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There has been a little bit more forward movement on the forthcoming compilation album Make Something Happen! A Tribute To A DIY Power Pop Band Called THE FLASHCUBES. The album remains on-target for its September release date from the good folks at Big Stir Records.
I'm still holding off on announcing the names of the complete slate of participating artists; for the time being, we are only listing those who are already public knowledge through some resource or another. The disc will include three new recordings by the Flashcubes themselves, and the album will open with their ace new cut "Reminisce" (my favorite track of 2025 so far). We've played the Flashcubes tribute tracks from sparkle*jets u.k., the Kennedys, Pop Co-Op, and the Spongetones on This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Chris von Sneidern has announced that he's covering "No Promise," and we've mentioned Hamell On Trial's gloriously cantankerous reading of "Got No Mind," which would require too many bleeps to make it sufficiently FCC-friendly for airplay but which will compel the ritual raising of fists when the album comes out.
As of our previous update, we had two spots listed as tentative; that number has since reduced its bad self to a mere one, and I'm pretty sure that will also be confirmed soon. I've received two more finished tracks--we'll get back to those in a second--and heard rough mixes of a couple of others. One of those rough mixes has the potential of adding a lead vocal from...no, that would be telling, but man, here's hopin'! Overall, we seem to be right about where we should be.
This past Sunday's edition of TIRnRR opened with a Flashcubes tribute album track by Super 8 Featuring Lisa Mychols, covering the Cubic classic "When We Close Our Eyes." Our next show will open with Joe Giddings covering "You're Not Grounded." We'll add those artists to the tribute album's public listing now, and we'll also add Callan Foster, who created an irresistible video for his exquisite cover of "It's You Tonight" (as seen here).
The rest? Still [REDACTED], including the two rough mixes referenced two paragraphs north of here. Here, my friends, is what you're allowed to know at this still-early date:
Make Something Happen! A Tribute To A DIY Power Pop Band Called THE FLASHCUBES
Big Stir Records, September 2025
The song sequence remains unchanged at this time, but may be subject to tweaking as we go.
And a-tweaking we will go! Bright lights stand ready.
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