG82iCUc8BwB1aQvReqzOCedlMM8hUiDq4kwcdpDfq8brIaEnGcJ6mYbCwr8P6v6qHh-e_k_dU-4zm3DdBqkFqAsJA6Kbpf2q8vuaeqV2ocN-RSqq2wLWsIxmrarmMVIy-z/s2048/bdr%20jose%20interview.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONcMkkYQI-eb4-XousSusMJ0WGId4G3RYod1Wq6iVKZ0i5nkG1oG82iCUc8BwB1aQvReqzOCedlMM8hUiDq4kwcdpDfq8brIaEnGcJ6mYbCwr8P6v6qHh-e_k_dU-4zm3DdBqkFqAsJA6Kbpf2q8vuaeqV2ocN-RSqq2wLWsIxmrarmMVIy-z/w640-h640/bdr%20jose%20interview.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br /><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Otto Motto</i> is the latest album released by Toronto’s By Divine Right. A now legendary proto-indie rock band, By Divine Right is fronted by Jose Contreras and the band has seen many lineup changes throughout the years, in their previous lineups they featured Feist, Brendan Canning (of Broken Social Scene) and Brian Borcherdt (of Holy Fuck). The lineup of Jose Contreras (guitar/vocals), Geordie Dynes (drums) and Alysha Haugen (bass) had been together since 2010 (the lineup changed slightly in mid 2023). In 2016, the band recorded a full album cover of Depeche Mode’s <i>Speak & Spell</i> album in their rehearsal space, calling it <i>Speak & Spell U.S. Otto Motto</i> is a sprawling double album containing 14 tracks and features haunting psychedelic pop textures to the songs as the lyrics dig deep and are contemplative. We spoke with Jose covering the making of <i>Otto Motto</i> and a bit of the band’s history for Revolution Rock’s theme month based programming in February.<br /><br /><b>Listen to the full interview here:</b><div><b><iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://player-widget.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-jose-contreras-interview-february-11th-2023%2F" width="100%"></iframe></b><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2023/02/jose-contreras-bdr-interview-otto-motto.html">Read the original post here.</a></b></div><div><br /><b>An Interview with Chris Jack (of The Routes) (February 2023):</b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKvNPoI_OkNvXhGEnMXV8eBEcR95pWlGr5l0DczjUH3eEMRODkJy2N2wMZorhlQ5RT2FN6sQjr5l_FfxcrcwqdEdhHymqijkgZeBxbU9bMlacnf6Rc0wkXmp1pASheQaTjg1i9FfGsmRAWRY2QroXSjkQ1LKoLOwdNxdreNMdeKzEgVgpxNCV/s2048/the%20routes%20crhis%20jack%20interview.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjKvNPoI_OkNvXhGEnMXV8eBEcR95pWlGr5l0DczjUH3eEMRODkJy2N2wMZorhlQ5RT2FN6sQjr5l_FfxcrcwqdEdhHymqijkgZeBxbU9bMlacnf6Rc0wkXmp1pASheQaTjg1i9FfGsmRAWRY2QroXSjkQ1LKoLOwdNxdreNMdeKzEgVgpxNCV/w640-h640/the%20routes%20crhis%20jack%20interview.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>The Routes have been releasing music since 2007, but lately they have been putting out two, or sometimes more releases a year. The band is lead by multi-instrumentalist/main songwriter Christopher Jack and currently features drummer Bryan Styles. In 2022, they released <i>The Twang Machine</i>, a surf tribute to Kraftwerk that works so well, in 2021 two instrumental albums (<i>Instrumentals II</i> and Shake Five) were released in addition to <i>Mesmerised</i>, a psych, reverb doused collection of tracks with vocals. While they are a garage punk band, they often blur the lines of that title pulling other influences creating something different each time. At the end of 2022, the instrumental album <i>Get Past Go!</i> was released and in February 2023, the garage-psych album that pulls in post-punk influences titled <i>Lead Lined Clouds</i> was released. Later in 2023 they released the all surf tribute to Buzzcocks titled <i>Reverberation Addict</i>. We spoke with Chris about The Routes history and making their recent albums as part of Revolution Rock’s annual theme month based programming in February.</div><div><br /><b>Listen to the full interview here:<iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://player-widget.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-chris-jack-of-the-routes-interview-february-25th-2023%2F" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /></b><b><a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2023/03/chris-jack-the-routes-interview-get-past-go-lead-lined-clouds.html">Read the original post here.</a></b></div><div><b><br />An Interview with Evan Uschenko (of Ghost Woman) (May 2023):</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXHUYUZ0IJ6FAxZa6kRRc4Jrbao1XrchMUt4g4m5Jn55AERhyphenhyphenr__bwaY5B0rk2FIE3zOd62nhl_OirYrTi-Yn1c2FXjfrp9oaRksydcmVgzBMVkrwXuLlw-4OZtQ4SPgGyxrH2yF1GPJAMHsFPm9R3o8j_-_V389nBOR3AX__4KFHqpkIJ2_F/s1200/gw%20anne,%20if.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCXHUYUZ0IJ6FAxZa6kRRc4Jrbao1XrchMUt4g4m5Jn55AERhyphenhyphenr__bwaY5B0rk2FIE3zOd62nhl_OirYrTi-Yn1c2FXjfrp9oaRksydcmVgzBMVkrwXuLlw-4OZtQ4SPgGyxrH2yF1GPJAMHsFPm9R3o8j_-_V389nBOR3AX__4KFHqpkIJ2_F/w640-h640/gw%20anne,%20if.jpeg" width="640" /></a><b><br /></b><br />Ghost Woman’s <i>Anne, If </i>was released in January 2023 on the Full Time Hobby label. Following 2022’s critically acclaimed self-titled debut, <i>Anne, If</i> picks up where that album left off. The music was written/recorded/performed by multi-instrumentalist Evan Uschenko on a Tascam 388 tape recorder in a large, expansive house. The press release states that when recording the album there was not much to do <b>“except record music, watch old VHS movies, and cook meals over an open fire in the backyard.”</b> Recording songs at different times of day also influenced the sounds and nuances present on <i>Anne, If</i>. Influences such as songs from 60s garage <i>Nuggets</i> compilation, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Love, <i>Safe As Milk-era</i> Captain Beefheart, Can, Neu!, and 60s Kinks/The Creation all float around in the musical atmosphere of these songs, however, these all add to the chemistry of the songs to expand Ghost Woman’s sound. In November 2023, Ghost Woman released <i>Hindsight is 50/50</i>. This album was recorded in a studio in France adding a moodier live feel, this time in collaboration with drummer for the group Ille van Dessel. We did a short interview with Evan for the website about <i>Anne, If.</i><br /><b><br /><a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2023/05/anne-if-interview-with-evan-uschenko-of.html">Read the interview here.</a></b><br /><br /><b>An Interview with Mononegatives (June 2023):</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kDoDclIT8YfUbmoqbbESP0F1HrExcO9m6_lxT2QCVkniQoU3meoQHLLy8huDUJ1YE8lMHZWYNhC7rVsjk3E2mK_WjflkvOAq66j_tj_jmmXveFrnHCTudaOaEt475sRnBZ1xZFAyROQlwejRFrsH0RKSWZss-oPUwwD1xtPxnncEdA4ZsAQw/s1200/mononegatives%20crossing%20visual%20field.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3kDoDclIT8YfUbmoqbbESP0F1HrExcO9m6_lxT2QCVkniQoU3meoQHLLy8huDUJ1YE8lMHZWYNhC7rVsjk3E2mK_WjflkvOAq66j_tj_jmmXveFrnHCTudaOaEt475sRnBZ1xZFAyROQlwejRFrsH0RKSWZss-oPUwwD1xtPxnncEdA4ZsAQw/w640-h640/mononegatives%20crossing%20visual%20field.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Crossing Visual Field </i>is the second full-length album by London, Ontario’s Mononegatives. Their sound has been described as “raw punk meets new wave” and with 2021’s fast selling and critically acclaimed <i>Apparatus Division</i>, Mononegatives set themselves apart as a band experimenting with the punk meets new wave genre. Featuring Rob Brake on guitar/synth/vocals, Aaron Wallis bass and David Cereghini on drums, <i>Crossing Visual Field</i> was recorded once again with producer Preston Lobzun, but this time at a home studio in Scarborough. The band spent two years writing, recording and preparing for this record. With extra sonic details this time around, <i>Crossing Visual Field </i>brings a new atmosphere and broader scope to Mononegatives previous anxious nervous energy dynamic. We spoke with the members of Mononegatives for this website and covered the making of the album and a bit of the band’s history.<br /><br /><b><a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2023/06/crossing-visual-field-interview-with.html">Read the full interview here.</a></b><br /><b><br />An Interview with Don Pyle (of Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet) (July 2023):</b></div><div><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0x19L8Jtv5By5Yg7T-7h78zQL3e_ieKH3jCfkxHNWsZGGqxs48QH4JkqAd85GEq7wDDVv-OL-Cus3lRGc7UHQIpFmjjhEChBC5NmbSjyT6GtarjHfcnXVZ_iniDg3kN1-Efqqbjvayhm8Z3_F0XwTL_AQD2lq498sComhCU0Hfctg0ffIgJXh/s2048/SMOASP%20Don%20Pyle%20interview.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0x19L8Jtv5By5Yg7T-7h78zQL3e_ieKH3jCfkxHNWsZGGqxs48QH4JkqAd85GEq7wDDVv-OL-Cus3lRGc7UHQIpFmjjhEChBC5NmbSjyT6GtarjHfcnXVZ_iniDg3kN1-Efqqbjvayhm8Z3_F0XwTL_AQD2lq498sComhCU0Hfctg0ffIgJXh/w640-h640/SMOASP%20Don%20Pyle%20interview.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br />In 1993, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet released their third full-length album titled <i>Sport Fishin’</i>: <i>The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook</i>. Prior to recording the album the band was quite busy. Whether it was touring, rehearsing, recording music for the<i> Kids In The Hall</i> TV Series or recording singles, it was a whirlwind of activity for the band. Before the recording of <i>Sport Fishin’</i>, SMOASP recorded some singles with Steve Albini at his home studio. Some of these tracks would wind up on a few different releases such as the D<i>og & Squeegie</i> single released in 1992 on the Estrus label and the <i>Take Outs</i> single released on the Derivative label in August of 1993. Just before Christmas of 1992 however, they recorded and mixed over a five-day period with Steve Albini at the Chicago Recording Company studio. The results would be the <i>Sport Fishin’</i> album. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album’s release we played the album in full on the program (in July) and also spoke with drummer Don Pyle about recording the album during that time period. <br /><br /><b>Listen to the full interview here:<iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://player-widget.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-don-pyle-interview-july-1st-2023%2F" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /><a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2023/07/sport-fishin-an-interview-with-don-pyle.html">Read the original post here.</a></b></div><div><b><br />An Interview with Bry Webb (September 2023):</b></div><div><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIn1F7aUmUbwTrr64x-YgUhAsiI4fxCaB-8Xp7m88VHbRyeRb_4hsI9pfvESooUdfnWBhRGV6toqaYZYrAd3wy59zSDLmdcWUr2uQIby8gDJm2C9_tOZCTDLADkqW4qs-hGwO8cBhZB6Iy8xeTEAFj-u77Lhm4vNcqTirfgq26Pi1cdGlMCnnh/s3801/revrock2023brywebb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIn1F7aUmUbwTrr64x-YgUhAsiI4fxCaB-8Xp7m88VHbRyeRb_4hsI9pfvESooUdfnWBhRGV6toqaYZYrAd3wy59zSDLmdcWUr2uQIby8gDJm2C9_tOZCTDLADkqW4qs-hGwO8cBhZB6Iy8xeTEAFj-u77Lhm4vNcqTirfgq26Pi1cdGlMCnnh/w640-h640/revrock2023brywebb.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>“Thunder Bay” was the first single released by Canadian singer/songwriter Bry Webb from his album <i>Run With Me</i>. Inspired by a desire to sing and play music again after not releasing music for quite a few years, the songs that make up <i>Run With Me </i>are made up with inspiration to play again and the connections/contributions from different musicians over Webb’s career. Also known for being the lead vocalist in Constantines, Webb’s album <i>Run With Me</i> is his third full-length release and his first new album since 2014’s <i>Free Will </i>(there was also a live album, <i>Live at Massey Hall </i>in 2015). We spoke with Bry Webb about making the album <i>Run With Me</i> and the challenges that came along with it, we spoke of The Constantines, his early bands, and Webb’s earlier solo albums.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2023/10/run-with-me-interview-with-bry-webb.html">Find the original post here.</a></b><br /><br /><b>Listen to the full interview here:<iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://player-widget.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-bry-webb-interview%2F" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br />An Interview with Tommy Stinson (October 2023):</b></div><div><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjn9QWZ-cFfQDFuXPeHISOzBrp0LmJc24GMI0kaeCk2Gb1kNmix7xPXmqXGgbYYBR4q9yTpbnYto7VrJ9-zxC7vt_Dk_tUvCvvbx8R9_34cm-1OhKuPBIZxEZFNkom2D958YjgWtBTZpOLxPT56on03VtTvV4rarhUYOGuDKG0ex-ieX01HhTs/s3801/revrock2023tommystinson3(brighter).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjn9QWZ-cFfQDFuXPeHISOzBrp0LmJc24GMI0kaeCk2Gb1kNmix7xPXmqXGgbYYBR4q9yTpbnYto7VrJ9-zxC7vt_Dk_tUvCvvbx8R9_34cm-1OhKuPBIZxEZFNkom2D958YjgWtBTZpOLxPT56on03VtTvV4rarhUYOGuDKG0ex-ieX01HhTs/w640-h640/revrock2023tommystinson3(brighter).jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire released their debut album <i>Wronger</i> in June 2023. The album collects a mix of alt-country, rockabilly, folk songs and features musicians Tommy Stinson and Chip Roberts. Stinson and Roberts’ history goes back many years, he even helped co-write a song on Stinson’s Bash & Pop album <i>Anything Could Happen</i> in 2007. But, for those of you who don’t know Tommy got his start playing bass in the Minneapolis band The Replacements, then went on to play in numerous groups such as Perfect, Guns n’ Roses, Soul Asylum, Bash & Pop. <i>Wronger</i> got its start with some sessions recorded in Texas with Christine Smith around 2016/2017 with John Doe on bass, the rest were recorded in Stinson’s New York studio. There are several different musicians on this album that all add to its makeup, but overall it comes off as a stripped down collection of songs that flows together so naturally. Revolution Rock spoke with Tommy Stinson about <i>Wronger's</i> creation, a bit of his musical history with Perfect, The Replacements <i>Let It Be</i> reissue and more.<br /><br /><b>Listen to the full interview here:<iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://player-widget.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-tommy-stinson-interview-october-7th-2023%2F" width="100%"></iframe></b><br /></div></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2023/10/wronger-interview-with-tommy-stinson.html">Find the original post here.</a></b></div><br /></div><div><b>Show 1020 (Originally Aired On January 6th, 2023)(The 2023 Interviews Playlist):</b></div><br />1. By Divine Right - I Climb (Demo) (<i>OTTO MOTTO DEMO</i> - 2023)<br />2. By Divine Right - East Side Anthem (<i>OTTO MOTTO</i> - Fortune Stellar Records - 2022)<div><br /><b>JOSE CONTRERAS (OF BY DIVINE RIGHT) INTERVIEW CLIP</b></div><div> <br />3. By Divine Right - It's Not Over (<i>OTTO MOTTO</i> - Fortune Stellar Records - 2022)<br />4. The Routes - Opinions (<i>Lead Lined Clouds </i>- Ottis Media Records - 2023)<br />5. The Routes - In A Rut (<i>Get Past Go! </i>- Ottis Media Records - 2022)</div><div><br /><b>CHRIS JACK (OF THE ROUTES) INTERVIEW CLIP</b></div><div> <br />6. The Routes - Fast Cars (<i>Reverberation Addict </i>- Topsy Turvy Records - 2023)<br />7. Ghost Woman - Street Meet (<i>Anne, If </i>- Full-Time Hobby - 2023)<br />8. Ghost Woman - Broke (<i>Anne, If </i>- Full-Time Hobby - 2023)<br />9. Mononegatives - Living in the Future (<i>Crossing Visual Field</i> - Dowd Records - 2023)<br />10. Mononegatives - Disappearing Architecture (<i>Crossing Visual Field</i> - Dowd Records - 2023)<br />11. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - (Relax) You Will Think You Are A Chicken (<i>Sport Fishin': The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook </i>- Cargo Records - 1993)<br />12. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Peas Porridge Rock (<i>Sport Fishin': The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook </i>- Cargo Records - 1993)</div><div><br /><b>DON PYLE (OF SHADOWY MEN ON A SHADOWY PLANET) INTERVIEW CLIP</b></div><div> <br />13. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Plastic for 500, Bob (<i>Sport Fishin': The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook </i>- Cargo Records - 1993)<br />14. Bry Webb - AM Blues (<i>Free Will </i>- Idee Fix Records - 2014)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>BRY WEBB INTERVIEW CLIP</b></div><div><br />15. Bry Webb - Outbound Only, No Return (<i>Run With Me</i> - Indee Fix Records - 2023)<br />16. Bry Webb - Modern Mind (<i>Run With Me</i> - Idee Fix Records - 2023)<br />17. Tommy Stinson's Cowboys in the Campfire - We Ain't (<i>Wronger</i> - Done To Death Music, Inc. - 2023)</div><div><br /><b>TOMMY STINSON INTERVIEW CLIP</b></div><div> <br />18. Tommy Stinson's Cowboys in the Campfire - Mr. Wrong (<i>Wronger</i> - Done To Death Music, Inc. - 2023)<br />19. The Replacements - Kiss Me on the Bus (Demo) (<i>Tim: Let It Bleed Edition</i> - Rhino Records - 2023)</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the January 6 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>For those keeping track episode 1019 (which aired on December 30th) was a repeat of Revolution Rock's Shane MacGowan special for Joe Strummer day. You can hear that episode <a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/">here</a> and the playlist <a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2023/12/JSD-2023-the-music-of-shane-macgowan-and-the-pogues.html">here.</a></b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-65040092079658384272023-12-23T22:26:00.004-05:002023-12-24T11:11:04.107-05:00Joe Strummer Day 2023: The Music of Shane MacGowan & The Pogues (Show # 1018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwT2qKqmM_g8J04NoBB5SiuT0CBwOigWxp0I-8lJkZqAL1-FNp92ViTeOZ10tk3eRp3oGOuGdElmbqLPQBULA_4lpGkGTTX_qoQRkFA3Sqqo-LYx3YyeRiEB-r2RjLMx_B2goGVNlKBaFEN0t0mNTykawcy_ow9aq36DTCWOp6GDNvneMEj9B6/s3801/revrock2023JSD-update2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwT2qKqmM_g8J04NoBB5SiuT0CBwOigWxp0I-8lJkZqAL1-FNp92ViTeOZ10tk3eRp3oGOuGdElmbqLPQBULA_4lpGkGTTX_qoQRkFA3Sqqo-LYx3YyeRiEB-r2RjLMx_B2goGVNlKBaFEN0t0mNTykawcy_ow9aq36DTCWOp6GDNvneMEj9B6/w640-h640/revrock2023JSD-update2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>On November 30th, 2023, Irish singer/songwriter Shane MacGowan passed. Known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter in The Pogues, the music they made drew on traditional Irish Celtic music that when combined with the energy and attitude of punk became its own thing. Some call it Celtic punk, but if anything it was a fresh take that took from the influences of Irish music of the past and when combined with MacGowan’s lyrical prowess created something new. <br /><br /><div>Born on Christmas Day 1957 in Kent, England to Irish parents, MacGowan began reading literature at a young age. He spent the early days of his childhood in Tipperary, Ireland being surrounded by family and Irish culture. By age eleven he was devouring works by authors such as James Joyce, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Samuel Beckett, Brendan Behan, to name a few. He won the Daily Mirror children’s literary award at age 13. He was also deeply fascinated by music. Music and literature would be forever linked for MacGowan. He arrived back in London just as the punk scene was starting as a teen, becoming a regular of shows by bands such as Sex Pistols and The Clash. He also started his own fanzine called <i>Bondage</i> published in 1976. Shortly after this he was in his own punk band that went by the name The Nipple Erectors and later The Nips with Shanne Bradley. He went under the alias Shane O’Hooligan. Despite being in this band and having some good songs, he quickly developed an interest in a band drawing on traditional Irish music upon seeing an early group that featured future Pogues members Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. <br /><br />As the band’s popularity grew in London, it was apparent that MacGowan had a gift for lyrics, which are often called poetic. The way that some songs evoke feeling and meaning whether it’s the anti-war song that is also tied in with themes of regret and lost love “A Pair of Brown Eyes,” to songs such as “Dark Streets of London,” “A Rainy Night in Soho,” “Sally MacLennane” “Turkish Song of the Damned,” “Summer in Siam” or covers such as the vivid, yet dusty and grimy vignettes in “Dirty Old Town,” to name a few, showcase a range of depth that is not present in a lot of music. After the release of <i>Red Roses For Me</i> in 1984, <i>Rum, Sodomy & The Lash</i> followed in 1985. Produced by Elvis Costello, this is often viewed as an album where MacGowan’s songs really came into their own. <br /><br /><i>If I Should Fall From Grace With God</i> from 1988 was their third full-length that featured their best-known song “Fairytale of New York.” The song itself took two years to complete, but was written by MacGowan and Jem Finer. This gritty, festive Christmas classic is unconventional and melancholic, but honest. Written as a duet, the song didn’t really click until Kristy MacColl was added as the guest vocalist on the track. The song reached number two on the UK Singles Charts in 1987 and number one in Ireland, but has climbed the charts every year since 2005 around the holidays. Many view this song as a masterpiece and it is hard to argue with its uncompromising, yet heart-warming spirit. MacGowan and The Pogues parted ways after the Joe Strummer produced album <i>Hell’s Ditch</i> in 1990. Shane would go on to play with Shane MacGowan & The Popes, releasing two albums (<i>The Snake</i> (1994) and <i>Crock of Gold</i> (1997)). MacGowan and The Pogues did reunite for live shows at different times between 2001-2014.<br /><br />The music MacGowan created with The Pogues and afterwards, spoke to outsiders, marginalized people and those that felt left behind. It has a complexity and depth that yearned for something simpler, despite the complications of the present. The songs still do this and will many years from now when people will still sing songs of times long gone.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>JSD 2023 Playlist: The Music of Shane MacGowan & The Pogues (Originally Aired December 22nd, 2023):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. The Nipple Erectors - King of the Bop (<i>Bops, Babes, Booze & Bovver</i> - Big Beat Records/Soho Records - 1987)<br />2. The Pogues - Streams of Whiskey (<i>Red Roses for Me - Stiff Records</i> - 1984)<br />3. The Pogues - A Pair of Brown Eyes (<i>Rum, Sodomy & The Lash - Stiff Records</i> - 1985)<br />4. The Pogues - Body of an American (<i>Poguetry in Motion EP </i>- Stiff Records - 1986)<br />5. The Pogues - Turkish Song of the Damned (<i>If I Should Fall From Grace with God </i>- Pogue Mahone Records/Island Records - 1988)<br />6. The Pogues - White City (<i>Peace and Love </i>- Island Records - 1989)<br />7. The Pogues - Lorca's Novena (<i>Hell's Ditch</i> - Island Records - 1990)<br />8. Shane MacGowan & The Popes- Come to Bower (<i>Crock of Gold </i>- ZTT - 1997)<br />9. The Pogues - Dirty Old Town (<i>Rum, Sodomy & The Lash - Stiff Records</i> - 1985)<br />10. The Pogues - Boys from the County Hell (BBC Session) (The BBC Sessions 1984-1986<br />11. The Pogues - Rake at the Gates of Hell (Straight to Hell Soundtrack <br />12. The Pogues - Fairy Tale of New York (2nd Demo) (<i>Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Poguemahone!</i> - Rhino Records - 2008)<br />13. The Pogues - Waxie's Dargle (<i>Red Roses for Me - Stiff Records</i> - 1984)<br />14. The Pogues - If I Should Fall Grace with God (<i>If I Should Fall From Grace with God </i>- Pogue Mahone Records/Island Records - 1988)<br />15. The Pogues (With Joe Strummer) - Rain Street (Live) (<i>The Pogues</i> <i>with Joe Strummer - Live in London </i>- Rhino Records - 2014)<br />16. Shane MacGowan & the Popes - Haunted (featuring Sinead O'Connor) (<i>The Snake</i> - ZTT - 1994)<br />17. The Dubliners (with The Pogues) - The Irish Rover (<i>25 Years Celebration</i> - Harmac - 1987)<br />18. Ronnie Drew - The Dunes The Humour is On Me Now <br />19. The Pogues - The Auld Triangle (<i>Red Roses for Me - Stiff Records</i> - 1984)<br />20. The Pogues - A Rainy Night in Soho (<i>Poguetry in Motion EP </i>- Stiff Records - 1986)<br />21. The Pogues - Sally MacLennane (<i>Rum, Sodomy & The Lash - Stiff Records</i> - 1985)<div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the December 23 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Please note an encore edition of this episode aired on December 23rd, 2023.</b></div><div><br /></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-81427125488442698832023-12-16T23:08:00.001-05:002023-12-22T22:43:16.534-05:002023 Album Highlights & Shows 1017, 1016, 1014<div><div>For our annual albums of the year episodes, Revolution Rock once again did not rank any of the albums with any specific number. The following selections for the two episodes posted here feature a mix of albums from 2023 in no specific order, but all of them were albums that we enjoyed. Below you will also find four write-ups from albums that were released in 2023. Following these words are playlists and download/listening links to two episodes featuring music released in 2023.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><a href="https://psychicvoid.bandcamp.com/album/cemetery-eyes" target="_blank">Psychic Void </a>– Cemetery Eyes</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT25CGQE2_Xs0SnXVkobglSR3rR1tCVX9ZCCwbFrqGoF6fcQdKx5wZeeDxNgDxU0yaEwFyoeokxaeXTvN02JCnLuw_67O2Vs9jUVHp3L6N0hnzuJHjpLLeKmFCNSfHmSHJBpjOZ8C5xJ-K_wYoPoISSuZQWrpAUn42aK87V7AmxxJRvuv7gQh/s1200/Psychic%20Void%20-%20Cemetery%20Eyes%20(cover).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYT25CGQE2_Xs0SnXVkobglSR3rR1tCVX9ZCCwbFrqGoF6fcQdKx5wZeeDxNgDxU0yaEwFyoeokxaeXTvN02JCnLuw_67O2Vs9jUVHp3L6N0hnzuJHjpLLeKmFCNSfHmSHJBpjOZ8C5xJ-K_wYoPoISSuZQWrpAUn42aK87V7AmxxJRvuv7gQh/w640-h640/Psychic%20Void%20-%20Cemetery%20Eyes%20(cover).jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Described as psych punk, mixing in elements of 80s hardcore, punk and psychedelia, <i>Cemetery Eyes</i> is the third full-length album from Windsor, Ontario’s Psychic Void. Picking up where 2019’s <i>Skeleton Paradise</i> left off, guitarist Josh Kaiser, bassist Matt Menard and drummer Sean Carpenter add more grit to their sound as Jesse Knight’s vocals bring another element to the music tapping into themes of paranoia, the surreal, authority, brat boys and existential emptiness. Recorded and produced by guitarist Josh Kaiser, <i>Cemetery Eyes</i> is just eight tracks long and was self-released on cassette/digitally. </div><div><br /></div><div>“In My Head” starts <i>Cemetery Eyes</i> off with fuzzy guitar and bass that sound both like hardcore punk and the burnt out sounds of Goggs. Driving drums and bass propel this track as vocalist Jesse Knight howls throughout adding even more atmosphere to this opening scuzzy track before “Wash It Down” begins. Psych driven garage riffs drift overtop of floating drums and deep cutting baselines as lyrics “<b>This very strange world’s got you feeling like you’re stuck in a rut/Rock in your head/ They keep coming for you, man” </b>taps into a world of paranoia and lack of thought. “Something Sweet” features lyrics such as <b>“I’m dancing every night while I laugh in the dark/be better to yourself/ That’s a good place to start” </b>and the chorus of <b>“So let the poison hit my tongue/It’s what I need to have some fun”</b> that conjures euphoric existential themes in between an overall grimy psych punk groove, “Back 2 Reality” is a faster track featuring intense guitar and bass riffs, punk drums that brings scuzzy hardcore punk influences, “Brat Boy” ignites punk and fiery psych vibes with character driven lyrics about a bratty kid that can’t seem to break bad habits, “The Man” features venomous socially critical lyrics and punk saturated tempos, while synth wave and horror punk dominate “Hear Me Out” and the haunting title track. <i>Cemetery Eyes</i> delivers grittier psych punk sounds and an introspective look that reveals the cracks in our modern world of malaise that is hard to escape.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://mononegatives.bandcamp.com/album/crossing-visual-field" target="_blank">Mononegatives</a> – Crossing Visual Field</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbHqk9Dk2WrBIMIx33SLrUiC2BfpqHC_5ZEOINajq4_FyAaCJOgk6jatlIIt9s5vQ-4nh2VTM1J7eTfQS_kmIhmQ0tD0aUQzlvV6O2KAgAHD1LLrT-0XzBgbljo6toZyvA9lqif6NEomYg-lDjbcDhCNlb887o0eq2Ps9EIpAawCrApPEqzzM/s1200/mononegatives%20crossing%20visual%20field.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbHqk9Dk2WrBIMIx33SLrUiC2BfpqHC_5ZEOINajq4_FyAaCJOgk6jatlIIt9s5vQ-4nh2VTM1J7eTfQS_kmIhmQ0tD0aUQzlvV6O2KAgAHD1LLrT-0XzBgbljo6toZyvA9lqif6NEomYg-lDjbcDhCNlb887o0eq2Ps9EIpAawCrApPEqzzM/w640-h640/mononegatives%20crossing%20visual%20field.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Crossing Visual Field</i> is the second full-length album by London, Ontario’s Mononegatives. Their sound has been described as “raw punk meets new wave” and with 2021’s fast selling and critically acclaimed <i>Apparatus Division</i>, Mononegatives set themselves apart as a band experimenting with the punk meets new wave genre. Featuring Rob Brake on guitar/synth/vocals, Aaron Wallis bass and David Cereghini on drums, <i>Crossing Visual Field</i> was recorded once again with producer Preston Lobzun, but this time at a home studio in Scarborough. The band spent two years writing, recording and preparing for this record. With extra sonic details this time around, <i>Crossing Visual Field </i>brings a new atmosphere and broader scope to Mononegatives previous anxious nervous energy dynamic.</div><div><br /></div><div>“North Carolina Atomic Bomb” was the lead off single for this album. Described as an atmospheric dark synth-wave track, this song features what sounds like a malfunctioning synthesizer, buzzing bass and crunchy guitar sounds tuning into an almost post punk electronic frequency as Brake sings lines such as <b>“Splitting an atom/Flicking a switch,” “Frequencies shifting frequently”</b> and <b>“A clock moving backwards/The world spins in reverse/Never a moment/You can afford to waste”</b> describing a wasteland of the future and technological ruin. The way the song is executed here is tense, restless and sounds like it is about to implode at any minute. Living in the Future” is a bass and midi-sounding synthesizer driving track with lyrics that convey a post-apocalyptic world, while “Deficit” ends <i>Crossing Visual Field</i>. The post punk/garage track with a thought provoking chorus of <b>“Tomorrow is hand to mouth” </b>leaves open a bleak, yet fragmented outcome between the apocalyptic worlds described throughout this album and our modern day dystopia. With <i>Crossing Visual Field,</i> Mononegatives combine elements of post punk, synth rock, punk, garage and the lo-fi genre into its own thing. With a deeper sense of complexity and experimentation, themes of distant and not so distant dystopias, nuclear paranoia and the apocalypse, all wrap around a new sense of atmosphere and musical structure. The songs found here are not just one thing, but many things at once. They are a bit cryptic and can elicit different meanings on repeat listens. <i>Crossing Visual Field </i>brings Mononegatives into a new focus as they travel across different sonic landscapes.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><a href="https://ghostwoman.bandcamp.com/album/anne-if-2" target="_blank">Ghost Woman </a>– Anne, If</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupevXDD54y9ARRWXTdPYJUw0TGUfXlYmZu3pNizfWK7qRPaReSd9jElcHvh-Sm1pEkEZV2xvFcSPOdgwkqBEld5ERLUQuUBu_MQF-55XBmvbGyGIaOb9iCbBr7CnItYGOxSz37JQiDZlBHF23dgmRPNkRxGUcbXnrYeOgjq4rjHqcv9p8a5YZ/s1200/gw%20anne,%20if.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupevXDD54y9ARRWXTdPYJUw0TGUfXlYmZu3pNizfWK7qRPaReSd9jElcHvh-Sm1pEkEZV2xvFcSPOdgwkqBEld5ERLUQuUBu_MQF-55XBmvbGyGIaOb9iCbBr7CnItYGOxSz37JQiDZlBHF23dgmRPNkRxGUcbXnrYeOgjq4rjHqcv9p8a5YZ/w640-h640/gw%20anne,%20if.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Ghost Woman’s <i>Anne, If</i> was released in January 2023 on the Full Time Hobby label. Following 2022’s critically acclaimed self-titled debut, <i>Anne, If </i>picks up where that album left off. The music was written/recorded/performed by multi-instrumentalist Evan Uschenko on a Tascam 388 tape recorder in a large, expansive house. The press release states that when recording the album there was not much to do <b>“except record music, watch old VHS movies, and cook meals over an open fire in the backyard.”</b> Recording songs at different times of day also influenced the sounds and nuances present on<i> Anne, If.</i> Influences such as songs from 60s garage Nuggets compilation, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Love, <i>Safe As Milk</i>-era Captain Beefheart, Can, Neu!, and 60s Kinks/The Creation all float around in the musical atmosphere of these songs, however, these all add to the chemistry of the songs to expand Ghost Woman’s sound.</div><div><br /></div><div>“3 Weeks Straight” features 60s sounding guitars, heavy drums and deep bass grooves hold down the beat, while lyrically the song searches for meaning in the complex glow of the light and darkness of a relationship. The chorus of <b>“I can feel you under my skin”</b> creeps and crawls with an eeriness emphasizing a presence that is omnipresent. “Anne, If” pulls from the large pool of garage psych sounds of the Nuggets compilation with a touch of The Yardbirds as lyrically, <b>“Anne, if you're lonely/Listen to your words/There's nothing I can say/Living yesterday” </b>deals with nostalgic complications that are hard to break free of, while the chorus juxtaposes this with the words <b>“I am yours/I am yours too.”</b> “Tripped” features vocals by Nick Hay (the bassist from the Ghost Woman live band) that evoke a Mark Lanegan howl as the bass, guitar, drums and background harmonies (all supplied by Evan Uschenko) offer a hypnotic psychedelia groove. The lyrics conjure up themes of haunting isolation and contemplation. On <i>Anne, If </i>we are presented with music that was described as being created during a <b>“strange new chapter”</b> in Uschenko’s life. The songs that we gravitate towards on this album feature lyrics that are sometimes cryptic and open ended. It is something that travels with you after and during each listen. If this was a strange new chapter for Uschenko, then we are also a part of it by extension of this album. With <i>Anne, If</i> the music is saturated with an analog warmth and feel that provides nuanced musical moments that pull you into the world that it creates.</div><div><a href="https://ghostwoman.bandcamp.com/album/hindsight-is-50-50" target="_blank"><br /></a></div><div><b><a href="https://ghostwoman.bandcamp.com/album/hindsight-is-50-50" target="_blank">Ghost Woman </a>- Hindsight is 50/50</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDiH8uP1erNzhdC5TpbMf2J2qCKGXttAbMoYD7iyrhnahGN66PvPg5AVwXz_y8LcS330DbrDkm24l3l2E0_TW5E5hVmBslikPqgHIVDA3_F77j1PR8Q-QYRnYioDXHLj8u94uiTvPKYhirXWIg7MFVU-oh1lF-LL6LCw1IsZJcfiMrkqpB9Ky/s1200/Ghost%20Woman%20-%20Hindsight%20is%2050:50.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1197" data-original-width="1200" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtDiH8uP1erNzhdC5TpbMf2J2qCKGXttAbMoYD7iyrhnahGN66PvPg5AVwXz_y8LcS330DbrDkm24l3l2E0_TW5E5hVmBslikPqgHIVDA3_F77j1PR8Q-QYRnYioDXHLj8u94uiTvPKYhirXWIg7MFVU-oh1lF-LL6LCw1IsZJcfiMrkqpB9Ky/w640-h638/Ghost%20Woman%20-%20Hindsight%20is%2050:50.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>At the end of November 2023, Ghost Woman released their 3rd full-length album and second release in 2023. <i>Hindsight is 50/50 </i>changes up the dynamics of the first two Ghost Woman albums, which were recorded on 4 tracks by Evan Uschenko, who also performed all the instrumentation with the exception of a few tracks. This album as Uschenko stated in press releases <b>“is meant to be played live.”</b> Ghost Woman seems to have had a relentless touring schedule, but that seems to have benefited this album greatly. Adding drummer and co-songwriter Ille van Dessel into the mix, the songs take on a more live spontaneous direction. There are heavy guitar tones and drums throughout the record with bass looming in the background and lyrics that are a bit cryptic once again, but the mood and atmosphere of these tracks cut deep with reverb and heavier psychedelic grooves. </div><div><br /></div><div>Although Uschenko has stated <b>“Vocals are not important. We prefer to not be understood. If you’re looking for meaning in these lyrics, might I suggest buying a Lenny Bruce record instead?”</b> the lyrics and songs evoke a meaning and arrive on edge with the music found here. “Alright, Alright” features psych guitar lines loaded with reverb as drums and tambourine add to the groove and twang while hazy lyrics such as <b>“Take a little walk with me/Just a look inside/It might even set you free/I won't lie” </b>that<b> </b>seem to either be searching for something in the dark sonic tones here, or just emphasizing a feeling, “Highly Unlikely” is intense and arrives with some blues textures as lyrics tangle in another layer of subtle complexity, “Otessa” is a faster track featuring heavy drums and abstract vocals from van Dessel and Uschenko’s tense, psychedelic guitar work, “Yoko” swaggers as it builds up to an erupting moment of blistering guitars and drums, “Juan” with its atmospheric guitar parts, solid yet characterized drumbeats and cryptic catchy choruses captures the essence of the band, while the title track simmers in the darker noisier textures. On <i>Hindsight is 50/50</i>, Ghost Woman develop a sound that is complex, yet simple that is layered in different psychedelic and garage inspired tones with no need for evaluation of past efforts. In this new band dynamic, Ghost Woman find themselves. </div><div> </div></div></div><div><b>Show 1017 Playlist (Originally Aired On December 16th, 2023) (Albums of 2023 Part Two):</b></div><p>1. Spiderbite - Human Body Human Brain (<i>The Rainbow and The Dove</i> - You've Changed Records - 2023)<br />2. Golden Shitters - I Don’t Wanna Go to the Mall (<i>Golden Shitters </i>- Memorable But Not Honorable Records - 2023)<br />3. The Hives - Countdown to Shutdown (<i>The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons </i>- Disques Hives - 2023)<br />4. Dion Lunadon - I Don’t Mind (<i>Systems Edge</i> - In the Red Records - 2023)<br />5. Protomartyr - Make Way (<i>Formal Growth in the Desert </i>- Domino Records - 2023)<br />6. Joanna Sternberg - People Are Toys to You (<i>I've Got Me</i> - Fat Possum Records - 2023)<br />7. Shana Cleveland - Bonanza Freeze (<i>Manzanita</i> - Hardly Art - 2023)<br />8. PJ Harvey - Autumn Term (<i>I Inside the Old Year Dying</i> - Partisan Records - 2023)<br />9. Mitski - The Frost (<i>The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We</i> - Dead Oceans - 2023)<br />10. The Clientele - Lady Grey (<i>I Am Not There Anymore</i> - Merge Records - 2023)<br />11. Autogramm - Plastic Punks (<i>Music That Humans Can Play</i> - Stomp Records - 2023)<br />12. La Securite - Hot Topic (<i>Stay Safe! </i>- Mothland - 2023)<br />13. Priors - Daffodil (<i>Daffodil</i> - Mothland - 2023)<br />14. Mononegatives - North Carolina Atomic Bomb (<i>Crossing Visual Field</i> - Dowd Records - 2023)<br />15. Osees - Blank Chems (<i>Intercepted Message</i> - In the Red Records - 2023)<br />16. Teke::Teke - Gotoku Lemon (<i>Hagata</i> - Kill Rock Stars - 2023)<br />17. Water From Your Eyes - True Life (<i>Everyone's Crushed </i>- Matador Records - 2023)<br />18. feeble little horse - Steamroller (<i>Girl With Fish </i>- Saddle Creek - 2023)<br />19. Horse Chops - Comely Girl, Machine Operator (<i>Horse Chops EP</i> - 2023)<br />20. Sonny & The Sunsets - Waiting (<i>Self Awareness Through Macrame</i> - Rocks In Your Head Records - 2023)<br />21. Wilco - Cousin (<i>Cousin</i> - dBpm - 2023)<br />22. Cat Clyde - Mystic Light (<i>Down Rounder </i>- SecondPrize Records - 2023)<br />23. Colter Wall - Little Songs (<i>Little Songs</i> - La Honda/RCA - 2023)<br />24. A.Savage - Out of Focus (<i>Several Songs About Fire</i> - Rough Trade - 2023)<br />25. Galen & Paul - Lonely Town (<i>Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day? </i>- Sony Music - 2023)<br />26. Ghost Woman - 3 Weeks Straight (<i>Anne, If</i> - Full Time Hobby - 2023)<br />27. Ghost Woman - Juan (<i>Hindsight is 50/50 </i>- Full Time Hobby - 2023)<br />28. Galen & Paul - Room at the Top (<i>Can We Do Tomorrow Another Day? </i>- Sony Music - 2023)</p><p><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the December 16 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></p><p><b>Show 1016 Playlist (Originally Aired On December 9th, 2023) (Albums of 2023 Part One):</b></p>1. Tough Age - Scattered (<i>Waiting Here </i>- We Are Time - 2023)<br />2. Sweeping Promises - Shadow Me (<i>Good Living is Coming For You </i>- Feel It Records - 2023)<br />3. Hotline TNT - Stump (<i>Cartwheel</i> - Third Man Records - 2023)<br />4. Yo La Tengo - Until It Happens (<i>This Stupid World</i> - Matador Records - 2023)<br />5. Private Lives - Anything For Love (<i>Hit Record</i> - Feel It Records - 2023)<br />6. The Routes - Lipstick (<i>Reverberation Addict</i> - Topsy Turvy Records - 2023<br />7. Bloodshot Bill - Guess What (<i>Psyche-O-Billy </i>- Goner Records - 2023)<br />8. Mudhoney - Little Dogs (<i>Plastic Eternity </i>- Sub Pop Records - 2023)<br />9. King Khan - Sliver of Silver (<i>The Nature of Things</i> - Khannibalism/Ernest Jenning Record Co. - 2023)<br />10. Uh Uh - Citrus Song (<i>Uh Huh </i>- Telephone Explosion - 2023)<br />11. Marnie Stern - Plain Speak (<i>The Comeback Kid</i> - Joyful Noise - 2023)<br />12. Boygenius - $20 (<i>The Record</i> - Interscope - 2023)<br />13. Wednesday - Quarry (<i>Rat Saw God -</i> Dead Oceans - 2023)<br />14. Packs - Abalone (<i>Crispy Crunchy Nothing</i> - Fire Talk - 2023)<br />15. Moonwalks - Cherry Shade (<i>Western Mystery Tradition </i>- Fuzz Club Records - 2023)<br />16. The CIA - Inhale Exhale (<i>Surgery Channel </i>- In the Red Records - 2023)<br />17. Model/Actriz - Mosquito (<i>Dogsbody</i> - True Panther Sounds - 2023)<br />18. Ron Gallo - At Least I’m Dancing (<i>Foreground Music</i> - Kill Rock Stars - 2023)<br />19. Sparklehorse - It Will Never Stop (<i>Bird Machine </i>- Anti- - 2023)<br />20. Jeff Rosenstock - 3 Summers (<i>Hellmode</i> - Polyvinyl Record Co. - 2023)<br />21. Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire - Dream (<i>Tommy Stinson's Cowboys in the Campfire</i> - Done To Death Music, Inc. - 2023)<br />22. Tea Leaves - Fare Thee Well (<i>Whistlin' Past the Graveyard -</i> 2023)<br />23. Bry Webb - I Can’t See You (<i>Run With Me</i> - Indee Fix - 2023)<br />24. Tunic - Sounds Repeat (<i>Wrong Dream</i> - Artofact Records - 2023)<div>25. Psychic Void - The Man (<i>Cemetery Eyes</i> - 2023)</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the December 9 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><p><b>Show 1014 Playlist (Originally Aired On November 25th, 2023) (The Minutemen, The Falls, The Chills, The Beatles, Bog Moss, The Bug Club, James Brown):</b></p>1. The Minutemen - Little Man with a Gun in His Hand <br />2. The Fall - I Feel Voxish <br />3. Ghost Woman - Ottessa <br />4. U.S. Girls - 28 Days (Live) <br />5. The Routes - What Do I Get <br />6. The Bug Club - Marriage <br />7. Susans - Hands <br />8. Bog Moss - Candle Magick <br />9. Dion Lunadon - Rocks On <br />10. The Beatles - Not A Second Time <br />11. The Beatles - All I’ve Got to Do <br />12. Bentwood Rock - It Won’t Be Long <br />13. Jaime Vernon - I Saw Her Standing There <br />14. Guided By Voices - The Race is On, The King Is Dead <br />15. Paige Drobot - Alright <br />16. Hippie Hourrah - Les Murs <br />17. The Chills - Wet Blanket <br />18. The Chills - I Think I’d Thought I’d Nothing Else To Think About <br />19. Dear Vandal - A Ripple in the Pond <br />20. Brainrust - Schizoid Embolism <br />21. Autogramm - Born Losers <br />22. Native Cats - My Risks is My Art <br />23. The Fruit Tones - MSG <br />24. Bloodshot Bill - Tell Me To Go <br />25. James Brown - Stone to the Bone </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the November 25 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>For those keeping track, Show 1015, which aired on December 2nd was a rerun of episode 1014 from the week before. You can find that playlist and download/stream link to the episode in this post. </b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-34840743531893104302023-11-22T22:43:00.025-05:002023-11-22T23:32:47.745-05:00CJAM 40th Anniversary Pledge Drive and Archive Compilation Album & Shows # 1013, 1011, 1010, 1009<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4D4NhMxX8hJ5ZUOoEGAupbh6iyfw8GYJgG3TrS4deyxxSznsEiuKGhjZ3K8tCwkINlDU_eoEj4alnGv4wsjbcs8BDD4a89nHwUJWewwgA2-VSfAcN9msJamEfk7_I3dUX-5Cg6oP7eP0Ia14IBr0O8bChc4lIIAfOIbQuAFOav_zvhSqzNVDX/s3801/CJAM-FM-40th-anniversary-logo-(by-the-Ugly-Vision-Greg-Maxwell).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4D4NhMxX8hJ5ZUOoEGAupbh6iyfw8GYJgG3TrS4deyxxSznsEiuKGhjZ3K8tCwkINlDU_eoEj4alnGv4wsjbcs8BDD4a89nHwUJWewwgA2-VSfAcN9msJamEfk7_I3dUX-5Cg6oP7eP0Ia14IBr0O8bChc4lIIAfOIbQuAFOav_zvhSqzNVDX/w640-h640/CJAM-FM-40th-anniversary-logo-(by-the-Ugly-Vision-Greg-Maxwell).png" width="640" /></a></div><br />This November CJAM geared up to celebrate its 40th anniversary with their annual pledge drive and some events! 40 years of broadcasting and making sonic connections in the Windsor/Detroit area. A lot has changed since 1983, but one thing that hasn’t changed is CJAM providing a voice and content for the community and public as a whole that wouldn’t otherwise be heard. Whether it is obscure punk, hardcore tracks, indie rock, world music, jazz, soul, electronic music or everything in-between and beyond that CJAM has it and is highlighting it in some fashion. To celebrate this event CJAM held several events in the community ending off the pledge drive on November 18th with a party featuring live performances and a live broadcast from Art Windsor Essex. <div><br /></div><div>But, if you didn’t get a chance there’s still time to support CJAM FM. We offer some great incentives as a thank you for your support for non-profit, listener-supported radio. Whether you listen online through our archives, stream from our website or listen on the FM dial CJAM is here to provide with content you won’t hear anywhere else. Music, spoken word programming, exclusive interviews, a different perspective and more.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><b>WAYS TO DONATE!<br /><br />DONATION INCENTIVES:</b><br /><br /><b>$5 – CJAM Sticker</b><br />Various designs including 2023 Pledge Drive “CJAM 40 Years on FM” sticker done by longtime CJAM collaborator Greg Maxwell (@theuglyvision)<br /><br /><b>$20 – Music Prize Pack</b><br />Receive great music & band merch from the CJAM prize room<br /><br /><b>$25 – CJAM Live off the Floor: 2006 to 2023 (Cassette w/ zine)</b><br />A selection of recordings made in CJAM studios from 2006 the present. PLUS a zine with pictures and write-ups from the featured artists. Designed by Rosina Riccardo<br /><br />*Digital available via Bandcamp<br /><br /><b>$30 - CJAM Coffee Mug “40 Years on FM”</b><br />Design done by friend of CJAM Greg Maxwell (@theuglyvision)<br /><br /><b>$50 – 2023 CJAM T-Shirt</b><br />Restock of 2023 T-Shirts “The Jamming One” in black and maroon. Design by Kristina Bradt (@krizzlepie)<br /><br /><b>$100 incentive – Ultimate Gift Pack</b><br />2023 t-shirt, music prize pack AND coffee mug - also pick and choose! (Swap CJAM comp and two stickers for the coffee mug, for example)<br /><br /><b>PATREON (new this year!)</b><br />This year for pledge drive we've started a patreon for listeners who want to support the station monthly for some perks! Direct people to http://patreon.com/cjamfm<br /><br /><b>Donation and merch site: <a href="https://cjam-merch.square.site">https://cjam-merch.square.site</a> or <a href="http://www.cjam.ca">www.cjam.ca</a></b><br /><br />There will be an option to pick up their incentive OR have it shipped!<br /><br /><b>C JAM Live off the Floor II: 2006 to 2023</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GzXcnVgM2oCCzlqs4ZDU2d3_NWDcRzxZA0i5zP_MCbN9ymhfOfc-bC6Uf5nhwa1c74LgNLOBNRhFfxva4dZwL26EOlJhWhSYb90ncfYxx4Aud4-f8oo1gYtctusdJ1E5NmSuKXgbL121uEq58bh3jHtXCa4awLmQsM51nPpt08cNVd9OyzAv/s3801/CJAM-Live-off-the-Floor-II-(Design-by-Rosina-Riccardo).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0GzXcnVgM2oCCzlqs4ZDU2d3_NWDcRzxZA0i5zP_MCbN9ymhfOfc-bC6Uf5nhwa1c74LgNLOBNRhFfxva4dZwL26EOlJhWhSYb90ncfYxx4Aud4-f8oo1gYtctusdJ1E5NmSuKXgbL121uEq58bh3jHtXCa4awLmQsM51nPpt08cNVd9OyzAv/w640-h640/CJAM-Live-off-the-Floor-II-(Design-by-Rosina-Riccardo).png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I also wanted to talk a bit the compilation that CJAM FM has available this year. We have a limited edition compilation featuring recordings made in the CJAM studios from the past 17 years covering the years 2006-2023. Currently available as a pre-order, these are one of a kind performances that were done specifically for the station and you won’t be able to get anywhere else. There are performances here from artists such as Danny Kroha (of The Gories), By Divine Right, Shotgun Jimmie, Psychic Void, Steph Copeland, What Seas What Shores, The Locusts Have No King, Raised By Weeds (an early band featuring musician Paul Jacobs), Barzin and more! Twenty different artists and if that isn’t enough it is coming out on limited edition cassette (w/download code) and a zine that features each artist commenting on the song and performance featured in this set. <br /><br />You can get this with the zine for $25 (as mentioned above) and support CJAM FM in the process. It is also available digitally via bandcamp.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=9732707/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=0f91ff/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://cjam-fm.bandcamp.com/album/cjam-live-off-the-floor-ii-from-the-vault-2006-2023">CJAM Live Off The Floor II: From the Vault, 2006 - 2023 by CJAM 99.1FM</a></iframe></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Listen to some tracks here and save on shipping by ordering from:</b><div><b> <a href="https://cjam-merch.square.site">https://cjam-merch.square.site</a></b></div><div><b> <a href="https://cjam-merch.square.site">https://cjam-merch.square.site</a></b></div><div><a href=" https://cjam-merch.square.site"><b> https://cjam-merch.square.site</b><b><br /></b></a><p><b>Show 1013 (Originally Aired On November 11th, 2023) (CJAM Pledge Drive Episode)</b></p>1. Shotgun Jimmie - Hot Pots (Live at CJAM)<div>2. The Bug Club - Only in Love</div><div>3. Trophy Knife - Class Outside<br />4. Olivia Jean - Orinoco Flow<br />5. The Hives - The Way the Story Goes<br />6. Brainrust - Pacing<br />7. Corey Hanson - Housefly<br />8. Ducks Ltd. - The Main Thing<br />9. Elliott Brood - Stars Align<br />10. Mountain Goats - Murder at the 18th St. Garage<br />11. Marnie Stern - Oh They Are<br />12. The Who - Bell Boy<br />13. Roxy Music - Amazona<br />14. Bruce Springsteen - The E-Street Shuffle<br />15. The Zeros - Getting Nowhere Fast<br />16. The Cigarettes - Surrender<br />17. Autogramm - Plastic Punks<br />18. Teenage Art Scene - Crystal<br />19. Hotline TNT - Out of Town<br />20. Bog Moss - Doesn’t Matter<br />21. The Golden Shitters - In the Green<br />22. Psychic Void - Back 2 Reality</div><div>23. Huron Lines - Bad Idea </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the November 11 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div><div><p><b>Show 1011 (Originally Aired On October 28th, 2023) (Halloween Episode)</b></p><p>1. Tony and the Monstrosities - Igor’s Party <br />2. Carlos Casel Jr. - Don’t Meet Mr. Frankenstein<br />3. The Five Blobs - The Blob Theme <br />4. The Kac-Ties - Mr. Werewolf <br />5. Lord Luther - Teenage Creature <br />6. Bloodshot Bill - Dracula’s Castle <br />7. Bloodshot Bill - Horror Movies on TV <br />8. The Supraphonics! Ft. Bloodshot Bill - Le Monstre Mash <br />9. 45 Grave - Surf Bat <br />10. The Mummies - Red Cobra No. 9 <br />11. The Spaceshits - I’m Dead <br />12. Forbidden Dimension - A Cold and Lonely Evil <br />13. Shana Cleveland - Evil Eye <br />14. Beck - Satan Gave Me A Taco <br />15. The Deadly Snakes - Twice As Dead <br />16. The Golden Shitters - Slaughter House Now<br />17. The Misfits - Night of the Living Dead <br />18. Spider Bite - Hazmat Suit <br />19. Mark Sultain - Black Magic <br />20. White Lung - Down with the Monster <br />21. The Dirty Nil - Zombie Eyed <br />22. Psychic Void - Night Terrors <br />23. The Cramps - Beautiful Gardens <br />24. Suckerpunch - Lone Wolf Fever <br />25. Atomic 7 - Devil’s Mittens <br />26. Messer Chups - Crocotiger <br />27. Gloin - Dark Moto <br />28. Oh Sees - Cadaver Dog <br />29. The North American Hallowe’en Prevention Initiative - Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en <br />30. Titus Andronicus - Home Alone on Halloween </p><p><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the November 4 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></p><p><b>Show 1010 (Originally Aired On October 21st, 2023)</b></p><p>1. Dion Lunadon - I Walk Away<br />2. The Libertines - Run Run Run<br />3. The Undertones - Wrong Way<br />4. The Hives - Smoke & Mirrors<br />5. Spider Bite - Smashed Glass<br />6. Hot Garbage - Snooze You Lose<br />7. Ghost Woman - Yoko<br />8. The Strokes - 12:51<br />9. The Strokes - The End Has No End<br />10. The Strokes - Meet Me in the Bathroom<br />11. The Unicorns - Tuff Ghost<br />12. The Unicorns - I Was Born (A Unicorn)<br />13. The Unicorns - The Clap<br />14. Modest Mouse - Tiny City Made of Ashe<br />15. Broken Social Scene - Looks Just Like the Sun<br />16. Paul Jacobs - Dancing with the Devil<br />17. Bikini Kill - Blood One<br />18. Bikini Kill - For Tammy Rae<br />19. Bikini Kill - Jigsaw Youth<br />20. The Linda Lindas - Rebel Girl<br />21. The Julie Ruin - Be Nice<br />22. The Beths - Future Me Hates Me<br />23. Blue Oil - Unwind<br />24. Bry Webb - Outbound Only, No Return<br />25. The Ducks - Human Highway (Live)<br />26. The Ducks - I Am A Dreamer (Live)<br />27. Neil Young - Captain Kennedy<br />28. Kiwi Jr. - The Sound of Music<br />29. The Leather Uppers - You Know I Do</p><p><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the October 21 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></p></div><p><b>Show 1009 (Originally Aired On October 14th, 2023)</b></p>1. Brainrust - Pacing<br />2. Runs With Kittens - Look Who’s Knockin’ <br />3. Motorists - Forced Perspective (Live) <br />4. Tough Age - Rat Doctor <br />5. Casper & The Cookies - Sorry About That<br />6. Husker Du - It’s Funny Not Anymore<br />7. Husker Du - First of the Last Calls <br />8. Jawbox - Jackpot Plus! <br />10. Nation of Ulysses - Spectra Sonic Sound <br />11. Crocodiles - Refuse Angels<br />12. Phuture Memoriez - Some Open Handed Cues<br />13. Public Image Ltd. - Walls <br />14. Ten Million Lights - Cherry Red<br />15. Berner Herzhog - Sometimes It’s Hard to Break Free<br />16. Mekons - Lost Highway<br />17. Mitski - When Memories Snow<br />18. Cots - Flowers (Fresh Cut)<br />19. Love Language - New Money <br />20. Merin - Heat Death<br />21. Spencer Krug - Nostalgia is the Rose<br />22. Sparklehorse - It Will Never Stop <br />23. Sparklehorse - Evening Star Supercharger <br />24. The Goldstars - Leave Me Alone (A Halloween Song) <br />25. Hooper Crescent - Late Night TV<br />26. A.Savage - Elvis in the Army <br />27. Lightheaded - Mercury Girl <br />28. Teenage Art - Scene Full of it <br />29. Night Lunch - Flames of Love <br />30. Horse Chops - Broken Leg <br />31. Psychic Void - Brat Boy<div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the October 14 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><p><b>For those keeping track, Show 1012, which aired on November 4th was a rerun of our 2023 Halloween episode. You can find that playlist and download/stream link to the episode in this post. Revolution Rock was pre-empted on November 18th for CJAM FM's 40th anniversary party which was broadcasting live from Art Windsor Essex that evening.</b></p></div></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-85499776065065424742023-10-07T22:34:00.012-04:002023-10-12T08:46:48.630-04:00Wronger: An Interview with Tommy Stinson & Show # 1008<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmAQmJsdUau-siAC2aarn7qSRJh-ZDtE95Gf8JhFxApcAUB5pd-i1r1UmxGaUKWkvinbFb9CQQjQUZnm1M5cxkCTJuXIjFc1EajS94MZHqb6vpF9udmqvRnokHaW4WUpvPF8G1chVf-6JhQr1iSul14-vVSzVuXaKIEdlPvQRyoDBRYIyBimZ/s3801/revrock2023tommystinson3(brighter).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmAQmJsdUau-siAC2aarn7qSRJh-ZDtE95Gf8JhFxApcAUB5pd-i1r1UmxGaUKWkvinbFb9CQQjQUZnm1M5cxkCTJuXIjFc1EajS94MZHqb6vpF9udmqvRnokHaW4WUpvPF8G1chVf-6JhQr1iSul14-vVSzVuXaKIEdlPvQRyoDBRYIyBimZ/w640-h640/revrock2023tommystinson3(brighter).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire released their debut album <i>Wronger</i> in June 2023. The album collects a mix of alt-country, rockabilly, folk songs and features musicians Tommy Stinson and Chip Roberts. Stinson and Roberts’ history goes back many years, he even helped co-write a song on Stinson’s Bash & Pop album <i>Anything Could Happen</i> in 2007. But, for those of you who don’t know Tommy got his start playing bass in the Minneapolis band The Replacements, then went on to play in numerous groups such as Perfect, Guns n’ Roses, Soul Asylum, Bash & Pop. <i>Wronger</i> got its start with some sessions recorded in Texas with Christine Smith around 2016/2017 with John Doe on bass, the rest were recorded in Stinson’s New York studio. There are several different musicians on this album that all add to its makeup, but overall it comes off as a stripped down collection of songs that flows together so naturally. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBUqamtfnTQUObYg8pPQYEesiRiD4G0UIHUHFi4KTqoPxC_MWlOngTOyg8Agx75MYyqCF2JMHvPU3mOOL5ZKVSby73aSnwi4d-c8R-qrAYIrgb8lj5pPt4h714z-Nz9reCx1DdvYxByXO8dt7prgLGELH-MWhx_yRCoZDKbBJY_6KzvYlRGT4/s400/Wronger.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBUqamtfnTQUObYg8pPQYEesiRiD4G0UIHUHFi4KTqoPxC_MWlOngTOyg8Agx75MYyqCF2JMHvPU3mOOL5ZKVSby73aSnwi4d-c8R-qrAYIrgb8lj5pPt4h714z-Nz9reCx1DdvYxByXO8dt7prgLGELH-MWhx_yRCoZDKbBJY_6KzvYlRGT4/s320/Wronger.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>“Here We Go Again” starts off Wronger with ukulele and horns. Lyrically drawing on themes of creativity and everything that comes along with it, “That’s It” is an upbeat and fast paced rockabilly track, while the third track “Mr. Wrong” is a sparse song reflecting a Bakersfield sound with lyrics such as <b>“I see all your troubles playing out in a brand new light,”</b> and <b>“I hope your Mr. Next will be Mr. Right”</b> that sketch out a catchy character study of love gone wrong. “Fall Apart Together” with its Nashville meets Bakersfield sound evokes a sense of giving it another shot, despite the fact that everything is in a destructive decline. “Hey Man” is another track featuring gritty soulful vocals and evocative country styled dynamics as a string section brings forth another element altogether. With lyrics such as “<b>All the bridges that won’t go across the tracks/The grass is greener for the things that lax”</b> and <b>“To lead you onto war,</b>” Stinson touches on several topics that dip into the realm of politics without overstating the message here.</div><br />“We Ain’t” begins with bass before a rockabilly guitar line comes in with locomotive-like acoustic guitars as Stinson sings lyrics such as “<b>Waiting at the table/With your cemetery eyes,”</b> and “<b>We made a few mistakes/Make it hard to sleep alone/Except for all the ones/That I’ve learned to face right on” </b><span style="text-align: center;">that draw on themes of determination and trials and tribulations that come along with it. This song has drawn comparison to Johnny Cash’s </span><i style="text-align: center;">Folsom Prison</i><span style="text-align: center;"> album and it matches the energy found in the songs there. “Souls” arrives with a shuffle as the bass and drums float in the background as acoustic guitar, electric guitar and piano weave in-between pop melodies. “Dream” ends </span><i style="text-align: center;">Wronger</i><span style="text-align: center;">. One of the strongest songs found in this ten song collection, if features steady drums, pedal steel slides and impassioned vocals, the lyrics </span><b style="text-align: center;">“It’s a been a while since you’ve released your spell/I was just a lonely so and so trying to make myself a home/I had a dream, you weren’t in it”</b><span style="text-align: center;"> bring a certain feeling. It is reflective, realistic, yet profound.</span><b><br /></b><br /><div>Throughout <i>Wronger</i>, Stinson and Roberts produce songs that incorporate so many different musical elements naturally. There are a lot of experimental aspects found throughout the album and the songs also have a loose and have a spontaneous feel to them. <i>Wronger</i> creates and delivers music on its own terms. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Listen to an interview Revolution Rock did with Tommy Stinson here:</b></div><div><b><iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://player-widget.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-tommy-stinson-interview-october-7th-2023%2F" width="100%"></iframe> </b></div><div><b>Show 1008 Playlist (Tommy Stinson Interview):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Yo La Tengo - Double Dare <br />2. The Afghan Whigs - Be Sweet <br />3. Uncle Tupelo - The Long Cut <br />4. Tea Leaves - Meet Me at the Mausoleum <br />5. Window Lamp - Laughing at Me(<br />6. Jeff Rosenstock - Doubt <br />7. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Bite My Tongue <br />8. Pooched - Bats <br />9. Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire - Fall Apart Together <br /><br /><b>TOMMY STINSON INTERVIEW PT.1</b><div><br />10. Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire - That’s It </div><div><br /></div><div><b>TOMMY STINSON INTERVIEW PT.2</b><br /><br />11. Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire - Dream <br />12. The Replacements - Having Fun <br />13. The Replacements - Kiss Me On the Bus (Demo) <br />14. Dion Lunadon - Secrets<br />15. Pierre Omer’s Swing Revue - Tropical Breakdown <br />16. Autogramm - WannaBe <br />17. Olinda - Reverie <br />18. Psychic Void - Cemetery Eyes <br />19. McLusky - Unpopular Parts of a Pig <br />20. Tunic - Boss (Revised) <br />21. Packs - Honey <br />22. David Bowie - Dirty Boys <br />23. Buzzcocks - Harmony in My Head <br />24. Constantines - Lizaveta </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the October 7 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-11815378709436605712023-09-30T22:11:00.002-04:002024-01-07T22:09:51.278-05:00Run With Me: An Interview with Bry Webb & Show # 1007<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHMDciBzf3Z3NmHV9AghMhi2wc-L7BymkQSd0K0A_WxLIgZfTJHvy25UjcueRHe5RCVPPb5GlW0VTpgZZ_wcOCACa4H7vEwqE3fqGb75Q0EGF7c-_BbLemsBOS9Q5Z3QyhEHA0sreipPmdnubStR1aApUabaLr2bfgEcPbyr7O-zawAfYpmS2/s3801/revrock2023brywebb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHMDciBzf3Z3NmHV9AghMhi2wc-L7BymkQSd0K0A_WxLIgZfTJHvy25UjcueRHe5RCVPPb5GlW0VTpgZZ_wcOCACa4H7vEwqE3fqGb75Q0EGF7c-_BbLemsBOS9Q5Z3QyhEHA0sreipPmdnubStR1aApUabaLr2bfgEcPbyr7O-zawAfYpmS2/w640-h640/revrock2023brywebb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>“Thunder Bay” is the first single released by Canadian singer/songwriter Bry Webb from his forthcoming album <i>Run With Me</i>. Inspired by a desire to sing and play music again after not releasing music for quite a few years, the songs that make up <i>Run With Me</i> are made up with inspiration to play again and the connections/contributions from different musicians over Webb’s career. Also known for being the lead vocalist in Constantines, Webb’s forthcoming album is his third full-length release and his first new album since 2014’s <i>Free Will</i> (there was also a live album, <i>Live at Massey Hall </i>in 2015). <br /><br />The lead off single “Thunder Bay” dates back to a recording made with a previous band that Webb was in called The Harbour Coats. This was a band Webb formed while living in Montreal, they recorded one album before disbanding when Webb moved to Guelph to start a family. For this track, Webb redid the vocals. It arrives with swirling guitars, kick drum, looming noise, feedback, hard to forget vocal melodies and absorbing, contemplative lyrics. Another song recently became available online from <i>Run With Me</i>, a song titled “Modern Mind.” A song steeped in elements of psychedelia, it first appeared on a split seven inch single with Chad VanGaalen in 2016. This version differs, not losing the edge of the original, but at the same time, as was described on the earlier version of the track, is an expansion of Webb’s musical palette. Bry Webb’s third full-length album, <i>Run With Me</i> will be released on November 3rd via <a href="https://www.ideefixerecords.com/product/run-with-me" target="_blank">Idée Fixe Records.</a><div><br /></div><div><b>Listen to the interview Revolution Rock did with Bry Webb here:</b> <iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://player-widget.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-bry-webb-interview%2F" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Show 1007 Playlist (Bry Webb Interview):</b><div><br />1. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson - I Pity the Country <br />2. Mitski - Buffalo Replaced <br />3. Wilco - Cousin<br />4. Woods - Weep <br />5. Nora Kelly Band - Lay Down Girl<br />6. Bry Webb - Thunder Bay <br /><br /><b>BRY WEBB INTERVIEW PART 1</b><br /><br />7. Bry Webb - AM Radio <br /><br /><b>BRY WEBB INTERVIEW PART 2</b><br /><br />8. Bry Webb - Rivers of Gold <br />9. Richard Laviolette - Bats <br />10. Plumtree - July 3rd<br />11. Mean Red Spiders - Compromise <br />12. Gaze - Shady<br />13. Horse Chops - Spaceship in the Sky<br />14. Melody Fields - In Love <br />15. Slowdive - alife <br />16. Animal Collective - Gem & I <br />17. Faust - The Sad Skinhead<br />18. Faust - Jennifer <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the September 30 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-65215740380073796482023-09-23T22:54:00.007-04:002023-10-01T21:10:25.014-04:00Blues, Soul, Nirvana and Synthesizers: Episodes # 1006, 1005, 1004, 1003, 1002Recently, Revolution Rock has had several theme based episodes and some guest hosts. Here are some highlights from some of the artists featured on our blues, soul, R&B and doo wop episode (links to hear/download all the episodes can be found below the playlists in this post).<br /><br /><b>Revolution Rock: Early Blues, Soul, R&B and Doo Wop</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Joined by guest host Graeme Sylvio of CJAM FM’s Sylvio & Soul program, we dug deep into some more obscure soul, blues and R&B artists with touches of doo wop influences. Here are a few of the artists featured on this episode.<b><br /></b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLOP7Y803lhtqTRjAl6gvsoGRo0B_FxETIz7KhfCfzqHbdGf44g37H1YDotsnDbA8c9DWeafFFdQYY2HzF5lgp_4yTwqr3PazKT9D3aKWc9itinoX9w8bgS8CfpQsFWoY4e0oWY5zYrAjqDU8B8dq_99rgTyzgtERPoU7P7AgSVI7eMXbFgKZ/s3801/revrock2023soulbluesdoop2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLLOP7Y803lhtqTRjAl6gvsoGRo0B_FxETIz7KhfCfzqHbdGf44g37H1YDotsnDbA8c9DWeafFFdQYY2HzF5lgp_4yTwqr3PazKT9D3aKWc9itinoX9w8bgS8CfpQsFWoY4e0oWY5zYrAjqDU8B8dq_99rgTyzgtERPoU7P7AgSVI7eMXbFgKZ/w640-h640/revrock2023soulbluesdoop2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>Pink Anderson:</b></div><div><b><br /></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74YnmEM9fifJi0aIeUpr9YtvGu1Bv-9Q8QAVO-vQJ22OOwyjLlSkptWzp1VVF5ZOyMgB1hNTMb63Ig6anEdsUphYWY5f9Ho9qt2KnUr4p4Hwk9yegBwexIjKW4FwOOpzYrE1wCr2MOWXL_hMW-e2sM1X_Gk1HLvn5K0-HWRxmKMgVLbTTnv52/s600/Carolina%20Blues%20Man.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="600" height="632" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh74YnmEM9fifJi0aIeUpr9YtvGu1Bv-9Q8QAVO-vQJ22OOwyjLlSkptWzp1VVF5ZOyMgB1hNTMb63Ig6anEdsUphYWY5f9Ho9qt2KnUr4p4Hwk9yegBwexIjKW4FwOOpzYrE1wCr2MOWXL_hMW-e2sM1X_Gk1HLvn5K0-HWRxmKMgVLbTTnv52/w640-h632/Carolina%20Blues%20Man.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Pink Anderson was born in South Carolina in 1900 and was a self-taught guitarist who toured through the Southeast during 1915-1945, getting work wherever he could. He performed and worked with many different musicians such as Blind Simmie Dooley. Several songs were recorded with Dooley for Columbia Records in 1928 and released as <i>Papa’s About to Get Mad/Gonna Tip Out Tonight</i> and <i>Every Day in the Week Blues/C.C. and O. Blues</i>. In the 1950s he toured with Leo “Chief Thundercloud” Kahdot and his medicine show and would often play with harmonica player Peg Leg Sam Jackson. Paul Clayton the folklorist recorded Anderson in 1950 and released <i>Harlem Street Spirituals</i> for the Riverside label. A lot of the traditional folk material was featured on this release such as “John Henry” and “The Wreck of the Old 97.” In early 60s (<i>Carolina Blues Man</i> (1961), <i>Medicine Show Man</i> (1962), <i>Ballad & Folksinger</i> (1963)), Anderson made some more recordings becoming part of the Piedmont school, utilizing his musical style, which pulled from blues, ragtime and folk. Anderson performed until the 1970s, passing away due to a heart attack in October of 1974 at the age of 74. Pink Anderson’s name took on a further influence in culture when Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd combined his name with North Carolina bluesman Floyd Council to arrive at the band name of Pink Floyd. Pink Anderson’s music came from the tradition of Carolina blues and the practice of the traveling folksinger. <br /><br /><b>The Falcons:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfLkQzdjm6sPosSdvhWL4ZQLBA3S8tO86y1vWsS3VjbNTwd0mc3brAK-Xfu2tgiChHjuTEg50joQeABvE-p5VL3UN7tex-tWZVij3EBewaKp478FN2kpK2dqMeKGnnr27JE8IVZRBSFkSwEiL6zB9hSASJXpiH-aYJGy5cGD2A7vi30mC-U4M/s599/Falcons%20-%20I%20Found%20A%20love.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="593" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfLkQzdjm6sPosSdvhWL4ZQLBA3S8tO86y1vWsS3VjbNTwd0mc3brAK-Xfu2tgiChHjuTEg50joQeABvE-p5VL3UN7tex-tWZVij3EBewaKp478FN2kpK2dqMeKGnnr27JE8IVZRBSFkSwEiL6zB9hSASJXpiH-aYJGy5cGD2A7vi30mC-U4M/w634-h640/Falcons%20-%20I%20Found%20A%20love.jpeg" width="634" /></a></div><br />The Falcons formed in Detroit in 1955, they are perhaps best known for their two hit singles “You’re So Fine” (1959) and “I Found A Love” (1962). The band went through a few lineup changes in their career, but were notable for quite a few things. They were one of the first bands that would go on to be influential into the genre of soul music and also featured many musicians that would have their own successes outside of the group. Musicians such as Joe Stubbs, Eddie Floyd, Mack Rice, Lance Finney and Wilson Pickett were all part of the group at different times in The Falcons existence. Stubbs performed in three other groups (The Contours, The Originals and 100 Proof (Aged in Soul)), Eddie Floyd went on to work with the Stax record label and had a #1 hit single “Knock on Wood,” Mack Rice went on to record the song “Mustang Sally,” as well writing “Respect Yourself” with Luther Ingram, while Wilson Pickett became a major figure in the development of soul music, recording over 50 songs that made the US R&B charts and also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Some of his best known songs are “In the Midnight Hour,” “Land of 10000 Dances,” “Funky Broadway,” “Don’t Knock My Love,” he also recorded a version of The Falcons “I Found A Love,” a song which he co-wrote, as a solo artist in 1967. It became a hit for Pickett and a two-part version of the song was recorded. It was featured on his album <i>The Sound of Wilson Pickett</i> and was also a single reaching #6 on the US R&B Charts. The Falcons lasted from about 1955 until about 1966, reforming briefly in 2005-2008. <div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Show 1006 (September 23rd, 2023)(Early blues, soul, R&B and doo wop Special):</b></div><br />1. Bobby Louis - Fire of Love <br />2. Bunker Hill - The Girl Can’t Dance <br />3. Guitar Crusher - The Monkey <br />4. The Continentals - Don’t Do It Baby <br />5. King Coleman - Loo-key Doo-key <br />6. Nightriders - Looking For My Baby <br />7. John Lee Hooker - Let’s Talk It Over <br />8. John Lee Hooker - Just Me and My Telephone <br />9. Pink Anderson - My Baby Left Me This Morning <br />10. Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. and O. Blues <br />11. The Falcons - I Found A Love<br />12. Sir Mac Rice - Baby I’m Coming Home <br />13. Lloyd Williams & The Highlights - Kangaroo Dance<br />14. The Supremes - Let Me Go the Right Way <br />15. Eric Mercury & The Soul Searchers - Lonely Girl<br />16. The Playmates - It Must Be Love <br />17. Dianne Brooks - In My Heart <br />18. Dianne Brooks - Walkin’ On My Mind <br />19. Shirley Matthews & The Big Town Girls - (You Can) Count On That<br />20. Jack Harden & The Silhouettes - I’m Not Running After You (Anymore) <br />21. King Herbert & The Knights - Lucille <br />22. Eric Mercury - Life Style <br />23. The Fantastic Four - Take Him Back If It Makes You Happy <br />24. The Fantastic Four - Man In Love <br />The Detroit Emeralds – Radio Promo<br />25. The Detroit Emeralds - Do Me Right <br />26. The Detroit Emeralds - Long Live the King <br />27. Booker T. & The M.G.’s - Behave Yourself <br />28. The Gems - That’s What They Put Erasers on Pencils For <br />29. Mckinley Mitchell - You’re Not Gonna Break My Heart<br />30. Barrett Strong - You Knows What To Do<br />31. Terry Callier - You Goin’ Miss Your Candyman <div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the September 23 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Show 1005 (September 16th, 2023)(In Utero 30th Anniversary Special):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Nirvana - Serve the Servants (2013 Mix) <br />2. Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice<br />3. Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box (Live) <br />4. Nirvana - Rape Me (1991 Boombox Demo) <br />5. Nirvana - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle <br />6. Nirvana - Dumb (1991 Peel Session) <br />7. Nirvana - Very Ape <br />8. Nirvana - Milk It (1993 Rio Demo)<br />9. Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea (Live MTV Unplugged) <br />10. Nirvana - Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Live & Loud 1993) <br />11. Nirvana - Tourette’s (2013 Mix) <br />12. Nirvana - All Apologies (Live Reading Festival 1992)<br />13. Breeze - Serve the Servants <br />14. Hervana - Scentless Apprentice (Live) <br />15. The Weather Station - Pennyroyal Tea <br />16. Teenanger - Very Ape <br />17. Baptists - Tourette’s<br />18. D.O.A. - All Apologies <br />19. Sara Simms - Heart-Shaped Box <br />20. Tess Parks - Marigold <br />21. Nirvana - Sappy<br />22. Nirvana - I Hate Myself and Want To Die (2013 Mix) <br />23. Nirvana - Forgotten Tune <br />24. Nirvana - Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol That Flow Through the Strip <div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the September 16 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Show 1004 (September 9th, 2023):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. The Rapture - Heaven <br />2. Hot Hot Heat - This Town <br />3. Ought - Celebration <br />4. Shonen Knife - Making Plans for Bison <br />5. Sturm Group - Caught in the Door <br />6. Swell Maps - Forest Fire <br />7. First Man Over - Umbrella Man <br />8. Fifth Column - Right Hook <br />9. Richard Laviolette - Taking the Long Way Home <br />10. Richard Laviolette - Ordinary Fellow<br />11. Richard Laviolette - Break Down These Blues <br />12. Henry Bemis & The Books - Let’s Go Shopping<br />13. Tim Swaddling - Devil’s Tail <br />14. Aleks Stoykosky - Replica Art <br />15. Tea Leaves - Interloper <br />16. The Clientele - Blue Over Blue <br />17. King Krule - Hamburgerphobia <br />18. Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Good Morning, Popcatepetl <br />19. PJ Harvey - A Noiseless Noise <br />20. The Replacements - Can’t Hardly Wait (Cello Version)<br />21. Constantines - National Hum<br />22. Constantines - Sub-Domestic <br />23. Protomartyr - For Tomorrow <br />24. Osees - Chaos Heart <br />25. Ramones - I Remember You </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the September 9 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div><b>Show 1003 (September 2nd, 2023):</b><br /><br />1. The Routes - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t Have) <br />2. Priors - Burgundy <br />3. Julie Doiron - Thought of You <br />4. The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow <br />5. The Kinks - A Long Way From Home <br />6. The Breeders - No Aloha <br />7. The Breeders - Divine Hammer <br />8. Sweeping Promises - Ideal No <br />9. Jeff Rosenstock - I Wanna Be Wrong <br />10. The Rolling Stones - Dancing with Mr. D <br />11. Tom Waits - Underground<br />12. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones<br />13. Colter Wall - Standing Here <br />14. Beams - Morning Waits <br />15. Pin Group - Ambivalence 2<br />16. The Clean - On Again/Off Again <br />17. 25 Cents - Don’t Deceive Me <br />18. Ritchie Venus and the Blue Beetles - Bleeding Heart <br />19. The B-52’s - Give Me Back My Man <br />20. Can - Moonshake <br />21. Teke::Teke - Gotoku Lemon <br />22. Sundried Whales - I’m So Tired <br />23. Freak Heat Waves - Off My Mind <br />24. TAFKAVince Band - Expiration Date <br />25. Love Language - Ripples <br />26. The Vertical Struts - Sh! <br />27. Ghost Woman - Alright Alright </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the September 2 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><div><br /></div><div><b>Show 1002 (August 26th, 2023) (Revolution Synth Special - synth music from 1978-1983):</b><br /><br />1. The Payola$ - In A Place Like This<br />2. The Vapors - Trains<br />3. Wall of Voodoo - Factory<br />4. Joe Naylor - I Hate Fluorescent Lights<br />5. Null.set - Teats De Nuit<br />6. Phollop Willing P.A. - Orphan Baby<br />7. Iko - Elevator<br />8. Subway Sect - Ambition<br />9. Devo - Strange Pursuit<br />10. Tubeway Army - Me, I Disconnect From You<br />11. The Stranglers - Nice N’ Sleazy<br />12. Oingo Boingo - Ain’t This the Life<br />13. Talking Heads - Memories Can’t Wait<br />14. Rational Youth - Holiday in Bangkok<br />15. The Boomtown Rats - Blind Date<br />16. Kraftwerk - The Model<br />17. Nash the Slash - The Chase<br />18. Ceramic Hello - Symphony of Shudders<br />19. UJ3RK5 - Eisenhower & The Hippies<br />20. Active Dog - Nothing Holding You<br />21. Tim Ray & A.V. - Quarter to Eight<br />22. Suicide - Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne<br /><p></p></div></div></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the August 26 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b></b></div></div><br /></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-34237322150500493692023-08-19T22:33:00.007-04:002023-08-20T16:31:17.427-04:00Revolution Rock: The Golden EpisodeOn August 12th, the 1000th episode of Revolution Rock aired on CJAM FM’s airwaves. To celebrate this we did an episode with a gold theme. We have done several theme episodes in the past (not just during our annual February theme month episodes), but I don’t believe we’ve ever done a theme like this before. Inspired by a shuffle playlist last year where songs with the word “gold” in it kept popping up, we decided to go with this theme for the 1000th episode. Every song that was in this episode featured the word “gold.” I supposed it can be called our golden episode.<br /><br />Here is some info on some of the “gold” songs featured in our 1000th episode:<div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Gories - Idol with the Golden Head</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzmhnIDF2KEuI1SEYcyNVIfbIiq1HgWG36USkLcAjR7zluIltOh7Xsdv89OYYMjSJG7KroVhkNUnpBnbAMkzBxcaKUzT_rqQr2FHY9mmh5PtCQyleQZKLdiYIjjNRF-yMJMzBkA9kQa06t91UERnidhQxuD5dEed-aDmuhCWai2CTCT8qSREF/s600/gories%20baby%20say%20uhh%2092.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzmhnIDF2KEuI1SEYcyNVIfbIiq1HgWG36USkLcAjR7zluIltOh7Xsdv89OYYMjSJG7KroVhkNUnpBnbAMkzBxcaKUzT_rqQr2FHY9mmh5PtCQyleQZKLdiYIjjNRF-yMJMzBkA9kQa06t91UERnidhQxuD5dEed-aDmuhCWai2CTCT8qSREF/w640-h640/gories%20baby%20say%20uhh%2092.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div>Written by Leiber/Stoller, “Idol with the Golden Head” was originally released as a single in 1957 by The Coasters. Recorded at Sheldon Recording Studio in Chicago of the at the time new Chess Records building at 2120 Michigan Ave. This late 50s soul track was covered by Detroit’s The Gories in 1992. Giving it a garage/soul spin featuring Peg O’Neil’s primal stomp combined with the dual guitar attack from Mick Collins and Danny Kroha, along with Collin’s great vocal and Kroha’s backing vox, this track is found in two places in The Gories discography, on 1992’s <i>Baby Say Uhh! </i>single (as the B-side) and on their 1992 studio album <i>Outta Here</i> labeled as “Great Big Idol with the Golden Head.” The song itself is a lesser known song it seems in The Coasters discography. It tells the tale of someone buying an artifact, in this case an idol with a golden head and asks it where their love interest big foot May is. It turns out she’s at Catfish Creek partying, but this track captures a sense of youthful spirit, romance and adventure.</div><div><br /></div><div>This now legendary Detroit garage band, The Gories released three full-length albums <i>Houserockin’</i> (in 1989), <i>I Know You Fine But How You Doin’ </i>(1990), <i>Outta Here </i>(1992) and was featured on compilations in addition to releasing numerous singles. In 2013, a live recording from 1988 titled <i>The Shaw Tapes: Live in Detroit 5/27/1988</i> was released through Third Man Records. The live album, like their music is raw and uninhibited sounding, it was recorded by Jim Shaw at a converted storefront that no longer exists. The set was captured in the spring of 1988 prior to the release of their first full-length album<i> Houserockin’</i>. The set features tracks that would wind up on this album including several that wouldn’t such as a cover of The Stooges “Real Cool Time,” The Iguanas “Again & Again,” The Keggs “To Find Out,” the surf track “Nautiloid Reef,” and several others. In 2015, they released their first new recording in 30 years, the single <i>Be Nice/On the Run </i>through Third Man Records. The Gories since reforming in 2009 have been performing live off and on while Collins, Kroha and O’Neil have performed in a variety of other bands since The Gories initial split. O’Neil played with ’68 Comeback and The Darkest Hours, Collins currently performs with The Dirtbombs, Wolfmanhattan Project, Danny Kroha performs solo and as Danny & The Stools.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>The Fire Engines – Big Gold Dream</b><div><b><br /></b><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSv-U2xszaNSTEsGAefYWXuFLdnEREm7jH9yPl3ZnDFi7612Vd0dTzo7Pk9AXsLS1Mtahv8_WPtbIMcOIbftl1PNlyCwC_KjYSsWkKy1RDnvyyqRDQXHjEXWgzUO8YChjbenOQh6OpaXLp7zLixHD7TxqkJMMGDCfT8TypQ_bzRNJD1nqGaK3T/s600/fire%20engines%20big%20gold%20dream.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSv-U2xszaNSTEsGAefYWXuFLdnEREm7jH9yPl3ZnDFi7612Vd0dTzo7Pk9AXsLS1Mtahv8_WPtbIMcOIbftl1PNlyCwC_KjYSsWkKy1RDnvyyqRDQXHjEXWgzUO8YChjbenOQh6OpaXLp7zLixHD7TxqkJMMGDCfT8TypQ_bzRNJD1nqGaK3T/w640-h640/fire%20engines%20big%20gold%20dream.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Forming in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1979, the Fire Engines were a post punk band and part of the Scottish post punk scene at the time. In their brief career, they released one mini album (<i>Lubricate Your Living Room</i>) and three singles (<i>Get Up and Use Me</i>, <i>Candyskin, Big Gold Dream</i>) before disbanding in 1981. Known for their funky, yet discordant, anti-pop rhythms, “Big Gold Dream” followed their <i>Candyskin/Meat Whiplash</i> single, which when originally released in 1981 went to #7 on the UK Indie Charts. Previously their debut single <i>Get Up and Use Me/Everythings Roses</i> went to #9 on the UK Indie Charts. With “Big Gold Dream” the song with its catchy choruses, funky rhythms and female back up vocals seemed pegged to be another single charting song in the UK, but unfortunately it did not chart. The band imploded shortly after this and just before a potential US tour. The band’s history is also connected with Bob Last, who had the label Fast Product/Pop:Aural. He would release at the time new post punk music from not only The Fire Engines, but also Gang of Four, Mekons and The Human League to name a few. He would also be a manager for The Human League.<br /><br />Two of the members of the band (Davy Henderson and Russell Burn) would go on to form the band Win, Henderson formed the noise rock oriented band Nectarine No.9 in the early 90s. More recently he has performed/recorded with The Sexual Objects. In 2004, The Fire Engines reformed to support The Magic Band in Edinburgh, although not with Captain Beefheart, the band had been a huge influence on Fire Engines. With that a new interest in the band grew. A limited edition single followed next with Franz Ferdinand. The Fire Engines covered their song “Jaqueline” and Franz Ferdinand covered “Get Up and Use Me.” Several compilations were released as well. Most recently, <i>Codex Teenage Premonition</i> in 2005, made up of live recordings and live sessions and <i>Hungry Beat</i> in 2007, which collected the band’s mini album <i>Lubricate Your Living Room </i>along with the three singles they’ve released.</div></div></div><div> </div><div><b>Show 1001 (Originally Aired On August 19th, 2023) (The Hives, Robbie Roberston, Rodriguez, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. The Hives - Trapdoor Solution <br />2. The Hives - Stick Up <br />3. Hippie Hourrah - Rorschach <br />4. Joanna Sternberg - The Human Machine <br />5. Cat Clyde - Everywhere I Go <br />6. Lonesome Lefty & The Cryin’ Shames - Diga Diga Doo<br />7. Canadian Squires - Leave Me Alone <br />8. Bob Dylan & The Hawks - Tell Me Momma (Live 1966 Royal Albert Hall) <br />9. The Band - To Kingdom Come<br />10. The Band - Jawbone <br />11. The Band - Yazoo Street Scandal <br />12. The Band - The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show<br />13. Sam Cooke - Mean Old World <br />14. Sam Cooke - Laughin’ and Clownin’<br />15. Marvin Gaye - Please Stay (Once You Go Away (Alt Mix) <br />16. Marvin Gaye - The World is Rated X <br />17. The Scenics - In the Summer <br />18. Protomartyr - 3800 Tigers<br />19. Odonis Odonis - Passing Us By (Feat. SUUNS) <br />20. Frankiie - Garden <br />21. Osees - Sleazoid Psycho <br />22. Rodriguez - Hate Street Dialogue<br />23. Rodriguez - Street Boy <br />24. Rodriguez - Crucify Your Mind <br />25. Neil Young - Sedan Delivery</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the August 12 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div> <br /><b>Show 1000 (Originally Aired On August 12th, 2023)(The Golden Episode):</b></div><div><div><br />1. Pavement - Gold Soundz <br />2. Guided By Voices - Gold Star for Robot Boy<br />3. Lizzie Esau - Fool’s Gold <br />4. Hole - Gold Dust Woman <br />5. Johnny West - Gold Smoke<br />6. Damaged Bug - Lovely Gold <br />7. Daniele Lupi & Parquet Courts (Ft. Karen O) - The Golden Ones <br />8. David Bowie - Velvet Goldmine<br />9. Broken Social Scene - Golden Facelift <br />10. Brian Eno - Golden Hours<br />11. Car Seat Headrest - Golden Years <br />12. Chad Vangaalen - Golden Pear<br />13. Neil Young - Silver & Gold <br />14. Syd Barrett - Golden Hair <br />15. Mac DeMarco - 2020819 She Get the Gold Star <br />16. Wax Mannequin - Grover’s Gold <br />17. Tom Waits - Diamonds & Gold <br />18. Nirvana - Marigold<br />19. Sprinters - Struck Gold<br />20. Sloan - Golden Eyes <br />21. Apollo Ghosts - Golden Teacher <br />22. Thee Oh Sees - Golden Phones <br />23. Dick Nolan - Golden Rocket <br />24. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Silver & Gold <br />25. Fire Engines - Big Gold Dream <br />26. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold I <br />27. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold II <br />28. Weak Signal - Dripping in Gold <br />29. Paul the Tailor - Gold <br />30. The Sadies - Reward of Gold <br />31. Atomic Seven - The Man with the Golden Card<br />32. Iggy Pop - Gold <br />33. The Gories - Idol with the Golden Head</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the August 12 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><p><b>Show 999 (Originally Aired On August 5th, 2023)(The Chameleons, The Flaming Lips, Ed Keupper, Ron Gallo, Mononegatives, 999):</b></p>1. 999 - Direct Action Plan <br />2. The Replacements - Left of the Dial (Ed Stasium Mix)<br />3. Wilco - Evicted <br />4. Ed Keupper - A Trick or Two <br />5. Ed Keupper - Not Too Soon <br />6. Stevie Wonder - Too High <br />7. Ike & Tina Turner - Higher Ground <br />8. The Dirtbombs - Livin’ for the City <br />9. Mononegatives - Deficit <br />10. Fake Palms - Wasted Silhouettes <br />11. Private School - Science Fiction <br />12. Wasted Lives - Undercover <br />13. The Spy’s - Don’t Touch That Dial <br />14. The Chameleons - Don’t Fall <br />15. The Chameleons - Thursday’s Child <br />16. The Flaming Lips - Pilot Can at the Queer of God <br />17. The Flaming Lips - Be My Head <br />18. Tough Age - Hideaway <br />19. The Ape-ettes - Remi <br />20. Private Lives - Dead Hand <br />21. Priors - Separation Anxiety <br />22. Sunglaciers - Kafka (Mixtape Version) <br />23. Tobin Sprout - The Natural Alarm <br />24. The Particles - Remington Rand<br />25. Ron Gallo - At Least I’m Dancing <br />26. The Cramps - Don’t Eat Stuff Off the Sidewalk<br />27. Young Rival - Heard it All Before </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the August 5 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><p><b>Show 998 (Originally Aired On July 29th, 2023)(Olinda, Tea Leaves, Daniel Romano, Dan Sartain, The Ichi-Bons):</b></p>1. Olinda - Dreams in Transit <br />2. Decliner - Gumbie <br />3. Trophy Knife - Again and Again <br />4. Aleks Stoykoysky - Dehydrated <br />5. Roye Trout - Snake Oil <br />6. Ancient Shapes - Imaginary Agony <br />7. Tea Leaves - Bipolar Skies <br />8. Daniel Romano’s Outfit - Rhythmic Blood (Live) <br />9. Ex Ox - Nervous Complaint <br />10. Phantom Sender - Solstice Ring<br />11. Delta 5 - Triangle <br />12. Essential Logic - Aerosol Burns <br />13. La Securite - Suspens <br />14. Magazine - Sweetheart Contract<br />15. Osees - Stunner<br />16. The Fall - Psykick Dancehall <br />17. Sonny & The Sunsets - I See the Void <br />18. Galore - Lydia <br />19. Fake Fruit - Mutuas <br />20. Duotang - The Cons & Pros <br />21. The Exploding Hearts - Boulevard Trash <br />22. Buzzcocks - Nothing Left <br />23. The Hives - Rigor Mortis Radio<br />24. Link Wray - Jack the Ripper <br />25. Link Wray - The Stranger <br />26. Dan Sartain - Ruby Carol <br />27. Dan Sartain - Bohemian Grove <br />28. Dan Sartain - People Throwing Stones at Glass Houses <br />29. The Garrys - Burger Buoy <br />30. The Kan Dells - Cloudburts <br />31. The Ventures - The Ninth Wave <br />32. The Ichi-Bons - Don’t Call Me Flyface </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the July 29 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><p><b>Show 997 (Originally Aired On July 22nd, 2023) (New York Dolls 50th Anniversary):</b></p>1. Psychic Void - Back 2 Reality <br />2. Smashing Pumpkins - Pissant <br />3. Fruit Bats - Quiet <br />4. Blue Oil - From the Heart <br />5. Blue Oil - Sardine City<br />6. Ancient Shapes - Imaginary Agony <br />7. Dead Bob - Party of One <br />8. B.A. Johnston - TV’s on Babe (Television Zombie)<br />9. New York Dolls - Personality Crisis<br />10. New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss (1972 Demo) <br />11. New York Dolls - Vietnamese Baby<br />12. New York Dolls - Lonely Planet Boy <br />13. New York Dolls - Frankenstein<br />14. Sylvain Sylvain - Trash <br />15. New York Dolls - Bad Girl <br />16. Johnny Thunders - Subway Train <br />17. New York Dolls - Pills (Live 1974)<br />18. New York Dolls - Private World <br />19. New York Dolls - Jet Boy <br />20. By Divine Right - Mutant Message <br />21. By Divine Right - Super Moon (Demo) <br />22. Shotgun Jimmie - Sappy Slogans<br />23. Ron Leary - I Was Born <br />24. The Ape-ettes - Trampoline <br />25. The Stools - Buick Boogie <br />26. Louder Than Death - Scum of the Moon </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the July 22 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><p><b>Show 996 (Originally Aired On July 15th, 2023)(Lou Reed's Berlin, Wax Mannequin, Kid Congo Powers, Private Lives, Blue Oil): </b></p>1. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - (Are You) Ready Freddy? <br />2. Ron Gallo - Foreground Music <br />3. Ghost Woman - Street Meet <br />4. The Stoves - Moments <br />5. Mudhoney - Little Dogs <br />6. Lou Reed - Lady Day <br />7. Lou Reed - Men of Good Fortune <br />8. Lou Reed - Oh Jim <br />9. Lou Reed - Berlin (1971 RCA Demo) <br />10. Grian Chatten - Fairlies <br />11. Wax Mannequin - Even Then <br />12. Amos the Kid - Well Water<br />13. Doug Paisley - If I Wanted <br />14. Shana Cleveland - Mystic Mine <br />15. Deer Tick - Grey Matter <br />16. King Khan - The Nature of Things <br />17. Tandoori Knights - Mr. Executioner <br />18. Thee Retail Simps - Weapon of the Mystic <br />19. Blue Oil - Money <br />20. Private Lives - Hit Record <br />21. Motorbike - Throttle <br />22. Liquids - Bitter End <br />23. Tiny Baby - Lake Temagami <br />24. Spoon - She’s Fine, She’s Mine <br />25. Funkadelic - Back In Our Minds</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the July 15 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><p><b>Show 995 (Originally Aired On July 8th, 2023) (Fugazi, Spiderbite, Rick Froberg, Queens of the Stone Age, T.Rex):</b></p>1. Fugazi - Witness Protection Program <br />2. Fugazi - Great Cop <br />3. Spiderbite - Fiberglass City <br />4. Mononegatives - Replaceable Anatomy <br />5. Skating Polly - All the Choices <br />6. boygenius - Satanist <br />7. PJ Harvey - I Inside the Old Year Dying<br />8. Drive Like Jehu - New Math <br />9. Hot Snakes - Plenty For All <br />10. Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight <br />11. Hot Snakes - Six-Wave Hold Down<br />12. Daniel Romano’s Outfit - The Long Mirror of Time (Live) <br />13. Private Lives - Trust in Me <br />14. Taxi Girls - After Effect <br />15. Tough Age - In A Garden <br />16. The Particles - Bits of Wood <br />17. La Securite - Dis-Moi <br />18. Feeble Little Horse - Tin Man <br />19. Post Grads - Anxiety <br />20. Ryan Bourne - Black Hole<br />21. Obits - Two Headed Coin<br />22. Obits - Spun Out<br />23. Obits - Let Me Dream If I Want To <br />24. Albert Hammond Jr. - One Chance <br />25. Cameron Noise - Did I Ever Tell You<br />26. TAFKAVince Band - Magazine Pages <br />27. Queens of the Stone Age - Paper Machete <br />28. T.Rex - The Slider </div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the July 8 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-43560153533540587372023-07-01T10:36:00.003-04:002023-07-13T20:33:17.743-04:00Sport Fishin': The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook: An Interview with Don Pyle & Shows # 994, 993, 992<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToQmn6JLWWlNR8-G8b2hBQJnW7XX4DGJvqTb712XHviliQYA5eOrXSNaNp12k8VjpH_sHe3VDmWL683HV8IN-0XhvSukbVa-jIandeEHgip16JkeB80EFzgFLQtUN4W1gLtXjZ4JdMwUCRILkOlznL0HQ67wj-SYTGekbv-qmWcbThJ399o2P/s1200/SMOASP%20-%20Sport%20Fishin%202016%20reissue.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToQmn6JLWWlNR8-G8b2hBQJnW7XX4DGJvqTb712XHviliQYA5eOrXSNaNp12k8VjpH_sHe3VDmWL683HV8IN-0XhvSukbVa-jIandeEHgip16JkeB80EFzgFLQtUN4W1gLtXjZ4JdMwUCRILkOlznL0HQ67wj-SYTGekbv-qmWcbThJ399o2P/w640-h640/SMOASP%20-%20Sport%20Fishin%202016%20reissue.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>In 1993, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet released their third full-length album titled <i>Sport Fishin’: The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hoo</i>k. Prior to recording the album the band was quite busy. Whether it was touring, rehearsing, recording music for the <i>Kids In The Hall</i> TV Series or recording singles, it was a whirlwind of activity for the band. Before the recording of <i>Sport Fishin’</i>, SMOASP recorded some singles with Steve Albini at his home studio. Some of these tracks would wind up on a few different releases such as the<i> Dog & Squeegie</i> single released in 1992 on the Estrus label and the <i>Take Outs</i> single released on the Derivative label in August of 1993. Just before Christmas of 1992 however, they recorded and mixed over a five-day period with Steve Albini at the Chicago Recording Company studio. The results would be the <i>Sport Fishin’</i> album.<br /><br />The album starts off with the track “Unwatchable,” a short eleven-second reverb driven surf influenced track, but don’t let that description fool you, this album is many things at once. “Spend A Night, Not A Fortune” is a musical interplay with the lead bass rhythms of Reid Diamond, as Brian Connelly’s masterful guitar work floats in-between and Don Pyle holds down everything with sparse, inventive drumming. The band starts off here with a slow build before the rich tapestry and chemistry of the band is revealed. It doesn’t take long for that to take effect as “Three Piece Suit” comes in as track three on <i>Sport Fishin’</i>. With Connelly’s rolling reverb saturated guitar riffs that lead the song and bass that builds tension with the drums in the background, the pace slows down briefly before the chorus of the song arrives again. It evokes something that Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet do so well, suck you into their musical orbit. The combination of all this on this track (and throughout this record) has a familiar, nostalgic feeling, yet it is something all of its own. “Fortune Telling Chicken” arrives a cappella before fiery surf and 50s influenced instrumental riffs lead the way into “(Relax) You Will Think You Are A Chicken,” which begins with another introduction and a hypnotizing piano backing. Musically the song kicks in with slithery basslines, marching, yet steady drumbeats and intense guitar, blending surf and that unnamable chemistry. The song ends with Pyle playing a series of toms on the drums, driving bass and spirited guitars.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFSQ23zEZSRgZi6UknlxEiwZt3heyMafp46tL7UDu8xl9euOPSVNNeHEr2h1Lby9B1EviLes-eNV_K5DjzukGUuiHVdox_D2ocCQAtzndo41k0g83jbNYNtJnLUGmmIyt5y0IoDYKCZXuG_DMjtuDxdUblIjsm8FbyyDjcPtzPRtpsKIJMzrK/s1134/Shadowy-Men-On-A-Shadowy-Planet.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1134" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkFSQ23zEZSRgZi6UknlxEiwZt3heyMafp46tL7UDu8xl9euOPSVNNeHEr2h1Lby9B1EviLes-eNV_K5DjzukGUuiHVdox_D2ocCQAtzndo41k0g83jbNYNtJnLUGmmIyt5y0IoDYKCZXuG_DMjtuDxdUblIjsm8FbyyDjcPtzPRtpsKIJMzrK/w400-h236/Shadowy-Men-On-A-Shadowy-Planet.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>“Plastics For 500, Bob” features smooth, twangy bass, bold guitars and energetic drums. “That Wuz Ear Me Callin’ A Horse” an example of a loud song that captures what the band must have sound like live at the time with a song title that, like many of their song titles, plays into their own irreverent sense of humour. “Singing Cowboy” is a short countrified track featuring Diamond on lead vocals singing of <b>“Wide open spaces/Wide open skies” </b>that comes off as both tongue in cheek and heartfelt, “Farbs” features stabbing guitar swells, propelling bass and drums and several false endings before the song finally concludes, but far be it from me to criticize this. It sounds like the band are in their element here. “Spy School Graduation Theme” features plotting basslines, drums filled with intrigue and guitar from Brian Connelly that despite the lack of lyrics conjures up an ominous, yet peering narrative. “Cheese in the Fridge” is one of the longest tracks found on <i>Sport Fishin’ </i>featuring frosty basslines, chilling drums and atmospheric guitars, “Mecca” is track thirteen on the album. When originally released it was not listed on the album’s track list, with the clang of an elevator door opening and someone saying “thirteen” many assumed that was the name of the track, when it is actually a SMOASP version of Gene Pitney’s “Mecca.” <br /><br />“Algoma Reflections” branches out into jazz, “We’re Not A Fucking Surf Band” splinters into jagged post punk, sounding influenced by The Minutemen, “Honey, You’re Wasting Ammo” is a Pixies informed, alternative rock sounding track, while one of the album singles “They Don’t Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore” moves its way into Latin rhythms. There are many great moments on this record where you can hear the band really lock in and play in that great in the pocket groove moment. This track also shows how versatile, subtle and effective Don Pyle’s drumming can be, Connelly’s guitar and Diamond’s bass also prosper at just the right moments here. “What I Like About Grease” features dirtier guitar as bass and drums burn the musical oil, “Memories of Gay Paree” is primarily driven by its 60s organ sounds mixing in garage rock elements, while “Babywetsitself” ends Sport Fishin’ in cinematic noir reverberations mixed with jazz. There is a gap of no sound before a hidden track appears, a brief live version of “Shakin’ All Over” followed by crowd noises. <br /><br />When recording <i>Sport Fishin’</i>, it was the only time that the band recorded in an uninterrupted fashion for a record. Recorded and mixed over five days, all of their previous work was recorded at different times and then gradually pieced together. The results are cohesive here. The band is in top form and seamlessly jump genres on songs throughout the record. The sound is bolder with a heavier sound and combines elements of surf, jazz, rock, punk and western-styled music, in addition to their other influences. Albini captured Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, very in-the-moment and there is a certain intensity found throughout the songs. With <i>Sport Fishin’: The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook</i>, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet cast their musical net out into the water and come back with that elusive sound that they create so well.<div><br /></div><div><b>Listen to an interview that Revolution Rock did with Don Pyle of Revolution Rock here: <iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-don-pyle-interview-july-1st-2023%2F" width="100%"></iframe></b><br /> <div><b>Show 994 Sport Fishin' 30th Anniversary Playlist (Don Pyle of Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet Interview) (Originally Aired On July 1st, 2023) :</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Unwatchable (I)<br />2. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Spend A Night, Not A Fortune<br />3. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Three Piece Suit<br />4. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Fortune Tellin' Chicken<br />5. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet (Relax) You Will Think You Are A Chicken<br />6. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - " Plastics For 500, Bob"<br />7. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - That Wuz Ear Me Callin' A Horse<div><br /><div><b>DON PYLE INTERVIEW PT. 1</b></div><div><br />8. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - The Singing Cowboy<br />9. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Farbs<br />10. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Spy School Graduation Theme<br />11. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Cheese In The Fridge</div><div><br /></div><div><b>DON PYLE INTERVIEW PT.2</b></div><div><br />12. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Unwatchable (II)<br />13. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Haig Earl<br />14. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Algoma Reflections<br />15. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - We're Not A Fucking Surf Band<br />16. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Peas Porridge Rock<br />17. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Honey You're Wasting Ammo</div><div><br /></div><div><b>DON PYLE INTERIVEW PT.3</b></div><div><br />18. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore<br />19. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Off Our Back Conrad Black<br />20. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - We'll Be Right Back!<br />21. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - What I Like About Grease<br />22. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Memories Of Gay Paree<br />23. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Babywetsitself</div><div><br /></div><div><b>DON PYLE INTERVIEW PT.4</b></div><div><br />24. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet (W/Fred Schneider) - Lick<br />25. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Song of the Lobster<br />26. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - That Wuz Ear Me Callin' A Horse (Live)<br />27. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - (Relax) You Will Think You Are A Chicken (Live)<br />28. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - The Last of my Hiccups<br />29. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - The Jehrney</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the July 1 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div> <br /><b>Show 993 Playlist (Liz Phair, Global Citizens, Yo La Tengo) (Originally Aired On June 24th, 2023):</b><br /><br />1. Water From Your Eyes - True Life <br />2. Model/Actriz - Mosquito <br />3. Swans - Los Angeles: City of Death <br />4. The Pop Group - Kiss the Book (1978 BBC Session) <br />5. Butthole Surfers - Ricky<br />6. Spiderbite - Smashed Glass<br />7. Psychic Void - The Man<br />8. Liz Phair - 6’1” <br />9. Liz Phair - Soap Star Joe <br />10. Liz Phair - Clean <br />11. Packs - Laughing Till I Cry <br />12. La Securite - Le Kick <br />13. Joe Meek and The Blue Men - Orbit Around the Moon (Take 1) <br />14. Global Citizens - Fireball <br />15. Global Citizens - Happiness Ain’t Green Grass <br />16. The Courettes Time is Ticking <br />17. Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire - That’s It<br />18. Galen & Paul - Sea Shanty<br />19. Yo La Tengo - Tonight’s Episode <br />20. Yo La Tengo - Moby Octopad <br />21. Yo La Tengo - Serpentine<br />22. Yo La Tengo - Big Day Coming <br />23. Teke::Teke - Hoppe <br />24. Neither Could Dylan - Skeleton <br />25. Wax Mannequin - Wrong About You<br />26. Tough Age - Paradise By Another Name </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the June 24 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Show 992 Playlist (John McGeoch, The Police Synchronicity, Violent Femmes) (Originally Aired On June 17th, 2023):</b></div><br />1. Weird Nightmare - She’s the One<br />2. Wrong War - The Call <br />3. Tricky Woo - Rock & Roll Vs. the World <br />4. Ex Ox - It’s Your Faul the World is Ending<br />5. Universal Cleaner - Psychosocial Mother Matrix<br />6. The Police - Synchronicity I <br />7. The Police - Miss Gradenko <br />8. Juliana Hatfield - Murder By Numbers<br />9. Violent Femmes - Every Breath You Take <br />10. Visage - Visage <br />11. Gen X - Poison<br />12. The Armoury Show - Castles in Spain <br />13. Public Image Ltd. - Seattle <br />14. Bob Dylan - Wicked Messenger<br />15. Bonny Doon - Crooked Creek <br />16. Deer Tick - Forgiving Ties <br />17. Charlotte Cornfield - You and Me <br />18. Shotgun Jimmie - Tumbleweed <br />19. Love Interest - Midwinter, Violent Air <br />20. Osees - Goon <br />21. Zoon - Gaagige <br />22. OMBIIGIZI - Back at Me <br />23. Home Front - Real Eyes <br />24. Frankiie - Cruel <br />25. The Hives - Countdown to Shutdown<br />26. Jay Reatard - Paint It Shut</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the June 17 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-58169659966835577532023-06-10T22:21:00.002-04:002023-06-13T21:43:15.808-04:00Crossing Visual Field: An Interview with Mononegatives & Shows # 991, 990 & 989<i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4lHCr201thp1SLgsOiiZ3qY9TLdALDwyDo170F6JmTKgX4hA7Qp6mE_KFJos27cwT_RxCrJuYQD1hpeYtkTtCY0SaSfZsU1fW6FkhVerAvIPj2xeFbCFq3hRodkWNQr4tz3yG3ag7BmrUmFNHiNZnnbdF7P6u4_QuxKgDiPtyvGnMduzYQ/s1200/mononegatives%20crossing%20visual%20field.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4lHCr201thp1SLgsOiiZ3qY9TLdALDwyDo170F6JmTKgX4hA7Qp6mE_KFJos27cwT_RxCrJuYQD1hpeYtkTtCY0SaSfZsU1fW6FkhVerAvIPj2xeFbCFq3hRodkWNQr4tz3yG3ag7BmrUmFNHiNZnnbdF7P6u4_QuxKgDiPtyvGnMduzYQ/w640-h640/mononegatives%20crossing%20visual%20field.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Crossing Visual Field</i> is the second full-length album by London, Ontario’s Mononegatives. Their sound has been described as “raw punk meets new wave” and with 2021’s fast selling and critically acclaimed <i>Apparatus Division</i>, Mononegatives set themselves apart as a band experimenting with the punk meets new wave genre. Featuring Rob Brake on guitar/synth/vocals, Aaron Wallis bass and David Cereghini on drums, <i>Crossing Visual Field</i> was recorded once again with producer Preston Lobzun, but this time at a home studio in Scarborough. The band spent two years writing, recording and preparing for this record. With extra sonic details this time around, <i>Crossing Visual Field</i> brings a new atmosphere and broader scope to Mononegatives previous anxious nervous energy dynamic. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_13z_X1MTiL9_DWD-NF5085-XpBmx1eagowFwbDOnqrJjJviyayy3cwlaAJxyaFB-VKsiYUcuWe3PDrLOlWDPUYWHA2DmncdS6UCZpVnWZclMkVdnqQjB1F6Te_0FjZtwFj2CyKdPbWDWfrI5Y1tlV97mIbKFXWs-FoYRo95ef-smHCemfg/s600/mononegatives-bandpic.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_13z_X1MTiL9_DWD-NF5085-XpBmx1eagowFwbDOnqrJjJviyayy3cwlaAJxyaFB-VKsiYUcuWe3PDrLOlWDPUYWHA2DmncdS6UCZpVnWZclMkVdnqQjB1F6Te_0FjZtwFj2CyKdPbWDWfrI5Y1tlV97mIbKFXWs-FoYRo95ef-smHCemfg/w400-h266/mononegatives-bandpic.webp" width="400" /></a></div>“Neutral Solution” starts off <i>Crossing Visual Field </i>with a Devo-meets-Gary Numan sound that intersects with garage punk. The song begins with a drumbeat and urgent guitar riff before everything kicks in. The fast verses pause with synthy atmosphere at various points, but never overstays its welcome as this song, just a few seconds under a minute and a half, illustrates the abilities of Mononegatives in the opening moments of the album. “Faculty” is an anxious blast of guitar riffs and features an overload of synthesizers that sounds like an apocalyptic meltdown as cryptic lyrics <b>“Zero time/Zero mind”</b> repeat over punk guitar riffs. “Disappearing Architecture” brings in paranoid lyrics <b>“Surface/Routine/Automatic/Terrestrial location”</b> operates with a controlled frenzy pulling in catchy melodies as the song floats around the sci-fi and all too real themes of the song’s title, while “North Carolina Atomic Bomb” was the lead off single for this album. Described as an atmospheric dark synth-wave track, this song features what sounds like a malfunctioning synthesizer, buzzing bass and crunchy guitar sounds tuning into an almost post punk electronic frequency as Brake sings lines such as “<b>Splitting an atom/Flicking a switch,” “Frequencies shifting frequently”</b> and <b>“A clock moving backwards/The world spins in reverse/Never a moment/You can afford to waste”</b> describing a wasteland of the future and technological ruin. The way the song is executed here is tense, restless and sounds like it is about to implode at any minute. “Implicit Obedience” subverts lyrically as musically the song mixes noisy synth punk sounds with driving destructive rhythms, while “Cro-Magnon” is an infections gem that describes a reverse dystopia with catchy fuzzy bass, synthesizers and drums that lock in with a new wave/post punk garage/shoegaze fashion. <br /><br />“Second Self” appears next. Originally part of the <i>New Exit in Shards EP</i> in 2022, this track features catchy post-punk guitars, while the chorus features lyrics such as <b>“See parallel Lives/Opposite of sides/Framework falls apart/New exit in shards”</b> reflecting introspective paranoia as the song picks up in a grimy punk fashion before ending in pulsating synthesizers. “Second Self” hits differently as part of this album, track seven and the halfway point of <i>Crossing Visual Field</i>. “Bel-Pre” brings a dark synth mood here as guitar arpeggios laced with effects, fuzz bass and atmospheric drums add to the make up of the song found here. The lyrics of <b>“Nothing comes easy/Nothing comes cheap,” </b>and <b>“All roads lead Rome/No roads lead to home,”</b> evokes a sense of isolation despite the vastness of the world around you. “Outcome Unknown” brings a sense of uncertainty and an uptick in garage punk rhythms, “Television Funeral” is 70s punk/garage and synthy new wave blast drawing comparisons to The Spits and Wire that brings forth a caustic tale lyrically. This song pulls in complex subject matter and in press releases for the single puts forward the idea of <b>“Now that everything can be recorded it’s usually nothing we want to remember.” </b><br /><br />“Testing Capacity” calls out with deep cutting synthesizers as guitar, bass and drums attack in the choruses while lyrically <b>“Crash testing/Falling from the second story/Manufacturing with confidence”</b> and <b>“Transducer test device/Static stability factor/Frontal impact force”</b> paint a cryptic, yet glitchy picture touching on communication in the modern age. “Living in the Future” is a bass and midi-sounding synthesizer driving track with lyrics that convey a post-apocalyptic world, while “Deficit” ends<i> Crossing Visual Field.</i> The post punk/garage track with a thought provoking chorus of “<b>Tomorrow is hand to mouth”</b> leaves open a bleak, yet fragmented outcome between the apocalyptic worlds described throughout this album and our modern day dystopia. With <i>Crossing Visual Field</i>, Mononegatives combine elements of post punk, synth rock, punk, garage and the lo-fi genre into its own thing. With a deeper sense of complexity and experimentation, themes of distant and not so distant dystopias, nuclear paranoia and the apocalypse, all wrap around a new sense of atmosphere and musical structure. The songs found here are not just one thing, but many things at once. They are a bit cryptic and can elicit different meanings on repeat listens. <i>Crossing Visual Field</i> brings Mononegatives into a new focus as they travel across different sonic landscapes.<div><br /></div><div><b>
<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=550969374/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=2ebd35/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="https://mononegatives.bandcamp.com/album/crossing-visual-field">Crossing Visual Field by MONONEGATIVES</a></iframe> </b></div><div><b>Continue reading for an interview that Revolution Rock did with the members of Mononegatives:</b><div><b><br />RR: How/when did Mononegatives form and who is currently playing in the band? </b><br /><br />MN: We formed in May 2019 playing our first show in June of that year. Currently the members are Aaron [Wallis] on bass, David [Cereghini] on drums, and Rob [Brake] on guitar/synth.</div><div><br /><b>RR: In 2021, you released <i>Apparatus Division</i>. It sold out quickly. What do you think it is about this album that people responded to so much?</b><br /><br />MN: It was the excitement of something new at a time when everything creative was in stasis. The releases we did before that album had momentum behind them leading to an anticipation for the album.<br /><br /><b>RR: When did you record <i>Apparatus Division</i> and with who? What do you remember of making the record?</b><br /><br />MN: We recorded the album at Watershed Studio with Preston Lobzun in July of 2020. We recorded a lot of material in a very short session, but we were prepared and excited. We mapped everything out and managed to get it all done in about ten hours.<br /><br /><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3L7o-cqh9VMrYE8dhUEYaHysyLg-K8T9q9X-_OVku79t8aW1TK-59E7t_AW7aV9rO3kagSKhx3uGHPl6uKLuVg1gYxhesTIUPLjhpI5iTdtGvPArxazT17uuy2qFJ0nk_MPIzMTQkdOl_D7Msn1wpB-EYILFROeYlwQ0xw2owFZ6X0EQY6Q/s1500/cromag.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3L7o-cqh9VMrYE8dhUEYaHysyLg-K8T9q9X-_OVku79t8aW1TK-59E7t_AW7aV9rO3kagSKhx3uGHPl6uKLuVg1gYxhesTIUPLjhpI5iTdtGvPArxazT17uuy2qFJ0nk_MPIzMTQkdOl_D7Msn1wpB-EYILFROeYlwQ0xw2owFZ6X0EQY6Q/s320/cromag.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>RR: In 2022, you had three singles out on Dowd Records. How did you get connected with this label and were all these songs recorded around the same time?</b><br /><br />MN: Rob is a fan of The Cry, a band big in the skateboarding community, and noticed they were on DOWD. Contact was made about that band and in the process DOWD found us, liked what they heard and wanted to work with us. Those singles were recorded over various sessions we did at our practice space over the course of a year or so. It has been a very wonderful time working with the label.<br /><br /><b>RR: What is the songwriting process generally like for songs in Mononegatives? Does it differ with each song?</b><br /><br />MN: Most of the time a member has an idea and after it is presented it is built up from there as a collaboration. Members are always working on something new so ideas come to us often. We pull ideas from different genres and styles and see how well it all works together.<br /><br /><b>RR: Dowd Records put out some different types of singles in advance of your second album <i>Crossing Visual Field</i>. “Cro-Magnon” had a game/contest and then “Television Funeral” was a record and a DVD. Maybe you can tell us about how these ideas came to be and maybe you can talk a bit about what inspired the songs themselves (“North Carolina Atomic Bomb,” “Cro-Magnon” and “Television Funeral”)?</b><br /><br />MN: We wanted to do something different and interesting with those singles so we wanted to have presentations that complimented the song. “North Carolina Atomic Bomb,” a song both about a lost nuclear warhead and living life feeling like the bomb went off, naturally should have a pop up mushroom cloud that goes on the record as it spins. “Cro-Magnon” lyrically deals with how we are going backwards into a dystopia so we just played that out through the artwork. “Television Funeral” is about watching a funeral over the computer. The video is more of a play on just the song title and it made sense to include it with the record, hence the record grooves being cut into the DVD. You can play the song on the turntable or watch the video on the tv. It’s all connected.<br /><br /><b>RR: <i>Crossing Visual Field </i>is out now. How would you compare the recording process of this album as opposed to <i>Apparatus Division</i>? In the press releases for the album it stated that the songs expanded the band’s scope and have more experimental elements – do you feel this is an accurate description of the songs?</b><br /><br />MN: The difference is this time we took a bit longer recording in a more focused way. We went to Scarborough for a long weekend recording in a home studio, a different vibe and approach to how we recorded the first LP. We absolutely feel that is an accurate statement about the songs. While there is still the familiar there are also songs that gravitate towards a new atmosphere for us. We spent two years working on them and finally recorded it when we felt fully satisfied with them. The extra time we had allowed for more experimentation and focus on the little details. The new album had different dynamics and ideas. <br /><br /><b>RR: What’s next for Mononegatives?</b><br /><br />MN: A bigger focus on touring, travelling, and live shows. While before the situation allowed us to exclusively write and record we are embracing the opportunity to present the songs in person. <br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Show 991 Playlist (Originally Aired On June 10th, 2023)(Mononegatives, Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Nerves</b></div><div><br /></div>1. The Nerves - Hanging on the Telephone <br />2. The Nerves - Paper Dolls <br />3. The Nerves - Letter to G (Demo)<br />4. Jack Lee - Give Me Some Time <br />5. Sloan - Blackout <br />6. Sloan - Can’t You Figure It Out? <br />7. Mac DeMarco - 20180701<br />8. The Sadies - Wasn’t Born to Follow <br />9. Reigning Sound - Here Without You<br />10. Dinosaur Jr. - Feel a Whole Lot Better <br />11. Husker Du - Eight Miles High <br />12. Patti Smith Group - So You Want to Be a Rock n’ Roll Star <br />13. Bully - Hard to Love <br />14. Audry - 100 Years <br />15. Teke::Teke - Yurei Zanmai <br />16. Mononegatives - Disappearing Architecture <br />17. Mononegatives - North Carolina Atomic Bomb <br />18. Mononegatives - Deficit <br />19. Mononegatives - House of Cards <br />20. Protomartyr - We Know the Rats <br />21. Tunic - Protected <br />22. King Krule - Pink Shell <br />23. Squid - Swing in a Dream<br />24. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Christine <br />25. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Spellbound<br />26. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Slowdive <br />27. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Happy House (Demo)<br />28. Siouxsie and The Banshees - Painted Bird (Workhouse Demo)<br />29. Jale - Hey Hey </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the June 10 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Show 990 Playlist (Originally Aired On June 3rd, 2023)(Talking Heads, Yo La Tengo, Magazine):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Talking Heads - Girlfriend is Better <br />2. Talking Heads - I Get Wild/Wild Gravity <br />3. Odonis Odonis (Feat. Actors) - No One Left<br />4. Flipper - Talk’s Cheap<br />5. Cat Clyde - The Hawk in the Tree<br />6. Knitting - Baby Carrots<br />7. Les Lullies - Zero Ambition<br />8. The Exploding Hearts - I’m A Pretender (King Louie Mix)<br />9. The Goldstars - My Money<br />10. The Thrashers - Doing Crime<br />11. Trophy Knife - Jet Jerk <br />12. Phantom Sender - Same Dance<br />13. Slowdive - When the Sun Hits<br />14. Yo La Tengo - Brain Capers<br />15. Wednesday - Bath Country <br />16. Yessica Woahneil - Cuntry Quest <br />17. Magazine - The Light Pours Out of Me <br />18. Magazine - Permafrost <br />19. Magazine - Because You’re Frightened <br />20. Magazine - Sandwiches (1977 Demo) <br />21. Magazine - Touch & Go (1977 Demo) <br />22. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides (1977 Demo) <br />23. Priors - Optimizer <br />24. Single Mothers - Roy <br />25. Divorcer - Leech <br />26. Softlung - Don’t Say No <br />27. Atsuko Chiba - Link </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the June 3 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Show 989 (Originally Aired On May 27th, 2023)(Tina Turner, The Saints, Tough Age, Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 60th Anniversary):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. PONY - Peach <br />2. OLD - Life <br />3. Monsoon Moon - Circulating <br />4. Jon McKiel - Swing Lo Magellan (Lagniappe Session)<br />5. Co-op - Reality’s Veil <br />6. Tough Age - Which Way Am I? <br />7. Blessed - Felt <br />8. Bob Dylan - Blowin’ in the Wind (Witmark Demo) <br />9. Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Girl from the North Country (Take 1) <br />10. Bob Dylan - Masters of War (Live) <br />11. Bob Dylan - Down the Highway<br />12. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan’s Blues (Witmark Demo) <br />13. Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Live 1975) <br />14. Bob Dylan - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Demo) <br />15. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan’s Dreams <br />16. Bob Dylan - Oxford Town<br />17. Bob Dylan - Talkin’ World War II Blues (Live) <br />18. Bob Dylan - Corrina, Corrina (Original B-Side Version) <br />19. Bob Dylan - Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance (Live) <br />20. Bob Dylan - I Shall Be Free <br />21. Ike & Tina Turner - Such a Fool for You <br />22. Ike & Tina Turner - Funkier than a Mosquita’s Tweeter <br />23. The Saints River Deep - Mountain High (International Robot Sessions) <br />24. The Damned - Love Song <br />25. Packs - Laughing Till I Cry <br />26. Tunic - Protected <br />27. Ancient Teeth - Out of Time <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the May 27 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-26444768768311491532023-05-20T22:04:00.008-04:002023-05-22T19:28:01.418-04:00Anne, If: An Interview with Evan Uschenko of Ghost Woman & Show # 988<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTkoFFS-tRAV-FBDOGxdZCdjl4ZwBmPVwl1pBhboxTBnkuYsjk64C9tRUxw4o362aUHsU5G7IW5rGCV0Y-1hotSbbro1oBNhNlR6TdZhdmfwK-4xNhAwecdNaZKfMVcwE-EBrLnUOPINtDcpX9A_d-Fo6uVeVwtOFBma-q4ZopOk60AwriA/s1200/gw%20anne,%20if.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRTkoFFS-tRAV-FBDOGxdZCdjl4ZwBmPVwl1pBhboxTBnkuYsjk64C9tRUxw4o362aUHsU5G7IW5rGCV0Y-1hotSbbro1oBNhNlR6TdZhdmfwK-4xNhAwecdNaZKfMVcwE-EBrLnUOPINtDcpX9A_d-Fo6uVeVwtOFBma-q4ZopOk60AwriA/w640-h640/gw%20anne,%20if.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Ghost Woman’s <i>Anne, If </i>was released in January 2023 on the Full Time Hobby label. Following 2022’s critically acclaimed self-titled debut, <i>Anne, If </i>picks up where that album left off. The music was written/recorded/performed by multi-instrumentalist Evan Uschenko on a Tascam 388 tape recorder in a large, expansive house. The press release states that when recording the album there was not much to do <b>“except record music, watch old VHS movies, and cook meals over an open fire in the backyard.” </b>Recording songs at different times of day also influenced the sounds and nuances present on <i>Anne, If.</i> Influences such as songs from 60s garage <i>Nuggets</i> compilation, The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Love, <i>Safe As Milk</i>-era Captain Beefheart, Can, Neu!, and 60s Kinks/The Creation all float around in the musical atmosphere of these songs, however, these all add to the chemistry of the songs to expand Ghost Woman’s sound.<br /><br />“Welcome” offers a short introduction to the album before “Broke” starts with its dusty, yet fuzzy grooves. As the bass and drums roll in, crunchy guitars and Uschenko’s ethereal vocals sit atop with lyrics such as <b>“Oh, there was some I would call on/You exist on the phone,”</b> and <b>“Another day gone/What if I lose it all/Another day alone/And if I lose it all,”</b> themes of disconnection, loneliness, self doubt and a sense of yearning present themselves, in between searing guitar solos. “3 Weeks Straight” continues with the 60s sounding guitars, heavy drums and deep bass grooves hold down the beat, while lyrically the song searches for meaning in the complex glow of the light and darkness of a relationship. The chorus of <b>“I can feel you under my skin” </b>creeps and crawls with an eeriness emphasizing a presence that is omnipresent. “Anne, If” pulls from the large pool of garage psych sounds of the <i>Nuggets</i> compilation with a touch of The Yardbirds as lyrically, <b>“Anne, if you're lonely/Listen to your words/There's nothing I can say/Living yesterday” </b>deals with nostalgic complications that are hard to break free of, while the chorus juxtaposes this with the words <b>“I am yours/I am yours too.”</b> “Street Meet” offers a short instrumental break as is moves forward with propelling, Can and Neu! influenced rhythms, “The End of a Gun” was the lead off single for <i>Anne, If</i>. With its chiming 12-string guitar growing out of The Byrds, Jefferson Airplane mould, garage rhythms from The Kinks and flashes of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young harmonies, this driving track seems to operate like a time warp while also peering into the present. <div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9v6G2nl0zi4tvQ4BM5ebGztEY8no94KaMYQ03jVnLAlzUe13dJUuby2E3rh_0twsPG-9ijV06d2hgTfFcNPjZcS5pyDn3BmCBLeWeTnnTOh2FSSejZ8ez90FuJagzB8-s-5i5KoWTusF0RXmRoI2v_HHtyMVosDpG-EF0x7Ty9cuoMtzVNg/s600/ghost%20woman%20live.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9v6G2nl0zi4tvQ4BM5ebGztEY8no94KaMYQ03jVnLAlzUe13dJUuby2E3rh_0twsPG-9ijV06d2hgTfFcNPjZcS5pyDn3BmCBLeWeTnnTOh2FSSejZ8ez90FuJagzB8-s-5i5KoWTusF0RXmRoI2v_HHtyMVosDpG-EF0x7Ty9cuoMtzVNg/w266-h400/ghost%20woman%20live.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div>“Lo Extrano” is another highlight featuring acoustic guitar, sparse drums and bass, psychedelic guitar and reflective lyrics that also emphasize a longing. The song’s languid nature is also elevated by the stunning pedal steel country guitar work provided by musician Ryan “Skinny” Dyck. "Arline” is an unhurried psych track with acoustic guitar, otherworldly sounding electric guitar parts and strong vocal harmonies. Lyrically, with words such as <b>“Will this world keep on turning/My ear’s always burning,” “Arline, I can hear you/Try my best to feel you/Tired of black and white,” </b>and a chorus of <b>“I don’t know,”</b> the song seems to question the unknown workings of the universe around us, while “Down Again” brings a heavy 60s psych groove with touches of 70s Krautrock ala Can and cryptic lyrics. “Tripped” features vocals by Nick Hay (the bassist from the Ghost Woman live band) that evoke a Mark Lanegan howl as the bass, guitar, drums and background harmonies (all supplied by Evan Uschenko) offer a hypnotic psychedelia groove. The lyrics conjure up themes of haunting isolation and contemplation. “So Long” ends out <i>Anne, If </i>with trippy sounding electric guitar and vocal harmonies. <br /><br /></div><div>On <i>Anne, If </i>we are presented with music that was described as being created during a “<b>strange new chapter”</b> in Uschenko’s life. The songs that we gravitate towards on this album feature lyrics that are sometimes cryptic and open ended. It is something that travels with you after and during each listen. If this was a strange new chapter for Uschenko, then we are also a part of it by extension of this album. With <i>Anne, If</i> the music is saturated with an analog warmth and feel that provides nuanced musical moments that pull you into the world that it creates.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Continue reading for an interview that Revolution Rock did with Evan Uschenko:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>RR: The press release for <i>Anne, If </i>said the album was made “living in a large, expansive house with nothing to do except record music, watch old VHS movies, and cook meals over an open fire in the backyard.” What type of movies did you watch on VHS and do you feel that recording in this way (sort of isolated) informed the songwriting at all for this album? Did it differ from how you recorded the 2022 self-titled album?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>EU: “Cannibal Holocaust” on repeat. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>RR: How do you approach songwriting in general? When you come up with songs is it usually in the same way or does it differ from track to track?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>EU: I basically have mini-strokes and psychotic episodes. I always keep microphones placed around any room I inhabit for longer than 48 hours.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>RR: You mentioned during interviews salvaging and replacing instruments from various spaces, including burned down rehearsal spaces and broken down vans. What sort of equipment were you able to retrieve?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>EU: You ever play that game called “telephone”? It’s kinda like that. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>RR: Where did you come up with the name for the project? Does the idea of hauntings influence the way you write lyrics or record your sounds?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>EU: “Ghost woman” is probably the worst band name ever conjured. Any name replacement recommendations are welcomed. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>RR: How did you assemble your touring band? What do they offer to the sound of Ghost Woman? What do you see being the most noticeable difference in the project's live sound and sound on record?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>EU: The most noticeable difference is: Live, the music actually sounds good. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>RR: Another aspect of Ghost Woman that isn’t talked about as much is your music videos. Maybe you can talk about what inspired you to make the videos for “Broke” from <i>Anne, If </i>and “Behind Your Eyes” from the first album? Perhaps you could tell us a bit about these songs origins?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>EU: "Broke" was produced by Bruce the Rabbit, who is in the music video actually. He was passed out in front of our Belgian home when we found him. We brought him in and tried to nurse him back to health. He ended up just raiding the cupboards and draining all our bottles. The video is something that he made when we had gone out to see some friends. I guess he had access to my computer and found a way send the video to various buyers. Safe to say, we don’t keep in contact with him much anymore. </div><div><br /></div><div>“Behind your eyes” video was a single roll of exposed Kodak film stock that was mysteriously left in my family P.O. Box somewhere in western Canada. I had access to a dark room and processed the film one evening as a means to avoid drinking. I shelved it because of the horrific nature of the film. There are about 10 mins of footage on that reel that should never see the light of day, but instead I figured I would use the band as a platform to release the less disturbing footage. If anyone has any information on anybody in that video, please contact the band at ggghostwoman@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div><b>RR: <i>Anne, If</i> features a few contributions from other musicians. Nick Hay appears on lead vocals for “Tripped” and Ryan “Skinny” Dyck provides pedal steel on “Lo Extrano.” How did they become involved in these tracks in this way?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>EU: They wouldn’t leave the house when I asked them to. So naturally I figured they wanted to stay. I had a windowless room that I would keep them in and feed them a bowl of unwashed chickpeas a day until they performed the take I was pleased with. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>RR: Ghost Woman has toured Europe quite a bit. Are there any plans for any US/Canadian dates in the future and what is next for Ghost Woman?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>EU: Yes. What’s next? I wanna know who’s on first.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Show 988 Playlist (Originally Aired On May 20th, 2023)(Ghost Woman, James Brown, The Smiths):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. PONY - Sucker Punch <br />2. Knitting - Fix <br />3. Amos the Kid - Under Thin Eye Lids <br />4. King Krule - Seaforth<br />5. James Brown - Introduction/I’ll Go Crazy<br />6. James Brown - Lost Someone<br />7. The Smiths - This Charming Man (John Peel Session) <br />8. The Smiths - London <br />9. The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? (John Peel Session) <br />10. The Smiths - Oscillate Wildly <br />11. Bob Dylan - Watching the River Flow (Live) <br />12. William Tyler & The Impossible - Our Lady of the Desert<br />13. Ryan Hicks - Surf Rider <br />14. Tea Leaves - Creature on a Stage <br />15. Atomic 7 - Skynyrd <br />16. Olivia Jean - Raving Ghost<br />17. Pretty Matty - Harder 2 Smile<br />18. Ghost Woman - The End of a Gun <br />19. Ghost Woman - Lo Extrano <br />20. Ghost Woman - Down Again <br />21. Ghost Woman - Dead & Gone<br />22. Mudhoney - Flush the Fascists <br />23. Subway Sect - Ambition <br />24. Osees - Intercepted Message<br /><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the May 20 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-21773542056906286152023-05-13T22:03:00.004-04:002023-10-04T22:30:00.465-04:00Link Wray's Rumble & Shows # 987, 986, 985, 985, 983, 982<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGK6tT5FF8Rwhef7-EDTSxOWWlhNz-A5Tzc26uqF6csBP9RcJwCrmxEsl25BE8KRm7_NEK6cgM5dHdUDD30-BWOhuJvGFsd7tww2hDnxide3QP_BFi1eqLMufvgOaHbhOiI6uUcWkQ_XYmNH0tESK0uvy7aWu45MLYGYdPNiOh5_JKE5xAA/s1404/link%20wray.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="1404" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGK6tT5FF8Rwhef7-EDTSxOWWlhNz-A5Tzc26uqF6csBP9RcJwCrmxEsl25BE8KRm7_NEK6cgM5dHdUDD30-BWOhuJvGFsd7tww2hDnxide3QP_BFi1eqLMufvgOaHbhOiI6uUcWkQ_XYmNH0tESK0uvy7aWu45MLYGYdPNiOh5_JKE5xAA/w640-h624/link%20wray.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Link Wray is known as the first guitarist to use the power chord in a song. The song was “Rumble.” Originally released in 1958 on the Cadence label, the song had its origins at a Record Hop (an event that would feature live music and dancing popular in the 50s). In 1957, at one of these Record Hops in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Wray and his brother Doug were playing when they were asked by the announcer to play a stroll. “The Stroll” was a popular song at the time by The Diamonds made to accompany the dance of the same name. Link Wray didn’t know how to play the song, but his brother Doug said he knew the beat to a stroll on the drums and Link Wray made up the chords to what would become known as “Rumble.” Upon playing the song, the crowd went crazy for the song. It was played 3-4 times that night. <br /><br />Originally under the working title “Oddball,” the song was recorded (like many of Wray’s early songs) with his brothers Doug and Vernon, with the addition of their cousin Shorty Horton on bass. Vernon (Known Ray Vernon and Vernon Wray) would produce/manage Link Wray’s early output. He himself has recorded quite a lot of music on his own, many of which feature the other Wray’s on the recordings. Prior to this, Wray and his brothers had a background playing music starting out with country and western music. Link Wray served in the US Army during the Korean War and contracted Tuberculosis, which led to him being hospitalized and then later having a lung removed. Doctors at the time predicted at he would never sing again. This of course would not be true, Wray would sing on many tracks in addition to performing instrumentals. <div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8xiQlVwV4lxWrUrNraVHWvP_N4THHLn4yaF08NsPaE8Zs0KOxlao1mmvMBmTloLYMhnvd2B_2T4vEQkREOHcSisesZc3MDsBlCp_vIfjEopxvQTYyhLf3NUPksrhE0Dn8mVJPIuEbu2k_RWuGB_O950poRpZZWMMSq8HFaa2p1SoTcAbEQ/s900/rumble%20sundazed%20single.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK8xiQlVwV4lxWrUrNraVHWvP_N4THHLn4yaF08NsPaE8Zs0KOxlao1mmvMBmTloLYMhnvd2B_2T4vEQkREOHcSisesZc3MDsBlCp_vIfjEopxvQTYyhLf3NUPksrhE0Dn8mVJPIuEbu2k_RWuGB_O950poRpZZWMMSq8HFaa2p1SoTcAbEQ/s320/rumble%20sundazed%20single.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>But, back to the song “Rumble.” It would go on to have a lasting influence throughout the future generations of rock music influencing everyone from Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page and The Kinks to Iggy Pop (to name a few). The edgy track, which featured power chords, distortion and attitude quickly, climbed up the top 40 singles charts of the day reaching #16. It would also be banned because DJs thought it would incite gang violence. In 1959 “Raw Hide” would reach #23 on the US singles charts. Other unhinged, tense and raw sounding tracks such as “Jack The Ripper,” “The Sweeper,” “Run Chicken Run,” “The Shadow Knows,” "Ace of Spades," “Deuces Wild,” and “I’m Branded” would be released throughout this early part of Wray’s career. Wray went on to create numerous instrumentals, but also perform tracks with vocals and branch out into different styles. Also of Shawnee Native American heritage, growing up Wray’s family would be subject to racial discrimination. Including times when his family would have to go into hiding. Link Wray would pay homage to his heritage to honour it in songs such as “Comanche” and “Shawnee.”<br /><br />In the 1960s Link Wray retired from music and went to work on his family’s farm in Maryland, after tiring of the music industry and their attempts to clean up his music. He did around this time build his own recording studio and would record music again, but it would not be released until the 1970s. Recorded in a converted chicken shack on his brother Vernon’s property, Wray would reinvent himself upon his return to music. In 1971 he returned with a country, gospel, folk and blues influenced album simply titled <i>Link Wray.</i> This roots rock album still featured a primal-ness that was present on Wray’s early recordings as he branched out. The album cover to 1971’s <i>Link Wray</i> also pays homage to his Shawnee background in addition to several of the lyrical content of songs found on the album. It would be the first in a series of albums where Link Wray experimented with sounds in this way, <i>Mordicai Jones</i> followed in 1972 and <i>Beans and Fatback </i>in 1973. In between these albums <i>Be What You Want To Be </i>was released in 1973, featuring several guest musicians such as Jerry Garcia and David Bromberg. <br /><br />Wray would go on to play and record albums with Robert Gordon in the 70s (<i>Robert Gordon with Link Wray </i>(1977), <i>Fresh Fish Special </i>(1978)) and he continued performing live and recording up until his passing in 2005. The impact of the sounds of Link Wray have been reverberating throughout different decades and genres of music since the first opening notes of 1958’s “Rumble.” In May of 2023, it was announced that Link Wray would be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The sounds he embraced when creating music of distortion, fuzz, tremolo, intensity and attitude continue to be heard. <br /><br /><div><b>Show 987 (Originally Aired On May 13th, 2023)(Link Wray, Via Mardot, Sloan, Protomartyr):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Spider Bite - Human Body Human Brain<br />2. Dumb - Quarter Stereo<br />3. Mason Lowe - Plastered<br />4. Iceage - Sociopath Boogie<br />5. Biker Priests - Dodge Babylon<br />6. Westelaken - Fixed Up By Orange Light<br />7. Slim Harpo - Shake Your Hips<br />8. Link Wray - I'm Branded<br />9. Link Wray - Raw-Hide<br />10. Link Wray - The Shadow Knows<br />11. Link Wray - Commanche<br />12. Link Wray & The Raymen - Big City After Dark<br />13. Link Wray - Falling Rain<br />14. Link Wray - Hidden Charms<br />15. Link Wray - Son of Rumble<br />16. Via Mardot - Static<br />17. Via Mardot - Towers<br />18. Gris Gris - Cuerpos Haran Amor Extrano<br />19. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Here I Am, Here I Always Am<br />20. The Courettes - Hop the Twig<br />21. Shadow Show - Radiant Hue<br />22. Spooky But Nice - Everytime<br />23. Priors - Optimizer<br />24. Plastic Act - What's in the Water<div>25. Sloan - Keep On Thinkin'<br />26. Sloan - On the Horizon<br />27. Preoccupations - Zodiac<br />28. Uh Huh - Citrus Song<br />29. Sneakpeak - Strawberry Reality<br />30. The Particles - The Trumpet Song<br />31. Protomartyr - Elimination Dances</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the May 13 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Show 986 (Originally Aired May 6th, 2023)(PJ Harvey, New Order, Gordon Lightfoot):</b></div><br />1. PJ Harvey - Man-Size<br />2. PJ Harvey - 50 ft. Queenie<br />3. Wednesday - Hot Rotten Grass Smell<br />4. Divorcer - Tiny Devil<br />5. Yessica Whoaneil - Again Again<br />6. Orange Juice - I Can't Help Myself<br />7. Pulp - Something Changed<br />8. New Order - Age of Consent<br />9. Destroyer - Leave Me Alone<br />10. Broadcast - Michael A Grammar<br />11. Gordon Lightfoot - Early Morning Rain<br />12. Gordon Lightfoot - Negotiations<br />13. Gordon Lightfoot - Spin, Spin<br />14. Century Palm - If You Could Read My Mind<br />15. Datblygu - Casserole Efeilliad<br />16. Psychedelic Furs - Heaven<br />17. La Securite - Try Again<br />18. Steve Adamyk Band - Do You Wanna Know<br />19. The Golden Shitters - CIty of Doom<br />20. SQURL - Berlin 87<br />21. The Hives - Bogus Operandi<br />22. The Jackets - Life's Not Like the Movies<br />23. The Routes - A Day in Hell<br />24. Link Wray - Deuces Wild<br />25. The Horrors - Primary Colours<br />26. Wax Mannequin - Love is a Hunter<br />27. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Gimme Hell</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the May 6 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Show 985 (Originally Aired On April 29th, 2023)(David Bowie's Aladdin Sane 50th Anniversary):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Tea Leaves - Cicada Song<br />2. Twin Rains - You're The Only One<br />3. Olinda - World Within<br />4. Mononegatives - Testing Capability<br />5. Priors - Daffodil<br />6. Tunic - Indirect<br />7. B.A. Johnston - You're Like a Steve Miller Band Song<br />8. Buddie - Worried<br />9. David Bowie - Watch That Man (Live)<br />10. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane<br />11. David Bowie - Drive-In Saturday (German Single Edit)<br />12. David Bowie - Panic In Detroit (Live in Detroit 1974)<br />13. David Bowie - Cracked Actor<br />14. David Bowie - Time<br />15. David Bowie - The Prettiest Star (1970 Single Version)<br />16. David Bowie - Let's Spend the Night Together Llive)<br />17. David Bowie - The Jean Genie (Live)<br />18. David Bowie - Lady Grinning Soul<br />19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date with the Night<br />20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (Four Track Demo)<br />21. The Replacements - Color Me Impressed<br />22. The Replacements - Take Me Down to the Hospital<br />23. Minor Threat - Think Again<br />24. Minor Threat - Cashing In<div>25. The Government - Real Computer<br />26. Harry Belafonte - Brown Skin Girl<br />27. Harry Belafonte - Go Down Emanuel Road</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the April 29 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Show 984 (Originally Aired On April 22nd, 2023) (R.E.M.'s Murmur 40th Anniversary):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. The Pop Group - She is Beyond Good and Evil <br />2. The Pop Group - Words Disobey Me <br />3. R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe <br />4. R.E.M. - Pilgrimage (Live Toronto 1983) <br />5. R.E.M. - Laughing (1982 RCA Demo) <br />6. R.E.M. - Talk About the Passion <br />7. R.E.M. - Moral Kiosk (Live Holland 1987) <br />8. R.E.M. - Perfect Circle <br />9. R.E.M. - Catapult (Stephen Hague Demo 1982) <br />10. R.E.M. - Sitting Still (1981 Demo) <br />11. R.E.M. - 9-9 (Rough Mix) <br />12. R.E.M. - Shaking Through (1982 RCA Demo) <br />13. R.E.M. - We Walk <br />14. R.E.M. - West of the Fields <br />15. Tough Age - Give It A Day <br />16. Eddie Current Suppression Ring - Our Quiet Whisper <br />17. By Divine Right - How Soon Is Now <br />18. Leather Rose - Space Girl <br />19. Julie Doiron - Back to the Water <br />20. Apollo Ghosts - Pink Tiger <br />21. Whitehorse - I Miss the City <br />22. Packs - Smallest One <br />23. Love Language - New Power <br />24. Cat Clyde - Mystic Light <br />25. The Beths - Watching the Credits <br />26. R.E.M. - There She Goes Again </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the April 22 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Show 983 (Originally Aired On April 15th, 2023)(Uh Huh, Olinda, David Lynch, Home Front, The Specials):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Tee Vee Repairmann - Time 2 Kill <br />2. Mononegatives - Television Funeral <br />3. Uh Huh - Rain (In the Afternoon) <br />4. Universal Cleaner - Her Mind Was A Psychic Slaughterhouse <br />5. Chain of Flowers - Serving Purpose <br />6. The Tubs - Wretched Lie <br />7. Sniffany and the Nits - Good Boy <br />8. Es - Swallowed Whole<br />9. The GN Band - The Bell Song<br />10. Olinda - Dreams in Transit <br />11. The Jellies - Jive Baby On A Saturday Night <br />12. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Pure Jam<br />13. The Scarlet Ribbon - Four in the Morning <br />14. Breanna Barbara - Rise <br />15. The Ketamines - Midnight Dawn <br />16. Messer Chups - Blue Velvet <br />17. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - 3 Piece Suit<br />18. The Waterheads - WAHWAHWAH :(<br />19. Good Throb - Slick D***s <br />20. The Rebel - Why Must I May? <br />21. The Ex - The Rise of the Dutch Republic <br />22. You’ll Never Get To Heaven - Exquisite Tension <br />23. David Lynch - Star Dream Girl<br />24. Home Front - Focus <br />25. Kim Gray - No Moonlight <br />26. Carol Kim - Saigon<br />27. The Mob - Witch Hunt <br />28. Milk Music - No, Nothing My Shelter <br />29. The Specials - Do Nothing</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the April 15 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /> <div><b>Show 982 (Originally Aired On April 8th, 2023) (Violent Femmes 40th Anniversary):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Sloan - Nice Work If You Can Get It<br />2. Alvvays - Pressed<br />3. Mad Ones - Molly Moth<br />4. Hotkid - Letters<br />5. The Leather Uppers - You Know I Do<br />6. The Gruesomes - Won't You Listen (Live)<div>7. The Gruesomes - My Dad's A Ho-Dad (Live)<br />8. Violent Femmes - Promise <br />9. Violent Femmes - Prove My Love<br />10. Violent Femmes - To the Kill<br />11. Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone (live)<br />12. On Film - Blister in the Sun <br />13. The Dandy Warhols - Kiss Off<br />14. Yo La Tengo - Add It Up<br />15. Beck - Painted Eyelids<br />16. Shana Cleveland - Gold Tower<br />17. The Courettes - Misfits & Freaks<br />18. Ghost Woman - Tripped<br />19. The Ichi-Bons - Show Me the Ropes<br />20. Bloodshot Bill - Vertigo<br />21. Calvin Johnson - Pink Cadallac<br />22. Deerhoof - And the Moon Laughs<br />23. Amos the Kid - Enough as It Was<br />24. Doctor Mother Father - Act Like I Like You<br />25. Mister Rabbit - Anyone<br />26. A Certain Ratio - Samo<br />27. Kosmetika - Psycho Tv<br />28. Dragnet - Strike<br />29. Husker Du - Do You Remember? (Live)<br />30. Mudhoney - Move Under</div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the April 8 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-61141163978084383362023-04-01T22:51:00.001-04:002023-04-05T22:15:51.204-04:00CJAM FM 2023 Pledge Drive & Show # 981, 980, 979, 978, 977<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMWY5CPGmyU-zozi-8HyPPpzBwpALtUseuCm0ARtXrjV-sM0RaMtgevw71DP3gdDRaNm4tTxi7DV4XMWvm1VsFv1SD57fTItDlJ_kseVB8ZUYE2h0ddmtBlv8XlgaHNAU-XxG9ZtQoTXu2-XO02MnEHW7LZla6X3RmnbWqT8_1IWE--Qz4w/s3801/CJAM-PD2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMWY5CPGmyU-zozi-8HyPPpzBwpALtUseuCm0ARtXrjV-sM0RaMtgevw71DP3gdDRaNm4tTxi7DV4XMWvm1VsFv1SD57fTItDlJ_kseVB8ZUYE2h0ddmtBlv8XlgaHNAU-XxG9ZtQoTXu2-XO02MnEHW7LZla6X3RmnbWqT8_1IWE--Qz4w/w640-h640/CJAM-PD2023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This week CJAM FM is holding its annual pledge drive. It is the only time of year CJAM reaches out to the community for financial support to continue daily operations at the station. This year, the station is celebrating 40 years on the FM dial come November as independent non-commercial radio, giving a voice to underrepresented artists, viewpoints, and cultures. We are playing with one of our nicknames, The Jamming One, for creative inspiration in our new exclusive line of t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and flyers. CJAM FM is a non-profit campus community radio station located at the University of Windsor. It has been on the FM dial offering alternative programming to the mainstream since 1983. The station is also available online and has past programs available to listen for 30 days, in addition to live streaming options. <br /><b><br />“For 40 years, CJAM has been a leader in alternative spoken word and music programming; carving out a space to provide experiential learning opportunities to students and providing them opportunities to learn how to record audio, edit, and create original radio programs for audiences in Windsor and Detroit,” </b>says Walter S. Petrichyn, Station Manager at CJAM 99.1 FM.<br /><br />Program partnerships with student life such as the law department’s Magna Carta Pro-Bono Students, the nursing department’s No Scrubs and St. Clair College’s MediaPlex program are a few examples of shows that highlight the station’s ever-growing program base that has been a launching pad for careers in the music industry, journalism, and sports broadcasting. <b>“We have had Jammers go on to work for AM 800, SOCAN, CBC, Bell Media, The Maple Leafs, and plenty more. It’s incredible to see our volunteers take flight with their professional careers and we want to continue supporting them and providing these rich opportunities,”</b> says Petrichyn.<br /><br />Last year, the station did not hold a pledge drive. Shows like Revolution Rock would not exist without something like CJAM FM. The program as mentioned before is curated to offer a different side of independent music and it often digs deep. Branching off from 70s punk/new wave, the program also focuses on garage, indie, surf and alternative genres. Featuring new/old music within and beyond those genres, it offers something different. CJAM offers a voice to artists of all genres and to different spoken word and language based programs that would not have a platform otherwise. That alone is a great reason to support CJAM FM during this time.<br /><br /><b>This year, CJAM is offering the following prizes at different donation levels.</b><br /><br /><b>$5</b> – CJAM 2023 Pledge Drive “The Jamming One” Sticker design by CJAM’s Batool Yahya // @artbybatool.io on Instagram<br /><br /><b>$10 to 20</b> – Music Prize Pack (CDs/vinyl) accessible from the CJAM Prize Room<br /><br /><b>$20</b> – Classic Vintage CJAM T-Shirts<br /><br /><b>$50</b> – CJAM 2023 Pledge Drive “The Jamming One” t-shirt designed by Windsor artist Kristina Bradt // @krizzlepie on instagram<br /><br /><b>$100</b> – CJAM prize pack (including 2023 t-shirt, sticker, music prize pack and vintage t-shirt)<br /><br /><b>Donation and merch site: </b>https://cjam-merch.square.site or www.cjam.ca<br /><br />There are also some events in the Windsor/Detroit area this year. One occurred at Green Bean Café on April 4th, the second will take place on April 8th at Craftheads at 7 PM.<br /><br /><b>Below you can find some playlists to recent episodes of Revolution Rock and an example of the type of programming that we offer.</b><div><br /><div><b>Show 981 (Originally Aired On April 1) (2023 Pledge Drive Edition):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Pylon - Crazy <br />2. Martha & the Muffins - Walking Into Walls<br />3. Terapi - Rock'A'Tchooka<br />4. Daniel Johnston - Walking the Cow <br />5. The Cramps - Faster Pussycat<br />6. The Hold Steady - Sideways Skull <br />7. New Pornographers - Really Really Light <br />8. PACKS - Brown Eye<br />9. Blessed - Felt <br />10. The Replacements - Hayday<br />11. Ramones - Somebody Like Me<br />12. Butthole Surfers - Hey <br />13. Lou Reed - Make Up My Mind <br />14. Neil Young -Payola Blues <br />15. The White Stripes - Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine<br />16. The White Stripes - It's True That We Love One Another<br />17. Al Green - Stand Up <br />18. Al Green - Your Love is Like the Morning Sun <br />19. Paul Jacobs - With My Friends <br />20. The Stools - Eyeball Crush <br />21. Trophy Knife - Class Outside <br />22. Gloin - Brique Chaude <br />23. Noble Rot - Medicine <br />24. Johnny West - Funeral Face<div>25. Magazine - Touch and Go</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the April 1 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div><div><br /><b>Show 980 (Originally Aired On March 25th, 2023)(The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Suede, Wire):</b></div><div><br /></div><div>1. Shadow Show - Contessa <br />2. Strobobean - Kitchen <br />3. Leggy - Lipstick on the Mic<br />4. Tough Age - Time & Again <br />5. Packs - EC<br />6. Ron Leary - Our Dogs<br />7. Aleks Stoykoysky - This Year’s Loser <br />8. Tea Leaves - Traveller <br />9. Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire - Dream <br />10. Jad Fair and Samuel Locke Ward - Donuts <br />11. The Beatles - Misery <br />12. The Beatles - There’s A Place<br />13. Led Zeppelin - The Crunge <br />14. Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days (Rough Mix)<br />15. Suede - Moving <br />16. Suede - Metal Mickey (Island Demo)<br />17. Love Language - New Power <br />18. Frankie Flowers - Bad Dream <br />19. Pile - Loops <br />20. Bonnie Trash - Shades of You <br />21. Telegenic Pleasure - Polarized<br />22. Olinda - The Chalice <br />23. Buzzcocks - Hollow Inside<br />24. The Damned - You Know<br />25. Wire - It’s the Motive<br />26. Wire - Ignorance No Plea (I Should Have Known Better) </div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the March 25 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><br /><div><b>Show 979 (Originally Aired On March 18th, 2023)(Roxy Music, Shadow Show, The Black Angels) :</b></div><div><br /></div><div>1. Shadow Show - Radiant Hue<br />2. The Sadies - So Far, So Few</div><div>3. The Facials - Never Learn<br />4. The Routes - Attention<br />5. Ancient Shapes - Another Century of Ice</div><div>6. Stripmall - Meat (Live at CJSW)<br />7. Mononegatives - Cro-Magnon</div><div>8. Roxy Music - Do the Strand</div>9. Roxy Music - Editions of You<br />10. Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache <br />11. Roxy Music - The Bogus Man (live 1974)<br />12. Galen & Paul - Lonely Town<br />13. Leonard Cohen - Teachers<br />14. Norma Tanega - A Street That Rhymes at 6AM<br />15. Willie Dunn - Bear and Fish<div>16. Vision Eternel - Sometimes in Absence<br />17. The Black Angels - El Jardin<br />18. The Black Angels - Make It Known<br />19. The Black Angels - 100 Flowers of Paracusia<br />20. The Black Angels - Icon<div>21. Dry Cleaning - Swampy</div><div>22. Yves Tumor - Echolalia<br />23. Co-Op - Magic Eraser<br />24. boyhood - Stranger<br />25. Cake Function - Interior is Lifestyles</div><div>26. Fidlar - Sand on the Beach</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the March 18 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /><div><b>Show 978 (Originally Aired On March 11th, 2023)(Minute Men, Husker Du, Meat Puppets, Uh Huh, Ghost Woman):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Sun Room - Outta Their Minds<br />2. Death Valley Girls - Islands in the Sky<br />3. Moonwalks - Heavy Tears<br />4. TEKE::TEKE - Garakuta<br />5. King Tuff - Tell Me<br />6. Husker Du - Pink Turns to Blue<br />7. Meat Puppets - Plateau<br />8. Minutemen - Games<br />9. Black Flag - TV Party<br />10. Tunic - Whispering<br />11. Shame - Six-Pack<br />12. Noble Rot - Casting No Light<br />13. Universal Cleaner - Her Mind Was A Psychic Slaughterhouse <br />14. Kinetic Ideals - No Exit<br />15. First Man Over - Somewhere<br />16. Uh Huh - Babylon<br />17. The New Pornographers - Angelcover<br />18. Pony - Tres Jolie<br />19. Ghost Woman - 3 Weeks Straight<br />20. Yo La Tengo - Fallout<br />21. The Men - Eternal Recurrence<br />22. Blackbelt Eagle Scout - Fancy Dance<br />23. Shana Cleveland - A Ghost<br />24. Outtacontroller - Less is More<br />25. Motorists - Natural Targets (Live CJSW)<br />26. Protomartyr - Make Way<div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the March 11 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Show 977 Playlist (Originally Aired On March 4th, 2023)(Tom Verlaine, Television, The Feelies, U2, John Cale, Tom Waits):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Television - The Blow-Up (Live)<br />2. Television - (I Look At You and Get A) Double Exposure <br />3. Television - Friction<br />4. Television - Days <div><div>5. The Feelies - Original Love <br />6. Ducks Ltd. (Featuring Mo Troper & Ratboys) - Invitation (Feelies Cover)<br />7. US Girls - Only Daedalus <br />8. Packs - 4th of July <br />9. Knitting - Throwaway Year <br />10. U2 - Seconds <br />11. John Cale - Graham Greene <br />12. Tom Waits - Virginia Avenue</div><div>13. Television - Mars <br />14. Tom Verlaine - Breakin' My Heart <br />15. Tom Verlaine - Fragile<br />16. Olinda - World Within <br />17. Decliner - Dirty Money<br />18. Mononegatives - North Carolina Atomic Bomb <br />19. C.C. Voltage - Bummer Party<br />20. Andy Shauf - Halloween Store<br />21. The Burning Hell - All I Need </div></div><div>22. Cub - Exit</div><div>23. Television - Venus</div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the March 4 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-29216859012728351982023-02-25T22:57:00.030-05:002023-03-04T13:17:58.857-05:00Lead Lined Clouds & Get Past Go: An Interview With Chris Jack of The Routes & Show # 976<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTJ1rL-13gFVYxxfEtdiINsKTMtxwCc0diTqPWdMBtQnQKWx6zUzCaZNRich0jN8lJj-wjLSysduTcMwc8Tb53K6NC2CUe1cyiQsJ7gzbsqCYHSfPCPAUq5PVQLr_V94afrs5OcwNb-xVPjCNKtyZ3q0i5C80wZ_BiJ64h_AMstt45Aa88g/s3599/GET%20PAST%20GO!.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3599" data-original-width="3599" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLTJ1rL-13gFVYxxfEtdiINsKTMtxwCc0diTqPWdMBtQnQKWx6zUzCaZNRich0jN8lJj-wjLSysduTcMwc8Tb53K6NC2CUe1cyiQsJ7gzbsqCYHSfPCPAUq5PVQLr_V94afrs5OcwNb-xVPjCNKtyZ3q0i5C80wZ_BiJ64h_AMstt45Aa88g/w640-h640/GET%20PAST%20GO!.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Routes have been releasing music since 2007, but lately they have been putting out two, or sometimes more releases a year. The band is lead by multi-instrumentalist/main songwriter Christopher Jack and currently features drummer Bryan Styles. In 2022, they released <i>The Twang Machine, a</i> surf tribute to Kraftwerk that works so well, in 2021 two instrumental albums (<i>Instrumentals II </i>and <i>Shake Five</i>) were released in addition to <i>Mesmerised</i>, a psych, reverb doused collection of tracks with vocals. While they are a garage punk band, they often blur the lines of that title pulling other influences creating something different each time. At the end of 2022, the instrumental album<i> Get Past Go! </i>was released and in February 2023, the garage-psych album that pulls in post-punk influences titled <i>Lead Lined Clouds </i>was released. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdP9TZwf3a7FUc6W17X2Qdyuw5ffSa_R_-zksjr4ic4galzd0PnTiTiMFnpoYzOwL8aqTxLqebDc0El_U5IpX9fMZ19PnFA0xXRX7ANphOniBbxI7f1putbS5z4EANXx1goWhBxDzeVLOaTFKqL8y2b57ZKGUPL3NhIZIqJIML7HUpnlYAw/s3025/bandpic%201.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3025" data-original-width="2677" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdP9TZwf3a7FUc6W17X2Qdyuw5ffSa_R_-zksjr4ic4galzd0PnTiTiMFnpoYzOwL8aqTxLqebDc0El_U5IpX9fMZ19PnFA0xXRX7ANphOniBbxI7f1putbS5z4EANXx1goWhBxDzeVLOaTFKqL8y2b57ZKGUPL3NhIZIqJIML7HUpnlYAw/s320/bandpic%201.jpg" width="283" /></a></div>“Axe To Grind” opens <i>Get Past Go!</i> Said to have a 60s California sound, this track splashes with reverb drenched guitar, fuzz guitar and bass in the chorus with dynamic drums that almost seem to levitate as the song progresses. “Twist Each Word” hits hard with organ, drums and well, twisted 60s sounding garage riffs mixed with surf reverb. The song cuts deep as drummer Bryan Stiles shuffles through this instrumental track that gives off driving down the sunset strip at night vibes. “In A Rut” is another standout track on <i>Get Past Go!</i> The tempo comes down a bit while the drums, organ and bass hold down the groove and surf riffs float overtop, more reverb arrives with the title track “Get Past Go!” pulling in Ventures soundscapes as it builds to an intense guitar crescendo, “Had Your Time” pulls in country and western sounds, in addition to Spaghetti Western soundtrack aesthetics, “Jamas” picks up the pace with stop and start reverb doused twangy riffs and bouncy basslines, “Like A Knife” comes in at track number eight on <i>Get Past Go!</i>. Another highlight, the chemistry on this track is strong with its drum rolls, crashes and Dick Dale & Ventures inspired descending guitar riffs that cut through the din of modern day boredom. <br /><br />“Wani” brings up the organ and bass with the drums. Musically, the instrumentation glides forward making way for guitar, which flies above juxtaposing sunny surf with hazier atmospheres, “No Going Back” is another high energy surf track, it changes pace keeping you on your toes as foamy guitar riffs move with the fluid drums and bass. “A Day In Hell” features amped up almost jazz/bossa nova drumbeats in the verses as fiery guitars overtake the choruses and middle section of the song while the bass drives everything in the background, “Too Much To Take” ends <i>Get Past Go! </i>A louder sweeping guitar track, it blends soulful basslines with rolling drums, while wild guitars echo back and forth with reverb, twang and attitude. <i>Get Past Go!</i> features songs loosely based on songs in The Routes back catalogue that are soaked in garage, twang, Spaghetti Western influences and the sounds of Dick Dale, Link Wray, The Trashmen and 60s surf compilations. With <i>Get Past Go!</i> The Routes propel past the finish line.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2jhTwXq8gVJ0qOu35YSeuVsW7EyVvgZjRwWD0Jesfzfa4dhF9wqPpDlqEJhA2t6eHa_YJ8PCzwaPSpK704WrvZICNV8uZIQt7ycsyZ9XKJmeHAU-zwzk1eOwKKjd6fmyBqbGEBr1qUCCRuFZzkpcJ7DfijpaqzhdD-2T0SzY0yfYKS0wZw/s3602/LEAD%20LINED%20CLOUDS%20FRONT%20COVER%20IMAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3602" data-original-width="3602" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR2jhTwXq8gVJ0qOu35YSeuVsW7EyVvgZjRwWD0Jesfzfa4dhF9wqPpDlqEJhA2t6eHa_YJ8PCzwaPSpK704WrvZICNV8uZIQt7ycsyZ9XKJmeHAU-zwzk1eOwKKjd6fmyBqbGEBr1qUCCRuFZzkpcJ7DfijpaqzhdD-2T0SzY0yfYKS0wZw/w640-h640/LEAD%20LINED%20CLOUDS%20FRONT%20COVER%20IMAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The Routes released <i>Lead Lined Clouds</i> in February 2023. It features vocals, garage, psych, proto punk, organ and post punk influenced sounds. The album continues the thread of previous Routes releases, while at the same time not straying too far from still sounding like The Routes. “Drained” starts off <i>Lead Lined Clouds</i>. The guitar and organ blend seamlessly on the opening moments as the drums rumble in the background, while Jack sings of the draining of monotony from the negativity that can surround us on a daily basis, “Lead Lined Clouds” comes in next with a Stranglers influence mixed with 60s and psych sounds. Lyrics such as <b>“Are we really so dumb/Or is it just greed/That we can’t get along/History repeats”</b> and <b>“And all the clouds are filled with lead/Waiting to fall/Fall on our heads”</b> display an existential outlook taking on issues of greed and corruption, contrasting it against a sense of hope that once may have seemed present. “No Good” pulls in shoegaze, indie, garage and post punk elements making nods to bands My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Seen Better Days” attacks with Syd Barrett fuzziness juxtaposed with strong Kinks-meets-<i>Alien Lane</i>s-era Guided By Voices styled melodies while the lyrics <b>“I have been waiting on the line/I need assistance can’t you find/Find someone who can deal with me/Someone with sympathy” </b>and <b>“I'm not done but I’ve seen Better Days/They looked away” </b>are melancholic as the character in this song tries to navigate the world while they deal with their own internal conflicts. “Attention” features dizzying organ, heavy hitting drums, while the chorus hits with fuzzy guitars and lyrics explore themes of obsessive, yet oblivious attention seekers. <br /><br />“Opinions” features the lyrics <b>“I never realized/What’s eating me inside/Now I’m a different guy/Take it all in my own stride” </b>and<b> “Opinions/I have one myself/You should shut up/Keep it to yourself,”</b> that delve into social media related ignorance, but at the same time like the music found on this record could have more meanings, in this case it could also be relating to stubborn opinionated people. Musically this track adds more alternative UK sounds in the mix. The simmering organ, guitar fuzz and drums found here are incendiary. “Inside Out” is almost fragmented as the influence of The Fall comes to mind and lyrically the song confronts themes of aging, the mesmerizing sounds of “Shrunken Heads” with the lyrics <b>“Hung out to dry/Your shrunken head/It was your choice/We're all left for dead” </b>that deal with themes of corruption and propaganda, create a potent musical mixture drawing on influences of The Fall, The Stranglers and The Modern Lovers. “Only Us and Them” ends <i>Lead Lined Clouds</i>. A more mid-tempo number, the lyrics offer a critique addressing themes of paranoia. Musically it festers with the 60s sounds of bands like The Standells and The Count Five, while the drums and bass recall the erratic rhythms of post punk. Throughout <i>Lead Lined Clouds</i>, universal themes of austerity, old age, corruption, propaganda, social media and mental health are found all over its make up. The Routes pull no punches here. While they are a garage punk band, they are unpredictable and don’t revel in nostalgia. With nods to bands of the past, <i>Lead Lined Clouds</i> hovers with darker themes as The Routes reveal to us to a world that may not be exactly what it seems.<div><br /></div><div>You can find <i>Lead Lined Clouds</i> through <a href="https://otitismediarecords.com/products/omr-081-the-routes-lead-lined-clouds-cd" target="_blank">Otitis Media. </a></div><div><i>Get Past Go!</i> is also available through <a href="https://otitismediarecords.com/products/omr-069-the-routes-get-past-go-lp-colored-vinyl-cd" target="_blank">Otitis Media</a> or find them both digitally <a href="https://theroutesjapan.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> and other streaming services. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Listen to an interview that Revolution Rock did with Chris Jack of The Routes here:<iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-chris-jack-of-the-routes-interview-february-25th-2023%2F" width="100%"></iframe> </b><div><div><b>Revolution Surf 2023 Playlist (Chris Jack of The Routes Interview)(Originally Aired On February 25th, 2023):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Pitted - Wah-Bah (<i>So Pitted</i> - 2021)<br />2. The Surf Hermits - Jet City Rumble (<i>Showdown</i> - Sharawaji Records - 2022)<br />3. Magnatech - Oll'n Trekker (<i>Impala '59 </i>- Sharawaji Records - 2022)<br />4. Jim and the Sea Dragons - The Murder Hornet Twist (<i>The Murder Hornet Twist Single</i> - 2022)<br />5. Huevos Rancheros - Wild n' Wendy (<i>Endsville! </i>- C/Z Records - 1993)<br />6. The Forbidden Dimension - Haunted (<i>Sin Gallery</i> - Cargo Records - 1993)<br />7. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother (<i>Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham</i> - Cargo Records - 1991<br />8. Urban Surf Kings - Penguin or Robot? (<i>Penguin or Robot?</i> - Reverb Ranch - 2014)<br />9. The Routes - Like A Knife (<i>Get Past Go! </i>- Ottis Media Records - 2022)<br />10. The Routes - The Robots (<i>The Twang Machine </i>- Topsy Turvy Records - 2022)<br /><br /><b>CHRIS JACK (OF THE ROUTES) INTERVIEW PART I</b><br /><br />12. The Routes - Shake Five (Shake Five - Topsy Turvy Records - 2021)<br />13. The Routes - Snail Love Story (<i>Instrumentals II </i>- Groovie Records - 2021)<br /><br /><b>CHRIS JACK (OF THE ROUTES) INTERVIEW PART II</b><br /><br />14. The Routes - Yeti Spaghetti (<i>Instrumentals</i> - Groovie Records - 2012)<br />15. The Routes - Noise Annoys (<i>Unreleased</i> - 2023)<br />16. Takeshi Terauchi & The Blue Jeans - Rashomon (<i>Rashomon</i> - King Records - 1972)<br />17. Link Wray - Jack The Ripper (<i>Jack The Ripper </i>- Swan - 1963)<br />18. The Astronauts- Hot Doggin' (<i>Hot Doggin'/Everyone But Me Single </i>- Victor - 1965)<br />19. The Ventures - Stop Action (<i>Where The Action Is! </i>- Dolton Records - 1966)<br />20. The Mel-tones - Sorrow Bay (<i>Surf! Spy! Space! </i>- LoveCat Music - 2006)<br />21. The Surfrajettes - Marshmallow <i>March (Marshmallow March/All I Want For Christmas Single</i> - Hi-Tide Recordings - 2022)<br />22. Lulufin the Woo Hoo - Jellyfish (<i>Jellyfish/Bamboo Twist Single</i> - Hi-Tide Recordings - 2018)<br />23. The Surfdusters - Chill Out (Save the Waves - Fireball Records - 2011)<br />24. The Ichi-Bons - Switchblade (<i>Ich-I-Bon #1 EP</i> - Hi-Tide Recordings - 2023)<br />25. Bloodshot Bill - The Sludge (<i>Songs from the Sludge</i> - Hi-Tide Recordings - 2022)<div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the February 25 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div></div><br /></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-84119518110774636072023-02-18T22:46:00.007-05:002023-02-26T13:02:30.468-05:00Bob Marley & The Wailers: Catch A Fire 50th Anniversary & Show # 975<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkEjsrw4RM6TlCBVYQqX3illwrsXe72uWFsT-TtVpDHAi-oAWEMXLRufmKJWp2-lGHk38UUOIcIV-Q-2_PUE3UgWOAg-38o5VBpP8F9iR9owMzUDQdHi2GTjvByafL6PjiuoxDh6N7SbhaPWvRTrCoXKw-hPuw9Lr1-zKIAMXk5mdTz47Tw/s1024/bob%20marley%20catch%20a%20fire%20original%20cover.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLkEjsrw4RM6TlCBVYQqX3illwrsXe72uWFsT-TtVpDHAi-oAWEMXLRufmKJWp2-lGHk38UUOIcIV-Q-2_PUE3UgWOAg-38o5VBpP8F9iR9owMzUDQdHi2GTjvByafL6PjiuoxDh6N7SbhaPWvRTrCoXKw-hPuw9Lr1-zKIAMXk5mdTz47Tw/w640-h640/bob%20marley%20catch%20a%20fire%20original%20cover.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>When People think of Reggae, Bob Marley often comes to mind. Before he became more famous, he had been involved in the Jamaican music scene as far back as 1962, when he was just a teenager. The Wailers were a group that formed early on with friends and went through a few different band name changes before becoming known as The Wailers. They first released an album in 1965 called <i>The Wailing Wailers</i>. The group featured Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, all of whom would be successful reggae artists on their own. <i>Catch A Fire </i>was the fifth full-length studio album released by Bob Marley & The Wailers (on some editions credited as The Wailers). This album was originally released in April of 1973 and was their first release for Island Records. It also featured the original line up of the band of Bob Marley (guitar/vocals), Peter Tosh (organ/guitar/piano/vocals), Bunny Wailer (bongos/congas/vocals), Aston Barrett (bass) and Carlton Barrett (drums). <br /><br />“Concrete Jungle” starts off <i>Catch A Fire</i>, with a funky and soulful dynamic as the vocals come in and the bass moves throughout the background Marley sings <b>“No sun will shine in my day today/The high yellow moon won’t come out to play,” </b>and<b> “Cause life/Must be somewhere to be found/Instead of concrete jungle,” </b>exposing a global audience to themes of harsh poverty and brutality that surrounded West Kingston, presenting audiences to the socially conscious lyrics that Marley & The Wailers would be known for. The song also instils a hopefulness. Throughout this song and album the backing vocals of Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and backing singers Rita Marley and Marcia Griffiths are a highlight, while the instrumentation from the musicians on "Concrete Jungle" displays a laidback, yet cautiousness dynamic. The chemistry of the group on this album is undeniable. “Slave Driver” is the second track on <i>Catch A Fire</i>. With its meaningful message emphasizing how racism is still thriving within the structures of society, this song with its deep bass and drum grooves from Aston & Carlton Barrett, reggae guitar staccatos, organ/guitar from Peter Tosh, additional percussion from Bunny Wailer, strong vocal harmonies and Marley’s passionate fiery vocals is another one of <i>Catch A Fire’s</i> songs featuring heartfelt urgency. The next two songs “400 Years” and “Stop That Train” were written by Peter Tosh. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKKu3AP0EqVbQPzY2uTgf3-y1ZzB2MFABToWICDW-WaAEu9jbdxnapIbFYP3T1RQ37z0NVWwBNzlHO6TprqdvndVPNjmaEv_uObgQ7-1ckPckCmfY34donzflslzqVkk9CdbDSJ3bifLpi7B4-PLp2RsH2hvpfecUQd_JKxJjdeTp9sMZUQ/s820/Bob%20Marley%20&%20The%20Wailers%20-%20catch%20a%20fire.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="820" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKKu3AP0EqVbQPzY2uTgf3-y1ZzB2MFABToWICDW-WaAEu9jbdxnapIbFYP3T1RQ37z0NVWwBNzlHO6TprqdvndVPNjmaEv_uObgQ7-1ckPckCmfY34donzflslzqVkk9CdbDSJ3bifLpi7B4-PLp2RsH2hvpfecUQd_JKxJjdeTp9sMZUQ/w400-h400/Bob%20Marley%20&%20The%20Wailers%20-%20catch%20a%20fire.webp" width="400" /></a></div>”400 years” features a haunting social criticism referring to slavery and its many forms. With chilling backing vocals, melancholic synthesizer and a striking band chemistry, the song is another standout track on <i>Catch A Fire</i>. “Stop That Train” with its soulful bass grooves combined with the reggae guitar and strong vocal harmonies is a catchy track that is rich in themes of despair and heartbreak. It also reflects Tosh’s abilities that would lead to his successes as a solo artist. “Baby We Got A Date (Rock It Baby)” is a love song that is both mellow and upbeat, while “Stir It Up” has a longer history. The song was originally released by The Wailers in 1967 and it found new success in the US and the UK in 1972 when it was covered by Johnny Nash reaching the top 20 in the US and the UK. Prior to the recording of this album, the band had been on tour in the UK with Johnny Nash, who in turn began recording with the band in London around this time. Due to clashes with Nash and a CBS record contract, tensions started rising within the band. They were advanced money to record an album with Chris Blackwell and Island Records when their manager approached him. They band wound up going back to Jamaica to record the album before returning to the UK to work on the album with Blackwell. The version found on 1973’s <i>Catch A Fire</i> is often seen as the best version of the song. This is one of Bob Marley’s best known songs. The 1973 version encompasses an excellent mix of reggae elements, the guitar, congas, bass, keyboards and steady beat are hypnotic as Marley sings <b>“Stir it up/Little darlin’”</b> with relaxed smoothness. “Kinky Reggae” follows “Stir It Up” with its in the pocket upbeat reggae grooves and skanking guitars. Lyrically it has been said that it could be an allegory relating to drug use, sexuality or both. “No More Trouble” is a soul-stirring track with not too many words that holds the listener transfixed, while “Midnight Ravers” ends <i>Catch A Fire. </i><br /><br /><i>Catch A Fire </i>and the <i>Burnin’ </i>album that followed later in 1973 were recorded around the same time. After the release of <i>Burnin’</i>, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley would all go onto pursue solo careers (Marley continued with The Wailers, but with a different line up). This is one of the last albums to feature all three original members of The Wailers, as also around this time tensions within the band and management were on edge. It was recorded at three different studios in 1972 in Kingston, Jamaica, the tapes were then flown back to London, England with Marley and worked on with producer/label founder Chris Blackwell. With Marley’s supervision, Blackwell remixed the tracks at Island Studios and overdubbed on the some of tracks with Muscle Shoals session guitarist Wayne Perkins. Lyrically the album would address issues of oppression, other socially conscious themes, as well as featuring love songs. Containing now classic tracks such as “Kinky Reggae,” “Slave Driver,” “Concrete Jungle” and two excellent tracks written by Peter Tosh (“400 Years” & “Stop That Train”), <i>Catch A Fire</i> was one of the first international roots/reggae records distributed (following the <i>Harder They Come Soundtrack </i>in 1972) and would set Marley on the path to superstardom. <div><br /></div><div><b>Punky Reggae Party II Playlist (Originally Aired On February 18th, 2023):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Concrete Jungle (<i>Catch a Fire </i>- Island Records - 1973)<br />2. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Burnin' and Lootin' (<i>Burnin' </i>- Island Records - 1973)<br />3. Toots & the Maytals - Sit Right Down (<i>Funky Kingston </i>- Mango Records/Dragon Records - 1973)<br />4. The Upsetters - Black Panta (<i>14 Dub Black Board Jungle</i> - Upsetter Records - 1973)<br />5. Earth, Roots, & Water - Zion (<i>Innocent Youths</i> - Summer Records/Light In The Attic - 1977/2008)<br />6. Leroy Brown - Money Barrier (<i>Money Barrier </i>- Rhythm Gits - 1981)<br />7. Winston Hart - Slaves Made Them Rich (<i>Slaves Made Them Rich </i>- Rose Royce - 1977)<br />8. Noel Ellis - To Hail Selassie (<i>Noel Ellis</i> - Summer Records - 1983)<br />9. Oscar Peterson - In the Still of the Night (<i>Plays The Cole Porter Song Book</i> - Verve Records - 1959)<br />10. Oscar Peterson - I Love Paris (<i>Plays The Cole Porter Song Book</i> - Verve Records - 1959)<br />11. Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie - Mozambique (<i>Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie</i> - Pablo Records - 1974)<br />12. Otis Redding - Shake (<i>Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul </i>- Volt Records - 1965)<br />13. Curtis Mayfield - Wild and Free (<i>Curtis</i> - Curtom - 1970)<br />14. Wilson Pickett - Mercy, Mercy (<i>The Exciting Wilson Pickett</i> - Atlantic Records - 1966)<br />15. Howlin' Wolf - Evil (Is Going On) (<i>Moanin' in the Moonlight</i> - Chess Records - 1959)<br />16. Willie Dixon (with Memphis Slim) - Move Me (<i>Willie's Blues </i>- Prestige Bluesville - 1959)<br />17. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Stop That Train (Jamaican Version) (<i>Catch a Fire: Deluxe Edition</i> - Island Records - 2001)<br />18. Toots & the Maytals - It Was Written Down (<i>Funky Kingston </i>- Mango Records/Dragon Records - 1973)<br />19. The Upsetters - Drum Rock (<i>14 Dub Black Board Jungle</i> - Upsetter Records - 1973)<br />20. King Tubby - East Arrows of Hi Fi Dub (Dub From the Roots/A Declaration of Dub - 1975/2014)<br /><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the February 18 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-15515190945232126952023-02-11T22:52:00.003-05:002023-02-15T10:16:52.366-05:00Otto Motto: An Interview with Jose Contreras & Show # 974<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57t20NgfT3KHq_BLoYjp5-sqkWT5UwuOpMMspxD17j1YJ8XfyKokx3PstmI9Xzk45W5-MA5e3GPOY6mDprerPKkARO_N9ZOnN_jLM_BvxIwCZfVK-aDMVl_XTJlLjG-M5VTs1e_b4-zlvvznTjbd2x9k0x5Eo5F02m8MqzP6W9MDHLU3NMw/s1200/ottomotto.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57t20NgfT3KHq_BLoYjp5-sqkWT5UwuOpMMspxD17j1YJ8XfyKokx3PstmI9Xzk45W5-MA5e3GPOY6mDprerPKkARO_N9ZOnN_jLM_BvxIwCZfVK-aDMVl_XTJlLjG-M5VTs1e_b4-zlvvznTjbd2x9k0x5Eo5F02m8MqzP6W9MDHLU3NMw/w640-h640/ottomotto.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i></div><i>Otto Motto</i> is the latest album released by Toronto’s By Divine Right. A now legendary proto-indie rock band, By Divine Right is fronted by Jose Contreras and the band has seen many lineup changes throughout the years, in their previous lineups they featured Feist, Brendan Canning (of Broken Social Scene) and Brian Borcherdt (of Holy Fuck). Their current lineup of Jose Contreras (guitar/vocals), Geordie Dynes (drums) and Alysha Haugen (bass) has been together since 2010. In 2016, the band recorded a full album cover of Depeche Mode’s <i>Speak & Spell</i> album in their rehearsal space, calling it <i>Speak & Spell U.S</i>. <i>Otto Motto </i>is a sprawling double album containing 14 tracks and features haunting psychedelic pop textures to the songs as the lyrics dig deep and are contemplative. <br /><br />The album opens with “Problems of the Professional.” Driven by acoustic guitar, drums and bass, this contemplative track opens <i>Otto Motto</i>. With lyrics such as <b>“The gadgeteers exploits/The experts ingenuity/Profit from my mistakes”</b> and <b>“The polite way to make people vanish,”</b> Contreras sings a song that is motivational and hopeful, but also wrought with frustration. As the song reaches the halfway point, it picks up the tempo as guitars bass and drums drift into a psychedellia influenced interlude before jumping back into the mid-tempo ethereal groove found here. “Fuzzy Empire” floats in with fuzz induced electric guitar and rolling bass and drums as lyrically the pop inflective chorus of “<b>I can feel it in my bones/I hate to be alone/I’m not lying/Feel like dying/I need more,”</b> echoes a complex collection of emotions of being close and distant at the same time. This is one of several tracks that features additional guitar from Toronto musician/guitarist Stuart Cameron. “St. Leon’s” was the first single released for <i>Otto Motto</i>. Starting off with a steady bass and drums before electric guitar and vocals come in, this track was written about a tour story and adventure that the band had in Nakusp, BC. St. Leon’s is an off the beaten path hot spring in Nakusp that has been described as mystical. As the song treads within its own sonic landscape, lyrics such as <b>“Keep on going down that rocky slope/To St Leon’s off the logging road/There will be a place for you,”</b> and “<b>We left the motel at the break of day/Lived the dream and then we drove away,”</b> Contreras seems to be singing of this hard to find place that is mystical, but also juxtaposing it with touring life that may be one in the same. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleXznfEB8Y7LBiD6gnSBZJFnuRUgWyEeOggFr_BzoeTX6zMFTdApjVW_II7jNq3m2a0DTgwak-UVAXUzXftxJUXaL5pWgrGfKYdylcWp71Dg__KoUTPNQpbWL8ewnqyHWLgQdDPv9DzXzCDS3GGadScBFIGvTE3gX8ue7nTOocT0L1FYW-A/s1964/BDR%20Photo%20-%20Fortune%20Stellar%20Records.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1964" data-original-width="1964" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleXznfEB8Y7LBiD6gnSBZJFnuRUgWyEeOggFr_BzoeTX6zMFTdApjVW_II7jNq3m2a0DTgwak-UVAXUzXftxJUXaL5pWgrGfKYdylcWp71Dg__KoUTPNQpbWL8ewnqyHWLgQdDPv9DzXzCDS3GGadScBFIGvTE3gX8ue7nTOocT0L1FYW-A/w400-h400/BDR%20Photo%20-%20Fortune%20Stellar%20Records.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>“The Weeping Man” has a late night moody feel, with primarily acoustic guitar, bass and drums, Contreras weaves the tale of the invisible people we see every day. In a brief interview with <a href="https://exclaim.ca/music/article/by_divine_right_drop_the_weeping_man_map_out_ontario_and_quebec_tour" target="_blank">Exclaim! </a>Contreras talked about the songs context a bit more: <b>"The story of the song, really, is it's an amalgam of the invisible people we see every day. My Toronto always has had spirit people living in it. The people no one talks to; the people that don't go into stores; the people you see day after day and no one knows." </b>This is also an example of the album’s live dynamic that captures you and doesn’t let go. “Smokies and Cannonballs” is a jangly rock track that switches up the pace and tempo of <i>Otto Motto</i>, while lyrically it seems to be about just shutting off from the outside world and just hanging out in your hotel room. “Wild Ducks” is a slower psychedelic art pop track that floats with a spontaneous energy, ”Alighter” drifts with an atmospheric ambiance, and “The Volcano” finds its place as the eighth track on <i>Otto Motto</i>. The groove digs deep on this one as the guitars, bass and drums put forth a locomotive-like groove awash in vibrant, but muted textures that mix with pop sounds. Lyrics such as <b>“Twice before you start to crack/I collided with the night,”</b> and <b>“Find a light and hold it tight/In comes the night I need to find a cure/Holding back/Holding back the volcano,”</b> emphasize an eruption that is about to take place, despite ones best efforts. “No. 87” has been <a href="https://wildfiremusic.net/2022/05/30/by-divine-right-brings-existential-disco-to-psychedelic-pop-for-no-87/" target="_blank">described by Contreras as</a> “<b>warble-y existential disco based on a typo,”</b> that was written <b>“After some misadventures, I returned to live in Toronto, trying to remember my way back to the future.”</b> This warble-y track also features dreamy vocals as it forays into more psychedelic pop in addition to the other sounds that permeate this track. <br /><br />“East Side Anthem” attacks with a laidback rhythm and guitar work that festers with an influence reminiscent of Marc Ribot on Tom Wait’s <i>Rain Dogs</i> album. With its jerky stop and start dynamics, lyrics paint the picture of eerie and strange things that occur late at night on the east side of town. Musically the song, like many on the album feature textures and additional instrumentation, this one features streetcar guitar credited to Steven Lambke. “Middle March” is another standout track on <i>Otto Motto</i>. Saturated in themes of nostalgia for the future and past, the song features sparse drum beats from Dynes and soulful basslines from Haugen that blend with kaleidoscopic guitars from Contreras. There are also, like on many tracks on the album, backing vocals provided by Alysha Haugen. As the song reaches its end Shotgun Jimmie offers a brief segment behind a series of atmospheric sounds, asking for his friend to help him move a piano with his van that is both humorous, yet also fitting with the themes of wistfulness and melancholy present on this track. “Moon Jams” ends <i>Otto Motto</i>. The full band comes in as distorted guitars overtake the opening moments of this song. Also featuring lyrics sung in French, Contreras sings of taking a trip to the moon and looking back down at the earth. The lyrics are a bit abstract, but they seem to touch on existential themes and our significance in the vast universe around us. The song ends with a phone message by Shotgun Jimmie, who has little messages throughout the record asking to be put on the album. <br /><br />Throughout <i>Otto Motto</i>, the songs are longer than 2013’s <i>Organized Accidents </i>(in addition to 2016's <i>Speak & Spell U.S.)</i> and take their time, but never overstay their welcome. Arriving just shy of an hour of music, the working title of this album was Onomatopoeia, which is a word that is associated with the sound that it is named after. On <i>Otto Motto</i>, the sounds are By Divine Right and can’t be associated with anything else. With this being the longest running lineup of the band, they are as Jose once said when describing the future of BDR’s sound “<b>More us, and at the same time, wider.”</b> <i>Otto Motto </i>widens their scope, leaving room for repeat listens, new interpretations and a sonic space for future sounds. <br /><b><br /></b><div><b>Listen to the interview that Revolution Rock did with Jose Contreras here:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-jose-contreras-interview-february-11th-2023%2F" width="100%"></iframe></b></div><div><br /></div><b>By Divine Right & Jose Contreras Playlist (Originally Aired On February 11th, 2023):</b><div><br />1. By Divine Right - St. Leon’s (<i>Otto Motto </i>- Fortune Stellar Records - 2022)<br />2. By Divine Right - Tora! Tora! Tora! (<i>Speak and Spell U.S.</i> - Headless Owl Records - 2016)<br />3. By Divine Right - Eating the Ghost (<i>Organized Accidents</i> - Hand Drawn Dracula - 2013)<br />4. By Divine Right - Cupid in Oilskins (<i>Mutant Message </i>- Hand Drawn Dracula - 2009)<br />5. By Divine Right - Out of It (<i>By Divine Right </i>- Kinetic Records - 1995)<br />6. By Divine Right - Come For A Ride (<i>Bless This Mess</i> - Nettwerk - 1999)<div><br /></div><div><b>INTERVIEW WITH JOSE CONTRERAS PART I</b></div><div><br />7. By Divine Right - City City (<i>Sweet Confusion </i>- Linus Entertainment - 2004)<br />8. By Divine Right - Supernatural (<i>Good Morning Beautiful</i> - Linus Entertainment - 2001)<br />9. By Divine Right - Goodbye Paralyzer (<i>Bless This Mess</i> - Nettwerk - 1999)<br />10. By Divine Right - Highway Alien Paranoia (<i>Al Hail Discordia </i>- Squirtgun Records - 1997)</div><div><br /><b>INTERVIEW WITH JOSE CONTRERAS PART II</b></div><div><br />11. By Divine Right - Smokies and Cannonballs (<i>Otto Motto </i>- Fortune Stellar Records - 2022)<br />12. Jose Contreras - Grand Central Station (<i>At The Slaughterhouse </i>- Headless Owl Records - 2019)<br />13. Jose Contreras - At 45 (<i>At The Slaughterhouse </i>- Headless Owl Records - 2019)<br />14. Jose Contreras - Silver Thread (<i>Jose Contreras</i> - Squirtgun Records - 2014)<br />15. The Heat Death - Don’t Tell Her That You Love Her (<i>The Heat Death</i> - 2018)<br />16. The Heat Death - I’m Already There, Sunshine (CJAM Session 2016)<br />17. By Divine Right - Psychic Radio (<i>Hybrid TV Genii </i>- Linus Entertainment - 2004)<br />18. By Divine Right - Past the Stars (<i>Organized Accidents</i> - Hand Drawn Dracula - 2013)<br />19. By Divine Right - The Weeping Man (<i>Otto Motto </i>- Fortune Stellar Records - 2022)</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the February 11 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div></div></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-64046577893582985382023-02-04T22:44:00.004-05:002023-02-09T23:42:59.879-05:00Iggy & The Stooges Raw Power & Show # 973<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfMpSG9LDjK7CAKdxoBhiKinqjCtZprfikV_YTYbEslDGnjRYYhhPdLRENO7erZ5zhDyu0C8zYu3ztUbIq5QzLA8DGxbf6k44wDW2Wuz_g0rYisAhDtdpFxmuzvyZFQxDDOATa-E1O09nG_8mLB-0h7HfIVYWz2efSx58uF4C3X-eb7emXA/s1417/Raw%20Power%202023%20Bowie%20MIx%20&%20Legacy%20Edition.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1417" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfMpSG9LDjK7CAKdxoBhiKinqjCtZprfikV_YTYbEslDGnjRYYhhPdLRENO7erZ5zhDyu0C8zYu3ztUbIq5QzLA8DGxbf6k44wDW2Wuz_g0rYisAhDtdpFxmuzvyZFQxDDOATa-E1O09nG_8mLB-0h7HfIVYWz2efSx58uF4C3X-eb7emXA/w640-h640/Raw%20Power%202023%20Bowie%20MIx%20&%20Legacy%20Edition.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Originally released on February 7th, 1973, Iggy & The Stooges <i>Raw Power</i> is the third full-length album by The Stooges. After the demise of the initial incarnation of The Stooges in 1971, Pop met David Bowie. As a fan of The Stooges, Bowie helped Iggy Pop get signed to a new label and management. Originally intended to be a solo outing, Iggy brought guitarist James Williamson along (who had played in a lineup with The Stooges prior to their breakup in 1971) with him to the UK in order to make a new record. Not finding suitable band members to meet their standards, Ron Asheton and Scott Asheton of The Stooges were brought over to England and the second lineup of the band was in place. For this lineup, there was a shift in dynamics within the band, the more groove heavy version of The Stooges changed as Ron Asheton switched from guitar to bass, locking in a new primal heavy groove with drummer Scott Asheton and guitarist James Williamson played wild, erratic guitar riffs. Iggy Pop sang vocals overtop with a cerebral dangerousness as the band drifted more towards a harder rock sound. Since Iggy was under new contract, they were dubbed Iggy & The Stooges. Pop has recalled that the making of <i>Raw Power </i><b>“was done with drugs, youth, attitude, and a record collection.”</b></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Raw Power</i> opens with “Search and Destroy,” a song that was originally influenced by an article in <i>Time Magazine </i>where the term appeared along with “raw power.” It has roots in an anti-Vietnam War sentiment as the lyrics contrast the apocalyptic war imagery with themes of isolation, alienation and self exploration. It is an outsider anthem. The result is not only a strong opening to an album, but a song that would start off an album that would influence and launch a thousand bands. It has the subversive ability to take on multiple meanings expanding beyond its initial influences as lyrics such as “<b>A streetwalking cheetah with a heartful of napalm,” </b>and <b>“I am the world’s forgotten boy/The one who’s searchin’/Searchin’ to destroy” </b>strike alongside searing guitar riffs, explosive drumbeats and lurking basslines. “Gimme Danger” starts off with acoustic guitars, piano, drums and bass before Iggy’s haunting vocals come in. With lyrics such as <b>“Gimme danger little stranger/And I’ll feel your disease”</b> and <b>“There’s nothing left alive but a pair of glassy eyes,”</b> Pop looks inward as he expresses a complex series of emotions surrounding drug use, withdrawal, sexual tension, and as Pop stated recently for <i><a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/raw-power-iggy-mix-2023-remaster/157475333" target="_blank">Apple Music</a></i> <b>“being haunted by the PTSD of your drug addictions, and failures in the industry.”</b> The song, while there seems to be a Doors influence has drawn comparisons to “Gimme Shelter” by The Rolling Stones. “Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell” is another up-tempo, sonically chaotic track with more slashing guitar work from James Williamson behind a Chuck Berry influenced dynamic. Lyrically Iggy Pop displays an indictment of superficial beauty, while at the same time critiques pretty girls comparing them to having the same level of degeneracy as him. Side one of <i>Raw Power</i> ends with the lust-filled and edgy track “Penetration.” </div><div><br /></div><div>The title track opens side two of <i>Raw Power</i>. With more groove and violent guitar riffs, lyrically Pop touches on sleep deprivation and the state of mind it can bring, along with a touch of the sex, drugs & rock and roll ethos. “I Need Somebody” is another slower track. Included as part of an agreement with Columbia Records to have two ballads on the album (the other being “Gimme Danger”), the song features what has been called a rolling blues sound. Entrenched in a blues influence, the acoustic guitars contrast with the simmering guitar leads and a swampy bass and drum groove, as Iggy sings with passionate self-awareness and caution. “Shake Appeal” swaggers with a 50s rock influence as the hostile guitar contrasts with its influences. Pop has stated that this was his moment to “<b>get to my dream of being Little Richard for a minute.”</b> <i>Raw Power </i>ends with the longer track “Death Trip.” With lyrics such as <b>“Said I'm with you/You're with me/Honey, we're going down in history,” </b>Pop sings of the uncertain future of The Stooges in a self deprecating way, but at the same time it finds itself in that world of alienation and lack of acknowledgement that could take on multiple meanings. As all this is occurring, the unhinged and fervent guitar provided by James Williamson cuts through the chaos, while Iggy’s vocals match the chaotic nature, as the deep groove of Ron & Scott Asheton hold down the anarchic nature of the song. </div><div><br /></div><div>When recording this album at CBS Studios, the band was left to their own devices. When it came time to mix the album, the label stated that David Bowie would have to remix it. When he was brought the tapes by Iggy Pop, he was brought a mixdown with the band on one track, lead guitar on another and vocals on a third, proving for a challenging task for Bowie. He fed some of the tracks through a delay unit that was called the Cooper Time Cube, along with doing some mix tweaks. The album came out featuring a lot of vocals and guitar high in the mix while the bass and drums were much lower in the mix. At times they can seem inaudible. Since Iggy’s original mix was rejected, it started the long line of mixes and bootlegs that would be released of the album. Eventually Iggy would do his own remix in 1996 that would drive everything into the red of the mix creating a distorted on purpose, aggressive mix of the album that has been described as sounding like your speakers are melting. Following a legacy edition of the album in 2010, a double album release of <i>Raw Power </i>was put out in 2012 for Record Store Day on vinyl featuring David Bowie’s original mix and a version of Iggy Pop’s mix that is seen as the definitive version of the album. In 2023, remastered versions of both mixes were made available on streaming services.</div><div><br /></div><div>In between all this time, the status of <i>Raw Power</i> grew. It was a cult classic that went on to influence punk and many rock bands of the future. It would reach new status and recognition when The Stooges reunited in the early 2003 with their initial lineup and then with the <i>Raw Power</i>-era lineup in 2009. Bogged down by the mixing history that created different versions of the album didn’t really affect the album’s importance. While many consider Bowie’s mix to be the superior version of the album, it is the songs that stand out. The guitar and sounds put forth on <i>Raw Power</i> would go onto influence generations of musicians becoming one of the most important and influential albums in rock music history. But, its more than just the music, lyrically there is an inherent intellectualness to the lyrics present throughout the songs. Paving the way for punk, <i>Raw Power</i> displays an uncompromising furiousness fraught with emotion, anger, incendiary guitar and an omnipresent, biting viciousness.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Raw Power Playlist (Originally Aired On February 4th, 2023):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Iggy & the Stooges - I Got a Right (Outtake from the <i>Raw Power </i>Sessions) (<i>Gimme Danger (Music From the Motion Picture) </i>- Rhino Records - 2017)<br />2. Iggy & the Stooges - Scene of the Crime (<i>I'm Sick of You!</i> BOMP! Records - 1988)<br />3. Iggy & the Stooges - Head On (<i>Heavy Liquid </i>- Easy Action Records - 2005)<br />4. Iggy & the Stooges - Johanna (CBS Studio Rehearsals) (<i>Heavy Liquid </i>- Easy Action Records - 2005)<br />5. Iggy & the Stooges - Search & Destroy Raw Power (1977 UK Pressing) (<i>Raw Power </i>- CBS/Embassy Records - 1977)<br />6. Iggy & the Stooges - Gimme Danger Raw Power (2023 Iggy Remaster Mix) (<i>Raw Power </i>- Columbia Records/Legacy - 1973/2023)<br />7. Iggy & the Stooges - Your Pretty Face is Going To Hell Raw Power (1973 Bowie Mix) (<i>Raw Power </i>- Columbia Records - 1973)<br />8. Iggy & the Stooges - Penetration Raw Power (1997 Iggy mix) (<i>Raw Power </i>- Columbia Records/Legacy - 1997)<br />9. Iggy & the Stooges - Raw Power Raw Power (1973 Bowie Mix) (<i>Raw Power </i>- Columbia Records - 1973)<br />10. Iggy & the Stooges - I Need Somebody (<i>Rough Power </i>- BOMP! - 1994)<br />11. Iggy & the Stooges - Shake Appeal (1973 Bowie Mix) (<i>Raw Power: Legacy Edition</i> - Columbia Records/Legacy - 2010)<br />12. Iggy & the Stooges - Death Trip Raw Power (2023 Iggy Remaster Mix) (<i>Raw Power </i>- Columbia Records/Legacy - 1973/2023)<br />13. Iggy & the Stooges - Hey Peter (Outtake) <i>Raw Power: Legacy Edition</i> - Columbia Records/Legacy - 2010)<br />14. Iggy & the Stooges - Can’t Turn You Loose (Morgan Sound Studios, Ypsilanti, MI March 73) (<i>Heavy Liquid </i>- Easy Action Records - 2005)<br />15. Iggy & the Stooges - I'm Sick of You (<i>I'm Sick of You!</i> BOMP! Records - 1988)<br />16. Iggy & the Stooges - Open Up & Bleed (1973 CBS Studio Rehearsals) (<i>Heavy Liquid </i>- Easy Action Records - 2005)<div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the February 4 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-6763442824424136102023-02-03T13:49:00.008-05:002023-02-21T22:05:06.619-05:00Coming Up on Revolution Rock in February 2023 & Shows # 972, 971, 970As February arrives, Revolution Rock is prepping for its annual theme month programming. Every episode that airs in February will be devoted to a specific theme. Dave and Adam have some cool programming lined up ranging from our annual Black History Month program to our Revolution Surf episode. Revolution Rock can be streamed and downloaded from cjam.ca (and also after it airs on this website). Revolution Rock became a syndicated program back in 2020 and can now be heard on thirteen different campus/community radio stations across Canada in addition to CJAM FM.<br /><br />Continue reading to find out about this year’s schedule for Theme Month:<br /><br /><b>Raw Power 50th Anniversary Special</b><br />February 4th, 2023<br />7-9 PM EST<br />CJAM 99.1 FM (<a href="http://www.cjam.ca">www.cjam.ca</a>)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xserNp1ESttoAikc21AmjWBmfrh-D09lqC01t6ajWSs-tWZlj-sCR9IUmdwvH_-n6QKD6GvSc7F-EtxuhkgazKMF-HdJGfKtP-_6FziyrmofmKmBQKbdK0Z--KEdoxUvd-Fo15GiiOaeM5mnIRU2kv8kHcGF4k_LwjINmtyYQxXKhElg1w/s1140/Iggy%20Raw%20Power%20Sessions.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1140" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xserNp1ESttoAikc21AmjWBmfrh-D09lqC01t6ajWSs-tWZlj-sCR9IUmdwvH_-n6QKD6GvSc7F-EtxuhkgazKMF-HdJGfKtP-_6FziyrmofmKmBQKbdK0Z--KEdoxUvd-Fo15GiiOaeM5mnIRU2kv8kHcGF4k_LwjINmtyYQxXKhElg1w/w640-h450/Iggy%20Raw%20Power%20Sessions.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Originally released on February 7th, 1973, <i>Raw Power</i> is the third full-length album by The Stooges. Renamed Iggy & The Stooges due to Pop's new contract, the lineup change in the group to Iggy Pop on lead vocals, James Williamson on lead guitar, original guitarist Ron Asheton (who switched to bass) and original drummer Scott Asheton on drums. As the story goes after the release of <i>Fun House</i> in 1970, the band were dropped from their label due to low album sales in addition to the band’s unpredictability due to drug abuse related issues. With the band splitting up in July of 1971, Iggy Pop then met David Bowie and became good friends. Through Bowie, Pop got a new recording contract and Iggy Pop and James Williamson went to the UK in March of 1972 to get a new band together to record an album. After failing to find suitable musicians, both Ron and Scott Asheton were brought back into the band. <i>Raw Power</i> was created in just a brief period of time in the UK at CBS Studios with engineer Mike Ross-Trevor and was produced by Iggy Pop & David Bowie. Recorded from September 10th to October 6th in 1972, <i>Raw Power</i> featured just eight tracks. It was not a commercial success. It would go on to become a cult classic and eventually regarded as an important and highly influential album. Bogged down with issues relating to the album’s mix, it was originally mixed by David Bowie, remixed by Iggy Pop in 1997 for a CD reissue and countless bootlegs and editions of this album were released. In 2023, a remastered mix of Iggy Pop's mix and David Bowie's mix were made available digitally. However, the songs that make up this album would go on to influence generations of musicians becoming one of the most important and influential albums in rock music history. Paving the way for punk, <i>Raw Power</i> displays an uncompromising furiousness fraught with emotion, anger, incendiary guitar and an omnipresent, biting viciousness. <br /><br />On this episode of Revolution Rock we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of <i>Raw Power</i> by playing the album in full, made up of different mixes of the album in addition to playing a selection of demos and outtakes from rehearsal sessions recorded around this time period.<br /><br /><b>Otto Motto: A By Divine Right Special</b><br />February 11th, 2023<br />7-9 PM EST<br />CJAM 99.1 FM (<a href="http://www.cjam.ca">www.cjam.ca</a>)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgym8Lt_deHjyxIkT5qjOPCHkgUzlJrNEW13ON0N7n6RCozfcK5mYRoBaSj7ze7c-VAcj0qkMwp4MrDGkFQIidhpBhCp9k1sBizJ8KXJAo8t2snLUcPfXFb6Koj8mU8MzVizNJH_5OIkYR3a7phz2BIsbGmmBdRU3dJbMaf4k3buPDcHIOk7A/s1544/by-divine-right-photo-tess-parks-2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1544" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgym8Lt_deHjyxIkT5qjOPCHkgUzlJrNEW13ON0N7n6RCozfcK5mYRoBaSj7ze7c-VAcj0qkMwp4MrDGkFQIidhpBhCp9k1sBizJ8KXJAo8t2snLUcPfXFb6Koj8mU8MzVizNJH_5OIkYR3a7phz2BIsbGmmBdRU3dJbMaf4k3buPDcHIOk7A/w640-h424/by-divine-right-photo-tess-parks-2.jpeg" width="640" /></a><div><br /><div>Jose Contreras is a Chilean born, Toronto based artist best known for playing guitar and singing in the highly influential proto-indie rock band By Divine Right. Seen as one of the most vital bands within the Canadian alternative rock scene, they were founded in 1989. By Divine Right has released eight full-length albums to date in addition to a myriad of singles and EPs. Following 1995’s self-titled release and 1997’s <i>All Hail Discordia</i>, <i>Bless This Mess</i> was released in 1999 and the band toured with the Tragically Hip. 2010’s <i>Mutant Message</i> was long listed for a Polaris Music Prize. The lineup changes of By Divine Right throughout their early years occurred often and would feature future Canadian music stars Leslie Fiest, Brendan Canning (of Broken Social Scene) and Brian Borcherdt (of Holy Fuck), among others. The current lineup of the band featuring Jose Contreras on guitar/vocals, Geordie Dynes on drums and Alysha Haugen on bass has been the band lineup since 2010. 2022’s sprawling double album <i>Otto Motto</i> brought together this lineup once again. Over the last couple of records it hasn’t always been the full band, they were featured on some tracks on previous albums with other musicians and the full band is featured on BDR’s Depeche Mode cover album <i>Speak & Spell</i> from 2016, which was recorded in the band’s rehearsal space. In addition to By Divine Right, Jose Contreras has also released several solo albums starting with his critically acclaimed self-titled solo album in 2014. In 2019 he released <i>At The Slaughterhouse</i>, a sparse, direct and reflective collection of songs. Contreras has performed live with many different musicians and is an in demand record producer. In 2018 he released the debut self-titled album in collaboration with Shotgun Jimmie called The Heat Death.</div><div><br />On this program we will feature a selection of By Divine Right songs from their discography in addition to songs from Jose’s solo catalog and with other bands he has collaborated/recorded with. We will also be interviewing Jose Contreras for this episode discussing the making of <i>Otto Motto</i>, songwriting, playing the Phog Lounge in Windsor and much more. This episode will air on the day of By Divine Right’s show in Windsor, Ontario at the Phog Lounge as part of their current tour.<br /><br /><b>Punky Reggae Party II: Catch A Fire’s 50th Anniversary</b><br />February 18th, 2023<br />7-9 PM EST<br />CJAM 99.1 FM (<a href="http://www.cjam.ca">www.cjam.ca</a>)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhNku2rpr5Z-tLFz--bz_SumC2ZlZ3FnXJYD-MOPNIdOl4ZAlC5j58Um3TpeH0jYXKfrOCgYigyM5HaqMIn4WgIj0_F7JIWYY9BfjUQC_mpvAM9RzYwUEPDoOAdoaDq_YwYPDvOrisLSAU1iBFxUCjSyxrOXyLzX5JnJf2gKtNEwJZ_pdpg/s1024/bob%20marley%20catch%20a%20fire%20original%20cover.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhNku2rpr5Z-tLFz--bz_SumC2ZlZ3FnXJYD-MOPNIdOl4ZAlC5j58Um3TpeH0jYXKfrOCgYigyM5HaqMIn4WgIj0_F7JIWYY9BfjUQC_mpvAM9RzYwUEPDoOAdoaDq_YwYPDvOrisLSAU1iBFxUCjSyxrOXyLzX5JnJf2gKtNEwJZ_pdpg/w640-h640/bob%20marley%20catch%20a%20fire%20original%20cover.webp" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>When People think of Reggae, Bob Marley often comes to mind. Before he became more famous, he had been involved in the Jamaican music scene as far back as 1962, when he was just a teenager. The Wailers was a group he formed early on with friends and went through a few different band name changes before becoming known as The Wailers. They first released an album in 1965 called <i>The Wailing Wailers</i>. The group featured Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer, all of whom would be successful reggae artists on their own. <i>Catch A Fire</i> was the fifth full-length studio album released by The Wailers (on some editions credited as Bob Marley & The Wailers). This album was originally released in April of 1973 and was their first release for Island Records. It also featured the original lineup of the band of Bob Marley (guitar/vocals), Peter Tosh (organ/guitar/piano/vocals), Bunny Wailer (bongos/congas/vocals), Aston Barrett (bass) and Carlton Barrett (drums). It would be the last album to feature Peter Tosh as tensions within the band and management were on edge at this time. It was recorded at three different studios in 1972 in Kingston, Jamaica, the tapes were then flown back to London, England with Marley and worked on with producer/label found Chris Blackwell. With Marley’s supervision, Blackwell remixed the tracks at Island Studios and overdubbed on the tracks with Muscle Shoals session guitarist Wayne Perkins. Featuring now classic track such as “Kinky Reggae,” “Slave Driver,” “Concrete Jungle” and two tracks by Peter Tosh (“400 Years” & “Stop That Train”), <i>Catch A Fire</i> was one of the first international roots/reggae records distributed and would set Marley on the path to superstardom. The original unreleased version of the album as recorded in Jamaica before session musicians overdubbed parts and remixes were done was released in 2001 as part of a deluxe edition of the album. <i>Catch A Fire</i> celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023. <br /><br />On this edition of Revolution Rock we will be doing <i>Punky Reggae Party II</i>, a continuation of a theme month episode we did for Black History Month back in 2021. This episode will feature reggae that influenced punk focusing on sets with music from The Wailers <i>Catch A Fire</i> album, Toots and the Maytals, and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, in addition to a selection of more reggae music, blues, soul, jazz music and more.<br /><br /><b>Revolution Surf 2023: Shake Five</b><br />February 25th, 2023<br />7-9 PM EST<br />CJAM 99.1 FM (<a href="http://www.cjam.ca">www.cjam.ca</a>)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HiGY_QYUbinwYrb7vcuboiBiVPJJ_01LN3hjurgVAnUctyY7ty7rz7UgD0l23fO3rPX6eE3XCM1QvGltWiXE-pqFeIvd5_B5GzU9TXRadlH3Ai263N7oIwM3BHDVE7Y3ydmGYs07C2l3PG9s3UsVYIebTE-KqhifrRjlOXd1wBZGlLbM_A/s1536/the%20routes%20live%202021.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1536" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HiGY_QYUbinwYrb7vcuboiBiVPJJ_01LN3hjurgVAnUctyY7ty7rz7UgD0l23fO3rPX6eE3XCM1QvGltWiXE-pqFeIvd5_B5GzU9TXRadlH3Ai263N7oIwM3BHDVE7Y3ydmGYs07C2l3PG9s3UsVYIebTE-KqhifrRjlOXd1wBZGlLbM_A/w640-h370/the%20routes%20live%202021.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>The Routes are a garage band based in Oita, Japan. Pulling in influences of 60s American psych, garage punk, surf, blues and British Invasion bands, they have been releasing music since 2007, starting with <i>Left My Mind</i>. They released their first instrumental album in 2012 comprised of instrumental and surf recordings. In recent years they have been releasing two albums, one instrumental, one with vocals. In 2021, they released <i>Mesmerised</i> in 2021 in addition to <i>Instrumentals II</i> and <i>Shake Five</i> (another instrumental based album). In 2022, <i>The Twang Machine </i>was released. This album was made up of rearranged surf rock cover versions of Kraftwerk songs. Later in 2022, The Routes released <i>Lead Lined Clouds</i> and the instrumental surf album <i>Get Past Go!</i> They are known as a no gimmick garage punk band. The Routes are fronted by prolific musician/songwriter Chris Jack and we will be featuring a selection of tracks from The Routes latest instrumental album <i>Get Past Go! </i>and their other releases. Chris will talking about the recording of The Routes two most recent albums, the formation of the band and recording early albums in Japan. He will also be talking about three of his favourite surf tracks and we will be playing them on the show. In addition to these things we will also be featuring a wide range selection of past and current surf songs for this year’s edition of Revolution Surf.<br /><br />This episode will also feature an exclusive interview with Chris Jack talking about The Routes musical history, surf music and their surf influences and more.<br /><br /><b>Check out the most recent episodes/playlists of Revolution Rock below:</b><div><b><br /></b><div><b>Show 972 (Originally Aired On January 28th, 2023)(Tom Verlaine, The Minutemen, Husker Du, Deja Voodoo, Bob Dylan, The Sons of Adam):</b></div><div><br /></div>1. Television - Marquee Moon<br />2. The Minutemen - Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs<br />3. The Minutemen - Fake Contest<br />4. Husker Du - Gravity<br />5. Husker Du - From the Gut<br />6. Deja Voodoo - Van Gogh's Ear<br />7. Deja Voodoo - You're No Fun When Your Head's All Mushy<br />8. Deja Voodoo - Surfing on Mars<br />9. CLAMM - I Can Do It<br />10. Teleporters - Teleporters Go!<br />11. The Jackets - Misery of Man<br />12. Sons of Adam - Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day<br />13. Fender IV - Everybody Up<br />14. Ghost Woman - Anne, If<br />15. Bob Dylan - Mississippi (version 2)<br />16. Bruce Springsteen - It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City<br />17. John Cale - Night Crawling<br />18. Brock Pytel - Anemic Heart<br />19. Iggy Pop - Strung Out Johnny<br />20. Visitors - Empty Rooms<br />21. Diamondtown - Make It Back<br />22. King Tuff - Smalltown Stardust<br />23. Fucked Up - Found<br />24. Class of 91 - Little Fiction<br />25. Silver Jews - Tennessee<br />26. Mac DeMarco - Vancouver 2<br />27. Apollo Ghosts - Give Up the Dream</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the January 28 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><div><br /></div><b>Show 971 (Originally Aired On January 21st, 2023)(David Crosby, The Byrds, The Wipers, Dumb, The Users, Guided By Voices):</b><div><br />1. Guided by Voices - Instinct Dwelling<br />2. The C.I.A. - Inhale Exhale<br />3. Self-Cut Bangs - Gibberish<br />4. Blessed - Anything<br />5. Wares - Tether<br />6. The Fall - Cruiser's Creek<br />7. Dylan - Tracers<br />8. Bush Tetras - Snakes Crawl<br />9. Uh Huh - Somewhere Beyond<br />10. The Byrds - Stranger in a Strange Land<br />11. The Byrds - What's Happening?!?!<br />12. The Byrds - Tribal Gathering<br />13. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Almost Cut My Hair<br />14. The Routes - Lead Lined Clouds<br />15. By Divine Right - Wild Ducks<br />16. Knitting - Throwaway Year<br />17. Julianna Riolino - Isn't It A Pity<br />18. Daniel, Fred & Julie - No One Knew My Name<br />19. Wipers - Over the Edge<br />20. Wipers - Romeo<br />21. Dumb - 77<br />22. Gloin - Work Patrol<br />23. The Users - (I'm) In Love With Today<br />24. The Kids - Do You Wanna Know<br />25. The Bags - Survive<br />26. Lost Patrol - In Your Eyes</div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the January 21 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b><br /><p><b>Show 970 (Originally Aired On January 14th, 2023) (Terry Hall, The Specials, The Clean, The Yardbirds, The Routes, Mark Sultan, King Khan):</b></p>1. The Rolling Stones - Flight 505 <br />2. The Yardbirds - Over Under Sideways Down <br />3. The 13th Floor Elevators - Reverberation (Doubt) <br />4. The Ugly Ducklings - Do What You Want <br />5. Les Sinners - Sinerisme <br />6. The Specials - Concrete Jungle <br />7. The Specials - Rat Race (BBC Session) <br />8. The Specials - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) <br />9. The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning<br />10. Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum <br />11. The ColourField - The Colourfield <br />12. Status/Non-Status - January 3rd <br />13. Mount Eerie - Huge Fire<br />14. Packs - Abalone<br />15. Jeen - Mountain <br />16. The Clean - Tally Ho! <br />17. The Clean - Oddity <br />18. The Clean - Slug Song <br />19. The Clean - Anything Could Happen <br />20. Strange Attractor - Dog Walker <br />21. The Routes - Twist Each Word <br />22. Ichi-Bons - The Dust of Life <br />23. Richard Thompson - Pony in the Stable <br />24. Robyn Hitchcock - The Sir Tommy Shovel <br />25. The Grapes of Wrath - Good to See You <br />26. Mark Sultan - Killing Time<br />27. King Khan - Snarling Lil' Malcom </div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the January 14 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34547785.post-12075950418829079402023-01-07T22:38:00.001-05:002023-01-12T10:53:30.162-05:00Revolution Rock: The 2022 Interviews & Show # 969<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixotEz6Q-3Xh2poKQzp_M4n5LpZh6_EWc7Ko42Mr6-T1nKa2R26ZgxUJC-hAeedVsfgjDBP70Vw1k80YBEpkNg0b6leU0yn4Qfc5U0LeiqXHlU9PlcIRzRanc0o6C1nZ1stJZA4b8bJ55wruUWwf5afj78ofISk_sAwjJ8OSSrvjd4CyKXAA/s3801/revrockinterviewfox23-(higher-res).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixotEz6Q-3Xh2poKQzp_M4n5LpZh6_EWc7Ko42Mr6-T1nKa2R26ZgxUJC-hAeedVsfgjDBP70Vw1k80YBEpkNg0b6leU0yn4Qfc5U0LeiqXHlU9PlcIRzRanc0o6C1nZ1stJZA4b8bJ55wruUWwf5afj78ofISk_sAwjJ8OSSrvjd4CyKXAA/w640-h640/revrockinterviewfox23-(higher-res).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>In 2022 on Revolution Rock, we did not feature as many interviews either on this site or on the actual show as we have in the last couple of years. However, we did have four really interesting interviews. As we have done in recent years, we did an episode that containing highlights (or clips) from each of the audio interviews that we did and played some music/music relating to each of those artists. Below you will find some info about these interviews in addition to the playlist and download/streaming links to the episode.<br /><br /><b>An Interview with Steven Lambke (February 2022):</b><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfcDoLZ89JcROQVUJ0cCZ88L3Ddu-XgXvRN2CrOW5NK0F77K5Gl0E-8HNwl5swseZPTbMutVxoL5JGOZAkQV7MiI2mECkNunqDWc2oCEUDoOey121tSUx7fIL_GQPfDX9QcIbxMZ4gXhpqJc9hbA6cwLD1fSj1NnBwJB3QXgZABU3ljWDgw/s1563/Steven%20Lambke%202022%20-%20Colin%20Medley.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1563" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfcDoLZ89JcROQVUJ0cCZ88L3Ddu-XgXvRN2CrOW5NK0F77K5Gl0E-8HNwl5swseZPTbMutVxoL5JGOZAkQV7MiI2mECkNunqDWc2oCEUDoOey121tSUx7fIL_GQPfDX9QcIbxMZ4gXhpqJc9hbA6cwLD1fSj1NnBwJB3QXgZABU3ljWDgw/w640-h512/Steven%20Lambke%202022%20-%20Colin%20Medley.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />In February 2022, as part of Revolution Rock’s Theme Month based programming, we did a program focusing on the music of the You’ve Changed Records label. We had a chance to speak with Steven Lambke, who along with Daniel Romano is one of the co-founders of the label. Steven Lambke is known as being a member of the band Constantines. He has also been the creative director of Sappyfest and has released music as Baby Eagle and as a solo artist. Since its beginnings, You’ve Changed Records has been a label devoted to quality, not quantity. The first release on YCR was <i>Still Jimmie</i> by Shotgun Jimmie in 2009. Also around this time Baby Eagle and Attack In Black released a split album, which was the second official You've Changed Records release. The label has released music by Shotgun Jimmie, The Weather Station, Marine Dreams, Partner, Nap Eyes, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Fiver, Jon McKiel, Status/Non-Status, Julie Doiron, music from Steven Lambke and Daniel Romano and other bands that he has been a part of or collaborated with such as Daniel Romano’s Outfit, Ancient Shapes, Baby Eagle, Julie Doiron. In the interview, Steven talks about the labels formation, meeting Shotgun Jimmie, recording albums <i>Dark Blue</i> and his 2022 release Volcano Volcano, in addition to working with Daniel Romano on various recordings and projects. In 2020, as part of a series of albums that Daniel Romano released (about 10 in total), Steven contributed vocals to a punk album that is a tribute to 70s punk/hardcore music called Spider Bite. He also discusses recording vocals for that album remotely and more.<br /><br /><b>Listen to the full interview here:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-steven-lambke-interview-february-19th-2022%2F" width="100%"></iframe></b><br /><br /><b><a href="http://revrock.blogspot.com/2022/02/still-yc-interview-with-steven-lambke.html" target="_blank">Find the original post here.</a></b></div><div><b><br /></b><br /><b>An Interview with Dion Lunadon (June 2022):</b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PrIbcWFHLtpBjrin2WKZpckFkGUdB81Y_I4dcPAOEiwIhYiouulxmX-M0LJ0oswgFkZupJdSG9J0h7ZpCpicIVk-r6a8W1jTOOowkSRAVLR9RZKLymKKcBzfnxqJfooNTZ5xiHBNlDrsypBvp2ouxxUuIEeDrwHJUAPa9jrmJ1FkJApQAg/s1200/Dion%20Lunadon%20Super%20Sonic%20Paris%202022%20-%20Photo%20by%20@wasabi_sun_.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PrIbcWFHLtpBjrin2WKZpckFkGUdB81Y_I4dcPAOEiwIhYiouulxmX-M0LJ0oswgFkZupJdSG9J0h7ZpCpicIVk-r6a8W1jTOOowkSRAVLR9RZKLymKKcBzfnxqJfooNTZ5xiHBNlDrsypBvp2ouxxUuIEeDrwHJUAPa9jrmJ1FkJApQAg/w640-h640/Dion%20Lunadon%20Super%20Sonic%20Paris%202022%20-%20Photo%20by%20@wasabi_sun_.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br /><i><br /></i><div><i>Beyond Everything </i>is the second full-length album by Dion Lunadon. Previously of The D4 and A Place To Bury Strangers, the album was released via In The Red Records in June 2022 (and was available physically on vinyl later in 2022). Pulled from a large collection of songs written between 2017 and 2019, <i>Beyond Everything </i>adds more of a dynamic element to Dion’s sound building on components of his 2017 album, while not forgetting them completely. The press release for <i>Beyond Everything</i> reads: “<b>Beyond your skin, beyond your screen, beyond what you think you know. What lies in this area? An area with no opinions, motives, sides or divisions. An area where governments and capitalists have no currency and the absolute truth reigns supreme.” T</b>he songs that make up this album illustrate a use of space that only adds to their intensity, melody, noise and overall impact. Dion toured throughout the US, UK and Europe in support of this album and is heading back to Europe in 2023 with his live band. In addition to his second album being released in 2022, his first, long out of print 2017 self-titled album was also reissued with a reversed track listing as a limited edition release. It has now sold out. In this interview with Revolution Rock, Dion discusses making the record and coming up with songs for <i>Beyond Everything</i>, in addition to the guitar and bass sounds found on the record, touring with The Black Angels, putting together his live band and more.</div><div><br /><b>Listen to the full interview here:</b></div><div><br /></div><div> <iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-dion-lunadon-interview-june-11th-2022%2F" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /><b><a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2022/06/beyond-everything-dion-lunadon-interview.html" target="_blank">Find the original post here.</a></b><br /><br /><b>An Interview with Nick Trampolino (of Podium) (July 2022):</b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlmSmzWiDs6ZTc3AaMbe5T0J38XK4EC77n78OpgVpfoaTnSIdnFZ7z0gRRE0Mt2JdsMp359qD6DuoW9LgkzO59a9RNzc5HMowqcMC7nL5_H8XqV-5OyyTIViQplt51YOnAf2PHOut_Yr3rZU3mk6yEXsPWRl8VXMZhymAZHSFEZfP2WD_Kg/s1030/Podium.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="1030" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlmSmzWiDs6ZTc3AaMbe5T0J38XK4EC77n78OpgVpfoaTnSIdnFZ7z0gRRE0Mt2JdsMp359qD6DuoW9LgkzO59a9RNzc5HMowqcMC7nL5_H8XqV-5OyyTIViQplt51YOnAf2PHOut_Yr3rZU3mk6yEXsPWRl8VXMZhymAZHSFEZfP2WD_Kg/w640-h426/Podium.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>Podium is a punk band from Valencia, Spain. Conceived by guitarist Nick Trampolino, the band started out as personal project with a drum machine and guitar, which can still be heard on their <a href="https://podiumpodium.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp page</a>. The project quickly evolved into a full-fledged band featuring Salva Frasquet (guitar), Ximo Barcelo (bass), Miguel J. Carmona (drums) and Africa Mansaray on vocals. Podium’s sound became what has been described as <b>“Pulsating with the epic aggression of hardcore, the impersonal and perverse tone of industrial metal, and full balanced with the liveliness of the authentic surf scene.”</b> Their debut album, titled <i>Podium</i>, was released on Slovenly Recordings in late November 2020. Initially pressed in a limited quantity, it sold out quickly warranting a repress. The band went on their first North American tour playing in parts of the US and Canada in the summer of 2022. Podium also released a digital single <i>Una Coraza</i> during their summer tour in 2022. On their Bandcamp page it states that an even harsher mix of this song will be found on an upcoming EP from the band. In this interview, we talk with founder/guitarist of Podium Nick Trampolino. We talk about the recording of this album, releasing the album on Slovenly Recordings, the music scene in Valencia, Spain, Nick’s guitar, playing live shows, having their first US tour in summer 2022 and more.<br /><br /><b>Listen to the full interview here:</b></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-nick-trampolino-of-podium-interview-july-2nd-2022%2F" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /><b><a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2022/07/nick-trampolino-podium-interview.html" target="_blank">Find the original post here.</a></b><br /><br /><b>Shawn McDonald (of Baby Giant) Interview (August 2022):</b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKH0uYWULb6jvtjZ_FeZkTjIC1-PsNkrO6XyfPn0hBkFZqJ_2AmQNY_R53GSoJyE-mjB3gM8FYepVbG3TBqGP4ltsBO04Tc1gCVtHT2HG-eVces0WBuFbQuNY22Fb7vTMkwQnJN6cR_u3QJXa8jI3yO38Fb-pMvyAAytqbsfT5OAEyAt2Gg/s1365/Shawn%20McDonald%20&%20Tim%20McDonald%20Baby%20Giant.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKH0uYWULb6jvtjZ_FeZkTjIC1-PsNkrO6XyfPn0hBkFZqJ_2AmQNY_R53GSoJyE-mjB3gM8FYepVbG3TBqGP4ltsBO04Tc1gCVtHT2HG-eVces0WBuFbQuNY22Fb7vTMkwQnJN6cR_u3QJXa8jI3yO38Fb-pMvyAAytqbsfT5OAEyAt2Gg/w640-h640/Shawn%20McDonald%20&%20Tim%20McDonald%20Baby%20Giant.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /><i>All Day Dreaming</i> is the third full-length album by London, Ontario’s Baby Giant. Comprised of brothers Shawn McDonald (vocals/bass/guitar) and Tim McDonald (King Woobs) (drums/backing vocals), this new album also features contributions on some tracks from Andy Paquette (Gypsy Ghosts) on vocals/guitar and Ryan O’Driscoll (SpaceSlave) on vocals/backing vocals. <i>All Day Dreaming</i> was recorded in Shawn’s living room with drums recorded in the basement. The guitar on this album is more prominent as opposed to 2018’s <i>2</i> album, giving it more of a live and spontaneous feel. Throughout <i>All Day Dreaming</i>, there are a number of musical influences that could be named such as Guided By Voices, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Fall, T.Rex, The Byrds, The Rolling Stones, The Vaselines, but the influence of these bands combine into something else. In 2021, Revolution Rock did a Q&A for this website with McDonald covering his musical history due to the fact that several of the albums that were not available digitally online from the numerous bands he has played in over the years became available this way for the first time. With a new album out from Baby Giant in March of 2022, we got a chance to speak with McDonald about the making of <i>All Day Dreaming</i>, some of the songs that were written for the album, the band’s history, the music scene in London, Ontario and more.<br /><br /><b>Listen to the full interview here:</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><iframe frameborder="0" height="120" src="https://www.mixcloud.com/widget/iframe/?hide_cover=1&feed=%2FRevolutionRock%2Frevolution-rock-shawn-mcdonald-of-baby-giant-interview-august-27th-2022%2F" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /><b><a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2022/08/shawn-mcdonald-baby-giant-all-day-dreaming-interview.html" target="_blank">Find the original post here.</a></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Show 969 (Originally Aired January 7th, 2023)(The 2022 Interviews Playlist):</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>1. Steven Lambke - The World Filled to the Brim (<i>Volcano, Volcano </i>- You've Changed Records - 2022)<br />2. Steven Lambke - Bats in Blue Twilight (<i>Volcano, Volcano </i>- You've Changed Records - 2022)<br />3. Steven Lambke - White Horses (Dark Blue - You've Changed Records - 2019)<br /><br /><div><b>STEVEN LAMBKE INTERVIEW CLIP</b><br /><br /><div>4. Spider Bite - Blood and Suffering (<i>Spider Bite</i> - You've Changed Records - 2020)<br />5. Spider Bite - Escape Velocity (<i>Spider Bite</i> - You've Changed Records - 2020)<br />6. Baby Eagle - Leather Jacket (<i>Attack In Black Baby Eagle - Split </i>- You've Changed Records - 2009)<br />7. Dion Lunadon - Speed (<i>Schreien EP </i>- Discofridge - 2020)<br />8. Dion Lunadon - Howl (<i>Dion Lunadon</i> - Agitated Records - 2017)<br /><br /></div><div><b>DION LUNADON INTERVIEW CLIP<br /></b><br /></div><div>9. Dion Lunadon - Pink X (<i>Beyond Everything </i>- In The Red Recordings - 2022)<br />10. Dion Lunadon - Living and Dying With You (<i>Beyond Everything </i>- In The Red Recordings - 2022)<br />11. Podium - Una Coraza (Una Coraza Single - 2022)<br />12. Podium - Skating (<i>Podium</i> - Slovenly Recordings - 2020)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>NICK TRAMPOLINO (OF PODIUM) INTERVIEW CLIP</b></div><div> <br />13. Podium - A (Segment) (<i>Demo</i> - 2018)</div><div>14. Podium - Mas Fuertes (<i>Podium</i> - Slovenly Recordings - 2020)<br />15. Baby Giant - All Daydreaming (<i>All Day Dreaming </i>- 2022)<br />16. Baby Giant - High Tide (<i>2</i> - 2018)<br />17. Baby Giant - Bloody Hands (<i>Grassy Magic </i>- 2017)</div><div><br /><b>SHAWN MCDONALD (OF BABY GIANT) INTERVIEW CLIP</b></div><div> <br />18. Dragsville - Crocodile (<i>Welcome To Dragsville </i>- 2014)<br />19. Baby Giant - Admired (<i>All Day Dreaming </i>- 2022)<br />20. King Woobs - Something Lovely (<i>Music to Watch the World Burn: A Soundtrack For Dystopian Landscapes</i> - 2022)<br />21. Dion Lunadon - The City Is Ours (<i>Talk - Action = Zero Vol.2: A Compilation Benefitting Spread the Vote</i> - Rough Trade/Bank Robber Music - 2020) </div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><b>To hear this program, visit CJAM's schedule page for </b><a href="https://www.cjam.ca/shows/revolution-rock/"><b>Revolution Rock</b></a> <b>and click the January 7 file to </b><b>download/stream the episode.</b> </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>For those keeping track, episodes # 967 and 968 were repeat episodes. Episode 967 was a repeat of part two of our best of 2022 episodes (from December 2022). You can listen to that episode <a href="http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11625-Revolution_Rock-20221224-1900-t1671908400.mp3">here</a> and find the <a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2022/12/2022-album-highlights-shows-966-965-964.html">playlist here.</a> Show 968 was a repeat of our 2022 Joe Strummer Day episode (also from December 2022). You can <a href="http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/11625-Revolution_Rock-20221231-1900-t1672513200.mp3">listen to that episode</a> here and find the playlist<a href="https://revrock.blogspot.com/2022/12/2022-album-highlights-shows-966-965-964.html"> here.</a> </b></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05612902016398817264noreply@blogger.com0