Sunday, July 31, 2011

Summer Fun and Bubblegum

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Welcome to Episode 16 of Doc Rockavoy's Indy Music Garage! I thought I would play a bunch of 80s bubblegum pop, interspersed with some punk and gloomy solo artists like Mark Lanegan and Mike Johnson, and also English shoegazer bands, since it's the summertime and brutally hot lately on the Great Plains. I originally started the podcast in the wintertime, since the brutally cold weather had us confined to the house. Now it's too hot to go outside, with heat indexes around 115 degree! No wonder Nebraska fiction is so psychically gloomy, this is an indoor environment for certain.....

One of the highlights on the show is a rare Killing Joke 10" LP called "Ha Ha," recorded in Toronto in 1982. I put a couple of tracks from the band Lush, which had a cool punky sound, but never got as big as some of the other noise rock bands in England at the time.

The playlist for today, in order: The Go-Go's, The Snakes, Debris', The Cramps, The Stray Cats, The Beach Boys, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Police, The Kaleidescope, Television, Turbonegro, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Killing Joke, One Last Wish, Portishead, REM, Big Star, Emmylous Harris, Mike Johnson, Mark Lanegan, The Police, The Cure, The Pretenders, The Smiths, Lush, My Bloody Valentine, Friends of Dean Martinez, and Lush.

Thanks for tuning in!!

Cheers,

Doc Rockavoy

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Trance States in Tongues

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Welcome to Episode 15 of Doc Rockavoy's Indy Music Garage! With the intense heat wave plaguing the country, I decided to play a bunch of sonic, repetitive guitar music ranging from psychedelia to noise rock to coincide with the daze that most people are likely experiencing the last month or so. I've walked around Lincoln in a heat stupor for weeks now. For the homebound, I hope the show will give everyone something to do.

And don't forget to add each and every one of these albums to your record collection!

Some of the highlights on today's show are a bunch of E.P.'s and singles by The Swirlies, Swervedriver, and My Bloody Valentine from my record collection. There's not a lot of copies of them circulating around, and most people who bought these bands' full-length L.P.'s don't necessarily have these E.P.s. I put two, long tracks from the Harmony of the Spheres album, which features Flying Saucer Attack, Jessamine, Roy Montgomery, Bardo Pond, and Loren M. Connors. It's kind of rare, and I hope people will dig it.

There's also a great track by The Gardes, from Ponca City, Oklahoma, and the garagey demo track of "Fall" by Dag Nasty, which was the recording before Wig Out at Denkos, which I like much better since it sounds looser and more rackety. There a live track of the Dream Syndicate on here, too.

The show is a whopping 165 minutes! The playlist today, in order, is: Swervedriver, Mercury Rev, Swirlies, My Bloody Valentine, Zen Guerilla, Lush, Come, Propellerheads, Dream Syndicate, Calexico, Flying Saucer Attack, Jessamine, The Gardes, Swervedriver, Dag Nasty, Rountineers, Sponge, Snowpony, Flying Saucer Attack, Swervedriver, My Bloody Valentine, Come, Mazzy Star, Mark Lanegan, Flying Saucer Attack, Swervedriver, Lush, Jane's Addiction, The Doors, and Swervedriver.

If someone guesses which album the show is named after today, I'll send you a free Zombie vs. Shark album and a t-shirt, just send me your address.

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Cheers,

Doc Rockavoy

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Nancy Boys, Your Mom, and Other Debris'

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Welcome to Episode 14 of Doc Rockavoy's Indy Music Garage! Today I decided to play a bunch of old punk rock, and weird new wave stuff, and also shoegazer noise music. Now that I'm on episode 14, I want to remind listeners of one thing:

BE SURE TO ALSO BUY THESE INDY ALBUMS, AND ADD THEM TO YOUR RECORD COLLECTION!!!

The recording artists would appreciate it!

Some notable spins on the podcast are two tracks from the Chickasha, Oklahoma band Debris', who were a pioneering 1970s punk/new band that kind of defies musical categories. I recommend purchasing their album, Static Disposal, on Anopheles Records. Another great spin today is by the Norman, Oklahoma band Your Mom, which urges pundits on T.V. to stop talking. Who can argue with that?

Two other notable track are the "Sellout Song" by Minor Threat, the mysterious "5th track" on side two of Out Step. There is a cover of "American Band" by The FUs at the end of the second side of My America. This album was produced by legendary Lou Giordano, who brought forth many Boston punk and hardcore/post-hardcore bands.

I've been away on vacation, finally, this summer and I'll try to keep the shows regular from here on out.

I've decided to not have a podcast microphone at all, so this is last mention about it!

The playlist for today, in order, is: Debris', Untouchables, Dream Syndicate, The Minutemen, State of Alert, Green River, Sick Pleasure, Group Image, The Damned, Killing Joke, My Bloody Valentine, Sorry, Void, Embrace, Drive Like Jehu, French Toast, Minor Threat, Black Eyes, Lungfish, Swervedriver, Dinosaur, Jr., Reptile House, Keith Levene, Jimi Hendrix, Beefeater, The FUs, Dag Nasty, Hot Snakes, Ignition, Your Mom, Spacemen 3, Swirlies, Skull Defekts, Edie Sedgewick, Kraut, Q and Not U, Husker Du, and Debris'.

Thanks for tuning in!

Cheers,

Doc Rockavoy