Technicolour Dreaming

We began this week’s show with an old favourite from the Dolly Rocker Movement and ended it with a new one by Pinkunoizu, with the usual diverse mixture in between. There were also several new acquisitions waiting for us at the Post Office to enrich the mix, including the new “Psych Tribute to the Doors” compilation and the very tasty “Love, Poetry & Revolution” boxset. Throw in some Electric Prunes, Citradels, Vibravoid, Jim Noir and a bunch of other interesting artists and that’s the show – so until next week  [when we’ll hopefully have a very special guest to talk to].....

..... here’s the playlist and some visuals.....

the Dolly Rocker Movement – Tell It Like It Is      (“A Purple Journey Into The Mod Machine” 2006 Australia)

Nico – The End [Doors cover]      (“The End” LP 1974 Germany/USA)

Dark Horses – Hello, I Love You [Doors cover]      (“A Psych Tribute to the Doors” compilation 2014 USA)

Jason Crest – Teagarden Lane      (recorded 1968 UK, unreleased – taken from “Love, Poetry & Revolution:  A Journey through the British Psychedelic and Underground Scenes - 1966 To 1972” boxset compilation 2013 UK) 

Plasticland – Marketplace of the Zesty Zeal  / The Gingerbread House       (recorded 1982-85 Milwaukee, USA – taken from “Make Yourself a Happening Machine:  A Collection” CD anthology 2006 USA)

the Fast Camels – The Nobgoblin      (“The Magic Optician” 2007 Scotland, UK)

the Orgone Box – Anaesthesia       (recorded 1999 UK – taken from “Centaur” anthology 2014 UK)

the Electric Prunes – Hideaway      (“Underground” LP 1967 USA)

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

les Limiñanas – Liverpool       (demo version – taken from “Trouble In Mind : Liverpool Psych Fest Label Sampler” 2013 USA/UK)

Robyn Hitchcock – Uncorrected Personality Traits      (“I Often Dream of Trains” LP 1984 UK)

Jacco Gardner – Clear The Air      (“Cabinet of Curiosities” 2013 Netherlands)

the Rolling Stones – She Smiled Sweetly      (“Between the Buttons” LP 1966 UK)

the Citradels – This Man      (“Droned & Rethroned” 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

Espers – The Road of Golden Dust      (“Espers 111” 2009 Philadelphia, USA)

the Story – Lingering      (“Arcane Rising” 2007 UK)

Vibravoid – The White Ship [HP Lovecraft cover]      (“Gravity Zero” 2012 Germany)

Flavor Crystals – Mirror Chop      (“Flavor Crystals 111” LP 2012 Minneapolis, USA)

Violet Swells – Only      (pre-release mp3 of 7”single b-side [to Jupiter’s Garden] 2014 Tasmania, Australia)

the Jason Tryp Experience – Sinclair Across the Seas      (“The Many Colours of Tryp” EP 2013 USA)

Urtekk – Patterns      (recorded 2014 Adelaide, Australia – taken from “Going Steady Mixtape #1” compilation 2014 Australia)

Chris & Craig – Isha      (7”single 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

Jim Noir – Look Around You      (“Jim Noir” 2008 UK)

Hour Glass – Bells      (“Hour Glass” LP 1968 USA)

Pinkunoizu – Tin Can Valley      (“The Drop” LP 2013 USA)

  

Technicolour Dreaming

We’ve been playing songs by the prolific Victorian band, the Citradels, for several years now, so we were pleased to be able to do a phone interview with singer/guitarist/sitarist Tom de Vries, one of the three main songwriters in the group, on the eve of their upcoming show here in Adelaide this weekend – the first time they’ve ever played here! He gave us a ‘potted history’ of the band, as well as discussing their recording methods, their upcoming releases and their live performances, giving Adelaide listeners an idea of what to expect on Saturday night at the Crown& Anchor Hotel gig. Of course it wouldn’t be a Cat& Brat interview, though, without digressions and we enjoyed quite a few – ranging from their use of sitars on-stage and thus onto travels in India, to lamenting the end of Thee Oh Sees and the impact of their brilliant Australian performances over the years, and so forth. We trust that you, the listeners, enjoyed our chat as much as we did... and hopefully also, it inspires you to head on down to the Cranka on Saturday night and catch this great band ‘live’, with able support from Adelaide bands, the Dunes and Black Coral – a great lineup! But of course there was also a lot of other fine music featured on the show this week, including songs by the Violet Swells, the Jason Tryp Experience and Jacco Gardner, plus new singles by  the Allah-Las and Ride Into The Sun as well as older tracks by the likes of Scars, Dog Age, Normie Rowe and the Millennium.....

..... so here is the playlist plus some vital visuals.....

Violet Swells – Jupiter’s Garden      (7”single pre-release 2014 Tasmania, Australia)

the Jason Tryp Experience – Deceive      (“The Many Colours of Tryp” EP 2013 California, USA)

Lene Lovich – Bird Song      (7”single 1979 UK)

Pugwash – Black Dog      (“Jollity” 2005 Ireland)

TNT – 99^th Floor [Moving Sidewalks cover]      (recorded 1974 USA – taken from “Mod, Psych & Power Pop from Central Pennsylvania : the Complete Studio Recordings 1974-76” compilation 1994 USA)

the Auras – The Holy Mountain      (“The Auras EP” 2012 Toronto, Canada)

BrightBlack Morning Light – Everybody Daylight      (“BrightBlack Morning Light” 2006 USA)

the See See – Sweet Hands      (7”single 2012 UK)

Ride Into The Sun – Johnny Bloom      (mp3 download 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Dog Age – Sleep      (“Sigh No More” LP 1991 Norway)

the Blondi’s Salvation – Go Truth      (“Frenchedelia Vol.1” compilation 2013 France)

the Millennium – Suspended Animation      (recorded 1968 USA – taken from “Pieces” anthology 2010 USA)

Holy Wave – Star Stamp       (“Holy Wave” LP 2013 USA)

the Citradels – Chrysalis      (“Droned & Rethroned” 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

                 #    Phone interview with Tom from the Citradels, who will be playing a show in Adelaide this Saturday, 12^th April with the Dunes and Black Coral [more info here]    #

the Citradels – It’s Only a Northern Indian Song      (“Droned & Rethroned” 2014 Australia)

Golden Animals – All Your Life      (“Hear I Go” LP 2013 USA)

Scars – Your Attention Please!      (“Author! Author!” LP 1981 UK)

Crystal Thoughts – The Primitive Gospel      (“1435 Miles” LP 2012 Greece)

the Allah-Las – Had It All      (7”single 2014 California, USA)

the Frowning Clouds – Propellors      (“Whereabouts” 2014 Geelong, Australia)

Normie Rowe & the Playboys – She Used to Be Mine      (“It Ain’t Necessarily so, But It Is.... Normie Rowe” LP 1965 Melbourne, Australia)

Marty Rhone & the Soul Agents – Every Minute of You      (7”single b-side [to Nature Boy] 1966 Australia)

Svensk – Dream Magazine      (7”single 1967 UK)

Jacco Gardner – The Ballad of Little Jane      (“Cabinet of Curiosities” 2013 Netherlands)

Technicolour Dreaming

As always, the music this week ranged far & wide.... through tracks by the likes of Billy Nicholls and ? and the Mysterians from five decades ago, via Truth [a late incarnation of Them], Roxy Music, Dog Age and Galaxie 500 in the succeeding years, to the latest releases of Doug Tuttle and the Citradels, and scattered across both hemispheres, from the northern climes of Iceland, the abode of the Dandelion Seeds, to the southern reaches of Tasmania, from whence come the Green Mist. Whenever or wherever, we hope you enjoyed the ride.....

..... so here is the playlist, with the occasional visual accompaniment .....

Dog Age – Here Comes the Summer      (“Good Day” LP 1989 Norway)

Truth – Archimedes’ Pad      (recorded 1971 USA/UK – taken from “Of Them & Other Takes” anthology 2008 USA)

Brigitte Bardot – Contact      (7”single b-side [to Harley-Davidson] 1968 France]

Wooden Shjips – Contact [Brigitte Bardot cover]      (12”single 2009 San Francisco, USA)

Galaxie 500 – Submission [Sex Pistols cover]      (recorded live on BBC Peel Session 1990 UK – taken from bonus disc of “On Fire” reissue 2010 USA)

Doug Tuttle – Forget the Days      (“Doug Tuttle” 2014 USA)

the Daylight Braves – The Absent Ground      (“Liquid Sun” EP 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

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

the Green Mist – The Rumbler      (“Next Stop Antarctica” LP 2007 Tasmania, Australia)

the Movements – Deserted Town      (10”split-EP [with Angry Dead Pirates] 2012 Sweden]

the Horrors – I Can See Through You      (“Skying”2011 UK)

Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure      (“For Your Pleasure” LP 1973 UK)

the Citradels – Dervish      (“Droned & Rethroned” 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

Black Coral – Swollen      (demo EP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Dunes – A Thousand Crimes      (“La Musique Nouveau” 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Asteroid #4 – Dead Blues      (”TheWindmill of the Autumn Sky” EP 2013 USA)

the Coral – 1000 Years      (“Butterfly House” 2010 Scotland, UK)

Soft Hearted Scientists – Mountain Delight      (“Wandermoon” 2011 Wales, UK)

Billy Nicholls – Daylight Girl      (“Would You Believe” LP 1968 London, UK)

the Apricot – Mind Your Head      (“A Forestful of Threes” 2011 Norway)

the Dandelion Seeds – Al Azif      (“The Dandelion Seeds” 2014 Iceland)

Psychic Ills – Drop Out       (“One Track Mind” 2012 USA)

the Avengers – Midnight Visitations       (“Medallion” LP 1968 New Zealand)

Dean & Britta – Silver Factory Theme      (“13 Most Beautiful :Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests” 2010 USA)