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S6E295 - The Triffids 'Born Sandy Devotional' with Erik Auerbach Jun 24, 2023

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Perth, Western Australia alternative/pop band The Triffids remain one of Australia's best-loved, post-punk groups, but are virtually unknown in the US. This week's guest Erik Auerbach brings us their stunning 1986 release, 'Born Sandy Devotional'. Leader David McComb's lyrically tragic songs of love, life and obsession form a sweeping soundtrack to an imaginary film that's at once disturbing and inviting. Songs discussed in this episode: Femme Fatale - The Triffids (Live at The Club, Melbourne 1986); In a Perfect Place - The Sneetches; Field Of Glass - The Triffids; Love Goes On! - The Go-Betweens; Betrayal Takes Two - Richard Hell and The Voidoids; The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen; The Seabirds - The Triffids; Friction - Television; Estuary Bed, Chicken Killer - The Triffids; I Can't Stand It - The Velvet Underground; Tarrilup Bridge, Lonely Stretch - The Triffids; State Trooper - Bruce Springsteen; Stranger Than Kindness - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; Wide Open Road, Life Of Crime - The Triffids; Locked In The Trunk Of A Car - The Tragically Hip; Personal Things - The Triffids; Don't Bring Harry - The Stranglers; Stolen Property, Tender Is The Night (The Long Fidelity) - The Triffids; Wide Open Road - The Church

S6E294 - T.Rex 'The Slider' with Don Cowan (Kraut) Jun 17, 2023

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This week's guest, Don Cowan (Kraut), brings us T. Rex's 1972 release 'The Slider'. Leader Marc Bolan - still at the top of his game - unleashes a trippy cast of characters (Telegram Sam, Baby Strange, Jungle-face Jake, Buick Mackane...etc) on this rock-and-roll dream of a record. Rock on!

Songs discussed in this episode: Metal Guru - Nena; Don't Believe - Kraut; Ziggy Stardust, Heroes - David Bowie; Bang A Gong (Get It On), Metal Guru - T. Rex; Panic - The Smiths; Elenore - The Turtles; Mystic Lady - T. Rex; Sloop John B - The Beach Boys; Rock On, The Slider, Baby Boomerang - T. Rex; The Ballad Of John and Yoko - The Beatles; Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed; Spaceball Ricochet - T. Rex; Trampled Under Foot - Led Zeppelin; Buick McCane - T. Rex; Telegram Sam - Bauhaus; Telegram Sam, Rabbit Fighter, Baby Strange, Ballrooms Of Mars, Chariot Choogle, Main Man - T. Rex; Arming The World - Kraut

S6E293 - Oasis 'Definitely Maybe' with Dan Nolan Jun 03, 2023

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Award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster Dan Nolan didn't have to think too long about a record that got him high. Coming up in Manchester UK in the early 90s, he was there right at the start of the band Oasis and their meteoric rise to superstardom. We sat down to discuss their eight times platinum 1994 debut 'Definitely Maybe', and it was definitely NOT shite.

Songs discussed in this episode: Live Forever (Live Paris in-store, 1994 - Oasis; Step On - Happy Mondays; Cigarettes and Alcohol (NME Cassette Demo Version) - Oasis; This Is How It Feels - Inspiral Carpets; Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths; Rock'n'Roll Star - Oasis; I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses; I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing - The New Seekers; Shakermaker, Live Forever, Up In The Sky, Columbia, Supersonic - Oasis; Sub-Mission - Sex Pistols; Bring It On Down - Oasis; Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace - Cheap Trick; Cigarettes and Alcohol, Digsy's Dinner, Slide Away, Married With Children, I Am The Walrus (Live Glasgow Cathouse June '94) - Oasis

S6E292 - Ivy 'Apartment Life' with Ron Wade May 27, 2023

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Michigan music fan Ron Wade is a sucker for alternative/pop female-fronted bands, and when he first heard Ivy and their 1997 release 'Apartment Life' while working at a Detroit weekly, it ticked all his musical boxes! Lush, breezy and expertly crafted, the songs written by Andy Chase and the late/great Adam Schlesinger - with the magnificent Dominique Durand on vocals - will most-surely tick the boxes of any/all pop music lovers.

Songs featured in this episode: Sleeping Late - Ivy; Panic In Detroit - David Bowie; Utopia Parkway - Fountains Of Wayne; Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground; That Thing You Do - The Wonders; Gepetto - Belly; Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage; The Best Thing, I've Got A Feeling, This Is The Day - Ivy; The Bright Light - Tanya Donelly; This Is The Day (Live, Philadelphia PA 3.22.98), Never Do That Again, I Get The Message, Baker - Ivy; Slide Away - Oasis; You Don't Know Anything - Ivy; I've Got A Feeling - Potty Mouth; The Noise Of Carpet - Stereolab; Ba Ba Ba - Ivy; Ba Ba Ba - Liz Phair; Get Out Of The City, These Are The Things About You, Quick, Painless and Easy, Back In Our Town - Ivy; Caribou - Pixies; Sweet Mary - Ivy

S6E290 - 13th Floor Elevators 'Bull Of The Woods' with John Davis (Superdrag) May 20, 2023

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Singer/songwriter John Davis (Superdrag, The Lees of Memory) brings us the third and final album by Texas psyche rock pioneers The 13th Floor Elevators: 'Bull Of The Woods'. With other founding members Roky Erickson and Tommy Hall somewhat sidelined with various legal and personal issues, guitarist/songwriter Stacy Sutherland stepped-up to complete this dreamy, evocative slab of psychedelia that proved to be their swan song.

Songs featured in this episode: Bull Of The Woods (Radio Spot) - 13th Floor Elevators; Sucked Out - Superdrag; Lonely Everywhere - The Lees Of Memory; If I Can't Have Your Love - John Davis; Do The Vampire - Superdrag; Slip Inside This House, Before You Accuse Me, Livin' On, Barnyard Blues, Till Then - 13th Floor Elevators; Movin' On Up - Primal Scream; The Black Angel's Death Song - The Velvet Underground; Never Another, Rose and the Thorn - 13th Floor Elevators; Ranting and Raving - The Rectangle Shades; Down By The River, Scarlet and Gold - 13th Floor Elevators; The Ostrich - The Primitives; Street Song - 13th Floor Elevators; All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan; Dr Doom, With You, May The Circle Remain Unbroken - 13th Floor Elevators; All You Really Want Is Love - The Lees Of Memory

S6E291 - 'That Song About A PLACE Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode May 14, 2023

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Hey there! For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song about a PLACE. As usual, they delivered. Please enjoy this collection of 'songs about places', and if YOU'D like to become a Patron of the podcast head over to: Https://Patreon.com/TRGMH

Songs featured in this episode: Los Angeles - X; Dirty Blvd - Lou Reed; Beverly Hills - Weezer; Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley; California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas; Discovering Japan - Graham Parker; California Sun - Ramones; Cleveland Rocks - Ian Hunter; Dayton, Ohio/19 Something & 5 - Guided By Voices; Russian Hill - Jellyfish; Surfer Girl - Dave Alvin; Back To Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks; Sproston Green - The Charlatans; Satellite Beach - Peter Case; Go-Go Round - Gordon Lightfoot; Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver; Vienna - Ultravox; No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys; Warsaw - Joy Division; Night Boat to Cairo - Madness; Third Planet - Modest Mouse; People You Were Going To - Peter Hammill; Tennessee Time - Valerie June; My Hometown - Mark Mothersbaugh; Los Angeles - Frank Black

S6E289 - The Beatles 'White Album' with Oscar and Danielle Herrera May 13, 2023

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When he was a young teen, Oscar Herrera (Former lead singer with The Sleep of Reason, Halo, El Duende and Black Tape for a Blue Girl) discovered the Beatles and there was no looking back. When he and his wife had children they made sure that music - and especially the Beatles - was front-and-center in their lives. For this special episode, Oscar is joined by his daughter Danielle Herrera as they unpack some songs from the Fab Four's 1968 release 'The Beatles' aka The White Album. Along the way they are both amused and slightly confused by Rob's lack of familiarity with the record, and it's a super-fun conversation!

I'm So Tired - Alex Chilton; These Fleeting Moments, She's Gone - Black Tape For A Blue Girl; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Back In The U.S.S.R. - The Beatles; California Girls - The Beach Boys; Dear Prudence - Siouxsie & The Banshees; Dear Prudence - The Beatles; You Shouldn't Be So Sad - The Kinks; Sand and Foam - Donovan; Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da Story (part 1) - Jimmy Scott; Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - The Beatles; Goo Goo Itch - DEVO; The Continuing Story Of Buffalo Bill, While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles; What Is Life - George Harrison; Happiness Is A Warm Gun - The Breeders; Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Martha My Dear, Blackbird, Piggies, Rocky Raccoon, I Will, Julia, Sexie Sadie - The Beatles; Mr Blue Sky - E.L.O.; Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey, Helter Skelter - The Beatles; Helter Skelter - Siouxsie & The Banshees; Revolution, Revolution 1, Cry Baby Cry, Revolution 9, Good Night - The Beatles; Good Night - Linda Ronstadt

S6E288 - The Gaslight Anthem 'The '59 Sound' - with Todd Bauch May 06, 2023

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There's no mistaking the fact that The Gaslight Anthem and their leader Brian Fallon are from New Jersey. The earnest storytelling and vivid imagery in their breakout album The '59 Sound is pure Born/Darkness-era Springsteen. This week's guest Todd Bauch was skeptical at first, but eventually got sucked-in by the punk rock edge, stellar songwriting and dizzying musical references contained within this banger of a record.

Songs featured in this episode: Great Expectations (Acoustic version from Alternative Press) - The Gaslight Anthem; Feel It All Around (Portlandia Theme) - Washed Out; Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen; Cold Feelings - Social Distortion; Bastards Of Young - Replacements; Two Hearts - Bruce Springsteen; Tonight - The Reactions; Great Expectations - The Gaslight Anthem; Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Bob Dylan; The '59 Sound, The '59 Sound (Live Hyde Park, UK w/Bruce Springsteen), Old White Lincoln, High Lonesome - The Gaslight Anthem; Round Here - Counting Crows; Film Noir - The Gaslight Anthem; This River Is Wild - The Killers; Butterfly - Broken Bones Matilda; I Still Believe - Frank Turner; Miles Davis & The Cool - The Gaslight Anthem; Rosalita - Bruce Springsteen; I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding; Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - Paul Simon; Patient Ferris Wheel, Casanova, Baby! - The Gaslight Anthem; Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett; Quarter To Three - Gary US Bonds; Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen; Even Cowgirls Get The Blues - The Gaslight Anthem; Santa Monica - Everclear; Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy; Meet Me By The River's Edge, Here's Looking At You, Kid, The Backseat - The Gaslight Anthem; Here's Looking At You, Kid - Broken Bones Matilda

S6E287 - Mike Watt 'Contemplating The Engine Room' with Mike Baggetta Apr 29, 2023

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Guitarist and Songwriter Mike Baggetta came across Mike Watt's 1997 punk rock opera 'Contemplating The Engine Room' at just the right time for him. Watt's expansive and highly personal song cycle that uses navy life as an extended metaphor for both his family history and his band, the Minutemen - created with guitarist Nels Cline and drummer Stephen Hodges - became a touchstone of sorts for Baggetta, opening his mind to the possibility of making highly original, authentic music independent of genre.

Songs featured in this episode: Pedro Bound! - Mike Watt (Live at Jillian's, Long Beach CA Feb 1998); Everywhen We Go - Mike Baggetta / Jim Keltner / Mike Watt; Boilin' Blazes - Mike Watt; Brave Captain - fIREHOSE; June 16th - Minutemen; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Jeff Beck; What's So Funny 'Bout Social Justice - mssv; In The Engine Room, Red Bluff - Mike Watt; Prove It - Television; The Bluejacket's Manual, Pedro Bound!, The Boilerman, Black Gang Coffee, The Boilerman (Live at Jillian's, Long Beach CA), Topsiders - Mike Watt; Reoccurring Dreams - Husker Du; Lake Of Fire - Nirvana (Meat Puppets cover, MTV Unplugged); Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth - Minutemen; Scentless Apprentice - Nirvana; John Coltrane - Ogunde (Live); No One Says Old Man (To The Old Man) - Mike Watt; No One Says Old Man (To The Old Man) - mssv (Live); Fireman Hurley, Liberty Calls! - Mike Watt; What Means Solid Traveller - David Torn; In The Bunk Room/Navy Wife, Crossing The Equator, Breaking The Choke Hold, Wrapped Around The Screw, Shore Duty - Mike Watt; Hallucinating Reality - Dumbass Youth

S6E286 - Urge Overkill 'Saturation' with Karl Ueberbacher Apr 22, 2023

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Record purveyor Karl Ueberbacher (Phoenix Records, Waitsfield Vermont) nixed his original album pick for a more in-your-face Spring-centric selection, 1993's 'Saturation' by Chicago postmodern rockers Urge Overkill. Shedding their noise-rock roots - their first few releases were recorded by Steve Albini - for a more alternative arena rock sound, their major-label debut combines a tongue-in-cheek irony with a weirdly appealing sense of rock and roll fun. "Come around to my way of thinkin'…"

Songs featured in this episode: Operation Kissinger (Hidden track) - Urge Overkill; Sick Of Being Sick - The Damned; All Worked Out, Ticket To L.A., Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - Urge Overkill; Fuck and Run - Liz Phair; Sister Havana, Tequila Sundae - Urge Overkill; The Phuncky Feel One - Cypress Hill; Positive Bleeding - Urge Overkill; Cut Your Hair - Pavement; The Flame - Cheap Trick; Back On Me - Urge Overkill; Runaway Train - Soul Asylum; Woman 2 Woman - Urge Overkill; Plush - Stone Temple Pilots; Bottle Of Fur - Urge Overkill; Gonna Raise Hell - Cheap Trick; Crackbabies - Urge Overkill; Ladies Room - Kiss; The Stalker - Urge Overkill; Bad Penny - Big Black; Dropout - Urge Overkill; A Shot In The Arm - Wilko; Erica Kane - Urge Overkill; Debutante - Nash Kato; Nite and Grey - Urge Overkill; Do Ya - Electric Light Orchestra; Heaven - Urge Overkill; Theme From Beverly Hills, 90210 - John Davis; Operation Kissinger (Hidden track), Wichita Lineman - Urge Overkill

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