Technicolour Dreaming

As we gear up here for next week’s 3D Radiothon 2012, we felt we should up the local and Australian quotient in preparation, which was easy since there were so many new releases fitting that bill which demanded to be played! There were new singles from King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and the Demon Parade, EPs from a bunch of local acts including the Sunbirds, Steering By Stars and Sleeptalker, as well as albums from Wolfmother/redsunband offshoot Good Heavens and the Laurels. But it was not all new stuff... as always, we parted the mists of time and played lost gems by Lotus, the Psychedelic Furs and Echo & the Bunnymen, plus a track by the Popinjays from their 1992 ‘covers’ EP,and one from Canada’s High Dials, taken from Psychedelica 4, the most recent of Northern Star Records excellent compilation series before finishing with our current “Artiste of the Month”, the late great Baterz.....

... so here is the full playlist from your curators, the Cat & the Brat...

the Sand Pebbles – Altered Images      (‘Atlantis Regrets Nothing’ 2006 Melbourne, Australia)

the Flower Machine – LA in the Rain     (‘Lavender Lane’ 2010 USA)

the Sunbirds – I Shook     (‘Emergency Christmas’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

Steering by Stars – Shallow Breath     (‘Ties That Bind’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Swimming – Like Minds Colliding     (‘Swimming’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Lotus – Lotus 1     (7”single 1971 Australia)

the Selfish Cales – Psychedelic Eyes     (‘the Selfish Cales 11’ EP 2012 Italy)

the Demon Parade – She’s Gonna Be a Star     (7”single 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Marlow – Always there     (CDsingle pre-release 2012 Aust.)

the Jessica Fletchers – Bloody 70’s Love     (7”single 2004 USA)

Sures – The Sun     (‘Stars’ EP 2012 Sydney, Aust.)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Elbow     (CDsingle 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Headset – Action Man     (‘Antipodean Screams - Vol. 1’ compilation 2003 Aust.)

the Laurels – This City is Coming Down     (‘Plains’ 2012 Aust.)

Good Heavens – Are You Sick?      (‘Strange Dreams’ 2012 Aust.)

Sleeptalker – Wolves     (‘Sleeptalker’ cdEP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Napoleon XIV – They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!     (7”single 1966 USA)

the Popinjays – Rain [Beatles cover]     (‘I’m a Believer’ cdEP 1992 UK)

Echo & the Bunnymen – People are Strange [Doors cover]      (12”single 1987 UK)    

the Teardrop Explodes – Strange House in the Snow      (‘Kirimanjalo’ mini-LP 1980 Japan-only release/UK)

the Psychedelic Furs – Imitation of Christ     (‘the Psychedelic Furs’ LP 1980 UK)

the High Dials – Space Hobo     (‘Moon Country’ 2008 Montreal, Canada  – taken from ‘Psychedelica 4’ compilation 2010 UK)

the See See – Keep Your Head     (7”single 2009 UK)

Baterz – Spider Mother     (‘Out of Hell’ 2000 Adelaide, Aust.)    #

     #  “Artiste of the Month”