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

The third show of the year and we’re getting a feel for this ‘amalgamation of two shows into one’ thingee! There was current stuff from bands such as the Surf Zombies, Earth and Japandroids, a selection of 60’s music ranging from the Byrds to Svensk to the Brain [a pre-Giles, Giles & Fripp project by the Giles brothers], and a plethora of tracks in between from artists such as Echo & the Bunnymen, Wooden Shjips, Suede, Tyrnaround, Jennifer Gentle, Custard and T.Rex. Our feature this week was a 7”EP from the Fruits de Mer label called The League of Psychedelic Gentlemen, consisting of a track each by four such gentlemen, including nick nicely and Anton Barbeau... we’ll be playing the other two next week! We finished the show with the 1999 single by Jason Falkner which, in a just world, would have been a huge hit, but in this one was torpedoed by ‘major label’ shenanigans... his back catalogue is well worth checking out as he writes and plays great pop music, in the classic sense of the word!

.....So here is the playlist and a few clips to whet your interest.....

Jennifer Gentle – Couple in Bed by a Green Flashing Light      (‘Funny Creatures Lane’ LP 2002 Italy – taken from ‘Ectoplasmic Garden Party’ anthology 2003 Italy)

Tyrnaround – Carroll by Candlelight      (‘Colour Your Mind’ EP 1986 Australia)

Svensk – Dream Magazine      (7”single 1967 UK)

Procession – Mind Magician      (‘Procession’ LP 1968 Australia/UK)

the Dave Miller Set – Mr Guy Fawkes      (7”single 1969 New Zealand/Australia)

the Brain – Nightmares in Red      (7”single b-side [to Kick the Donkey] 1967 UK)

Earth – Father Midnight      (‘Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light, Vol.1’ 2011 USA)

Custard – A View to a Kill [Duran Duran cover]      (‘Undone: Songs of Duran Duran’ compilation 1999 Australia)

British Sea Power – Tugboat [Galaxie 500 cover]      (‘Rough Trade - Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before’ compilation 2003 UK)

Melody’s Echo Chamber – I Follow You      (‘Melody’s Echo Chamber’ 2012 France/Australia)

 

Rhubarb Rhubarb – Rainmaker      (7”single 1968 UK)

Timberjack Donaghue – Dahli Mohammed      (7”single 1970 New Zealand)

the Byrds – Natural Harmony      (‘The Notorious Byrd Brothers’ LP 1968 USA)

the Surf Zombies – Flat Black      (‘Lust For Rust’  2012 Iowa, USA – taken from ‘Continental Magazine #20’ cover-mount CD 2012 USA)

the Dead Rocks – La Terrible Maldicion de Tutenkamon      (‘One Million Dollar Surf Band’ 2008 Sao Carlo, Brazil)

Y Niwl – Dauddegpump      (‘Y Niwl 4’ EP 2012 Gwynned, Wales, UK)

 Japandroids – For the Love of Ivy [Gun Club cover]      (‘Celebration Rock’ 2012 USA)

 

T.Rex – Ripoff      (‘Electric Warrior’ LP 1971 London, UK)

the Barbarellatones – White Light, White Heat [Velvet Underground cover]      (‘The Sound of Love’ 2012 USA)

nick nicely – Rosemary’s Eyes      (‘The League of Psychedelic Gentlemen’ split-EP 2012 UK/USA/France)

Wooden Shjips – Out of my Head      (recorded 2009 – taken from ‘Yeti 7’ magazine cover-mount CD 2009 USA)

the House of Love – Christine      (‘House of Love’ LP 1988 UK)

Suede – The Drowners      (‘Suede’ LP 1993 UK)

Echo & the Bunnymen – Crocodiles      (‘Crocodiles’ LP 1980 UK)

Crocodiles – My Surfing Lucifer      (‘Endless Flowers’ 2012 USA)

Anton Barbeau & the Three Minute Tease – When I Was 46 [In The Year 13]      (‘The League of Psychedelic Gentlemen’ split-EP 2012 UK/USA/France)

Jason Falkner – Holiday      (7”single 1999 USA)

 

Obscured By...

Our regular opening set of Australian 60’s and 70’s music this week featured a Loved Ones track found on a rare 1966 W&G Records compilation, plus a ‘live’ 1971 Wild Cherries recording from Australia’s fondly-remembered ABC-TV series ‘GTK’. Other highlights included the “Light & Darkness suite”, comprising the whole of side 1 of Ash Ra Tempel’s second album, a couple of  Perth punk gems, a Peter Tork penned and performed song from the Monkees which remained unissued for more than twenty years, and a track from a new album spawned from the collaboration of Ty Segall and White Fence.  All rounded out with lots more, shall we say, obscurities and forgotten masterpieces... brought to you by the Cat & the Brat, your DOTS for this week......

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

Freshwater – Hello Sunshine      (7”single b-side 1971 Australia)

the Wild Cherries – G.O.D. (Guitar Over Drive)      (broadcast on ABC-TV July 1971 – taken from “the GTK Tapes Vol.1” 1995 Australia)

the Vacant Lot – Don’t Let Me Sleep Too Long [Myddle Class cover]     (7”single 1967 Sydney, Aust.)

the Twilights – The Way They Play     (7”single b-side 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Wright of Waye – Sun God     (7”single 1968 Sydney, Aust.)

Ray Brown & the Whispers – Too Late to Come Home     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

the Loved Ones – I Want You To Love Me     (‘Our Generation’ W&G Records compilation LP 1966 Aust.)

the Numbers – Govt Boy      (‘Govt Boy’ EP 1979 Aust.)

the Rich Kids – Ghosts of Princes in Towers     (7”single 1978 UK)

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

the Manikins – Love at Second Sight     (7”single 1980 Perth, Aust.)

the Vice Creems – Danger Love      (‘Danger Love’ EP 1979 UK)

Ultravox! – Satday Night in the City of the Dead     (‘Ultravox!’ LP 1977 UK)

the Human League – Circus of Death [Fast Product version]     (7”single 1978 UK)

Ash Ra Tempel – Light & Darkness     (‘Schwingungen’ LP 1972 Germany)

Michael Bundt – Les Classes Aux Microbes     (‘Just Landed Cosmic Kid’ LP 1977 Germany)

Ultimate Spinach – Fragmentary March of Green     (‘Behold & See’ LP 1968 USA)

Svensk – Dream Machine     (7”single 1967 UK)

Pleasure – Poor Old Organ Grinder     (7”single 1969 USA)

Ola & the Janglers – What a Way to Die     (7”single 1969 Sweden)

the Garden Club – Little Girl Lost & Found     (7”single 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

the Monkees – Tear The Top Right Off My Head     (recorded/unissued 1968 – released on ‘Listen to the Band’ compilation 1991 USA)

Gene Clark – Los Angeles     (recorded/unissued 1968 – released on ‘Flying High’ compilation 1998 USA)

Ty Segall & White Fence – The Black Glove/Rag     (‘Hair’ 2012 California, USA)

Dark Ocean Colors – The Other Line     (‘Dark Ocean Colors’ 2011 USA)

the Jelly Bean Bandits – Generation     (‘the Jelly Bean Bandits’ LP 1967 USA)