Mawkish Twaddle with Bob N., No. 326, 1/20/24

This week’s Twaddle, the second-to-last one on KXSF, is action-packed from start to finish. There are cracking new tracks from The Umbrellas, Pernice Brothers, Misty Lanes, theCatherines, Action Painting!, Straight Skirt, 心椒椒 PAPPER HEART, Savak, Tenniscoats, Grand Public, Bigott, Teini-Pää, Astrel K, Dent May, Les Amazones d'Afrique, The Maureens, Hannah Everingham, Andreas Dorau, Spencer Segelov & Great Paintings, Mr Ben & The Bens, Cosmic Analog Ensemble, J. McFarlane's Reality Guest, HANN, Bill Baird, PACKS, Kenji Kariu / 狩生健志, Petit Bureau, A Certain Ratio, Meril Wubslin, Holiday Ghosts, Orchard, Tomato Flower, Victoria Hume, Jordan Jones, The High Llamas, Rustbelt, Vitesse X, Jane Weaver, Keichi & The Coconut Groove, The Asteroid No.4, Rosali, Bolts Of Melody, and Sleater-Kinney. There’s also a selection from a collection of heretofore unreleased 1977-78 material from Terminal Intensity. From the past: The Lucksmiths, Bruno Nicolai, and two songs from The Shangri-Las (RIP Mary Weiss). Next week: the last Mawkish Twaddle on KXSF. I plan to resurface somewhere else this coming spring. Watch @mawkishtwaddle on Instagram for news of that!