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

Sometimes there are highlights on Technicolour Dreaming that are selected for any number of reasons. Take, for instance, the Merry-Go-Round … “Listen, Listen” is a great slice of pop-perfection, but take a look at those groovy clothes!! (our clip shows their ill-fated appearance on “the Dating Game” in 1967).  New London outfit Weird Dreams made the grade due to their sheer delicious musical wooziness, and seeing as it had been stuck in our heads all week, we just had to play the catchy track “Lucifer” by the Salt (in reality a studio-only band headed by Joey Levine, who also made Chewy, Chewy and Yummy, Yummy, Yummy!) Other picks included a Kim Fowley classic, co-written with Michael Lloyd of the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (who coincidentally also played with the late Darryl Cotton, as featured in last week’s tribute), and cool cover versions by the Barbarellatones and the Church (of Jan and Dean, and Hawkwind, respectively). The Adelaide artists featured this week included local legends the Dagoes and Lizard Train and, of course, the late great Baterz, our current “Artiste of the Month,” who concluded the set.

And here is the playlist…

Lizard Train – Explosion in a Room     (‘Thirteen Hour Daydream’ EP 1986 Adelaide, Australia)

the Black Angels – Manipulation     (‘Passover’ 2006 Texas, USA)

the Knickerbockers – Lies     (7”single 1965 USA)

Penetration – Don’t Dictate     (7”single 1977 UK)

the Merry-Go-Round – Listen, Listen     (7”single 1967 USA)

the Green Circles – Brown House in Stepney     (‘Brass knobs, bevelled edges [and in 23 different positions]’ 2003 Adelaide, Aust.)

Jefferson Airplane – We Can Be Together     (‘Volunteers’ LP 1969 USA)

Marc Bolan & T.Rex – Teenage Dream     (‘Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow – A Creamed Cage in August ‘ LP 1974 UK)

Scott Walker – The Old Man’s Back Again [dedicated to the neo-Stalinist regime]     (‘Scott 4’ LP 1970 UK)

the Church – Silver Machine [Hawkwind cover]     (‘Box of Birds’ 1999 Aust.)

the Dagoes – Little Blackie     (7”single b-side [to We Sell Soul] 1980 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from ‘Supreme’ anthology)

the Readymades – Big Shoe Shuffle     (‘Handmade’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Suzi Chunk – Tripwire     (7”single b-side [to Look Back and Laugh] 2012 UK)

the Barbarellatones – Dead Man’s Curve [Jan & Dean cover]     (‘Confessions of a Teenage Prostitute’ 2011 USA)

Tea – Birthday Boy     (pre-release/demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

?  and the Mysterians – 96 Tears     (7”single 1966 Michigan, USA)

Kim Fowley – Strangers from the Sky     (7”single 1967 California, USA)

the Salt – Lucifer     (7”single 1968 USA)

City Riots – Wait For You     (‘Sea of Bright Lights’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Weird Dreams – Vague Hotel     (‘Choreography’ 2012 London, UK)

Baterz – Darling     (‘Out of Hell’ 2000 Adelaide, Aust.)     #

      #   “Artiste of the Month”