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Book: Mitch Ryder's Devils and Blue Dresses
Soul: The Alabama Shakes

Bonus: Sharon Jones and Lady Dottie
Bonus: Harry Potter

Lara makes her annual W♥M Radio appearance. In part one, she tells us about CMJ Music Festival that took place in October 2011. Read her full CMJ report here.

Things covered on the show:

Snowmine is one of Lara's top pick from CMJ.

Song of the show is Snowmine's "Curfews", which is available as a free download via wvmusic.bandcamp.com.

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Who's playing at Sydney Festival 2012? See their official website (sydneyfestival.org.au) for more details.

We preview some of the bands:

Plus: Hall & Oates is currently on tour. They're coming to Sydney in 2012 and Sally will be there to see them. Icehouse to open!

Song of the show is Hall & Oates' "Out of Touch".

Bonus: Roxette is touring. The Stone Roses reunited and touring and releasing a brand new album for 2012. The Good Nature is Vu's favorite young band at the moment.

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Sally is back from Japan holiday. I under estimated Skyrim taking up my time, so unfortunately, I barely had time to put this show together. This is only part one - which is basically shows we're seeing this week and it's mostly about Japan. If I'm not too busy next week, I will put up the rest of the recording, which will be mostly about Sydney Festival - that is taking place in 2012, so I have a whole month and a half to get to it!

Here's what went down:

More details about some of the bands we're seeing was posted here.

Bonus: As we headed out and talking about tours, we briefly mentioned Tender Forever.

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Our special guest today is Ilke Hincer.

It's hard to believe that I've known Ilke for over 10 years, so it's good to have him on as a guest. Since we met because of our interests in comics, I've taken this rare opportunity to discuss some comics-related things. Yep, a comic book nerdcast.

This was heavily edited to keep the show under 45 minutes.

The rest of the material will likely appear as a comic book podcast (if people want to hear more of us talking trash about the new DC reboot).

BONUS:
A rather long discussion about Alan Moore.

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I won't be home this weekend, heading up north - where there probably won't be any internets.....

Before I go, I thought I'd drop this off: I've previously heard the single "Come Monday Night" by God Help the Girl, but never really got around to picking up the actual album - that is until a few months ago - when I was in Canada. I saw they were selling the album for $1.99. No sale, no clearance, that was the regular price. I couldn't believe it, I picked up all the copies they had in the store.

Like most album, there are some duds, but the majority of the songs are actually good - if you're into that sweet-girl-vocals thing. The few male exceptions, Stuart Murdoch and Neil Hannon, they are there to help sing and move the song along, not take the spotlight.

This is also a concept album, which few albums these days do, it's about a girl and her relationship (or lackof). You get a sense when you're listening to the little stories that this could be a great afterschool special.

Anyway, well worth the $1.99.

1. Act of the Apostle (Catherine Ireton)
2. God Help The Girl (Catherine Ireton)
3. Pretty Eve in the Tub (Stuart Murdoch and Catherine Ireton)
4. A Unified Theory (instrumental)
5. Hiding Neath My Umbrella (Catherine Ireton and Stuart Murdoch)
6. Funny Little Frog (Brittany Stallings)
7. If You Could Speak (Catherine Ireton, Anna Miles and Stuart Murdoch)
8. Musician Please Take Heed (Catherine Ireton)
9. Perfection as a Hipster (Neil Hannon and Catherine Ireton)
10. Come Monday Night (Catherine Ireton)
11. Music Room Window (instrumental)
12. I Just Want Your Jeans (Asya)
13. I'll Have to Dance with Cassie (Catherine Ireton)
14. A Down and Dusky Blonde (Dina Bankole, Catherine Ireton, Celia Garcia, Brittany Stallings, Asya)

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Happy holidays! It's also Sally's birthdate week, as she was kind enough to stop in to preview Splendour in the Grass, which takes place this July 29th to 31st. Doors at 9am, music starts at 11 and ends after midnight. Details at splendourinthegrass.com.

Before we get into the meat of the matter, we did wrap up NXNE, which you can read more details at nxne.weheartmusic.com and all my exploits and adventures and lessons learned.

I did touch a bit on Jo Williamson, not literally, but I kept running into her. Saw Washington played twice, saw loads of other bands too. Disappointed with Brian Wilson, but Men Without Hats, Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield saved the festival. Outro song is "Everybody Loves Me But You" by Hatfield.

Splendour in the Grass 2011 will be covered by the fine Festival Ladies, but Sally and I looked over Coldplay (it was all yellow!), Kanye West (he just shows up everywhere). A good bunch together of Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Gomez, and Regina Spektor in a block is pretty amazing. Also, Grouplove, who I saw a few months ago, they are on the up and up. Yelle, the French girl is pretty hot too. Of course, Foster the People are a really good band, love their songs!

Amazed that DJ Shadow is still around, he pretty much was the first guy that made a whole album of just entirely out of samples.

Song of the Podcast is: British Sea Power's "Georgie Ray" from their new album, Valhalla Dancehall.

BONUS
More Pulp than you can stand. Fitz & The Tantrums are playing the same night as Pulp, so Sally will have to miss out.

Britpop class of '95 article available on independent.co.uk spotlights on Justine Frischmann, Louise Wener, Debbie Smith, David Roundtree, and Tim Brown. Where are they now and what they are doing. Kind of glad to see Debbie Smith is still playing in several bands (I met her a long time ago in a bar and she asked about my t-shirt - it was my penpal's artwork of Morrissey).

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NXNE is coming, June 13-19, 2011, in Toronto, Canada. I am flying in on the 12th, and I guess will be doing touristy things in the city. If you want to hang out, send me a note. The music portion, as far as looking at the schedule, doesn't actually start until Wednesday, the 15th. Which means, I have a lot of time to kill, perhaps I'll attend some of the movies that NXNE has to offer (I am probably going to try and make it to "Upside Down – The Creation Records Story", a documentary about Creation Records). I have gone on record and stated that I think Alan McGee is a genius.

Bands on NXNE that Cristina and I touched on:

Men Without Hats: Love them. Can't believe they are still around. Basically cannot wait to hear them play their big two hit songs, "The Safety Dance" ("because if your friends don't dance, then they're no friends of mine!") and "Pop Goes the World".

Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield: I haven't seen either bands (Lemonheads or Juliana Hatfield Three), so I am definitely excited to see them for the first time. Lara claims that Dando brings a sort of time machine with him: it's like traveling back in time to the year 1992.

The Pharcyde: Cristina seems more excited about this 90s hip hop band, who, to be honest, I was never into hip hop - but if they are playing, I'll check them out!

Art Brut: I think they're really, really funny. They also love their comic books (they have a fascination with American comics, because they're from the UK). I've seen them before, but I'll love to see them again. See below for more Art Brut dates:

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WHM110: "Macho Man" Randy Savage RIP

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May 31, 2011 01:13 AM PDT

Cristina and I did a "Macho Man" Randy Savage and NXNE recording, which I had to split up in two parts. The first part is about Macho Man, which did run a little too long (about ten minutes).

As a child growing up in the 80s and 90s, I watched a lot of WWF (later WWE, no thanks to the World Wildlife Fund). Was never a fan of NWA (later WCW), the league that generally had "Nature Boy" Ric Flair as chamption. As Cristina said, they were also considered a second-rate wrestling compared to WWF.

I have a lot of good memories of watching Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, André the Giant, Big John Studd, Jake the Snake, Hulk Hogan, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, the Heart Foundation, and, of course, "Macho Man" Randy Savage. They were all so colorful! They were always fueding with each other.

A little trivia, but did you know many stars of wrestlers are from Minnesota? Sure, we all know Jesse "The Body" Ventura is from here, but Minnesota is home of these wrestlers: Barry Darsow, Greg Gagne, Verne Gagne, "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig, Nikita "The Russian Nightmare" Koloff, Bam Neely, "Mean" Gene Okerlund (technically not a wrestler), "Ravishing" Rick Rude, and Tom Zenk.

Bonus section: HBO's Game of Thrones! What a great show, I'm really enjoying the plot. Episode eight, to air next Sunday, will feature George R.R. Martin's script for the show (most of the previous episodes were written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss, based on Martin's first book of A Song of Ice and Fire).

Other bonus song is Phoebe Cates & Bill Wray's song "Just One Touch", which appeared on the soundtrack for the sex comedy film, Private School (1982).

Join us next week for an epic NXNE preview podcast!
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WHM106: Trash Can Sinatras

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March 27, 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Part of the Cover Lover series: this week is Dan's choice: Trash Can Sinatras' "Senses Working Overtime".

Originally released in 1982 by XTC, this number was a staple on US Alternative Radio for a time. The Trash Can Sinatras recorded a cover version, and, I suppose, someone at Go! Discs thought it was a good idea to release it as an A-Side single. So a white-label 12" promo of this single (backed by "For the Meantime") was released in 1990. The 12" is quite rare, but you can find the song on their On A B Road compilation, released in 2004 by Bobame Recordings.

Off topic, but did you know Mandy Moore also covered "Senses Working Overtime"?

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WHM102: Keyboard Cats

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January 23, 2011 02:46 PM PST

Another really long show, this runs for about an hour. I wanted to cut more out, but they were all so laugh-out-loud that I kept most of it in.

Kristen, the guest of honor, does most of the talking, about her travels and future plans. Sally and Vu also there. Some of the things I learned:

Australians shortens everything. Derros and Povvos and such...

Kristen stalking Nick Banks and walking around Sheffield and Idlewild in Camden Town

Gorillaz and Damon DJing in Sydney

M.A.G.N.U.S. via britishpopsongs.co.uk

Playground Weekender 2011: Doves might cancel? Kool & The Gang's Rosanna Joanna. Rockabilly vibe. Midnight Juggernauts.

Keyboard Cats T-Shirt: a combination of Keyboard Cat and the Three Wolves T-Shirt

New vs Old Belle & Sebastian

Kristen's future tour plans: Holy F***, Primal Scream, Roxy Music, and Belinda Carlisle

Sydney Festival: Live: An intimate video study of the art of performing

Bonus material includes: Broadcast singer Trish's recent death, shopping in England, and The Wonder Stuff & Levellers.

Below are some photographs, courtesy of Kristen:


Damon Albarn
Nick Banks' pottery shop


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WHM100

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January 09, 2011 05:20 PM PST

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For episodes #97 to #99, please head over to weheartmusic.mypodcast.com

WHM092: Live Shows

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November 22, 2010 02:11 AM PST

Vu, Sally and Oscar on this week's W♥M Radio.

News

1. Pulp are back!. Sally will be celebrating by drinking loads of things and DJing and hanging out on BRITPOP.com.au's Party Hard (Pulp Night)
2. Beatles on iTunes. Yep, welcome to 2010, Beatles.

Main program: Live shows

Sally: Charlatans at the Metro Theatre on November 11th. Apparently it upsets Sally that Tim has better hair. Also, Manic Street Preachers at Metro Theatre on November 15th.
Oscar: Delorean at 7th Street on November 16th, then on the 18th, he saw Free Energy at 400 Bar
Vu: KT Tunstall's appearance at the Epic on November 18th was dwarfed by Charlotte Hatherley's awesomeness.

Song of the show: Hollerado's "Americanarama"

Throwaway bits: too random to mention.

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