For those readers/listeners of my blog who live in/around Melbourne town or the state of Victoria, this is NOT the sound of airplanes taking off at your second smaller airport or something like that? It’s a band who named themselves … Continue reading Song of the Day: Airwing by Essendon Airport
So the working title of this track was The Rain Song and before that was called Weather Girl, it’s track number eight on 1994’s Let Love In album. The earliest song Warren Ellis plays violin on all The Bad Seeds’ albums … Continue reading Song of the Day: Ain’t Gonna Rain Anymore by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
So back to Australia today and an artist you’ve most likely never heard of but come on everyone out there, hit play and try something different today! It’s a nice mellow Monday morning music too, if you give it a … Continue reading Song of the Day: A.I.A.O. by Fia Fiell
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
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)
Flashback live gig! These two days at ATP festival in Altona just outside Melbourne 2013 will go down in history as the best one they put on in Australia. The first day was Saturday February 16th curated by ATP themselves … Continue reading Live Gigs: ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror 2013 Melbourne curated by ATP & The Drones @ Altona: Saturday (Part One)
Here’s the 3rd gig I got to see in Melbourne town and the last one before flying back west! These guys have such amazing live show reputation so somehow all the plants must have been lined or something for me … Continue reading Live Gigs: Liars @ ACMI
So here’s the next and 2nd gig on my little trip to Melbourne town at the end of this month! That’s The Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood which is my very first time there and little or so much more my kind-of place … Continue reading Live Gigs: Little Ugly Girls & Mod Con @ The Gaso
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
Might as well keep doing these posts now that I’m getting going, right? So next you can file it under: the greatest debut album you’ve never heard, most likely? Most likely will never hear too! My own rules apply on … Continue reading Classic Albums: Cellulite Soul by Witch Hats
So here’s the next Aussie artist in my fave ten tracks. It’s been a while since the last one of these kind-of posts but here it is on this Friday morning for anyone who wants to check it out? Kim … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Kim Salmon
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
The day finally come I’ve wait for, that’s the brand new HTRK track has dropped early today! It’s only been four years since the last album but seems like ten years or something? Anyway I’ve just got to blog post it now because they’re I think my fave band ever or at least top five or something like that! I’ve wrote blog posts about them before which is most likely complete rubbish but just have a listen this new song or the old stuff and how could you not fall in love with them? After the canned Sydney Opera House … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Mentions by HTRK
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 the duo who I named last year’s record as my fave album of 2017 are back with a brand new song which comes on 7″ single too, if you want it or love that format? Last year already seem … Continue reading Wicked Songs: You’ve Got A Friend by Time For Dreams + Cover Versions: The Smiths’ Death of a Disco Dancer by Time For Dreams
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
So my obsession with this band continues with one whole blog post just about the album cover artwork! So that’s front and back cover below: If that’s not the most insane great album cover artwork, I don’t know what is? So … Continue reading Shall Be Released: A Laughing Death In Meatspace by Tropical F Storm (Cover Artwork)
So after only a couple of days ago posting Jonnine’s new work, here’s three older remixes by HTRK themselves. Now I might have missed something but I guess I’ll say now these are my top three! The discogs website only list … Continue reading Wicked Songs: 3 HTRK Remixes for Other Artists
So back to my fave albums of all-time again with the CA list today! Yet more lesser known Aussie bands which this one from Tassie from mid to late 90’s. After that Cloher post at the start of this month … Continue reading Classic Albums: Still Life by The Paradise Motel
Well, 2018 has started out pretty sad at only the second week in with the news broke on this weekend just gone that Frank Lovece of the Primitive Calculators, vocalist and drummer or it should be drum machinist? Of one … Continue reading Classic Albums: Black & White Self-titled by Primitive Calculators + Remembering: Frank Lovece
Nope, it’s NOT R.E.M. Best of! Back to some new music for Monday morning and next up in my fave albums of this year that I’ve yet to written something, anything about here on my blog is by the band … Continue reading New Music: Drum by Gold Class
Joel Silbersher has released brand new song a few months ago which I missed then. It’s backed by two cool covers, you can buy it on 7″, his band includes The Drones’ Gareth Liddiard on lead guitar with the ex-drummer … Continue reading Wicked Songs: No Teeth by Joel Silbersher + Cover Versions: Bill Withers’ I Don’t Want You On My Mind & The Holy Modal Rounders’ Half A Mind by by Joel Silbersher
I was trying to figure out when I last buy a cassette tape? But couldn’t! So now I do know because I got this one, which is a new album by these guys but has only been release on tape … Continue reading New Music: Don’t Wait Outside The Heart by Pale Heads
The Drones live @ The Triffid, Brisbane, 6th May 2016 Setlist: Private Execution, The Minotaur, Boredom, To Think That I Once Loved You, Then They Came For Me, I See Seaweed, Six Ways To Sunday, I Am The Supercargo. The Drones live @ … Continue reading Live Gigs: The Drones 2016 Live Recordings @ The Triffid, Brisbane & PBS Radio, Melbourne
So how about some new Aussie music tonight? Well, it’s been out for a month or so now and I’ve been listening pretty heavily to it, have you heard it yet? I’ll see if can write some words on this … Continue reading New Music: Rest In Piss by Batpiss
OK, something different tonight and not yet more of my mixtape project. It’s back to just one classic older Aussie track for my very late just after midnight post. The next in the long line from the Tales Of The Australian … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Lightning Scary by Kim Salmon
So even more sad news early this week with the passing of Tony Cohen. If it counts for anything I would call him one of the greatest Aussie producer, engineer and studio wizard, if not the greatest ever. He passed … Continue reading Remembering + Playlist: Tony Cohen
What a way to start my/your Sunday morning! With some new Aussie music by King Parrot and a video that could be the best NSFW video ever made! After my own few days off blogging I’m back now with this post, … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Ten Pounds Of Shit In A Five Pound Bag by King Parrot + Shall Be Released: Ugly Produce by King Parrot
Last Friday night I got to see Gold Class once again and looks like I might post this one on Wednesday afternoon so you could all say it’s running a bit late. I’ve just got to post it because Gold … Continue reading Live Gigs: Gold Class @ Mojo’s
Oh my god, I love this band Gold Class and with each new track they seem to just get better and better. So here’s the very brand new track now, just released called Rose Blind. Which is now the second track … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Rose Blind by Gold Class + Shall Be Released: Drum by Gold Class
So I’m a few days late with this new Aussie music, it was out last week sometime but I’ve just got put it up on my blog. It’s been a bit of a wait for new Jen album but it’s … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Forgot Myself by Jen Cloher + Shall Be Released: Self-titled by Jen Cloher
So next up from the year 1996 is You Am I‘s Hourly, Daily which came after two albums recorded in New York with Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo as producer. They when home for the next record, literally this record is somewhat very … Continue reading Classic Albums: Hourly, Daily by You Am I
31st of March today and for my Friday’s post, I’ve just got to do this album by Cat Power or her real birth name Chan Marshall. It’s just come down to what really, really, really should be included in my very … Continue reading Classic Albums: Moon Pix by Cat Power
Edit (30/3/17) so I’ve been now corrected by The Drones twitter account, thanks guys. It’s his new band called National Cocktail Favourites but I do hope you’re letting NGV website person know too because that’s where I got it from. So … Continue reading Cover Versions: Jonathan Richman’s Vincent Van Gogh by Gareth Liddiard’s Cocktail Favourites
So Wednesday’s post has to be this, just uploaded today to YouTube is full gig recorded last year in HD at the Melbourne pub The Tote. The Drones leader Gareth Liddiard called this venue their spiritually home when these … Continue reading Great Watching: The Drones Live @ The Tote 2016
