Virtual Unreality

Tonight’s packed to the gunwales installment of Virtual Unreality!

We have shitloads!

• First up we chat with Hannah Acfield about her new single and forthcoming album.
• Then we talk to Richard Lawson about a project he has been working on with the Acacia Quartet. It’s being launched later this month in Parramatta.
• Then we talk to Jez Finlayson of Melbourne band Budd. They have a new single split and they’re playing shows in and around Sydney over the weekend.

Listen!

Playlist!

• Redgum – The Federal Two-Ring Circus
• The Victims – Television addict
• Jill Sobule – Rainy Day Parade
• Hannah Acfield – Winter
• The VU interview 1 – Hannah Acfield
• Hannah Acfield – I got you
• Steve Ryan-Gledhill – Now I Feel the Rain
• Tom Woodward – Termination Day
• The Acacia Quartet – Naarm. Your place of Last Resort
• The VU interview 2 – Richard Lawson
• The Acacia Quartet – This is A Recipe
• Jill Sobule and Joe Doe – Never my love
• Budd – Banger
• The VU interview 3 – Jeremy “Jez” Finlayson from Budd
• Budd – Kneecap
• Don Morrison’s Raging Thirst – I shook hands with Muddy Waters
• Justin Davies – Cloudy Thinking
• Cedarsmoke – Kicking Drugs
• The Necks – Sex (excerpt)

On tonight’s show, we had two things.

1. We talk to Samantha Fish about her new album “Paper Doll”.
2. Studio guest is Robert Francis Cranny of Sydney band Party Crashers. They have just released their debut album and it’s pretty bloody good.

Listen!

Playlist!

• Samantha Fish – Paper doll
• The VU interview – Samantha Fish part 1
• Samantha Fish – Rusty razor
• The VU interview – Samantha Fish part 2
• Samantha Fish – Don’t say it
• Party Crashers – Party Crashers
• Don Walker – My ex wife
• Elliott Smith – Son of Sam
• Party Crashers – Hands on me
• Frank Black – Fiddle Riddle
• Drive by Truckers – Self-destructive zones
• Guided by Voices – Fine to see you
• Cold Chisel – Home and broken hearted
• Party Crashers – Stoked With Your Diagnosis
• Hannah Acfield – I got you

Our in-studio guest was Pete Ross of Pete Ross and the Sapphire, talking shit and spinning the tracks.

Listen!

Playlist!

• The Stranglers – Hanging around
• Iggy Pop – Frenzy
• Pete Simpson – Good times gone bad
• Electric Light Orchestra – Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
• Devo – Gut feeling
• Alice Cooper – Living
• The Animals – It’s my life
• Bob Dylan – Maggie’s Farm
• Indio Mau – Wake up dead
• Elvis Presley – I just can’t help believing
• Pete Ross and The Sapphire – Pleased to meet you
• Country Joe McDonald – I fell like I’m fixing to die rag

We spoke to Barry Adamson (The Magazine, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) about his upcoming gig at the Factory and his career in general.

We also spoke to a couple of guys from Melbourne folk trio Faces in Street about their album.

Listen!

Playlist!

• Kinski – Do you like long hair?
• Vika & Linda – Raise your hand
• Deline Briscoe – Heartbeat
• The Cruel Sea – Straight into the sun
• SXY XMS – You’ll never know
• Pete Ross and the Sapphire – This is war
• Barry Adamson – Cut to black
• The VU interview – Barry Adamson part 1
• Barry Adamson – Demon Lover
• The VU interview – Barry Adamson part 2
• Barry Adamson – The last words of Sam Cooke
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Long black veil
• Eli Paperboy Reed – Stop in your sleep
• Majelem – Stuck with you
• Faces in the Street – House falling down
• The VU interview – Faces in the Street
• Faces in the Street – Together
• Samantha Fish – I’m done running
• Simon and Garfunkel – 59th Street Bridge Song

We had Mitch from Scattered Order in the studio. They have a new record out today (March 14) and it’s called “Continue”.

Listen!

Playlist!

• Throwing Muses – Bywater
• Kristin Hersh – Ms Haha
• Scattered Order – Aimless
• Scattered Order – Daisy and Lucy
• Edgar Broughton Band – Death Of An Electric Citizen
• Roxy Music – Mother of Pearl
• Brian Eno – On Some Faraway Beach
• Donovan – Atlantis
• Donovan – The Intergalactic Laxative
• Scattered Order – Atonement
• The Loved Ones – Sad Dark Eyes
• Scattered Order – Lesser spotted anton

The album from Kim Salmon’s latest project “Smoked Salmon” is out.

Pete Cornelius has a new record and shows.

Bruce “Cub” Calloway from the Hovering Spooks joined us in the studio!

Listen!

Playlist!

• Robben Ford – Indianola
• The Unwoke – Discontent.mp3
• Pete Cornelius – Sick Of This Town
• The VU Interview – Pete Cornelius part 1
• Pete Cornelius – Greasy RNRNB
• The VU Interview – Pete Cornelius part 2
• Pete Cornelius – On The Road
• Smoked Salmon – Flawed
• The VU Interview – Kim Salmon
• Smoked Salmon – How Did They Ever Manage
• Hovering Spooks – Andy Says
• Hovering Spooks – Creeping Jean
• The Stooges – I Got a Right
• Johhny Cash – San Quentin #2
• Gillian Welsh – Tear My Stillhouse Down
• Bob Marley – Concrete Jungle

We were supposed to have a couple of rip snorter interviews, but we had to hold them over for a week due to (ahem) technical issues.

But, we had Josh from Sydney band The Electorate in the studio, talking shit and picking the tunes. Big fun!

Listen!

Playlist!

• Carla Bozulich and Willie Nelson – Can I sleep in your arms?
• Pete Cornelius Band – Devil in the company car
• Genevieve Chadwick – Wildfire
• Smoked Salmon – These grooves are haunted
• The Electorate – Peace love & kindness
• Victoria – Justify
• Rubber Necker – Pine lime splice
• Models – God bless America
• Beasts of Bourbon – The Low Road
• Beasts of Bourbon – The Ballad of Rock n roll
• Bughouse – Cry
• King Gizzard and the Lizard Gizzard – People vultures
• The Flaming Lips – Ego tripping at the gates of hell
• Loose Fit – Exhale
• The Electorate – Face of a giant
• YEEVS – Reason we went to war

We talked to Mick Medew and Ursula about their upcoming Sydney show and what they’ve been up to generally.

Plus, we’ll finished the obituary caper and played some new music that’s appeared on the virtually unreal radar.

Listen!

Playlist

• The 5678’s – Woo Woo
• The 5678’s – I’m blue
• The 5678’s – Cuckoo
• Mick Medew and Ursula – Punk Grandma
• VU interview – Mick Medew and Ursula
• Mick Medew and Ursula – God bless Yoko Ono
• Mick Medew and Ursula – In the Zone
• Painters and Dockers – Nude School
• Smoked Salmon – Hell in a handbasket
• The Flaming Lips – Ego tripping at the gates of hell
• Alison Krauss & Union Station – Looks like the end of the road
• Pete Cornelius – Cruickshank
• Pete Cornelius – Sick of this town
• Johnny O’Keefe and Margaret McLaren – Mocking Bird
• Bee Gees – Massachusetts
• Bee Gees – Holiday
• Bee Gees – New York Mining Disaster 1941
• The Scott Morgan Band – Heaven & earth
• Sonic’s Rendezvous – City Slang
• The Scott Morgan Group – Come on baby
• Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band – Wangaratta Wahine
• Max Merritt & the Meteors – Western union man
• Max Merritt & the Meteors – Fannie May

Richard Lawson from the renewed Grooveyard phoned in to tell us about a couple of special gigs they have coming up.

We got sidetracked with Rickenbacker 12 strings, had a Marianne Faithfull tribute and continued the the 2025 obit show.

Listen!

Playlist!

• Marianne Faithfull – Les Prisons du Roy
• Bob Dylan – Song to Woody
• Grooveyard – Avalanche of Love
• VU interview – Richard Lawson (Grooveyard)
• Grooveyard – Tenku Town
• Mick Medew and Ursula – In the zone
• The Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man
• The Minus 5 – Blue Rickenbacker
• Stanley Knife – Hare Wanke
• Marianne Faithfull – As tears go by
• Marianne Faithfull – Why’d ya do it?
• Marianne Faithfull – For beauty’s sake
• Bob Seger System – Ramblin’ gamblin’ man
• Bob Seger System – 2 + 2 = ?
• Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’66 – Mais Que Nada
• Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’66 – Fool on the hill
• Caterina Valente – Ganz Paris Träumt Von Der Liebe (I Love Paris)
• Caterina Valente – Malagueña
• George Benson – Off broadway (for Quincy Jones)
• Ray Charles – One mint julip (for Quincy Jones and Roy Haines)
• Ray Charles – I’m gonna move to the outskirts of town (for Roy Haines)
• oland Kirk – Rolando (for Roy Haines)
• Grooveyard – Days of the week

We have a long interview with Luther Russel, one half of Those Pretty Wrongs with Jody Stephens. He has a new album out today. Plus John Kennedy phoned to tell us how his tour is going.

Listen!

Playlist!

• The Unwoke – Discontent
• The On and Ons – Rollercoaster
• John Kennedy and the New Originals – King St
• VU interview number 1 – John Kennedy
• John Kennedy And The New Originals – Well, I’m Sixty Four
• Perry Keyes – Streets of a Black & White Town
• Luther Russell – Happiness for Beginners
• VU interview number 2 – Luther Russell (part 1)
• Luther Russell – Your reckless heart
• VU interview number 3 – Luther Russell (part 2)
• Luther Russell – The Midnight Flame
• VU interview number 4 – Luther Russell (part 3)
• Luther Russell – Downtown Girls
• The I Don’t Cares – Back
• Françoise Hardy – Tous les garçons et les filles
• Françoise Hardy – All Over The World