Technicolour Dreaming - 30th March 2011

THE CAT AND THE BRAT were joined on this week’s TECHNICOLOUR DREAMING by a guest programmer... LUKE of Adelaide three-piece surf/garage dynamos DIESELWITCH, whose eclectic musical tastes fit right in with our usual mix of psych/surf/punk/pop/electro etc! Plus, of course, our “Monkees’ song of the week” and a track from the March Album of the Month, the Black Angels “Phosphene Dream”...

...so here is the playlist...

Moon Duo – Seer (Mages)

Dr. Timothy Leary – Freakout/ Turn On,Tune In (Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers [comp.])

the Ruby Suns – My 10 years on Auto-pilot (the Ruby Suns)

the Higher State – Clear Motive (Darker By The Day)

DieselWitch – Forbidden Purple City (Surfadelica e.p.)

Link Wray – The Batman Theme (Rumble : the best of Link Wray)

the Dirtbombs – Vixens in Space (Horndog Fest)

Slug Guts – Hookin’ Town (Down on the Meat)

Dick Dale & the DelTones – The Victor (Mr Eliminator)

the Molting Vultures – Caccamawartoo (Get A Grip)

the Frowning Clouds – Snake Charmer (Listen Closelier)

the Black Lips – Bad Kids (Good Bad Not Evil)

the Seeds – Mr Farmer (Live at Merlins’ Music Box)

the Flaming Lips – Bad Days (Clouds Taste Metallic)

Nirvana – Ain’t it a shame (Sliver : the best of Nirvana)

the Pixies – Planet of Sound (1991 CD single)

the Black Angels – River of Blood (Phosphene Dream) #

Mick Harvey – Sad Dark Eyes (Two of Diamonds)

Grandaddy – Miner at the Dial-a-View (Sophtware Slump)

Fluffy – Barbarian (Fluffy Loves You)

Bearded Gypsy Band – Alaskan Whaler (Bearded Gypsy Band)

the Monkees – Tear Drop City (Monkees Music Box) *

# Album of the Month – March

* “Monkees Song of the Week”

Technicolour Dreaming - 23rd March 2011

In this week’s TECHNICOLOUR DREAMING, we played our usual eclectic mix of genre, old and new, home and away, and introduced a new feature... our pick for “album of the month”! And the first in the series is... the BLACK ANGELS “Phosphene Dreams”. This is the 3^rd album from this Austin, Texas band and it’s fast becoming our favourite! But, of course, we haven’t yet concluded our “Monkees’ song of the week” series... 18 songs thus far, and there are so many other gems!

...so here is the playlist...

the Black Hollies – Bruised Tangerines (Casting Shadows)

the Sand Pebbles – Big Left (Ghost Transmissions)

the Dandy Warhols – You were the last high (Welcome to the Monkey House)

Ride into the Sun – I’m Just Dandy (demo – 2011 Adelaide Aust.)

the Warlocks – Shake the Dope Out (CD single 2005 USA)

the Asteroid Belt – Slant Six (Blank Horizon – 2011 Adelaide Aust.)

Isolation Valve – Virus Envy (Dear Warren Ellis – 2011 Adelaide Aust.)

the Bad Poets – Crash, Sweet Crash (5MMM 1980 Compilation of Adelaide Bands - LP)

the Sunburners – Monster Mash (demo 2011 Adelaide Aust.)

the Saucermen – Religious Idol (7” single [b-side] – 2011 Adelaide Aust.)

Slingshot Dragster – Agent 0069 (Demolition e.p. – 2008 Adelaide Aust.)

Dieselwitch – Octopus (Surfadelica – 2010 Adelaide Aust.)

the Black Angels – Bad Vibrations (Phosphene Dreams) #

the Hidden Masters – Into the Night Sky (Shindig! : It’s Happening Vol. 1 – comp.)

the High Dials – Your Eyes are a Door (The War of the Wakening Phantoms)

Puppy – Elizabeth St. Bridge (7” single 1968 Aust.)

Thee Attacks – Are You? (Shindig! : It’s Happening Vol 2 – comp.)

the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Help, I’m a Rock! (WCPAEB...Part One)

Rocket Science – Run Like a Gun (the Rock’n’Roll Disease – comp.)

the Monkees – A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (Monkees Music Box) *

# Album of the Month

* Monkees’ Song Of The Week