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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Modcsat #483: All Things Star Collector

This week I was fortunate to connect with the lead singer of Vancouver, BC's Star Collector (Bandcamp, Facebook). It was a fun conversation about the band, his inspirations and what he's listening to currently. Star Collector's latest album, their first in about 15 years, is Game Day and it is a rip roaring power pop ride from start to finish. Highly recommended, as is anything from their four earlier LPs. You won't be disappointed.

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Star Collector -- Morningstar (1999)
Star Collector -- Have You Seen Suzie (2001)
The Jam - -Start (1982)
Star Collector -- Game Day (2021)
Star Collector -- Funeral Party (2021)
Star Collector -- The Evil Room (2006)
Star Collector -- Overpass (2003)
The Dirty Sidewalks -- Rock and Roll (Save My Soul) (2018)

Vic's Picks -- what he's listening to lately

Jim Trainor -- Heaven Descending


Dirty Sidewalks - Hey Girl


Deadlights -- Breaking Down


Kevin Robertson -- Love's Blue Yonder


The Purrs -- Destroy the Sun


Dolph Cheney -- I Wanted You


RAF Mod Band -- Want You To Know


The Legal Matters -- Light Up The Sky


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Modcast #482: Mr. Suave Sells Out (15th Anniversary Show)

Fifteen years in and the modcast is still going strong. Stronger than strong having just recently passed 1,162,585 visitors to mistersuave.com, and over over 500,000 downloads and streams of the modcast since it's inception in 2006. Big thanks to all the fans and friends who've been listening down the years.

We're all products of good marketing these days. Good marketing often includes good music. So this week DJ Ken joins me in showcasing some of the great songs that have been sold out to hawk all manner of products and outlets.

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Buzzcocks -- Everybody's Happy Nowadays (1979)
The Muffs -- Everywhere I Go (1993)
Dandy Warhols -- Bohemian Like You (2000)
Caesars -- Jerk It Out (2002)
Speedies -- Let Me Take Your Photo (1979)
The Fratellis -- Flathead (2006)
Supergrass -- Alright (1995)
Marlena Shaw -- California Soul (1968)
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings -- Midnight Rider (2016)
T Bones -- No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) (1966)
Franz Ferdinand -- No You Girls (2009)
The Clash - Pressure Drop (1980)
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire (1963)

Alka-Seltzer "No Matter What Shape" 1966


The Clash Pressure Drop 2007 Nissan ad


The Muffs 1997 Fruitopia commercial

Modcast #481: Breaking New Sound Too

Here it comes. Another shotgun scatter of new tunes. Breaking New Sound Too. There is so much cool new music out there that one Modcast alone can't hip you to all the mod friendly sounds that abound. Last week's Modcast #480: Breaking New Sound was a huge success (fastest one ever to 3000 streams), and there were so many more songs and bands I wanted to highlight, I did something rare and threw together a part 2 for this week's listening.

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TC Folkpunk -- I'm Not Bitter (2021)
The Handcuffs -- She Ain't No Fluffer (2021)
Hearts Apart -- Lonely Days (2021)
Ruby Bones -- Drink All Night (2021)
Vista Blue -- She's Not The One For You (2021)
Catbite -- Horizontal Aggression (2020)
Brent Seavers -- Me And My Melancholy Face (2021)
Brad Marino -- To Bleed (2021)
Geoff Palmer -- Many More Drugs (2021)

Corduroy -- I'm So Bored (2021)
Cold Expectations -- Summer Dress (2021)
Chris Church -- Know (2021)
Super Genius -- There Are Reasons (2021)
Danny Laj & The Looks -- Sweet Pretender (2021)
Kingfisher -- Illusions (2021)
Fur -- The Fine Line Of A Quiet Life (2021)
Star Collector -- Stranger (Renting Space In My Head) (2021)
The Media -- Blink Of An Eye (2021)

Dany Laj & The Looks - Hold For Love


The Media -- Blink of an Eye

Kingfisher - Get Away (Live @ Klubb Karantän)


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