Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson

The Ledge #738: Covers

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:31:08 +0000

The covers folder is full so, yes, it's time for yet another show of nothing but remakes. And what a lineup we have this time around. Chrrisie Hynde doing The Doors. Velocity Girl doing The Jam. Dwight Twilley's last studio recording remaking Bram Tchaikovsky. Sharp Pins with some of his favorite Mod revival tunes. Yet another fabulous reimagining of The Undertones! All sorts of tracks originally recorded by the likes of Status Quo, Prince, Jesse Malin, Plimsouls, and even The Eagles!

What's your favorite cover?

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1. Vic Bondi & His Issues - When I’m Sixty Four

2. Prima Donna - Everybody Wants To Rock And Roll

3. Das Damen - Don't Let Them Take You Down (Beautiful Day!)

4. Gogol Bordello - Here's The Situation

5. Pinky Tex - Wild Horses

6. Yttling Jazz & Chrissie Hynde - People Are Strange

7. The Crystal Teardrop - I'm Rowed Out [The Eyes]

8. Velocity Girl - That's Entertainment

9. Sharp Pins - It's A Mod Mod World

10. Sharp Pins - Tonight's The Night

11. Sharp Pins - Live Without Her Love

12. Gene Champagne - I Cant Pretend

13. The Dogmatics - Ball Me Out

14. Patton - The Best of My Love

15. Christina Jean & Her All Stars - Teenage Kicks

16. Hayley and the Crushers - Crash

17. The Linda Lindas - California Sun

18. The Naggs - Picture My Face

19.. The Naggs - Toutes Les Nuits

20. The Alices - Getting Nowhere Fast

21. The Alices - Whole Wide World

22. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Whole Wide World

23. Flip City - Knocking On Heaven’s Door

24. The Tubs - Do Yourself a Favor

25. Downtown Boys - Can't Hardly Wait

26. Sweeping Promises - Something I Learned Today

27. Mudhoney - Rubber Room

28. Weird Nightmare - It's a Wonderful Lie

29. Psychotic Youth - Now [The Plimsouls]

30. Psychotic Youth - I Found a Love [Phil Seymour]

31. Helikoptern feat. Dwight Twilley - Girl of My Dreams

32. Blake - In My Chair

33. Die Toten Hosen - I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.

34. Friday My Lady - I Wanna Get A Job In The City

35. Professor and the Madman - Nuclear Boy

36. Jupiter Eye - In A Free Land

37. Heatmiser - Revolution

The Ledge #737: New Releases Pt. 2

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:21:32 +0000

Maybe I should stop calling part one of my monthly new release series the "friends of the show" episode, as part two is inevitably full of just as many pals as the first one. Come on, Rum Bar Records is probably the best friend of The Ledge, and there's a lengthy set of great new tunes from that label. There's new submissions by Dany Laj and The Looks, The Hellflowers, the Speedways, The Trouble Seekers, and many others. Plus, Brody and The Grodies ask the very question millions of people are asking these days - "Why is the price of beer so high?" And there's all kinds of other great new tracks, as always.

What's your favorite new release?

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1. Brody and The Grodies - Why is the price of beer so high?

2. Gene Champagne - Gimme Ammunition

3. Gene Champagne - Friends Like These

4. Ape Hangers - Miss You Girl

5. Electric Johnson - Foodbank Girl

6. Brijitte West and the Greenowskis - Doin' Alright

7. Dany Laj and The Looks - Shelved

8. The Hellflowers - Creature

9. The Speedways - Angela Sincerely

10. The Trouble Seekers - Blackout

11. Tom O'Driscoll - Remember Days

12. The Exbats - Godder Than God

13. The Alices - Kiss My Face

14. The Hyperdrive Kittens - Child Of The Night

15. Full Sun - Lose Your Mind

16. Team Dresch - Growing Underground

17. Xanny Stars - Honey

18. The Maraschinos - i think about you in the shower

19. The Naggs - Apathetic Love

20. Cindy - Big Summer Blowout

21. The Klittens - Have a Heart

22. Smug Brothers - From Crack To Shatter

23. Smug Brothers - Bolt Through The Blackout

24. The Temponauts - The Likes of Us

25. Fruited Planes - Super Powers

26. 1-800-Mikey - SELF-LOVE

27. Jagger Holly - It's Summer Somewhere

28. Lone Wolf - A Pillar of Salt

29. Eaten by Snakes - A Pillar of Salt

30. The Sex Shoppe - Go Fuck Yourself

31. The Beefs - Beleefers

32. The Shower Puffs - Until the light

33. Game Show Models - Bothering Me

34. Hospital Job - Out of Phase

35. The Drowns - Have A Heart

36. The Fall - So Long

The Ledge #736: New Releases Pt. 1

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 01:27:49 +0000

If the first part of the monthly new releases series is lovingly called the "friends of the show" broadcast, then tonight's show is sort of a reunion of sorts. You see, besides the usual contributors to this show (Numb Surprise, Rob Moss, The Rockerati, Phil Cook & The Fall Dogs, etc.), we have the great returns of many other regularly featured artists. There's great new EP's from Pavid Vermin and Daniel James Gang. There's a ferocious new track from our favorite wrestling theme rockers The Ex-Bombers. And White Rose Motor Oil returns with sneak peaks at their upcoming full-length album Spider.

Plus, there's more great new tunes from Big Stir Records, the return of Australia's Loose Lips, The Tub's first album for Merge Records, and great rock and roll from K7s, The Schizophonics and Psychotic Youth. Plus so much more!

What's your favorite new record?

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1. Numb Surprise - Finger Pie

2. Pavid Vermin - Patient Zero

3. Pavid Vermin - Cleveland!

4. Pavid Vermin - Pink Clouding

5. Pavid Vermin - Babylon

6. Daniel James Gang - (Breakin') What Hearts Are Made For

7. Daniel James Gang - Artificial Romance

8. The Ex-Bombers - Down n Dirty

9. Rob Moss - The More I Scroll

10. White Rose Motor Oil - Nothing’s Easy From Denver

11. White Rose Motor Oil - You Can’t Take Me Down

12. The Rockerati - Soul Shoes

13. The New Bardots - I'm A Man

14. Phil Cook & the Fall Dogs - SOUTHERN BREEZE

15. Plasticsoul - J'adore

16. Gary Calamar featuring Robyn Hitchcock - Who Are We Gonna Be Today?

17. Patton - The Best of My Love

18. The Summertimes - See Me

19. LOOSE LIPS - BEEHIVE TEARDROP

20. LOOSE LIPS - REMEMBER WE LOVE YOU

21. The Tubs - If You Don't Love Me

22. The Tubs - Who's Gonna Love You Now?

23. K7s - Too Much Weight To Carry

24. K7s - Could I Be The One?

25. The Schizophonics - Burning Floor

26. The Schizophonics - Sweat and Blood

27. Psychotic Youth - Rat Race

28. Psychotic Youth - Punk Tour

29. Teenage Bottlerocket - Teenage Bonehead

30. The Queers - Hoglog At Burger King

31. Rise Against - Private Eye (Alkaline Trio cover)

32. Alkaline Trio - Re-Education (Through Labor) (Rise Against cover)

33. Satan Takes a Holiday - State Trooper

34. Blake - Pictures of Matchstick Men

35. Grand Final - Who Runs the Game?

36. Perilous - Overwhelmed By Reality

37. Brian Fallon - Nobody Likes You in NYC

The Ledge #735: 3rd Quarter Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 01:25:48 +0000

This being the last show of September also means it's the last show of the third quarter of the year, and what a great three months! Tonight's show recaps 35 of the best albums to come out over this period, and there's something here for everybody! From longtime faves to brand new bands, it's a great collection of power pop, Americana, punk, and all sorts of other mini-genres!

What's your favorite release of the last three months?

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1. Twisted Teens - Florida Water Blues

2. Off Contact - Haven

3. Jeremy Porter and The Tucos - Nutmeg

4. Lorne Behrman - They Won't Take Us Alive

5. The Amplifier Heads - Rock N' Roll Riot

6. Finn Wolfhard - Common Side Effects

7. Sharp Pins - Face of Youth Today

8. Smug Brothers - From Crack To Shatter

9. Kiwi jr. - Photos Of The Reenactment

10. Ultra Lights - Good Enough

11. The Temponauts - Backseats, Freckles, Afternoons

12. Westside Cowboy - Kick Stones (The Boys)

13. Wild Pink - Plates Keep Spinning

14. The Mountain Goats - Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds

15. Robyn Hitchcock - I Am This Thing

16. Dinosaur Jr. - No Friends

17. Toilet Rats - Heart Emoji Mpls

18. Swami John Reis - On Our Way

19. I Will Die In This Jean Jacket - D.O.A.

20. Wet Denim - One Should Know

21. Ty Segall - Running to Nowhere

22. The Exbats - Back Where You Belong

23. Dynamite Shakers - CINÉMA

24. PLASTIC TONES - Dirty work

25. PLRLS - Carol Taylor Song

26. The Alices - Getting Nowhere Fast

27. Sweeping Promises - My Friend's An Entomologist

28. The Feeders - Why Do We Fight

29. Tiger Bomb - Goin' Round

30. Wine Lips - Cut It

31. BADZY - I Always Knew

32. DEAD STAR BOYS - LONELY BOY

33. Sweet Gloom - Box Dye

34. Sweet Teeth - Normal people freak me out

35. xray xeroxx - Rock and Roll Tonite

The Ledge #734: RIP Cheetah Chrome

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 01:35:00 +0000

Once I learned of the death of legendary guitarist Cheetah Chrome last Sunday (9/13), it became pretty obvious that he deserved a special show devoted to his great career. The first half of the broadcast is devoted to his time with not only the Dead Boys but also the infamous Rocket From The Tombs.

The second half deals with his post-Dead Boys tenure, which varied between solo recordings, other projects utilizing the Dead Boys name, and a few where he was a sideman. The collaborations included recordings with Ronnie Spector, Cherie Curie, UK Subs, Sonny Vincent, and many others. Many of these releases were also cover tunes, and the artists they tackled included Robert Gordon, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Queen, Ramones, and...well, shockingly, Taylor Swift.

Much credit must also go out to the second volume of Steven H. Gardner's groundbreaking series, Another Tuneless Racket: Punk and New Wave In the Seventies. His chapters on Rocket From the Tombs and Dead Boys are extensively quoted tonight.

What's your favorite Cheetah Chrome recording?

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1. Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer

2. Rocket From The Tombs - So Cold

3. Rocket From The Tombs - What Love Is

4. Rocket From The Tombs - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo

5. Rocket From The Tombs - Final Solution RFTT

6. Dead Boys - What Love Is

7. Dead Boys - Ain't Nothin' to Do (Rerecorded)

8. Dead Boys - All This and More (Rerecorded)

9. Dead Boys - 3rd Generation Nation

10. Dead Boys - Son Of Sam

11. Dead Boys - Looking For A Kiss (Live 1978)

12. Dead Boys - Pills (Live 1978)

13. Dead Boys - Detention Home (Take 2 - 1978 Demo)

14. Cheetah Chrome & Jeff Dahl - Still Wanna Die

15. Cheetah Chrome & Jeff Dahl - Don't Wanna Understand

16. Dead Boys - All The Way Down (Poison Lady)

17. Dead Boys - The Nights Are So Long

18. Sonny Vincent and His Rat Race Choir - Down On Me

19. Sonny Vincent and His Rat Race Choir - Always A Catch

20. Sonny Vincent and His Rat Race Choir - Cinematic Suicide

21. U.K. Subs & The Dead Boys - Taxman

22. U.K. Subs & The Dead Boys - For Your Love

23. U.K. Subs & The Dead Boys - Paint It Black

24. Ronnie Spector - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

25. Cherie Currie & Dead Boys - I Can See You

26. Cheetah Chrome - Tie Your Mother Down (Queen)

27. The Brains - Rock Billy Boogie

28. Batusis - What You Lack In Brains

The Ledge #733: New Releases Pt. 2

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:37:46 +0000

It's my birthday show!!! Yes, September 11 is a terrible day to celebrate a birthday, but one can't help when they were born. But what better way to kick off a birthday show with a brand new cover of "Teenage Kicks". Oh, yes, I was so excited when Malibu Lou sent me the file straight off the Rum Bar presses. I'll never tire of this song, especially when artists such as Christina Jean & Her All Stars create such a wonderfully uplifting version!

Of course, that's not the only Rum Bar Records treat, as I also air brand new songs from the legendary Cindy Lawson, The Laissez Fairs, and The Vibeke Saugestad Band. And, yes, I consider Geoff Palmer and Kurt Baker part of the Rum Bar family, even if their new tracks aren't technically on the label

Plus, "Teenage Kicks" is not the only cover on tonight's show. There's not one, but two Paul Westerberg remakes. One if from Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees, and then there's a track by Weird Nightmare from a new Sub Pop compilation called Maximum MN. (Sweeping Promises' cover of Husker Du is also from that comp.) There's also new reworking from Die Toten Hosen and Slaughter & The Dogs, along with four classic punk tunes from a charity comp called I Said Hit It.

That's not all. There's a plethora of veteran returns - The Thermals, Swansea Sound, Cocktail Slippers and The Ettes. There's a trio of tunes from our friends at Dam-Nations. Plus, quite a few brand new bands!

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1. Christina Jean & Her All Stars - Teenage Kicks (single)

2. Cindy Lawson - Eat The Rich

3. The Laissez Fairs - Smashing Windows

4. The Vibeke Saugestad Band - Hey Now Sunshine

5. Geoff Palmer - WHERE DID HIS HAIR GO?

6. Kurt Baker - Wonder Woman

7. Micky Dolenz - Terri

8. Weird Nightmare - It's a Wonderful Lie

9. Sweeping Promises - Something I Learned Today

10. Sweeping Promises - Shooting Shadows

11. The Hellflowers - Wild Ones

12. Wine Lips - Trip To The Doctor

13. Swansea Sound - Mean To Be Mean

14. Amyl and the Sniffers - Little Bit Punk, Little Bit Country (Live from El Coyote)

15. The Freebies - Hard On U

16. Sick Puppy - Tourist Trap

17. MINISKIRT - dive bar

18. Cocktail Slippers - Back Where You Belong

19. The Ettes - Dangerous Girl

20. The Thermals - Good Morning Fellow Scavengers

21. Invisible Rays - Sir David Minehan

22. I Will Die In This Jean Jacket - D.O.A.

23. Mom - Miss U Madly

24. Astrologer - Clarion Call

25. Cock Sparrer - Frontline Heroes

26. Die Toten Hosen - I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.

27. Ruckus - Talk Aint Cheap Enough

28. The Batter Ups - Cailee

29. Sweet Gloom - Last

30. Bramwell - Born to Lose

31. Church Party - New Rose

32. Committee of Sleep - Blank Generation

33. Hugs From God feat. Maeries - Makes No Sense At All

34. Asthma Kids - The Attention Economy

35. Awkland - Magnitude

36. Mona Freaka - Agitated

37. Slaughter And The Dogs - White Light White Heat

The Ledge #732: New Releases Pt. 1

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 01:25:27 +0000

We are now in the greatest month of the year (September), and once again we have two straight weeks of nothing but new music. This week is the "friends of the show" episode, and well over half the show consists of music submitted by the artists themselves (or their representatives). There's the monthly new track by Numb Surprise, another split single from Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin, the triumphant return of Lorne Behrman, football-related punk from Vista Blue, and two tunes by my new favorite Minneapolis band, Cheap Glue. Plus so many more.

Beyond the submitted tracks are new releases by veterans such as Ray Wylie Hubbard, Dinosaur Jr, Swami John Reis, and Kiwi Jr. There's also a great new band from England, Westside Cowboy, and a cool track from a French band called Dynamite Shakers that's produced by Lionel from The Liminanas!

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1. Numb Surprise - Swear Down

2. Cheap Glue - The Other Side

3. Cheap Glue - Brainsmoker

4. Vista Blue - Championship of Love

5. Vista Blue - She's My Taysom Hill

6. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin - Black Glitter

7. TA-80 - Two Slices of Bread

8. Lorne Behrman - Every Motherfucker She Sees

9. Lorne Behrman - They Won't Take Us Alive

10. Radio Days - One Heart One Love

11. The Summertimes - Save You Now

12. Minor Toughs - Look Alive!

13. Helikoptern feat. Dwight Twilley - Girl of My Dreams

14. Phil Cook & the Fall Dogs - HERE TODAY

15. Sinking Ships - You Can Have It All

16. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Cassette Mix Tape

17. Dinosaur Jr. - Several Got Away

18. Swami John Reis - Even The Lobsters Can Sing

19. Swami John Reis - On Our Way

20. Westside Cowboy - Kick Stones (The Boys)

21. Westside Cowboy - Paperchains

22. On Le Ore - Gnashville

23. Kiwi jr. - Photos Of The Reenactment

24. Kevin Steele - One Thing Left To Do

25. PLASTIC TONES - We're all in this together

26. Dynamite Shakers - Scellé au sol

27. Wet Denim - One Should Know

28. DRAGNET - Fiona

29. Ty Segall - Hospital

30. Ty Segall - Black Paint

31. Wild Pink - Still Coming Down

32. xray xeroxx - Social Media Made Me Hate My Friends

The Ledge #731: 1996

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:28:21 +0000

1996 was a great year for me. I had a comfortable day job, I still worked a couple of nights a week at the record stores, and I was the music editor for a local newspaper. This was quite possibly the peak year for live music in my city. Local bands were selling out clubs and releasing great albums, and more national acts were hitting town than ever before.

Besides the local upswing, it was a great year for new music. Americana was on the rise, with lauded albums by the likes of Wilco, Golden Smog, Steve Earle, and others. Songwriters such as Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, Vic Chesnutt, and others released surprisingly great albums. And good ol' punk rock was also on the rise, with fantastic records by Bad Religion, Descendents, and Chixdiggit.

Tonight's show is certainly not a complete rundown of every great album of that year, but it's a pretty thorough snapshot of those 12 months (along with a couple of mis-tagged 1995 tracks). What record was your favorite of 1996?

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1. Reverend Horton Heat - It's Martini Time

2. Paul Westerberg - These Are the Days

3. Paul Westerberg - Daydream Believer

4. Slim Dunlap - Times Like This

5. Perfect - Alternative Monkey

6. Rich Show - The Great Divide

7. The Harvesters - Sense of Style

8. Golden Smog - V

9. Rank Strangers - Twice Forever

10. Magnolias - Beat Skip Jump & Wink

11. Jason & The Scorchers - Drugstore Truck Drivin' Man

12. Son Volt - Lookin' At The World Through A Windshield

13. Wilco - Outtasite (Outta Mind)

14. Old 97's - Victoria

15. Vic Chesnutt - Degenerate

16. Steve Earle - You're Still Standin' There

17. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee

18. Shane MacGowan & The Popes - Hippy Hippy Shake

19. Silver Jews - How to Rent a Room

20. Ween - Piss Up A Rope

21. Elvis Costello - Complicated Shadows

22. Frank Black - Punk Rock City

23. Patti Smith - Summer Cannibals

24. Bob Mould - I Hate Alternative Rock

25. Guided By Voices - The Official Ironmen Rally Song

26. Archers Of Loaf - What Did You Expect?

27. Thee Headcoats - Everybody's Wiser Now

28. Descendents - I'm The One

29. The Queers - Punk Rock Girls

30. Chixdiggit - Henry Rollins Is No Fun

31. Bad Religion - Punk Rock Song

32. The Donnas - I Don't Wanna Rock 'N' Roll Tonight

The Ledge #730: Even More New Releases & Other Treats!

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:28:24 +0000

I ended last week's new release episode with a good dozen or so songs I did not find time to air. How could I handle that? That's not enough new tunes for a third show of new tunes? Should I just keep them in storage for the September series?

But then I remembered that today (8/21/26) was a momentous day for rock and roll. It's the day that Gravest Graves by The Cramps was coming out. For those living under a rock, here's the short story. After Lux Interior died in 2009, his partner Poison Ivy became a complete recluse. Reportedly, she didn't even open the mail containing the royalties from the inclusion of "Goo Goo Muck" in the Netflix show Wednesday.

At some point, In the Red Records head honcho Larry Hardy was visiting Ivy, and was stunned to find boxes and boxes of studio reels in her garage. He contacted Henry Rollins, who dropped everything to head across the country to bring them back to proper storage in Nashville. There they discovered reels and reels of recordings from the 1977 sessions with Alex Chilton that resulted in their first couple of singles.

Now this material has been released, and it's the archive find of the year. Seriously, there's no way that upcoming Beatles box set can compete with what should have been the very first Cramps album. So tonight's show kicks off with five tracks from this record, and I dare anyone to disagree that this is what rock and roll is supposed to be.

Besides the Cramps tracks, and the leftover new releases, I've got a ton of other archive and live tunes. There's also a set devoted to the 27th edition of the International Pop Overthrow series. There's a wonderful remix of a 46 year old power pop tune by the underrated Code Blue. And lots more!

What's your favorite recent reissue?

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1. The Cramps - TV Set

2. The Cramps - Weekend On Mars (1977 Version)

3. The Cramps - Twist & Shout (1977 Version)

4. The Cramps - Hungry (1977 Version)

5. The Cramps - The Natives Are Restless (1977 Version)

6. The Pozers feat. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Somewhere in My 21

7. Spygenius - But Is It Powerpop

8. The Incurables - When I Grow Up

9. Curtis Suburban - I Can't Wait

10. Strawberry Alarm Clock - Primordial Soup

11. Ridel High - Defenseless

12. The Sences - I'll Give My Lovin

13. Code Blue - The Other End of Town

14. The Mountain Goats - Candlebox

15. Thee Cybermen - Bad Liqour

16. Friday My Lady - Stupid Bench

17. Gatecrash - Still Standing

18. The Feeders - Why Do We Fight

19. Jacket Burner - I Hate RnR

20. Handgrenade Hearts - She's a Nerd (Just Like Me)

21. The High Numbers - Got My Mojo Workin'

22. The Shandells - Mary, Mary

23. The Raevns - Outlaw Blues

24. Graham Parker & The Goldtops - Back To Schooldays (Live)

25. Camper Van Beethoven - (We're A) Bad Trip (Live in Nebraska 1986)

26. Wilco - Candyfloss [Live]

27. The Fall - Totally Wired (Live)

28. Peter Hook & The Light - Transmission (Live)

29. Red Rockers - Guns Of Revolution

30. The Muffs - I Need You

31. Downliners Sect - Do The Dog

32. Downliners Sect - Leader Of The Sect

33. Downliners Sect - All Night Worker (UK single version)

34. Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (Alternate Mix)

The Ledge #729: New Releases Pt. 2

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:26:16 +0000

I may call the artists in my first part of the monthly new release series "friends of the show" but this month's second part heavily features two of my longest serving buddies of my years broadcasting The Ledge.

First off, I have the privilege of debuting around half of the brand new album by Jeremy Porter and The Tucos, Sell Their Souls. Set to come out next week (August 21), this may be Porter's masterpiece, and he was gracious enough to record commentary tracks for the tracks I picked to play. I must thank Porter for his longtime support of the show, and for going the extra mile in

And then there's our pal Malibu Lou. For close to a decade, he has sent me care package after care package, both digital and physical. His label, Rum Bar Records, is certainly a Ledge favorite, and his latest free download, Summer School Sampler: Second Semester, is a must for everybody. 33 new or new-ish tracks, and it costs nothing! Besides a set of highlights from this comp, there's another set with new material from The Lemon Drop Gang, The Amplifier Heads, and The Hollywood Stars.

Besides those great sets, there's plenty of other fantastic punk, garage, power pop, and good ol' rock and roll. What's your favorite tune this week?

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1. Jeremy Porter and The Tucos - Fuss

2. Jeremy Porter and The Tucos - Nutmeg

3. Jeremy Porter and The Tucos - Rats in the Suburbs

4. Jeremy Porter and The Tucos - Rosencrantz

5. Jeremy Porter and The Tucos - Strychnine Bouillabaisse

6. Cindy Lawson - The Reckoning

7. Lorne Behrman - Ain't It Funny

8. Electric Johnson - Magic Button

9. Lester Greenowski - Scrubber

10. Gene Champagne - She's An Atom Bomb

11. GG & The Buzz - The Show Is Over

12. The Lemon Drop Gang - Comin' To Get Him

13. The Lemon Drop Gang - Wreckless Eyeballs

14. The Amplifier Heads - Hot Wax

15. The Hollywood Stars - I Survived 27

16. Brian James - In The Blood

17. Disco Lizards - Get Up

18. Playboy Manbaby - Good Times

19. DUM1 - Mercury Sabre

20. Shonen Knife - Riding on the Rocket

21. PLRLS - Riff Randell's Revenge

22. Tiger Bomb - Time For Love

23. Salmon Sisters - Cock it!

24. The Crystal Teardrop - It's Too Late

25. Julez and the Rollerz - I Need Love

26. Worms in Dirt - Yr Mouth is Open

27. Lizzards - Hybrd Baby 2

28. A Murder Of Crows - Hangover For Mr. Hyde

29. Awkland - M.O.D

30. Jeremy Porter and The Tucos - Murielle

The Ledge #728: New Releases Pt. 1

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 01:29:57 +0000

Last month may have been a little shy of new music, but this month's two-part new releases series may be the best ever. Tonight's part one, as always, is pretty much a "friends of the show" episode as it's filled with artists who regularly supply the show with new tunes. There's not one but four new tracks by Vista Blue, and new tracks from Numb Surprise, The Rockerati, The New Brutarians, The Dear Boys, Phil Cook, and the ChrisVandalay Project. There's another cool split covers single by Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin, this time with The James Clark Institute on the b-side. Plus two great new records from our pals at Big Stir Records.

There's also new records by veterans such as Robyn Hitchcock, The Mountain Goats, Nine Pound Hammer, and many others. My local buddies Off Contact also celebrate the release of the full-length album we previewed the last two months. And there's also the second fantastic album released this year by Twisted Teens. Plus much, much more.

What's your favorite new album?

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1. Numb Surprise - The Mirror Caught

2. Vista Blue - 50 Years

3. Vista Blue - So Much Music

4. Vista Blue - She Only Listens to Blue

5. Vista Blue - Wooden Horse

6. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin - Bettie Page Rides A Donkey

7. The James Clark Institute - A Donkey

8. The Rockerati - Rockin' Little Angel

9. The New Brutarians - Tiger Tales

10. Cheap Glue - Adhesive Heart (Demo)

11. Off Contact - Haven

12. The Dear Boys - Chocolate

13. Phil Cook & the Fall Dogs - STEPPING UP

14. The chrisVandalay Project - How Will You Know

15. Librarians With Hickeys - 1972 (Single Version)

16. The Morning Line - Everybody Else Does

17. British Birds - Lie Down With Dogs (RADIO VERSION)

18. Hurry - The Dumbest Person You've Ever Seen

19. Nine Pound Hammer - Too Outlaw for Outlaw Country

20. The Mountain Goats - Charlie Sheen Reaches Out to the Feds

21. Robyn Hitchcock - Yesterday's Rain

22. The Krayolas - King of Pop (You're On Top)

23. Twisted Teens - Why Did You Miss It?

24. Twisted Teens - Guided Thunder

25. DEAD STAR BOYS - JET FIGHTER

26. DEAD STAR BOYS - LONELY BOY

27. Finn Wolfhard - Common Side Effects

28. Mopar Stars - Drinkallnite

29. Mesh - Potatohead

30. BADZY - I Always Knew

31. Girl Trouble - Freedom Rock

32. Jake Emissions - Lowdown, High Up

33. Mock Media - Mock City Rock

34. Rat Boy - HIGH LIFE

35. Bart and the Brats - Kill your TV

The Ledge #727: Even More From the Hudson Compound

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:27:03 +0000

One of my favorite occasional theme for this show is the "Hudson Compound" series, where I play nothing but tracks from records I've been listening to in my humble abode. It's been awhile, so I figured it was the perfect time to do this again.

The core of this week's tracks comes from a little personal theme I've been following for the past week, where I have been playing almost nothing but great Minneapolis rock and roll that I've otherwise ignored in the last couple of years. There are great bands that should be much more recognized (Crash Street Kids, Loose Rails). There are original Twin/Tone Records legends (Suburbs, Magnolias, The Phones, Curtiss A, Soul Asylum). And there's a few artists that rarely are far from my turntable (Paul Westerberg, Husker Du, The Hypstrz).

Besides those two sets, there are sections devoted to 60s legends, garage rock bands whose albums I've acquired in recent months, and a few odds and ends. It's the perfect weekend listen!

What's your favorite Minneapolis band or album?

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1. Soul Asylum - Sick of that Song

2. Crash Street Kids - Little Girls

3. Paul Westerberg - As Far As I Know

4. Husker Du - It's Not Funny Anymore

5. The Magnolias - Reach Out

6. Loose Rails - Tell Me Now

7. Suicide Commandos - Complicated Fun

8. The Phones - Back In Time

9. Curtiss A - Assault and Battery

10. Suburbs - Black Leather Stick

11. The Hypstrz - All Or Nothing

12. Downliners Sect - Be A Sect Maniac

13. Downliners Sect - If I Could Just Go Back

14. Downliners Sect - Brand New Cadillac

15. The Who - A Quick One While He's Away

16. Small Faces - Wham Bam Thank You Mam

17. The Rolling Stones - Citadel

18. Jesse Malin - Wendy

19. Game Theory - Not Because You Can

20. The Lyres - Love Me Till The Sun Shines

21. Pale Lips - Some Sort Of Rock n' Roll

22. The Clash - Clampdown

23. undertones - Get Over You

24. The Jam - Away From The Numbers

25. The Soft Boys - Rock N Roll Toilet

26. The Damned - Fan Club

27. Wire - Three Girl Rhumba

28. The Fall - Totally Wired

29. The Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?

30. Lazy Cowgirls - Know Your Product

31. Lazy Cowgirls - You're Gonna Miss Me

32. Cheater Slicks - There's a Girl

33. Raunch Hands - I'd Rather Go To Jail

34. The Saints - One Way Street (Original Mix)

The Ledge #726: Covers

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 01:31:43 +0000

You guys all know my rules about the cover version episodes - once the folder is full it's time for a show. This time around, it's also perfect timing. As I was putting this week's show together, I discovered that Trash Kickers had put out a live video of them covering "Can't Hardly Wait" at their May album release show.

Oh, yeah, I had to include that. Here's why I love this band so much. Over the years, I've received dozens and dozens of press releases stating that this band or that album is reminiscent of The Replacements. They rarely are. In fact, many tracks on their debut record, Way Out Somehow sound like discarded Paul Westerberg tunes. Very good Paul Westerberg tunes, in fact.

And while I was at it, another Facebook post reminded me that in 2013 Paul Westerberg had produced a band called The Silks, and on the b-side to their 7 inch had played guitar and sang on an obscure Rolling Stones song called "One More Try". Yep, I had to pull that out of the archives.

Overall, this is one of the most interesting cover shows I've ever put together. You have the return of Strawberry Alarm Clock. You have Public Image Ltd's Jah Wobble covering the Beatles. There are more tracks from the upcoming Jem Records Celebrates Bob Dylan album. There's The Routes covering the Velvet Underground. There are tracks from the third volume of Drunk Dial's Fake series. The list goes on and on.

There's also an eye witness account of the live show included on Camper Van Beethoven's reissue of II & III, as I was there!!!

What's your favorite cover?

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1. Trash Kickers - Can't Hardly Wait

2. THE SILKS - One More Try

3. Chris Stamey - Ruby Tuesday (feat. Alex Chilton & Pat Sansone)

4. Chris Stamey - Hey Bulldog (feat. Jody Stephens)

5. Strawberry Alarm Clock - Day Tripper

6. Jah Wobble and Tian Qiyi - Tomorrow Never Knows

7. The Weeklings - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

8. The Cynz - Neighborhood Bully

9. Johnathan Pushkar - Route 66

10. Numb Surprise - Strange Brew

11. DEAD STAR BOYS - PLASTIC AGE

12. The Riffs - Join the Professionals

13. Stupidity - World Shut Your Mouth

14. Stupidity - BBC

15. Camper Van Beethoven - (I Was So) Wasted

16. Camper Van Beethoven - Careful With That Axe Eugene/Interstellar Overdrive

17. Camper Van Beethoven - I'm Not Like Everybody Else

18. Keddies Resort - Garbage Truck

19. The Serfers - I've Got Something To Shout About

20. Merel/Andrea Manges - Make Your Own Kind Of Music

21. Sourpunch - Going Up The Country

22. PEDICO - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

23. PEDICO - One Fine Day

24. Bob Bert - Pablo Picasso

25. Bob Bert - Foggy Notion

26. The Bad Beats - Take Me Back

27. The Bad Beats - She's Your Lover

28. The Bad Beats - Mr Soul

29. The Routes - I Am Waiting For The Man

30. The Routes - There She Goes Again

31. Die Toten Hosen - A Message To You Rudy

32. Red Rockers - I'm So Bored With the U.S.A.

33. Golden Shitters - Chainsaw

34. THE BOBBY LEES - 50 Ft

35. Glowbox - Junior's Farm

36. Monda - What's Bugging You (Crackin' Up)

37. Summer Cannibals - Teenage Kicks

The Ledge #725: 1986

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:18:57 +0000

I wish I could say I have vivid memories of 1986, but I really don't. Look, it was the year after I graduated from college, and life was a party. I was working in a record store during the day at night I was a club DJ. Quite often the club followed me to the home I shared with a couple of friends with similar lifestyles.

I do remember the music, though, and tonight's show celebrates the soundtrack of that glorious year. What surprised me as I was preparing this show, though, is that this was a year where roots rock dominated my life. Sure, there was plenty of traditional punk and alternative music, too, and that will probably be the focus of a sequel, but jangly guitars seemed to the be the sound of the times for me.

What was your favorite record of 1986?

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1. Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper - Stuffin' Martha's Muffin

2. The Feelies - Slipping (Into Something)

3. The Feelies - Sedan Delivery

4. R.E.M. - These Days

5. Camper Van Beethoven - (We're A) Bad Trip

6. Camper Van Beethoven - Good Guys & Bad Guys

7. Soul Asylum - Tied To The Tracks

8. The Magnolias - Keep It Inside

9. Hüsker Dü - Sorry Somehow

10. Suburbs - Every Night's A Friday Night

11. Bob Dunlap & Symphonic Fuzz - Loud Loud Loud Loud Guitars

12. The Jayhawks - Let The Critics Wonder

13. Dream Syndicate - Slide Away

14. Guadalcanal Diary - I See Moe

15. Dumptruck - Back Where I Belong

16. The Beat Farmers - Powderfinger

17. Beat Rodeo - Twin Home Towns

18. The BoDeans - She's A Runaway

19. Scruffy The Cat - 40 Days & 40 Nights

20. Jason & The Scorchers - Golden Ball And Chain

21. E-I-E-I-O - This Time

22. The Church - Myrrh

23. Elvis Costello - Brilliant Mistake

24. Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears

25. The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues

26. Ill Bill and the Spinal Chills - Play With Me (Jean-Anne)

27. The Cramps - Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?

28. The Lyres - You'll Never Do It Baby

29. Tommy Keene - Places That Are Gone

The Ledge #724: New Releases Pt. 2

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:11:23 +0000

Before we get to a description of this week's episode, I received a wonderful notification earlier this week that this show had hit #31 on MillionPodcast's Best 100 Midwestern Music Podcast chart! Wow! This is quite an honor.

If I'm going to be honest, I believe it's these monthly new release episodes that have helped get this sort of attention. What other radio show features around four hours of new releases each and every month? Tonight's show, like volume one last week, may be a little shorter from a typical episode but it's jam packed with wonderful tunes.

As usual, there's a set devoted to our friends at Rum Bar Records, including Songs From The Film, the new project of Chazz Matthews of the Cheap Cassettes. The Amplifier Heads once again hit it out of the park, and how can I not love the Paul Westerberg-ish tones of Tad Overbaugh's "July" (plus it features Dave Minehan).

Elsewhere, there's a twofer from a debut album by Taxi Girls that's definitely bound to hit my top ten of the year. There's the return of The Bobby Lees, a couple of fabulous Bob Dylan covers from an upcoming Jem Records tribute to the legend, and plenty more rock, punk, power pop, and Americana. Oh yeah, and I've found yet another new version of "Teenage Kicks".

What is your favorite new release?

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1. Geek Music - Teenage Kicks

2. Songs From The Film - She Don't Mind

3. Songs From The Film - Waiting For The World to Explode

4. The Amplifier Heads - Rock N Roll Riot

5. Tad Overbaugh - July

6. Soft Palms - Radio

7. Slippers - Reading Lucy's Diary

8. Dear Misses - Lost Mind In Beauty

9. Wine Lips - Projector

10. Genre is death - Safe Songs

11. Taxi Girls - Red Flag Crush

12. Taxi Girls - Midnight Mixtape

13. Baby Jane - vacances a txernòbil

14. Consensus Madness - Attention

15. THE BOBBY LEES - Napoleon

16. River Shook - Fading

17. American Aquarium - Dollar General

18. The Youngers - The Deal

19. Low Cut Connie - Get Down

20. The High Frequencies - Subterranean Homesick Blues

21. Paul Collins - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

22. Go Dog Go - Back in the Day

23. The NEW Bardots - Go Home

24. David Alpha - Let's Light The Rockets

25. Density Black Cat - Breakaway

26. Bad Stuff - Invisible Man

27. The Heavenly Bodes - De Groene Heuvels

28. Mad Iris - Employee of the Month

29. THE CIRCULATORS - Pointless Game

30. Sugar - Keep Looping

The Ledge #723: New Releases Pt. 1

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:09:31 +0000

It's that time of the month once again! It's another set of new release episodes, and this one includes a lot of familiar faces. There are the usual submissions by the likes of Numb Surprise, Phil Cook & the Fall Dogs, Ricky Rochelle, and others, but there's also some great covers from The Routes and the latest Drunk Dial Records' Fake series. There's also strong new stuff from Jon Spencer, The Jukeez, and The Paranoyds, along with a wonderful compilation of bands playing this month's Punk Rock Raduno festival in Italy.

But I'm especially happy to once again premiere some new local music. Off Contact's new album, Cab You?, is set to be released in a few weeks, and this Sioux Falls-based post-punk outfit deserves plenty of attention. I also have a couple of tracks from Chicago's Trash Kickers, who I highlighted last week as my favorite new record of the month. I can't wait for the vinyl version to be released later this year.

What's your favorite new release?

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1. Numb Surprise - Strange Brew

2. Off Contact - The Clink

3. Off Contact - Stakes Are High

4. Trash Kickers - Fly or Die

5. Trash Kickers - What a Waste

6. Phil Cook & the Fall Dogs - THE MERRY MAIDS OF MADNESS

7. Ricky Rochelle - Sad Girl Energy

8. I Got Spiders - Pictures Of You

9. Keddies Resort - Garbage Truck

10. The Serfers - I've Got Something To Shout About

11. Matthew Melton - Gaining on You

12. Stupidity - Spread It Around

13. The Paranoyds - Tracy Don't

14. The Jukeez - Obsessed With Me

15. The Routes - Run Run Run

16. The Routes - There She Goes Again

17. Jon Spencer - Vermin Attack!

18. Jon Spencer - Knock 'Em Out

19. TS Foss - Pilots & Bagboys

20. The Stones - (I'm a) Drama Queen

21. THE QUEUES - Pheromones

22. The Riffs - You Doin' Alright

23. Hard-Ons - Where Did She Come From

24. The Gnomes - Thinking Of Me

25. SPF-150 - Good Day

26. Toilet Rats - Heart Emoji Mpls

27. Geoff Palmer - Losing Streak

28. Kepi Ghoulie = Freaks On Parade

29. Lone Wolf - I Feel So Lost

30. Giuda - It's Not About The Money

31. Bee Bee Sea - Wrong Way Round

32. Jagger Holly - Wet Hot European Summer

The Ledge #722: Second Quarter Report

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 01:40:37 +0000

With tonight's show the final episode of June, it's time to look back at the new music released over the past quarter year. These three months have been simply fantastic. There's been followups to records that were at the top or near the top of previous year end lists (The Sleeveens, Memo PST, The Bevis Frond, etc.) There's surprise albums by veteran bands (Eddy Current Suppression System, Natural Child). There's the returns of longtime fave bands (Social Distortion, Oddfellows, High On Stress, etc.) And there's plenty of brand new bands, including a kickass Chicago group, Trash Kickers, that I just discovered a few days ago. What's especially great is that these 40 albums are just a fraction of the fine tunes that have been released in recent weeks.

What's your favorite album of the last quarter?

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1. Micah Schnabel & Vanessa Jean Speckman - Enemy Of The State

2. The Sleeveens - I Was Born on Saturday Night

3. Memo PST - Dog Groomer Stylist

4. The Bevis Frond - Square House

5. Guided By Voices - Out With A Theory

6. Doug Gillard - Parallel Stride

7. Social Distortion - Partners In Crime

8. Weird Nightmare - Might See You There

9. Ultrabomb - Artificial Stars

10. Brad Marino - Murder and Violence

11. The Lemon Twigs - Bring You Down

12. White Fence - Your Eyes

13. Natural Child - Sometimes A Woman

14. Mrs. Magician - High Resolution

15. Jon Spencer - Knock 'Em Out

16. CTMF & Wild Billy Childish - Bridge Burner

17. High on Stress - Over/Thru

18. Trash Kickers - Perfect Strangers

19. The Glimmer Stars - I Don't Wanna Let You Go Tonight

20. Micah And The Mirrors - Yokohama Mama

21. Fret Rattles - Flavor of the Month

22. Oddfellows - Draw the Line

23. Drakulas - HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

24. Marc Valentine - High In The Underground

25. Taxi Girls - Auto-Hysterics

26. The Bug Club - Look Like Me

27. Soft Palms - Garbage In The Sand

28. The Melmacs - Run For Your Life

29. The Lizards - Vicious Circle

30. Irked - Who Asked?

31. Iguana Death Cult - Swinging At Ghosts

32. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Self Sabotage

33. GOONS! - Parchman Farm

34. Crocodiles - Time Is Wasting Me

35. Automatic Lovers - High Degree

36. Trash Culture - High, Drunk, Fucked, Stoned

37. Sick Shooters - Heartbreaker Soulshaker

38. Taste Testors - I'm Waiting For Something Lame

39. The Dwarves - We Are The Scene

40. The Sideshows - Rock and Roll Owes Me An Apology

The Ledge #721: More Big Ten Inch Records

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 01:31:39 +0000

A little over two years ago, I put together a show based only on songs released on the ten inch EP format. I'm still wondering why there aren't more ten inchers released these days. It's the perfect format for the EP's that waste way too much space on most twelve inch releases.

Anyway, since that previous show, I've not only acquired a few more of these type of records, but I've expanded my knowledge of the format. For new titles, there's the live Replacements EP that accompanied preorders of the box set reissue of Let It Be. There's also a couple of Streetwalkin' Cheetahs EPs, and a reissue by The Delmonas.

For older titles, I must give a bit of praise to my record collecting geek friend Phil. Over the years, he's handed me a few titles that he knew that I'd enjoy. One of those was a record by a 90s band called Speedway. As I was looking at it the other day, I was pleasantly shocked to see that this was an early band by Miss Georgia Peach! I definitely needed to air a couple of tracks off that.

Phil also alerted me to a various artists ten inch that featured legendary South Dakota punkers Dissent, who went into our state's Rock and Rollers Hall of Fame two years ago! Along with those tracks are a ton of records put out by Sympathy For The Record Industry, SST, and Estrus Records.

What's your favorite 10"?

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1. Dana Gillespie - Big Ten Inch Record

2. The Replacements - I Will Dare

3. The Replacements - Hayday

4. The Replacements - 20th Century Boy

5. The Replacements - You're Getting Married

6. The Replacements - God Damn Job

7. The Replacements - Color Me Impressed

8. Dissent - Typical

9. Dissent - Meathouse

10. Screeching Weasel - Kamala's Too Nice

11. Vapor Lock - Die Robot Die

12. The Mr. T Experience - Psycho Girl

13. Jawbreaker - Gutless

14. The Manikins - Dance The Night Away

15. The Cavestompers! - Supernatural

16. Speedway - 354

17. Speedway - Brooklyn Love Story

18. The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs - Crazy Operator

19. The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs - Victim Of The Service Industry

20. The Junkyard Dogs - Good Livin'

21. The Junkyard Dogs - Drug Store

22. The Junkyard Dogs - Breakin' The Law

23. The Junkyard Dogs - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

24. Billy Childish - Wife Done Gone

25. CTMF - Billy B. Childish

26. Thee Headcoats - Bright Lights, Big City

27. Holly Golightly - Listen

28. The Delmonas - Comin' Home Baby

29. Hüsker Dü - It's Not Funny Anymore

30. Grant Hart - 2541

31. fIREHOSE - She Paints Pictures

32. The Leaving Trains - Kids Wanna Know

33. Sonic Youth - Starpower (Edit)

34. Redd Kross - Switchblade Sister

35. The Makers - The Red Headed Beatle of 1000 B.C.

36. Rocket From The Crypt - Light Me

37. The Nomads - Hard to Cry

38. Teengenerate - My GTO

39. Mono Men - WRECKER!

40. Oblivians - What Rock & Roll is all about

41. Tuuli - Who's The Fool Now?

The Ledge #720: New Releases Pt. 2

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:27:31 +0000

The second part of the monthly new release series is generally dominated by the latest records Malibu Lou has put out on his legendary Rum Bar Records label. This month is no different, and it's a perfect kick off to over two hours of great new tunes. The Hollywood Stars, The Amplifier Heads, Stop Calling Me Frank, Gene Champagne and Girl With a Hawk are this month's Rum Bar representatives, and they're all fabulous. There's also a sampler of tunes from the lastest Dam-Nations compilation series.

The rest of the show is a battle of sorts between veterans and noobs. On the veterans side, there's great new music from the likes of Guided By Voices, Social Distortion, Dwarves, Die Toten Hosen (their final album!), Nashville Pussy, and the Real McKenzies.

On the "noob" side, there are acts sucks as Irked, Taxi Girls, Cable TV, Hoaxxers, and so many more that once again proves there will always be great new rock and roll bands!

What's your favorite new album?

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1. The Hollywood Stars - I Survived 27

2. The Amplifier Heads - A Song Called Sha La La

3. Stop Calling Me Frank - Good Enough

4. Gene Champagne - Gimme Ammunition

5. Girl with a Hawk - I'm In Love With My Friends

6. Hayley and the Crushers - Cringeworthy

7. Hayley and the Crushers - Jewel Case

8. Taxi Girls - Secret Handshake

9. Irked - Repeat Offender

10. Troubles - Gimme Danger

11. Guided By Voices - Lost In The Sun

12. Guided By Voices - We Outlast Them All

13. GOONS! - Never Go Back

14. The Bug Club - Miss Wales 2012

15. Social Distortion - Born To Kill

16. Social Distortion - Partners In Crime

17. Nashville Pussy - King Shit Of Fuck Mountain

18. The Real McKenzies - I Wanna Eat Sardines (With Yer Mother)

19. J.C.Thomaz and the Missing Slippers - My Cocaine

20. USELESS EATERS - CONTRAST

21. Cable TV - That's the Reason

22. Hoaxxers - Hard Luck

23. The Dwarves - Bad Drugs

24. The Dwarves - Damned If I Do

25. Die Toten Hosen - 51st State

26. Die Toten Hosen - Wir waren nie weg

27. Automatic Lovers - Wasting Time

28. Backstreet Girls - Thunderstorm

29. Game Show Models - Do You Remember Dying

30. Sourpunch - Lipstick & Black

31. The Keefs - Fleshbomb

32. Weird Bloom - MORE PUNK THAN YOU

33. Wine Lips - Semi-Detached Furnished Home

34. I Know The Butcher - Casino Biscuits

35. Mouser - Fish Lips

36. The Phantim - Schiebetür

37. Trash Culture - High, Drunk, Fucked, Stoned

The Ledge #719: New Releases Pt. 1

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:29:24 +0000

I have long described the contents of the first episode of my monthly new release series as "friends of the show" Well, that is more true than usual this month. Yes, there are the usual suspects (Numb Surprise, Phil Cook & the Fall Dogs, etc.) but there is also the debut single from an upcoming album by my hometown friends Off Contact. "Heart and Mind" is the first look at Can You?, their third album, and you can expect to hear more off that album as the summer progresses.

Besides those tracks, there is a set devoted to a cool concept record called Pets Sounds, an album of songs about...well, pets! There's a sneak peak at an upcoming Jesse Malin tribute record, and tunes from two of my favorite new releases of the past month - Memo PST and The Lemon Twigs. Plus, lots of other power pop, garage rock, and some good ol' rock and roll!

What's your favorite track from this week's episode?

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1. Numb Surprise - Blood Of Lovers

2. Off Contact - Heart and Mind

3. The Dear Boys - Procrastination

4. Datura4 - Under A Rock

5. Oddfellows - Draw the Line

6. Phil Cook & the Fall Dogs - THE LAND OF THE NEW GEURILLAS

7. Deniz Tek - Here & Gone

8. Manduria - I Say Boh

9. The New Christs - Waves Form

10. Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires - Under A Cat

11. Gay Skeleton Club - 2 Cats

12. The Cords - Bo's New Haircut

13. Special Friend - Breakfast

14. The Lemon Twigs - Look For Your Mind

15. The Lemon Twigs - Bring You Down

16. The Speedways - To Leave Without You

17. Valley Lodge - Too Loose

18. Kevin Morby - 100,000

19. Memo PST - I Smoke It, It Smokes Me

20. Memo PST - Marked For Death

21. Mrs. Magician - Die in Cleveland

22. Natural Child - It's Been A Long Time

23. Local Drags - Sticky Menu

24. Local Drags - Staring at the Telephone

25. Cola - Forced Position

26. Radioactivity - One Day

27. J Prozac - Digging Holes

28. Space Age Zeros - Cheryl Scott

29. Dallas Tetnus - Bite My Lip

30. Charlie Continental - Snow & Rain

31. S.U.G.A.R. - Roleplay

32. The Bad Beats - Take Me Back

33. Crater Snakes - Paddy Wagon

34. Chico Detour - I Want It

35. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Self Sabotage

The Ledge #718: Record Store Day

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 30 May 2026 01:38:28 +0000

In the days following last month's Record Store Day extravaganza I spent hours digitizing a number of titles I purchased that day. I also went through my archives to grab tracks from the many reissues that came out. A couple of weeks later, I was all set to do a show based on this work.

Unfortunately (for the show at least), I had a last minute family function to attend, so I had to set that folder aside for a future episode. Well, the future is now.

In my eyes, it was a great Record Store Day as there were plenty of rarities that I was excited to add to my collection. And as I don't go after the pop titles that so many are standing in line to find these days, I was pretty successful in my efforts. There's a shelved album by power pop maestro Tommy Keene. There's a live album by The Muffs. Soul Jazz Records has another fabulous compilation. There's expanded editions of a ton of classic albums. There's something here for everyone. Well, everyone who has taste.

What was your favorite Record Store Day release?

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1. The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner

2. Shoes - Tomorrow Night

3. The Pointed Sticks - What Do You Want Me To Do?

4. Ambulance - It's All Up To You

5. The Wigs - You Say Ono

6. The Normals - Hardcore

7. Tommy Keene - Back Again (Try . . .)

8. Tommy Keene - Run Now

9. Camper Van Beethoven - Over and Over

10. John Wesley Harding - Here Comes the Groom

11. Son Volt - The New Low-Down

12. The Jayhawks - Big Star

13. Teenage Fanclub & Jad Fair - Behold The Miracle

14. Mark Lanegan - Hit the City

15. New York Dolls - We’re All in Love

16. Bob Mould - Circles

17. The Jesus And Mary Chain - You Trip Me Up (Acoustic)

18. Violent Femmes - Special

19. The Who - My Generation / Land of Hope and Glory

20. Wire - Our Time

21. The Stranglers - Peaches

22. The Mooney Suzuki - Heart Attack Blackout

23. Dinosaur Jr. - The Wagon

24. The Muffs - Lucky Guy

25. The Muffs - Red Eyed Troll

26. Romeo Void - Never Say Never

27. Pixies - Velouria

28. Bad Brains - I Against I

29. Ramones - Rock 'N' Roll Highschool

30. Ian Dury - Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick

31. XTC - Generals And Majors

32. 13th Floor Elevators - She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)

The Ledge #717: 70's Debut Punk Albums

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 23 May 2026 01:35:13 +0000

With this being a holiday weekend, I was determined to do a very listener-friendly "fun" episode. Of course, when I say listener-friendly, I'm not talking about the sort of nonsense on commercial radio. Not, what that means for The Ledge is the sort of legendary bands and songs that all Ledge listeners enjoy...or should.

The actual theme came together this past Sunday when I was listening to the first Stiff Little Fingers album, Inflammable Material. It was at that moment that I decided that I was only going to listen to debut albums this week. That idea naturally transformed into a theme for tonight's show. There's nothing but the first full-length releases of 70's punk rock bands. These are primarily records that impacted me in a way that few records of the next 45 years would. From that first Ramones album that arrived at my house when I was suffering from the chicken pox through not only the true legends of that era to a record I purchased simply because I loved that the band was called The Drones.

Obviously, this is a theme that I will return to quite often in the next few months. I mean, come on, every band has a debut album! What's your favorite of tonight's picks?

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1. Undertones - Here Comes The Sommer

2. The Damned - New Rose

3. Sex Pistols - No Feelings

4. The Clash - Police and Thieves

5. The Jam - Away From The Numbers

6. The Ramones - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

7. Television - See No Evil

8. Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank Generation

9. The Heartbreakers - All By Myself

10. Blondie - Rip Her to Shreds

11. Talking Heads - New Feeling

12. Suicide - Ghost Rider

13. The Dictators - [I Live For] Cars and Girls

14. The Suicide Commandos - Shock Appeal

15. The Real Kids - All Kindsa Girls

16. Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer

17. The Raincoats - Fairytale in the Supermarket

18. X-Ray Specs - I Am A Poseur

19. The Slits - Typical Girls

20. The Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack

21. The Drones - Persecution Complex

22. The Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind

23. The Stranglers - (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

24. Sham 69 - Borstal Breakout [Live]

25. The Saints - Messin' with the Kid (Original Mix)

26. Radio Birdman - Do The Pop

27. Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted Life

28. Wire - Ex Lion Tamer

29. The Vibrators - Into The Future....

30. The Adverts - Bored Teenagers

31. Generation X - Ready Steady Go

32. Eddie and the Hot Rods - Teenage Depression

33. U.K. Subs - Tomorrow's Girls

34. The Boys - Sick On You

35. Eater - You

36. Cock Sparrer - Watcha Gonna Do About It

The Ledge #714: Covers

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 16 May 2026 01:43:23 +0000

The "covers" folder is full. Overfull, to be honest. So tonight's show is a supersized show of great remakes, and many of them are quite surprising. The Tubs covering Metallica? Social Distortion doing Chris Isaak? White Fence remaking Simply Red? The Hollywood Stars retaking their own song back from Kiss? Hell, even Ty Segall's version of The Doors could be considered a surprise.

There are also quite a few more conventional remakes here tonight, but each and every one is what the kids today call a "banger". (Oof, remind me to never use that term again.) I'm sure any Ledge listener will find a favorite. What's your highlight?

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1. The Young Hearts - Left of the Dial

2. The Sleeveens - The Rat

3. Social Distortion - Wicked Game

4. White Fence - So Beautiful

5. Ty Segall & The Muggers - L.A. Woman

6. Space Jaguar - Bad Reputation

7. Softjaw - Working Too Hard

8. The Rockerati - Leave My Kitten Alone

9. The Hollywood Stars - King of the Night Time World

10. Muck and the Mires - It's Gonna Be Alright

11. The Peawees - Don't Look Back

12. Palmyra Delran And The Doppel Gang - Hold Tight

13. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin - Everything in The World/Cement Man

14. 7 Door Sedan - I'm On a Rocket Ship (Heading My Way Back Home)

15. Dangerous Chairs - If You Can't Give Me Love

16. Jesse Malin - RUDY CAN'T FAIL

17. Fret Rattles - What Love Is (ft. Rob Tossava)

18. Fret Rattles - Living in the City

19. Automatic Lovers - High Degree

20. Automatic Lovers - Pushin' Too Hard

21. The Dandy Warhols - Cherry Bomb

22. The Dandy Warhols - Goo Goo Muck

23. CTMF & Wild Billy Childish - Untitled

24. Wild Billy Childish & CTMF - Batman

25. The Tubs - Fade to Black

26. Superchunk - I Don't Want You Anyway

27. Old 97's - Wreck Of The Old 97

28. They Might Be Giants - Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)

29. The Fall - I Can Hear The Grass Grow (Slow Version)

30. Bad Brains - Day Tripper/She's A Rainbow

31. Guitar Wolf - Long Tall Sally

32. Norcos Y Horchata - Walk In Cold

33. The Quivering Palm - I Am A Scientist

34 Alex Endum - Buzzards And Dreadful Crows

35. Doe St - Thrill

36. The Knight Shades - You're Gonna Miss Me [The Spades]

37. The Mourning After - Action Woman [The Electras]

38. The Jaybirds - Mercy Mercy

39. The Masonics - Some Other Guy [Richie Barrett]

40. Heather the Jerk - Hate Your Guts (Loli & the Chones)

The Ledge #715: New Releases Pt. 2

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 09 May 2026 01:27:00 +0000

On last week's new release episode I highlighted an entire section to the new album by The Sleeveens. This week I do the same thing to my good friends High On Stress, but instead of adding my own description of how great they are I'm going to leave it to the legendary Twin/Tone Records founder Peter Jesperson - "With album #6 - Still Here - Minneapolis band High On Stress deliver their finest work yet. Full of tightly written, smart songs that stick in your head. It rocks like mad, sounds great, and when it’s over, I just want to play it again."

The High On Stress segment is just the tip of the iceberg for this month's Rum Bar Records segment, as there's another entire set of fantastic new rock and roll from that fabulous label. There's also some tracks from the latest Dam-nations compilation, and a few tunes from our friends at Stardumb Records and Spaghetty Town Records. There's the latest covers project from Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin. Plus all kinds of punk, power pop, and good ol' fashioned garage rock!

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1. Muck and the Mires - The Ghost Of Roky Erickson

2. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin - Everything in The World/Cement Man

3. 7 Door Sedan - I'm On a Rocket Ship (Heading My Way Back Home)

4. Kepi Ghoulie - Inkpot

5. Kepi Ghoulie - Latitude 58

6. High on Stress - Closer To The Truth

7. High on Stress - Time Will Tell You

8. High on Stress - Still Here

9. High on Stress - Can You Feel Me?

10. The Hollywood Stars - I'm Not Broken

11. The Glimmer Stars - I Don't Wanna Let You Go Tonight

12. The Chelsea Curve - Ride

13. Torch Red - Deaf Minds

14. Foxy - She Waits Alone

15. Son Volt - Kaleidoscope (Devil His Due)

16. Doug Gillard - Face of Smiles

17. House Of All - Spirit Salient

18. Matt DeeCrack - Pure Hearts

19. Iguana Death Cult - Guns Out

20. The Speedways - Luna

21. Penny Arcade - Regrets

22. The Junipers - When She Turns

23. Mythical Motors - Marigold Runs For Cover

24. Sunday Mourners - Careers In Acting

25. Cheap Teen - Bad Jokes

26. Five Bucks - Metal Fumes Fever

27 Stepmother - Gimme Mine

28. The Statics - Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat

29. Lavalove - Hopelessly Devoted

30. Taxi Girls - Say It!

31. Season 2 - Abundance Of Power

32. The Melmacs - Run For Your Life

33. Straight Arrows - Middleman

34. The Lizards - The Older I Get, the More Punk I Am

35. Ruby And The Clumsy Dollies - Too true for you

36. Larry_73 - Corporate Mask

37. Hyperdirve Kittens - Phone Sex Girls

38. Uphill Avenue - Wanker

The Ledge #714: New Releases Pt. 1

noreply@blogger.com (Scott) — Sat, 02 May 2026 01:30:00 +0000

After a week off due to a family meal, The Ledge is back this week with the first part of the May new release series. And what a show to kick off the month. A good portion of the show consists of submissions from bands (Numb Surprise, Ricky Rochelle, etc.) and labels (Big Stir Records, I-94 Recordings, Spaghetty Town Records, etc.) that regularly support the show. Also included is a couple of great tunes from the ripping new album from Minneapolis' Fret Rattles!

But there are also a number of new records that I've been pumped to hear for quite some time. The second album by The Sleeveens proves that their debut was no fluke. The new White Fence album is a power pop surprise. Drakulas make a triumphant return. And Weird Nightmare is a new project from Metz leader Alex Edkins. Plus, there's some great punk, power pop, and garage rock from many all over the world.

What new records are you digging the most?

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1. Numb Surprise - Numb Surprise

2. The Sleeveens - I Was Born on Saturday Night

3. The Sleeveens - Surprises

4. The Sleeveens - Ernest and Julio

5. The Sleeveens - High Babies, Low Babies

6. Graham Parker & The Goldtops - Soul Shoes (Live)

7. The Greenberry Woods - Summer Song

8. The Jack Cades - Solitary Game

9. The Dambuilders - Shrine 2026

10. Jesse Malin - HOLLYWOOD FOREVER

11. Micah And The Mirrors - Condolences

12. Joe Bombast - Not Wild Enough

13. Ricky Rochelle - Beetles on High

14. Fret Rattles - Getting Hustled

15. Fret Rattles - Flavor of the Month

16. Dangerous Chairs - I Wanna Be Loved

17. Jim Jones All Stars - MAKE IT RAIN

18. Wild Billy Childish & CTMF - Searching From The Losing Place

19. White Fence - Your Eyes

20. White Fence - That's Where The Money Goes (Seen From The Celestial Realm)

21. Weird Nightmare - Baby Don't

22. Weird Nightmare - Headful of Rain

23. Drakulas - GUYS LIKE ME, GIRLS LIKE YOU

24. Drakulas - SINGIN' WITH MY TONGUE CUT OUT

25. Crocodiles - Time Is Wasting Me

26. Hawel/McPhail - rags to riches

27. PROTEX - Turn Away (People Say)

28. Radio Weekend - Back To Yesterday

29. The Kyle Sowashes - I'm Sorry, But We've Done Everything We Can Do At This Point

30. The Peawees - Wild About You (Strepitoso Session)

31. The Get Alongs - Come On

32. Oddfellows - The Burden

33. The Fix - Losing the Game of Life

34. The Shits - Thank You for Being a Friend

35. The Sideshows - Rock and Roll Owes Me An Apology