“They’re just better at it, I don’t know why,” he says. “I just think physiologically and attiudedly, they’re just better at it. Men are better drummers, usually, but women are way better singers. A great male singer like Frank Sinatra … Continue reading Gareth Liddiard’s 5 Favorite Female Vocalists
OK, I haven’t done a cover song blog post in a little/long while and I can’t believe I’ve not done this before! But seems they’re well, two main members Fiona Kitschin and Gareth Liddiard now calling The Drones now defunct … Continue reading Cover Versions: All The Covers The Drones Ever Did!
Another old song from 2004 today, well it’s three tracks really! But that’s only song co-written by Dan Kelly and Gareth Liddiard above. When Gareth was a member of Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males band he played bass guitar … Continue reading Wicked Songs: River O Tears by Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males
Just one old song today of mid-2000’s from an under-rated somewhat forgotten Aussie artist. He once was an very early member of the Aussie band called The Drones, you might remember them? Or notices I’ve blogged about them just a … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Black Brown and Blue by James McCann
I’ve dug up these and now just gotta kind-of re-post more lists of songs and album as named dropped by singer-songwriter Gary of TFS and The Drones. Both thingos are from the year 2010 which was around of his one … Continue reading Gareth Liddiard’s Take Five Songs & Top Three Aussie Albums
If I haven’t got too much stuff going on or I’m trying to do on my blog, I’m adding yet another thing today! Kicking starting my yearly playlists now! Beginning where I stop last year sometime and I guess, I’m … Continue reading Playlist: Where I Was In… 2006
This is the most insane bonkers playlist I’ve ever posted on my blog! It’s 600 video clips, you know? They’re all are official promo video clips, don’t quote me but I think I’ve seen all these clips played at least … Continue reading Playlist: I’m the RAGE guest programmer tonight
Salty foam, your daddy’s most Classic pin-up of the California coast I couldn’t trust your heavy stare The poly-cotton all circles and squares You didn’t drown in the water While the dollars fell like rain You looked in that blue … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Who’s My Eugene? by Tropical Fuck Storm
Jezebel: Dog Eared: I’m Here Now: Words From The Executioner To Alexander Pearce: I Don’t Ever Want To Change: Work For Me: I Looked Down The Line And I Wondered: Are You Leaving For The Country: Sixteen Straws: “I’m recording, … Continue reading M+N’s Article: Gala Mill by The Drones
Paradise the brand new song by Tropical Fuck Storm was dropped sometime earlier this 24 hours. Also the word is out the new second TFS (Tropical Fuck Storm) album entitled Braindrops will be released August 23rd on Flightless Records in … Continue reading Shall Be Released: BRAINDROPS by Tropical Fuck Storm + Playlist: Gareth Liddiard’s Favorite Albums on Vinyl
The Planet Of Straw Men: Antimatter Animals: You Let My Tyres Down: Chameleon Paint: Two Afternoons: Soft Power: Rubber Bullies: New song or cover or something? It sounds like it should be an old Drones song but it’s not! The … Continue reading Ratting With Terriers: TFS 2019 Euro tour
OK, off course this is my own hiding songs or the ones I think qualified! After sending a completely bonkers message/questions to the man himself, I’ve made a playlist of all the songs I send him! He’s already answered my … Continue reading Playlist: Hiding Songs
After the post a month or so back, I’ve send out yet more mixes in the snail mail! But I’ve got to blog post it so here it is, this time it’s an all Aussie artists songs mixes to an … Continue reading Playlist: 3 Mixtapes I send over East last month
So giving the heads up yesterday on social media a brand new shiny song was coming today which meant I wanted it then so just all really proves the internet made me very impatient now! The song entitled The Planet … Continue reading Wicked Songs: The Planet Of Straw Men by Tropical Fuck Storm
Here’s something I’ve not done for a very long old while now! Made some mixtapes or well, that’s a CD-rs really because my tape desk is still rooted. I’ve been sending something to this guy who live in Canada at … Continue reading Playlist: 3 Mixtapes I send to Canada last year
Where the bloody hell is this gone? After the last post and while I’m at it! Why don’t they just release the full No Country For No Man live movie score/soundtrack sometime? They must have recordings of it, right? I’ve got … Continue reading TFS No Country For No Man original live film score
Right, I’m going to have to blog something about this now! It’s been about or around about 24/48 hours ago King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard posted “NeW. MuSiC. CoMiNg. SoOn. ..” with that feature image. Also below is another … Continue reading Gareth Liddiard + King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard collaboration album
Edit (19/01/19): So after posting an old version of this a few days ago with a pile of video clips/songs missing but trying to get into my old youtube account to edit it, which that is just totally impossible! So … Continue reading Playlist: The Drones’ Rage Guest Programmers in 2009
I lived in the country where the dead wood aches In a house made of stone and a thousand mistakes Where the glory of morning got crushed by the burden of day I went down to the seaside, it was … Continue reading Hiding Songs: I Don’t Ever Want To Change by The Drones
What was the process like? Did all of The Drones have to agree on each band? Yeah, we had to agree on everything until we ran low on ideas, I think. Basically all we had to do was think up … Continue reading Live Gigs: ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror 2013 Melbourne curated by ATP & The Drones @ Altona: Books, Movies etc. (Part Three)
Flashback live gig continues! So the next day could be even better than the first one really, even if that was totally insane day and night! I should have really just sleep in the car-park or something but I guess … Continue reading Live Gigs: ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror 2013 Melbourne curated by ATP & The Drones @ Altona: Sunday (Part Two)
Part 1. Geography a. Tell us about your hometown. I still live in my home town. It’s called Warragul. It’s 100 kilometres south-east of Melbourne and I work and live there during the week and play gigs and party in … Continue reading Citizenship Tests: Marcus from The UV Race
Is it true you were a skinhead in your early Perth days? That’s what Kim Salmon likes people to believe. But I was never a skinhead, although I might have had short hair. I was never a signed-up skinhead. There … Continue reading Interview: Brian Henry Hooper in 2009
‘Shark Fin Blues‘ This song is reliable like a good dog. When we, or our audience, suck, we can play this and it’s like a reset button. It was written in Collingwood over the top of a Karen Dalton banjo … Continue reading Track By Track: Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By The Drones
‘The Cat’ Walking down the street in New Farm where I used to live, there was this large Maori family that lived about a block away in a big red brick house – the daughters would sit on the back … Continue reading Track By Track: The Cat by Ben Salter
Are you able to remember all of the new lyrics live now? Yeah. It helps to have written them, you know. I’ve probably gone over them a million times. And they rhyme. I have no idea how actors remember all … Continue reading Interview: Gareth Liddiard for I See Seaweed by The Drones
Off course he’s the singer-songwriter for The Drones and Tropical Fuck Storm. After yesterdays’s blog post I’m now going to do my own fave 10 songs, just to make in tricky for myself I’m not going to repeat any tracks … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Gareth Liddiard
On Friday last week the band Tropical Fuck Storm released yet another new video clip for the song The Future Of History! So come Tuesday I figure to catalog the history of promo videos by singer-songwriter Gareth Liddiard with his The Drones, … Continue reading Complete Video Clips: TFS, Gaz and The Drones
OK, weekend gig I’ve got to see while over east and the 1st show I’ve got to see on my late September trip over to Melbourne town! I’ve haven’t post about a live gig from a while now here on … Continue reading Live Gigs: TFS, New War, Time For Dreams & No Zu @ Howler
Yet another brand new cool track by TFS already, bloody amazing output! The eighteenth edition in Famous Class’ LAMC split series featuring an unreleased A-side track from one of the label’s favorite band’s, backed with a B-side track from a … Continue reading Wicked Songs: The Happiest Guy Around by Tropical Fuck Storm
Well, we have date of release for what now is posthumously album by Brian Henry Hooper. Still a couple of months away on 21st of Sept. 2018 or around about then? Because another website I’ve just found is saying 17th of … Continue reading Shall Be Released: What Would I Know? by Brian Henry Hooper
The next few days I’m going to catching up on my fave albums from this year that I haven’t yet blog about! Call it my little mid-year report or something like that? It’s been awhile since I did a new … Continue reading New Music: Modern Convenience by MOD CON
Well, did do a post of fave JJJ’s Like A Version covers last month so following on from that, kind-of! It was the blogger Richmond Road remind me about Rockwiz just the other day! So here’s my fave ten duet covers … Continue reading Cover Versions: Rockwiz Top Ten Duets
So now that you can’t stream any of these themed radio shows anymore from JJ radio which was on last month of April. I’ve made just one very, very, very long playlist just above from all four show’s songs together … Continue reading Playlist: Gareth Liddiard on Double J’s Artist In Residence
After about a couple of weeks of listening to this brand new album comes the Aussie tour and I’m so silly to got to both west coast dates, here’s what happen! But first a little about my little views of … Continue reading New Music: A Laughing Death In Meatspace by TFS + Live Gigs: TFS @ Badlands & Mojo’s
A Laughing Death in Meatspace track listing now with song time lengths: 1. You Let My Tyres Down – 5:30 2. Antimatter Animals – 5:14 3. Chameleon Paint – 4:30 4. The Future Of History – 4:25 5. Two Afternoons – 4:33 6. Soft Power … Continue reading Shall Be Released: A Laughing Death In Meatspace by TFS (Song Times) + Live Gigs: TFS @ PBS FM Studio’s in Melbourne
