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
I got the next year done quicker than I was thinking I would! No fuckin’ about with almost zero intro! Here’s my top (Edit 27/8/19) 60 tracks of the year 2007! Just press and listen to these songs… Ed Kuepper … Continue reading Playlist: Where I Was In… 2007
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
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
It’s just gone past halfway point now this year so here’s now chapter six in my book of music of this year! Well, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest by Bill Callahan is so easy way and beyond my expectation! If you … Continue reading What I’ve Been Listening to in June 2019
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
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
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)
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)
Part 1. Geography a. Tell us about your hometown. Perth. Slumber town. It’s stunningly pretty and grotesquely hideous all at once. Void of any culture until you dig deeeeep beneath the surface. And there you will find a goldmine. b. … Continue reading Citizenship Tests: Joe McKee from Snowman
‘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
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
So this makes two posts of Kim Salmon in a row of this Aussie singer-songwriter and can be filed under other artists covering him and him covering other artists songs all in one post today. After yesterday’s post I realised … Continue reading Cover Versions: Kim Salmon
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
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
It’s normally for Friday morning on JJJ radio not Monday but oh well, it’s ten too of just my faves at the start this week for everyone, anyone who wants to have a listen/look at them! This little bit of … Continue reading Cover Versions: Triple J’s Like A Version Top Ten Covers
Pretty quite week blogging, I guess? Thursday morning and it’s only the second post, no! Third blog post, want am I talking about? I don’t know? Off course, it’s yet another yearly playlist! I don’t know if I’m drive everyone … Continue reading Playlist: Where I Was In… 2003?
So should I do more of the 2000’s? Yeah, off course! Well, I did this blog post standing on my head with both hands tied behind my back and typing will my nose, it was that bloody easy! So Monday … Continue reading Playlist: Where I Was In… 2002?
OK, well I’ve been pretty bad blogging SLS for both April and March but if it makes any sense in a modern online world I’ve been offline for those, so sorry to Helen and anyone else who care? I’ve got … Continue reading Song Lyric Sunday Theme: Brother/Sister
Side A: Rubber Bullies Side B: Stayin’ Alive It’s been out for a few days so I’m a little late but I’m still waiting for the 7″ color vinyl, why can’t they just email it? Off course a promo video for the … Continue reading Wicked Songs: Rubber Bullies by TFS + Cover Versions: Bee Gees’ Stayin’ Alive by TFS
WTF! Is this now? Is this for real? I guess so… I don’t know how the hell I found this but it’s saying 16th March release date, that’s like two days! It’s NOT on their websites, social pages or anything! … Continue reading Shall Be Released: Boredom Remixes by The Drones & The Presets
And when it’s dark he makes the highplains On his quarter horse, with a canvas sack And the stars they bleed together like the flames inside a forge The Earth is molten, time is stretching on a rack Yet he … Continue reading Song Lyric Sunday Theme: Letters
What was before The Drones and even before The Gutterville Splendour Six? This! Gareth Liddiard and Rui Pereira seeding the seed of noise and distortion in the period 1994-1998 in this Bong Odyssey project which recorded this never before released, brutal album of what is 100% The Drones‘ sound. … Continue reading Shall Be Released: BONG ODYSSEY by Gareth Liddiard & Rui Pereira (Recordings 1993-98)
Oh My by The Drones written by Gareth Liddiard from the album Havilah (2008) and the lyrics are: People are a waste of food You’ll never hear the end They’re only ever happy When they’re burying their friends And they … Continue reading Song Lyric Sunday Theme: Natural Disasters
It’s Wednesday the 20th of Dec. today, Xmas only is just a few days away and I’ve be blogging mad everyday this month but here’s my last post of the year now! I’m going to have the next couple of … Continue reading Blogging Highlights: 2017
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
So all these songs feature Gareth Liddiard. Continuing my cat a logging of everything relating to The Drones and Mr. Liddiard here on my blog. So today we are going all the way back to 2005 for a some what forgotten Melbourne … Continue reading Wicked Songs: 10-Car Pile-Up, I Went Out Looking, Nothing To Lose by Digger & The Pussycats + Cover Versions: Make-Up’s Save Yourself, Supercharger’s Stab A Motherfucker by Digger & The Pussycats
