Australia

British/Australian electronic producer Mark Pritchard asked Radiohead’s Thom Yorke to sing on his forthcoming album Under the Sun.

In the song “Beautiful People” Pritchard distorts and enhances Yorke’s vocals to create a gorgeous lament.

“Beautiful People”

Methyl Ethel, a trio from Perth, will emerge from Down Under in 2016.

Their debut album Oh Inhumane Spectacle made a splash in Australia last year.

The song “Twilight” will move them beyond their home shores.

“Twilight Driving”

Jonathan L is in Los Angeles picking up his award for Best International DJ so we rerun his Australia special this week.

Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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“g’day mate”
Rose Tattoo “City Blues” (Sydney)
“top notch true blue fair dinkum”
Courtney Barnett “Avant Gardener” (Melbourne)
Harts “Feather” (Melbourne)
“no wucking furries mate”
Grinderman “Bellringer Blues” (Melbourne)
Love Cream “Hot In The Dark” (Adelaide)
Mike Elrington “Build You Up (To Cut You Down)” (Melbourne)
“where the bloody hell are ya”
All Mankind “Break The Spell” (Sydney)
Intergalactix “Tuesday” (Sydney)
Ball Park Music “Polly Screw My Head Back On” (Brisbane)
“you lucky buggers”
The Church “Delirious” (Sydney)
Leanne Kingwell “This High” (Melbourne)
“I’m knackered”
Them Bruins “Walk A Line” (Melbourne)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “We Real Cool” (Melbourne)
Travis Caudle “Outta My Head” (Perth)
“get your listening gear around this”
Essick “Dreez” (Brisbane)
Vauxhall Outlaws “Now & Then” (Sydney)
Pond “Elvis’ Flaming Star” (Perth)
The Sunday Reeds “Make Her Jealous” (Melbourne)
“chuck another song on the barbie mate”
Nite Fields “You I Never Knew” (Brisbane)
Gossling “Harvest Of Gold” (Melbourne)
The Faults “Alexander” (Sydney)
“upside down from Australia”
Clairy Brown & The Bangin’ Rackettes “Jenny” (Melbourne)
“eh, pull yer head in”
The Ocean Party “Wading In” (Melbourne)
Courtney Barnett “Pedestrian At Best” (Melbourne)
“crack a tinnie, grab yer mates, and shut yer gob”
The Bamboos “Avenger” (Melbourne)
Elstow “Evil Dreams” (Sydney)
The Presets “No Fun” (Rüfüs remix) (Sydney)

Jonathan speaks over Melbourne’s 24-year old
Electronic / Dj Naapo’s song “Fall Out”

Tame Impala, the rock band from Perth, Australia, rose to prominence outside of their native country with the album Lonerism.

Currents is forthcoming with the lead single “Cause I’m a Man”.

Jonathan L features Australia this week.

Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Lopsided World of L (Hour 2)
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“g’day mate”
Rose Tattoo “City Blues” (Sydney)
“top notch true blue fair dinkum”
Courtney Barnett “Avant Gardener” (Melbourne)
Harts “Feather” (Melbourne)
“no wucking furries mate”
Grinderman “Bellringer Blues” (Melbourne)
Love Cream “Hot In The Dark” (Adelaide)
Mike Elrington “Build You Up (To Cut You Down)” (Melbourne)
“where the bloody hell are ya”
All Mankind “Break The Spell” (Sydney)
Intergalactix “Tuesday” (Sydney)
Ball Park Music “Polly Screw My Head Back On” (Brisbane)
“you lucky buggers”
The Church “Delirious” (Sydney)
Leanne Kingwell “This High” (Melbourne)
“I’m knackered”
Them Bruins “Walk A Line” (Melbourne)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “We Real Cool” (Melbourne)
Travis Caudle “Outta My Head” (Perth)
“get your listening gear around this”
Essick “Dreez” (Brisbane)
Vauxhall Outlaws “Now & Then” (Sydney)
Pond “Elvis’ Flaming Star” (Perth)
The Sunday Reeds “Make Her Jealous” (Melbourne)
“chuck another song on the barbie mate”
Nite Fields “You I Never Knew” (Brisbane)
Gossling “Harvest Of Gold” (Melbourne)
The Faults “Alexander” (Sydney)
“upside down from Australia”
Clairy Brown & The Bangin’ Rackettes “Jenny” (Melbourne)
“eh, pull yer head in”
The Ocean Party “Wading In” (Melbourne)
Courtney Barnett “Pedestrian At Best” (Melbourne)
“crack a tinnie, grab yer mates, and shut yer gob”
The Bamboos “Avenger” (Melbourne)
Elstow “Evil Dreams” (Sydney)
The Presets “No Fun” (Rüfüs remix) (Sydney)

Jonathan speaks over Melbourne’s 24-year old
Electronic / Dj Naapo’s song “Fall Out”

Courtney Barnett is a new captivating and beguiling talent from Melbourne.

She has only released 2 EPs thus far to date: I’ve Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris and How To Carve a Carrot Into a Rose.

The two have now been combined entitled: The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas.

“Avant Gardener” is our introduction to the world of Courtney Barnett.

One our favorite electronic bands from Australia, Cut Copy, released their 4th album yesterday.

Free Your Mind is a follow-up to the stellar 2011 Zonoscope.

“We are Explorers” is the single.

Empire of the Sun is the Australian electronic duo Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore.

They debuted in 2008, toured, then took some time off and only just released their second album, Ice on the Dune, this past June.

These colorful performers now give us the infectious “Alive”, perfect for the summer.

Tame Impala, the psychedelic rock band from western Australia and the brainchild of Kevin Parker, is beginning to make some significant noise outside of their home country.

Their praiseworthy 2nd album, Lonerism, was released last year in Australia, filtered around the world and topped numerous best of 2012 lists.

“Elephant” is the song.

It’s been awhile as I have been on the road touring Australia but there is so much new good music to share so let’s begin.

And what better way than with new Strokes music.

Comedown Machine, their 5th album, is scheduled for the end of March.

This band is the sound of New York City as heard on the first single “All the Time”.

Also included here is “One Way Trigger”, a slightly different sound for them and a song that was a free download for a time on their website.

All the Time

One Way Trigger

My Australian adventure continues but fortunately we have Jonathan L from Berlin.

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*Mutant Vinyl “Pink Dagga”
*Rammstein “Gib mir deine Augen”
*Some Velvet Morning “Beautiful Dress”
*Dead Men Walking (Mike Peters (Alarm)
*Captain Sensible (The Damned)
*Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) “New Rose” (2006-Damned cover)
*Hanzel Und Gretyl “More German Than German”
*The Twilight Garden “Ravens And Doves”
*7Horse “The Party’s On!”
*OfeliaDorme “Paranoid Park” (Howie B remix)
*Dream Aria “Carnival Of Souls”
*Stone Foundation”
*Madness “La Luna”
*Kris Menace f/Miss Kitten “Hide”
*Devil M “Asharat”
*Britain’s 2012 X-Factor Winner James Arthur before his star shined “Do You Love Me Like You Used To” (debuted on LWOL back on February 24, 2007)
JOAN JETT SONG OF THE WEEK: “Fake Friends”
*Sister Gracie “Panoramic View”
*Ebony “E-Bone” Moore “Make It Count”
*Shout Out Louds “Blue Ice”
*Tony deKaro “Fiebertraum”
*Deportees “Islands And Shores”
*Sleepless “All Exits Are Open”
*Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “We No Who U R”
*Kate Nash “Deathproof”(replay)
*Black Cherry “Fake Blood”
*Rammstein “Mein Herz Brennt” (Rock video edit)
*Dobie “Output”
*Leaving Eden “The World Is A Better Place”
*Tranenwelten “Das Schiff”

I’m traveling Australia but we have Jonathan L live from Berlin.

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*Vitalic “”Fade Away”
*Kate Nash “Deathproof”
*Echogram “Another Has Come Between Us”
*Hanzel Und Gretyl “I’m Movin’ To Deutschland”
*Clinic “You”
*Empresarios “Smoke For Thought”
*Varg “Willkommen”
*Varg “Guten Tag”
*Rhythms Del Mundo f/Coldplay “Viva La Vida” (Africa Mix)
*Witchcraft “Democracy”
*Raggedy Angry “Requiem”
JOAN JETT SONG OF THE WEEK: “Machismo”
*Nappy Riddem “DTA (Stickybuds Remix)
*Stereo3 “Mercy”
*Local Natives “Breakers”
*Tony deKaro “Fickmaschine”
*Lil JaEy “45 Days”
*Kamelot “Sacrimony (Angel Of Afterlife)”
*Rammstein “Meine Herz Brennt”(Piano version)
*The NowhereNauts “Warned You”
*Frontline Assembly “Stealth Mech”
*Pop Levi “Police $ign”
*Chuck Eaton “Jealous Girl”
*Cherries On A Blacklist “Astoria Nights”
*Russian Gun Dogs “Attack!”
*Dream Aria “Gypsy Heart”
*Noir “My Dear” (Assemblage 23 Remix)
*Romy Conzen “Holding On”
*The Babies “Alligator”
*Endless Shame “Freakshow”

Currently adventuring in Australia.

Posts will be sporadic throughout my travels.

Stay tuned…

Husky is an indie folk 4-piece out of Melbourne, Australia.

Last year they won a best unsigned band radio contest in their home country and subsequently signed to Sub Pop Records.

Forever So is their impressive debut.

Listen to “History’s Door” and download for free.

Gotye is the nom de plume of Wouter De Backer, a musician who was born in Belgium but has made Australia his home most of his life.

His 3rd studio album, Making Mirrors, was released earlier in the year in Australia and will soon make a splash here.

The irresistible single “Somebody That I Used To Know” topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand and Belgium.

“Somebody Thay I Used To Know” featuring Kimbra

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