Conan Neutron’s Protonic Reversal

Friend of the show, Gerald V. Casale returns! To talk not only about the 4-d video for the Lounge Version of Pay U Back (with Steve Bartek of Oingo Boingo and Josh Freese), but to talk about the many, many DEVO activities of the last year. US, Europe and Australia tours, a 50 years of De-Evolution box set. The Art DEVO 1973-1977 box set by Futurismo... a restoration of DEVO videos for the MOMA, the premiere of a Vice Devo Documentary directed by Chris Smith. Picking songs, the popularity of Puppet Boy on TikTok, and of course DOVE: The band of LOVE, all this and more on the latest Conan Neutron’s Protonic Reversal

Here it is! The yearly roundup of Conan Neutron's favorite record of the years. The list:

1. J. Robbins - Basilisk - Exquisite Corpse

2. Kino Motel - Visions - Repeater

3. God Bullies - As Above, So Below - You Call This Love

4. CNTS - Thoughts & Prayers - Smart Mouth

5. Thank - I Have a Physical Body That Can Be Harmed - Woke Frasier

6. USA Nails - Feel Worse - Feel Worse

7. Arcwelder - Continue - Lafayette

8. Dale Crover - Glossolalia - Doug Yuletide

9. Kal Marks - Wasteland Baby - Insects

10. Melvins - Tarantula Heart - Working the Ditch

11. Bunuel - Mansuetude - Drug Burn

12. Shellac - To All Trains - Scrappers

13. The Jesus Lizard - Rack - Grind

14. DEAD - Burn us Clean - Burn Us Clean

15. Chat Pile - Cool World - Masc

16. Porcelain - Porcelain - Vanity

17. Upright Forms - Blurred Wires - Heaven Knows

18. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More - Crystal Breath

19. Sugar Horse - The Grand Scheme Of Things - The Shape of ASMR to Come

20. Brant Bjork Trio - Once Upon A Time In The Desert - Backin' The Daze

21. Deep Tunnel Project - Deep Tunnel Project - Absolute Zero

22. Big'n - South of Loathsome - End Comes Too Soon

23. Bronson Arm - Bronson Arm - Conscious Confuser

24. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis - The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis - That Thang

25. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD" - BROKEN SPIRES AT DEAD KAPITAL

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Rejoice! For the first time since 1999 there is a new Arcwelder! CONTINUE is out now. What better way to celebrate than to have the amazing drummer and co-primary vocalist Scott Macdonald on. We get into all of the details of recording it, as well as constant comparisons to another Minnestota band.... the original sound of grindy, angular riffs with huge hooks and melodies. Tilt-a-whirl to Arcwelder (improvement), Jacket Made in Canada, PULL, Xerxes, Everest, Entropy and lots, lots more. IYKYK, first Arcwelder interview in at least a few Presidents. Let's go!

Matt Cronk returns, and so has CNTS. This time you can lose the U. let's hear some stories of what THE CRONK has been up to since Feb 2020 and he was on last. Did anything happen? Medical tragedies, musical triumphs, thoughts on controversial names and sensibilities about that and an eye to a bright future in 2024 where CNTS are concerned. Also, find out more about Fake Legs and Cowards, and... Qui is back?

Ignore Grief, is the latest album from Xiu Xiu, it came out in 2023! However, Conan's history with the band goes way back to the first record. So, how about a relatively comprehensive album by album history? From the very beginning, all the permutations and eras to today. Along with some reasonable derivations on the way. Covering Under Pressure with Michael Gira, the story of Xiu Xiu Plays The Music of Twin Peaks, the story behind the artwork for A Promise, reissues, album commentary tracks, art not having anything to do with the person that made it. OH NO collaborations, PAHRUMP, Sal Mineo, Merzbow. Bottle of Rum and other dancey songs, All of it and so very much more.

Absolutely is the new record from Chicago heavy swagger rockers Something Is Waiting. The history of SiW. Going from a 5 piece to a 3 piece. NU-ROLL, The mad scientist nature of Bill Fay Refused. sounding full vs. sounding loud, playing smaller and bigger stages. Glam sound without glam excess, noise-rock, Metal bands faking they are bigger than they are, Helmet, At.the.drive-in. Putting together Absolutely, the Something is Waiting shirt series and a song by song breakdown of the album

1. Djunah - Femina Furens

2. Marnie Stern - The Comeback Kid

3. The St. Pierre Snake Invasion - Galore

4. Elephant Rifle - Broken Water

5. Oxbow - Love’s Holiday

6. Resurrectionists - Now That We Are All Ghosts

7. Sparks - The Girl is Crying in Her Latte

8. Maple Stave - Arguments

9. JOHN - A Life Diagrammatic

10. Scream - DC Special

11. mssv - Human Reaction

12. The Tunnel - Shudder

13. Facet - facet

14. Rid of Me - Access to the Lonely

15. Young James Long - Orogeny

16. Hey Colossus - In Blood

17. Dead Bob - Life Like

18. Jolie Laide - s/t

19. Sandrider - Enveletration

20. Traindodge - The Alley Parade

21. Mr. Phylzzz - Fat Chance

22. Tunic - Wrong Dream

23. Cougars - Cougs

24. Suckling - s/t

Yes, that is 24, deal with it.

Hodge! Not only does this complete the mssv trifecta for protonic, we get to hear all about his work on those classic Tom Waits records, playing with Bob Dylan, working with David Lynch for the Fire Walk With Me Soundtrack (the PINK ROOM!) and beyond. Dave Alvin and Dave Jaurequi, Until the End of the World and Julee Cruise, Swordfish Trombones, Rain Dogs, Fox Bat Strategy, backing Mavis Staples, Bob Dylan and of course hooking up with Mike Watt for his first opera Contemplating the Engine Room and later again with Mike Watt and Mike Baggeta. Wotta career! Wotta drummer!

THE COMEBACK KID! It isn't just the player, it is the name of the new record. After almost 10 years, Marnie's back. The 8G band and the difference between playing music there and anything from the world of punk rock (or whatever). A whole lot of talk of music discovery, algorithms, press cycles, and making music in the year 2023. Playlists, Zach Hill, lost eras of music, lots of weird stuff happening all the time, aspiring to write something like a killer classic rock song, the drummer for arcade fire is a secret shredder, marnie montras, grilled cheese and Barbara Streisand. All of that and a quick run through of all of the songs on The Comeback Kid.

The Killer is the new record by the latest lineup of Crime & the City Solution, the band is embarking on a long tour of Europe with new member multi-instrumentalist Joshua Murphy not just playing in the band but also opening the shows with his own solo set. All this plus Simon's tour with the late Mark Lanegan, Drawing inspiration from the lyricism and rhythm of hip-hop, Sly Stone, the journalists school of lyric writing, like Hunter Thompson, Wim Wenders, Six Bells Chime and Wings of Desire, writing the Adversary for Until The End of the World. A runaway success story with Bronwyn 45 years on, Simon's international travels and experiences with anti-corruption in places like Papua New Guinea, living in Berlin and lots more.