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The Sonic Bloom

May 11, 2025 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Music

With Esoterica

folky, punky, poppy, jangly, post-punky, and psychedelic goodness of the musical variety coming out of your speakers courtesy of moi. oh yeah, and occasional show tunes.

Monday!

hey, bought some good finds at PREX and I am ready to roll.

The Sonic Bloom
7:02 AM
Lalo Schifrin - Main Title
Lalo Schifrin Main Title Lalo Schifrin
Dirty Harry (The Original Score) Aleph Records 1971
7:07 AM
Faust - The Sad Skinhead
Faust The Sad Skinhead Faust
Faust IV (Deluxe Edition) Virgin Catalogue 2006
From 1973.
7:10 AM
The Groundhogs - Eccentric Man (2003 Remastered Version)
The Groundhogs Eccentric Man (2003 Remastered Version) The Groundhogs
Thank Christ for the Bomb Fire Records 1970
7:15 AM
Siniestro Total - Isla Tropical
Siniestro Total Isla Tropical Siniestro Total
Acto Fundacional

681939132d81f.jpegFrom Vigo in Galicia, Spain! Part of the Post-Franco Movida in Spanish society where punk rock, style, art and all the good things felt free to let their freak flag fly! Band started in 1981.

7:20 AM
Liquids - Anihilator
Liquids Anihilator Liquids N
Tennessee Rose 2025
From Indiana.
7:21 AM
ELVIS 2 - On the Motorway
ELVIS 2 On the Motorway ELVIS 2 N
On the Motorway - Single 6355914 Records DK2 2024
From Melbourne, Australia.
7:22 AM
Liquids - Strutter
Liquids Strutter Liquids N
Life is pain Idiot REPENT 2024
7:25 AM
Suzzallo - Shattered Stars
Suzzallo Shattered Stars Suzzallo N
The Quiet Year 2025
from bandcamp: Suzzallo is a new Seattle based rock band fronted by Rocky Votolato. After the devastating loss of his child in a tragic car accident, Votolato created an entire new world inside of aggressive rock songs that transmute extreme grief into something healing and beautiful.
7:28 AM
Blanc du Blanc - Wind of Change (Lee Perry Remix)
Blanc du Blanc Wind of Change (Lee Perry Remix) Blanc du Blanc
Wind of Change - EP Soul Selects Records 2021
Scorpions cover.
7:33 AM
Tom Waits - Hang On St. Christopher (2023 Remaster)
Tom Waits Hang On St. Christopher (2023 Remaster) Tom Waits
Frank’s Wild Years (2023 Remaster) Island Records 1987
7:35 AM
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7:42 AM
Compulsion - Yabba Yabba Yes Yes Yes
Compulsion Yabba Yabba Yes Yes Yes Compulsion
I Like Compulsion and Compulsion Likes Me One Little Independent Records 2002
Compulsion were an Irish punk band. They were formed in 1990 by Josephmary and Sid Rainey as Thee Amazing Colossal Men. They signed a recording contract with Virgin Records, but after winning a lawsuit against their record label, they became 'Compulsion' in 1992. (wikipedia)
7:45 AM
Pearl Charles - City Lights (12" version)
Pearl Charles City Lights (12" version) Pearl Charles N
Desert Queen 2025
"Seasoned Los Angeles songwriter Pearl Charles seems to be sliding through the '60s and '70s at warp speed.” - Uncut Magazine From L.A.
7:50 AM
Graham Central Station - Earthquake
Graham Central Station Earthquake Graham Central Station
Now Do U Wanta Dance Rhino/Warner Records 1977
7:57 AM
Alan Vega - Every 1's a Winner
Alan Vega Every 1's a Winner Alan Vega
Saturn Strip V/A Rhino/Elektra 1983
8:02 AM
Foghat - What a Shame
Foghat What a Shame Foghat
Foghat Bearsville 1973
Foghat is the second album, and the second self-titled album, by the English rock band Foghat, released in March 1973. It is generally known by fans as Rock 'n' Roll, because of its cover picture depicting a rock and bread roll, a concept thought up by art director and filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.
8:04 AM
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8:09 AM
The Psychedelic Furs - President Gas
The Psychedelic Furs President Gas The Psychedelic Furs
All of This and Nothing Columbia 1988
8:13 AM
Big Boys - Heartbeat
Big Boys Heartbeat Big Boys
The Skinny Elvis Touch and Go Records 1993
8:16 AM
U-Men - Selfish
U-Men Selfish U-Men
U-Men Sub Pop Records 2017
The U-Men were an American rock band, formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1980 and active until 1989.

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8:20 AM
The UFO Club - Bo Diddley Was the 7th Son
The UFO Club Bo Diddley Was the 7th Son The UFO Club
The UFO Club The Reverberation Appreciation Society 2012
The UFO Club is a collaboration between The Black Angels' Christian Bland and Nights Beats' Lee Blackwell. Recorded in summer of 2010 at Laguna Studios in Austin, TX, the album finds the duo re-imagining 50s pop through the prism of 60s psych and the combined guitar work of Bland and Blackwell. The name is a homage to the legendary UFO Club of Pink Floyd-era 1960s London.
8:23 AM
Ultimate Spinach - Daisy
Ultimate Spinach Daisy Ultimate Spinach
Ultimate Spinach III Iris Music Group 2006
Ultimate Spinach was a short-lived American psychedelic rock band from Boston, Massachusetts which was formed in 1967.
8:25 AM
Wild Carnation - Sitting Under a Tree
Wild Carnation Sitting Under a Tree Wild Carnation
Superbus Lucky Pig Records 2006
8:30 AM
Gökçen Kaynatan - Fırtına
Gökçen Kaynatan Fırtına Gökçen Kaynatan N
Fırtına - Single Odeon Müzik Yapımcılık 2015
Anatolian rock.
8:32 AM
Black Sabbath - War Pigs / Luke's Wall
Black Sabbath War Pigs / Luke's Wall Black Sabbath
Paranoid Rhino/Warner Records 1970
The original title of "War Pigs" was "Walpurgis", dealing with the witches' sabbath, Walpurgis being sort of a celebration for Satanists, apparently.
8:39 AM
Joe Cannon - Lunatic Life
Joe Cannon Lunatic Life Joe Cannon N
Lunatic Life - Single Joe Cannon 2023
8:42 AM
Tom Waits - On the Nickel
Tom Waits On the Nickel Tom Waits
Heartattack and Vine (Remastered) Anti/Epitaph 2018
Came out of 1980. Heartattack and Vine is the seventh studio album by Tom Waits, released on September 9, 1980, and his final album to be released on the Asylum label. "On the Nickel" was recorded for the Ralph Waite film of the same name. It was used as the theme song for the 1985 "The Atlanta Child Murders" miniseries.
8:52 AM
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8:52 AM
Giorgio Moroder & David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Giorgio Moroder & David Bowie Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Cat People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Geffen* 1982
8:58 AM
45 Grave - Surf Bat
45 Grave Surf Bat 45 Grave
Sleep In Safety Ryko/Rhino 1993