Virtual Unreality

We kicked off with part 2 of our chat with up and coming UK guitar hotshot Aaron Keylock.

Our studio guest was Jeff Sullivan from the Flaming Hands.

We spoke to Peter Black about the legendary Song a Day project.

Listen to part 1 – Aaron Keylock, Jeff Sullivan

Tracks

• Car Sick Cars – 15 Minutes older
• Aaron Keylock – Down
• Aaron Keylock – Medicine man
• The On and Ons – Rockin’ with the beat
• Flaming Hands – Don’t go or stay
• Flaming Hands – Sacrifice

Listen to part 2 – Peter Black

Tracks

• Peter Black – Cherry Ripe
• Peter Black – When no one else can see
• Hard ons – Girl in the sweater
• Forest Pooky – I’ve been kidnapped by aliens
• Sunny Boys – Discipline

We kicked off the show with part one of chat with 19 year old English guitar hotshot Aaron Keylock.

Our studio guests were three of the peeps from Sydney band My Perfect Sunday.

Listen!

Tracks

• Aaron Keylock – All the right moves
• Aaron Keylock – Just one question
• My Perfect Sunday – Caffeine, Honey
• The Baldwins – Goldbrick
• London Grammar – Rooting for you
• Guai Li – The Model
• Freya – Pride
• My Perfect Sunday – Night owls
• Fox Holmes – Signs
• Horror my friend – DIYS
• Psythanic ? – unknown
• Tired Lion – Agoraphobia
• West, Bruce & Laing – The Doctor

2016 saw a number of important musicians leave this planet of perpetual sorrow. We pay tribute to some of them tonight, including:

• Alan Vega (Suicide)
• Brian Rading (Five Man Electrical Band)
• Dale Griffin (Mott the Hoople)
• David Bowie
• Frank Sinatra Jr (was a guest on Was (not Was) “What up dog?”)
• George Martin (producing Jeff Beck)
• Keith Emerson
• Leon Russell (with Joe Cocker)
• Lonnie Mack (with the Doors)
• Merle Haggard
• Mose Allison
• Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane)
• Ross Hannaford and Wayne Duncan (Daddy Cool)
• Scotty Moore (with Elvis)
• Hugh Macdonald (Redgum)
• Al Caiola
• Muhammad Ali (yes, we know he wasn’t musician, but he was pretty spesh)

Listen to part 1

Tracks

• David Bowie – Sound and Vision
• David Bowie – D.J.
• Jefferson Airplane – Today
• Jefferson Airplane – D.C.B.A.-25
• Daddy Cool – Eagle Rock
• Daddy Cool – 60 Minute Man
• Jeff Beck – You Know What I Mean (for George Martin – he produced Blow by Blow)
• Jeff Beck – She’s A Woman (ditto)
• Was (not Was) – Wedding Vows in Vegas (Frank Sinatra Jr on lead vox)
• Mott the Hoople – All the young dudes
• Mott the Hoople – Walking With A Mountain
• Emerson Lake and Palmer – Nutrocker

Listen to part 2

Tracks

• Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard – A Horse Called Music
• The Doors – Roadhouse Blues (Lonnie Mack on bass)
• Five Man Electrical Band – Absolutely Right
• Five Man Electrical Band – Signs
• Johnny Wakelin – The Black Superman
• Suicide – Keep Your Dreams
• Suicide – Rocket USA
• Elvis Presley – Baby Let’s Play House (featuring Scotty Moore)
• Elvis Presley – Mystery Train (ditto)
• Mose Alison – Parchman Farm
• Redgum – The Diamantina Drover
• Joe Cocker – Cry me a river (features Leon Russell)
• Al Caiola – Hound Dog
• Daddy Cool – Lollipop
• Mott the Hoople – Rest in peace

Tonight on Virtual Unreality we played some old stuff just because we can and some the best of 2017.

Boston-based journo Valerie van de Panne joined us after 21:30 to fill us in on the weird post election world.

Listen!

Tracks

• The Rolling Stones – Monkey man
• Ted Nugent’s Amboy Dukes – Great white buffalo
• ZZ Top – Waiting for the bus
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Dropout Boogie
• Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band ‎– Big Eyed Beans From Venus
• The I don’t cares – I’m back
• The I don’t cares – Sorry For Tomorrow Night
• Iggy Pop – Break into your heart
• Iggy Pop – Gardenia
• Tony Joe White – Hoochie Woman
• Tony Joe White – Rain crow
• Tracy McNeil and the Goodlife – Paradise
• Tracy McNeil and the Goodlife – Thieves
• Sean McMahon and The Moonmen – House Of Mirrors
• Sean McMahon and The Moonmen – Broken Hill
• Glad & Dave’s Dirt Band – The Road
• On the stoop – Defy the black night
• On the stoop – Penguins
• Peter Tosh – Legalise it

Tonight on Virtual Unreality we had author Murray Bennett, author of Product 45 Australian Punk / Post Punk Record Covers. He was programming the show and he brought in some deadset gems.

Plus guest interviewer Ned Alphabet helped us out as we talked to Vedran from Dubioza Kolektiv. They’re from Bosnia and Herzegovina and they’re playing at the Factory on xmas eve.

Plus we have our regular chat with Boston-based journo Valerie Van De Panne with the latest from Planet Trump.

Listen!

Tracks

• Otis Redding – Shake
• The Last Words – Animal world
• The Go Betweens – Pople Say
• The Riptides – 77 Sunset strip
• Essendon Airport – Anne Cessna
• The Passengers – Face with no name
• The Singles – Love of love
• Babeez – Nobody Loves Me
• News – Dirty Lies
• Dubioza kolektiv – No escape from Balkan
• Dubioza kolektiv – Free MP3
• Thought Criminals – Hilton Bomber
• Tactics – Standing By The Window
• The Victims – Television Addict

Tonight on Virtual Unreality our studio guest was Byron-based singer-songwriter Leeli.

We also talked to Simon Rigoni from Melbourne-based band 2 Inch Tape about what they’ve up since we spoke to them last year. They have a new single out now and a new album is on the way.

And Valerie Van De Panne was on the line from Boston with what’s happening over yonder in the land of El Trumpo.

Listen!

Tracks

• 2 Inch Tape – Automaton Girl
• 2 Inch Tape – Tortured Soul
• Leeli – Into the dark
• Robben Ford – Indianola
• Leeli – Heartbreak (live)
• Jordy Lane – Feet fall
• Bob Dylan – Lay, Lady, Lay
• Leeli – Into the dark (live)
• Neil Young – The needle and the damage done
• Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Woodstock
• Leeli – Wonderwall (live)
• Willie Nelson – The scientist
• Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Snoop Dog and Jamey Johnson – Roll me up
• Frank Zappa and the Mothers – Cheepnis

Serge and Matt from Sydney hard-to-pigeon-hole band On the Stoop were in the studio chewing the fat and programming an hour of the show.

Dom Mariani (DM3, The Stems) was on the line from Freo to tell us about the new Dataru 4 album “Hairy Mountain”. It’s a ripper, BTW.

Sally and Jackie from Sydney band Fingermae played live in the studio.

Listen!

Tracks

• Datura 4 – Fool’s Gold Rush
• Datura 4 – Confide in me
• On the Stoop – The butt naked ladies
• Mark Simmonds – The spotted dog
• Bob Log III – Look at that
• Nadya Giga 101 Candles Orchestra – Da Zna Zora
• On the Stoop – Theme song
• Datura 4 – Mary Caroll Park
• Datura 4 – Hairy Mountain
• Fingermae – I work for the bad guys
• Sally and Jackie (Fingermae) – The beast of her loins
• Sally and Jackie (Fingermae) – Derivative P.O.S.
• Fingermae – JACWAG

We talked to Canberra-based girl band Glitoris about their new EP and their upcoming gig next month.

Then, we were joined in the studio by Evan and Erica from Adelaide blues band Lazy Eye. They played live too!

We caught up with the wonderful Valerie Van de Panne about how the dust is settling on the carcass of the US presidential election.

Listen!

Tracks

• Garry Gray & the Sixth Circle – Our God Hangs #6
• Leadfinger – Older and Wiser
• Chickenstones – Johnny Streetlight
• Glitoris – Disgrace
• Glitoris – Pole
• Lazy Eye – Pocket the black
• Booker T & the MGs – Mo’ onions
• Lazy Eye – Black Hill (live)
• Boogaloo Joe Jones – Right Now
• Lazy Eye – Back the way I came
• Lazy Eye – Treat you lover right (live)
• Jimmy McGriff – All About My Girl
• Jimmy Smith – Back At The Chicken Shack
• Deep Purple – Space Truckin’
• On the Stoop – Defy the black night

We talked to Evan the keyboard player from Adelaide blues band Lazy Eye about their new album and some dates they’ll be doing here later in the month.

Then, we had Sydney band Zeahorse in programming the show and telling us all about them.

Listen!

Tracks

• Lazy eye – Keepin’ from lovin’
• Lazy eye – Treat your lover right
• HTRK – Ha
• Rowland S Howard – I know a girl called Johnny
• Cosmic Psychos – Nice day to go the pub
• Jaguar Ma – Give me a reason
• Mustang Jerx – C that my grave is kept
• The Laurels – Black Cathedral
• White Dog – Hard for you
• Zeahorse – Chicken Dinner
• The Drones – Boredom
• Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Fucking Up
• DEAD – Rush Burials
• Narrowlands – Whores rule