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Join the Dots featuring Richard MacFarlane

Museumface blogger and music writer Richard MacFarlane came on the show this week, playing some lovely records from Saddleback, Islaja, A Sunny Day in Glasgow and Growing, before I went on a Fall bender. Brotzmann - Pica Pica Mazen Kerbaj - Starry Night Clotaire K - Papa (Coptic remix) Beirut - Fountains and ...

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Indie rock is a dead language

Not only that, music itself is engaged in a relentless churn. 70 years of pop history - quiffs and southern rock, Elvis, Mingus, post punk, traditional song structures, free jazz, beats, noise and melody - you name it, there's a band that's doing it. The Null Device frames it ...

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Mornings on FBI 94.5

I covered for Stephen Ferris on FBI this morning from 9 'til 12. Here are the songs. Shitmat - Steal Ragga DJ Vadim - Ballistic Affair The Whiskey Go Gos - True Love Soft Tigers - MARIA (Bumblebeez remix) Roman Revutsky - Hurry Up! Institut Polaire - City Walls and Empires Professor Murder - Champion Holland - Yellow For ...

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Blogging for the post punk proletariat

Blogs, like anywhere, get a bit drab. That's why I revamped this a while ago. Today I visited a favourite, Simon Reynolds's Blissblog. He's swapped skins. It reminded me a change can be an upleasant shock too. Blissblog's spartan page was not pretty, but I associated its utlitarian aesthetic with ...

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Red shirts and white sheets

Sydney sound maker Ben Byrne selected a bunch of tracks for the new Pink Sheets MP3 blog at Alias Frequencies. It's worth checking if you've got time for people into experimenting with sound - think Shannon O'Neill, Clayton Thomas, Lloyd Barrett and Machine Death - I'm looking forward ...

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Music heads join dots on FBI

This week marks a change in my radio show. Not a big one, just a shift in emphasis. Instead of bands, producers and DJs, from now on I'll be interviewing music journos, bloggers, writers and presenters. Same time (Australian EST 9-11pm), same station (FBI 94.5 Sydney or streamed online)....

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Dope beats and neuroscience

Why are some people obsessed with music while others have five CDs to their name, all movie soundtracks? I've heard friends say they distrust such people. Something along the lines of this forum quote: "They simply have no soul at all. Some of these people are responsible for voting in ...

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Join the Dots on FBI 94.5 (12/04/07)

Mazzy Star - Fade Into You Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey (Peel Session) The Black Angels - Young Men Dead The Laurels - Vacuum Boots Belles Will Ring - Mad Love Howling Bells - A Ballad for the Bleeding Hearts Waikiki - You're Still Good Ben Lee - In My Life Macromantics - Conspiracy (Yoko ...

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Lou Reed's Berlin (Sydney State Theatre – 19/1/07)

It's a few months after the fact now, but Lou Reed's Berlin was a highlight of the Sydney Festival this year. My review is in the latest edition of Artlines. The mag features a beautiful Dennis Nona linocut on the cover, but it's not online. So here's the review....

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I'll be walking your lanes

I'm in Melbourne for a week from Saturday for this. The Cyclic Defrost 16 launch featuring Taylor Deupree, Seaworthy and Solo Andrata is a must, of course. What else is on?

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