For anyone/everyone who wants to know? Who the hell that is? That’s Rowland S. Howard’s band before he joined The Boys Next Door which became The Birthday Party. The Accident song is one of his many lesser well-known songs, one … Continue reading Song of the Day: Accident by Young Charlatans
Rowland S. Howard & Jonnine Standish – (I Know) A Girl Called Jonny UV Race – Society Made Me Selfish The Necks – Silverwater Paul Dempsey – Out The Airlock Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Anxiety The Devil & Abbe … Continue reading Playlist: Where I Was In… 2009
More under-rated or obscure Aussie band today with UV Race or sometimes called The UV Race and I’m picking their track Be Your Self (above) from their album entitled Racism 2012. But they did have a brand new album this year so here’s Inane Brain (below) from … Continue reading A to Z: U is for…
Well, it could easy be HTRK today but I’ve banged on about them a bit later so got with another fave member of a band, maybe not the biggest Aussie band ever but very important: The Birthday Party! This A … Continue reading A to Z: H is for…
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
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
Things are now really going to get very and totally random on my blog now with this intro post of my A to Z type of list thing! Yet another series, if I don’t have too much stuff going on … Continue reading A to Z: A is for…
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
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
In opening or the very short version this was unbelievable amazing night but off course what follows is the very long version: In the end it was somehow an almost three hour show of Nick Cave greatest which starting just … Continue reading Live Gigs: Nick Cave @ Perth Concert Hall
Can I be out of line Сan we get back together? You drink I’ll pour the wine Сan we get back together? Your girlfriend’s prettier than mine Can we get back together? I’ll have you home by nine or whatever … Continue reading Hiding Songs: Ha by HTRK
I did post two of these last month so this is now the third one, this is like two in one and most likely the last one ever I’ve blog about! Here’s the newspaper cutting from 1982′ NME magazine at … Continue reading Portrait Of The Artist As A Consumer: The Birthday Party’s Rowland S. Howard & Nick Cave
I wasn’t going to post anything today, well just gone dark a while ago. Until I did see this list on Aussie radio Double J website which is pretty good but I disagree just a tiny little bit. OK, a lot … Continue reading Playlist: The 50 Best Australian Albums of the 90’s (According To Me)
This band of Rowland S. Howard, Peter Jones, Brian Henry Hooper, Conway Savage and Spencer P. Jones are all gone now, as pointed out by one of my fave band’s social media page yesterday. So figure I might post this video clip up today … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Execution Day by Spencer P. Jones
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
So the very last list that play of these yearly thingys! Really got to do something else now! But I’ve done the years 1960 to 2005 over the last six months of something of playlist posts, what’s that? 45 years … Continue reading Playlists: Where I Was In… 2005?
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
Right, I think I’m going to run out of thinks to say about the bloody 80’s because I don’t really remember that as a little kid, maybe just bits and pieces. Just to be clear this is what I’ve listen … Continue reading Playlist: Where I Was In… 1982?
Passing away just hours before his benefit concert to take place here in Perth so becoming a tribute show to him. He’s yet another under-rated Aussie muso, little known fact is Brian is from Perth too! Brian Hooper was diagnosed with … Continue reading Remembering: Brian Hooper + Live Gigs: I Get Up Again @ Claremont Showgrounds
Sorry, no Song Lyric Sunday Theme this weekend, this is very first time of this year I’m going to miss it but because I’m not here, it’s a computer doing all this! Well, hopefully if I’ve pressed the right things to … Continue reading Playlist: Where I Was In… 1992?
Surprise! I’m back yet again today with another yearly playlist, this is all I’m blogging about at the moment. So is everyone by now getting sick and tired of these yet? Because I’ve got totally nuts like a squirrel collecting … Continue reading Playlist: Where I Was In… 2001?
Back to the 90’s for Wednesday night and the last day of Feb. 2018 too. Off course, I said before the 90’s decade means 50 songs in this playlist, you know? This was really unbelievably easy for me and could … Continue reading Playlist: Where I Was In… 1999?
“Again!” You might be saying depending on how long you’ve been looking at my blog because of the over the top content of him here? Oh, well here he comes again! I did do a few top ten albums posts … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Nick Cave
Or I could just say it’s three tracks from the Dogs In Space soundtrack in 1986, which are just my faves! So I did promise more Primitive Calculators yesterday but instead spreading them out and having it at a later … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Primitive Calculators’ Pumping Ugly Muscle + Thrush & The Cunts’ Diseases + The Boys Next Door’s Shivers
Just should be hash tag repost today for my Monday post because it’s almost all from here: “Gareth picks out more songs he wishes he could claim credit for and tells us why – Aaron Curran” X – ‘Waiting’ From … Continue reading Playlist: Street Music Playlist by Gareth Liddiard of Tropical Fuck Storm
Well it’s been a few days again so daily blog yeah right! Anyway I finished reading this book last night and if write something worth posting about it and actually I post this up today it will be my second … Continue reading Great Reading: TEX by Tex Perkins
I did read about these two up coming releases yesterday but nothing has changed today. So because there is so little info about them it might be totally pointless blogging until something more is said about it. Not that’s really … Continue reading Shall Be Released: What Would I Know? by Brian Henry Hooper & Gareth Liddard + Bong Odyssey by Gareth Liddiard & Rui Pereira
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
Back to my mixtapes again today, sorry but I can’t help myself. So Sunday’s post is yet another one for anyone who cares? It’s all 90’s rocking songs pretty much if you wanna some kind-of warning. It’s Sunday morning here … Continue reading Playlist: My Mixtape #8 Grey TDK 90 with FREAK written on it
Right now in Perth Western Australia summer is not really finishing up but seems it’s just getting going, March and April is normally when it should be cooling down but it’s just not doing that. The weekend just gone was … Continue reading Playlist: Fave Summer Songs
So tonight is the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds gig finally, the very last date of the Aussie tour in Perth W.A. and off course horses, I’m hyped. This post really has nothing to do that but the front man … Continue reading Classic Albums: Mutiny/The Bad Seed by The Birthday Party
HTRK‘s Work (Work, Work) album I think also now can be called and included as one of my Classic Album after yesterday’s post about Ex Tropical by Lost Animal. Yet another one of my most played albums, in fact it’s the … Continue reading Classic Albums: Work (Work, Work) by HTRK
Well, yesterday the second new track by Powell was released and it also is the second track to feature Jonnine Standish from HTRK. Powell’s debut album Sport is out on October 14 which now I’m really looking forward too. Is there going … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Jonny (ft. Jonny) by Powell, that’s Jonnine Standish from HTRK
Well, here’s yet more Cave/Howard tracks that have been covered, some live versions this time, half a dozen in fact! Am I building a bit a data base or something here? So in Melbourne there was an Aussie Rules footy game … Continue reading Cover Versions: Nick Cave/Rowland S. Howard’s Songs Live @ Community Cup 2011/Elsternwick Park
Did you know ex-Bad Seeds’ Mick Harvey has got another Gainsbourg cover album coming out soon? Intoxicated Women – Volume 4 Of Serge Gainsbourg Translations and it’s out on 4th November too. Edit (15/11/16) Out now on 20 January 2017. I really loved … Continue reading Shall Be Released: Intoxicated Women by Mick Harvey + Cover Versions: Serge Gainsbourg & France Gall’s Baby Teeth, Wolfy Teeth by Mick & Solomon Harvey
So here’s yet another big list and YouTube play list of songs. From one of my favorite bands HTRK from their night on rage TV show which was a couple of years ago now. I just cut and paste it … Continue reading Playlist: HTRK Rage Guest Programmers
