http://www.frogworth.com/sydretro SydRetro playlists etc Sun, 14 May 2006 15:04:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the Sydney Retrospective nearing its end, at least in this format, here's a retrospective just based around lots of great Sydney music! Tommy Leonetti - My City Of Sydney XL Capris - My City Of Sydney The Missing Links - Some Kind Of Fun The Showmen - Too Much Monkey Business Vince Maloney Sect - No Good Without You X - Suck Suck The Plunderers - Christo John Reed Club - Head In Stereo The Hummingbirds - Hollow Inside 78 Saab - Smile Died Pretty - Everybody Moves Mr Blonde - Supergirl Half Miler - Another Relationship Fatality Drop City - I Don't Want To Feel This Way Knievel - Let It Go Asteroid B6-12 - Teen Sublimation Riff New Christs - We Got This Lime Spiders - 25th Hour The Hard Ons - Small Talk Sneeze - Maybe Moving In Together Wasn't Such A Good Idea Kim Salmon & The Surrealists - Redemption For Sale Celibate Rifles - I Will Dare The Pyrimidiacs - Tuesdays Girl Smudge - Don't Wanna Be Grant McLennan Clouds - Hieronymus Tumbleweed - TV Genocide 2 Litre Dolby - All Hail King Presser Sidewinder - Anything You Want The Someloves - Don't Talk About Us The Sunnyboys - Love To Rule Hoolahan - Hefner's Kids Sacred Cowboys - Hell Sucks The Hitmen - Didn't Tell The Man Godstar - Table For One Radio Birdman - New Race http://www.frogworth.com/sydretro/archives/2005/01/18/retro-retro/ Tim & Peter Hollo from FourPlay, Sydney's electric string quartet, come in to talk about their almost-ten-year history, their albums and the multitude of other bands they've played with and recorded sessions for. FourPlay - The Boy From Ipanema (cover of Antonio Carlos Jobim) Kronos Quartet - Purple Haze (cover of Jimi Hendrix) FourPlay - Enter Sandman (cover of Metallica) FourPlay - Languid, Yet... The Strange - Float The Whitlams - Melbourne FourPlay - Love Cats (live @ the Sydney Opera House, 1999) (cover of the Cure) FourPlay - In Space (remix by Alter Boy aka Nick Wales from Coda) Steve Griffiths - Ice Princess FourPlay - Breakfast in America (cover of Supertramp) Jodi Phillis - Come Ovr Sunday FourPlay - You Can Put Your Shoes Under My Bed (cover of Paul Kelly) FourPlay - Trust (Raven's "one wrong 2step" remix) Tooth - Next Stage Capricorn X - Where Did I Go Wrong? (live @ the Basement with FourPlay) Peccadillo - Dwell FourPlay - Sabotage (cover of the Beastie Boys) http://www.frogworth.com/sydretro/archives/2005/01/11/fourplay/ The Hummingbirds - Alimony The Hummingbirds - Three In The Morning The Hummingbirds - Hindsight The Hummingbirds - Everything You Said The Hummingbirds - Drag Over The Coals The Hummingbirds - Tuesday The Hummingbirds - Barbarian The Hummingbirds - Blush The Hummingbirds - Sister Goldenhair The Hummingbirds - If You Leave The Hummingbirds - If A Vow The Hummingbirds - Defiant The Hummingbirds - Medicine The Hummingbirds - Two Weeks With A Good Man In Niagra Falls The Hummingbirds - You Just Gotta Know My Mind The Hummingbirds - Gone The Hummingbirds - Hidden track from Tail EP. The Hummingbirds - Sick On Self Pity Her Name In Lights - Headstrong Fragile - The Icy Blast of Truth Revealed http://www.frogworth.com/sydretro/archives/2005/01/04/the-hummingbirds/ Jaimie Leonarder AKA Jay Katz, the man behind the Sounds of Seduction niteclub, the Mu Meson film archive, co-host of the SBS Movie Show and general all round nice guy legend of the Sydney experimental underground was Nick Boyakovsky's guest for this show. Jaimie talked through his experiences with the early industrial, electronic, post-punk and outsider music in Sydney from the late 70's onward. There was an emphasis on the work of two bands, SPK, initially a collaboration between psychiatric nurse Graeme Revell and psychiatric patient Neil Hill, and Jaimie's own band, the legendary Mu Mesons. PLAYLIST: SPK - Slogan THE SLUGFUCKERS - Deaf Disco SPK - Untitled track from the first SPK Album, Information Overload Unit HIROSHIMA CHAIR - Kick from the album 'Reset', released on Tom Ellard (Severed Heads) label, Dog Food Record CULTURECIDE - Feed The World SPK - Untitled tracks from the SPK album Lechenshrei THE MU MESONS - Orgastic Potency (Live at AFTRS, 1995) THE MU MESONS - B-side of the Mu Meson's split 7" with Pleghm on Dr Jim records THE MU MESONS - The Barbulla (Live at AFTRS, 1995) THUG - Dickhead ESPLENDO GEOMETRICO - Discorama SPK - Metal Dance http://www.frogworth.com/sydretro/archives/2004/12/28/jay-katz/ Frenzal Rhomb - Russell Crowe's Band Frenzal Rhomb - Phil Frenzal Rhomb - Roger Frenzal Rhomb - Get Off Frenzal Rhomb - Cones Frenzal Rhomb - Punch In The Face Frenzal Rhomb - Bag O' Bux Frenzal Rhomb - Dr Lindeman's Family Adventure Theme Park World Frenzal Rhomb - Guns Don't Kill Ducklings (Ducklings Kill Ducklings) Frenzal Rhomb - We Built This City Frenzal Rhomb - US Anus Frenzal Rhomb - White World Frenzal Rhomb - I Went Out With A Hippy Frenzal Rhomb - Fuck The System Nancy Vandal - (We Are) Disgruntled Frenzal Rhomb - Dunkeld Frenzal Rhomb - My Dad's A Newsreader Frenzal Rhomb - Lead Poisoned Jean Frenzal Rhomb - Tapeworms and Grass In A Piss Based Sauce Frenzal Rhomb - Sodom The CLown Frenzal Rhomb - You Are A Knob Frenzal Rhomb - Looking Good Frenzal Rhomb - Secret Track Frenzal Rhomb - Ball Chef Frenzal Rhomb - My City Of Sydney Frenzal Rhomb - Gambling, Vomit, Sleeping IN The Bin Frenzal Rhomb - Genius Self Righteous Brothers - The Only Gay Soldier Left In Iraq http://www.frogworth.com/sydretro/archives/2004/12/21/frenzal-rhomb/ PLAYLIST Crow - Charlie Horses Crow - Confection Crow - Ravine Crow - Your Motive Crow - Railhead Crow - The Old Blue Rock Pile Crow - March Hare Crow - Helicon Days Crow - Opal Crow - Privilige Crow - Paper Eyes Crow - Angel Lily Crow - Little Scars Crow - Rabbits Crow - Broken Machine Peter Fenton - In The Lovers Arms http://www.frogworth.com/sydretro/archives/2004/12/14/peter-fenton/ Tracey Kemp was our guest this week and in a departure from standard Sydney Retrospective style, talked us through some of the bands and venues that drove the Sydney indie scene in the mid to late 90’s. Nights at The Sandringham, Feedback, The Landsdowne and the Globe and the bands on the bill were all recalled. PLAYLIST Front End Loader - Fraid Not Front End Loader - All Star Jam You Am I - Coprolalia You Am I - Ain’t Gone And Open Spurs For Jesus - This Ain’t No Place For A Lady Magic Lunchbox - Mother’s Favourite Son Midget - Breeding Ground Midget - The Dentist Lawnsmell - Cleveland Lawnsmell - My Mate Lawnsmell - Melts Away Tweezer - Ex Dis Starboard - Flygirl Golden Mean - Good Morning Mr Fresh Vegetable Stitchface - Spice Troopers Of Death Stitchface - S.E.A.N. Daredevil - All Fucked Up Kaktus Mantrus - Angel Downtime - Downtime Hard Ons - Crazy Crazy Eyes Sidewinder - Evil Eye The Impossibles - More Of The Same Sea Life Park - Acrachart Whopping Big Naughty - Up Here Fa’Drinkin You Am I - Please Don’t Ask Me To Smile Front End Loader - That’s All http://www.frogworth.com/sydretro/archives/2004/12/07/tracey-kemp/ With Peter Oxley and Tim Pittman Sunnyboys - The Seeker Sunnyboys - Guts of Iron Sunnyboys - Stop and Think Sunnyboys - I'm Shakin' Shy Imposters - At The Barrier Sunnyboys - Happy Man Sunnyboys - I Don't Want You Sunnyboys - Tunnel Of Love Sunnyboys - My Only Friend Sunnyboys - Tell Me What You Say Sunnyboys - No Love Around Sunnyboys - You Need A Friend Sunnyboys - This Is Real Sunnyboys - Show Me Some Discipline Sunnyboys - Love In A Box Sunnyboys - Comes As No Surprise Sunnyboys - Bottom Of My Heart Sunnyboys - Birthday Sunnyboys - Trouble In My Brain http://www.frogworth.com/sydretro/archives/2004/11/30/sunnyboys/ Astro Tabasco - The Streets of San Souci The Benders - Mean Scene Allniters - She Made A Monkey Out Of Me Itchy Feet - Cliff Young Shuffle Penguins on Safari - The Fountain Hummingbirds - Everything You Said Jump Back Jack - Squeezy Rubber Toys Clouds - Cinnamon Jimmy Little - Under The Milky Way The Whitlams - If I Only Had A Brain The Whitlams - I'll Never Fall In Love Again Joy and Lara - Grace Laughing Clowns - Everything That Flys (Is Not A Bird) Peabody - The Greatest Compilation of All Time Magic Lunchbox - I Can See Self Righteous Brothers - Daddy Drinks Because You Cry The Bryan Ferry Sexual Experience - Bleeding Heart Astro Tabasco - Crack Squad http://www.frogworth.com/sydretro/archives/2004/11/23/andy-kell/ Adam and Jasper from 5000 Fingers of Dr T join me in the studio. 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Still Of Night 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Tip Top Electronics 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Synthetic Groove 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Mr Love Bass (remixed by Jasper) 5000 Fingers of Dr T - I Can See Uranus 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Circle Square 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Analogue Heaven 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Computer Games (cover of Mi-Sex) 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Live from the Big Day Out 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Mmmmmmmm, Ahhh 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Space is Spacious 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Open Beat Surgery 5000 Fingers of Dr T - BBQ Crickets FourPlay - August (5000 Fingers of Dr T Setting Free mix) 5000 Fingers of Dr T - Funk Police http://www.frogworth.com/sydretro/archives/2004/11/16/5000-fingers-of-dr-t/