Modcast #491: The Future Is Bright

If the future is so bright you gotta wear sunglasses, the music of now is so great you gotta turn up the volume. Lucky listeners out there are gonna get hipped to some very cool new music from garage pop to punk rock to soul, got it all going on right now, right here. You know it feels good to be alive.

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The Screens -- Coming Live From The City Of Light (2020)
Reaction -- Gotta hold of My Heart (2021)
Pama International -- Smile & Say Good Morning(2021)
Richie Mayer -- Sunshine Blues (2021)
Orange Peels -- Whenever (2021)
Jodie -- Pushover (2021)
Mark & The Clouds -- In The Big Crowd (2021)
Danny Wilkerson -- Enough For Somebody (2021)

Cromm Fallon & The P200 -- Two Stroke Smoke (2021)
Bad Nerves -- Baby Drummer (2020)
The Veras -- Spaceman (2021)
The Sorels -- She's In The Gang (2021)
The Terraplanes Blues Band -- Catfish (2021)
The Prof. Fuzz 63 -- Sheena Is A Soccer Mom (2021)
The Yellowhead Project -- A Million Minds In Tune (2021)

Reviews You Can Use: Wilkerson, Big Stir Records (2021)

I wasn't sure what I expected when I pressed play on Wilkerson, but it wasn't what I got, which sort of took my breath away. It opens with Everybody Loves to Love and the first thing I think is oh my god Burt Bacharach! But that wasn't all, it bounces effortlessly into sort of light psychpop, Beatles style, and all with such ease. Then the second song comes on, and remember I'm still on my first listen at this point, and I could have leaped up and started dancing. that second song, Enough For Somebody, is an uptempo northern soul vibing pop number, shoulda been an instant classic. Fast becoming one of my favorite songs on the album after countless listens now. As if that wasn't enough you get this fantastic mix of strings to kick off the third song Endless Haze, which has still another sort of vibe, a different, easy, feeling. After that it's one bit of delightful pleasure after another, all bringing in different elements and stylistic flourishes, but sill cohesive and holding on to a basic power pop platform. This is an album you'll listen more than once, or even a dozen times, for sure.

Bonus Third Set

Caper Clowns - CAPS LOCK ON


Save Henry -- Sunrise


Cromm Fallon & The P200 - Two Stroke Smoke


Pale Lips -- Candy Song


Smile -- Hideout


Du Blonde -- Pull The Plug


Lucas Aaron -- Ocean Girl


The Rugs -- My Love Is Bad

Modcast #490: All Funked Up

Here comes some super soul tunes with such rounded edges that it gives it a smooth, swaggering vibe the likes of which your ears will be begging for more. This will have movin' and groovin' and slidin' and glidin' as you bump and hustle across the floor.

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The Untouchables -- Freak In The Streets (1985)
The Allergies -- Jumping Off (2020)
Bosq ft. Kaleta -- Backstrokin' (2019)
Frankie Smith -- Double Dutch Bus (1980)
Commodores -- Machine Gun (1974)
Renegades of Jazz -- Flaximus (2021)
Jungle Fire -- Firewalker (2013)
Soopasoul -- If It Ain't Funky Back It Up (2018) Jamiroquai -- Soul Education (1999)
Deee-Lite -- Deep Ending (1990)
Nick Pride & The Pimptones -- It's A Love Thing (2014)
The Traffic -- White Lines (2016)
Basement Freaks -- All That Funk! (2016)
Vic Ceasar -- Shake Down (Bare Knuckles OST) (1977)


Bonus Third Set

Fort Knox Five feat. Flex Mathews -- Reach


The Brothers Johnson -- Ain't We Funkin' Now


Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know


Hodges, James & Smith ‎– Sexy Ways


The Jacksons - Goin' Places


Maceo & The Macks -- Soul Power 74


J-Zone -- Knight Rider


Liquid Soul -- Sex God


James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing Live

Modcast #489: Stirring Things Up

Power pop lovers of all stripes are probably well aware of the guests joining me on this modcast: Rex and Christina co-founders of Big Stir Records. We talk about turning a live scene into a record label and some of the new --and old-- acts they're bringing to your ears.

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The Forty Nineteens -- It's For Fun (That's All We're Living For) (2021)
The Well Wishers -- We Grow Up (2020)
Sorrows -- Christabelle (2021)
Danny Wilkerson -- You Still Owe Me A Kiss (2021)
Popsicko -- Nastassja (2021)
(An Oral History of Popsicko)
The Armoires -- (Just Can't See) The Attraction (2020)
The Living Dolls -- Everything That Happened (2021)

Check out more about Big Stir Records artists at www.bigstirrecords.com

SORROWS: The Real Story of The Real Album


Some of my other favorite Big Stir artists, friends, and co-conspirators

sparkle*jets u k - Ballad of El Goodo


The Corner Laughers -- Bells of El Camino


Librarians With Hickeys - Black Velvet Dress


Irene Peña - Not from Around Here


In Deed - Don’t Need, Don’t Care

Modcast #488: Play 'Em Again Suave

We're just a little past the half way mark for this year and already it's shaping up to be a great one as far as new music goes. A lot of music rumbles through my ears, and lately these are the artists who are in heavy rotation here at Suave headquarters. There are definitely some solid contenders for my annual best of list at the end of the year. These are acts I've already hyped this year, but the music is so good I decided I'd better play 'em again.

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Vista Blue -- Back To The Summer Olymics (2021)
Local Drags -- Give A Shit Anyway (2021)
Sharp Class -- Living For Kicks (2021)
The Speedways -- 11th Street Kids (2021)
Pavid Vermin -- Take Me To Your Leader (2020)
Geoff Palmer -- Tomorrow (2021)
The Peppermint Kicks --The Morning Girls (2021)
Star Collector -- Rip It Off (2021)

Emma Noble -- No Turning Back (2021)
Danny Laj And The Looks -- Smoke In The Sun (2021)
The Lovedays -- Your Money Or Your Life (2010)
The Pre-Amps -- With My Baby (2021)
The Checkered Hearts -- Happy Hour (2021)
The Lodger -- I Think I'll Start Again (2021)
The Chelsea Curve -- A Better Way (2021)
Rich Arithmetic -- Saving Sunset (2021)

Local Drags - Think Straight


Men Of North Country- Titanic


Strange World - Official Video


The Sha La La's - Carpenter Of Love


Justine and The Unclean - Rock and Roll Blackmail


Bad Nerves - Radio Punk


The Hot Sprockets - Soul Brother


L.A. Exes - Skinny Dipping

Modcast #487: Here Comes The Ice Cream Man

Ages ago I discovered this great blog (yes blog!) called Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More. It was highlighting all the exact types of music that I loved. Eventually that morphed into the fantastic Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More Podcast and Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More Records, run by the even more fantastic, prince of power pop promotion, Wayne Lundqvist Ford. I'd be shocked --shocked I tell you-- if you could find anyone who has done more to promote independent artists playing all the great types of mod friendly music from power pop to northern soul and everything in between. His compilations featuring new and old bands are legendary for breaking new sounds as well as sometime being so vast you're riding high for weeks listening to them all.

So, I invited him to chat about new music, old music, what is good music, and more. He even kindly brought some brand new tunes to share with us all.

Where's Wayne at? Well, like Roy Kent he's here, he's there, he's every f*cking where.
Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More Podcast (Podomatic)
Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More Records (Bandcamp)
Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More (Facebook)
Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More (Twitter)

BTW: Wayne guest hosted a couple of modcasts back in the day, one of which has even survived into the present: Modcast #276: With Guest Host The Ice Cream Man.

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The Shambles -- It's A Mod Mod World (2006)
ANC4 -- Is It Me Again (2021)
Mark And The Clouds -- You Wanna Put Me Down (2021)
The RU Handies -- Raining Teardrops (2021)
The Len Price 3 -- Sucking The Life Out Of Me (2017)
The Most -- Howl (2021)
Small Faces -- Hey Girl (1967)
Velvet Starlings -- Kids In Droves (2019)

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Modcast #486: Today's Hit Parade

The sounds may cover the decades, but they're all now sounds from now bands. With nods to past eras aplenty, all of the band here are pumping out great, new music.

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Stephen's Ruin -- Tonight (2021)
Charlton Lane -- Gimme Gimme Gimme (2021)
The Only Things -- Head Down (2020)
Lannie Flowers -- Back Of A Car (2021) (Bandcamp)
Peppermint Kicks -- Hey Fanzine (2021)
The Checkered Hearts -- So Long, Maybe (2021)
Paul Groovy & The Pop Art Experience -- He's A Liar (2021)
Joe James & The Pariahs -- Abandon Ship (2021)

Channel Three -- Flat By The Sea (2021)
Cloud Eleven -- You Make Me Happy
Kelly Finnigan -- Smoking & Drinking (2021)
Kat Eaton -- The Joker (2021)
The JB Conspiracy -- Falling Down (2021)
The Action -- Radio Bar (2021)
Catbite -- Call Your Bluff (2021)


Pavid Vermin -- Take Me To Your Leader


Tommy Ray -- In Love Again


Dirty Sidewalks - With a Girl Like You

The Well Wishers - We Grow Up


The Dents - Mistreatment


Los Chicos -- I Don't Wanna Learn


The Yellowhead Project -- A Million Minds in Tune


The Short Fuses -- Rockford Getaway


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Modcast #485: Down With The Upstroke

Time to get down with the upstroke, the Jamaican R&B shuffle that is the foundation of ska music. Got lots of cool music for you this week with some new ska, some unlikely ska, some ska covers -- hey can't have a ska show without covers can you.

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Buster Shuffle -- Sucker Punch Shuffle (2021)
Kim Wilde -- 26580 (1981)
Joe Jackson Band -- Pretty Boys (1980)
Blur -- Fade Away (1995)
The Meow Meows -- Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (2017)
Capitol 1212 -- Love Will Tear Us Apart (2018)
Alpha Boy School -- Boys Don't Cry (2003)

Bad Operation -- Kinda Together (2020)
Ranking Jr. feat. The Ordinary Boys -- Jump And Skank (2021)
Urban Blight -- Escape From Reality (1986)
The Targets -- Perfect Guy (1983)
Top Secret -- She's So Ugly (1980)
The Akrylykz -- Smart Boy (1980)
The Communicators -- Let It Go! (2019)

Alpha Boys School - The Roots of Reggae and Ska


Bonus Third Set

Boss [Boff] -- Rude Boys Are Back In Town


The Steady 45s -- Equal Rights


The Bandulus - Dear Lord


The Sensibles -- Nuclear Paradise


The Offspring -- What Happened To You


Kilburn & The High Roads -- Roadette Song


Klang - Beat It


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Modcast #484: Summer Solstice Sounds

I've queued up some sunshine pop for your summer listening enjoyment. It's summer in Seattle, and a few other places around the world as well, and that means it's time for some sunshiney sounds. I've got lots of new tunes and few older ones to keep you cool on those hot summer nights.

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The Incredible Moses Leroy -- 1983 (2001)
Portable Radio -- Hot Toddy (2021)
Emma Noble -- Woman of the World (2021)
Four King Cousins -- Love So Fine (1968)
The Explorers Club -- Say You Will (2020)
The Jetset -- The Flavor Of The Year (1992)
The Adam Brown -- Hummin Around (2021)
Long Tall Shorty -- And That Ain't All (2001)

The Corner Laughers -- Shadow Dancing (2021)
Menswe@r -- Can't Smile Without You (1996)
Pama International -- You Are So Beautiful (2019)
Lack of Afro -- Walk in the Sun (feat. Professor Elemental) (2016)
The Zigzag Hearts -- Pretty Hung Up (2021)
The Vapour Trails -- That'll Do It (2021)
Emperor Penguin -- Planet of Love (feat. Lisa Mychols) (2021)


The Yum Yums -- Here Comes Summer


Stephen's Ruin -- Runaround


Cloudberry Jam -- Walking In My Sleep


The Free Design -- Happy Together


Joel Sarakula -- Harmony


The Incredible Moses Leroy -- Fuzzy


King Cousins Top Twenty - The King Family Show 1965


The Four King Cousins perform on premiere of 1969 King Family Show


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