Technicolour Dreaming

This week, on the stinking-hot first day of autumn, I featured a couple of new releases from the wonderful UK vinyl-only label, Fruits de Mer - Sendelica's sublime, surreal, and lengthy take on Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust", and a track from the new 7" EP from Italian singer-songwriter Claudio Cataldi, "Here She Comes Now". And closer to home, the long-awaited new album from Melbourne's The Citradels, "Are They Still Here?" also got a spin - the band are in the middle of their national tour, and will be playing in Adelaide at The Grace Emily this Friday March 11, so check them out if you get the chance! I'll be chatting with Sunny from The Citradels on the show next week, so tune in - don't forget, you can listen to the live stream of the show by going to www.threedradio.com ...and here's the playlist from the show!

Thee Oh Sees - Putrifiers II  ("Putrifiers II" EP 2012 Los Angeles, USA)

The Barbarellatones - Electric Pussycat  (demo 2014 Hawaii, USA)
The Citradels - Incense and Pepperspray  ("Are They Still Here?" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Sendelica - Ziggy Stardust [Bowie]  (7" single 2016 Wales UK)

Sammy Soul Set - Moontalk  (7" single 1967 Netherlands)

Giorgio (Giorgio Moroder) - Stop  (7" single 1966 Italy/Germany)

The Sufis - No Expression  ("Inventions" 2013 Nashville USA)

The Elastic Sleep - Anywhere  (digital single 2013 Cork, Ireland)

Barbara Feldon  - 99  (7" single 1966 USA)

The Janitors - Do It Again  ("Worker, Drone, Queen" EP 2012 Stockholm, Sweden)

The Hypnotic Eye - Thought Machine  ("The Optical Sound of The Hypnotic Eye" 2012 London, UK)

The Daughters of Albion - Well Wired  ("The Daughters of Albion" LP 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

Claudio Cataldi  - All My Friends Are Here  ("Here She Comes Now" 7" EP 2016 Palermo, Italy)

White Glow - Prozac  ("Haunting the Devil" EP 2014 Rouen, France)

Children of the Mushroom - You Can't Erase a Mirror (7" single [b-side to "August Madamoiselle"] 1968 Thousand Oaks, California, USA)

Things to Come - Come Alive  (7" single [b-side to "Dancer"] 1968 California, USA)

The Sparkling Fountains of Magic Reality - Nothing Left of Me  ("Slow Death Blues" 2010 Sheffield, UK)

Adam and the Ants - Tabletalk ("Dirk Wears White Sox" LP 1979 UK)

The Bee Gees - Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You  ("Bee Gees 1st" LP 1967 Australia)

Derek's Accent - Aint Got No Feeling  (7" single 1966 Sydney, Australia)

The Thanes - She's Coming Home  ("Lost in Tyme Volume 4" compilation 2008 Edinburgh, Scotland UK)

Holly Golightly - Wherever You Were  ("The Good Things" 1995 London UK)

Kuni Kawachi and Flower Travelling Band - Kirikyogen  (7" single 1970 Japan)

Jim White - If Jesus Drove a Motorhome ("Drill a Hole in that Substrate and Tell Me What You See" 2004 Florida USA)

Goat - Goathead  (7" single 2012 Sweden)

Status Quo - When I Awake  ("Spare Parts" LP 1969 London UK)

The Rutles - Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik  ("Archaeology" 1996 UK)

Jacco Gardner - Cabinet of Curiosities  ("Cabinet of Curiosities" 2013 Netherlands)

Donovan - Sunny South Kensington  ("Mellow Yellow" LP 1967 UK)

Sand Pebbles - Tina Louise  ("Ceduna" 2008 Australia)

Plus an advert featuring Barabra Feldon from 1964, for Top Brass dandruff shampoo! - 

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

Well, this has got to be (nearly) a first for Technicolour Dreaming - a video clip for every single song … well, there were two bands that I couldn’t find a clip for, but that’s pretty good! 

This week there were two brand, spanking new releases to play tracks from - Sydney’s The Dandelion, with the their wonderfully named “Seeds, Flowers and the Magical Powers of the Dandelion”, which sounds as good as the title is long; and a great new Mega Dodo release from Lisbon band Beautify Junkyards, whose CD “The Beast Shouted Love” was recorded outside for the large part, and this is definitely reflected in the mood that they have managed to create - great summer listening! And this show is dedicated to Peter Brat, who would have been celebrating his birthday today - so enjoy!

Judy Carne - Sock It To Me     (7” single 1968 UK)

Travis Wellington Hedge - Hey Bulldog     (7" single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)

House of Nimrod - Slightly Delic     (7" single, 1967 New Zealand )

The Monks - I Hate You     ("Black Monk Time" LP 1966 Germany/USA)

FireFriend - Loveage Moondream     ("Psychedelic Underground Generation #24" compilation Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Lothar and the Hand People - Machines     ("Presenting Lothar and the Hand People" LP 1968 New York, USA)

Les Big Byrd - Tinnitus Aetérnum     ("They Worshipped Cats"  2014 Sweden)

The Dandelion - Spring Dance     ("Seeds, Flowers and the Magical Powers of The Dandelion" 2015 Sydney, Australia)

Beautify Junkyards - Technicolour Hexagon     ("The Beast Shouted Love" 2015 Lisbon, Portugal)

Borderline Symphony - Il Camaleonte     ("EP 1"  2014 Zurich, Switzerland)

Bee Gees - I Close My Eyes     ("Bee Gees 1st" LP 1967 Australia)

Gary Walker and the Rain - Magazine Woman     ("Album No.1" LP 1968 USA)

Belles Will Ring - And Jesus Said Unto Me     ("Mood Patterns" 2007, Sydney, Australia)

Flyying Colours-  I Don't Want to Let You Down     ("ROYGBIV" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Standells - Dirty Water     (7” single 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

Faust - Just a Second     ("Faust IV" LP 1973 Germany)

Hurdy Gurdy - Peaceful Open Space     (“Hurdy Gurdy” LP 1971 Denmark)

Big Jim Sullivan - Tallyman     (“Sitar Beat” LP 1967 USA)

The Karovas Milkshake - Do You Wanna Eat Me/Godiva     ("Trip Inside this House - Summer Solstice VI“ 2013  Ekaterinburg, Russia)

The December Sound - Drone Refusenik     (“The Silver Album”  2007 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

DrAlienSmith - Lynchpin     ("Phosphorous" 2015 Perth, Australia)

The Creeping Bam - Don't Get High     (CD single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Frida - Slowly     (CD single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Shy Limbs - Reputation     (7” single 1969 UK)

Aquarian Age - 10,000 Words in a Cardboard Box     (7” single 1968 UK)

The Higher State - The Electric Cowboy     ("Darker by the Day" 2009, Kent UK)

The Thanes - Chinese Rapture     ("Let All The Poisons That Lurk In The Mud Hatch Out" Adelaide, Australia 2014)

and an extra clip for your enjoyment - the Monks doing “The Monk Chant”, live in 1966 Germany

Technicolour Dreaming

Again this week, we had a pleasant surprise awaiting us at our local general store/post office in the form of a package from State Records in the UK, containing the Thanes latest single plus the new self-titled Higher State album. On the local front, we also featured a track by the lovely LeighStarDust from “the Wedding EP” [which also features new husband Denni’s band Brillig] as well as a cut from the 12” vinyl LP by Tea, plus one from 60’s Adelaide legends, the Twilights, taken from the lavish CD reissue of a few years back which we found at Mr V Records here in Adelaide, which, with a few other remaining independent record shops including Clarity, Funhouse and Rev Records, are still reliable sources of cool, interesting music – there’s nothing quite like flicking through stacks of vinyl and CDs, holding & examining their covers while music whirls around you and engaging in discussions with other music lovers... and with the ongoing vinyl revival, there are still places like these to be sought out and found. But we digress... and with the end of the year rapidly approaching we thought we should begin adding selections from our numerous “favourite finds of 2013” into our playlists over the coming weeks.....

..... so here is this week’s lot with some associated eye-candy.....

Octopus Syng – Listen with the Moths      (“Fruits de Mer 2014 Annual” EP 2013 UK)

the Charlatans – The Shadow Knows [Coasters cover]      (7”single 1966 San Francisco, USA)

the Rain Parade – No Easy Way Down       (“Explosions in the Glass Palace” EP 1984 USA)

Gene Clark – No Other      (7”single 1975 USA)

Colorama – Delaware       (“Good Music” 2012 Wales, UK)

the Dandelion – Paranoid Floyd in a Bliss You Can Hear      (“Strange Case of the Dandelion” 2013 Australia)

the Higher State – Need to Shine      (“the Higher State” LP 2013 Kent, UK)

the Thanes – She’s Coming Back To Me      (7”single 2013 UK)

Keith Allison – Action. Action, Action      (7”single 1966 California, USA)

Tea – Burnside Mums      (“Tea” LP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

October Country – My Girlfriend is a Witch      (7”single 1968 California, USA)

the See See – The Day That Was The Day      (“Fountayne Mountain” 2012 UK)

Luke Haines – A Badger Called Nick Lowe      (“Rock’n’Roll Animals” 2013 UK)

We The People – My Brother The Man      (7”single 1966 USA)

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

Eric Charden – Amour Limité Zéro [Dylan cover]      (7” single 1967 France – taken from “Fools On The Hill, Vol.1 – My Tailor Is Rich” compilation 2008)

the Topsy Turbys – Hey Tiger      (7”single b-side [to Snake Woman] 1965 Arizona, USA)

the Luck of Eden Hall – Dandy Horse      (“Victoria Moon” 2013 Chicago, USA)

Sands – Listen to the Sky      (7”single 1967 UK)

the Twilights – Paternosta Row      (“Once Upon a Twilight” LP 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

Glass House – And Now For The Wild      (“A Sun Full & Drowning” 2013 UK)

Laika & the Cosmonauts – The Ipcress File      (“Amazing Colossal Band” 1995 Finland)

Baker Knight & the Knightmares – Hallucination      (7”single 1967 USA)

the Velvet Underground – Satellite of Love [demo]      (recorded 1970 – bonus track on reissue of “Loaded” 2013 USA)

the Glass Family – House of Glass      (7”single 1968 USA)

LeighStarDust – Anything You Want [Roy Orbison cover]      (“The Wedding EP” 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Asteroid #4 – Yuba      (“The Asteroid #4” LP 2013 Philadelphia, USA)

Paul Revere & the Raiders – Where The Action Is      (7”single 1966 USA)

Tom Dyer – The Question Asked      (recorded 2007 – taken from “Songs from Academia, Vol. 1: Songs with Singing, 1981 to 2009” anthology 2009 Seattle, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

A mixed bag of tunes was on our menu again this week, starting with Traffic’s second single... still a great song despite bringing to mind ‘Neil the hippy’ every time we hear it! We featured cuts from an assortment of new releases, including two of our current faves, Ty Segall & White Fence’s ‘Hair’ LP and ‘Bloom’ by Beach House, plus tracks taken off slightly older albums by the likes of Espers, Asteroid #4 and the Frowning Clouds, as well as a brilliant Beatles’ cover by Pete Shelley and a classic from the Psychedelic Furs debut LP, before finishing with our June “Band of the Month”, the mighty Sunnyboys... these and a whole bunch more were played for your listening delight by  the Cat & the Brat.....

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

Traffic – Hole in My Shoe     (7”single 1967 London, UK)

Like Leaves – Dancing On Glass     (‘Like Leaves’ 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

the Questions – We Got Love     (7”single b-side 1968 Sydney, Aust.)

the Vibrants – Something About You     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Frowning Clouds – That Girl’s Something Else     (‘Listen Closlier’ 2010 Melbourne, Aust.)

Wolfy & the Batcubs – Railroad Track     (‘Wolfy & the Batcubs’ EP 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Ty Segall & White Fence – Time     (‘Hair’ 2012 California, USA)

Frank Black – Los Angeles     (‘Frank Black’ 1993 USA)

the Daylight Braves – Summer At Last     (‘Liquid Sun’ EP 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

Pete Shelley – Think For Yourself [Beatles cover]     (‘Mojo: Yellow Submarine Resurfaced’ compilation 2012 UK)

the Thanes – Buzz Buzz Yeh Yeh     (‘Evolver’ anthology 2004 Scotland, UK)

the Molting Vultures – Train Crash      (‘Get On Board’ 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

the Psychedelic Furs – Pulse     (‘the Psychedelic Furs’ LP 1979 UK)

Beach House – Myth      (‘Bloom’ 2012 USA)

Espers – Another Moon Song     (‘Espers III’ 2009 USA)

Brightblack Morning Light – Black Feather Wishes Rise     (‘Brightblack Morning Light’ 2006 USA)

Asteroid #4 – Belong      (‘An Amazing Dream’ 2006 Philadelphia, USA)

the Laurels – Black Cathedral     (‘Mesozoic’ 2011 Sydney, Aust.)

the Mondo Phase Band – Chase     (‘Major Input Live’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Photon Band – 9 Of Dreams     (‘All Young In The Soul’ 1998 Philadelphia, USA)

the Sunnyboys – This Is Real     (7”single 1982 Sydney, Aust.)    #

     #  “Band of the Month”