Based on a live-to-air set I did for Andee Frost's 'No Way Back' radio show - which turned out pretty good - so I thought I'd re-mix the mix and make a CD.
TRACK LIST: Golden Fleece - 'Egg On Legs' (La Belle Records) Jus' Friends - 'As One (Rmx dub)' (Massive B) In Flagranti - 'Worse For Wear' (Codek Records) Tevo Howard - 'Frequent Digitals' (edit) B12 - 'Obsessed' (Warp Records) Hunee - 'A Leaf For Hand In Hand' (Ostgut Ton) Virgo Four - 'It's A Crime (Caribou rmx)' (Rush Hour Recordings) Barada - 'Stranger Daze' (edit) Cosmin TRG - 'Liebe Suende' (Rush Hour Recordings) Ten City - 'That's The Way Love Is (Deep House mix)' (Atlantic)
A few advance release Melbourne tracks I've been playing recently.
Tracks from a new Jimmy Hawk & The Endless Party 7". Due out soon, or maybe even now. The 'Echo Park' album from last year is a real sleeper. Check J Hawk's 'Death Mix' from 2009 too.
Debut single from fresh new 3-piece Pearls. Torch songs for people with credit in the straight world. More songs due out soon.
New music from Crackpot. Lead off track from forthcoming album 'The Gentle Art of Making Enemies', also featured on the jam-packed 'Music From The Late Show' CD. Sweet as.
I recently came back from a three week trip to Europe. Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam. Sometimes it's nice to be away from home, but whenever I'm overseas I inevitably find myself looking-out for references of home. Not because I feel particularly homesick. It's just interesting to see how different lands and people see your home. So, how do Europeans see Australians? Or more accurately, how did I see Australia in Europe?
On more than one occasion I was asked where I was from, and this was uniformly followed by "Australia? That's so far away". Which, I guess is pretty true. After almost 20 hours of economy air travel (one way), there's no room to hide. I managed to catch 'Crocodile Dundee' on both French and German television (dubbed into each respective language). In France it seemed to be on repeat for a few nights. Channel 9 rural drama-soap 'Mcleod's Daughters' was also on French TV. On German TV, I saw a talent show contestant attempt his best Brian Johnson / AC/DC impression. He sang 'Thunderstruck'. The judges laughed. He didn't win.
In Prenzlauer Berg, near where I stayed in Berlin, there was an Australian pub called 'Uluru Resort'. I didn't venture inside, but from the other side of the street it looked pretty busy. The English-Australian accent might be a beautiful and lyrical thing, but in a sea of French, German and Dutch, it did stick-out a little. I came across a few fellow Australians on my travels, and almost every time, I heard them before I saw them.
In record stores I dug up quite a few Australian artists. Black discs from INXS, Severed Heads and Hunters & Collectors. One store in Paris had a stack of Kylie picture discs filed away under the racks. Records from groups like The Triffids, The Church and The Go-Betweens also popped up. It was nice to see Robert, Lindy and Grant looking back at me (on the cover of 'Send Me A Lullaby') in a record store in Amsterdam. Sure, they might not have been as popular as Mick's knife or Linda Kozlowski in a pair of g-string bathers, but at least they made it over.
The last great band to come out of Mount Gambier was '80s literate rockers Moodists (well, band founders Dave Graney and Clare Moore at least). From that SA town we now welcome Ross De Chene Hurricanes, a two-piece garage outfit, one-part surf punk/one-part Jonathan Richman rock'n'roll. The Hurricanes have previously cited fellow South Australians, and heritage listed '60s rockers, Masters Apprentices as an influence (alongside The Saints and Super Wild Horses), and it was heard in the raw sonics they achieved Saturday night, supporting Dirt Farmer at the Order. In light of the success by bands Bass Drum Of Death, DZ Deathrays and Jeff The Brotherhood, could 2011 be the year of the power garage duo?
Never too far from dance beats in the past, Scottish band Sons & Daughters have moved a little closer on their forthcoming Mirror, Mirror album (through Domino). Their last album The Gift was a fury of indie guitars and fiery beats produced by former Suede man Bernard Butler. But the band were already dabbling in the darkside having played at Glasgow club night Optimo and covering Adamski's 'Killer'. First Mirror cut previewed was the wonky wave of 'Breaking Fun' (think Fire Engines), followed by the Shriekback-esque 'Silver Spell'. Now they've unveiled a 'Silver Spell' remix by Optimo's JD Twitch, who has also produced the album at the infamous Green Door studio (check last year's Green Door Kids comp).
UK punk icon Poly Styrene has died, age 53, on the eve of releasing her comeback album Generation Indigo(produced by Youth). As the lead singer of X Ray Spex she forged a unique place in punk - while others were screaming and being noisy, Styrene was being insightful, screaming and noisy. While best known for in-our-faces 'Oh Bondage Up Yours' and 'I Am A Cliche', it was later single 'Germ Free Adolescents' that unnerved the most. Her single 'Virtual Boyfriend' was only recently released.
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