Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins: KCRW Broadcast #903
A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.
A mix of all kinds, from all over and all time.
RADIO BROADCAST #903
07-24–26
Fanatic. I hope you had a great week. Jennifer Finch of the band L7 passed away a few days ago. She was smart, funny and fearless. Her passing is a huge loss. The band is bravely carrying on and has tour dates later this year. https://www.l7theband.com/tour
I’ve been checking out a lot of records. Mainly 7”s, in an effort to put a dent in the dozens that have accumulated. Since last week, this is the list:
07-17-26
Gee Tee - Death Race EP - Neck Chop Records
Glo-Worm - Wishing Well - Slumberland
Hawkwind - Silver Machine (pic disc) - UA
Iggy Pop - Bang Bang – Arista Guatemala
Iggy Pop - Success / The Passenger - RCA Holland
Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
07-18-26
Taiconderoga (Brian James pre-Damned) - Whitchi Tai To / Speakin' My Mind - Beacon (UK)
Tiller Boys - Big Noise From The Jungle – New Hormones (Pete Shelley estate)
Total Control - Stare Way / Meds (repress) – Aarght!
Trouble Funk - Say What? – DETT (white label promo) (alt vocals from the 12”)
U.K. Subs - Tomorrows Girls / Telephone Numbers / Scum Of The Earth - GEM (light blue label)
07-19-26
Vile Nation - No Exit (reissue white vinyl big hole) - Cowabunga Records
The Fitts - I Have To Laugh (gray marble vinyl) - Big Neck Records
Cherry Cheeks - Cherry Radio – Under The Gun Records
Steröid - Smoke Show (reissue) - Cuerdas Fuera Records
The Stooges - I'm Sick Of You / Tight Pants / Scene of the Crime (red logo / small hole) - Bomp!
07-20-26
No Peeling - No Peeling - Feel It Records
Collate - Medicine - Domestic Departure
Dinosaur Jr. - Two Things / Center Of The Universe – Jagjaguwar
Pinch Points - Reasons To Be Anxious / Boy - Mistletone
Ooga Boogas - The Octopus Is Back / Diggin’ A Hole (caveman chased by octopus cover 30/35) - Aarght!
07-21-26
The Mob - No Doves Fly Here - Crass Records (test press)
Ausmuteants - 100 Ausmuteants Fans Can’t Be Wrong - Anti-Fade
David Bowie - It’s No Game (Part 1) / Fashion - RCA Japan (white label promo)
David Bowie - Crystal Japan / Alabama Song - RCA Japan (white label promo)
Bratmobile - Split w/ Heavens To Betsy – K Records
07-22-26
Linda Guilala - Agosto / Salga Bien (yellow vinyl) - Elefant
Linda Guilala - Será Más Fácil / La Inseguridad (gray/white vinyl 300) - Test Pattern
Linda Guilala - Estado Natural / Espacio De Tiempo (red vinyl) - Sonic Cathedral
Linda Guilala - Primavera Negra / Ausencia Es Presencia - Elefant
David Bowie - Sound And Vision / New Career - RCA Japan (white label promo)
07-23-26
Black Tambourine - By Tomorrow / Black Car - Slumberland (test press)
Linda Guilala - Paranormal EP (purple vinyl 500 pressed 2011) – Elefant
Wire - Live in London 1978 - Wardance Records
The Wall – Left Behind The Wall: Demos 1978 - 1979 - Last Year's Youth
Mr. Teenage - Automatic Love - not on label
The Cramps – Gravest Gravy
Some cool bands I’ve been listening to that you might want to check out:
Fanatic Denise turned me onto this cool band called Spacemoth. You might remember we played one of their tracks a couple of weeks ago. Definitely worth checking out.
https://ssspacemoth.bandcamp. com/album/inward-eye-2
That cool band we’ve been listening to now and then over the last several months, Added Dimensions, thankfully made a vinyl pressing of their first release, which I believe was cassette only. The great Hozac Records label is releasing it. Looking forward to this one.
https://hozacrecords.bandcamp. com/album/s-t-demo
A new album by 1-800-MIKEY called In Yun comes out on September 4. Mastered by the great Mikey Young. We will start tracks on August 28. https://1-800-mikey.bandcamp. com/album/in-yun-2
ViRG is worth checking out. If you go to her Bandcamp page, look on the left, you’ll see a song called Criminal Record. I think it’s easily one of the coolest tracks I’ve heard this year. The rest of the album is cool too. We’re going to have to wait a while for it, so far, it’s slated for a November release. Definitely something to look forward to. We will be playing Criminal Record on the show in a couple of weeks. https://virg.bandcamp.com/
On August 23, I will be at Skirball, interviewing James Spooner about his new book It Starts With Anger. I’m looking forward to it. You can get more information here: https://www.skirball.org/ programs/it-starts-anger- afternoon-james-spooner-and- henry-rollins
Last Sunday, Ian MacKaye told me about Jennifer. It’s been catching me off guard in the days since.
We have a great show for you tonight. On behalf of myself, young Engineer X and Engineer Am-Rock, we thank you for tuning in. Have a great weekend and stay Fanatic.
–– Henry
We’re on Bluesky: henryrollins21361.bsky.social
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