As founder of Below Par Records, co-manager of Melbourne outfit Kisschasy and a former member of celebrated DJ crews, Purple Sneakers and Best Friends, Jai Al-Attas has been a major driving force behind a plethora of new Australian music. Leaving the decks and desks behind, he’s now set his sights even higher, relocating from Sydney to LA, starting Robot Academy Films and hanging out with the likes of Tony Hawk, Greenday, Blink182 and Pennywise in a quest to document the birth, growth and explosion of the 1990s Punk scene. Claire Knight caught up with Jai during a recent visit to Australia.

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Interview - The Donnas - Part 2 (mp3)

In Part 2 of Claire’s backstage chat with US rockers The Donnas, the girls discuss the use of drug references in many of their tracks…

hey chums,

Cassie here. This afternoon on the Friday Sessions we were joined by the Dans from Leader Cheetah. They did a great acoustic set, something they’ve never done before. We were part of something special kids.

Here’s how it went down:

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Wuthering Heights

Lilith Lane - What a Way to Be

Jesse Younan - Blowfly

Conor Oberst - Souled Out!

Sigur Ros - Gobbeldigook Feature CD

Leader Cheetah Live on The Friday Sessions

British India - This Dance Is Loaded

Leader Cheetah Live on The Friday Sessions

Cut Off Your Hands - Expectations

Leader Cheetah Live on The Friday Sessions

Mr Savona - Words and Meditation

The Black Ghosts - Repitition Kills You

Denison Witmer - Little Flowers Feature CD

Thankyou kindly

Cassie + Jon

Tricky - Knowle West Boy

Clare Nina Norelli - Piano Noir

Rupa & The April Fishes -eXtraOrdinary rendition

This week we’re looking at one of the most covered songs in history - Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights-

On the Range we played the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s version of Wuthering Heights - below we’ve found not only the official video but a live video of this song…

And this Swedish acapella version from The Sweptaways took our eye for its unique visual interpretation of the song…

And for something a little different…

Today on The Range, we heard from Xavia and Dante Nou from local experimental indie duo BrotherSister. I spoke to the siblings about their new album The Wunder Tales.

We also heard from Doc Neeson from The Angels, speaking with brekky presenter Peter Godfrey about the re-formation of the band.

Here are the tracks that I played on today’s show:

Patrick Watson - Bright Shiny Lights

SalKimber - Sunnyside

DJ Dolores - Cala Cala

Yael Naim and David Donatien - Paris

Interview with BrotherSister

BrotherSister - Still Run

Sigur Ros - inni mer syngur vitleysingur (”featuring this week on Radio Adelaide”)

MGMT - Electric Feel

Smashing Pumpkins - 1979

Sophie Koh - Anywhere

Interview with Doc Neeson from The Angels

The Angels - Be With You (from 30th anniversay edition of Face to Face)

Kahn Brothers - Open

Iron and Wine - Boy With A Coin

Clare Nina Norelli - A Case of Wishful Thinking

Special Patrol - Hey Good Try (from compilation Where’s Darfur? “featuring this week on Radio Adelaide”)

Jose Gonzalez- Down The Line

Frou Frou - Let Go

Sam and Richard sold their souls to an Ukranian jewel merchant in return for these songs:

• Neil Young - Dirty Old Man (Chrome Dreams)
• The Cruel Sea - Better Get A Lawyer (Three Legged Dog)
• Bally Sagoo - Dil Cheez (Rising From The East)
• Loka - Beginningless (Fire Shepherds)
• The Roots - Seed 2.0 ft. Cody ChesnuTT (Phrenology)
• Ben Lee - Running With Scissors (Hey You, Yes You)
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion (Show Your Bones)
• Massive Attack - Protection ft. Tracey Thorn (Protection)
• INTERVIEW: Jodi Phillis from Roger Loves Betty talks about the new album
• Roger Loves Betty - Driving Song (Let Love Begin)
• Emiliana Torrini - Dead Things (Love In The Time Of Science)
• Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers (Dr. Octagonecologyst)
• Buckshot LeFonque - Denny’s Restaurant (Buckshot LeFonque)
• Bloc Party - Helicopter (Silent Alarm)
• Gyroscope - Safe Forever (Sound Shattering Sound)
• Chuck Berry - Nadine (The Best Of Chuck Berry)
• Dinah Washington - Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby [Rae and Christian Mix] (Verve Remixed 2)
• Justin Timberlake - My Love (Futuresex/Lovesounds)

Siqur Ros - With a buzz in our ears we play endlessly

Hanggai - Introducing Hanggai

Complilation - Where’s Darfur

Zennith - I Like it

Djiva - Yowarliny (pron. Yow-a-lin)

Compilation - Black Tracks 08

Asa - Asa

Zeta - Zeta

Compilation - Island Time II

Nick Bomba - Jah in the Moment

Compilation - Verve Remixed 4

Malcolm Holcombe - Not Forgotten

The Garifuna Women’s Project - Umalali

Redhead - Ordinary Girl

Compilation - Gourmet Scavenger

Jane Badler - The Devil has my double

The yearlings - Highway Dancing

Compilation  - The Rough Guide to Aboriginal Music

Compilation - Alice Sprung!

Etran Finatawa - Desert Crossroads

The John Steel Singers - The Beagle and the Dove

Matmos - Supreme Balloon

Compilation - The Rough Guide to Klezmer Revival

Compilation - The Blues Train vol 1

Agency Dub Collective - A virtual Landscape

Compilation - The first Ladies of Song

Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective - Watina

Port O’Brien - All we could do was sing

Pete Molinari - A virtual landscape

Introducing the Merrg - Introducing the Merrg

On today’s show we heard from Doc Neeson of iconic Australian band The Angels, who have recently reformed.  We also spoke to Olivier Slabiak from French Gypsy/Jewish band Les Yeux Noirs.   

The Church - Under the milky way

Dave McCormack and the Polaroids - Never say never

Fat Boy Slim - Right here right now

Lee Hazlewood - These boots are made for walking

Errol Grey - I remember England

Renee Geyer - Thieves in the Temple

Elvis Costello - Can you be true?

The Angels - We gotta get out of this place

Alex De Grassi - Georgia on my mind

James Brown - I’m black and I’m proud

Switchfoot - Politician

Fleetwood Mac - Songbird (acoustic version)

Sigur Ros - Gobledigook

Les Yeux Noirs - Tchorba

Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are forever

Berlin Voyeur - All I ever need

Rufus Red - Friends of Jack Thompson

The Smiths - Girl Afraid

Songs of Rico - Ignite

The Friday Sessions - Episode 15 - NAIDOC Special (mp3)

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Thespians from Bad Company joined us on the show today to discuss Threshold for Sara, a play dealing with the delicate subject of self harm. Laina, the inspiration for the script, spoke about her personal struggles with self inflicted mutilation. We were also joined by actors Nina Pearce and Paul Herbert and playwrite Kurt.

Today’s tunes:

Dan Sultan - Your Love is Like a Song

The Decemberists - Soldering Life

The Look of Love - Sergio Mendes feat. Fergie

The Hold Steady - Sequested in Memphis

Madazulu - Deep Forest

Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook

The Winnie Coopers - Substance

Perfect World - Cookie Baker

Sam Sparro - Black and Gold

Iron Maiden - Aces High

Hanggai - Four Seasons

Mark Ronson and Lily Allen - Oh My God

Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to rule the world

Emiliana Torrini - Heartstopper

Kitty, Daisy and Lewis - Honalulu Rock-a Roll-a

The Ordinary Boys vs Lady Sovereign - Nine2Five

The Rolling Stones - Some Girls

FCS - Yeah I Know

Franz Ferdinand - The Dark of the Matinee

King Curly - What a beautiful day

Eleni Mandell - Salt truck

Peanuts Wilson - Cast iron arm

Luluc - Little suitcase

Tina Harrod - River man

Eli “Paperboy” Reed - Stake your claim

Malcolm Holcombe - Baby doll

Southern Gate Singers - Keep on praying

Lydia Daher - Ich will die Sonne

The Yearlings - Candyman kiss

Leningrad - Zvezda rok’n'rolla

Zenith - Kuranda Reggae

Babylon Circus - De la musique et du brut

The Con Artists - Ya takoy

Warsaw Village Band - Niolam kochanecka

Gogol Bordello - Bublitshki

Perunika Trio - Rekoh ti, tsone

Jackson Jackson - The flicker and the spark

Percussion Junction - Show me the money

Crystal Castles - Reckless

The Barons of Tang - It’s hard to smile while you’re whistling

So glad y’all could join us,

Happy Naidoc week, today we heard from Djiva, as part of the Radio Adelaide celabrations.

Today we had not one, but three (!) artists joining us on Friday Sessions this afternoon. We heard from John Phillips, Cory Theatre and Matthew Morrison.

We also played some tracks. Here’s how it went down:

Emma Donovan - Just a Kid

Cajun Dance Party - Amylase

Liam Finn - Fire in Your Belly

The Mamas and the Papas - Dream a Little Dream of Me

Josh Pyke - Feeding the Wolves

The Pipettes - Pull Shapes

Djiva - Butterfly

Antsy Pants - Vampire

The City Lights - What You Gonna Do?

The Virgins - Rich Girls

Lior - This Old Love

Y’all come back now, ya hear?

Yours forever and always,

Jon & Cassie

xoxo

To celebrate NAIDOC week this week’s video comes from the lovely Emma Donovan - I saw this girl at Womad 07 and she blew me away- amazing voice!

The video below is a live performance filmed on another radio station, Emma’s cover of “The Dead Heart”

This week on Radio Adelaide we are celebrating NAIDOC week and today on The Range we heard from Troy and Trevlyn Brady from Brisbane based group Banawarun.

Also on today’s show, I spoke to Sarah Kelly, vocalist and guitarist of Sydney trio theredesunband about their second album The Shiralee.  CP and Wolfgang from local indie rock band The Shiny Brights also popped into the studio to talk about their big trip to New York where they have been invited to perform in some industry showcases.

Here are the tracks that I played on today’s show:

Brett Dennen - When You Feel It

Whitley - A Shot To The Stars

Sanseverino - La Cigarette

Djiva - Game of Love (”featuring this week on Radio Adelaide”)

Tori Amos - Sweet The Sting

Herbert - Moving Like A Train

Interview with Banawarun

Banawarun - Bullymen

Sufjan Stevens - The Dress Looks Nice On You

Liam Finn - Better To Be

Brigteteny’s Finest - Lovasok A Szakadek Fele

Live interview with Sarah from theredsunband

theredsunband - The Eagle

Copley Kids - Ground And The Sky (from Black Tracks 08 “featuring this week on Radio Adelaide”)

Sparkadia - Too Much To Do

Laura Marling - My Manic And I

Live interview with The Shiny Brights

The Shiny Brights - Notebook

Zennith - Lonely (”featuring this week on Radio Adelaide”)

Little Red - Witchdoctor

Richard and Sam checked it before they wrecked it. Just lucky:

• Mexican Institute of Sound - Escríbime Pronto (Piñata)
• Hot Hot Heat - Conversation (Happiness Ltd.)
• Something for Kate - Electricity (Beautiful Sharks)
• Thurston - Off Work (Trees Outside The Academy)
• Adem - To Cure a Weakling Child + Boy/Girl Song (Takes)
• The Vines - Highly Evolved (Highly Evolved)
• Jackson Browne - The Load Out/Stay (Running On Empty)
• DJ Format - Vicious Battle Raps (Music for the Mature B-Boy)
• Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends [Milke "Heavy Friends" Remix] (Ministry of Sound: Kid Kenobi Sessions)
• Grupo Fantasma - Gimme Some feat. Maceo Parker (Sonidos Gold)
• Eskimo Joe - From The Sea (A Song is A City)
• Battles - Tonto (Mirrored)
• Djiva - Flower Park (Yowarliny)**
• Liam Finn - Wise Man (I’ll Be Lightning)
• DJ Shadow - Mongrel Meets His Maker (The Private Press)
• The Mahotella - Mbube (Africa: The Greatest Songs Ever)
• Peabody - Buzzard vs. Ibis (The Devil for Sympathy)
• The Hives - No Pun Intended (Tyrannosaurus Hives)

**Yowarliny by Djiva is one of the NAIDOC week feature CD’s on Radio Adelaide

This week is NAIDOC Week and to celebrate on The Range we heard from Nick Leidig from an organisation called Kurruru, who helped put together the Blacktracks 08 Compilation.  

Sade - Smooth operator

Tracy Chapman - The love that you had

The Electronic Soft Parade - Silent to the dark II

Emily Davis - Particuarly Beautiful

Idlewild - Tell me ten words

Saian Supa Crew - La Patte

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Nevertheless

The Triffids - A trick of the light

Zeta - Cartwheel

Ben Lee - Cigarettes will kill you

The Presets - Girls and the sea

Damon Albarn & Afel Bocoum - Sunset coming on

Everything but the girl - Almost blue

B-52’s - Roam

Ceduna Youth Group - We are the west coast (from one of our feature cd’s Blacktracks 08) 

Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra

Pete Townsend - Behind blue eyes

Nouvelle Vague - Dance with me

Najma - Miska tonic

James Cruickshank - Interview

Amelia Dougherty caught up with James Cruickshank, former guitarist of The Cruel Sea, who has also worked with Beasts of Bourbon, Dark Horse, Blackeyed Susan, Mick Harvey and Nick Barker.  James is now pursuing his solo career and has recently released his second solo album Hello Human. I started off by asking James what it’s like being a solo artist now, after a long career of collaborating with so many musicians…

Symbiosis - Interview

Amelia Dougherty caught up with Fraser Montgomery from Melbourne rock/reggae band Symbiosis, to chat about the release of the band’s debut self-titled album, as well as the meaning behind the band’s name.

The Friday Sessions podcast - Episode 14 - Soursob Bob (mp3)

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Happy NAIDOC week! We heard from Jardine Kiwat at Queensland’s Dreaming Festival speaking to Big Boy Brim and Lindsay from Indigenous group Zennith.

We were also talking 90s punkrock with with Below Par Records and Robot Academy Films founder, Jai Al-Attas. Keep an eye out for his docco One Nine Nine Four featuring Tony Hawke, Blink182, Bad Religion and Green Day to name a few.  

Today’s tunes:

Krista Polvere - The sinking sea

Howling Bells - In the woods

West Texas Crude - Triggershy

The Shins - Caring is creepy

Gabriella Cilmi - Messy

The White Stripes - Cold Cold Night

Greenday - Hitching a ride

Blink182 - What’s my age again?

Radiohead - Creep

REM - Living Well is the best revenge

Eddy Perfect - Hooray for Ray

The Galvatrons - When we were kids

Nabarlek - Kunburray

Zennith - Love

The Sounds - Tony the beat

Augie March - One crowded hour

Ben Folds Five - Kate

Hey-O,

Today local hero Soursob Bob joined us for the Friday Sessions.

Wolf and Cub - One to the other

Soursob Bob live on the Friday Sessions

The Shiny Brights - Electric Tigerland

G Swing feat. Le Major Melon - Ring Dem Bells

Soursob Bob live on the Friday Sessions

British India - I Said I’m Sorry

The Hiptones - Crescent Moon

Soursob Bob Live on the friday sessions

The Maple Trail - Rabbit

Los Campesinos - This is how you spell “hahaha, we destroyed the hopes and dreams of a generation of faux-romantics”

Death Cab For Cutie - I will possess your heart

Zeta - Runaway

Hassle Dub - Heavyweight Champion

Death Cab For Cutie (Nick Harmer) - Interview (mp3)

Death Cab For Cutie have had a career spanning well over a decade and their latest effort “Narrow Stairs” sees the band take a darker edge to their music, whilst still retaining the unique “Death Cab” sound. Radio Adelaide’s Jonathan Brown spoke with bassist Nick Harmer and asked him what the band’s vision for the album was…

You can also watch the full version of the album’s lead single “I will possess your heart” below:

It’s always nice to see a case of locals “done good” - Wolf and Cub have done just that with their new EP out on Saturday the 5th of July.

Check out their latest song “One to the other”

You can also check out the making of the song in the studio with Wolf and Cub - http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=35068395

Krista Polvere - Interview

Amelia Dougherty speaking with Adelaide singer/songwriter Krista Polvere about her recent trip to New York where she recorded her debut album Here Be Dragons and collaborated with Ryan Adams.