The Ace's Next Time Around has managed to hold the 4th spot in Mike Murray's Boss 20, for the month of December 2012. His Whole Lotta Shakin' Radio Show is one of the most rockin' garage rock radio shows throughout the multiverse. The UK's Galileo 7 has reached the top spot with their great new album Staring At The Sound. The Doughboys have stormed into the Boss 5 at number 2. Another new entry is Spanish outfit Hula Baby, coming in at number 5. Suzi Chunk continues to fly high at number 3.
The Ace are number 4 in Mike Murray's Boss 20 for the month of November 2012. The Boss 20 features 3 UK acts in the top 5. The Ace join Suzi Chunk and Galileo 7 in the top 5, with the USA's finest two rock'n'roll raves, Hi-Risers and Los Straightjackets. The underground garage/powerpop/rocknroll scene is as vibrant as ever. Mike Murray presents the Whole Lotta Shakin' Radio Show on WRUR 88.5-FM outta Rockin' Rochester, NY, USA. In the Boss Top 5 countdown, Mike played The Ace's Whisper Explosion, rock and rooooooolllllll!!!!!
He's some great footage of 60s Texas garage outfit The Bad Seeds playing Taste Of The Same. The mood and atmosphere of this tune is electric, sweet guitar sounds and melancholic harmonies, a rare classic of the finest vintage. We Dig This! Jonny Magus.
Jimi Hendrix, world renowned for his guitar fireworks and exploding the blues into apsychedelic supernova, is often overlooked for his talent as a lyricist. Perhaps one of the saddest songs in all Song is Burning The Midnight Lamp, with the immortal line loneliness is such a drag, dragging you gently into the abyss. Images of alienation, love lost and loneliness abound on this superb song. The opening lyrics of ‘The morning is dead and the day is too’, you know you’re into some pretty deep waters and Hendrix doesn’t pull any punches, with simple, direct lyrics, full of concise images. Hendrix takes a strong melodic approach to embellish his poetic lyrics, harpsichords, angelic choirs, wahs wahs and a strange mandolin sound adding to the atmosphere of sad dislocation. Sadness has never sounded so good. Jonny Magus
At the weekend, Love Looks Good was played by Mike Murray on his Whole Lotta Shakin' radio show, on WRUR-FM, Rochester, USA. There will be more on Mike Murrays' Whole Lotta Radio Show on a future post, but here's the homepage to his rockin' radio show.
The Ace made the playlist on Stoned Circus Radio Show, Canal B, Rennes, France. If You're Out There hit those groovy French airwaves. A big thanks to Stéphane.
The Ace have made the playlist on WVKR's, Most Boss Radio Show, The Primitive Show. DJ Primitive Goerge gave Oh Yeah a whirl from our EP Another Top Pop, which is available free with our new album Next Time Around.
Check out The Primitive show, audio archives are also available through podomatic here
Of all the bands and tunes that have influenced The Ace, The Stairs are one of the most important. Mono-tastic tunes that blow the mind, maximum R&B infused garage freakout beat! Check out Mary Joanna, a stomping behemoth of a tune.
Typical of Dynamite Daz Lee, The Ace's drumming madman goes on a trip to London and meets the daftest of all Yorkshiremen, Keith Lemon. Toilet humour and crude jokes galore, Bang Tidy!
Keith And Daz
And here's Daz in full flow at The Cavern Pub, Liverpool, IPO 2010, Dynamite Style!
The Ace tune Sgt. Major Neighbour has recently featured on one of Mr Suave's modcasts, through his Mod Mod World blog. The modcast is free to download, so go check out the blog and get yourself a cool music fix, featuring The Ace, niiiiiiiiiiiiice...
Run for cover! Hunker down! Hide! Ruuuuuun because here's Attack Of The Mosquitoes from The Ace's new album Next Time Around. This Sci-fi b-movie monster of tune will leave you in cold terror, as those little evil critters buzz nearer and nearer... 04 Attack Of The Mosquitoes by The Ace (UK)
If You're Out There by The Ace, from their new album Next Time Around.
The Ace made the playlist for The Rock Roll Dance Party radio show on WUSB, out of Stony Brook, New York. If You're Out There made this weeks show, whereas Go Go Girl made the playlist on last weeks show. Big cheers to Michael for giving us a blast.
The Ace (mkii) have their new album ready 'Next Time Around'. The album features 12 tracks of garage, beat, bubblegum, pop-pysche, all fizzing with delight. The album costs £7 at gigs, £8.50 by post to those in the UK, £10 international post. We are giving away a free EP with the album, called' Another Top Pop', which features three additional tunes of shaking sugar. JonnyMagus
