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Song of the day (Australia) – 145: Dave Graney And The Coral Snakes

Charlotte suggested Rolf Harris as the next in this series celebrating the fact we’re now Australian. I’m a big fan of Rolf as well, but… shrugs… I’m not sure folk would think I was taking this too seriously and all. Aside from anything, I think Rolf’s probably bigger in the UK then he is here, […]

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Song of the day – 113: White Woods

There’s a certain strain of Australian music that holds intrigue as its core. If I cared to look closer, I could probably determine its precursors: psychedelic, feedback-laced, blessed with a sense of distance and alienation, probably rooted in the same basic three or four Velvet Underground chords that once led Robert Forster to believe he […]

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Song of the day – 111: Songs

This song is a couple of years old – and this is newer material available – but have you any idea how hard it is doing a Google Search on the word ‘Songs’? I’m motivated to put this one up today for a couple of reasons. 1. This Sydney band’s self-titled debut long-player I nominated […]

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Song of the day – 93: Aztec Camera

A few days back, I had me a hankering to hear some old school Roddy Frame. I can’t remember why now, shame. Anyway, we’ve been playing his Scots band’s debut album, 1983’s High Land Hard Rain consistently every morning since: it doesn’t intrude too much on the children’s mayhem, but also soothes, the sweetness of […]

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Song of the day – 67: The Stress Of Leisure

Can’t quite put my finger on it. It’s The Apartments, or someone. Sneaky Feelings. Something about the waver in the voice, and the soft burr of guitar. Well I mean, duh The Go-Betweens circa ‘Cattle And Cane’. Sorry to go all comparative on your ass. I really don’t like the video I’m linking to you […]

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Song of the day – 58: The Go-Betweens

This entry is to celebrate the fact I attended a lecture given by Mr Robert Forster yesterday at QUT to 40 first-year students. Two songs were played, ‘Born To A Family’ (from Oceans Apart) and ‘Surfing Magazines’ (from my own personal favourite The Friends Of Rachel Worth) – two acoustic guitars, plenty of introduction. The […]

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Song of the day – 51: Patti Smith

To celebrate the fact that someone from Patti Smith’s record company pretending to be Patti Smith herself befriended me on Facebook the other day, here’s this… A song. And a review, taken from Plan B #8. Patti Smith The Dome, Brighton How cool is this intoxication? She struts on stage dressed like a goddamn old-fashioned […]

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Spotlight – 20: Hello Cuca

You know already, of course. At least, I expect you know already. I mean, you must know already. Don’t you? Whatever. Even if you do know already, you might not be prepared for the following video, which rocks so fucking hard it’s raising blisters on my fingers as I type. (Taken from Plan B #45) Hello […]

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Spotlight – 13: The Deadnotes

I should declare a prior interest somewhere. But really, what first attracted me to this band – trained in the “school of error” as practised by Maher Shalal Hash Baz and all those other naive orchestral delights, accomplished keyboards man Leighton Craig of the firm belief that where drummers went wrong was when they first […]

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Spotlight – 8: The Bats

Fuck it. I can’t stop listening to this album. It creeps up on me, catches me unawares. It’s so gentle, deceptively unobtrusive. It’s so sweet and full of subtle magic and intricate guitar motifs and lines that never revel in their own cleverness, just melt. It doesn’t shout, no it never shouts. I have no […]