Hey, it's a single-week playlist! This week's opening theme was "memories," inspired by a blazing new release from James Baker & the Groundbreakers. Read more about Baker, who has terminal cancer, and the release here and here.
Listen to the March 15 show right here (starts at the 30-minute mark).
Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self
James Baker & the Groundbreakers "Memories" on In the Red
Too Much Joy "New Memories" on People Suck Music
The Silos "Memories" on Watermelon
Dolly Parton "Living On Memories of You" on RLG/Legacy
Glambilly "Memories" on Saustex Media
The Painkillers "Memories" on Off the Hip
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet "Memories of Gay Paree" on Yep Roc Records
Baby Washington "A Handful of Memories" on Soul Story
Wanda Chrome & The Leather Pharoahs "Detroit God" on self released
Plasticland "Fairytale Hysteria" on Ryko/Rhino
Trolley "Ladies and Gentlemen" on Easter Records
Paris, Texas "One Hot Coma" on New Line Records
Tommy James & The Shondells "Gotta Get Back to You" on Roulette
Nick Lowe "Stick It Where the Sun Don't Shine" on Columbia
TV Sound "Do Be Good" on Killing Horse Records
Vacant Lot "Please Please" on Shake
The Whiffs "I Don't Wanna Know" on DIG!
The Hypos "Tell Me Your Name" on Self-Released
Jack Oblivian "Girl on the Beach" on Big Legal Mess Records
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band "Flashes of Orange" on SOPHOMORE LOUNGE
Dion "I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound" on Norton Records
Mary Timony "Dominoes" on Merge Records
Oblivians "Live the Life" on Crypt Records
Etta James "Strange Things Happening" on Ace Records
Subsonics "Her Name Was Eve" on Slovenly Recordings
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion "Jailhouse Blues" on In The Red
The Mal Thursday Quintet "A Smell of Honey, A Swallow of Brine!" on Chunk Archives Recordings
Terry Corin & Her Boy Friends "Sick Sick Sick" on Stag-A-Lee
The A-Bones "Don't Talk About Him" on Norton Records
Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass-Kickin Team "My Bandana" on Doublenaught Records
The Minus 5 "Smoke On, Jerry" on Yep Roc Records
The Raspberries "Let's Pretend" on Capitol
Dave Edmunds "Deborah" on Swan Song
Chatham County Line "Out of the Running" on Yep Roc Records
Dan Montgomery "Rock Hard" on Fantastic Yes Records
Bobby Patterson "Your Love Belongs Under a Rock" on Omnivore Recordings
Icky Renrut "Ho...Ho" on Jerome
Jerry Lee Lewis "Sticks and Stones" on Pickwick
Tyler Keith & the Apostles "Edge of the City" on Black and Wyatt Records
The Mighty Hannibal "I'm Coming Home" on Norton Records
Continuing my tradition of posting big playlist dumps on holidays, here's one for the most beloved holiday of all, right? Some outstanding new music releases over the past weeks, including Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass Kicking Team, Gino & the Goons, Mary Timony, TV Sound, Mal Thursday, Pearl Harbour, the Sleeveens and more. Sadly, I also did some tributes in recent weeks to the legendary likes of Dexter Romweber, Mary Weiss, and Mojo Nixon. Missing them all!
Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self Guided By Voices "The Best Foot Forwards" on GBV Inc The Box Tops "Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March" on Arista Yo La Tengo "Paddle Forward" on Matador Icewater "Looking Forward" on Omnivore Recordings Tommy Ray "One Step Forward" on Beluga Records Theatre Royal "All Fall Forward" on Medlar Records Pearl Harbour "Everybody's Boring But My Baby" on Liberation Hall Mary Timony "The Guest" on Merge Records Alex Chilton "Can't Seem to Make You Mine" on Numero Group Luna "Season of the Witch" on Rhino Atlantic The Jack Rubies "Heaven Shook Me" on Big Stir Records The Spartan Dreggs "Our Strange Power of Speech" on Damaged Goods The Devil Dogs "Babysitter" on Sympathy for the Record Industry Gino and the Goons "Baby Doll" on Big Neck Records Hamell On Trial "Tucker Carlson (feat. Ruth Theodore)" on Saustex Records & Entertainment, LLC The Sleeveens "Tales From the Megaplex" on Dirtnap Records
Sin Bad "Marry Me" on SINcerely BADass Records DK Primitive Broadcast Service "City of Clocks" on Primitive Broadcast Service High Gallows "Play the Fool" on OnEleven Recordings Thriftones "Anywhere, USA" on Fox Cry Records Four Rouges "The Ralphie" on Cheep! Cheep! Flamingo Tours "Dance to the Devil" on Soundflat The Pretty Things "Stone Hearted Mama (Mono Version) [Live at the BBC - Radio One Session / Peel Sessions - Top Gear, 15/05/1971] [Remastered]" on Repertoire Records Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders "Dirty Thoughts & Busted Hearts" on Rankoutsider Records Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass-Kickin Team "Got To Be Strong (feat. Don Dixon)" on Doublenaught Los Lobos "Wake Up Dolores" on Rhino/Warner Records The Fried Brothers "I Lost Her" on Gear Fab James and the Ultrasounds "I Get the Shakes" on Misspent Records The Valients "Za Boo" on Sundazed Music / Modern Harmonic The Woggles "Baby, I'll Trust You When You're Dead" on Wicked Cool Records Rockin' Ronald & The Rebels "Cuttin' Out" on Ace Barrence Whitfield & The Savages "Play Pen" on Folc Records
Superchunk "Brand New Love" on Merge Records
Drop Nineteens "The Price Was High" on Wharf Cat Records Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band "Learn 2 Re-Luv" on SOPHOMORE LOUNGE Palace Music "New Partner" on Drag City Records Kay Adams "Roll Out the Red Carpet" on Sundazed Music Inc. Lloyd Cole "I Can Hear Everything" on earMUSIC The Monkees "She Hangs Out (Single Version)" on Grapefruit Wendy Rene "Break Out (AKA Bust Out)" on Craft Recordings Luna "Slash Your Tires" on Elektra Records Vessel "Beginning of the End" on Cheep! Cheep! The Electric Mess "Nice Guys Finish Last" on The Electric Mess The Blasters "Marie Marie" on Liberation Hall Deano & Jo "Come On Down" on Plenty Tuff NRBQ "I Found a Love" on Sundazed Joecephus & The George Jonestown Massacre "Ramblin Rose (Cherie Currie, Mike Watt, J Mascis)" on Saustex King Salami and the Cumberland Three "Shake It Wild" on Soundflat Records
Before it was time for another show, I figured I should post my last two playlists, including my Jan. 5 show that highlighted many of my favorite songs and albums (didn't get to all) from 2023. To recap, here's my Top 10 albums, previously posted at WMSE:
1. VARIOUS ARTISTS – WRITTEN IN THEIR SOUL: THE STAX SONGWRITER DEMOS (STAX/CRAFT RECORDINGS) 2. TYLER KEITH AND THE APOSTLES – HELL TO PAY (BLACK & WYATT) 3. THEE HEADCOATS – IRREGULARIS (THE GREAT HIATUS) (DAMAGED GOODS) 4. PAT TODD AND THE RANK OUTSIDERS – SONS OF THE CITY DITCH (DOG MEAT) 5. YO LA TENGO – THIS STUPID WORLD (MATADOR) 6. JINKSIE – S/T (SELF-RELEASED) 7. MOVIE MOVIE – STORYBOARDS (TOPSY TURVY) 8. THE BASEBALL PROJECT – GRAND SALAMI TIME! (OMNIVORE) 9. DEX ROMWEBER – GOOD THING GOIN’ (PROPELLER SOUND RECORDINGS) 10. DAN MONTGOMERY – CAST-IRON SONGS & TORCH BALLADS (FANTASTIC YES)
I waited partly because it took a bit for the full audio archive to show up, but it was also because I'm always damn slow to post the playlists!
Typically, I post the newest playlist first, but I'll start with the Jan. 5 show. I did play a few new songs on the Jan. 12 show, including one from the new Greg Cartwright project, the Hypos and the latest single from Xposed 4heads.
Jan. 5
Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self
Thee Headcoats "The Kids are All Square" on Damaged Goods Records
T. Tex Edwards with Homer Henderson "Strcyhnine Wine" on Self-released
Drop Nineteens "Tarantula" on Wharf Cat Records
R. Ring "Still Life" on Don Giovanni Records
Dan Montgomery "Sort It All Out" on Fantastic Yes Records
Graham Day and The Gaolers "Mystery Man" on Damaged Goods Records
Movie Movie "The Girl With the Wandering Eye" on Topsy-Turvy
Ivan Julian "Can't Help Myself" on Pravda Records
Jane Woe "Train Song" on Saustex Records & Entertainment, LLC
Quasi "Queen of Ears" on Sub Pop
Madness "Lockdown and Frack Off" on BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
CTMF "Beneath the Flowers Serpents" on Damaged Goods Records
Mudhoney "Human Stock Capital" on Sub Pop Records
Gee Tee "Goodnight Neanderthal" on Goner Records
Subsonics "It's a Long Way Suzy To New York City" on Slovenly Recordings
Powersolo "If I Could Fly (feat. The Courettes)" on Crunchy Frog
Jinksie "Slide" on 5744605 Records DK
Sex Scenes "I'm Not Your T.V." on Self-Released
Combustor "Supercool" on Splunge Communications, Inc
Xposed 4heads "Flash Cube" on Internal Combustion
Terry Alan Hackbarth "I Heard That Song Before" on Self-released
The Shivvers "My Love Calling" on The Shivvers
The Shivvers "Reckless" on Self-Released
Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass Kickin Team "Chainsaw Repair Shop" on Doublenaught Records
Superchunk "Learned to Surf (Acoustic Demo)" on Merge Records
Dex Romweber "Good Thing Going" on Propeller Sound Recordings
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band "Learn 2 Re-Luv" on SOPHOMORE LOUNGE
Daddy Long Legs "Star" on Yep Roc Records
Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders "Livin' In a World of Hurt" on Dog Meat Records
Stephen's Pharmacy "Save it for the Night" on Crepe Murder
Juniper "Bang!" on Confidential Recordings / Fabcom!
Hammel on Trial "Pray" on Saustex
Sweeping Promises "You Shatter" on Feel It Records
Lloyd Cole "Warm by the Fire" on earMUSIC
Sparklehorse "It Will Never Stop" on Anti/Epitaph
Instant Smile "Thorazine Bender" on Slow n Sober Music
Rocket 808 "Long Stretch of Desert" on 12XU
The Timekeepers "Nasty" on Ace
Tyler Keith & the Apostles "Edge of the City" on Black and Wyatt Records
Augie Meyers and the Western Head Band "Baby Baby (Won't You Come Back Home)" on Bear Family
Iris DeMent "Workin' on a World" on FlariElla Records
The Baseball Project "Grand Salami Time" on Omnivore Recordings
Eddie Floyd "Gotta Make a Comeback" on Craft
Son Volt "Sometimes You've Got to Stop Chasing Rainbows" on Transmit Sound
TV Sound "How Do We Know How to Feel?" on Killing Horse Records
Rufus Thomas "Come On Dance With Me" on Craft Recordings
The Goldstars "My Money" on Mordorlorff Music
The Mullens "Lonely Wolf" on Get Hip Recordings
Willie Singleton "Love Treaty" on Craft Recordings
Jan. 12
Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" on Self
Thee Headcoatees "Boysville" on Damaged Goods
The Nomads "Coolsville" on Crypt
Harvey McLaughlin "Bigfootsville" on Saustex Records & Entertainment, LLC
Dave Dudley "Lonelyville" on Mercury
Freakwater "Loserville" on Thrill Jockey Records
Quasi "Nowheresville" on Sub Pop Records
NRBQ "Flat Foot Flewzy" on Sundazed
Shabam "On the Planet of the Apes" on Cherry Red
The Master Plan "Ooh Baby Ooh" on Rum Bar
The Ventures "The Twist" on Dalton
The Dead Brothers "The Laws of Man aka Ode to a Deserter" on Voodoo Rhythm
American Music Club "Challenger" on Reprise
Bo Diddley "Make Up Your Mind Tonight" on Last Call
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs "Love Me Like Before" on MGM
Xposed 4heads "Mess Up" on Internal Combustion
The Hullmen "Real Cool Time" on Self Released
Beach Patrol "One More Cigarette" on Duck on Monkey Records
Heathrow "You Don't Have to Go" on Easter Records
Fetchin' Bones "Spot" on Capitol Records
Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders "Long In the Tooth (Before the Dolls)" on Dog Meat Records
The Dirtbombs "Daddy Rockin' Strong" on The Wind Records
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages "Bad Situation" on Folc Records
Art Guy "Where You Gonna Go?" on Ace
The Hypos "My Kind of My Party" on Self-Released
Champion Jack Dupree "New Low Down Dog" on JSP Records
Lee Fields "The Door" on Daptone Records
The Fox Sisters "We're Going Swimming, Baby!" on FOLC Records
They Might Be Giants "Nothing's Gonna Change My Clothes" on East Side Digital
Morgan and the Organ Donors "Mood Swingin'" on Perennial / K Records
Guided By Voices "Love Set" on GBV Inc
Kelly Hogan "Plant White Roses" on Anti/Epitaph
Los Lobos "Emily" on Rhino/Warner Records
Jane Woe "Dream" on Saustex Records & Entertainment, LLC
Drop Nineteens "A Hitch" on Wharf Cat Records
Oakley Hall "Nite Lights, Dark Days" on Jagjaguwar
The Records "All Messed Up and Ready to Go" on Virgin
The Fleshtones "Tear for Tear" on Yep Roc Records
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels "Shakedown" on New Voice
The Brothers Johnson "I'll Be Good to You" on A&M
Dave "Baby" Cortez "Soul Rub" on Norton Records Inc.
The Woggles "Karate Monkey" on Wicked Cool Records
The Feelies "Everybody's Got Something to Hide (Except Me and My Monkey)" on A&M
Another big chunk of playlists for you, from the day after Thanksgiving right up to the end of the 2023! Over that time, you heard a good dose of Christmas songs, my specially themed end-of-the-year-show, and even a few new albums and compilations. Next week, I'll focus on my favorites from 2023 - why-don't-ya join me! Check out my 2023 Top 10! Links in the dates.
Where the hell have I been? Missing lots of shows and missing lots of playlist posting most certainly. Work kept me away from the show, and 11.17 busyness combined with laziness helped keep the blog quiet for a few months, but here I go with what will be my biggest playlist post ever. Featuring the likes of, well, many! Here you go, starting with newest to oldest:
