December 22, 2020

Modcast #469: Surviving Christmas

Christmas in 2020 is like none other before it. This year it's all about remembering the before, getting through the the during, and hoping for the after. Feel good music is the perfect present for your ears. DJ Ken joins me in mixing before, during and after songs for your seasonal survival. Here's to next year!

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Jeffrey Foskett -- Christmas Time Is Here (2018)
The Fleshtones -- Champagne Christmas (20060
Psycho Daisies -- Santa Claus Is Coming Down Again (1986)
Shrill Fit -- It's Been A Shitty Year (So Give Me All Your Presents)(2017)
Huntingtons - It's Always Christmas At My House (2000)
Ralphies Red Ryders -- I Won't Shoot My Eye Out (2020)
Connection -- West Coast (2014)
Dollyrots -- Christmas Baby Please Come Home (2020)
Decibels -- Angels We have Hard on High (2018)
Pencils -- Christmas Is Coming Again
Empty Hearts -- Joyful Noise (2020)
Lisa Mychols -- Wake Up Christmas (2017)
Genuine Fakes -- Christmas Tree farm (2020)
JD McPherson -- Bad Kid (2018)
Bird and the Bee -- You and I at Christmas Time 92020)
Patsy Raye & the Beatniks -- Beatniks Wish (1958)
Don Tiki -- Xmas Eve at the Club Bambu (2012)
Weeklings -- Gonna be Christmas (2019)
Cheap Trick -- Merry Christmas Darlings (2018)

December 12, 2020

Modcast #468: Sixties Dance Party

Shine your shoes, put on your best threads, and get your talcum powder, it's time to dance your ass off at home alone one more time this year. Here's a couple of sets with the full on garagesoulr&b vibe that is guaranteed to put your toes to tappin.

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Sam Cooke -- Shake (1964)
The Kinks -- Beautiful Delilah (1964)
Steampacket -- Can I Get A Witness (1965)
The Action -- Hey Sah No Ley (1966)
The Seeds -- She's Wrong (1965)
The Squires -- Going All The Way (1966)
The Monkees -- Let's Dance On (1966)
? & The Mysterians -- 8-Teen (1966)

Elmore James -- Shake Your Moneymaker (1961)
Georgie Fame -- Ride Your Pony (1966)
The Artwoods -- I Feel Good (1966)
Chris Clark -- Love's Gone Mad (1966)
The Brogues -- I Ain't No Miracle Worker (1965)
Zoot Money & His Big Roll Band -- Big Time Operator (1966)
Denis Lotis -- The Finger Points At You (1969)
Doc Thomas Group & The Silence -- She Was Really Saying Something (1967)

60's Mods - Dancing And Fashions

November 20, 2020

Modcast #467: Hip New Sounds

Covid is raging around the world. It's clear many musicians are using this time to tap into their inspiration and some great music is being written and recorded these days in spite of all the daily horrors. I've got a whole bunch of it cued up for you. Originally, my plan for this modcast was to do a new and used show with new and old music mixed. But I realized I've been remiss of late in highlighting all the great new music coming out in the past couple of months so decided to just focus on all the new stuff. Hope you dig it as much as I do.

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First Set

Young Fresh Fellows -- A Young Mods Last Ride (2020)
Dirt Royal – Don’t Let The Bastards (Grind You Down) (2020)
Luncbox – Utopia (2020)
Mike Browning – Hangin’ Out (2020)
The Adam Brown – Hummin’ Around (2020)
Shane Tutmarc – Can I Count On You (2020)
Eric Din – Jupiter Girls (2020)
Irene Peña – The Summer Place (2020)
The Shang Hi Los – Sway Little Player (2020)

Second Set

Ralphie’s Red Ryders – I Won’t Shoot My Eye Out (2020)
The Stents – With Another (2020)
Beebe Gallini – Open Up Your Door (2020)
Brian Ray – Got A New Thing (2020)
The Moons – Today (2020)
The Nude Party – Cities (2020)
Johnny Magus & The Bursting Bubbles – Melody Delight (2020)
Fantastic Negrito – Platypus Disaster (2020)

Bonus Third Set

John Lee's Groundhogs - I'll Never Fall In Love Again (1966)

The Rub - Death Of Pop

Giuda - Overdrive

The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl

The Woggles -- Paisley in Paradise

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Bike Lane (Live on KEXP)

Jarvis Cocker - Black Magic (Live in Sydney)

Alan Power - Prodigal Son

The Sh-Booms - Leon The Hustler

November 8, 2020

Modcast #466: 21st Century Garage Rock Reenvisioned

Join me on my deep dive into modern garage rock, all from around the turn of the century. A new century required a new garage rock sound. And we got it. Built around buzzed out, guitar driven buzzsaw sounds and incorporating elements of everything from soul to grunge to modern alternative rock, all aimed at keeping the garage sound fresh but still recognizable.

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The Mooney Suzuki -- Everything's Gone Wrong
The Come-Ons -- Whatcha Got?
The Detroit Cobras -- Breakaway
The Dirtbombs -- Chains Of Love
The Boss Martians -- She's In You're Gone
Jet -- Last Chance
Hawaii Mud Bombers -- Surf N Don't Walk

The Hives -- Knock Knock
Oblivians -- Jim Cole
The Black Keys -- Girl Is On My Mind
The White Stripes -- Broken Bricks
The Flaming Sideburns -- The Witch
The Vines -- Outtatheway
The Datsuns -- In Love
The Libertines -- Up The Bracket

All the past garage rock modcasts:
Modcast #425: Garage Rockin' Through the 80s (2019)
Modcast #415: Garage Stompin' in the Sixties (2018)
Modcast #375: Time Out In The Garage (2016)
Modcast #314: Cleaning Out The Garage (2014)
Modcast #294: Garage Stompin' (2014)
Modcast #274: Everybody's Going To The Love-In (2013)
Modcast #161: Garage Rock 'Round The World (2010)
Modcast #3: In The Garage (2006)

Bonus Third Set

Black Keys - Have Love Will Travel

Detroit Cobras - I'll Keep Holding On

The Strokes - Barely Legal

The Von Bondies - Going Down

The White Stripes - Screwdriver

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Miles Away

The Sights - Rock and Roll Circus

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Hate The Taste

VPRO: Detroit Music Scene Documentary
A White Stripes & The Dirtbombs documentary made by the Dutch television station VPRO.

November 4, 2020

Modcast #465: The Devil Made Me Do It

Lucky you, you get to listen to DJ Ken's 13th annual halloween modcast, the unluckiest of modcast spooktaculars. Twenty tracks of ghoulish greatness. Like candy corn for your ears.

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You can catch up with any of the 12 past annual halloween modcasts right here.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Spooky Madness (Casper: A Spirited Beginning, 1997)

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration (Black Celebration, 1986)

Damned - Black Is The Night (The Rockfield Files, 2020)

Fleshtones - Face of the Screaming Werewolf (Face Of The Screaming Werewolf, 2020)

Fred Schneider & The Shake Society - Summer In Hell (Fred Schneider & The Shake Society, 1984)

Kate Nash - Death Proof (Girl Talk, 2013)

No More Kings - Zombie Me (Apoca-Mix) (III, 2014)

Shaina Taub - If I Die Before You (Die Happy, 2018)

Horny Toad - Vampire Ska (Thirteen, 1996)

Baked A La Ska - Pesky Kids (Skalloween, 2019)

Slackers - Bo Evil (The Great Rocksteady Swindle, 2010)

Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The Devil (War Ina Babylon, 1976)

Tampico Mariachis - La Llorona (Día de los Muertos: Viva Mexico, 2016)

Michael Jackson - Is It Scary (Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix, 1997)

Dusty Springfield - Haunted (A Brand New Me, 1970)

Robert Upchurch - The Devil Made Me Do It (Single, 1974)

The Heavy - A Ghost You Can't Forget (Hurt and The Merciless, 2016)

Kaiser George & The Hi-Risers - I'm Gonna Haunt You (Transatlantic Dynamite!, 2006)

Vista Blue - This Street Sucks (Tricks and Treats, 2019)

Fats Waller - There's Going To Be The Devil To Pay (Single, 1935)

Vintage Halloween Safety

November 3, 2020

Mr. Suave's Electile Dysfunction Election Night Special

From the vaults . . . I was going to do a special election episode of the Modcast, but in reviewing what I did in 2016 I found it was going to be hard to beat.

[Originally broadcast Nov. 2016] One year, 6 months, 27 days and 16 hours ago that 'nasty' woman announced her bid to become president in 2016. That means we've suffered through 829440 minutes of hearing about her effing e-mails. It wasn't much later that an orange hot air balloon slithered down that escalator and started the whole world laughing. Funny thing is, no one's laughing anymore. But it's all over now, except the screaming and shouting and suing.

So, turn on your least favorite cable news outlet whether it be MSNBC, FOX or CNN, turn the sound down on the tube and way up on your stereo system. With no talkin, just rockin' here is Mr. Suave's Electile Dysfunction Election Night Special playlist. Sort of like a soundtrack for your breakdown.

I'm Mr. Suave and I approved this playlist.

Featuring music from The Kinks, the Temptations, Barry McGuire, The Who, The vipers, The First Steps, The Rainyard, The Guess Who, Pretty Things, Jetty Boys, Slickee Boys, Buzzcocks, Mad Parade, Oingo Boingo, Devo, The Riptides, The Ruts, The Clash, Agent Orange, The Offspring, X, Steve Adamyk Band, The Ramones, The Cute Lepers, The Darling Buds, The Diodes, The Grays, Sam Cooke, Davie Bowie, Mountain Goats, The Chambers Brothers, The Addicts, Scissor Sisters and The Doors.

October 25, 2020

Halloween Grab Bag of Musical Goodness for 2021

Halloween 2021 is upon us!

Ever year about this time DJ Ken hunkers down in his basement lacing his candy with some serious vinyl and carving his annual Halloween Modcast.

October 23, 2020

Modcast #464: Who Did It Better?

Welcome to Modcast #464: Who Did It Better in which I will undoubtedly piss off a bunch of people by proclaiming various covers to be far superior versions than the original songs themselves. Change my mind! Covers from artists such as The Jam, Goldbug, Night Trains, Secret Affair, the Three O'Clock, Paul Weller, Scissor Sisters, Agent Orange, White Stripes, Material Issue, The Beautiful South, Men of North Country, Oingo Boingo, and Cake.

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Bonus Video Set

Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66 - The Fool On The Hill (1968)

The Fuzztones - Strychnine

The Offspring - Bloodstains

No Doubt - It's My Life

Green Day - Another State Of Mind

Social Distortion - Ring Of Fire

Chicago Transit Authority - I'm A Man