Sitars, theremin and mellotron, backwards guitar, phasing and fuzz, fringes and mohawks, paisley, black, velvet and leather, feedback, bass and drone, beads, berets and safety-pins, Shindig! and Creem, 3 chord wonders, teenage symphonies and snarl, Rickenbacker, Farfisa and 4-track recorders... onstage at CBGB's, Max's Kansas City or the Trip, the Roundhouse, the 100 Club or the Crystal Ballroom, Catcher's, Big Daddy's or the Squatters Arms.... and the Cat and the Brat on 3D Radio!
Three D Radio announcer, MeganCat (up until recently with her husband, the late Peter Brat)lives in "The BratHaus" a rural seaside home about 100km from Adelaide on South Australia's scenic Fleurieu Peninsula. Veteran musician Peter, and artist/musician Megan, were long-time DJs onThree D Radio 93.7fm, Adelaide's eclectic independent music station. Together Peter & Megan, known as "The Cat and The Brat" created this blog to allow listeners to review the playlists of their radio show, "Technicolour Dreaming", watch clips of selected songs and simply join them in the enjoyment of their favourite music... psychedelia, 60's garage, surf, punk/post-punk, pop, folk-rock, glam, 'Krautrock', goth, 80's electro... and much more!
But The Cat is carrying on the tradition, with guest co-presenters, and "Technicolour Dreaming" will continue in the same format, drawing from the huge "Cat & Brat" music collection, with the addition of new releases and reissues to keep things current. The Brat is hugely missed, but the show must go on, as he wanted...
Technicolour Dreaming had a rest this week, as it was time for Three D Radio'sTop 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)
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!
There was no edition of 'Technicolour Dreaming' this week but...
The Cat & the Brat were amongst the presenters of :
3D RADIO 93.7fm Adelaide :
"TOP100+1" FOR 2010
Wednesday 26/1/2011
# Artist / (L=Local, A=Aust, or country) / Title
1 Squid Jag (L) Demolition
2 Ride Into The Sun (L) Ride Into The Sun
3 The Aves (L) Arblaster
4 The Witch (L) ...From The Sea To The Swamp
5 Roadside Slasher (L) Friend of the Moon
6 Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! (L) Sea Priest
7 The Aves (L) Reaction
8 The Yearlings (L) Sweet Runaway
9 Brillig (L) The Red Coats
10 Abbie Cardwell And Her Leading Men (L) The Bare Bones Session
11 G G Alan Bindig (L) The Curse
12 The Toss (L) Members Only
13 Fluffy (L) Demo
14 The Systemaddicts (L) Tasman Strachan Vs The Wacky Lemon Surprise
15 Dead Man Ink (L) Demo
16 Ride Into The Sun (L) Demo
***** (the Cat & the Brat 'on-air')
17 Slingshot Dragster (L) Dilmohammed 18 The Saucermen (L) Dead Man's Hand 19 Dead Popes Of The Vatican (L) Dead Popes of the Vatican 20 Fiendish Cavendish (L) Night of the Bloody Vackas 21 Glamville (L) Delusions Of Ganja 22 Ricochet Pete (L) Live @ The Sound Lounge 23 Turkey Ranchero (L) Turkey Ranchero 24 The Mynd Gardeners (L) Tales from the Caramel Hourglass 25 The Amcats (L) Truckstop 26 Jay Walker And The Pedestrians (L) The Rise And Decline Of The Sun 27 The Timbers (L) Live @ The Sound Lounge 28 Various (L) Big Beat Cellar Scene: The Lost Sounds Of Adelaide 1965-70 29 The Audreys (L) Sometimes The Stars 30 Grong Grong (L) To Hell 'N' Back 31 Belle And Sebastian (UK) Write About Love 32 Les Goolies (L) Blood & Custard 33 Van Cleef (L) Where The River Meets The Rock *****
34 The Confusement Park (L/US) Welcome To The Confusement Park
35 Fiendish Cavendish (L) Meet The Fritzels
36 The Battery Kids (L) We're Just Hanging While The Rats All Gather And The Vultures Circle Overhead
37 Eddy Current Suppression Ring (AUST.) Push To Relax
38 Viva Vas Deferens (L) 2
39 Matt Banham (L) Self Destruct
40 Kirk Special (L) The Fewer The Facts The Stronger The Opinion
41 The Molting Vultures (L) Demo
42 The Irresponsibles (L) Let It Out
43 Diesel Witch (L) Demo
44 Phat Panda (L) Paws For Reflection
45 The Honey Pies (L) Think Of England 46Peter Brat & The Molting Vultures(L) Life On The Dole/Drop In & Go (7"single)
47 Cock (L) I'm Just Sayin' What Everyone's Thinkin'
48 The Black Keys (US) Brothers
49 Dave Graney & The Lurid Yellow Mist (L) Supermodified
50 Kelshy (L) Too Many People
51 Kelshy (L) I've Been Done Over By Telstra
52 Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs (UK) Medicine County
53 Hoodoo Voodoo Dolls (L) Live @ The Sound Lounge
54 Jesse Dean Freeman Trio (L) Introducing
55 Thee Oh Sees (US) Help
56 Radio Spectacular (L) Sugar Baby, Honey Child
57 Squeaker (L) Fly Baby Fly
58 Stomp The Dog (L) Stomp The Dog
59 Angelik (L) Angelik
60 Little Lindsay (L) Little Lindsay
61 Cosmic Bikini (L) Still Smokin'
62 Standard Union (L) Standard Union
63 Huckleberry Swedes (L) Live @ The Sound Lounge
64 Pimpin' Horus (L) House Of Horus
65 The Honey Pies (L) Oh Hi We Didn't See You There We're...
66 Stirling North & The Serious Lack Of Rainfall (L) Demo
67 Bird Is The Word (L) Demo
68 The Brian Jonestown Massacre (US) Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
69 The Frowning Clouds (AUST.) Listen Closelier
70 Automatic Skivvy (L) 6 Of The Best
71 Super Raelene Bros vs Little Sisters Collective (L) Wiya! Angela Pamela
72 Electric Shitstorm (L) Live @ The Sound Lounge
73 Dollsquad (AUST.) Lethal In Leather
74 The Baker Suite (L) A Quartet For Car Horns And Brakes
75 Dimi Dero Inc (FRANCE) Cremation Day In The Court Of Miracles
76 The Bedroom Philosopher (AUST.) Songs From The 86 Tram
77 The Honey Pies (L) Half A Demo
78 Streamliners (L) Live @ The Sound Lounge
79 Depression (AUST.) Why Do People Hate Us
80 Grenadiers (L) Songs The Devil Taught Us
81 Grinderman (AUST.) Grinderman 2
82 Loren Kate (L) Brand New Shoes
83 Taught By Animals (L) Taught By Animals
84 The Swoop (L) The Swoop
85 The Mops (JAPAN) Psychedelic Sound In Japan
86 Various (L) These Are My Blues: A Tribute To Big Joe Williams
87 Don Morrison (L) Random Notes
88 Fiendish Cavendish (L) Lost Cause
89 The Dagoes (L) Oh No
90 Friends (L) Friends
91 Phat Panda (L) Live @ The Sound Lounge
92 Readymades (L) Live @ The Sound Lounge
93 Booster (L) Cracktopia
94 Bamboos (AUST.) 4
95 Scoundrel (L) Introducing
96 Swimsuit (L) Car Sick
97 Wooden Shjips (US) Vol. 2
98 The Shiny Brights (L) Too Many Chiefs
99 Courtney Robb (L) Amid The Noise & Haste
100 Happy Ghosts (L) Carrie Sings
101 Lipsmack (L) Demo
