Technicolour Dreaming

Community Radio can be fraught with challenges, not the least technical ones... I seemed to be beset with these from the start of the show, unfortunately having to cancel my scheduled interview with The Citradels, and things got worse from there, with CD players and computer refusing to work!. But no matter, it's all a challenge, and things seemed to come good in the end (but only after the hastily grabbed Scientist's 7" "stuck" due to overuse!). The show featured a Residents/Beatles double-play of "Flying", a hell of a lot of songs that started and ended in phasing, feedback and backwards effects, and much, much more. Who knows what will happen next week? While I ponder that question, here's the playlist.....

The Scientists - We Had Love (7" single 1983 Australia)

 

The Besnard Lakes - Golden Lion ("A Coliseum Complex Museum" 2016 Montreal, Canada)

 

Climax - You ... I (7" single 1969 Belgium)

 

 Procession - Mind Magician ("Procession" LP 1968 Melbourne, Australia)

 

Paul's Collection - What Have I Done? (7" single [b-side to "Time for a Change"] 1971 Belgium)

The Wheelers of Oz - Revivalised ("Revivalised" 2015 Perth, Australia)  

Scantharies - Berlin ("The Scantharies" 2012 Italy)

 

Thee Pink Stainless Tail - Gottzar ("Tomorrow is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" 2007 Melbourne, Australia)

Charlie and the Moonhearts - Deathstar Pt 1 / Pt 2 ("Moonhearts" 2010 USA)  

 

The Paisleytones - Devil Stole my Surfboard  ("Happening" 2006 Adelaide, Australia)

The Tomorrowmen - Hemispherical Synchronization  ("Futourism" 2010 San Francisco, USA)

 

The Citradels - Honey  ("Are They Still Here?" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

 

Afterglow - Susie's Gone  ("Afterglow" LP UK 1968)

 

Preston - This World is Closing In On Me  (7" single 1967 USA)

 

Sheetah et les Weismuller - My Little Red Book [Love] ("Hola Ye-Yeah!" 2008 France)

The Aardvarks - Arthur C. Clarke  ("Arthur C. Clarke" 7" EP 1989 London, UK)

 

The Night Beats - The 7 Poison Wonders  ("Sonic Bloom" 2013 Seattle USA) 

 

The Residents - Flying [Beatles] ("The Beatles Play the Residents and The Residents Play The Beatles" 7" single 1977 USA) 

 

Beatles - Flying  ("Magical Mystery Tour" LP 1967 UK)

 

Even - Living in a Child's Dream [Masters Apprentices]  ("Tomorrow is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" Melbourne, Australia) 


The Sun Blindness - Crack in the Concrete  ("Like Pearly Clouds" 2008 Melbourne, Australia)

 

Velvet Moth - TV Troll ("Velvet Moth" 2014, Adelaide, Australia)

 

Vibravoid - Optical Sound [Human Expression]  ("Colour Your Mind" 7" EP 2013 Düsseldorf, Germany) 

 

93 Million Miles From the Sun - Waiting There ("Northern Sky" 2011 Doncaster UK)

 

In Zaire - Mercury ("Sound of Cobra Sampler Vol.1" 2014 Germany) 


Frowning Clouds - Mayan Calender Girl  ("Whereabouts" 2013 Melbourne, Australia) 

 

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Work This Time  ("Oddments" 2014 Australia)

 

The Laurels - Tidal Wave  ("Plains" 2012 Sydney, Australia)

 

Dungen - Familj  ("Tio Bitar" 2007 Stockholm, Sweden)

 

Sky Saxon - Pushin' Too Hard  (7" single 2007 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

A mixture of the familiar and the new was Technicolour Dreaming’s guiding ethos again this week. For the former, we began with a psychedelic  fave from the Who and later in the show, a different version of a Jonathon Richman classic, as well as an Adam & the Ants punkoid killer. For the latter category, we moved into less charted waters, with new releases by Pond, the Laurels and the Frowning Clouds, debuts from Adelaide’s Plasticine Army and Weightless, a demo from Big Richard Insect, recent music from the Moles, Surf City and the Green Circles, plus a track from an all-time favourite, 2004’s ‘Spirit Stereo Frequency’ by All Night Radio, which was sadly their sole album... but what an album – psychedelic genius! We finished off with the penultimate appearance of Brian Eno as our “Artiste of the Month” with a brilliant live recording by his short-lived ensemble, 801... all brought to you by your hosts, the Cat & the Brat, on Adelaide’s eclectic 3D RADIO 93.7fm.....

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

the Who – Armenia City in the Sky     (‘The Who Sell Out’ LP 1968 UK)

Pond – Fantastic Explosion of Time     (‘Beard, Wives, Denim’ 2012 Perth, Australia)

Surf City – See How the Sun     (‘Kudos’ 2010 New Zealand)

Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes     (‘Astro Coast’ 2010 USA)

Dieselwitch – Octopus      (‘Dieselwitch Will Kill You’ 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

Vashti Bunyan – I Want To Be Alone     (7”single 1965 UK – taken from the ‘Some Things That Just Stick In Your Mind’ anthology)

Johnny Dowd – Betty     (‘No Regrets’ 2012 USA)

the High Dials – The Holy Ground      (‘the holy ground’ EP 2007 Canada)

the Moles – The Combined Forces of an Atom     (‘The Future Sounds of Ashton’ 2011 Bristol, UK)

the Beep Seals – I Used to Work at the Zoo      (‘Things That Roar’ 2008 UK)

Weightless – Summer of John      (‘Self-Adjustment’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Laurels – Sway Me Down Gently     (‘Plains’ 2012 Aust.)

the Flower Machine – The Tangerine Albatross      (‘Lavender Lane’ 2010 USA)

the Frowning Clouds – Bad Vibes      (CD-single b-side [to Propellers] 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Green Circles – Long Love Sivinanda [Inside Looking Out cover]       (‘Tavistock Street’ 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

Big Richard Insect – I’m So Bored     (demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Adam & the Ants – Fall-In      (7”single b-side [to Antmusic] 1980 UK)

the Dils – I Hate The Rich      (7”single 1977 USA)

the Modern Lovers – Modern World [alt. version]     (rec. 1972 – taken from ‘The Modern Lovers’ CD reissue [with bonus tracks] 2003 USA)

Plasticine Army – On The Bus     (‘I Can Hardly Smell It!’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Triffids – Family Name     (‘Dungeon Tapes’ cassette 1983 Perth, Aust.)

All Night Radio – Fall Down 7     (‘Split Stereo Frequency’ 2004 USA)

801 [feat. Eno] – Miss Shapiro/You Really Got Me [Kinks cover]      (rehearsal recording 1976 – taken from “801 Live: collector’s edition” reissue 2008 UK)   #

       # “Artiste of the Month”           

Technicolour Dreaming

The Cat and the Brat rejoiced in a “bad crowd” theme this week, as you’ll notice from songs by bands as diverse as Big Black and the Zachary Thaks... with Adelaide being well represented over the decades by the likes of the Twilights [60’s], Exploding White Mice [80’s] and the Molting Vultures [00’s]. We also featured the new single by the Frowning Clouds from Melbourne, a Simon and Garfunkel cover by the Church, a 2007 track from the Len Price 3 (caught ‘live’ in the UK recently by last week’s co-host Bryan) and an alliterative favourite from the Monkees. We played another track from our current “Album of the Month”, the double CD from Almost Numan which features the Adelaide band doing one CD of  Tubeway Army/Gary Numan/Devo cover-versions [called ‘OFF’] and another of 80’s-inspired originals [called ‘ON’] – great stuff! Plus songs from the Throb, Black Cab, Wire and lots more...

..... so here is the full playlist.....

 Ed Harcourt – Hanging with the wrong crowd     (Here Be Monsters)

the Black Angels – Bad Vibrations     (Phosphene Dream)

the Molting Vultures – Bad Bad Woman     (Drop In and Go)

the Twilights – Bad Boy     (7”single 1966 Adelaide, Australia)

the Zakary Thaks – Bad Girl     (7”single 1966 Texas, USA)

Big Black – Bad Penny     (‘Songs About Fucking’ LP 1987 Chicago, USA)

David Bowie – Big Brother/Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family     (‘Diamond Dogs’ LP 1974)

the Vegetable Garden – Hypnotic Suggestion     (7”single 1968 Perth, Aust.)

the Throb – Black     (7”single 1966 Sydney, Aust.)

the Frowning Clouds – Rescue     (CD single 2011 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Atlantics – Lighter Shades of Dark Pt 2     (7”single b-side 1969 Aust.)

Johnny Young – Hold On     (‘Surprises’ LP 1968 Aust/UK)

the Monkees – Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky     (‘Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd’ LP 1967 USA)

the Monkees – P.O. Box 9847     (‘The Birds, The Bees and the Monkees’ LP 1968 USA)

Black Cab – Rescue     (Call Signs)

the Church – I am a Rock [Simon and Garfunkel cover]     (‘Sing Songs’ EP 1982 Aust.)

the Len Price 3 – Mesmer     (Rentacrowd)

the Yardbirds – Shapes of Things     (7”single 1966 UK)

Nuvo Bloc – I’m a Rock     (demo 1979 Adelaide)

Almost Numan – Me I Disconnect from You [Tubeway Army cover]     (Almost Numan – ‘OFF’)   #

Wire – Outdoor Miner     (7”single 1979 UK)

the Pubert Brown Fridge Occurrence – Sleepy Jan     (A Once and Future Thing)

the Exploding White Mice – Bad Little Woman     (‘A Nest Of Vipers’ LP 1985 Adelaide)

    #  ‘Album of the Month’