Technicolour Dreaming

This show leaned more towards garage than psych for a little while, compliments of lots of new goodies to play - Adelaide's The Systemaddicts kicked things off with their latest album, "Broken Hearted on the Nullarbor", followed by a couple of new releases from State Records, by The Embrooks (UK) and The Missing Souls (France), and squeezed in the middle was a track from Juliette Seizure and the Tremor Dolls debut long-player, "Chewing Out Your Rhythm on My Bubblegum." Somehow I managed to play THREE Tyrnaround tracks, twice from their classic 12" EP, as well as a cover of the title-track, "Colour Your Mind" by Vibravoid! And I musn't forget a selection from Sidewalk Society's new 4-track 7" EP, which is one of Fruits De Mer Records latest crop of releases - with more to be featured next week. Some "soon-to-be" releases from Heaters, Elkhorn and Drakkar Nowhere rounded out the show: luckily this entry didn't take as long to put together as the last one! Enjoy!

The Systemaddicts - Prison  ("Broken Hearted on the Nullarbor" 2016 Adelaide, Australia)

Goldfrapp - Lovely Head  ("Felt Mountain" 2000 UK)

Tyrnaround - Carroll by Candlelight  ("Colour Your Mind" 12" EP 1986 Brisbane, Australia)

The Embrooks - Nightmare  (7" single 2016 UK)

Juliette Seizure and the Tremor Dolls - Self-Defeating Blues  ("Chewing Out Your Rhythm on My Bubblegum" 2016 Adelaide, Australia)

The Missing Souls - The Alligator  (7" single 2016 Lyon, France)

The Chemistry Set - Albert Hoffman  ("The Endless More and More" LP 2016 UK/Spain)

Sidewalk Society - Can't Help Thinking About Me [David Bowie and The Lower Third]  (7" 4-track EP 2016 California, USA)

Ultravox! - ROckwrok  ("Ha!-Ha!-Ha!" LP 1977 UK)

The Spikes - Spy In My House  ("Colour In A Black Forest" LP 1986 Adelaide, Australia)

Elephant Stone - Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin  ("Elephant Stone" 2013 Montreal, Canada)

The Merry-Go-Round - Listen, Listen  (7" single 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

The Lovetones - The Colour and the Cut  ("Meditations" 2005 Melbourne, Australia)

The Liminanas - Longanisse  ("Crystal Anis" 2012 Perpignan, France)

Trabants - Mecca  ("Freakout" 2015 Los Angeles, USA)

Tyrnaround - Francis [Gary Walker]  ("Colour Your Mind" 12" EP 1986 Brisbane, Australia)

Fuzz - Let It Live  ("Fuzz II" 2015, Los Angeles, USA)

Drakkar Nowhere - Higher Now  ("Drakkar Nowhere" (to be released September 2016) New York, USA)

The Love Explosion - Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful  ("Movies in Your Mind" 2016 Leichardt, New South Wales, Australia)

Elkhorn - Seed  ("Elkhorn" (to be released August 2016) New York, USA)

Frantic Chant - Spellbound  ("Active Listener Sampler #42" 2016 Scotland, UK)
Opus 1 - Back Seat '38 Dodge  (7" single 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

Gilligan Smiles - Hopefully  ("Active Listener Sampler #42" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Heaters - Centennial  ("Baptistina" (to be released August 2016) Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA)

Vibravoid - Colour Your Mind [Tyrnaround]  ("Delirio Dei Sensi" 2014 Dusseldorf, Germany)

W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band - Hippy Elevator Operator  (7" single 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

Moonsicles - The Frozen Pond  ("Bay of Seething" 2016 Austin Texas)

Sir Robin and the Longbowmen - I Would Like  ("Sir Robin and the Longbowmen" 2016 Dresden, Germany)

Technicolour Dreaming

This week the Cat & the Brat curated the annual RADIOTHON (extended) edition of Technicolour Dreaming and we would like to thank the many listeners and bands who have subscribed to this fine station, helping to keep 3D Radio (and us!) on-air to play music you won’t hear anywhere else in this city (and indeed few places elsewhere!) and to expose and promote local and Australian music to the wider world, whether it be the latest releases or almost-forgotten 60’s singles, and all stops in between. Apropos of this, we played new tracks from Melbourne’s Pony Face, Perth’s Tame Impala off-shoot Pond and the soon-to-be-released EP by the Dunes, 60’s singles by the Loved Ones, Chris Malcolm, the Purple Hearts and the final release by the Twilights, throwing in 80’s Adelaide icons Toyland and the Spikes, an early brillig album track and a couple of surf instrumentals by Slingshot Dragster and DieselWitch along the way. Casting our net wider, we also played tracks from new releases by Sleepy Suns, Ty Segall and Asteroid No 4, as well as a ‘promo-teaser’ from the Galileo 7, (featuring Medway legend Allan Crockford of the Prisoners, Thee Headcoats etc) from their debut LP, due for release in September on State Records – the cover is worth the price alone! (check it out at  http://thegalileo7.fourfour.com/home  ) Finally, after two and a half hours of music plus Radiothon messages and giveaways, we ended the show with a song from the brilliant Baterz, our current “Artiste of the Month”..... and don’t forget, it’s not too late to subscribe to 3D Radio (and go into the prize draw!) – just go to  http://threedradio.com  for details!

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

the Small Faces – Here Comes the Nice     (7”single 1967 UK)

Chris Malcolm – Hurt, Love & Fire     (7”single b-side [to Trip on Life] 1968 Australia)

Go-Go Sapien – Celebrities Are Your Gods Now     (‘This Body Is Wrong For Us’ 2011 Melbourne, Aust.)

Pony Face – Alabama     (‘Hypnotised’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Dunes – Transition     (‘Between Midnight and Dawn’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Ride Into The Sun – Drown Your Soul     (‘Rats, Thieves & Liars’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

Decoys – It’s All Mine     (‘It’s All Mine’ EP 2009 UK – taken from ‘Psychedelica 4’ compilation 2010 UK)

Mondo Phase Band – Equaliser     (demo 2011 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from ‘DepthCharge 11 : 3D Radio Compilation of Adelaide Bands 2012’)

Pond – Leisure Pony     (‘Beards, Wives, Denim’ 2012 Perth, Aust.)

Tame Impala – I Don’t Really Mind     (‘Innerspeaker’ 2011 Aust.)

Jay Walker & the Pedestrians – Purple, Black & Blue     (‘The Rise & Decline of the Sun’ EP 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Purple Hearts – Early in the Morning     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

the Loved Ones – the Loved One     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

Brat Farrar – Punk Records     (‘Brat Farrar’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Gels – Ballroom Blitz [Sweet cover]     (‘Ballroom Blitz’ EP 2004 Adelaide, Aust.)

Ty Segall & White Fence – I am Not a Game     (‘Hair’ 2012 California, USA)

Sleepy Suns – Martyrs Mantra     (‘Spine Hits’ 2012 UK)

Luke Haines – Peter Hammill     (‘21^st Century Man’ 2010 UK)

the Bee Gees – The Earnest of Being George     (‘Horizontal’ LP 1967 Australia/UK)

Dark Ocean Colors – Crashing the Sky     (‘Dark Ocean Colors’ 2011 USA)

the Galileo 7 – The Only One You’re Hurting (Is You)     (pre-release from ‘Staring at the Sound’ LP 2012 UK)

Asteroid No 4 – Hail to the Clear Figurine     (‘Hail to the Clear Figurine’ 2012 USA)

 Paul McCartney & Wings – Spirits of Ancient Egypt     (‘Venus and Mars’ LP 1975 UK)

 the Gothic Archies – This Abyss     (‘The Tragic Treasury : Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events’ 2006 UK)

the Morning Light – Someday     (‘Otis’ 2012 Perth, Aust.)

Toyland – Glad To Be Australian      (‘Toyland’ 12” EP 1984 Adelaide, Aust.)

Jacques Dutronc – Hippie Hippie Hourrah     (‘Jacques Dutronc’ LP 1967 France)

Almost Numan – Me I Disconnect From You [Gary Numan cover]     (‘Almost Numan’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

brillig – Pterodactyls     (‘Pterodactyls’ 2003 Adelaide, Aust.)

Barry Adamson – 007: a Fantasy Bond Theme     (‘Cinema is King’ EP 1992 UK – taken from ‘the Murky World of Barry Adamson’ anthology 1999) 

Davie Allan & the Arrows – Experiment in Terror [Henry Mancini cover]      (‘Shots in the Dark’ compilation 1996 USA)

DieselWitch – UFO Surf     (‘Surfadelica’ 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

Slingshot Dragster – Stoli Chaser [Tremelo Beergut cover]      (demo 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Spikes – She’s Melting     (7”single 1982 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Moodists – Frankie’s Negative     (‘Thirsty’s Calling’ LP 1984 Aust.)

Riders of the Mark – The Electronic Insides and Metal Complexion that Make Up Herr Doktor Krieg      (7”single 1967 USA)

the Twilights – Tell Me Goodbye     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Baterz – Zombie Girl     (‘Out of Hell’ 2000 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from ‘Baterz for Beginners’ anthology bonus CD with ‘Great Big Squiddy Fun’ tribute compilation 2009 Australia)    #

 #    “Artiste of the Month”

Technicolour Dreaming

 Thanks go out to fellow 3D Radio announcer Phil J. for so ably covering our absence last week while we were in Melbourne... we will get his playlist posted soon... but the break refreshed our enthusiasm for the music we play! The ‘Dig It Up!’ show was fabulous and inspired our choice for our new “Band of the Month” – Australian psych purveyors the Lovetones, who played an intimate, mesmerising set upstairs at the Palace Theatre. We began this week’s show with a long track from Wolfy & the Bat Cubs before later  moving on to the latest album by the Higher State, an orange vinyl single from the Black Angels, a Garden Path cover from the new album by the Molting Vultures and the debut EP from young Geelong outfit, the Murlocs, who feature Australian legend Broderick Smith’s son Ambrose on vocals and harmonica. From France, we heard Sheetah et les Weismullers, from Italy, Jennifer Gentle and from the UK there were the Horrors... throw in a psych-flavoured Bee Gees song, the sole single by Lotus from 1971, a classic from the Spikes plus many more and there you have it! The latest edition of Technicolour Dreaming on 3D Radio 93.7fm with your hosts, the Cat & the Brat.....

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

Wolfy & the Bat Cubs – Guy Like Me      (‘Wolfy & the Bat Cubs’ cdEP 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

the Mynd Gardeners – Winter’s Dying     (‘The Acyd Raindrop Umbrella’ vinyl 7” EP Adelaide, Australia)

Lizard Train – Beauty Underground     (7” single 1987 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Frowning Clouds – All Night Long     (cd single 2011 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Murlocs – Delusional Blues     (‘the Murlocs’ cdEP Geelong, Aust.)

the Spikes – River of Love     (7” single 1986 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Higher State – Turn into Fall     (‘Freakout at the Gallery’ LP 2012 UK)

the Horrors – Dive-In     (‘Skying’ LP 2011 UK)

MGMT – Congratulations      (7”single 2010 USA)

Lenola – Sids     (‘Sounds from Psychedelphia’ compilation 1998 Philadelphia USA)

the Black Angels – Watch Out Boy     (7” single 2012 Texas, USA)

Paul Messis & Jessica Winters – Sunflower     (7”single 2012 UK)

Alison Gros – Naturally     (7” single 1970 Adelaide, Aust.)

Crosby, Stills & Nash – Pre-Road Downs     (‘Crosby, Stills & Nash’ LP 1969 USA)

Lotus – Lotus 1      (7” single 1971 Aust.)

Sheetah et les Weismullers – My Little Red Book [Love cover]     (‘Hola! Ye-Yeah!’ 2009 France)

the Intercontinental Playboys – Wham Bam Voodoo Wand     (‘Sonic Seducers’ 2005 Australia)

the Molting Vultures – Wear Black [Garden Path cover]     (‘Get On Board’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Jennifer Gentle – Take My Hand     (‘The Midnight Room’ 2007 Italy)

the Bee Gees – Idea     (‘Idea’ LP 1968 UK/Aust.)

the Lovetones – This Great Romance     (‘Lost’ 2010 Australia)    #

    #  ‘Band of the Month’    

Technicolour Dreaming

Once again, the Cat and the Brat featured an eclectic mix of bands and locales, ranging from the USA with the 60s garage/psych/pop of Penny Arkade and the Moving Sidewalks and into the 70s with Devo and Suicide, a cluster of Australian 80s, from the obscure Nick Gogol to the original ‘Le’ Hoodoo Gurus, right up to new releases from Queensland’s Lobster Prophets, Melbourne’s YIS and Adelaide’s Jay Walker & the Pedestrians. We also played a track by great Adelaide 80s band, the Spikes, in memory of their guitarist Ian List, who passed away this week. Naturally we concluded the show with a song from our current “Album of the Month” by Sydney’s Belles Will Ring...

... so here is the playlist...

Blue Sunshine Minds – How Does it Feel? (‘Burn Your Fingers on the Sun’ – compilation)

Penny Arkade – Colour Fantasy   (‘Not the Freeze’ LP 1968 US)

Lady Strangelove – In Meltdown   (‘Sweet Exchange’ EP, Aust. 2011)

the Stevenson Ranch Dravidians – Stargazer   (‘Psychedelica 3’ – compilation)

Andrew Douglas Rothbard – Lucien   (Abandoned Meander)

Sir Lord Von Raven – The Glass Castle (Please Throw Me Back in the Ocean)

Jay Walker and the Pedestrians – Summer at Last   (Liquid Sun)

Lobster Prophet – Krill of Krull   (Tropical Alien)

the Moving Sidewalks – 99^th floor   (7”single 1967 US)

the Spikes – River Of Love   (‘Colour In A Black Forest’ LP, 1986 Adelaide)

Luke Haines – Russian Futurists Black Out The Sun   (21^st Century Man)

White Denim – Street Joy   (“D”)

Gang of Four – 5:45   (Entertainment)

Suicide – Rocket USA   (Suicide)

Nick Gogol – Girl From Tractor Factory (7”single 1985 Adelaide)

YIS – (I Feel) Repulsed   (Kingdom Of Fuzz)

Devo – Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo)

the Minutemen – Voodoo Slaves (7”single 1982 Aust.) 

Le Hoodoo Gurus – Leilani [Original 1983 Version]   (7”single Aust.)

Belles Will Ring – Palisade Alley   (Crystal Theatre)  #

     # Album of the Month