Radio What Wave Playlist September 7/2020
Started this show with our regular complement of new releases, then submerged into Canadian powerpop/new wave from the late 70’s/early 80’s for the rest of the show.
1. Gruesomes….What Wave….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood LP from 1989 on OG Records.
2. Fuzzstains….Thinking ‘bout Me….from their recent Sick Sick Sick release on Beluga and from Sweden.
3. Bloodshot Bill….Cookout….from his latest longplayer, Get Loose Or Get Lost.
4. Sin City…..Room 305….from their recent Sin City Or Bust release and from Spain via New Zealand.
5.Krista D….Left Of Me….recent release from Krista who is from Edmonton and is also a displaying visual artist/sculptor.
6. Black Donnellys….Little Bit….local combo who just created a video of this song.
7. TVD….Come On And Tell Me Off….local combo and this is a sampler from their upcoming release.
8. Thunder Queens….Stereo Cat….local duo and from their only release on Yeah Right Records.
9. Jenn Marino and the Hearts….Smoke….their latest release and there is a very cool video for this one.
10. Muck and the Mires…One Way To Know….from the latest Rumbar compilation and from Boston.
11. Marshmallow Overcoat….Wait For Her….their very last release as leader Timothy Gassen passed away last fall and is sadly missed by the 80’s/90’s garage band fans. The attached picture is of Marshmallow Overcoat when they played Call The Office here in London Ontario 4/11/1989.
12. Jack Cades….Run Paulie Run….from their recent Perfect View release on Beluga Records and from the UK.
13. Creatures of Condition…..Heartaches….from their recent release on Indy Tunz.
14. Popular Spies….Chinatown….from a 1980 single and from Toronto. This is the start of our Canadian late 70’s/early 80’s special.
15. Numbers….Won’t You Call…from their 1979 release, Add Up and from Toronto.
16. Hifis….Look What You’ve Done….from a 1980 single and 2 of the members went on to form Blue Rodeo.
17. The Shakers….California….from a1983 single and features Dave Rave on vocals/guitar and from Hamilton.
18. Mods…. Step Out Tonight….from a 1978 release and from Toronto. Drummer David Quinton went on to work with Stiv Bators and was in a late version of the Dead Boys.
19. Popular Mechanix….Ice Box City….from their debut long player and from Winnipeg 1980.
20. Pointed Sticks….Destitute….from their Part of The Noise compilation that included several tracks, including this one, that were supposed to be on their ill fated Stiff Records long player.
21. B Sides….Underground Radio Stars….from their1981 single and from Vancouver. This song could be about many of the featured acts on this episode.
22. Metros…Don’t Like It At All….from the Vancouver Independence release from 1981.
23. Metros….In With The Crowd….as above. Don’t know anything about Vancouver’s Metros, but these 2 songs are powerpop gems!
24. Droogs….JKO….as above, from the Vancouver Independence release from 1981.
25. Secret V’s…Modern Boy….from a 1980 release and features Ray Condo (listed as Radial) on the bass. Many years ago, I asked Ray what he remembered about playing the Cedar Lounge (circa 1980) and all he could remember was how scummy the upstairs rooms which housed the bands were.
26. Modernettes….Rebel Kind….from their View From The Bottom release from 1982 and from Vancouver.
27. Diodes….Red Rubber Ball….from their self titled longplayer and from 1977 which I believe was the first punk/new wave longplayer by a Canadian combo.
28. Secrets….I’ll Cry Tomorrow… from their Teenage Rampage release and from Toronto 1979. 3 former Viletones and a former Diode form what should have been a combo that broke out big time.
29. Zoom….School Girl Hitchiker….recorded in 1978 but not released until 2016 on the Ugly Pop imprint Sweet Desperation release. From Toronto and this combo pre-dates the rest of the punk/new wave explosion. It was basically a duo of John Hamilton (Diodes, Secrets and others) and Chris Haight (Viletones, Secrets and more) and they only released a 7” in the band’s lifetime.
30. The Sharks….Get Off The Radio….from the Toronto compilation No Pedestrians that came out in 1980.
31. Winston Hancock….Girls Girls….. as above and have no info on Winston.
32. B Girls….B Side….from their 1979 Bomp single and from Toronto. Londoner Marcy Saddy drummed on this one, and this is one of those bands that coulda and shoulda, but it just didn’t happen. They made the move to NYC, opened for the Clash and many other big names but just couldn’t make the next career step.
33. Maniacs and Cadillacs….Drastic Measures….from their 1980 debut long player that is supposed to be re-ished shortly. And from Toronto.
34. The Ugly….Stranded In The Laneway….from their 1978 single and radically different from their loud, wild and somewhat violent live shows.
35. Onits….Weekend Wrestler….1980 single and have no info on this combo. Picked this one up at Star Records many years ago.
36. Government….Sponge…..from their 1979 release and from Toronto. One of my fave Canadian bands from this era. Most of their songs would be considered art punk and later they moved in a more funk direction before disbanding.
37. BB Gabor….Nyet Nyet Soviet….from a 1980 release and from Toronto. This one got a lot of airplay here on CHRW back when it was released.
38. Stoves….Can’t Slow Down….live recording from 1979 of this local combo.
Thanx to all that took the time to tune in and listen.
Next week is an all London Ontario show, as London Music Week runs from September 13 to 20. We’ll be playing some of the amazing local acts that are in our London Music Hall Of Fame (Demics, Sheep Look Up, Uranus, 63 Monroe and more), as well as some of the acts that are nominated for awards.
