Technicolour Dreaming

We began and ended the show this week with a couple of our favourite current bands, Gravenhurst from the UK and Moon Duo from the USA, as well as playing a pre-release copy of the new Ride Into The Sun single, taken from their upcoming mini-LP which, was produced in Melbourne by Alex Maas of the Black Angels – more news of that as it comes to hand! As always, we ventured far and wide for the programme, with tracks from Norway, Chile, the Netherlands and New Zealand amongst others plus some 60’s rarities such as the Tripsichord Music Box and the Attack. We also paid tribute to Jason Molina of Magnolia Electric Co. who passed away at a mere 39 years old – certainly an indictment of the American system of health care, or rather, the lack of it for people like musicians [though even the rich aren’t immune to its deficiencies – remember Andy Warhol being left to die neglected in a hospital corridor?] But we digress... Jason made some great music, and though it wasn’t exactly ‘psychedelic’, we felt he deserved tribute. On the lighter side, we played a version of the Woody Woodpecker song, a track from the bizarre ‘I Buried Paul: death rumour singles’ compilation that was released last year and check out the Vagrants clip from the 1965 ‘Beach Party’ exploitation movie “Disk-o-Tek Holiday” – they don’t make them like that anymore! Throw in some Monkees, Toy, Donovan and other assorted goodies and it’s another edition of Technicolour Dreaming... brought to you by the Cat & the Brat on 3D Radio, Adelaide, South Australia......

..... and here is the playlist, plus some clips to watch for your delectation.....

Gravenhurst – She Dances      (‘The Western Lands’ 2007 UK)

Eternal Tapestry – When I Was In Your Mind      (‘A World Out Of Time’ 2012 USA)

  

Toy – Make It Mine      (‘TOY’ 2012 UK)

My Bloody Valentine – New You      (‘mbv’ 2013 UK)

Lothar & the Hand People – Woody Woodpecker        (‘Presenting... Lothar & the Hand People’ LP 1968 USA)

the Attack – Created By Clive      (7”single 1967 UK)

the Apricot – Look Out Your Window      (‘A Forestful of Threes’ 2001 Oslo. Norway)

Ride Into The Sun – Lost At Sea (a love song)      (pre-release cd-single 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Los Beat 4 – Civilizacion      (‘Habia Una Vez’ LP 1968 Chile)

Congregacion – Quantos ave no tienen y merecen      (‘Congregacion’ LP 1972 Chile)

the Strawberry Alarm Clock – Sit With the Guru      (‘Wake Up Where You Are’ 2012 USA)

Donovan – Superlungs [version]       (recorded 1965 - unissued – taken from ‘Sunshine Superman’ CD-reissue 2011 UK)

the Black Hollies – No. 10 Girl       (‘Softly Towards the Light’ 2009 Philadelphia, USA)

the Twilights – Blue Roundabout      (‘Once Upon a Twilight’ LP 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

the Monkees – Porpoise Song      (7”single 1968 USA)

the Mystery Tour – Ballad of Paul      (7’single 1969 USA – taken from ‘I Buried Paul (the Paul McCartney Death Rumour Singles)’ compilation 2012 UK)

Magnolia Electric Co. – Leave The City      (‘What Comes After The Blues’ 2005 USA)

the Tripsichord Music Box – Times & Seasons        (recorded 1968 – released on ‘Tripsichord Music Box’ LP 1971 USA)

Modern Folk Quartet – Night Time Girl      (7”single 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

the High Dials – Fields In Glass      (‘Fields In Glass’ EP 2004 Canada)

DeWolff – Who Are You or The Magnificence Of Loving A Million Strangers      (‘Orchards/Lupine’ 2011 Netherlands)

Q65 [as Circus] – Fairytales of Truth      (7”single 1969 Netherlands)

the Vagrants – Oh Those Eyes      (7”single 1965 USA)

 

Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos – Rain      (7”single 1986 New Zealand)

the Higher State – It’s Not Up To You      (‘Freakout At The Gallery’ 2011 Kent, UK)

Moon Duo – Seer [Psychic Ills remix]      (‘Mazes – remixed’ 2011 USA)

 

Technicolour Dreaming

We devoted a chunk of this week’s show to a phone interview with one of our favourite bands... Melbourne’s dulcimer-driven Dandelion Wine, who are in town on June 16 as part of their ‘Light Streaming Down 10th Anniversary Tour’ commemorating the release of their first EP back in 2002. Amongst other things, we spoke to Nicholas about their German record label, Black Rain, the upcoming European tour (their 7^th), favourite toy lobsters and, of course, dulcimers and other exotic string instruments. They are a great live act, so try and catch them next time they are in your locale. Speaking of great live performances, we also played a track from the lovely LeighStarDust who is making her first live appearance in over a year, supporting Dandelion Wine. During the rest of the show there were tracks from new releases by the likes of Gravenhurst and Suzi Chunk from the UK  and Aussie outfits, the Fabergettes and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, as well as 60’s gems by Kaleidoscope and Chris Farlowe, 80’s Australian singles by Salamander Jim (Tex Perkins et al) and the Sacred Cowboys, plus local surf tunes from Dieselwitch and GT Stringer, before we finished with our current “Band of the Month”, the Sunnyboys... all this, and more, brought to you by the Cat and the Brat on 3D Radio 93.7fm, Adelaide’s foremost eclectic music station.....

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

Wooden Wand – Baby, You’re a Rich Man [Beatles cover]     (‘Mojo: Yellow Submarine Resurfaced’ compilation 2012 UK)

Gravenhurst – The Prize     (‘The Ghost in Daylight’ 2012 UK)

Kaleidoscope – (Further Reflections) In the Room of Percussion     (7”single 1968 UK)

Eric Burdon & the Animals – Anything     (7”single 1966 UK)

the Screaming Tribesmen – A Stand Alone     (7”single 1984 Australia)

the Drab Doo Riffs – Trouble     (‘Postcards from Uranus’ 2010 New Zealand)

Salamander Jim – Hot Cakes For Daddy     (‘Lorne Greene Shares His Precious Fluids’ mini-LP 1984 Aust.)

the Damned & Lemmy – Ballroom Blitz [Sweet cover]     (7”single 1979 UK)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Bloody Ripper     (CD-single 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Sacred Cowboys – Nothing Grows in Texas     (7”single 1982 Melbourne, Aust.)

Dandelion Wine – Twins      (‘Selected Anachronisms’ EP 2008 Aust.)

       [phone interview with Nicholas from Dandelion Wine]

Dandelion Wine – Found     (‘An Inexact Science’ 2006 Aust.)

Trembling Bells – All Good Men Come Last     (‘Shindig: It’s Happening Vol.2’ compilation 2010 UK)

Houdini Dax – Fizzy Moon     (‘You Belong to Dax, Darling’ 2011 Wales, UK)

the Fabergettes – Ding Dong     (‘the Fabergettes’ EP 2012 Sydney, Aust.)

the Booby Traps – Another Day, Another Man     (‘the Booby Traps’ 2006 Aust.)

Dieselwitch – Surf Wagon     (‘Surfedelica’ 2009 Adelaide, Aust.)

GT Stringer – Nothing Else Matters     (‘Surfrospective’ CD-anthology 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Race Marbles – Like a Dribbling Fram     (7”single 1966 Toronto, Canada)

LeighStarDust – The Moll Song [Matt’s Little Brother cover]     (‘They Make Good Pets But I Don’t Have One’ 2005 Adelaide, Aust.)

Chris Farlowe – Moanin’ [sitar mix]     (7”single 1967 UK – taken from ‘Immediate Mod Box Set’ compilation 2005)

Suzi Chunk – Tripwire     (7”single b-side 2012 UK)

the Sunnyboys – Show Me Some Discipline     (7”single 1982 Australia)   #

     # “Band of the Month”

Technicolour Dreaming

The Cat and the Brat are back... and thanks to 3D compadre Phil J for filling-in for us again at short notice last week! We devoted half the show to Australian bands this week, beginning with the wonderful Go Go Sapiens from Melbourne, before continuing with acts such as Ride Into The Sun, Thee Wylde Oscars and Love Parade, as well as new local band Summer Flake and fondly-remembered 80’s outfit, Toyland. Spreading out to the rest of the globe, we played new stuff from Gravenhurst and King Tuff, plus a song each from two of this week’s visitors to Adelaide, the Raveonettes and the Brian Jonestown Massacre... and of course there was a track from the Lovetones, our current ‘Band of the Month’! These, and more, and it’s another Technicolour Dreaming for your delectation....

..... and here is the complete playlist.....

Go Go Sapiens – Space Garbage      (‘Merman’ 2009 Melbourne, Australia)

Human Don’t Be Angry – Pet Sounds [Beach Boys cover]     (‘Pet Sounds Revisited’ – MOJO magazine cover CD compilation 2012 UK)

Simply Saucer – I can change my mind     (7”single 1978 USA)

Ride Into The Sun – Drown Your Soul     (7”split-single [with the Amcats] 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

the Amcats – Overtime     (mp3 single 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Thee Wylde Oscars – White Light, White Heat [Velvet Underground cover]     (‘Right, Yeah!’ 2010 Melbourne, Aust.)

King Tuff – Anthem      (‘King Tuff’ 2012 USA)

Gravenhurst – The Prize     (‘The Ghost in Daylight’ 2012 UK)

Love Parade – Like Lovers Do     (cd-single 2012 Perth, Australia)

the Lemonheads – A Different Drum [Stone Poneys cover]      (cd-single 1990 USA)

The Left Banke – Pretty Ballerina     (7”single 1966 USA)

Brian Jonestown Massacre – Blue Order New Monday     (‘Aufheben’ 2012 USA)

Summer Flake – Walk the Plank     (‘Summer Flake’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Moon Duo – Fall-out [Sonic Boom remix]     (‘Mazes – Remixed’ 2012 USA)

the Raveonettes – Veronica Fever     (‘Whip It On’ 2003 USA/Denmark)

the Dolly Rocker Movement – A Sound For Two      (‘A Sound For Two’ EP 2008 Aust.)

the Lovetones – Be What You Want     (cd-single 2003 Aust.)   #

Public Nuisance – America     (7”single 1967 San Francisco, USA)

Toyland – Night Flight Over Palestine     (‘Toyland’ EP 1984 Adelaide, Australia)

    #  “Band of the Month”