Category Archives: rock

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June 2, 2026

Exploring an assortment of tracks from ’85-’16 that do not particularly share genre, but unite when heard together. Some of the artists are quite unknown, while others are known by music-heads (Juliana Hatfield, New Young Pony Club, Flunk, Ngozi Family, Richard Lloyd, Francis Bebey, Soundpool). I promise you will love the artists you haven’t heard of as much as you already love those you recognize.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
New Young Pony Club	Chaos	The Optimist	The Numbers
Kisses	People Can Do The Most Amazing Things	The Heart Of The Nightlife	This Is Music
Juliana Hatfield	Bad Day	Student.Compilation Volume One	Student.Com
Mary Stuart	Momentary Clarity	Overture Records Presents Take A Bite Outta This Vol. 2	Overture Records
Flunk	Sit Down	Personal Stereo	Beatservice Records
Small Sails	Somnambulist	Other Electricities Presents “Ground[works] 2007 – 2008”	Other Electricities
Dot Tape Dot	Come To Me	Other Electricities Presents “Ground[works] 2007 – 2008”	Other Electricities
Merrie Amsterburg	World Of Our Own Making	Student.Compilation Volume 3	student.com
Anja	At Your Feet	Leaving The Alley Of The Dead Trees	Crimsonic
Guster	This Wheel’s On Fire	Endless Highway – The Music Of The Band	429 Records
Urbs	The Incident	Toujours Le Même Film…	G-Stone Recordings
Auktyon	The Road	New Music From Central And Eastern Europe (Tamizdat Comp Vol. 1)	Wire Magazine
The Little Rabbits	Yeah!	Allo La France?…Moshi Moshi? – Une Sélection Par Katerine	Polydor
Jack Drag	Seem So Tired	Student.Compilation Volume One	Student.Com
The Sheila Divine	Like A Criminal	Student.Compilation Volume 3	Student.Com
I.C.U.	Crime Of Love	O No No O Zone	Radical Records
Ngozi Family	I’m On My Way	Day Of Judgement	Now-Again Records
Bossanova	Calvary	Hey, Sugar	Teenbeat
Seventeen	It’s All Good	Bikini Pie Fight!	X Off Records
The Pills	The Devils Song	Student.Compilation Volume 3	Student.Com
Richard Lloyd	Watch Yourself	`Field Of Fire	Reaction Recordings
Francis Bebey	Tiers Monde	African Electronic Music 1975-1982	Born Bad Records
Spike	Sometimes (Sexican)	Orange Cloud Version	Golf Channel Recordings
Soundpool	Mirrors in Your Eyes (Strategy)	Re-mirrored	Killer Pimp
Keith Canisius	Naive Struggle	Ferris Wheel Makeout	Quince Records
Ark	Lost And …	Alleluyark	Circus Company

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May 26, 2026

A 2 hour Gulls Window Circus born out of a desire to discover artists I hadn’t heard or had overlooked. In the accelerated timeline we live in, it is easy to focus on the familiar. This show introduces a bunch of tracks that have provided joy to me that I hadn’t expected. Hope you enjoy them as well.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Pieces Of Peace	Peace & Blessings	Pieces Of Peace	Cali-Tex Records
Chuck E. Weiss	Tony Did The Boogie Woogie	Old Souls & Wolf Tickets	Rykodisc
Pizzaman	Hello Honky Tonks	Pizzamania	Loaded Records
Epileptic Disco	Star Wars	Spread The Seed	Not On Label
Marcia Griffiths	Groovin’	Carousel	Island Records
Skankin’ Pickle	Gates Of Steel	The Green Album	Dr. Strange Records
The Bogmen	What’s Behind Your Coat?	Life Begins At 40 Million	Arista
Cracker	Someday	Cracker	Virgin
Dada	Dog	Puzzle	I.R.S. Records
DeVotchKa	The Enemy Guns	How It Ends	Cicero Recordings
Boba Fett Youth	Ska Bus	Boba Fett Youth	Bucky Records
Buckshot LeFonque	Some Cow Fonque (More Tea, Vicar?) (edit)	Some Cow Fonque (More Tea, Vicar?)	Columbia
Good Riddance	Come Dancing	A Comprehensive Guide To Moderne Rebellion	Fat Wreck Chords
Super Cat	Forgive Me Jah	The Struggle Continues	Columbia
Superdude	African Herbsman	Pothead Punk	Ace Records
Matisyahu	Sea To Sea	Live At Stubb’s	JDub Records
Aster Aweke	Yedi Gosh (My Guy)	Kabu	Columbia
Righteous Youth	Can’t run from Jah	Brush It Off	Black Liberty Records
Duane The Teenage Weirdo	Bubblegum Encore	Postcard From Hell	Third Man Records
Emika	Young Minds	Dva	Ninja Tune
Flamingods	Taboo Groves	Majesty	Soundway
Gold Panda	Autumn Fall	Good Luck And Do Your Best	City Slang
Intended Immigration	All Love New	La Demoiselle Du Fonque	Wooden Hat Records
Chico Mann	Magic Touch	Magical Thinking	Soundway
Emma Louise	Jungle	Vs Head Vs Heart	Frenchkiss Records
Officerfishdumplings	Six Months	Finds Your Way Home	Notenuf Records
310	Global Illage	Downtown & Brooklyn Only	Leaf
Neon Neon	Hammer & Sickle	Praxis Makes Perfect	Lex Records

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May 19, 2026

Gulls Window Circus returns to two hours with a hippy dream, capturing the innocence we’ve lost with the ages. Every artist is well-known, but the tracks presented tell a different story than AM/FM gave you back then. Many highlights… Hear the optimism Little River Band – from Australia at that time – sang about hope in America in those different times. Thanks for these records Jack.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
New Riders Of The Purple Sage	La Bamba	Oh, What A Mighty Time	Columbia
Jackson Browne	Boulevard	Hold Out	Asylum Records
City Lights	Run From The Man	Silent Dancing	Sire
Mike Oldfield	Family Man	Five Miles Out	Epic
Little River Band	Statue Of Liberty	Little River Band	Harvest
The Moody Blues	Sun Is Still Shining	To Our Children’s Children’s Children	Threshold
Poco	And Settlin’ Down	The Very Best Of Poco	Epic
Joni Mitchell	That Song About The Midway	Clouds	First Record
Crosby, Stills & Nash	In My Dreams	CSN	Pop
Simon & Garfunkel	Fakin’ It	Grand Prix 20	Hoo Ver Record
Loggins And Messina	Sweet Marie	Native Sons	CBS/Sony
Donovan	The Enchanted Gypsy	A Gift From A Flower To A Garden	Epic
Dan Fogelberg	Give Me Some Time	Nether Lands	Epic
Seals & Crofts	A Tribute To ‘Abdu’L-Baha’	Takin’ It Easy	Warner Bros. Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Listen	Never Walk Away	Home Grown IV	KGB Records
Ron Mayer & Gary Mercado	Springtime In Laguna	Homegrown II	KGB Records
The Youngbloods	Sunlight	Elephant Mountain	RCA Victor
Johnny Winter And	No Time To Live	Johnny Winter And	Columbia
Vanilla Fudge	The Beat Goes On	The Beat Goes On	ATCO Records
War	Beetles In The Bog	The World Is A Ghetto	United Artists Records
Santana	Singing Winds, Crying Beasts	Abraxas	Columbia
Pearls Before Swine	Images Of April	Balaklava	ESP-Disk
Country Joe & The Fish	Death Sound Blues	Electric Music For The Mind And Body	Vanguard
James Gang	Asshtonpark	James Gang Rides Again	ABC Records
Humble Pie	Say No More	Eat It	A&M Records
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy	Lonely Leaf	The Great Conspiracy	Columbia
Clear Light	A Child’s Smile	Clear Light	Elektra
The Chambers Brothers	All Strung Out Over You	The Time Has Come	Columbia
The Blues Project	Fly Away	Projections	Verve Folkways
Big Brother & The Holding Company	Summertime	Cheap Thrills	Columbia

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May 5, 2026

Today’s Gulls Window Circus is a rock show that surfaces some excellent tracks I’ve found while CD surfing in my collection. It ends with the most well-known artist of the bunch, Nada Surf. Outside of Sean Na Na (a Har Mar Superstar side project) the bands had only regional success. Choo Choo La Rouge, The Audiants, Linnane, and Clem Snide had Boston roots. The show is a love letter to 00, with 1 from 2000, 3 from 2002, 3 from 2005, 2 each from 2006, 2007, and 2009, and then 1 each from 2014 and 2017.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Colorful Rhythm	Everybody Close Your Eyes	“Megapixy”	Colorful Rhythm
In Fervor	In The Spirit Of Self Sufficiency	Onward Downward	DCXXV Recordings
David LK Murphy	If I	Goodbye	David LK Murphy
Linnane	Today Always	The Shady Tree	Linnanemusic
Sean Na Na	My Old France	Split: Mary Lou Lord / Sean Na Na – EP	Kill Rock Stars
The Primidonnatives	Middle of the Night Cafe	Go	Vague Moon Records
The Audiants	Thaw	All The Time In The World	The Audiants
Choo Choo La Rouge	Copper Spoons	Black Clouds	Kiam Records
Clem Snide	The Sound Of German Hip-Hop	End Of Love	spinART Records
Brazzaville	Star Called Sun	East L.A. Breeze	Vendlus Records
Soft Cactus	Hungry	Five Ways To Foreshadow	Soft Cactus
Pinback	Fortress	Music From The O.C. College Radio Mix	Warner Sunset Records
Nada Surf	If You Leave	Music From The O.C. College Radio Mix	Warner Sunset Records

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April 28, 2026

A rock CD Gulls Window Circus show that includes a Rain Parade studio 80s song that never was on an record, an 80s Dislocation Dance Beatles cover that was a 12″ B-side, the Polish artist Kazik, Aquarian Blood, that includes a former Nots member, the pre-Reptar band Co Co Ri Co, a classic Kid Creole And The Coconuts track from their 1st LP, and several worthy lesser known artists.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Transbeauce	Atn	You Gotta Get More Alive – A 555 Recordings Compilation	555 Recordings
Rain Parade	My Dog’s Last Dream	Demolition	090 Records
Kazik	Down In The Another Hole	Czterdziesty Pierwszy	S.P. Records
Dislocation Dance	We Can Work It Out	Midnight Shift	Rough Trade
Co Co Ri Co	Popsickle	Eyedrops	self-released
At / All	Night Body	Sun Dog	Not On Label
Luigee Trademarq	Frénésie	Bande Original	Rectangle
Aquarian Blood	Funeral Moon	Last Nite In Paradise	Goner Records
Vampire Music	A Kiss Of Death	Vampire Music Volume 1	Terrascape
Bride of Chaotica	After the Storm	Bamboo Transistor	Longview Records
Sad Marvin	Stop Drop	Acquiantences With Myself	self-released
Hope Boyz	I Love You	Limited Edition EP	Magicstreet
Kid Creole And The Coconuts	Yolanda	Off The Coast Of Me	ZE Records

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April 7, 2026

ulls Window Circus goes into the spiderwebs of time to extract regional artists from the 00s that either never found audiences outside their cities, or have been forgotten with time. In the latter category, Tampa band Pee Shy (see the Anaconda remake to get the name) were an excellent indie band, The Fly Seville and The Push Stars were Boston/Cambridge based. I can personally speak to all three having enthusiastic followings in their prime. Big Bad Bollocks, with a 1999 track in this show, recently opened for Dropkick Murphys (on St Paddy’s day) so they are still happening. Another Boston band Future Carnivores is here too, and a Long Island band Delights Of Nothing too. Kioku plays experimental jazz, DJ Sid plays dreamy beats, and Dave Coles tells a story about Wisconsin. But leaving alone where the artists are based, every track in this show is a jewel that only requires your ear for validation.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Chris Katris	They’ll All Come Around	Songs from the Basement Vol 5	Chris Katris
Gretchen Schmaltz	The Guards	Laced Up Tightly	Mia Kat Empire
Delights Of Nothing	Crying Shame	No Chance	Sweet Spot Records
Pee Shy	Little Dudes	Certain Damage Volume 73	CMJ
Todd McKinney	Get Back On That Train, Marie	Best New Bands Volume 2	Apache Rose Publishing
Dave Coles	Last Chance	Ten Tales	self-relesed
Kioku	Pinari	Both Far and Near	Quiet Design Records
DJ Sid – The Apocalypze	Rain On My Sword (Dance of Death Mix)	I Know Kung Fu!	DJ SID-the Apocalypze
Future Carnivores	There Is So Much Love In My Heart	Future Carnivores	girl boy girl boy records
Big Bad Bollocks	Motorcycle Jacket	Student.Compilation Volume 2	Not On Label
The Push Stars	Drunk Is Better Than Dead	Student.Compilation Volume 2	Not On Label
The Fly Seville	Kick It	Student.Compilation Volume 2	Not On Label

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March 31, 2026

A Gulls Window Circus rock show that finds favor with a bunch of tracks from 93-08 that vary in sound and style but build an interesting hour that is fun to listen to. 10 songs from the 90s, 6 from the 00s. 4 from 93, 2 from 95, 3 from 97, 1 from 99. For the 00s, there are 5 from 2007 and 1 from 2008.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Goo Goo Dolls	Bitch	No Alternative	Arista
Ultra Bidé	Destroy	God Is God, Puke Is Puke	Alternative Tentacles
Pat Daugherty	Galaxy Bombers	Dance Of The Hours	Buffalo Puppy Records
Home Grown	Planet Earth	Warped Tour Sampler – Exorcise Your Heavy Metal Demons	Mojo Records
The Octagon	Carlito’s Way	Nothing But Change	Serious Business Records
Coyote	Quietly	Outsides	Hot Dog City Records
Stratospheerius	Driven To Tears	Head Space	Fiddlefunk Music
A. Rex	I’m Not the Only One	Moving Backwards	A. Rex
Brüllen	Es Ist So Still	Schatzitude	Buback
Ta’Raach & The Lovelution	Montparnasse	Esopus #9: Dreams	Esopus
Hank	Me And My Daddy Are Walking In The Desert	Esopus #9: Dreams	Esopus
Capsize 7	Western Friese	Mephisto	Caroline Records
Pavement	Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence	No Alternative	Arista
American Music Club	All Your Jeans Were Too Tight	No Alternative	Arista
Barbara Manning & The San Francisco Seals	Joed Out	No Alternative	Arista
Moog	Winnebago	Warped Tour Sampler – Exorcise Your Heavy Metal Demons	Lifelonglife

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March 24, 2026

A vinyl rock show that works the room without worrying about artists sharing the same vibe. I loved programming this show and believe it is a great listen end to end. First 10 songs are from the 80s, then two from the 90s, then 3 from the 70s. All artists are well-known in their fanbases, but as grouped together will surprise all listeners.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Gene Loves Jezebel	20 Killer Hurts	The House Of Dolls	Geffen Records
Duran Duran	New Religion	Arena	Capitol Records
A Flock Of Seagulls	Standing In The Doorway	A Flock Of Seagulls	Jive
Gaye Bykers On Acid	After Suck There’s Blow	Drill Your Own Hole	Caroline Records
The Human League	Seconds	Dare	A&M Records
The Sugarcubes	Deus	Life’s Too Good	Elektra
Cocteau Twins	Lorelei	Treasure	4AD
The Cure	Catch	Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me	Elektra
Christian Death	When I Was Bed	“Ashes”	Nostradamus Records
Nina Hagen	My Way	In Ekstasy	Columbia
Cibo Matto	Spoon	Selections From Super Relax	Warner Bros. Records
Curve	Missing Link (Remix)	Missing Link	Charisma
Dave Edmunds	Take Me For A Little While	Repeat When Necessary	Swan Song
Wizzard	Crazy Jeans	Introducing Eddy And The Falcons	Warner Bros. Records

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March 10, 2026

This Gulls Window Circus show covers lesser-known rock bands 1995-1999 that released stellar songs, without finding larger exposure. Nothing here is sub-par, the only thing that was missing for these bands was a lot of ears, something this show hopes to rectify.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Randy Herman And The Sceptre Of Benevelonce	Rock ‘n Roll Loser	Healthy Hair	Bunnycake Records
Individual Fruit Pie	You’ve Been Seen	Release Me	Dot Dot Dash
Iris	Gone	After School Special	Bubble Core Records
Kante	Highway	Zwischen Den Orten	Kitty-Yo Int.
Sicko	Little	Chef Boy RU Dumb	Empty Records
China Drum	Somewhere Else	Self Made Maniac	Mantra Recordings
W.O.W.	The Ocean	One Hit Wonder	One Hit Wonder
Bag Of Panties	Time is Tight	Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day	Not On Label
Hybrasil	Massive Breeder	Friendly Destroyer	Bam Records
Three Mile Limit	Let Me Play The Fool	Floating Off Somewhere Else	Bridgefolk Records
The Multiple Cat	High School Girls	“Territory” Shall Mean The Universe	Zero Hour
Strung Out	Monster	Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues	Fat Wreck Chords
Swank	You Piss Down	The Swill Of It All …	Curve Of The Earth
The Prissteens	Sorrow	The Prissteens	Almo Sounds
Bali Girls	A Love Song	A Housewife’s High	Spork!

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March 3, 2026

A Gulls Window Circus vinyl rock show with tracks from 1983-1986, so closely scoped. There is China Crisis, The Church, Violent Femmes, and ABC (sounding like Roxy Music) that you will know, The Dream Syndicate and True West from the paisley underground peak, and a bunch of others that your ears will enjoy: Agent Orange, New Math, The Dots, The Eastern Dark, Do It Now!, and E-I-E-I-O. Be sure to treat yourself to them.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Violent Femmes	To The Kill	Violent Femmes	Slash
Agent Orange	Somebody To Love	When You Least Expect It…	Enigma
New Math	Power Of The Air	Gardens	Brain Eater
The Dots	In Another World	Return Of The Dots	Rebel Rec.
The Dream Syndicate	John Coltrane Stereo Blues	This Is Not The New Dream Syndicate Album… Live!	A&M Records
True West	At Night They Speak	Drifters	PVC Records
The Church	Already Yesterday	Heyday	Warner Bros. Records
China Crisis	Gift Of Freedom	Flaunt The Imperfection	Virgin
The Eastern Dark	Over Now	Long Live The New Flesh!	What Goes On Records
Do It Now!	Fugitive From The Grey	“Pay Later”	Talkcrest
E-I-E-I-O	Get Back To Arkansas	Land Of Opportunity	Frontier Records
ABC	Love’s A Dangerous Language	Beauty Stab	Mercury
BoDeans	Fadeaway	Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams	Slash