Dion Lunadon - Secrets
The Cavemen - Booze, Ciggies 'n Drugs
The Faux Faux - I Better Run
Office Dog - Big Air
SPLLIT - Gemini Moods (Return)
Kid Congo Powers - Peanuts
Sufjan Stevens - Will Anybody Ever Love Me?
Lewsberg - Communion
Sugar Tradition - Fragile
Blues Lawyer - Have Nots
Woodfield Rd Allstars - Cool Cool Runnings
Sleaford Mods - Big Pharma
Goat - Join The Resistance (edit)
Mark Stewart - Vodou
Ty Segall - Eggman
Collate - Erika's Trip
The Exbats - Riding With Paul
Upchuck - Crashing
Flat Worms - SSRT
Sick Thoughts - Sick Thoughts
Fr., 27.10.2023, 21:00 Uhr:
THE EXBATS (US) + PAINTED AIR (HH)
Komet Musik Bar, Hamburg
THE EXBATS
Not to be confused with The Shaggs, or The Osmonds (Partridge Family is okay) We, The Exbats, started with a daughter (Inez) and father (Kenny) listening to lots and lots of records and writing songs. We got lucky and caught the ear of desert recording guru, Matt Rendon (The Resonars, and as of 2021, the fourth Exbat!) and we put out our first tape in 2017. In 2019 we hit the jackpot again attracting Bobby Carleson Jr. on bass. Our latest record for Goner Records is the hyper-catchy sunshine-pop inspired Now Where Were We. It’s our favorite set of songs yet. We have evolved to the point where we are basically oblivious to modern recording trends, but the lyrics do a decent job reflecting very modern concerns. We live in Bisbee, Arizona. It’s way down in the south-east corner of the state by the Mexico border. It’s a sweet little arty hippy town. Come say hi! -inez and kenny mclain. The Exbats are Inez, Kenny, Bobby and Matt. And they are all a little worried but enjoy making songs.
PAINTED AIR
Painted Air from Hamburg-St. Pauli in Germany is hailing around since 1990 and thus, just attained full age. Before getting that fuzz-tanked-organ-driven sound, Painted Air started as a typical 60s garage punk combo and in-between flirted with 60s psych and krautrock. Over the years they shared stages with some of the most legendary bands around, like Dead Moon, The Fuzztones, The Cynics, Sick Rose and The Strange Flowers. Danish frontman Martin’s prominent voice is Painted Air’s trademark.
Painted Air gets its influences through the other members though: 60s specialist Tripsi on drums gives the essential beat while Fuzzomazz’ (who writes most of the songs) punkrock heart pukes raw sounds, balanced by Olli’s melodic bass themes. Painted Air was joined in 2008 by French organ goddess Organella (Curlee Wurlee!), whose saturated Vox organ finished to polish the sound of their brandnew album “Come on 69”. She was recently replaced by Czerno from the band “Rock’n’Roll Hotel”, who makes the sound even more evil!
“Come on 69” was recorded analogue and under live conditions in April and June 2008, and mixed in December 2008 by Dennis Rux (Trashmonkeys) at Hörwerk Studio near Bremen, and will be released by Green Cookie Records from Greece.
Members: Martin Brujah (vocals); Czerno (organ); Tripsi (drums); Olli Engel (bass); Fuzzomazz (guitar)
Danny’s family accepts him after he revealed his identity. So much in fact that they took him on a trip to Gotham along with Jazz. There they learn the family secret, Maddie is niece to Batman and she grew up on the streets of Gotham fighting alongside him under the moniker ‘Sparrow’ to match her cousin Robin. Now they want Bruce to train Danny in the family business.
After a week of training and Bruce returns to the watchtower where a very nervous and terrified looking Constantine asks where the hell he was to get a protection mark from the Ghost King. Bruce isn’t looking forward to the talk he’s about to have with his extended family staying in the manor because he had absolutely no clue what Constantine was talking about.
#AlbumReview: The Exbats - Song Machine
Arizona father/daughter band embraces the jangly power pop of the 60s/70s while keeping a lyrical foot in modernity
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Maybe it’s that they’re coming from a small town in Arizona, or maybe it’s that the band was started by a father/daughter duo who loved listening to old records together. Whatever inspired it, The Exbats have proven to be great crafters of songs that hearken back to the bright, jangly pop rock and power pop of the sixties and seventies. On their latest LP Song Machine, the group transports us…
Soundtrack for an imaginary pop culture mashup of epic proportions (where everyone’s favorite 23-year old Canadian indie rock slacker saves Toronto from almost certain doom by taking on the baddest aliens in the Whoniverse with his unstoppable 8-bit video game-style fighting technique). Featuring 23 of 2023’s top indie/power pop/garage/punk/noise pop acts including Dot Dash, Versing, Alien Nosejob, the Exbats, Be Your Own Pet, Uni Boys, Guided By Voices, Bass Drum of Death Jacuzzi Boys, Woolen Men, and 13 more bands who know how to put the screw into a sonic screwdriver.
Apologies to Bryan Lee O’Malley, Kim Pine, Plumtree, The Doctor, the Daleks, and the Beeb.
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Running Time: 1 hour, 11 seconds
Tracklist
Tense & Nervous (2:02) — Dot Dash | Washington, DC
Distractions (1:56) — Versing | Seattle, WA
Flakin’ Out (3:27) — The Ific | San Francisco, CA
I'm Lost (3:13) — Alien Nosejob | VIC, Australia
I Don't Believe in Love (3:10) — Uni Boys | Los Angeles, CA
Brain Shock (1:39) — Pheromones | Italy
Rock 'N' Roll Boy (2:58) — The Mudd Club | Bristol, UK
Imaginary Girlfriend (2:14) — TV Party | Ventura, CA
Where Have All the Good Times Gone (2:29) — The Grip Weeds | Highland Park, NJ
Workin’ Too Hard (1:58) — Woolen Men | Portland, OR
Better At Love (2:49) — The Exbats | Arizona
Big Trouble (3:02) — Be Your Own Pet | Nashville, TN
I Used to Be Fun (2:36) — Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers | Canberra, Australia
Everybody's Gonna Be There (2:13) — Bass Drum of Death | Mississippi
Local Master Airplane (2:16) — Guided By Voices | Dayton, OH
This Bisbee, Arizona band has been around a lot longer than you think. I didn’t discover that until 2021 when they first played Gonerfest (and that was the same year that they released their first record on the label as well).
Their profile has gotten a little bit bigger, but the band leader, guitarist/vocalist Kenny McLain, and his daughter, drummer Inez (joined by bassist Bobby Carlson and other guitarist/producer Matt Rendon of the Resonars fame) have set their sights is pretty high and you can’t blame them for that. They’re big fans of the late 60s/early 70s AM pop and are definitely influenced by that period (think the Mamas and Papas with a little more fuzz).
Cuts like “Himbo,” “Like It Like I Do,” “Better at Love” and “You Got My Heart Hot” are spunky yet dreamy, reverb-laden numbers that any Brill Building writer would’ve been proud to call their own.
There are a lot of bands out there doing the pop thing, but none of them sound like this. The Exbats have a sound that is truly and uniquely their own. And no, they may never have a top-10 hit, but that’s OK. For those of us who are fans, they are total chartbusters!
Brand new episode of The Coverage Radio Show #223, Tuesday May 23 7 PM Eastern Time With Awesome MUSIC from Dieth, Grandiosa Muerte, Lou Reed, Roky Erickson, The Exbats, Ibex Clone, Timea Goghova, Petty Human Emotions, Souls Worn Thin, Disillusive Play, As We Suffer, Screaming Bones, Hamara, Nargathrond, Halflighted, Zebeck, Belle Morte, Unfair State, Phrenesy, Ancient Ruins and Bolverk!!!
Tomorrow (April 20) is a sort of unofficial holiday for those of us who are obsessed with music. It's Record Store Day! To prime myself, and hopefully you fellow music nerds, tonight's episode is devoted to songs about records, record stores, and the people like us who collect them!
It's another wide range of material, from classic beat sounds of the 60s (Tweeds) to late 70s power pop (The Mumbles, Milk 'n' Cookies) to self-reverential 80s alternative rockers (The Jesus & Mary Chain) and current garage and punk along with plenty of singer/songwriters of all eras!
I'm hoping this fires you all up to get out there and find your wishlist tomorrow! What are y'all looking for? Let me know what treats you discover!
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1. Tweeds - I Need That Record
2. Todd Snider - Vinyl Records
3. Drivin' N' Cryin' - The Little Record Store Just Around The Corner
4. Tom Tall - Stack-A-Records
5. Marah - Why Independent Record Stores Fail
6. The Reds, Pinks and Purples - Saw You at the Record Shop Today (Electric)
7. The Reds, Pinks and Purples - The Record Player and the Damage Done
8. The Jesus & Mary Chain - 33 13
9. The Jesus & Mary Chain - 45rpm
10. The Short Fuses - Drop The Needle
11. The Shang Hi Los - Skipping Records
12. Brad Marino - Broken Record Baby
13. The Cheap Cassettes - Black Vinyl!
14. Elvis Costello - 45
15. Luke Haines & Peter Buck - 45 Revolutions
16. Blitz - 45 Revolutions
17. The Barracudas - God Bless The 45
18. Thee Wylde Oscars - Seven Inch Record
19. The Exbats - Ghost In The Record Store
20. Cheap Gunslingers - Record Store
21. The Melmacs - Record Store
22. Andras Jones - Record Store
23. Broncho - Record Store
24. Blake - Vinyl Junkie
25. Diamond Dogs - Get A Rock N Roll Record
26. The Lasts - I Stole Your Records
27. Used Kids - I Miss My Records
28. Supersuckers - Rock-N-Roll Records (Ain't Selling This Year)
29. Milk 'n' Cookies - Buy This Record
30. Vista Blue - Make a Record
31. Fernando Perdomo - Girl with a Record Collection
tune into no love for ned on wlur tonight from 8pm until midnight!
i've been informed that the automation system at wlur has a couple years of old no love for ned episodes queued up to air every night between midnight and 4am to offer the solace of strange sounds to all those lonely overnight souls.
for the rest of the world- you can check out last week's show on mixcloud whenever you'd like. i'm trying to get the rest of 2023 up there and then we'll see about getting 2022 and further back!
no love for ned on wlur – october 20th, 2023 from 8-10pm
artist // track // album // label
luna // ihop // pup tent // elektra
winten // waving to my girl // waving to my girl // (self-released)
rat columns // virtual sweden // babydoll // tough love
jungle breed // simpatico // wynona, paloma, papilloma // blossom rot
ducks limited // the main thing // harm's way // carpark
the vovos // go die in the woods // little gubben // blossom rot
the bug club // marriage // rare birds: hour of song // we are busy bodies
brontez purnell // forgive me, philip // white boy music ep // post present medium
the exbats // to all the mothers that i’d like to forgive // song machine // goner
porpoise spit // people like me // don't quit // psychic hysteria
chris corsano and bill orcutt // part one // play at duke // palilalia
monocot // crumpled green // leave to cool // astral editions
mike nock, bennie maupin, cecil mcbee and eddie marshall // symbiosis // spiritual jazz volume fourteen- private compilation // jazzman
caroline davis and alula // the promise i made (for joyce ann brown) // captivity // ropeadope
kibrom birhane // mender // here and there // flying carpet
kamaal williams featuring brian hargrove and sharay reed // the guvna // stings // black focus
dawn richard // bubblegum // the architect ep // merge
shanin blake // bad bitch energy // bad bitch energy digital single // (self-released)
mike featuring taka // they don't stop in the rain // burning desire // 10k
maxo // another. land // debbie's son // smile for me
meernaa // another dimension // so far so good // keeled scales
moondaddy // helicopter // poet lies // volar
the reds, pinks and purples // what will heaven be like? // murder, oral sex and cigarettes ep // (self-released)
the particles // observations // 1980's bubblegum // chapter music
symbol soup // overdressed // slow puncture // sad club
the siddeleys // what went wrong this time // slum clearance // matinée
the proctors // fun sunday // everlasting light // shelflife