Sunday, December 29, 2013

ShockPop's "Very Nice" play list - December 29, 2013

And away we go! It's December 29th, 2013

Today's ShockPop show was a retrospective of "Very Nice" 2013 Independent CD releases! These are all new CDs that have passed over my desk in past 12 months - that I deemed in my humble opinion - to be Very Nice. I hope you will agree!

There's no rhyme or reason to the order of the songs today. I put them all in the hopper, hit the randomizer a few times, and then went thru and tweeked the sequence just a hair to make them flow a bit better and fit within the four hour running time for the show. I hope I accomplished that mission...

The complete list of Very Nice Independent 2013 CDs is listed - alphabetically - in my year end Blog post HERE with links to each of the individual Artist's websites and purchasing options! 

So, without further ado, here's the list of the tracks from today's show on scrubradio.com - as played:

1. Gary Minkler - Lulu and Wanda (4:40)
2. The Brigadier - Do You Want Me Too (4:10)
3. honeychain - Than You (3:39)
4. David Brookings - No Regrets (4:24)
5. Deniz Tek - Pine Box (3:40)
6. Manna Frost Trio - Family Reunion Pt. 1 (2:48)
7. 3 Penny Acre - Tulsa 1921 (4:30)
8. Justin Kline - Mr. Victor (3:00)
9. The Well Wishers - Open Up Your Eyes (3:35)
10. Timmy Sean & The Celebrities - Back To The Middle (3:26)
11. Big Boy Pete and The Squire - Tea (3:34)
12. Onward Chariots - Sisters and Brothers (3:15)
13. Gary Ritchie - Charming Life (3:09)
14. King County Queens - Road Flower Blossom (3:12)
15. Nick Piunti - Good Thing Going (3:33)
16. Stephen Lawrenson - Obscuriosity (4:15)
17. Miami Dan & The Hayes Street Band - Jericho (4:26)
18. SamRB - Falling (3:38)
19. Jay Stansfield - Building A Shield (4:34)
20. Snippet - Let's Talk About Us (reprise) (1:28)
21. Sparkydog - California Daze (2:56)
22. The Bamboo Trading Company - Don't Say It's Over (2:50)
23. The Sharp Things - Light In My Harbor (3:01)
24. The Newds - Go Getter (4:23)
25. Dark Ocean Colors - Gone Somewhere (2:51)
26. Bud Rogers - Setting Sun (5:01)
27. Chris Shutters - The Story Of My Life (4:14)
28. Andrea Perry - While Spinning (2:18)
29. Gaunt Story - Companion Waves (4:30)
30. Michael Dermot - Destiny Park (3:26)
31. felsen - Tokyo Electric (3:33)
32. Maxi Dunn - I'm Only Here Because Of You (3:28)
33. donovan's brain - Take Me With You When You Go (2:36)
34. Lisa Mychols - Hearts Beat In Stereo (3:21)
35. Baby Scream - Exile (2:49)
36. Jim Of Seattle - We Are All Famous (3:09)
37. The Sharp Things - Here Comes The Maestro (3:40)
38. Adam Daniel - Summer's Coming (3:48)
39. Hunter - Press Down (5:08)
40. Scott Brookman - Delmarva Way (4:30)
41. Brandon Schott - Henry (3:38)
42. Alexander Khodchenko - Premonition in a Dream/1968 Psychedelic Vernal Sunday (3:03)
43. Liars Club - Emily (4:52)
44. The OF - Whiskey & Pills (edit) (2:27)
45. Hot Nun - Who Do You Love (2:49)
46. Secret Friend - I Don't Want to Count You Out (3:25)
47. Mark David Roberts - London Town (3:21)
48. Phil Angotti - My Life In Rhymes (3:45)
49. The Bottle Kids - Yes You Can (2:27)
50. Brady Harris Band - Kate Stay Late (3:04)
51. An American Underdog - The Show Goes On (3:06)
52. Paul Mosley - Red Crow (4:21)
53. Greg Pope - Don't Wait (2:42)
54. Laurie Biagini - Run to the Sun (3:24)
55. Billy Two Shoes - Hobo Low (2:57)
56. The Duckworth Lewis Method - It's Just Not Cricket (3:24)
57. Paul Butler - Cowboy Dreams (6:24)
58. Nectarine - Summon The Devil (3:09)
59. Jamie and Steve - A Dangerous Man To Know (3:59)
60. PT Walkley - Eat You Up (4:16)
61. The Shadow Kabinet - Nostalgia For The Future (5:18)
62. Anny Celsi - Citybird (2:33)
63. 8X8 - I'm A Werewolf, Baby (3:46)
64. Blake Jones and The Trike Shop - Ross Used To Play Us His Frank Zappa Records (Cold Pepsi & Croutons) (4:27)
65. The Tor Guides - Sentimental Fool (3:20)
66. Vegas With Randolph - Cool Things (3:39)
67. The Sun Sawed in 1/2 - Countess I Fear Something's Wrong (4:01)
68. The Nomads - Don't kill the messenger (3:34)
69. Agony Aunts - You're So Vague (2:54)
70. Marc Black and Warren Bernhardt - Moonstruck Love (3:18)
71. Strangely Alright - So Right It Can't Be Wrong (4:14)
72. Valeska Gavotte - In Arbor Pavillion (6:22)

Want to submit your original music for consideration?
Contact Sparky at dtp2web@yahoo.com

ShockPop streams LIVE on-the-net every Sunday from 11A to 3PM Eastern on www.ScrubRadio.com
That's 8A-Noon Pacific, 4-8P UK time.
Catch the ScrubRadio ALL independent stream 24/7/365 at http://209.160.41.56:8000/listen.pls
  
Everyone is invited to join us in the ScrubRadio Chat Room during the show! 
It's a great place for you to meet like-minded indie music fans and even the artists themselves! (just go to scrubradio.com, sign-up in the Forum, and then click on "Live Chat"!)




Tuesday, December 24, 2013

December 22, 2013 - The Play Lists

Sparky Sundays on ScrubRadio


Round about four hours of amazing Independent music streaming LIVE every Sunday on ScrubRadio.com! Running the gambit from the avant garde - to acoustic - to power pop and beyond! Join the cool kids! Every Sunday, 11A to 3P Eastern (8-Noon Pacific, 4-8 PM UK) on ScrubRadio! 

Want to submit your original music for consideration?
Contact Sparky at dtp2web@yahoo.com

AIR DATE: December 22, 2013

FEATURED ARTISTS: Toxic Melons, Mark David Roberts, and *"Get Yer Fa La La's Out - A Bullseye Christmas Vol. III"

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THE PROGRAMMING:

"ShockPop" Noon-2P EDT:

1. Marikesh - Crazy On Christmas
2. Keyboard Rebel - Forest Song
3. Vegas With Randolph - The Tree Song (featuring Wim Oudijk)
4. Geoff Byrd - Elusive Butterfly
5. The Del Zorros - Mrs. Santa Claus *
6. Toxic Melons - Take Me Back (featuring Chris Price)
7. Marmalade Army - She's My Dream
8. Vinnie Zummo - George Harrison
9. LL Cosmonaut - Telesthesia
10. Paper Airplane - Four Trucks Sitting in the Snow
11. Greg Pope - Christmas Snow
12. Bleu - Snow Day
13. Mark Cote - Snowman In July
14. 8X8 - Time And Tender Love
15. Bahamas - Lonely Loves
16. Dead Heart Bloom - Who Will You Love
17. Miami Dan & The Hayes Street Band - Felt Like Love
18. Buddy Love - Sheila
19. Terry Draper - I Won't Let This Christmas Go By *
20. Opossum - Happy Birthday Jesus
21. American Mars - The Little Baby Jesus
22. Cloud Cult - Story Of The Grandson Of Jesus
23. Misophone - The Motherless Moth Headed Bread Boy
24. The Wind Whistles - Good Friends won't Rip you Off
25. Mark David Roberts - London Town
26. Phil Angotti - In Liverpool
27. Peter and The Penguins - There Goes Pete Best
28. The Liverpool Echo - No More Tomorrows
29. Mark Bacino - Queens English
30. Jamie and Steve - English Afternoon
31. Baby Scream - Xmas Tree (All Pain is Left Behind)
32. Brandon Schott - Winter In The Sun



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"Just Good People" 11A-Noon EDT:

1. Just Good People Opening Theme by The Big I Am
2. Mark David Roberts - Karavaan (2:58)
3. Brian Humphreys - Joseph And Mary (3:10)
4. Severin Browne - I Am Not Cactus (5:00)
5. Elijah Aaron - India (0:31)
6. David Bentley - Just Fine (3:33)
7. Crooked Still - Distress (3:00)
8. Yani Martinelli - La Casa (3:34)
9. Silent Paper Radios - The Vines (3:24)
10. Kerry Patrick Clark - Pass It On (3:54)
11. Kerry Patrick Clark - Artist ID
12. Songs Of Water - Beneath the Sleeping City (2:08)
13. Robin Grey - The Permaculture Song (2:08)
14. Marty DeJarnette - Sailor's Lament (4:14)
15. Sandwitch - My Father Was A Hero (3:52)
16. Jeremy Messersmith - Tomorrow (LIVE Living Room Concert) (1:28)
17. Bombadil - Good Morning Everyone (1:18)
18. My Dad's Truck - One Sock Missing (3:01)
19. Boys In the Well - Away We Go (4:13)
20. Richard O'Flynn - Get Up (3:19)
21. The Barrettes - Twas The Night Before Christmas (1:26)
22. Just Good People Closing Theme by The Big I Am



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"The Pillbugs Power Hour" Show # 129
NOW ON 2-3 PM Eastern every Sunday!

1. Welcome To The Show (0:50)
2. The Pillbugs - Friend for the Day (2:11)
3. Scott and Shelby Hunt - What Is Hip Today (2:42)
4. The Pillbugs - Brilliant But Late Advice (7:10)
5. Scott Hunt & Mark Mikel - Dark Ocean Colors is ON with Sparky (0:24)
6. Dark Ocean Colors - Same Old Mistake (3:42)
7. The Pillbugs - Four Sec Nightmare In A Five Sec Dream (4:22)
8. Chris Shutters - Rattle My Chain (2:46)
9. The Pillbugs - Closer (2:25)
10. The Pillbugs - The Last Confederate Soldier (2:16)
11. The Mark Mikel Hallucination - Your Artificial Stand-Up Man (3:43)
12. The Pillbugs - Up and Down on Your Merry-Go-Round (2:58)
13. The Pillbugs - Son Of Shirley (2:42)
14. Scott Hunt - Shy Violet (1:46)
15. The Pillbugs - If You Can't Remain (3:28)
16. The Pillbugs - Al Gabone (4:14)
17. Mark Mikel - Love Fades away (2:37)
18. Mark Mikel - ShockPop plays all Bugs with Comburda bed (0:25)
19. Dark Ocean Colors - She's A Cornucopia (4:06)
20. Scott and Shelby Hunt - Rey Rey Cha Cha (1:29)
21. Chris Shutters - Mumbling (3:08)
22. Goodbye From The Pillbugs Power Hour (0:41)



Want to submit your original music for consideration?
Contact Sparky at dtp2web@yahoo.com

ShockPop streams LIVE on-the-net every Sunday from 11A to 3PM Eastern on www.ScrubRadio.com
That's 8A-Noon Pacific, 4-8P UK time.
Catch the ScrubRadio ALL independent stream 24/7/365 at http://209.160.41.56:8000/listen.pls
  
Everyone is invited to join us in the ScrubRadio Chat Room during the show! 
It's a great place for you to meet like-minded indie music fans and even the artists themselves! (just go to scrubradio.com, sign-up in the Forum, and then click on "Live Chat"!)

Friday, December 20, 2013

Sparky's List of Very Nice 2013 Independent CDs



After weeks of contemplation, compilation and formatting, here is the list of my favorite independent music CDs of 2013! The list is in alphabetical order and un-ranked because I truly do dig everything I play on the air! 

Please feel free to sample and enjoy a track from each and every CD as you peruse the list!

I hope you like it - thanks for looking and listening -
and remember to give the gift of independent music all year round!

Happy holidays to one and all!

Steve (aka Sparky)


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8X8
"Azalea's Room"




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Agony Aunts
"Big Cinnamon"



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An American Underdog/
Brandon Schott
"The AB EP"



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Phil Angotti
"Life And Rhymes"




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Baby Scream
"Greatest Failures"




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The Bamboo Trading Company
"The Bamboo Trading Company"



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Laurie Biagini
"Sanctuary Of Sound"



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Big Boy Pete and The Squire
"Hitmen"



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Billy Two Shoes
"Bourbon For Beans"



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Marc Black & Warren Bernhardt
"Champions of Love"




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The Brigadier
"Suburban Incubation"



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The Bottle Kids
"Such A Thrill"



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David Brookings
"The Maze"



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Scott Brookman
"Smellicopter"




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Paul Butler
"Days Will Come"



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Anny Celsi
"January"



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The Cherry Bluestorms

"Bad Penny Opera"



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Adam Daniel

"Pop Baby"




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Dark Ocean Colors
"Close Enough To See"



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Deniz Tek
"Detroit"



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Michael Dermot
"Pilot"



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donovans brain
"turned up later"


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The Duckworth Lewis Method
"Sticky Wickets"



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Maxi Dunn
"Edmund & Leo"



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felsen
"I Don't Know How To Talk Anymore"



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Gaunt Story
"Companion Waves"


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Valeska Gavotte
"The Sword and the Shield/Botanica"


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Brady Harris Band
"NoHo Confidential"



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Honeychain
"Futura" (EP)



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Hot Nun
"Hot Nun"


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Hunter
"Crutches"


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Jamie & Steve
"Imaginary Cafe"


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Jim Of Seattle
"We Are All Famous"



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Blake Jones and the Trike Shop
"Teasers From The Whispermaphone"



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Alexander Khodchenko
"Somewhere Among the Violet Flourish"



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King County Queens
"Ladies & Gentlemen, Your King County Queens"


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Justin Kline
"Doormat" (EP)


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Stephen Lawrenson
"Obscuriosity"

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Liar's Club
"Come & Go"



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Manna Frost Trio
"As For Martinton"



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Miami Dan
& The Hayes Street Band

"Jericho"



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Gary Minkler
"Little Trailer Ruby"


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Paul Mosley
"A Chattering of Birds"


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Lisa Mychols
"Above, Beyond & In Between"



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Nectarine
"Skywritten Memory"



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The Newds
"Ready" (EP)



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The Nomads
"Solna"



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The OF
"Oh it's the OF"


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Onward Chariots
"This Is My Confession"



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Andrea Perry
"Four"



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Nick Piunti
"13 In My Head"



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Greg Pope
"Pop Motion Animation"


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Gary Ritchie
"Drake, Near The Alley"


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Mark David Roberts
"Easier Sung Than Said"



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Bud Rogers
"Setting Sun" (EP)



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SamRB
"Queen Street Acoustics"



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Secret Friend
"Time Machine"


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The Shadow Kabinet
"Nostalgia For the Future"


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The Sharp Things
"Green Is Good"



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The Sharp Things
"The Truth Is Like The Sun"



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Snippet
"D.I.Y."



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Sparkydog & Friends
"People of the World" (EP)


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Jay Stansfield
"Gobstopper"


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Chris Shutters
"Laugh And Roll The Moon"



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Strangely Alright
"The Time Machine Is Broken"



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The Sun Sawed in 1/2
"Elephants into Swans"



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The Taters
"Taters Party!"


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3 Penny Acre
"Rag And Bone"


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Timmy Sean & The Celebrities
"East Coast Girls" (EP)



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The Tor Guides
"Lots Of The Pops! Vol 1:
Caught In The Sweet Refrain"



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Vegas With Randolph
"Rings Around The Sun"



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PT Walkley
"Shoulders" (2014)


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The Well Wishers
"Dunwoody" (EP)


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Give the gift of Independent music all year round!