Technicolour Dreaming

Ant and Dan from Adelaide’s conquering psych heroes, Ride Into The Sun, were welcomed back from their recent US tour, which centred on their well-received appearance at the 2013 Austin Psych Fest, as interviewees & guest programmers on this week’s show. We also previewed tracks from their new, self-titled mini-LP [available in a very limited edition on psychedelic, multi-coloured vinyl, as well as on CD] which will be launched here on Saturday 6^th July, when they play alongside the Morning After Girls and Archers at ‘Jive’ in Hindley Street... certainly a contender for ‘gig of the year’! The guys had lots of stories to share from their sojourn in the US and played tracks by some of the bands they encountered, including the Black Ryder, Singapore Sling and, of course, festival hosts the Black Angels. Also thrown into the mix of sounds were Spain’s Los Chicos, German psychedelicists Sula Bassana and the debut of Adelaide’s the Byzantines plus the latest single by Pond, a classic b-side from the Stems and a track from the new Mikal Cronin LP, finishing with a French 60’s single by Les Yper Sound which was later used in the theme for TV’s ‘Futurama’.....

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

the Byzantines – Punch On      (demo 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Mikal Cronin – Am I Wrong      (‘MC11’ 2013 USA)

Sula Bassana – Underground      (‘Dark Days’ 2012 Germany)

the Teardrop Explodes – Bouncing Babies [orig. version]      (7”single 1979 UK)

Los Chicos – War or Party      (‘In the Age of Stupidity’ 2013 Spain)

Pond – Xanman       (CD-single 2013 Perth, Australia)

Indian Puddin’ & Pipe – Hashish      (‘Fifth Pipe Dream’ compilation LP 1968 USA)

the Koala – Strange Feelings      (‘The Koala’ LP 1969 New Jersey, USA)

Dean Allen Foyd – Lovely Sort of Death      (‘The Sounds Can Be So Cruel’ 2012 Stockholm, Sweden)

Roek’s Family – Never an Everyday Thing      (7”single b-side [to Get Yourself a Ticket] 1969 Netherlands)

the Flower Machine – The Tangerine Albatross      (‘Lavender Lane’ 2010 Los Angeles, USA)

Cate Le Bon – Shoeing the Bones      (‘Me Oh My’ 2009 Wales, UK)

Nirvana – Rainbow Chaser      (7”single 1968 UK)

Malibooz – Pier Pressure      (‘New Centre of the Universe Vol.1’ compilation 2012 Australia)

Ride Into The Sun – These Are The Ones That Shoot      (‘Ride Into The Sun’ mini-LP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

       *  Live Studio Interview with Dan & Ant from Ride Into The Sun  *

the Morning After Girls – Run For Our Lives      (7”single 2006 Australia)

Ride Into The Sun – Gun Song      (‘Ride Into The Sun’ mini-LP 2013 Aust.)

the Stems – She’s A Monster      (7”single b-side [to Make You Mine] 1985 Perth, Australia)

Singapore Sling – Nightlife       (‘Life is Killing my Rock’n’Roll’ 2004 Reykjavík, Iceland)

the Lovetones – A New Low       (‘Provenance: Collected Works’ anthology 2012 Australia)

Ride Into The Sun – Hunt Like Wolves      (CD-single 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Black Angels – Watch Out Boy      (7”single 2012 USA)

the Black Ryder – the Greatest Fall      (‘Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride’ 2009 Australia)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Head Up High      (‘B.R.M.C.’ 2001 San Francisco, USA)

the Damned – White Rabbit [Jefferson Airplane cover]      (extended, unreleased version recorded 1980 UK – bonus track on ‘The Black Album’ deluxe reissue 2005 UK)

the Occasional Dead Flys – Dirt [Stooges cover]      (‘A Real Cool Time - Distorted Sounds from the North’ compilation LP 1985 Sweden)

Les Yper-Sound – Psyché Rock      (‘Too Fortiche’ EP 1967 France – taken from ‘Pop À Paris:  Psyché - Rock Et Minijupes,Vol.2’ compilation 2004 France)

Technicolour Dreaming

Finally... the Cat is back with her Brat on Technicolour Dreaming! And so it only seemed fitting that she should play some of her favourites, past and present... bands such as Apples In Stereo, Shower Scene from Psycho and Espers, plus songs like ‘Hippy Elevator Driver’ by the WC Fields Memorial Electric String Band, ‘Can’t Resist’ by the Stems, ‘Ruby, Go Home’ by Thee Oh Sees and ‘Monster Seas & Swells’ by Adelaide’s own brillig, which features Elizabeth’s sublime vocals. We also featured a couple of tracks from the Horrors new album (which has a very 80’s/Echo & the Bunnymen feel in places), plus a cool Blondie cover by Luna... finishing, of course, with another track from our ‘Album of the Month’ by the Laurels...

... so here is the full play-list...

Espers – Hearts and Daggers     (Espers)

Brillig – Monster Seas and Swells     (Mirror on the Wall)

Luna – In the Flesh     (‘Bobby Peru’ EP 1997 US/UK)

Apples in Stereo – Ruby     (No 1 Hits Explosion)

WC Fields Memorial Electric String Band – Hippy Elevator Operator     (7”single 1967 USA)

the Zombies – Time of the Season      (7”single 1967 UK)

the Masters Apprentices – Elevator Driver     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Jay Walker and the Pedestrians – Summer at Last     (CD single 2011 Adelaide)

the Black Hollies – Hamilton Park Ballerina     (Casting Shadows)

Roxy Music – Bogus Man     (For Your Pleasure)

Thee Oh Sees – Ruby Go Home    (Help)

the Horrors – Moving Further Away    (Skying)

the Horrors – Monica Gems    (Skying)

the Rockets - Mean Mistress     (7” single 1979 Perth, Aust.)

ME262 – Gonna Die     (7” single 1980 Sydney Aust.)

the Saints – Wild About You [Missing Links’ cover]     (“I’m Stranded” LP 1976 Aust./UK)

the Stems – Can’t Resist     (7” single 1985 Perth)

the Flies – (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone     (7”single 1966 UK)

Shower Scene from Psycho – Dizzy     (‘Exploding Hits, The Complete Recordings 1982-2000’,  Aust.)

the Laurels – Run For Cover     (Mesozoic)  #

     # ‘Album of the Month’