Technicolour Dreaming

The new Brian Jonestown Massacre album came into our P.O. box this week so, needless to say, we felt it was a fine way to begin this week’s show before we moved into our trawl through the wonderful world of psychedelia. Also featured this week were tracks from a couple of cool Russian bands, Mystic Brew and the Spoon Box, with more to follow in coming weeks from what appears to be a very vibrant psych scene... special thanks to Dimitry of Mystic Brew for putting us onto some of the great bands there! Northern Europe also provided us with tracks by such Scandinavian bands as Octopus Syng and the Jessica Fletchers plus, from Poland, the White Kites, while from the Philippines we played D’Swooners, as well as a bunch from the USA and Britain including Flavor Crystals and Jeffertitti’s Nile from the former and Scars, the Open Mind and Schnauser from the latter, not forgetting Australia’s entries, Shining Bird and Subtract-S and New Zealand’s the Avengers, who did a great cover of “Listen, Listen”, which has to be one of our favourite 60’s classics! That’s your lot - another “Technicolour Dreaming” streamed into your ears, so until next week.....

...... here is the playlist, plus visuals......

Enjoy!

Brian Jonestown Massacre – Vad Hände Med Dem       (“Revelation”  2014 USA/Germany)

Octopus Syng – It’s Not a Coincidence         (”Reverberating Garden no.7” 2014 Finland)

Mind Garage – Asphalt Mother         (7”single 1968 Pittsburgh, USA)

Mystic Brew – Without You         (7”single b-side [to Don’t You Want To Stay] 2014 Moscow, Russia)

MYSTIC BREW - Without You (Official Video) from Zakharkin Oleg on Vimeo.

D’Swooners – Please Please Trina         (7”single 1968 Philippines/Hong Kong)

BB Jr – Walking with Jesus [Spaceman 3 cover]         (“Captcha Records... introducing” sampler compilation 2014 California, USA)

the Barbarellatones – Sharknado         (mp3 2014 Hawaii, USA)

the Modern Lovers – She Crack’d         (“The Modern Lovers” LP 1976 New York, USA)

Frantic Chance – My Name is Warfare         (mp3 demo 2014 Scotland, UK)

the Jessica Fletchers – Bloody Seventies Love         (“What Happened to the?” 2003 Norway)

the Green Tambourine Band – From the Seed into the Flower [Sir Psych Mix]         (mp3 – song orig. on “Let Yourself Be/Aum” LP 2014 Scotland, UK)

Cheval Sombre – You’ve got to Hide Your Love Away [Beatles cover]         (mp3 2013 USA)

Three Minute Tease – Cry Baby Cry [Beatles cover]          (“The White EP” double-7” EP 2013 UK)

Southern Boutique – Don’t Be Yourself (Cowboy Song Part 2)         (7” single 2013 USA)

Flavor Crystals – Blue Haiti         (“Three” LP 2013 USA)

Shining Bird – Can’t Stop Sleeping In         (demo 2014 Australia)

Jeffertitti’s Nile – The Day the Sky Fell         (“The Electric Hour” 2014 Los Angeles, USA)

the White Kites – Percival Buck        (“Missing” LP 2014 Poland)

the Mirage – Ebenezer Beaver         (recorded 1968 UK, but unissued – taken from ”Love, Poetry and Revolution: A Journey Through the British Psychedelic and Underground Scenes 1966-72” CD-boxset 2013 UK)

the Open Mind – Magic Potion         (7” single 1969 UK)

the Avengers – Listen, Listen [Merry-Go-Round cover]         (7” single 1969 New Zealand)

Scars – All About You         (“Author! Author!” LP 1981 UK)

Tall Tales and True – Wasted Life         (“Tale Tales and True” mini-LP 1986 Sydney, Australia)

Toys Went Berserk – Guns at My Head        (7” single [b-side to Don’t Run Away] 1986 Sydney, Australia)

Subtract-S – mb ph         (“Love From Outer Space” EP 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

Schnauser – Astral Traveller [Yes cover]         (7”single 2014 Wales, UK)

the Spoon Box – Два расиста [Two Racists]         (“The Spoon Box” EP 2012 Samara, Russia)

Technicolour Dreaming

We’ve been playing songs by the prolific Victorian band, the Citradels, for several years now, so we were pleased to be able to do a phone interview with singer/guitarist/sitarist Tom de Vries, one of the three main songwriters in the group, on the eve of their upcoming show here in Adelaide this weekend – the first time they’ve ever played here! He gave us a ‘potted history’ of the band, as well as discussing their recording methods, their upcoming releases and their live performances, giving Adelaide listeners an idea of what to expect on Saturday night at the Crown& Anchor Hotel gig. Of course it wouldn’t be a Cat& Brat interview, though, without digressions and we enjoyed quite a few – ranging from their use of sitars on-stage and thus onto travels in India, to lamenting the end of Thee Oh Sees and the impact of their brilliant Australian performances over the years, and so forth. We trust that you, the listeners, enjoyed our chat as much as we did... and hopefully also, it inspires you to head on down to the Cranka on Saturday night and catch this great band ‘live’, with able support from Adelaide bands, the Dunes and Black Coral – a great lineup! But of course there was also a lot of other fine music featured on the show this week, including songs by the Violet Swells, the Jason Tryp Experience and Jacco Gardner, plus new singles by  the Allah-Las and Ride Into The Sun as well as older tracks by the likes of Scars, Dog Age, Normie Rowe and the Millennium.....

..... so here is the playlist plus some vital visuals.....

Violet Swells – Jupiter’s Garden      (7”single pre-release 2014 Tasmania, Australia)

the Jason Tryp Experience – Deceive      (“The Many Colours of Tryp” EP 2013 California, USA)

Lene Lovich – Bird Song      (7”single 1979 UK)

Pugwash – Black Dog      (“Jollity” 2005 Ireland)

TNT – 99^th Floor [Moving Sidewalks cover]      (recorded 1974 USA – taken from “Mod, Psych & Power Pop from Central Pennsylvania : the Complete Studio Recordings 1974-76” compilation 1994 USA)

the Auras – The Holy Mountain      (“The Auras EP” 2012 Toronto, Canada)

BrightBlack Morning Light – Everybody Daylight      (“BrightBlack Morning Light” 2006 USA)

the See See – Sweet Hands      (7”single 2012 UK)

Ride Into The Sun – Johnny Bloom      (mp3 download 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Dog Age – Sleep      (“Sigh No More” LP 1991 Norway)

the Blondi’s Salvation – Go Truth      (“Frenchedelia Vol.1” compilation 2013 France)

the Millennium – Suspended Animation      (recorded 1968 USA – taken from “Pieces” anthology 2010 USA)

Holy Wave – Star Stamp       (“Holy Wave” LP 2013 USA)

the Citradels – Chrysalis      (“Droned & Rethroned” 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

                 #    Phone interview with Tom from the Citradels, who will be playing a show in Adelaide this Saturday, 12^th April with the Dunes and Black Coral [more info here]    #

the Citradels – It’s Only a Northern Indian Song      (“Droned & Rethroned” 2014 Australia)

Golden Animals – All Your Life      (“Hear I Go” LP 2013 USA)

Scars – Your Attention Please!      (“Author! Author!” LP 1981 UK)

Crystal Thoughts – The Primitive Gospel      (“1435 Miles” LP 2012 Greece)

the Allah-Las – Had It All      (7”single 2014 California, USA)

the Frowning Clouds – Propellors      (“Whereabouts” 2014 Geelong, Australia)

Normie Rowe & the Playboys – She Used to Be Mine      (“It Ain’t Necessarily so, But It Is.... Normie Rowe” LP 1965 Melbourne, Australia)

Marty Rhone & the Soul Agents – Every Minute of You      (7”single b-side [to Nature Boy] 1966 Australia)

Svensk – Dream Magazine      (7”single 1967 UK)

Jacco Gardner – The Ballad of Little Jane      (“Cabinet of Curiosities” 2013 Netherlands)

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”

Obscured By...

At last, all 3 ‘DOTS’, Michael and Megan and Peter, were together again to present this week’s edition of “Obscured by...”! Needless to say, with the imput of all three hosts it was an even more eclectic show than ever, ranging from Abba songs done Ramones-style, a bit of Tiny Tim, the 60’s sunshine psych of the David and a sitar-drenched instrumental by famed session drummer Hal Blaine, the original composer’s demo of a Cindy Lauper hit, the first 7” by ‘lost’ UK post-punkers Scars through to the post-LSD ramblings of self-appointed guru Kit Ream and the musings of Mr Spock. There were a cool bunch of bands featuring this week’s letter I and our usual opening set of 60’s Australian recordings... all very, dare we say it, obscure!

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

Carson – Don’t Worry     (‘Australian Rock 1971-72’ LP 1972 Australia)

the Id – In the Midnight Hour [Wilson Pickett cover]     (‘Big Time Operators’ LP 1967 Aust.)

the Dymond – Ice Cream Machine     (7” single b-side 1968 Aust.)

Lynne Randell – An Open Letter     (7” single b-side [US-only release] 1968 Aust.)

Magic – I Want To Fly     (7”single 1969 Aust.)

Gabba – Mamma Mia     (‘Gabba Leave Stockholm’ 1999 UK)

Robert Hazard – Girls Just Want to Have Fun     (demo 1979 USA)

the Zombeatles – She Dead     (‘Meat the Zombeatles’ 2009 USA)

Dread Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love     (‘Un-Led-Ed’ 1990 USA)

the Intercontinental Playboys – Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill! [movie theme cover]     (‘Hymns of the Flesh’ 2009 Aust.)

Gabba – S.O.S.     (‘Gabba Leave Stockholm’ 1999 UK)

Kit Ream – Introversal Jam/Don’t Be So Holy Poly Over My Soul-y     (‘All That I Am’ LP 1978 USA)

the Real Don Steele – Cecil, the Unwanted French Fry     (7”single 1965 USA)

Tiny Tim – Just a Gigolo [Bing Crosby cover]     (‘Tiptoe Through the Tulips/Resurrection’ LP 1987 USA)

the David – Another Day, Another Lifetime     (‘Another Day, Another Lifetime’ LP 1968 California, USA)

Hal Blaine – Hallucinations     (‘Psychedelic Percussion’ LP 1967 USA)

I-de-al – Blaue Augen     (7”single 1982 Berlin, Germany)

Inspiral Carpets – This is how it feels [Flood remix]     (12”single 1990 Manchester, UK)

Imperial Teen – Mr and Mrs     (‘On’ 2002 USA)

Inflatable Scooterz – Willpop      (demo 2006 Adelaide, Australia)

the Velvet Underground – The Murder Mystery [alt. mix]     (taken from ‘the Velvet Underground: What Goes On’ boxset – originally recorded 1968 USA)

Gang Of Four – [Love Like] Anthrax     (7”single 1979 UK)

Scars – Horrorshow     (orig. 7”single – taken from ‘Fast Records’ compilation LP 1979 UK)

William Sheller – Living East, Dreaming West     (7”single 1970 France)

Leonard Nimoy – Highly Illogical     (‘Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy’ LP 1968 USA)