Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World
What is Mod? Mr. Suave's Mod, Mod World is one of the web's original modcasts celebrating mod music, and mod-influenced music from past eras including soul, ska, garage, sixties R&B power pop, punk, britpop, acid jazz, lounge, easy listening and more.
October 17, 2021
Modcast #496: Ease On Down To The Lounge
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Love Jones -- Stars (2008)
October Country -- I Just Don't Know (1968)
The Explorers Club -- One Drop Of Rain (2020)
Gentle Tuesday -- I Made Up My Mind (1999)
Lovin Spoonful -- Summer In The City (1966)
Jerry Adams -- Send A Letter (2013)
Brian Wilson (feat. She & Him) -- On The Island (2015)
The Speed Of Sound -- Wired & Tired (2021)
The Free Design -- Now Is The Time (1969)
Rinaldi Sings -- Empress Of The Splendid Season (2021)
The Association -- Along Comes Mary (1966)
The Orange Peels -- Give My Regards To Rufus (2021)
The Red Button -- She's Going Down (2007)
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 -- Going Out Of My Head (1966)
Four King Cousins -- Love So Fine (1968)
The Explorers Club -- Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
She & Him -- Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
Corduroy -- The New You
Swing Out Sister -- Until Tomorrow Forgets
Joel Sarakula -- Parisian Woman
Shirley Bassey -- The Look Of Love
Jodie -- Pushover
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October 2, 2021
Modcast #495: The Real Deal
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This week's show is the real deal, complete with the hip shaking you want, and the head banging you need.
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James Clark Institute -- Yellow (2021)
Go Mod Go -- She Was Good (2021)
Fay Hallam -- Rays Of Light (2021)
Rinaldi Sings -- Footprints In The Sand (2021)
Eli Paperboy Reed -- News You Can Use (2019)
Ian M Bailey -- I'm Not The Enemy (2021)
The Daylilies -- Cat Inside The Windo (2021)
James Clark Institute -- Little Powder Keg (2021)
Abbie Barrett feat. Greg Hawkes -- I Will Let You Know (2021)
The Brothers Steve -- Better Get Ready (2021)
The Control Freaks -- I'm Always Right (2021)
Star Collector -- The Silent Type (2021)
Kerosene Stars -- Get Up (2021)
The Cheap Cassettes -- Endless Summer Ends (2021)
Pavid Vermin -- Whoa Dude (2021)
Diamond Hands -- I Lose You Win (2021)
Reviews You Can Use: James Clark Institute – The Color Of Happy
Better than I remember. That’s the title to a song falling somewhere in the middle of the new James Clark Institute release. And it's a perfect way to describe the album. No matter how good I think it is when I'm talking about it with someone, or blathering on about it like this on the modcast, it's so much better when I'm actually listening to it. So, here's my review you can use for James Clark Institute’s The Color of Happy.
This is a simple album. Simple pop music. Simple hooks and riffs. The themes are simple. The music is simple. It is simply delightful. Simplicity is underrated, as it is so hard to do simple right. A few artists get it, McCartney. Lowe. Jackson. Joe of course, but Michael too if you think about it. People want to overthink pop music -power, indy, jangle, whatver - and make it something more than it really is, which does it such a disservice. The truth is the songs on The Color of Happy sound simple, and that's part of its strength and beauty. Because in reality they're sophisticated, difficult, and making art like that is so often misunderstood.
It delivers the band's simple and enjoyable tight knit sound from a number of angles. There's the pure pop of the piano driven opening track Little Powder Keg, with its hummable catchy bouncy chorus, that suddenly has this understated sort of Who like middle section that is pure gold. And don't get me started on Yellow. I mean damn. Just a perfect little northern soul bopper for diamond geezers like me who are fading to black.
The album is full of great music from top to bottom. It finishes quite appropriately with a mod-friendly upbeat number, Next best Thing.
Let me be your next best thing.
Your hips will swerve, your mood will swing.
Your lips won’t perse and your dopamine will offer up an extra gleam,
If you let me be your next best thing.
What a great way to end, making the listener want to come back for so much more. In short, The Color of Happy is delightful. And, always better than I remember.
Bonus Third Set
Star Collector - The Silent Type
The Lunar Laugh - I Wanna Know
The Reflectors -- Faster Action (Live)
doublepluspop -- When She Disappeared
BRNDA -- Wrong Taco
Catbite -- Not Ur Baby
Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men
Kelley's Heels -- Faded Out
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September 26, 2021
Modcast #494: The Triple Play
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Seth Swirsky -- There's Nothing Like The Game of Baseball
Harry Simeone Songsters -- It's A Beautiful Day For A Ball Game (1961)
Vista Blue -- We're Outta The Pennant Race (2015)
Jeffrey Foskett -- Baseball Card Fever (2018)
The Ueckers -- More Than A Hobby (2013)
Liam Gallagher -- Once (2019)
Baseball's Greatest Play Calls
The Intruders -- Love Is Like A Baseball Game (1968)
Vida Blue Pt 1 -- Jimmy Bee (1974?)
The Baseball Project -- Please Don't Call Them Twinkies (2011)
Vista Blue -- Stealing Signs (2021)
Bonus Third Set
New Marines -- I like Baseball (1980)
The Baseball Project - Ichiro (Live on KEXP)
JOEY BISHOP SHOW with "The L.A. Dodgers"
Sam and Dave - Knock It Outta The Park
The Ueckers - Doom Balloon
Vista Blue - Designated Hitter
Herman Munster tries out for the Dodgers
Everclear - Jackie Robinson
September 20, 2021
Modcast #493: Diver Down
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Paul Weller -- Has My Fire Really Gone Out? (1993)
The Who -- The Good's Gone (1965)
The Jetset -- The Wheel's Of Love (1986)
The Decibels -- It's Not Me (2018)
The Beatles -- Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (1968)
Ocean Color Scene -- I Told You So (2007)
The Creation -- Midway Down (1968)
Georgie Fame & The Blue Fames -- Bend A Little (1964)
The Ramones -- Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World (1977)
The Standells -- Our Candidate (1966)
The Heartdrops -- Coming Back (1999)
Squeeze -- Vicky Verky (1980)
Oasis -- Step Out (1995)
Purple Hearts -- Extraordinary Sensations (1979)
The Rubinoos -- All Excited (1976)
Nirvana -- Lounge Act (1991)
Bonus Third Set
The Rolling Stones - Leave Me Alone
The Jam - See Saw
ABC - Only The Best Will Do
Small Faces - Patterns
Blondie - In The Sun
Green Day - Amanda
The Monkees - Sunny Girlfriend
The Kinks - Creepin' Jean
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September 4, 2021
Modcast #492: Summer's Slipping Away
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Cheap Trick - The Summer Looks Good On You (In Another World, 2021)
Jagger Holly - At The Beach Tonight (The Last Of The International Playboys, 2018)
Airport 77s - All the Way (Rotation, 2021)
Explorers Club - Look To The Horizon (Single, 2021)
Michael Simmons - One Summer Sunday (Demo, 2021)
Coral - Take Me Back To The Summertime (Coral Island, 2021)
America - Ventura Highway (Homecoming, 1972)
Cult Stars From Mars - Funny Face (Single, 2021)
Beach Boys - Keepin' the Summer Alive (Keepin' The Summer Alive, 1980)
War - Summer (Greatest Hits, 1976)
Paul Weller - On Sunset (On Sunset, 2020)
1966 SURFING & SKATEBOARDING & BIKINIS
August 28, 2021
Modcast #491: The Future Is Bright
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If the future is so bright you gotta wear sunglasses, the music of now is so great you gotta turn up the volume. Lucky listeners out there are gonna get hipped to some very cool new music from garage pop to punk rock to soul, got it all going on right now, right here. You're welcome.
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The Screens -- Coming Live From The City Of Light (2020)
Reaction -- Gotta hold of My Heart (2021)
Pama International -- Smile & Say Good Morning(2021)
Richie Mayer -- Sunshine Blues (2021)
Orange Peels -- Whenever (2021)
Jodie -- Pushover (2021)
Mark & The Clouds -- In The Big Crowd (2021)
Danny Wilkerson -- Enough For Somebody (2021)
Cromm Fallon & The P200 -- Two Stroke Smoke (2021)
Bad Nerves -- Baby Drummer (2020)
The Veras -- Spaceman (2021)
The Sorels -- She's In The Gang (2021)
The Terraplanes Blues Band -- Catfish (2021)
The Prof. Fuzz 63 -- Sheena Is A Soccer Mom (2021)
The Yellowhead Project -- A Million Minds In Tune (2021)
Reviews You Can Use: Wilkerson, Big Stir Records (2021)
Bonus Third Set
Caper Clowns - CAPS LOCK ON
Save Henry -- Sunrise
Cromm Fallon & The P200 - Two Stroke Smoke
Pale Lips -- Candy Song
Smile -- Hideout
Du Blonde -- Pull The Plug
Lucas Aaron -- Ocean Girl
The Rugs -- My Love Is Bad
August 18, 2021
Modcast #490: All Funked Up
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The Untouchables -- Freak In The Streets (1985)
The Allergies -- Jumping Off (2020)
Bosq ft. Kaleta -- Backstrokin' (2019)
Frankie Smith -- Double Dutch Bus (1980)
Commodores -- Machine Gun (1974)
Renegades of Jazz -- Flaximus (2021)
Jungle Fire -- Firewalker (2013)
Soopasoul -- If It Ain't Funky Back It Up (2018) Jamiroquai -- Soul Education (1999)
Deee-Lite -- Deep Ending (1990)
Nick Pride & The Pimptones -- It's A Love Thing (2014)
The Traffic -- White Lines (2016)
Basement Freaks -- All That Funk! (2016)
Vic Ceasar -- Shake Down (Bare Knuckles OST) (1977)
Bonus Third Set
Fort Knox Five feat. Flex Mathews -- Reach
The Brothers Johnson -- Ain't We Funkin' Now
Fat Larry's Band - Act Like You Know
Hodges, James & Smith – Sexy Ways
The Jacksons - Goin' Places
Maceo & The Macks -- Soul Power 74
J-Zone -- Knight Rider
Liquid Soul -- Sex God
James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing Live
August 7, 2021
Modcast #489: Stirring Things Up
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The Forty Nineteens -- It's For Fun (That's All We're Living For) (2021)
The Well Wishers -- We Grow Up (2020)
Sorrows -- Christabelle (2021)
Danny Wilkerson -- You Still Owe Me A Kiss (2021)
Popsicko -- Nastassja (2021)
(An Oral History of Popsicko)
The Armoires -- (Just Can't See) The Attraction (2020)
The Living Dolls -- Everything That Happened (2021)
Check out more about Big Stir Records artists at www.bigstirrecords.com
SORROWS: The Real Story of The Real Album
Some of my other favorite Big Stir artists, friends, and co-conspirators
sparkle*jets u k - Ballad of El Goodo
The Corner Laughers -- Bells of El Camino
Librarians With Hickeys - Black Velvet Dress
Irene Peña - Not from Around Here
In Deed - Don’t Need, Don’t Care
July 29, 2021
Modcast #488: Play 'Em Again Suave
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Vista Blue -- Back To The Summer Olymics (2021)
Local Drags -- Give A Shit Anyway (2021)
Sharp Class -- Living For Kicks (2021)
The Speedways -- 11th Street Kids (2021)
Pavid Vermin -- Take Me To Your Leader (2020)
Geoff Palmer -- Tomorrow (2021)
The Peppermint Kicks --The Morning Girls (2021)
Star Collector -- Rip It Off (2021)
Emma Noble -- No Turning Back (2021)
Danny Laj And The Looks -- Smoke In The Sun (2021)
The Lovedays -- Your Money Or Your Life (2010)
The Pre-Amps -- With My Baby (2021)
The Checkered Hearts -- Happy Hour (2021)
The Lodger -- I Think I'll Start Again (2021)
The Chelsea Curve -- A Better Way (2021)
Rich Arithmetic -- Saving Sunset (2021)
Local Drags - Think Straight
Men Of North Country- Titanic
Strange World - Official Video
The Sha La La's - Carpenter Of Love
Justine and The Unclean - Rock and Roll Blackmail
Bad Nerves - Radio Punk
The Hot Sprockets - Soul Brother
L.A. Exes - Skinny Dipping
July 17, 2021
Modcast #487: Here Comes The Ice Cream Man
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Ages ago I discovered this great blog (yes blog!) called Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More. It was highlighting all the exact types of music that I loved. Eventually that morphed into the fantastic Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More Podcast and Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More Records, run by the even more fantastic, prince of power pop promotion, Wayne Lundqvist Ford. I'd be shocked --shocked I tell you-- if you could find anyone who has done more to promote independent artists playing all the great types of mod friendly music from power pop to northern soul and everything in between. His compilations featuring new and old bands are legendary for breaking new sounds as well as sometime being so vast you're riding high for weeks listening to them all.
So, I invited him to chat about new music, old music, what is good music, and more. He even kindly brought some brand new tunes to share with us all.
Where's Wayne at? Well, like Roy Kent he's here, he's there, he's every f*cking where.
Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More Podcast (Podomatic)
Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More Records (Bandcamp)
Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More (Facebook)
Ice Cream Man Power Pop & More (Twitter)
BTW: Wayne guest hosted a couple of modcasts back in the day, one of which has even survived into the present: Modcast #276: With Guest Host The Ice Cream Man.
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The Shambles -- It's A Mod Mod World (2006)
ANC4 -- Is It Me Again (2021)
Mark And The Clouds -- You Wanna Put Me Down (2021)
The RU Handies -- Raining Teardrops (2021)
The Len Price 3 -- Sucking The Life Out Of Me (2017)
The Most -- Howl (2021)
Small Faces -- Hey Girl (1967)
Velvet Starlings -- Kids In Droves (2019)
Mr. Suave's Mod Mod World. Mod friendly music mixes since 2006.
July 12, 2021
Modcast #486: Today's Hit Parade
The sounds may cover the decades, but they're all now sounds from now bands. With nods to past eras aplenty, all of the band here are pumping out great, new music.
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Stephen's Ruin -- Tonight (2021)
Charlton Lane -- Gimme Gimme Gimme (2021)
The Only Things -- Head Down (2020)
Lannie Flowers -- Back Of A Car (2021) (Bandcamp)
Peppermint Kicks -- Hey Fanzine (2021)
The Checkered Hearts -- So Long, Maybe (2021)
Paul Groovy & The Pop Art Experience -- He's A Liar (2021)
Joe James & The Pariahs -- Abandon Ship (2021)
Channel Three -- Flat By The Sea (2021)
Cloud Eleven -- You Make Me Happy
Kelly Finnigan -- Smoking & Drinking (2021)
Kat Eaton -- The Joker (2021)
The JB Conspiracy -- Falling Down (2021)
The Action -- Radio Bar (2021)
Catbite -- Call Your Bluff (2021)
Pavid Vermin -- Take Me To Your Leader
Tommy Ray -- In Love Again
Dirty Sidewalks - With a Girl Like You
The Well Wishers - We Grow Up
The Dents - Mistreatment
Los Chicos -- I Don't Wanna Learn
The Yellowhead Project -- A Million Minds in Tune
The Short Fuses -- Rockford Getaway
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June 29, 2021
Modcast #485: Down With The Upstroke
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Buster Shuffle -- Sucker Punch Shuffle (2021)
Kim Wilde -- 26580 (1981)
Joe Jackson Band -- Pretty Boys (1980)
Blur -- Fade Away (1995)
The Meow Meows -- Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (2017)
Capitol 1212 -- Love Will Tear Us Apart (2018)
Alpha Boy School -- Boys Don't Cry (2003)
Bad Operation -- Kinda Together (2020)
Ranking Jr. feat. The Ordinary Boys -- Jump And Skank (2021)
Urban Blight -- Escape From Reality (1986)
The Targets -- Perfect Guy (1983)
Top Secret -- She's So Ugly (1980)
The Akrylykz -- Smart Boy (1980)
The Communicators -- Let It Go! (2019)
Alpha Boys School - The Roots of Reggae and Ska
Bonus Third Set
Boss [Boff] -- Rude Boys Are Back In Town
The Steady 45s -- Equal Rights
The Bandulus - Dear Lord
The Sensibles -- Nuclear Paradise
The Offspring -- What Happened To You
Kilburn & The High Roads -- Roadette Song
Dance Hall Crashers -- Lost Again
Klang - Beat It
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