Modcast #267: In Mod We Trust

Got a full load of new music for you to keep you shuff, shuff, shuffling your feet. And a few older toe tappers in here as well, just to keep things interesting.

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The Brand New Heavies Feat. N'Dea Davenport -- Sunlight (2013)
She & Him -- Sunday Girl (2013)
Nick Pride & The Pimptones -- White Lines (2013)
Shaolin Temple Defenders -- Kung Fu Fighting (2013)
Fitz & The Tantrums -- The Walker (2013)
Harmony & Groove -- On The Fly Melody (2013)
Charles Bradley -- Love Bug Blues (2013)
The Harrisons -- Man Of The Hour (2007)
The Anydays -- Shoot It All Down (2008)
RAF -- Nothing Seems To Fit (2013)
Epicycle -- School Girls (1979)
Boys -- We're Too Young (1977)
Twisted Wheel -- Lucy The Castle (2009)
Madness -- Benny Bullfrog (1984)

Madness - Shut Up


Madness - House of Fun


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From the Vaults: Modcasts #40 & # 45

Once more into the vault my friends, once more into the vault. Step back in time, to a time when the modcast was young and fresh. Take a giant step outside your current listening constraints and journey with me all the way back to those oh so sweltering days of Summer 2007. I've opened up the vaults and dusted off a couple classic modcasts that I think you'll enjoy. Again.

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Modcast #40: Take a Look at The Young Idea

At long last, the much anticipated Squire tribute album has arrived. And it's worth the wait. Seventeen fantastic Squire songs covered by a whole slew of various mod and power pop bands like The Shambles, the Little Murders, Paul Bevoir, Mega Super Ultra, Jeremy and Mod Fun. Squire epitomized the pop side of mod during the revival of the late 70s and early 80s. They were at the forefront of the scene the entire time, and later helped revitalize the American mod scene by appearances in the states --especially in California-- throughout the late 80s. Now we have The Young Idea A Pop Tribute to Anthony Meynell and Squire. I'm previewing a couple of tracks for you all on today's show. You can pickup your copy over at the Jam Records website.

• Squire -- Take a Look
  
• The Eddies -- Debbie Jones
  
• The Shingles -- Girl on a Train
  
• The Blocked -- Plastic Punks
  
• Mother Earth -- Very Together
  
• Three 0'Clock -- I Go Wild
  
• Mary's Danish -- Yellow Creep Around
  
• Leaving Trains -- Cigarette Motel
  
• The Canary Sect -- See Me In Action
  
• Code Blue -- Modern Times
  
• Bim Skala Bim -- Talk Talk and Talk

Bim Skala Bim - Solitary Confinement (1985)

Bim Skala Bim - Skeleton (1995)

Modcast #45: See the Light

This week's modcast has some good stuff. There's a good dose of power pop as usual. But, there's a nice little trio of 80s synthesizer infused, soul influenced modpop as well. I think you'll find a striking similarity between Mood Six and The Truth, both sounding like precursors to later groups such as Swing Out Sister or the Orange Peels.

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• The M.B.s (Modern Blues Band) -- Another Day
  
• Green Circles -- Amourette
  
• Eurovox -- In For A Penny
  
• Statues -- The Audition
  
• Odd Numbers -- Little Kings & Queens
  
• The Last Ones -- Bit of You
  
• Paul Collins -- USA
  
• Mood Six -- I Saw The Light
  
• The Truth -- You Play With My Emotions
  
• The Housemartins -- Five Get Over Excited
  
• The Pandoras -- You're All Talk

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Modcast #266: Get Ready To Rumble

Another week, another great modcast coming your way. I'm, kicking off the show with an American 60s band that sounds almost more mod than the British mods of their day. The band is Powder and I included them this week in part because this coming Saturday I'm going to get to meet them when they play at the Studio 66 mod night at the LoFi Performance Gallery here in Seattle, and lucky me I'm going to be the guest DJ.

Another thing that is making this week's show especially good is that I'm joined by my old friend Dean Hoth who is the singer and bass player for power pop band The Eddies. Additionally Dean has been a behind the scenes mover and shaker in producing some great tribute albums, and is also working on releasing unheard live materials of older mod bands from the 80s to the 90s to the 21st century. Such as The Shambles. He's got some news for mod music lovers.

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Powder -- I Try (1968)
Chardon Square -- 65 Film Show (1985)
The Plimsouls -- Great Big World (1980)
The Shambles -- Blindspot (1996)
Cheap Trick -- I Want You To Want Me (1979)
Jeff Hershey & The Heartbeats -- Don't Come Around (2013)
Fitz & The Tantrums -- Spark (2013)
Greyboy Allstars -- Old Crow (2013)
Vampire Weekend -- A-Punk (2008)
Scouting For Girls -- She's So Lovely (2007)
Tim Timebomb & Friends -- Skeleton Crew (2012)
Spearmint -- Outside The Roundhouse (1999)
Generation X -- Friday's Angels (1979)
Split Enz -- Six Months In A Leaky Boat (1981)
The Blues Magoos -- Gotta Get Away (1966)

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This Saturday in Seattle Get Thee To Studio 66 Mod Night

I'm getting off my lazy ass this weekend and going out on the town. I've been invited to be the guest DJ at Studio 66, the quarterly mod night at the LoFi Performance Gallery in Seattle. If you're in town look us up after 9pm. Also appearing will be Powder the sixties power/art pop band.

Powder - I try (1968)

Modcast #265: Doin' The iMod Shuffle III

This is the modern world. So proclaimed The Jam back in 1977. But how much more modern is the world today, as it is complete with iPods and mp3 players and more portable music than you can shake a tailfeather at?

When I first got into the mod scene portable music was a cassette tape played on a three pound Walkmen. Cassettes typically held a dozen songs, maybe 18-20 if you made a Ramones mixtape. But that was the best you could do if you wanted your music to go mobile.

Well, this indeed is the modern world. Now I have an iPod that has upwards of 6,000 songs on it, a phone that has a couple thousand more, and a laptop with a digital catalog of just over 30,000 songs. And in this digital musical dream world I have become a slave to shuffle.

So this week I'm bringing back the iMod shuffle. The whole show was picked out by my iPod's shuffle. This installment of the iMod shuffle is the result of a recent trip to the dog park with Kali Shiva and Dick Gibson (she's a goddess, and he's a dick). Anyhow, this modcast mix really did come up in exactly this order. That's the only rule for the iMod shuffle, I play it as it came up on the iPod -- these exact songs in exactly this order, no substitutions.

Have fun Doin' the iMod Shuffle.

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Jenny Dee & The Delinquents -- Let Me Go (2009)
Fitz & The Tantrums -- Moneygrabber (2010)
The Parties -- Kensington Avenue (2010)
Len Price 3 -- Jack In The Greens (2010)
Smashing Pumpkins -- 1979 (1997)
Erma Franklin -- Whispers (Getting Louder) (1968)
The Max Levine Ensemble -- Adventures In Petsitting (2011)
Secret Affair -- Three Wise Monkeys (1982)
The Saturday People -- The Castle (2001)
Just Brothers -- Sliced Tomatoes (1972)
Lavendar Diamond -- Open Your Heart (2007)
Jeremy Jay -- Just Dial My Number (2010)
Dig Dig Dig -- Our Money (1981)
Tomorrow's World -- Forgetting (1999)
Yard Trauma -- Little Girl (Who Left) 1984
Buzzcocks -- Real World (1978)

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The Max Levine Ensemble - Big Problems USA


The Len Price 3 -- Rentacrowd (Live)

Modcast #264: Waiting for Something to Happen

Modcast # 264 is so full of hot stuff it will be like sex for your ears. I've got new stuff from The Strypes, Rhonda, and Veronica Falls, as well as great stuff from The Dead 60s, The Charlatans UK, The Vice, Sky Saxon, and even Bill Cosby. So get yourself something to drink, get comfortable and let the music make love to your ears.

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Noise A Noise -- Get On With It (2004)
The Eddies -- Gonna Sing About This (2013)
The Strypes -- Monkey (2013)
The Vice -- Singing Around (2013)
Richard Groove Holmes feat. Brenda Jones -- This Is The Me Me (1976)
Rhonda -- Here We Go Again (2013)
The Solution -- Must Be Loving Coming Down (2004)
The Rooks -- Love Said To Me (1993)
The Rascals -- Bond Girl (2008)
The Dead 60's -- Control This (2005)
The Valkyrians -- Another Girl, Another Planet (2011)
The Yum Yums -- Walking Out On Love (2001)
Sky Sunlight Saxon & SS/20 -- Born To Be Wild (1984)
Veronica Falls -- Waiting For Something To Happen (2013)
The Charlatans UK -- Can't Get Out Of Bed (1994)
The Lodger -- The Back Of My Mind (2010)

Sky Saxon & Stardust Starlove -- I Wanna Be Your Dog live



Veronica Falls - Bad Feeling

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From the Vaults: Modcast #175 Gentlemen Start Your Engines

Welcome to the 175th installment of Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. You are in for a treat today with some great covers that you will absolutely love, as well as some old school mod power pop, and a few bright and shining pieces of the now sound of indie power pop. What more can you ask for? If you're looking for one of the last things Ella Fitzgerald ever put on an album, or a shining example of soulful power pop courtesy of The Chords, or maybe something new from Scottish power poppers The Martial Arts, then you've come looking in the right place. Gentlemen, and ladies, start your engines. The race starts now.

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The Punkles -- Glass Onion (2006)
The Martial Arts -- Empty Out Here (2010)
The Burning Hotels -- French Heart Attack (2010)
The Love Language -- Heart To Tell (2010)
The Action -- She's Got My Heart (1982)
Twist -- This Is Your Life (1979)
The Second Generation -- The Way You Were (1988)
Supergrass -- Condition (1995)
The Chords -- Knock On Wood (1979)
Stupidity -- You've Got My Number (1983)
Ella Fitzgerald -- Get Ready (1969)


Supergrass -- Grace


The Chords -- Something's Missing

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Modcast #263: Made in America, Mod in the USA

Made in the USA is a tag that means something over here. Sort of. At least it means it wasn't tiny-hand crafted by children in a third-world sweatshop. Supposedly. But, I digress. The point today is that made in the USA means mod in the USA.

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Worldwide, the modness out there is almost palpable. Spain. France. Russia. The Netherlands. Philippines. Is there anywhere a mod band won't pop up these days? Short answer is no.

From the four corners of the earth we've got slick dressed chicks and dandified dudes. And all of them are backed up by a lot of sixties inspired, soul infused, garage rockin', freakbeat driving, pogoing powerpop, music. And hey guess what: I ain't talkin' about Britain. This is America, we're having our own little mod revival going right here in these good ol' United States

That right, this week's show is all Mod in the USA. All American bands representing different approaches to the mod scene -- soul bands, power pop bands, garage rock acts, I've got it all covered for you. So right here right now you can briefly stop being an anglophile and you can appreciate all the great American mod sounds.

Propeller -- Gone Too Far (2013)
Paradise -- Creatures of the Night (2012)
RAF -- It's A Modern World (2012)
Trolley -- The Calico Cat (2011)
The Luck of Eden Hall -- She Falls Down (2011)
The Inciters -- End of our Love (2010)
Suedehead -- Small Town Here (2011)
Fitz & The Tantrums -- Out of My League (2013)
The Satin Chaps -- Wet Leather (2010)
The Mallrats -- I'd Be Impressed (200?)
The Young Veins -- Young Veins Die Tonight (2010)
Kurt Baker Band -- Weekend Girls (2012)
The Decibels -- So You're In Love Again (2004)
Manual Scan -- Yesterday's Gone (1986)
The Jetz -- Add It Up (Live, 1984)
The Key -- Those Days (1987)
This Is Ivy League -- London Bridges (2007)

Trolley -- I Woke Up

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