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at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,
if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."
(Slim Dusty)
Show 167
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New
music from new and old friends
March
madness
Stay
In Your Lane - Courtney Barnett, from her new album, Creature of
Habit.
Thin
Aspirations - Heir To the Squandered Millions, a single from an
upcoming album. They are led by Ross McLennan, who had success with
his band Snout.
Squid
- Fancy Weapon, it's a single ahead of an album expected in June. The
band comprises Mick Turner (Dirty Three), Claire Birchall (Smoked
Salmon), Joel Silbersher (GOD) and Guy Maddison (Mudhoney).
It's
still 2026 - we're not sad or anything, but...
You
Can't Turn Away - Crow, a single from of an anticipated album, their
first in more than 15 years. In the early '90s Crow was called "the
best band in Australia since the Birthday Party" by the music
magazine Juice.
Cross
My Heart And Hope To Die - Youmi Zouma, a band from New Zealand, it
was on their album No Love Lost to Kindness, which came out in
January.
Learn
To Hate -
Station Model Violence,
from their self titled
album, a February
release.
From
the vault
From
1973, Madder Lake, three tracks from their album titled Stillpoint.
-
Salmon Song
-
On My Way to Heaven
-
Goodbye Lollipop.
We
did research! Madder lake isn't a body of water, it's a
crimson-coloured water-based dye that is mixed with some other stuff
and used in painting.
Feeling
better now
Under
the Thunder - Skegss, from
an album they put out
in 2021
called Rehearsal.
Naxos
- the
Babe Rainbow, the
song was on
their 2022 album Organic Band, but
this recording
is from a 2025
live radio
broadcast for a US
station while the band was on tour.
Green
Light - New Zealand singer Lorde with a single from 2017. It was also
on her album from that year, Melodrama).
Yesterday's
Gone - Flash and the Pan, from 1987, their album Nights In France.
Written, produced and performed by George Young and Harry Vanda, of
Easybeats fame.
Dom
Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell
us when we're done.
