Virtual Unreality

Franky Valentyn was in the studio to promote his new album “Pop Songs” and to chew the fat generally.

Plus Shane Flew dialled in to give us the good oil on a couple gigs he has coming up, including an Americana Jam at the Vanguard on Sunday August 27.

Plus plus We spoke to Catherine Traicos ahead of next week’s release of her new album “The Nashville Album”.

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Playlist!

• C’mon – Wet Taxis
• D.C. – Died Pretty
• Everybody wants something – Shane Flew
• Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
• Only Human – Franky Valentyn Project
• Lonely Girl – Franky Valentyn Project
• Down on the corner – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• The Winston Shuffle – Franky Valentyn Project
• rattling cuttley – John Maddox
• Anyone’s Girl – Catherine Traicos
• Anything is possible – Catherine Traicos
• The Party’s just begun – Franky Valentyn Project
• But it’s alright – Rose Turtle Ertler
• Keep on dreaming – Franky Valentyn Project
• The Jovian moon suite – Franky Valentyn Project

Our in-studio guest was author Stuart Coupe.

We love Stuart’s books at VU, but this is different – it’s about himself.

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Playlist!

• Choose your fighter – Glitoris
• Waltz in the electric church – Pushbacks
• Chickens – Matt Taylor
• Friday on your mind – David Bowie
• Shake some action – Flaming Groovies
• Teenage Head – Flaming Groovies
• The Rising – Nancy Wilson
• Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
• Stealin’ – Uriah Heep
• Sui Bong – Denge Fever

Mark Lucas and the Deadsetters have a new album – Onward into the Fog – and we were joined by Mark to talk shit and play records.

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Playlist

• Max Merritt and the Meteors – Western Union Man
• Century Egg – Ring a bell
• Mark Lucas and the Dead Setters – Consider me gone
• The Grateful Dead – New Speedway Boogie info
• The Spencer Davis Group – Gimme some lovin’ info
• Eric Burdon and the New Animals – Sky Pilot
• Mark Lucas and the Dead Setters – Between the lines
• The Parwills – Sentimental
• Doc Watson – Don’t let your deal go down
• The Del McCoury Band – Sally Jo
• Katie Brianna – To the bottom of the drink
• Mark Lucas and the Dead Setters – Let it rain
• Mark Lucas and the Dead Setters – Salty Tears
• John Kennedy and the New Originals – Girl of my dreams
• Mark Lucas and the Dead Setters – Northern Star
• Nick Lowe – House for sale
• Mark Lucas and the Dead Setters – New tattoo

We spoke to Link from the Meanies bout their forthcoming gig and what’s been up to generally. We also got a text from Blackie from the Hard Ons, so we got him on the line too.

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Playlist

• Fannie May – Max Merritt and the Meteors
• The Midnight Special – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Words (Big mouth) – Ian Hunter
• Buried Alive – Ron Wood
• In Falls Everything – Hard ons
• Sousa – Meanies
• Link Meanie – VU interview
• Sorry about the violence – Meanies
• Balence Bonanza – Bagful of Beeze
• Anyone’s girl – Catherine Traicos
• Rollercoaster – Checkboard Lounge
• Uncivil Compliance – Checkboard Lounge
• Get out your ear’s way – Lachy Doley
• Run Dry – Amber Kenney
• Trouble – Jess Crossman
• Whiskey helps the sun go down – Looch Lewis and the Press Gansters
• Cuttin’ wood – T.C Jones
• That spell’s gone – Vixens of Fall
• Sally Jo – The De McCoury Band
• Drunk – Ronnie Joudo
• Sentimental Scum – Suzie True
• A.W.C.W.D – The Verlaines

We were joined in the studio by Jen Mize and Jeremy Edwards from Brisbane band Jen Mize and the Rough ‘n’ Tumble play records and talk shit. We even got them to play live.

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Playlist

• The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
• Ike & Tina Turner – Honky Tonk Women
• Bob Dylan – Rainy Day #12 & 35
• Slim Dusty The biggest disappointment
• Jen Mize & the Rough ‘n’ Tumble – Askin’ Enough
• Jen Mize & the Rough ‘n’ Tumble – Do we go from here
• Jeremy Edwards – Boy
• Booker T & the MGs – Green Onions
• Roy Buchanan – Green Onions
• Jen Mize & the Rough ‘n’ Tumble – All riled up
• Bonnie Raitt – Thing called love
• Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton – Pink Cadillac
• Jen Mize & the Rough ‘n’ Tumble – One of these days
• Checkerboard lounge – Amazing Grace

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Playlist

• Uriah Heep – Stealin’
• Sideshow Annie – Hell or high water
• The Holy Modal Butcher Birds – 27/04/23 09:11
• John Kennedy – From St Peters to Kings Cross
• The Pleasures – Paranoid
• Mark Lucas and the Dead Setters – Northern Star
• Alan Caswell – Grumpy old pickers like us
• 8 Ball Aitken – Only guiding light
• The Hello Darlins – What is a broken heart for?
• The Settlement – Story of me and you
• Fleur Wiber – Walk me
• Miguel Rios – Chase the hour
• Sand Brothers – Adelaide
• Hard ons – Grandiose
• Hard ons – In falls everything
• Chris Masuak and Dog Soldier – Tract home chippy
• Abby Johnson – Watch the angel go
• Natalie Rose LeBrecht – Holy
• Vanity Mirror – Somehow you know
• Jen Mize and the Rough and Tumble – Elevator Ride
• Jen Mize and the Rough and Tumble – All riled up
• Caledonian Castaways – Glasgow latino
• Turnpike Troubadours – mean old sun
• Sun Years – Granddad’s song
• Chris Rose – Cold beer buzz
• Wombo – Slab
• Checkboard Lounge – Bottle your love

Maria and Steve (aka Glen and Glend) joined us the studio to talk about their new album and Liz Stringer was on the blower to talk her gigs coming up.

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Playlist!

• Matahari Mimi – The Mezcaltones
• Thunderbird – Blue Moon Marquee
• Dangerous – Liz Stringer
• Liz Stringer – VU Interview
• Water and Dust – William Creighton
• Golden Age – Liz Stringer & William Stringer
• Nobody – Glen and Glenda
• A curse on you – Bob Short
• Serpentine – The lang Langs
• I’m sticking with you – The Light Brigade
• Lovers on the lam – Glen and Glenda
• Cousin Betty – Green Spiders
• Max Dupain – Glen and Glenda

In-studio guest was John Kennedy talking about his band’s new album – John Kennedy and the New Originals – and some farewell gigs before he buggers off to Europe forever. Cripes.

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Playlist

• Modern day rip off – Iggy Pop
• Wishbone – Jim Lauderdale
• At the mercy of the sky – Rasing Ravens
• Cornered – Century Egg
• Wind up bird – Heartless bastards
• Discover me – John Kennedy and the New Originals
• A Stone’s throw away – John Kennedy (live)
• A man after my own heart – John Kennedy and the New Originals
• Girl of my dreams – John Kennedy (live)
• A different story – John Kennedy and the New Originals
• Rock and roll – The Vevet Underground
• It’s good to be here – John Kennedy (Live)

We were joined in the studio by Gillian and Eliot from Blue Mountains band Sideshow Annie to play records and talk shit.

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Playlist

• Sideshow Annie – Hell or High Water
• The Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (But I Like It)
• Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues
• Sideshow Annie – Ambiguous Day
• Pink Floyd – Interstellar Overdrive
• Sideshow Annie – Hamster
• Sideshow Annie – Tip My Top Hat
• The Cure – A Forest
• Talking Heads – Slippery People – Live
• Was (Not Was) – What Up Dog
• Sideshow Annie – My Warrior
• Black Sabbath – Planet Caravan
• Prince – Erotic City

Feature is a chat with Samantha Fish ahead of her first proper Australian tour next month.

We also talk to Adam from Sydney band Apocalypseboyo. They have a new single out today and it’s pretty soulful. True!

We’ll pay tribute to Jeff Beck and we’ll catch up with some of the legends we lost in 2022 we didn’t get to last week.

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Playlist

• Stroll On – The Yardbirds
• Rollin’ and Tumblin’ – Jeff Beck
• Beck’s Bolero – Jeff Beck Group
• Over under sideways down – The Yardbirds
• Moving On – Apocolypse Boyo
• Faster – Samantha Fish
• Samantha Fish interview part 1
• All ice and no whiskey – Samantha Fish
• Samantha Fish interview part 2
• Brand New Cadillac – Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton
• Bullet Proof – Samantha Fish
• Joni Mitchell – Crank Williams and Pasty Decline
• Summer Wine – Crank Williams and Pasty Decline
• Jeff Pope interview (Crank Williams and Pasty Decline)
• My Love Forevermore – Crank Williams and Pasty Decline
• You’re the Only Star in My Blue Heaven – Jerry Lee Lewis
• Hello Hello Baby – Jerry Lee Lewis
• Flyin’ Saucers Rock & Roll – Robert Gordon
• The Fool – Robert Gordon
• Monster – Glen and Glenda
• Suffragette City – Seu Jorge