Monday music

For your pleasure (and by the way, if you're out there and listening, please leave a comment - it's an odd experience sitting in the studio talking to a microphone - it would be great to think I'm talking to people)

Our Sunshine Ground Components 4:39 An Eye For A Brow. A Tooth For A Pick.
Hands In The Air Ground Components 3:33 An Eye For A Brow. A Tooth For A Pick.
Sparrow Love Outside Andromeda 2:48 Longing Was a Safe Place to Hide
12 Gates To The City Suzie Higgie 4:56 Songs Of Habit
Pop Star Girl Tom Woodward 3:53 32-20 Blues
Half Way Round The World X 3:08 Tales From The Australian Underground - Singles 1976-1989 (Disc 2)
Stuck on you Sardine V 4:14 Tales from the Australian underground Vol.2 1977-1990
Then You Appear The Panda Band 4:35 Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town
Superman's Black In The Building (Mauly T Remix) Public Enemy 4:09 Bring That Beat Back - The Public Enemy Remix Project
Valder Fields Tamas Wells 2:39 The Kids Who Kill For Sugar: Popboomerang Records 5th Birthday Sampler
If I Had My Way Four Hours Sleep 4:29 The Kids Who Kill For Sugar: Popboomerang Records 5th Birthday Sampler
The Black Sea Waltz Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen 3:24 Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen
Four In The Morning Don Walker 4:40 Cutting Back
I Am Not Approachable The Fauves 3:27 Nervous Flashlights
No Complaints Beck 3:00 The Information
No Backbone The Lemonheads 3:07 The Lemonheads
Muddy Water Dallas Crane 4:07 Factory Girls
City Of Refuge Grant-Lee Phillips 3:36 Nineteeneighties
You Did It! You Say Party! We Say Die! 2:25 Hit The Floor!
Glider Smoosh 2:19 Free To Stay
revision love of diagrams 4:23 e.p.

The future of Rock (RAWWWWK) is in safe hands

I caught Airbourne at the Green Room in Phillip last night - for those who don't know, Airbourne is an AC/DCesque 4 piece from Warrnambool who released an EP in 2004 and were picked up by Capitol records for a 5 album deal in 2005 - and rawwwk they did.

They play simple rock - very loud, driving, sweaty and flailing around in a way that makes Iggy Pop look comatose. I don't think I've ever seen a band work that hard and at the same time they keep an incredibly tight sound. Everyone there absolutely loves being up on stage in a rock band and while they know they are good (in the way that only a bunch of 18-22 guys can) they aren't arrogant about it, they're just having a ball.

I'd say I only heard the singer say half a dozen words (and only between songs) that weren't screeched out in a very rock'n'roll Bon Scott style - even the between song banter was screamed at the crowd (the first time I've ever heard the word Canberra sound rocklike - I loved it) and it was nice to see that they had customised the banter to bring some local relevance.

Even the song intros were classic dumb rock (dumb in the best way, don't get me wrong) - "This one's for all the heartbreakers out there - It's called Heartbreaker" "This one's for the girls in black out there - it's called Girls in black" (and so on)

As the singer walked past me (literally, within a metre or so) in the middle of a song doing a rock thing where he leaves the stage and goes behind the bar to pour himself a beer and brings it back onstage, I remember thinking to myself, this is a special moment. (And yes, I tried to get the cameraphone working but it was too dark)

Great band, great show. Keep an eye on them.

(As for their recorded stuff - have only heard the one track on their myspace page - here and it's well put together, heavily ACDC inspired rock. Nothing mindblowing but fortunately that's where the live shows come in.

The desk

The desk, originally uploaded by Colism.

Old as the station but still kicking

Back on track - tunes for today

Got a few new treats for your listening pleasure today (and I would have had some Snowbug but - well, um - lent that cd to a friend - next week for sure. In the interests of disclosure, my new housemate is in the band but what I've heard so far I actually do quite like, which helps).

Anyways, we have some delta blues style offerings from CW Stoneking, Ground Components, Love outside Andromeda and a tune from the new album from those sadly underrated workhorses The Fauves.

As ever, if you liked something or didn't like something or have a request (that's anatomically possible), leave us a comment.

cheers - oh, by the way, the Movember thing is still in full swing, check out the full story (with day by day progress pictures - here)

Cold Blooded Old Times (Smog) 4:12 High Fidelity
Jets Decoder Ring 5:00 Fractions
Bad boy for love Ian Rilen 6:14 Love In Murder (Bonus)
Cathedral Bells Justin Grounds 4:36 Cathedral Bells
Conversation Intercom Soulwax 3:06 Much Against Everyone's Advice
Overkill Colin Hay 3:46 Going Somewhere
Salvation Jane Hugo Race & True Spirit 3:38 Valley of Light
Miss Fortune Sixfthick 4:49 Traincrash - live
Stockholm Syndrome Yo La Tengo 2:53 Prisoners Of Love [Disc 1]
She's A Bread Baker C.W. Stoneking 3:17 King Hokum
Keep looking at the sky Love Outside Andromeda 4:17 Longing Was a Safe Place to Hide
Hands In The Air Ground Components 3:33 An Eye For A Brow. A Tooth For A Pick.
Thin Eyebrows Suzie Higgie 3:25 Songs Of Habit
Then You Appear The Panda Band 4:35 Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town
Im Too Busy (Baby) Trouser Trouser 3:04 I'm Too Busy (Baby)
Daniel Morgan Konrad Lenz 3:26 One of the missing
I'll Work When I'm Dead The Fauves 3:32 Nervous Flashlights
This Room Fat Freddys Drop 5:00 Based on a True Story
Karma Police Easy Star All Stars 4:48 Radiodread

Music for a rainy day

Wow, quite tempestuous outside - kind of wish I'd brought my brolly. (Ok, I kind of wish I owned one)

Anyways, here are the songs du jour.

Don't forget, I'm still doing the Movember thing, check out my mo-blog here

For A Short Time Weddings Parties Anything 5:11 Riveresque
Words Fail Me Tex, Don Charlie 5:01 All Is Forgiven
I love my leather jacket The Chills 2:54 Topless women
This Charming Man The Smiths 2:43 The Best Of The Smiths
Sailor The Brian Jonestown Massacre 3:43 Bravery, Repetition and Noise
Vaporizer Lupine Howl 5:20 The Carnivorous Lunar activities of Lupine Howl
Walking Through Babylon Thievery Corporation 4:26 Sounds From The Thievery Hi-Fi
Jacob's ladder Chumbawumba 2:53 Peace Not War
Hey Nonny Nonny Violent Femmes 4:34 Why Do Birds Sing?
Atmosphere Joy Division 4:10 Substance 1977-1980
I see a darkness Bonny Prince Billy 4:49 I see a darkness
Everything Reminds Me of Her Elliott Smith 2:37 Figure 8
A Clean Slate Sealifepark 3:55 We Get What You Deserve
Drive Blu Mar Ten 3:52 The Six Million Names Of God
Whats A Place Like That Doing In A Girl Like You Devastations 4:57 Coal
Everything breaks the heart The Beautiful Few 3:06 Metal for Melbourne
Godless The Dandy Warhols 5:20 Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
Caribou Frank Black Francis 3:01 Frank Black Francis (Demos)
Take A Run At The Sun Dinosaur Jr 3:28 Ear-Bleeding Country

Greater Head Crime And The City Solution 4:22 The Brideship
Buy me a pony Spiderbait 1:43 Garage Days
Not That Social The Von Bondies 3:01 Pawn Shoppe Heart
Arse Grabbin' 2UP 3:42 Player's Club
Dope fiend beat Chaos Maths 3:49 Dope meaning good
Growing on me The Darkness 3:31 Permission to land
Batman Neal Hefty 1:11 Single
Paper Doll Louis XIV 3:25 The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
Total Trash Sonic Youth 7:33 Daydream Nation
La Di Doh Ed Kuepper 6:34 With A Knapsack On My Back
Sides Full Fathom Five 3:39 Sides
Venus In Cancer Amusement Parks On Fire 3:37 Amusement Parks On Fire
Mexican Radio Wall of Voodoo 3:57 Rage II
Lick The Bacon Osterberg 2:08 Osterberg
Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin 2:23 School of Rock
Rock'n'Roll worm Hoss 3:34 You get nothing
Bizarre love triangle New Order 6:43 International
Kill All Hippies Primal Scream 4:57 Xtrmntr
Best Of Both Worlds Midnight Oil 4:05 20,000 Watts R.S.L.
Descent Into The Maelstrom Radio Birdman 4:24 Essential Radio Birdman

Mo-nday Sunset

Sorry - just trying to maintain the string of Mo based puns I've committed to for Movember. (Pun or wordplay?)

Anyways, as I mentioned before, couple of tracks from the new Ground Components cd for your listening pleasure and the usual grab bag of odds and ends that hopefully you haven't heard too much of. (I'm a big fan of the kind of radio that makes you go - cool, what was that song?)

There's also a small tribute to a man some have dubbed the cross between Iggy Pop and Dorian Gray of Australian Rock, Ian Rilen. Ian Rilen died last week of bladder cancer after having been diagnosed earlier in the year. He played bass in Rose Tattoo (and co-wrote their biggest hit Bad Boy for Love) and went on to play in seminal outfit X as well as Sardine v and a bunch of others. Rest in peace.

Our Sunshine Ground Components 4:39 An Eye For A Brow. A Tooth For A Pick.
Hands In The Air Ground Components 3:33 An Eye For A Brow. A Tooth For A Pick.
Sparrow Love Outside Andromeda 2:48 Longing Was a Safe Place to Hide
12 Gates To The City Suzie Higgie 4:56 Songs Of Habit
Pop Star Girl Tom Woodward 3:53 32-20 Blues
Half Way Round The World X 3:08 Tales From The Australian Underground - Singles 1976-1989 (Disc 2)
Stuck on you Sardine V 4:14 Tales from the Australian underground Vol.2 1977-1990
Then You Appear The Panda Band 4:35 Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town
Superman's Black In The Building (Mauly T Remix) Public Enemy 4:09 Bring That Beat Back - The Public Enemy Remix Project
Valder Fields Tamas Wells 2:39 The Kids Who Kill For Sugar: Popboomerang Records 5th Birthday Sampler
If I Had My Way Four Hours Sleep 4:29 The Kids Who Kill For Sugar: Popboomerang Records 5th Birthday Sampler
The Black Sea Waltz Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen 3:24 Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen
Four In The Morning Don Walker 4:40 Cutting Back
I Am Not Approachable The Fauves 3:27 Nervous Flashlights
No Complaints Beck 3:00 The Information
No Backbone The Lemonheads 3:07 The Lemonheads
Muddy Water Dallas Crane 4:07 Factory Girls
City Of Refuge Grant-Lee Phillips 3:36 Nineteeneighties
You Did It! You Say Party! We Say Die! 2:25 Hit The Floor!
Glider Smoosh 2:19 Free To Stay
revision love of diagrams 4:23 e.p.

Late Breaking News: I'm growing a Mo

I'm going to paste this blurb in directly from the Movember people because they explain it better than me, but essentially, I'm going to grow a Mo during November to raise money for Men's health. (The health, not the magazine)

Hi all,

During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I’ll be growin a moustache. That’s right I’m bringing the Mo back because I’m passionate about changing the state of men’s health.

Male health is a major issue, did you know:

Men are far less healthy than women. The average life expectancy of males is 6 years less than females.
Every year in Australia 2,700 men die of prostate cancer – more than the number of women who die from breast cancer.
Depression affects 1 in 6 men…Most don’t seek help. Untreated depression is a leading risk factor for suicide. Rates of suicide are more than double the national road toll.
Help me change the face of men’s health by sponsoring my mo.

Please go to http://www.movember.com.au/au/sponsor, enter my Rego number which is 25953 and your credit card details. All donations of $2 and over are tax deductible.

The money raised by Movember will be used to change the face of men's health by creating awareness and funding research into prostate cancer and male depression.

Movember culminates at the end of the month at the Gala Partè where I’ll be parading my Mo on the cat walk for a chance to be crowned the Man of Movember. If you want to be part of this great night you’ll have to purchase a Gala Parte ticket for $33.00 (inc GST).

Cheers

Colin

More info is available at www.movember.com.au

I'm also running (yet another) blog, this one focussing on my mo progress which you can check out here

Expect regular postings (better than here,hey) and pics and at least one bad mo pun each day.


In unrelated news, just picked up the new Ground Components (Melb) album and it's a cracker - lots of rock weirdness and a ripper cover of the Paul Kelly song Our Sunshine (about Ned Kelly). Tune in on Monday to hear a little.