ce Cream Man Power Pop and more Xmas Special #65

#65 Xmas

Flipron - Skeletons on Holiday (Fancy Blues and Rustique Novelties LP)

Eric Brao - On Holiday (Eric Brao LP)

RAF - Come On (Come On LP)

Fountains Of Wayne - Alien For Christmas (Rarities and B Sides LP)

Shonen Knife - All I Want For Christmas (All I Want For Christmas EP)

The Ramones - Merry Christmas, I don't Want To Fight Tonight (Hey Ho Let's Go Anthology LP)

The Leonards - Father Christmas (Garage Sale LP)

Mark Morris - Alcoholiday (Memory Muscle LP)

The Connection - West Coast (A Christmas Gift For LP)

The Jetset - Christmas Messages/What Can I say (Come On Peel The Noise LP)

New Mystery Girl - Christmas Outta Sight (Single)

Fountains Of Wayne - The Man In The Santa Suit (Rarities and B sides LP)

Joy Zipper - Christmas Song (American Whip LP)

The Jac - Sweet Tooth Ache (Single)

The Brigadier - The Day Before Christmas (Christmas Tales LP)

The Judes - It's Christmas Time (It's Christmas Time Single)

The Hopefuls - Holiday (The Hopefuls LP)

Weezer - Holiday (Blue Album LP)

Frank Sidebottom - Christmas Is really Fantastic (Single)

The Mockers - There's No War On Christmas (When Christmas is in Your Heart) (Single)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and more radio show #64

The Plimsouls - Now (The Plimsouls Plus LP)

The Seeds - Can't Seem To Make You Mine (Flower Punk 1 LP)

The Men Of North Country - Pandora (The North LP)

The Pretty Things - Midnight To Six Man (Get The Picture LP)

The Lost Boys - Losers Rock (Single)

The Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket (Single)

Phonograph - She Knows It (Phonograph Vol.1)

Hanky Panky - Queen Without A Crown (Precious Bitch Single)

The Rubinoos - Amnesia (Everything You Always Wanted To Know LP)

The Martial Arts - Mod Val (Your Sinclair LP)

The Hollies - Carrie Anne (Best Of The Hollies LP)

David Myhr - Looking For A life (Soundshine LP)

Lazy Eye - Killer ooh (Single)

The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy (The Undertones LP)

Madness - Tazans Nuts (One Step Beyond LP)

The Roswells - What's Going On (The Roswells LP)

Cooper - Hipsters (UHF LP)

Morris Chestnut - Too Darn Soulful (Single)

Baby Scream - Loner (Fan Fan Fan LP)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More radio show #63

#63

The Small Faces - Grow Your Own  (Small Faces LP)

The Small Faces - Afterglow (Ogdens Nut Gone Flake LP)

The Small Faces - Come On Children (Small Faces LP)

Peter And The Penguins - She Took Me By Surprise (How To Choose A Sweetheart LP)

The Pixies - Alec Eiffel (Trompe Le Monde LP)

The Frinchers - Girl From Denmark Street (On Your Knees McCartney LP)

Trees And Timber - Future History (Hello,My Name Is Love LP)

Dave Caruso - Your Fake Friends (Cardboard Vegas Roundabout LP)

The Beach Boys - Surfin'  (Surfin' Safari LP)

Sam Page - Naked (The Slog In Uncertainty LP)

The Faces - Stay With Me( A Nod is as good as a wink....to a blind horse LP)

The Sensibles - Open Book (Single)

Paul Anka - I can't Help Loving You (Single)

The Bluetones - Slight Return (Expecting To Fly LP)

The Primary 5 - What Am I Supposed to do now (Revive - Demos and Rarities LP)

The Rutles - With A Girl Like You (The Rutles LP)

Rebecca Dry - I saw You (Single)

Len Price 3 - Words Won't Come (Nobody Knows LP)

Scumbags - Luna (Single)

Owsley - No One Needs To Know (Oh No The Radio LP)

The Frinchers - She's A Rocket (On Your Knees McCartney LP)

GreenCircles - Never Say Never (Ian McLagan Cover) (available on soundcloud)

The Gents - Waiting To Be Seen (Waiting To Be Seen LP)

The Prisoners - Whenever I'm Gone (In From The Cold LP)

The Small Faces - Own Up Time (Small Faces LP)

The Successful Failiures - Ghost Around Here (Captains Of Industry, Captains Of War LP)

The Posies - I May Hate You sometimes (Failure 15th Anniversary EDT LP)

Dave Caruso - Rockabye (Rockturnal Lullabye) (Cardboard Vegas Roundabout LP)

The Small Faces - I'm Only Dreaming (Small Faces LP)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Radio Show #62

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#62

Lilys - Nanny In Manhatten (Better Can't Make your Life Better lp)

The Crumble Factory - Plastic Teenage (single)

The Jam - Going Underground (Single)

Trees and Timber - Wolf and Sheep (Hello, My Name Is Love LP)

Thee Brandy Hips - Wayne (Raincoat LP)

Thee Milkshakes - She'll Be Mine (Talkin' 'Bout Milkshakes LP)

Scumbags - Do You Know Who Brian Eno Is? (Single)

The Supernatrals - Hanging Around (360 LP)

R.Dean Taylor - Ghost In My House (Single)

Instant Flight - Dazzled Eyes (Around The Gates Of Morning LP)

Trees and Timber - Stop Fucking It Up (Hello, My Name Is Love)

Splitsville - Home (Ultrasound LP)

Little Clara and Les Chacals - Dis Lui Que Je Ne Suis Pas La (Single)

Blow Up - Catch Saturday Night (Teenage News LP)

Cooper - Ideal (UHF LP)

The Supernaturals - Born Again (360 LP)

Red Button - Hopes Up (Red Button LP)

Ruth and The Adelians - I want To Tell You (Single)

Black Linen - Forget The Times (Unreleased)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Radio Show #61

#61

The Kinks - I'm Not Like Everybody Else (The Great Lost Kinks Album)

The Dentists - I'm Not The Devil (Some People Are On The Pitch, They think it's All Over LP)

RAF - Ready Steady Go (Tonight) (Come On Mini LP)

The Greenhornes - No More (Sewed Soles LP)

Maya Reels - Jump Above The Tiger (Single)

The Cool Whips - She Did A Number On Me (Goodies LP)

The Youth - That's Your Problem (Nothing But The Youth LP)

Jimmy Thomas - Where There's a Will, There's a Way (Single)

Runarounds - Hang On (Waiting For The Hurricane LP)

Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry (That's Life LP)

The Ships - Hipster (The Summer Of Our Lives LP)

Secret Affair - Shake And Shout (Glory Boys and Behind Closed Doors LP)

Ken Simpson - He's Not Looking (Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More-A Taste Of...LP)

Dirt Royal - A Thousand Times (Un-released)

The Cool Whips - Move Over Aphrodite (Goodies LP)

Popincourt - Something I want To Tell You (Single)

The Shivvers - Please Stand By. (Single)

Desmond Dekker - I've Got The Blues (Work Your Soul LP)

Shoes - I Don't Want To Hear It (Past Tense LP)

The Outcasts - I'm In Pittsburgh and It's Raining (Uptight Tonight, The Ultimate 60's Garage Collection LP)

Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More Radio show #60

#60

The Jam - Town Called Malice (The Gift LP)

Snuff - Soul Limbo (Six Of One, Half A Dozen Of The Other LP)

The Pinecones - Kimberly Keeps (Ooh! LP)

Blondie - X-Offender (Blondie LP)

Jimmy Haber - My Girls Random (New Bondi Hippies LP)

The Knickerbockers - Lies (Knickerbockers LP)

The 5 Jackals - Bloody (Single)

The Theme - In A Daze (Single)

The Yardbirds - A Certain Girl (For Your Love LP)

The Carousels - My Beating Heart (Love Changes Like The Seasons LP)

The Men - If Tomorrow Comes (This Way LP)

The Ramones - Glad To See You Go (Hey Ho Let's Go Ramones Anthology LP)

Jimmy Haber - Satellite Man (New Bondo Hippies LP)

Little Clara and Les Chacals - A Tu Me Plais (Single)

Chris Richards and The Subtractions - She Belongs To Me (A Smattering Of Mystery and Sound)

Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach (Single)

The Royal Playboys - Arabia (Single)

The Vapors - Trains (New Clear Days LP)

Trees And Timber - Hello, My Name Is Love. Debut Album

In the summer of 2013, I was contacted by a band called "Trees and Timber" from Tacoma WA, who had just unleashed their debut EP called "Electric Gypsy Lovechild."

The EP had me hooked from the very first few bars of opening track, "I Know Nothing," an uptempo affair, which had me swaggering about my business, whilst declaring how I also know nothing, but as Joe Baker (Vocals, Guitar and Keyboards) sings, "I am learning," and what I learnt then, was what a great band this was.

From L-R. Joe, Gwen & Paul

More than ably backed by Gwen Lewandowski (bass) and Paul Rybicki (drums), the three piece deliver what they descibe as "Aggressive Pop Supreme, with a generous side of delicously sweet hooks, lucious lines and juicy rhythms." Sound good enough to eat?  Well it is!

I have been playing Trees and Timber on my show, in the car, at work, on the ipod and haven't tired of them in the slightest, so, when I heard the news from the band that they were releasing an album, I was, to put it mildly, rather excited, they also offered me the opportunity to preview the album, which I gladly accepted, chomping at the bit to devour some more more quality tunes, steeped in 60's styled sensibilities, whilst maintaining an originality and style all of their own.

"Hello, My Name Is Love" is a twelve track music feast, an audible delight, which on first listen had me scribbling notes down on which tracks I would play on the "Ice Cream Man Power Pop and More" radio show, I had basically written down the first side of the album before I had even reached side two!

Interestingly, the title track of the album name "Hello, My Name is Love" does not appear on the album, but you can find that on the EP "Electric Gypsy Lovechild" a track that is not on the EP but appears on the album…..are you keeping up?

Trees and Timber have recently made the EP available for free download on their Bandcamp page and I really believe that this serves as a fantastic intro to a wonderfully fresh and talented band, you can find the EP/Mini Album, for a name your price fee here: Trees And Timber Bandcamp

The album will be released on vinyl, CD and available for download very soon.  In the meantime, go over to Facebook and give them a "like" and immerse yourself in all things "Trees and Timber."

Purchase a physical copy of the album on vinyl here: Swoon Records