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Rotten Radio On Causticvox! 3-19-16

Another great evening of Causticvox!  There was a healthy mixture of the new & the old which is always my goal, but I think the mixture for this week was particularly good in my opinion.  The usual Punk blast started things off with New Wave faves following.  Here's a rundown of the first 30 selections:

  1. The Damned - "Nasty"
  2. The Buzzcocks - "What Do I Get?"
  3. The Clash - "Lost In The Supermarket"
  4. The Ramones - "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"
  5. Sex Pistols - "Problems"
  6. INXS - "Johnson's Aeroplane"
  7. The Fixx - "Changing"
  8. The Psychedelic Furs - "House"
  9. U2 - "The Fly"
  10. Modern English - "Tables Turning"
  11. Art Brut - "Direct Hit"
  12. The Futureheads - "Heartbeat Song"
  13. The Rakes - "That's The Reason"
  14. Maximo Park - "By The Monument"
  15. The Cribs - "Come On, Be A No-One"
  16. The Fin. - "Night Time"
  17. Everything But The Girl - "Wrong"
  18. Neon Indian - "Polish Girl"
  19. M83 - "Midnight City"
  20. Delerium - "After All"
  21. Ultravox - "Vienna"
  22. When In Rome - "The Promise"
  23. Combo Audio - "Romanticide"
  24. Peter Godwin - "Images Of Heaven"
  25. Real Life - "Send Me An Angel"
  26. Hoodoo Gurus - "Bittersweet"
  27. The Plimsouls - "Oldest Story In The World"
  28. The Smithereens - "Behind The Wall Of Sleep"
  29. Translator - "Un-Alone
  30. Cactus World News - "Worlds Apart"

The second half of the show was/is the gem of the entire evening.  New music was splattered all over the place.  My personal fave for over a decade, We Are Scientists returned.  My favorite Empire City one-man-band, Bachelor, graced us with new sonic splendor.  The Joy Formidable, Conrad Keely, Field Music, Swerve, Lust For Youth, Disappear Forever, Cherry Crush & Safe Places added a plethora of newness to the evening's listening.  Finally, the night was capped off with new material from The Last Shadow Puppets, The London Suede & In Isolation.  All brilliant stuff! 

  1. We Are Scientists - "Buckle"
  2. Bachelor - "Stop. Right. There."
  3. The Joy Formidable - "The Last Thing On My Mind"
  4. Conrad Keely - "Warm Insurrection"
  5. Field Music - "The Noisy Days Are Over"
  6. Pixies - "Monkey Gone To Heaven"
  7. Television - "Call Mr. Lee"
  8. The Fall - "Cruisers Creek"
  9. Sonic Youth - "Reena"
  10. Dinosaur Jr. - "Out There"
  11. A Split Second - "Rigor Mortis"
  12. Ministry - "All Day"
  13. Nitzer Ebb - "Warsaw Ghetto"
  14. ohGr - "Water"
  15. Nine Inch Nails - "Suck"
  16. Swerve - "Daydream"
  17. Lust For Youth - "Sudden Ambitions"
  18. Disappear Forever - "Witch"
  19. Cherry Crush - "Lights Out"
  20. Safe Places - "Reunion"
  21. The Cure - "Primary"
  22. Depeche Mode -"A Question Of Time"
  23. New Order - "Dreams Never End"
  24. Siouxsie & The Banshees - "Happy House"
  25. Echo & The Bunnymen - "The Puppet"
  26. The Last Shadow Puppets - "Aviation"
  27. Ski Lodge - "God Will Never Come For Us"
  28. The London Suede - "Outsiders"
  29. In Isolation - "A Certain Fractal Light"
  30. Morrissey - "I have Forgiven Jesus"

It was a glorious evening.  My aim with Rotten Radio has always been tri-fold.  First, I love new love Alternative music & I love exposing it as much as the discovering part.  Second, the classics, neo-classics & too soon forgotten songs deserve another day in the light as well.  Finally, I want Causticvox! to be a voice & inspiration for Alternative music lovers of all ages.  I might fail or succeed on even given stream but as long as the inspiration remains, so will Causticvox!  Until the next stream, keep your shoe tips pointed & your heels high!

J.Rotten