Technicolour Dreaming

We began the show this week with a prime example of 21^st Century psychedelia by American band Eternal Tapestry. We then ventured far and wide for the next two hours, with a mix of singles and album tracks by bands such the Leopards, the Lee Kings and the Turtles as examples of the former, and the Barbarellatones, the Apricot,  Moon Duo and Jim Noir representing the latter. We featured a song from Ben Mason’s fine new album, another from the latest Mynd Gardeners release, plus the A-side of a very cool 7”single by the Space Agency which is due for release at the end of the month on Market SquareRecords [we’ve attached their suitably spacey clip!]. Throw in some Cate le Bon, a live track from Germany’s Vibravoid, a slice of French 60’s psych by Bruno Leys, a Nilsson single B-side [he’s on the cover of the current Shindig! magazine] and lots more, finish with a track from Lumerians [whose new album we eagerly await!] and there you have it... another edition of Technicolour Dreaming, brought to you again by the Cat & the Brat!

...... so here is the playlist plus assorted visuals.....

Eternal Tapestry – Cosmic Manhunt      (‘Beyond the 4^th Door’ 2011 Chicago, USA)

the Chocolate Watchband – Don’t Need Your Lovin’      (‘Riot on Sunset Strip’ soundtrack LP 1967 USA)

the Barbarellatones – Gothic City      (‘The Breakup Ghost’ 2009 USA)

the Apricot – Mind Your Head      (‘A Forestful of Threes’ 2011 Finland)

the Leopards – Psychedelic Boy      (7”single 1986 Kansas City, USA)

the Sand Pebbles – Black Sun Ensemble      (‘Ghost Transmissions’ 2004 Melbourne, Australia)

Ben Mason – Black Sky Yellow Moon      (‘Holes and Corners’ 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

the Gothic Archies – The World is a Very Scary Place      (‘The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events’ 2006 UK)

Cate le Bon – Feel  [Syd Barrett cover]      (recorded 2010 Wales, UK – taken from ‘Mojo: The Madcap Laughs Again’ magazine covermount-CD compilation 2010 UK)

Syd Barrett – Dolly Rocker      (recorded 1970 UK – taken from ‘Opel’ 1988 UK)

the Dolly Rocker Movement – Enjoy a Paranoia      (‘Our Days Mind The Tyme’ 2009 Australia)

the Avengers – Midnight Visitation      (‘Medallion’ LP 1969 New Zealand)

Moon Duo – Seer [Psychic Ills remix]      (‘Mazes Remixed’ 2011 San Francisco, USA)

Golden Triangle – Blood & Arrow      (‘Double Jointer’ 2010 USA)

the Space Agency – Bombay Potatoes      (7”single 2013 Hove, UK)

the Lee Kings – Oriental Express      (7”single 1968 Sweden)

the Mynd Gardeners – Recharge Your Mynd      (7”split-EP [with the Stanleys] 2013 Australia)

Vibravoid – Suppose They Give a War & No-one Comes [West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band cover]      (recorded live 2011 Germany – taken from ‘Timemazine Vol.6’ magazine covermount-CD compilation 2011 Greece)

Jim Noir – Happy Day Today      (‘Jim Noir’ 2008 UK)

Bruno Leys – Hallucinations      (‘Maintenant je suis un voyou’ EP 1968 France)

the Fresh & Onlys – All Tomorrow’s Parties [Velvet Underground cover]      (‘The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castleface Records and Friends’ compilation LP 2012 California, USA)

Plasticland – Alexander [Pretty Things cover]      (‘Plasticland’ LP 1984 Milwaukee, USA)

the Whatt Four – You’re Wishing I Was Someone Else      (7”single b-side [to Dandelion Wine] 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

the Pillbugs – Here’s To The End Of Time      (‘Monclovia’ 2008 Ohio, USA)

the Turtles – Grim Reaper of Death      (7”single 1966 USA)

Nilsson – Sister Marie      (7”single b-side [to One] 1968 USA)

Lumerians – Hashshashin      (‘Transmilinnia’ 2011 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Beginning with the likes of Spacemen 3 and Adelaide’s Asteroid Belt, the Cat and the Brat played some 60’s garage from the Chocolate Watchband and the Plague, some 70’s punk from X Ray Spex and France’s Metal Urbain (the very first single ever to be released by the UK’s Rough Trade Records), a selection of recent releases including Adelaide’s Isomer and DieselWitch and much, much more... all in all, the regular Technicolour Dreaming.....

..... and so here is the playlist.....

Gun – Take Off     (‘Gun’ LP 1970 UK – played from ‘Sweet Floral Albion’ compilation cd)

Spacemen 3 – Revolution     (‘Playing with Fire’ LP 1989 UK)

the Asteroid Belt – Incantations      (demo 2009 Adelaide, Aust.)

Thee Oh Sees – Destroyed Fortress Reappears     (Help)

the Hoa Hoas – Intensity     (Pop/Drone/Pedals)

The Plague – The Face of Time     (7”single 1966 Canada)

The Chocolate Watchband – Don’t need your lovin’     (‘Riot on Sunset Strip’ soundtrack compilation LP 1967 USA)

DieselWitch – I Set Bugs on Fire    (pre-release from forthcoming album 2011 Adelaide)

the Sand Pebbles – Occupied Europe (take me across the water)     (Dark Magic)

Black Cab – Ghost Anthems     (Call Signs)

Clinic – Baby     (Bubblegum)

Dean and Britta – Not a Young Man Anymore [Velvet Underground cover]     (Andy Warhol’s 13 Most Beautiful)

Ladytron – Sugar     (Witching Hour)

Isomer – Poison the Well     (Face Toward the Sun)

Metal Urbain – Paris Maquis [fasciste!]     (7”single 1977 France/UK)

X Ray Spex – Identity     (‘Germ Free Adolescents’ LP 1978 UK)

Thee Stag Knights – Come On     (‘Wild About You’ CD compilation 2004 Australia)

Rebecca and the Sunnybrook Farmers – What do you think of the War     (‘Birth’ LP 1969 UK – played from ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol. 10’ compilation CD)

Plasticland – Mink Dress     (7”single 1980 USA)

Eddy Current Suppression Ring – We got the Beat [Go-Go’s cover]     (So Many Things)