The Little Lighthouse

Twisted Teens from New Orleans are about to release the third album within a year. We welcome such hyperproduction of high quality. Nicole Atkins is back with the new record and Team Dresch released the new album which they announced earlier this year. So did Dale Crover (of Melvins), and it seems like he repeated … Continue reading Flashlite #916 →

The Exbats are back with an album recorded over the three spring-breaks from 2024 to this year. It’s full of catchy tunes as you can expect from Inez! And the rest of the show is just as catchy: power pop update with tunes by Loose Lips and The Prize from Melbourne, The Morning Line from … Continue reading Flashlite #915 →

Bluesy roots rock update today with Gyasi’s new solo blues album, Allison Russell new single and Valerie June’s new EP. Plus, new music by JD Simo from Nashville, Maness Brothers from St. Louis, Albert Castiglia from Miami FL, Dead Meadow from Washington DC, Bywater Call from Toronto CA. DOWNLOAD:    OGG    MP3 Luther Dickinson ft. … Continue reading Flashlite #914 →

We have an international neo-psych update today with new music by Ambrose Kenny Smith’s third band Gum (he’s also in King Gizzard and Morlocs) and Chris Forsyths’s new project What Is Now. We also introduce Hijss from Italy, Glen from Berlin in Germany, Flakebelly from Stornoway UK, Kabasse from Augsburg in Germany, Edena Gardens from … Continue reading Flashlite #913 &#859...

Punk and garage rock update today with the latest from Jim Jones All Stars, Leathers, The Screamin’ Kick and Thee Strawberry Mynde from UK, Loose Lips, Lava Langs and Alien Nosejob from Australia, Trabants from Portland and Schizophonics from San Diego. Dandy Warhols deliver a cover album and on it we check out a Cramps … Continue reading Flashlite #912 →

Exciting update today with new music from two Cleveland bands Xanny Stars and Napsack. Ty Sagall is back with a new record and Jonathan Richman has a new singe. Modern giants Queens of the Stone Age also have a new single We check in with Added Dimensions from Richmond VA, Syteria from UK and we … Continue reading Flashlite #911 →

Catchy power pop update today with new music from Resonars in Arizona, 2nd Grade from Philadelphia, Trash Kickers from Chicago, Librarians with Hickeys from Akron, Grapes of Grain from Netherlands, Electric Johnson from New York City and Greenberry Woods from Baltimore. Aitor Ochoa and Mad Mule join forces in Spain. Enjoy it! DOWNLOAD:    OGG    … Continue reading Flashlite #910 →

A line up of singer-songwriters today! Richard Thompson of Fairport Convention and Robyn Hitchcock of The Soft Boys are here today with fresh music. Buddy Miller and Dan Penn collaborate on a new tune. Kevin Gordon has a new single. Australian diva Grace Cummings has a new tune and so does Pieta Brown. Our good … Continue reading Flashlite #909 →

Today we introduce a few new really cool bands. Tense come from Berlin, Gimic come from Bristol, UK. Graphic Violets are new hopefuls released by Hozac Records and Lynda Mandolyn from Portland, Maine (originally from Detroit) has a new single. Turnover from Prostland OR have a catchy song and Cherry Cheeks as well. Unwed Sailor … Continue reading Flashlite #908 →

Neo-psych update with new music by Mirror Revelations from Mexico, The Second Nature from Rome, Italy, Elder from Massachusetts, Plankton Wat from Portland, Oregon, Cosmic Dead from Scotland, Lookout Honeys from Brooklyn, Jeffrey Alexander And The Heavy Lidders. King Khan and JJ Whitefield join forces in Germany DOWNLOAD:    OGG    MP3 Ghost Woman – Bonehead … Continue reading Flashlit...

Power pop update today with catchy new tunes from Marc Valentine and Speedways over in London UK, Prism Shores and Harkness from Canada, Dropper from New Zealand, 1-800-MIKEY from Australia, Mo Troper from Oregon. Ekphrastics go all political. New single from Teenage Fanclub. DOWNLOAD:    OGG    MP3 The Move – Do Ya Marc Valentine – … Continue reading Flashlite #906 →

New in heavy rock is on our agenda today. We kick off uncompromisingly hard with Pants Exploder from Brooklyn and Bezelbong from Poland. Earth Tongue hail all the way from New Zealand. Also in the same hemisphere we get the new album from our well know favorites, The Volcanics from Perth. Another two heavy favs, … Continue reading Flashlite #905 →

Punky garage episode today with the new tunes from Twisted Teens in New Orleans, The Giant Robots from Lausanne Switzerland, Blitzer from Berlin, Germany, The Stripp from Australia, The Streamin’ Kick, Automatic Lovers from Spain, The Heavenly Bodes from Penryn UK, King Automatic from Nancy in France and JC Thomaz with the Missing Slippers from … Continue reading Flashlite #904 →

Indie rock update with two bands from Melbourne. Our old friends Eddy Current Suppression Ring and recent favorites Billiam. Also, we have two new bands from Italy: Gentilesky and Giannutri. Elsewhere in Europe, we have Flying Moon In Space from Germany and LEs Arcanes from France. Memorials are a cool duet from UK an and … Continue reading Flashlite #901 →

Hey it’s our 900th show since my move to Cleveland! I wanted to make it special, but it’s just a regular show which is still more fun than you can get elsewhere. We check out the new single by The australian Gnomes. Sweden’s Märvel has a new tune. Mike Watt’s mssv are back and exceptional. … Continue reading Flashlite #900 →

Indie rock update today with new music by Kelly Stoltz from San Francisco, Hotel Complex from England, Jeune Senior Weekend from France, Adam Olenius from Sweden, Oddfellows from Denton TX, Drakulas from Austin, Season 2 from Australia, The Molice from Japan and Cleveland’s own Suitor. Plus a really cool archival release by Bikini Mutants! DOWNLOAD:  … Continue reading Flashlite #899 &...

Today we check out the new music by Kira Roessler, the former bass player of Black Flag. Also, the new music by Weird Bloom from Italy, The Pretty Flowers and Fernando Perdomo from LA, Visiting Hour from Richmond VA, Little Barrie from UK, Aaron Lee Tasjan from Nashville, Sick Thoughts from New Orleans, Nick Piunti … Continue reading Flashlite #898 →

I have a killer bluesy roots rock update for you today, featuring a collaboration between Boston’s GA-20 and the Memphis legend Charley Musselwhite. We also have new tunes from Van Morrison and Tinsley Ellis. We introduce Laurence Jones from Liverpool, Lonesome Shack and Laura Chavez from California, Studebaker John from Chicago, Theo Sieben and Kyle … Continue reading Flashlite #897 &...

Quarter century ago 91.1 KLSU FM in Baton Rouge allowed me to impose my musical taste to the local audience every Saturday morning. A few months ago I got in touch with one of the KLSU Saturday DJs, Mike the Distortionist who has a cool radio show called The Fuzz on the current KLSU schedule. … Continue reading KLSU Collaboration and Interview →

A variety of catchy tunes today. If you were around in the late 80s, maybe you remember one of the most original Americana bands Souled American from Chicago. They disappeared in the 90s and now they are back. Cleveland’s own Doug Gillard is back with excellent new solo record. Graham Winchester from Memphis, formerly of … Continue reading Flashlite #896 →

A nice show today with the folks we know well. We have Rosali with her new single, new Australian giants Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Muck and the Mires from Boston, and Tony Molina teams up with Rachel Orimo in a cover of a legendary Nico song. Two Headed is a new collaboration of Kurt Dräckes … Continue reading Flashlite #895 →

Today we have an garage rock update with excellent new tunes and killer oldies. Lots of new introductions. We have Big Boss Man from UK, Femur and La Perra Blanco from Spain, Linnea’s Garden from Boston, Fret Rattles from Minneapolis, The Jukeez and Crater Shakes from Canada, Daffodil Pill from Wroc?aw, Poland, The Jackets from … Continue reading Flashlite #894 →

Tonight we knock on the doors of the masters of the past. Lots of well known established artists have new tunes. We hear the new single of The Godfathers from London, new song from a brand new album by the paisley legends The Long Ryders, Georgia southern rockers Drivin N Cryin, Australian legend Dom Mariani … Continue reading Flashlite #893 →