Saturday, September 24, 2011

Low Pressure Systems

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Welcome to Episode 20 of Doc Rockavoy's Indy Music Garage! I decided to cue alot of psychedelia and space rock today, since my mood has been somewhat somber the past month or so. Many friends and family have passed or been very ill recently and I've been somewhat down. Through it all, there's been some new friends in my hometown that have kept my spirits up, and I can't thank them enough for their warmth and worldliness. I hope I can return the gestures. Summer disappeared quickly earlier this month, and fall temps have set the stage for the oncoming winter....

Some of the highlights on the show is a rare live 12" LP by Happy Go Licky, which was basically the band Rites of Spring after it broke up doing some more experimental-type noise rock. I also decided to put on some Experimental Audio Research, which was a collaboration headed by Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3, with Kevin Shields from MBV on some tracks. There is also a track from Mike Johnson, who played with Dinosaur Jr. and composed many of the Mark Lanegan albums with his great and spooky guitar work. Perfect tunes for the upcoming holidays this fall.

The show is a bit over 120 minutes. The playlist is: 18th Dye, Mazzy Star, Flying Saucer Attack, Opal, Bardo Pond, Lungfish, Flying Saucer Attack, Velvet Underground, Happy Go Licky, Debris', Dream Syndicate, Low, Flying Saucer Attack, Experimental Audio Research, Lungfish, Low, Experimental Audio Research, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Astronauts, Tom Waits, The Smiths, Mike Johnson, Government Issue, Soundgarden, Bardo Pond, Killing Joke, Hot Snakes, Broncho, and Zombie vs. Shark.

Thanks for tuning in!

Cheers,

Doc Rockavoy

Friday, September 16, 2011

Try Me Out Some Time



Welcome to Episode 19 of Doc Rockavoy's Indy Music Garage! It's been another weird month again, as I've been out of town and haven't been able to put up a new show recently. I was down rehearsing with my band in Norman, OK to write new material for a second full-length album over Labor Day, and managed to avoid college football hooliganism and all that goes with it. Recharged with hours of jamming with my bandmates, I thought I'd put on a bunch of punk and garage rock again, mixed in with some weird new wavey stuff, or underground pop music.

I decided to lead off with the Oklahoma band, Broncho, whose album is pretty rad and on Guestroom Records, which is the label run by the record store in Norman. If you get a chance to see their video of the song, "Try Me out Some Time," you'll see Ron Haas, our drummer, as the college professor in the video. Very funny and awesome, it's on YouTube. I put a track on from our new single, "Dogs and Guns," a left-wing country rock anthem about not getting along America. There's a video of that on YouTube as well, so check it out.

Other highlights on the show is a track from Kraut's first album, with Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols on guitar. Of course I had to play Code of Honor, and be sure to follow through on the recommendations of their monologue before the song. I had to throw on Junkyard's "Life Sentence," since Brian Baker is the best punk/rock guitarist in the world, and it's a fatalistic rock tune and that's what rock is all about.

There's a track from a very weird band called 9353 from Washington DC. If you can tell me which band the guitar player was in before 9353, I'll send you a free Zombie vs. Shark single. And you won't find the answer on Wikipedia! Good luck.....


The playlist is: Broncho, Turbonegro, Rocket from the Crypt, Fugazi, Lungfish, Edie Sedgewick, Zombie vs. Shark, The Dirtbombs, Das Damen, My Bloody Valentine, Lungfish, The Damned, Kraut, Code of Honor, Sick Pleasure, Scream, Hot Snakes, DYS, Nation of Ulysses, Kyuss, The Cult, Junkyard, Fire Party, The Detroit Cobras, 9353, Electric Love Muffin, Sonic Youth, Scream, Killing Joke, Lungfish, Dream Syndicate.

We're having a record release party for the Dogs and Guns/Wunderkind single at The Opolis in Norman, OK on November 12, with The Escatones and John Wayne's Bitches. Be sure to come out and see the show!

Thanks for tuning in!

Cheers,

Doc Rockavoy