Radio Free California Episode 2440, radio station notes, cheap shots and more!

 

New music this week from Pearl Jam, The Cure, Dubinski, BAND-MAID, Stevie Nicks, Serj Tankian, Sunday (1984), Alisa Xayalith, Terrorvision, Sunflower Bean, Of All Things and much more. Enjoy!

ALBUM SHOW NOTES

Of All Things is a band from Norway that formed in 2020, just as everything went to hell. As a result this, their first album called "Falling In Line With The Person In Front Of You" is only out now and it's a solid alt-rock album. If you want to read a review of the album that's in English you can click here, but for my money this is a great band and I hope they go far. We will play the entire 11-track album on this week's Album Show.

Other solid releases this week include Mediocre's "Growth Eater" (a short but very solid album), "Playlist of Doom" by Robert DeLong, The self-titles debut album by Sunday (1994), "We Are Not Robots" from Terrorvision, and of course "Epic Narratives", the 8th full-length studio album from BAND-MAID.All albums are available wherever you get your music, including the one from Of All Things.

The Album Show plays on Thursdays at 9am and 9pm Pacific Standard Time.

RFC 2440

For those of you who stay away from Spotify the current week's additions will be played on Wednesdays. This is a change from prior programming: what we're going to do going forward is just play the music added this week only. Every other day will be the usual rotation, but we set aside Wednesdays for just the new additions for the week. This week that's 53 songs which we will play in the same order that they're in on the Spotify playlist of the same name up at the top of this post. So if you tune in at just about any time on Wednesday you will hear the whole playlist. 

10 at 10

One last programming note: Every Saturday at 10pm and again on Sunday at 10am and 10pm we will feature our show "10 at 10", where we play 10 (and sometimes 11 or even 12!) songs from a year we pick at random. Again, all times are PST. Last week I played a group of songs from 1999, and this week we're going to pick another year we haven't gone to yet - more towards the end of the last century.

As always, you can go to https://global.citrus3.com:2020/public/radiofreecalifornia to listen to the station, and there is an imbed below. And did you know the station is available as an app? It's only for Google Play (sorry iphone users - Apples terms and conditions were too restrictive for me) but you can listen on your phone at your convenience too.

Cheap shots:

Terrorists are gonna terror. What, you thought I was going to link to something about Israel/Hamas?

Perhaps the real issue here is that you're a fucking idiot?

"Barnstorming" doesn't mean that you destroy the barn.

I don't think this is how you court the Union vote.

You know, I think the title of "Most Republican Kennedy" doesn't belong to Schwarzenegger anymore.

For the record, no Republican has ever been good for the Economy.

How about "Lock HIM up!" instead? I mean, he's the convicted felon.

Helene, Helene, Helene, Helene. Please, don't flood my town away (with apologies to Dolly Parton).

Queue the Simon and Garfunkel.

I for one am glad that the most consequential former President of this country will vote this election.

I was never a fan of his music, but I am a fan of the man. Oh, and don't miss the comments by the Man in Black at the end.

Have I ever told you how much I've come to like my Governor?

Someone stage an intervention for this sick fuck.

And this sick fuck to a nursing home.

Someone did the required reading.

And becuase I love you, New Randy "Elizabeth" Rainbow:

Radio Free California Episode 2439, radio station notes, and proof the universe has a sense of humor

 

New music this week from Haircut 100! Sub-Radio! Suzanne Vega! Plus worlds greatest dad, Kate Pierson, Dive Time, Body Count, Dropkick Murphys, Ist Ist, Jules Ahoi, Torus, Jaz Karis, Honeyglaze, Tetrarch (my favorite Drop D band), Dive Time and much more. Enjoy!

ALBUM SHOW NOTES

The sophomore album by worlds greatest dad is 13 tracks of alt-rock That they just describe as "we play what we like and hope you like it to". The album is called Better Luck Next Time and it shows growth and playfulness and this might be the album that helps them break big. I've added several songs from this album to the rotation and I'm also going to feature the album as my selection for The Album Show. It's out now and available at all the usual places.

Also out this week is the self-titles album by Drive Time, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers' new album called "I Love You Too", Charlotte Wessels' new release "The Obsession", and of course the new solo album from Kate Pierson of the B-52's called "Radios & Rainbows". which is not to be consufes with the new album by Katy J Pearson called "Someday, Now".

The Album Show plays on Thursdays at 9am and 9pm Pacific Standard Time.

RFC 2439

For those of you who stay away from Spotify the current week's additions will be played on Wednesdays. This is a change from prior programming: what we're going to do going forward is just play the music added this week only. Every other day will be the usual rotation, but we set aside Wednesdays for just the new additions for the week. This week that's 58 songs which we will play in the same order that they're in on the Spotify playlist of the same name up at the top of this post. So if you tune in at just about any time on Wednesday you will hear the whole playlist. 

10 at 10

One last programming note: Every Saturday at 10pm and again on Sunday at 10am and 10pm we will feature our show "10 at 10", where we play 10 (and sometimes 11 or even 12!) songs from a year we pick at random. Again, all times are PST. Last week I played a group of songs from 1972, and this week we're going to pick another year we haven't gone to yet - more towards the end of the last century.

As always, you can go to https://global.citrus3.com:2020/public/radiofreecalifornia to listen to the station, and there is an imbed below. And did you know the station is available as an app? It's only for Google Play (sorry iphone users - Apples terms and conditions were too restrictive for me) but you can listen on your phone at your convenience too.

Cheap shots:

Nope. No cheap shots this week. for one thing, the mainstream media is finally starting to notice just how insane things have become, and also I have proof the Univers has a sense of humor. I've just turned 60 years old.

Coming from the very end of the generation that coined the phrase "Don't trust anyone over 30", starting my 7th decade on this strange blue marble is the ultimate jest.

Next goal, live to be the oldest person in my family ever. I've got 45 years to get there.

And because I love you, here is Jordan Ruduss taking one of the world's easiest piano pieces and giving it a serious makeover:

Radio Free California Episode 2438, radio station notes, cheap shots and more!

 

New music this week from Porches, The Linda Lindas, chokecherry, Thirteen Stones, Same Side, BBBL, Future Islands, Chris Reed and the Anime Raiders,  Binoy, Coast Arcade, The Jesus Lizard, LL Cool J with Eminem and much more. Enjoy!

ALBUM SHOW NOTES

Thirteen Senses is a band from Cornwall, England, that had a minor hit in the mid 2000's with a song called "Into the Fire", which got featured on a number of TV shows in the US back in the day. They're a pretty straight-ahead alt-pop band but they're swinging for the fences with their first album in 10 years, "The Bound and the Infinite". The first track on the album is 11 1/2 minutes long but is still an al-pop song, while the rest of the album features songs of more traditional lengths and sgtructures. I was sorely tempted to add that long song to the radio station rotation. Instead, I'm going to feature the album as my selection for The Album Show.

Also out this week are new albums from Porches ("Shirt"), Starflyer59, ("Lust for Gold"), Binoy ("The Great Alone", which nearly became my pick for the show, BBBL's new album "first contact" which already has multiple singles playing at Radio California, Same Side's "Oh No" is also worth your time, as it the new live album from Theo Katzman called "Live From the Other Side".

The Album Show plays on Thursdays at 9am and 9pm Pacific Standard Time.

RFC 2438

For those of you who stay away from Spotify the current week's additions will be played on Wednesdays. This is a change from prior programming: what we're going to do going forward is just play the music added this week only. Every other day will be the usual rotation, but we set aside Wednesdays for just the new additions for the week. This week that's 55 songs which we will play in the same order that they're in on the Spotify playlist of the same name up at the top of this post. So if you tune in at just about any time on Wednesday you will hear the whole playlist. 

10 at 10

One last programming note: Every Saturday at 10pm and again on Sunday at 10am and 10pm we will feature our show "10 at 10", where we play 10 (and sometimes 11 or even 12!) songs from a year we pick at random. Again, all times are PST. Last week I played a group of songs from 1978, and this week we're going to pick another year we haven't gone to yet - even further in the past.

As always, you can go to https://global.citrus3.com:2020/public/radiofreecalifornia to listen to the station, and there is an imbed below. And did you know the station is available as an app? It's only for Google Play (sorry iphone users - Apples terms and conditions were too restrictive for me) but you can listen on your phone at your convenience too.

Cheap shots:

Maybe it was the concept of a shooting.

Maybe he said it because she doesn't resemble a melted Bratz doll.

Speaking of melted Bratz dolls, who's cock is she sucking these days? Just askin'.

"That Krakatau of volcanic, incoherent, fact-free bombast."

Moderate my ass.

Maybe you're just a lyin' sunbitch that got caught, and it's freaking you out.

Can we at least agree that some people just shouldn't own a gun?

Love the enthusiasm, but please don't count chickens before they hatch.

Someone's not taking their ass-kicking very well.

Proof that the half-melted Bratz doll at his side is only the latest in the wierd here.

Or, and hear me out here, you can try to pass laws that help you win after you've already lost.

And because I love you, LL Cool J (with Eminem) reminds us all just how good he is:

Radio Free California Episode 2437, radio station notes, cheap shots and my new video

 

New music this week from David Gilmour, Ok Cowgirl, Linkin Park, The The, Catbear, The Heavy Heavy, Pixies, The Dream Machine, Hinds, Tears Run Rings and much more. Enjoy!

ALBUM SHOW NOTES

Ok Cowgirl is a Brooklyn NY-based band that has finally released a full album after a few years of singles and EPs. Their album, "Couldn't Save Us From My Gut" is a solid alt-rock album that is well worth your time. I've been following them on bandcamp for a bit now, and I think they should be heard. You can go to their website to see the whole 6-year process that led an Asian American pianist to found an indie rock band and It's worth your time. I've added three songs from the album to the rotation and will be playing the full album on this week's album show.

Also out this week is David Gilmour's long awaited "Luck and Strange", the new solo album from Jordan Rudess called "Permission to Fly", and "Belaya Polosa" by the Belarus-based band Molchat Doma - just in case you wanted to hear Depeche Mode-style songs but in Russian. Also of note is "Viva Hinds" from Hinds (who have whittled themselves down to a two-piece), and "Everything In The End" from Tears Run Rings. All albums are good, but we're going to feature Ok Cowgirl this week.

The Album Show plays on Thursdays at 9am and 9pm Pacific Standard Time.

RFC 2437

For those of you who stay away from Spotify the current week's additions will be played on Wednesdays. This is a change from prior programming: what we're going to do going forward is just play the music added this week only. Every other day will be the usual rotation, but we set aside Wednesdays for just the new additions for the week. This week that's 47 songs which we will play in the same order that they're in on the Spotify playlist of the same name up at the top of this post. So if you tune in at just about any time on Wednesday you will hear the whole playlist. 

10 at 10

One last programming note: Every Saturday at 10pm and again on Sunday at 10am and 10pm we will feature our show "10 at 10", where we play 10 (and sometimes 11 or even 12!) songs from a year we pick at random. Again, all times are PST. Last week I played a group of songs from 1988, and this week we're going to pick another year we haven't gone to yet.

As always, you can go to https://global.citrus3.com:2020/public/radiofreecalifornia to listen to the station, and there is an imbed below. And did you know the station is available as an app? It's only for Google Play (sorry iphone users - Apples terms and conditions were too restrictive for me) but you can listen on your phone at your convenience too.

Cheap shots:

Hmmm..... could it be... racism?

You wanted policies? How about this then?

I point out that 20% of zero is still zero.

And yet still more racism.

An icon. A legend. I do not now and will never have anything bad to say about this man. He was amazing.

Last time he said he could kill people.Now he is actively saying he will kill people. Isn 't that a crime?

This horseshit again. You do realize that it's never worked right? Right?

Face it, there are monsters in the world.

Please, let's not waste our time on this. He's as white as white gets. He can wear a shirt. There's plenty other examples of weird out there.

I'm just thinking he doesn't like cats. Weirdo.

"They will evolve."

And because I love you, here is the video for the single I'm releasing Tomorrow.

Radio Free California Episode 2436 with radio station notes.

 

New music this week from Stevie Wonder, Theo Katzman, The Fray, Indoor Foxes, Primal Scream, Oceanator, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ist Ist,  Japandroids, Steve Kropper, Chris Reed and the Anime Raiders and much more. Enjoy!

ALBUM SHOW NOTES

Tuk Smith and the Restless Hearts' new album is called "Rogue to Redemption" and it's a solid sophomore album full of power pop-rock and swagger. I'm not going to rehash the Spotify biography as it looks like it was written by a Business School graduate, but it does bring out the finer point that they sound like a cross between AC/DC and Cheap Trick, which ain't a bad thing. I should point out that there are other great new albums out this week including Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Wild God", Shemekia Copland's "Blame it on Eve", Wundrhorse's "Midas", and of course Oceanator's "Everything is Love and Death". And on a personal note, I honestly hope that Stevie Wonder is working on a full album to follow the single we added this week, because it's the best stuff he's done in a very long time. If it's this good, I'll paly it when it comes out. But for this week, enoy Tuk Smith and his band.

The Album Show plays on Thursdays at 9am and 9pm Pacific Standard Time.

RFC 2436

For those of you who stay away from Spotify the current week's additions will be played on Wednesdays. This is a change from prior programming: what we're going to do going forward is just play the music added this week only. Every other day will be the usual rotation, but we set aside Wednesdays for just the new additions for the week. This week that's 51 songs (including one from me) which we will play in the same order that they're in on the Spotify playlist of the same name up at the top of this post. So if you tune in at just about any time on Wednesday you will hear the whole playlist. 

10 at 10

One last programming note: Every Saturday at 10pm and again on Sunday at 10am and 10pm we will feature our show "10 at 10", where we play 10 (and sometimes 11 or even 12!) songs from a year we pick at random. Again, all times are PST. Last week I played a group of songs from 1998, and this week we're going to pick another year we haven't gone to yet.

As always, you can go to https://global.citrus3.com:2020/public/radiofreecalifornia to listen to the station, and there is an imbed below. And did you know the station is available as an app? It's only for Google Play (sorry iphone users - Apples terms and conditions were too restrictive for me) but you can listen on your phone at your convenience too.

No cheap shots today. I'm a Union member.

And because I love you, here is Cody Fry's Orchestral take on "The Sound of Silence":