Three D Radio's Top 100+1

Technicolour Dreaming had a rest this week, as it was time for Three D Radio's Top 100+1 countdown, which is held on the Australia Day public holiday each year, and features 12 hours of the most-played new releases for 2015, and interviews with local bands. Three D announcers get to choose the music that they play, as there are no set playlists, so the countdown features a very diverse range of musical styles, and a very high proportion of local Adelaide artists. 

So it was into this musical maelstrom that I was thrown, with co-announcer Jamie (from Thursday's excellent drive-time show "Follow the Sound") at the controls, to interview 11 of the 16 bands that fell into our 2-4pm time-slot. Much chaos and hilarity ensued, with a revolving door of musicians coming and going - before we knew it, our 2 hours was over, and it was time for a well deserved beer!

I've included clips for as many of the Adelaide bands that I can find - some aren't for the song that we played, but will give you an idea of their style of music. Enjoy! 

38: William Street Strikers - No Surrender ("Nothing's Going On" 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

37: The Clangers - I Live My Life That Way  ("The Clangers" 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

36: Goldstein - King Muck  ("Playing Dog" 2015 Adelaide, Australia) 

35: Sparkspitter - Vortechne  ("Techne" 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

34: Andy and Marta - She's Coming Home  ("Dressed in Blue" 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

33: The Violet Crams - We Drip From the Mezzanine  ("Cram It In Ya" 2015 Adelaide,

Australia)

32: Rule of Thirds - Pleasure Hive  ("Rule of Thirds" 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

31: Squeaker - Solitude  ("In Love / In Madness" 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

30: Thee Oh Sees - Withered Hand  ("Mutilator Defeated at Last" 2015 Los Angeles, USA)

29: Fiendish Cavendish - Junkyard Dog  ("Aim Low and Hit" 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

28: The Dagoes - Kids Got Style  ("Supreme" [reissue with bonus tracks] 2015 Adelaide,

Australia)

27: Thanes -Kingdom of the Nobots ("Let All The Poisons That Lurk In The Mud Hatch Out" 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

26: Courtney Barnett - Dead Fox  ("Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

25: Flangipanis - Getting Shit for Free  ("Gouge Out Your Eyes" 2015 Brisbane, Australia)

24: The Saucermen - Voodoo Stomp / Black Sheep  ("Fangs" 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

23: Rapid Transport - Dolatov's T  ("In Transit" 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

And for the full listing of the chart, as well as photos of the fun and mayhem had by all at the Top 100+1, take a look at Three D Radio's Facebook page . Thanks also to Spoz, ranter about Adelaide music extraordinaire, for a couple of the clips that I've used this week.

And to finish things off, here's a photo of a very sun-burnt Megan Cat, and the back of Jamie's head, interviewing The Clangers. Thanks to Michael Hunter for the picture!

Technicolour Dreaming

The Brat was ‘flying solo’ for this edition of Technicolour Dreaming, but was not alone in the 3D studio... Seth Sutton from the USA, who records under the banner of Useless Eaters, plus Jack Petty, a member of his touring band, were guest DJs on this week’s show, prior to their gig later that night at the Metro. They came armed with a large box of vinyl to plunder, including  Useless Eaters latest 7”, a Viva la American Death Ray song, a reissue of Figure of Light’s 1972 single, classics from God and the Pretty Things and lots more... plus we spun Adelaide bands Rule of Thirds and Big Richard Insect, who were playing the Metro show as well... Also featured this week were a few of the current wave of American garage/psych purveyors such as Moon Duo, Lumerians and Ty Segall, before we ended with local outfit Brillig, our current “Band of the Month”. So a good time was had by all... but I do hope the Cat returns to the airwaves next week!

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

Moon Duo – Sparks      (‘Circles’ 2012 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Hang a Picture      (‘Putrifiers 11’ EP 2012 USA)

Mesa Cosa – Frozen Eyes      (‘Infernal Cakewalk’ 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

the Outsiders – Prisonsong      (‘CQ’ LP 1967 Holland)

Big Richard Insect – I’m So Bored      (demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Ty Segall & White Fence – I Am Not A Game      (‘Hair’ 2012 USA)

Useless Eaters – New Program      (7”single 2012 USA)

 *  Interview with Seth and Jack from Useless Eaters *

Rule of Thirds – No More Moon      (demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Viva la American Deathray – Bombs      (7”single 2005 Memphis, USA)

the Subway Sect – Different Story      (7”single b-side [to Ambition] 1978 UK)

Cheetah Slicks – Hook or Crook [Alex Chilton cover]      (7”single 1995 USA)

Figures of Light – It’s Lame      (7”single 1972 USA – re-issued 2006)

Reatards – Human Race      (‘Plastic Surgery’ EP 2005 USA)

SRC – Black Sheep      (‘SRC’ LP 1968 Detroit, USA)

God – My Pal      (7”single 1987 Aust.)

the Buzzcocks – Boredom      (‘Spiral Scratch’ EP 1977 Manchester, UK)

the Pretty Things – Midnight to Six Man      (7”single 1966 UK)

the Standells – Dirty Water      (7”single 1965 USA)

Dead Skeletons – When the Sun Comes Up      (‘Dead Magick’ 2011 Iceland)

Lumerians – Atlanta Brook      (‘Transmalinnia’ 2011 USA)

Clinic – the Witch (made to measure)      (‘Do It’ 2008 UK)

Brillig – Death at Sea      (‘the Redcoats’ 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)    #

      #   “Band of the Month”