Virtual Unreality

Rising star from Newcastle Piper Butcher was in the studio. We spoke to her about a year ago and we saw her open the show for Robben Ford at the Factory on his recent tour. Definitely one to watch.

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• Elevator ride – Jen Mize & The Rough N’Tumble
• Nonchalant – Imogen Clark
• Soul into sand – Piper Butcher
• Jenny don’t be hasty – Paolo Nutini
• Changes – David Bowie
• Read between lines – Piper Butcher
• Rain – The Teskey Brothers
• Before you’re gone – Piper Butcher
• A heartbreak – Angus & Julie Stone
• Lost in love – Piper Butcher
• Mousetrap heart – Thirsty Merc
• Green limousine – Badloves
• Come inside – Piper Butcher
• Telephone booth – Ian Moss
• Fortunate son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• So can you feel it? – Piper Butcher
• Signed, sealed delivered – Stevie Wonder

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• Haunting your thoughts – Piper Butcher
• My own worst enemy – Imogen Clark
• Be bad – Catherine Traicos
• Working man’s blues – Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed
• Gin no suzu – Penny Ikinger
• Of the sea – The Howlin’ Threads
• Fragile – Penny Ikinger
• Peter Brock Built My Hotrod – Grindhouse
• Peter Russell Clarke – Grindhouse
• Dapto Dazzler – Grindhouse
• Mustang – Josie Laver
• Tangled – Josie Laver
• Sixth Sense – The Nature Strip
• Little Queenie – The Rolling Stones
• Buried Alive – Ron Wood
• All the young dudes – Mott the Hoople

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• Buy/Sell/Trade – Screensaver
• Superheroes – Black Cab
• Goin’ back to Hoonsville – Datura4 with Dave Hole
• Keep your motor runnin’ – Dave Hole
• Highway Star – Deep Purple
• Big eyed beans from Venus – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
• Golden Birdies – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
• Her eyes are blue million eyes – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
• White Rock Beer 8 cents – Robben Ford
• The Sheik of Scrubby Creek – Chad Morgan
• There’s gonna be a showdown – The Johnnys
• Mustang – Josie Laver
• End of the World – Florence Dore
• Monsters – Charlie Horse
• Support you local nihilist – Frances Chang
• Choo choo train of tears – Mustang Jerx
• Like lovers do – Hannah Acfield
• Cockroach in a ghost town – Slang
• Burn it down – Gyasi
• Non è Ancora – The Umlauts
• Mama Tried – Eli “Paperboy” Reed
• Since You – Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink Marcy Marxer
• I Makes Money (Money Dont Make Me) – Steve Earle & The Dukes
• The charm – Body Type
• Forever Young – Bob Dylan

John was in the studio again ahead of the launch of his latest collection of Aussie indie classics covers.

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We were joined the studio by Celibate Rifles guitarist Ken Steedman talking about, well everything really!

Valerie vande Panne phoned in from Florida.

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• Goanna – Solid Rock
• The Replacements – Alex Chilton
• Alex Chilton – Dalai Lama
• VU – Valerie Vande Panne interview
• The Saints – Know your product
• Kent Steedman – Lockdown Shuffle
• Jim Moginie and the Family – In the end
• The Celibate Rifles – Salute

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• Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs – Ooh Pah Pah Doo
• Hoodoo Gurus – Chariot of The Gods
• The Neptune Power Federation – Emmaline
• Kent Steedman – Set Yourself Easy
• The Celibate Rifles – Downtown
• The Celibate Rifles – Jesus On TV
• The Rolling Stones – Mona
• 03-The Rolling Stones – The Rolling Stones – Shake your hips
• Endless Boogie – Disposable Thumbs
• Howlin Rain – Under the Wheels
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Haunt
• Jupiter 5 – H-Bomb
• The On and Ons – Truth Gets Started
• X – Delinquent Cars
• Sonic Youth – In & Out
• Lee Ranaldo &Raül Refree01 – Alice
• Neil Young – Heart Of Gold
• Lobby Loyde & The Coloured Balls – Goin’ To Louisianna

We spoke to Leah Shapiro, the drummer of powerhouse trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ahead of their tour as part of Under the Southern Stars with Cheap Trick, Stone Temple Pilots and Bush.

Later, we spoke to Canadian bluesman Matt Andersen about his new album House to House.

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• Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs – No More War
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Questions Of Faith
• VU interview – Leah Shapiro (BRMC) (part 1)
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – King Of Bones
• VU interview – Leah Shapiro (BRMC) part 2
• Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -13 Haunt
• Electric Mary – The King Of Rock ‘N’ Roll
• Cheap Trick – Ain’t That a Shame
• The Black Ryder – Let Me be Your Light
• Matt Andersen – House to House
• VU interview – Matt Andersen (part 1)
• Matt Andersen – Other Side of Goodbye
• VU interview – Matt Andersen (part 2)
• Matt Andersen – Time for the Wicked to Rest
• Kent Steedman – Lockdown Shuffle
• The Celibate Rifles – Salute
• Joeys Coop – Trouble
• The Nature Strip – Surgery

We kicked off the show by talking to Sydney jazz legend Alister Spence about the collaboration between his trio and Ed Kuepper.

Then we were joined in the studio by Mark Roxburgh and Brett Myers from Sydney band Joeys Coop to talk about the new album Lachlan Valley Dirt and to play some tracks live in the studio.

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• Mark Lanegan Band – The Gravedigger’s Song
• Asteroid Ekosystem – Caught at All
• VU interview – Alister Spence part 1
• Asteroid Ekosystem – Nature
• VU interview – Alister Spence part 2
• Asteroid Ekosystem – Face of the Atom
• Joeys Coop – Trouble
• Joeys Coop – Lachlan Valley Dirt
• Joeys Coop – I Stand Alone
• Mark Roxburgh and Brett Myers (Joeys Coop) – I am alive (live)
• Mark Roxburgh and Brett Myers (Joeys Coop) – You put me down (live)
• Mark Roxburgh and Brett Myers (Joeys Coop) – Marketplace (live)
• Ola Belle Reed – Ola Belle’s Blues
• Simon & Garfunkel – Cecilia
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk – The Inflated Tear
• Procol Harum – The Dead Man’s Dream

We had John Encarnacao and Pete Marley of Sydney band The Nature Strip in the studio to talk what they’ve been up to.

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• Leadfinger – One more day
• Steve Tyson & The Train Rex – Gare Du Nord
• The Nature Strip – Surgery
• Marveline – Evil Worm
• Warmer – Fishes Swim and Corals Grow
• The Beatles – Baby you’re a rich man
• Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or The Big Dig)
• Lump – We cannot resist
• The Triffids – Spanish Blue
• Devo – That’s Pep!
• The Nature Strip – King Biggie
• Laura Veirs – Galaxies
• XTC – Burning with Optimism’s Flames
• The Moles – (don’t know)
• Orange Juice – Out for the count
• The Nature Strip – Push the past away

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