technicolour dreaming

21.3.12 - Palindrome Dreaming in Technicolour!!  Beginning with local outfit Ride Into The Sun, we voyaged back to some early Dandy Warhols and even earlier Simple Minds, as well as a Beach Boys song allegedly adapted from a Charlie Manson demo, before returning to the present with Thee American Revolution, Melbourne’s Magic Bones, the Sunburners and the brand new vinyl EP from the Mynd Gardeners. Along the way we played a classic from Scratch Acid, a side of the sole single by Adelaide’s Die Dancing Bears,  a great 13^th Floor Elevators cover by the Dagoes, plus, from the 60's, the original version of ‘Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!’ by the Bostweeds..... these, and many more, were played for your delectation before we signed off with our current ‘Band of the Month’, the Zoot.....

..... and here is the full playlist.....

Ride Into The Sun – I’m Just Dandy     (cd single 2010 Adelaide, Australia)

the Dandy Warhols – Be-In     (‘Come Down’ 1997 USA)

Simple Minds – Theme for Great Cities     (‘Sister Feelings Call’ LP 1981 UK)

Almost Numan – M.E. [Gary Numan cover]     (‘Almost Numan – Off’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Beach Boys – Never Learn Not to Love      (‘20/20’ LP 1969 USA)

De Wolff – Don’t you go up to the sky     (‘Strange Fruits & Undiscovered Plants’ LP 2009 Holland)

Laika & the Cosmonauts – Psycko [Themes from Psycho and Vertigo]     (‘Instruments of Terror’ LP 1994 Finland)

Slingshot Dragster – Agent 0069     (‘Demolition’ EP 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

Thee American Revolution – Blow My Mind     (‘Buddha Electrostorm’ 2012 USA)

the Mynd Gardeners – Where Tomorrow Lands     (‘The Acyd Raindrop Umbrella’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Lovetones – Was I there in your future?     (‘Meditations’ 2006 Australia)

the Scoundrelles – The Betrayed     (‘Organic Molecules in Action’ 2004 Aust./UK)

Thee Pink Stainless Tail – Sitting By a Tree [Escorts cover]     (‘Tomorrow Is Today” compilation 2007 Aust.)

King Daddy – She     (‘She’ EP 2006 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Sunburners – three d radio [city rock]     (‘The Ocean and Booze and Other Things to Drown in’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Dagoes – We Sell Soul [13^th Floor Elevators cover]     (7”single 1981 Adelaide, Aust.)

Magic Bones – Devil’s Spawn     (‘Magic Bones’ EP 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Scratch Acid – Owner’s Lament     (‘The Greatest Gift’ LP 1984 Austin Texas, USA)

Die Dancing Bears – New York Valentine     (7”single 1981 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Bostweeds – Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!     (orig. movie s/t theme - taken from‘Born Bad Vol.1’ compilation LP 1986 USA)

the Mystreated – Sometimes     (‘Lovely Sunday Dreaming’ 1999 USA)

the Zoot – Strange Things     (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Aust.)    #   

    #  “Band of the Month” 

Technicolour Dreaming

Ahhhh... the Cat and the Brat were reunited on the airwaves this week after an enforced bunch of solo shows (two heads are always better than one!) resulting in a musical melange ranging from the neo-psych stylings of Prince Rama to  Josephine XV’s riposte to Napoleon XIV. We played two distinct 60’s bands called Kaleidoscope from two different continents, 80’s Adelaide rockabilly legends the Milky Bar Kids, the Mexican garage riot of Los Explosivos and was that an ode to decapitation by Dutch band Groep 1850? We also featured an interview with Melbourne psych-poppers Go Go Sapien prior to their Adelaide shows, including ‘behind-the-scenes’ anecdotes about the limited-release film which accompanies their new album, an homage to classic Australian schlock-horror B-movies... very groovy indeed! And we bid farewell to DieselWitch Will Kill You as our ‘Album of the Month’...

..... so here is the full playlist..... 

Prince Rama – Portaling      (‘Trust Now’ 2011 USA)

Plasticland – Alexander [Pretty Things cover]     (‘Colour Appreciation’ LP 1984 USA)

3D TV – A Summation Of All These Burdens     (orig. recorded 1991 – released on ‘Burn Your Fingers on the Sun’ compilation 2009 Australia)

Les Goths – Out of the Sun     (7”single 1968 Normandy, France)

the Masters Apprentices – Buried and Dead     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

Josephine XV – I’m Happy They Took You Away      (7”single 1966 New York. USA)

Kurt Vile – It’s Alright     (‘So Outta Reach’ 2011 USA)

City Riots – She Never Wants to Dance     (‘In My Head’ cdEP 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

the Honey Pies – Henny Penny     (‘Carpe Carp’ 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

the Milky Bar Kids – If You Remember Me     (orig. released on ‘Regular Rockabilly’ Australian compilation LP 1984 – taken from ‘SouthBound’ compilation 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

Los Explosivos – Hey Monstro!     (7”single 2009 Mexico)

the Great Apes – Sebastapol Street [Procession cover]     (‘Tomorrow Is Today’ compilation 2006 Australia)

-          phone interview with Will Hindmarsh from Go Go Sapien

Go Go Sapien – Sick Love     (‘This Body Is Wrong For Us’ 2011 Australia)

Van Cleef – Barracuda     (‘Zapatistas!’ cdEP 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

Groep 1850 – Mother No-Head     (7”single 1967 Holland)

Kaleidoscope – A Dream For Julie     (7”single 1968 UK)

Kaleidoscope – Keep Your Mind Open     (‘Side Trips’ LP 1967 USA)

Scars – Your Attention Please     (‘Author! Author!’ LP 1981 Scotland, UK)

DieselWitch – Try Me     (‘DieselWitch Will Kill You!’ LP 2011 Adelaide, Australia)   #

        # “Album of the Month”

Technicolour Dreaming

Once again, the Cat and the Brat featured an eclectic mix of bands and locales, ranging from the USA with the 60s garage/psych/pop of Penny Arkade and the Moving Sidewalks and into the 70s with Devo and Suicide, a cluster of Australian 80s, from the obscure Nick Gogol to the original ‘Le’ Hoodoo Gurus, right up to new releases from Queensland’s Lobster Prophets, Melbourne’s YIS and Adelaide’s Jay Walker & the Pedestrians. We also played a track by great Adelaide 80s band, the Spikes, in memory of their guitarist Ian List, who passed away this week. Naturally we concluded the show with a song from our current “Album of the Month” by Sydney’s Belles Will Ring...

... so here is the playlist...

Blue Sunshine Minds – How Does it Feel? (‘Burn Your Fingers on the Sun’ – compilation)

Penny Arkade – Colour Fantasy   (‘Not the Freeze’ LP 1968 US)

Lady Strangelove – In Meltdown   (‘Sweet Exchange’ EP, Aust. 2011)

the Stevenson Ranch Dravidians – Stargazer   (‘Psychedelica 3’ – compilation)

Andrew Douglas Rothbard – Lucien   (Abandoned Meander)

Sir Lord Von Raven – The Glass Castle (Please Throw Me Back in the Ocean)

Jay Walker and the Pedestrians – Summer at Last   (Liquid Sun)

Lobster Prophet – Krill of Krull   (Tropical Alien)

the Moving Sidewalks – 99^th floor   (7”single 1967 US)

the Spikes – River Of Love   (‘Colour In A Black Forest’ LP, 1986 Adelaide)

Luke Haines – Russian Futurists Black Out The Sun   (21^st Century Man)

White Denim – Street Joy   (“D”)

Gang of Four – 5:45   (Entertainment)

Suicide – Rocket USA   (Suicide)

Nick Gogol – Girl From Tractor Factory (7”single 1985 Adelaide)

YIS – (I Feel) Repulsed   (Kingdom Of Fuzz)

Devo – Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo)

the Minutemen – Voodoo Slaves (7”single 1982 Aust.) 

Le Hoodoo Gurus – Leilani [Original 1983 Version]   (7”single Aust.)

Belles Will Ring – Palisade Alley   (Crystal Theatre)  #

     # Album of the Month