Technicolour Dreaming

We began the show this week with a prime example of 21^st Century psychedelia by American band Eternal Tapestry. We then ventured far and wide for the next two hours, with a mix of singles and album tracks by bands such the Leopards, the Lee Kings and the Turtles as examples of the former, and the Barbarellatones, the Apricot,  Moon Duo and Jim Noir representing the latter. We featured a song from Ben Mason’s fine new album, another from the latest Mynd Gardeners release, plus the A-side of a very cool 7”single by the Space Agency which is due for release at the end of the month on Market SquareRecords [we’ve attached their suitably spacey clip!]. Throw in some Cate le Bon, a live track from Germany’s Vibravoid, a slice of French 60’s psych by Bruno Leys, a Nilsson single B-side [he’s on the cover of the current Shindig! magazine] and lots more, finish with a track from Lumerians [whose new album we eagerly await!] and there you have it... another edition of Technicolour Dreaming, brought to you again by the Cat & the Brat!

...... so here is the playlist plus assorted visuals.....

Eternal Tapestry – Cosmic Manhunt      (‘Beyond the 4^th Door’ 2011 Chicago, USA)

the Chocolate Watchband – Don’t Need Your Lovin’      (‘Riot on Sunset Strip’ soundtrack LP 1967 USA)

the Barbarellatones – Gothic City      (‘The Breakup Ghost’ 2009 USA)

the Apricot – Mind Your Head      (‘A Forestful of Threes’ 2011 Finland)

the Leopards – Psychedelic Boy      (7”single 1986 Kansas City, USA)

the Sand Pebbles – Black Sun Ensemble      (‘Ghost Transmissions’ 2004 Melbourne, Australia)

Ben Mason – Black Sky Yellow Moon      (‘Holes and Corners’ 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

the Gothic Archies – The World is a Very Scary Place      (‘The Tragic Treasury: Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events’ 2006 UK)

Cate le Bon – Feel  [Syd Barrett cover]      (recorded 2010 Wales, UK – taken from ‘Mojo: The Madcap Laughs Again’ magazine covermount-CD compilation 2010 UK)

Syd Barrett – Dolly Rocker      (recorded 1970 UK – taken from ‘Opel’ 1988 UK)

the Dolly Rocker Movement – Enjoy a Paranoia      (‘Our Days Mind The Tyme’ 2009 Australia)

the Avengers – Midnight Visitation      (‘Medallion’ LP 1969 New Zealand)

Moon Duo – Seer [Psychic Ills remix]      (‘Mazes Remixed’ 2011 San Francisco, USA)

Golden Triangle – Blood & Arrow      (‘Double Jointer’ 2010 USA)

the Space Agency – Bombay Potatoes      (7”single 2013 Hove, UK)

the Lee Kings – Oriental Express      (7”single 1968 Sweden)

the Mynd Gardeners – Recharge Your Mynd      (7”split-EP [with the Stanleys] 2013 Australia)

Vibravoid – Suppose They Give a War & No-one Comes [West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band cover]      (recorded live 2011 Germany – taken from ‘Timemazine Vol.6’ magazine covermount-CD compilation 2011 Greece)

Jim Noir – Happy Day Today      (‘Jim Noir’ 2008 UK)

Bruno Leys – Hallucinations      (‘Maintenant je suis un voyou’ EP 1968 France)

the Fresh & Onlys – All Tomorrow’s Parties [Velvet Underground cover]      (‘The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castleface Records and Friends’ compilation LP 2012 California, USA)

Plasticland – Alexander [Pretty Things cover]      (‘Plasticland’ LP 1984 Milwaukee, USA)

the Whatt Four – You’re Wishing I Was Someone Else      (7”single b-side [to Dandelion Wine] 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

the Pillbugs – Here’s To The End Of Time      (‘Monclovia’ 2008 Ohio, USA)

the Turtles – Grim Reaper of Death      (7”single 1966 USA)

Nilsson – Sister Marie      (7”single b-side [to One] 1968 USA)

Lumerians – Hashshashin      (‘Transmilinnia’ 2011 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Beginning with the MC5’s clarion call, this week’s edition, hosted by a solo Peter Brat, ranged from local drone specialists Beige Abrasions through the electro-pop of new Australian band Total Control, Finnish surf from Laika and the Cosmonauts, classic 60’s psych from the Balloon Farm, iconic punk from X-Ray Spex, recent Australian garage from the Frowning Clouds and the Intercontinental Playboys, an Iggy cover by the Church, some Monkees, a nod to Star Trek from Spizzenergi and lots more, before finishing with a cut from the current ‘Album of the Month’ by local surf twangers DIESELWITCH.....

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

MC5 – Kick Out The Jams     (‘Kick Out The Jams’ LP 1969 USA)

Wooden Shjips – Looking Out     (West 2011 USA)

Beige Abrasions – Splash of White     (demo 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

Metal Urbain – Lady Coca-Cola     (7”single 1978 France : played from Anarchy in Paris anthology CD)

Total Control – Love Performance      (Henge 2011 Aust.)

the Intercontinental Playboys – Journey to the Centre of my Dirty Mind     (Sonic Seducers 2005 Aust.)

the Church – The Endless Sea [Iggy Pop cover]     (Box Of Birds 1999 Aust.)

Mondo Phase Band – Equaliser     (split 7”single [with Nothing People] 2011 Adelaide, Aust./USA)

Sweatmaster – I am a Demon and I love Rock’n’roll     (‘Pushing Scandinavian Rock to the Man Vol.3’ compilation)

The Weirdos – We Got The Neutron Bomb     (7”single 1978 USA)

Spizzenergi – Where’s Captain Kirk?     (7”single 1979 UK)

X-Ray Spex – Identity     (‘Germfree Adolescents’ LP 1978 UK)

Klark Kent – Don’t Care     (7”single 1978 UK)

Siouxsie and the Banshees – Metal Postcard (Mittageisen)     (‘The Scream’ LP 1978 UK)

Golden Triangle – Rollercoaster     (Double Jointer 2010 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Chem-Factor     (Carrion Crawler 2011 USA)

Laika and the Cosmonauts – The Ipcress File     (Cosmology: 1988-2008 Anthology Finland)

the Surfacers – The Russian     (from ’Continental’ magazine #11 bonus CD 2004 USA)

the Frowning Clouds – Do Like Me     (The Frowning Clouds 2010 Aust.)

the Rolling Stones – It’s Not Easy     (‘Aftermath’ LP 1965 UK)

Die Dancing Bears – N.Y. Valentine     (7”single 1982 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Monkees – Zam and Zor     (‘The Birds, the Bees and the Monkees’ LP 1968 USA)

the Twilights – Time and Motion Study Man     (7”single b-side 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Balloon Farm – A Question of Temperature     (7”single 1967 USA)

DieselWitch – Find Your Own Way Home     (DieselWitch Will Kill You 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)   #

        #   “Album Of The Month”