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Sonic News / Playlists Archive April 2008
Sonic News 24/04/2008
Sounds
Slow - Seeds (Old Crow Music)
The new album by Slow arrived this week and became an instant hit with Thee Sonic Assassin, measures of acoustic flavoured folk, fuzzy downtempo shoegaze and a sombre forboding make it just about perfect Sideways Through Sound Material and will be our featured album next week (01/05/08)...
Slow - Sideways Through Sound loves you!!
Review from Sonic Sanctuary Sunday, March 16, 2008
"An optimistic Mark Kozelek could be a good comparison for the main voice of Slow, and the carefully measured music that glints behind them has a sure softness of touch that borders on perfection. Loose bass plucking, wavering e-bow slivers, unhurried percussion and ghostly female vox/harmonium interlock around lightly reverbed vocals, which seem to be leaking from somewhere else. Their music is pristine and dare I say it faultless – a gentleness best appreciated through closed eyes"
Also stand by for brand new music from Harvey Lord, ARP, Wil Cope, Sugar Mountain Mama Serenade, Guy Gelem, Soon Clyde, Jon Woode, The Voices, The Wylde Olde Souls, Lisa Piu and much, much, much more...
Live
Acoustica Festival: Sunday 27th April 2008 Midday until 9pm
Acoustica is still planned to go ahead this Sunday!
The site is very wet so please wear sturdy shoes and bring something to sit on.
Music from : Steel Skin & Wood, Mike Cooper, Kim Sanders & Friends, Jan Preston, Kate Fagan Duo, The Bakery, Neil Murray & Sarah Storer, Pigram Brothers, Reg & Pete's Dog Trumpet...
The objective of the festival is, under the auspices of Leichhardt Municipal Council, to allow the people of the municipality to see excellence in acoustic music, performed by the best of artists, both local and international. Bringing people of all ages together, the festival aims to create community bonds, encourage music and performing arts and celebrate inclusiveness It is designed to become self funding and serve as a model for urban music events.
http://www.acousticafestival.com.au/
Support local music - See you there!!
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Sonic News 17/04/2008
Sounds
With so much great music arriving each week, the featured record slot is becoming a tough choice. But the next two weeks have been decided; Sideways Through Sound 24/04 will focus on the incredible 'surreal cinema for the ears' of Salome Dupree:
n o c t u r n e c h a n t s m o d e r n e & f r e e - f o r m - i m p r o v i s a t i o n s under a c o s m o g e n i c d o m e of s o u n d
_________________________debut album : salome dupree's aural picture book_____ extended songstructures with myriads of travel-noises, narrating a mysterious journey___________ packaged exclusively in gatefold miniature album papersleeve__ with bird-cut-out in transparent slipcase_____________________/ we named our musical adventure "salome dupree", after a long-forgotten spiritual medium____ we, that is stefane tachvighi & silvie penelope, based in münchen germany, recording conceptual albums and creating theatrical performances____ both singing and playing eastern & western instruments and curiosa____ live surrounded by an obscure army of small loudspeakers embracing room and audience with tapecollages of strange & otherwordly aural sceneries, around & overhead____ the performances are complemented by projections of modified laterna magicas on weaving gaze-streams____
http://www.myspace.com/salomedupree
and the featured album for 01/05 is a secret (until next week at least), but here's what they look like...
Shadowy eh?!?!... stay tuned folks...
Live
Support your local music scene!! Get in touch at if you want to play:
http://www.myspace.com/getyourspace
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Sonic News... is back.... 10/04/2008
History...
Conspicuous by it's absence but not that there's been no news recently, but a combination of sickness and computer challenges had put Thee Sonic Assassin out of action for a couple of weeks...
But we are back!! There's a lot, so pour yourself another glass and get comfy...
New Time New Sting
At the top of this page you will see a new addition. Click on the Sideways Through Sound musical note to hear the dulcet Northern tones of Thee Sonic Assassin... "from deep within the corridors..." etc etc
Also a quick recap to mention that on Sideways Through Sound over the last couple of shows we've had some outstanding musical guests, including; The Hazelman Brothers, Arrowwood, Brethren Of The Free Spirit, Whysp, Young Werther, The See See, Birds & Batteries and Thirty Pounds Of Bone.
Thee Sonic Assassin thanks you all...
And the bar has been set extremely high as usual by the incredible folks who have been under the bleary-eyed gaze of the featured album spot. On 27/03 we heard a selection of tracks from the exquisite 'Blue' from the guitar genius of Yokahama's Kaya Ogawa and last week, 3/04, we were in the truly wonderful company of the 'toy shop jazz and bicycle repair-kit funk folk' masterpiece that is 'Three' from the UK's Junkboy.
Lionshare - From The Ground (Palimpsest Recordings)
This week, 10/04, we turn the spotlight on Lionshare and their brand new debut album 'From The Ground'. Lionshare have been a staple of the Cambridge (UK) underground scene for some time and have finally produced a fully realised album.
Recorded in the 'live in a room' tradition with vintage equipment straight to eight track tape, the recording has captured a flavour reminiscent of the classic Joe Boyd productions of the '60s (co-incidentally Joe also recorded 'Three Hours' from the Nick Drake album Five Leaves Left which will be featured on the same show).
'From The Ground' is more song based than previous material and live performances and there's a distinct pastoral Cambridge sound on this recording. Songs have been developed around finger picked acoustic guitar with flourishes of cello, organ and electric guitar, alongside the terang, singing bowl and board zither. While at times the 'From The Ground' sounds steeped in the British Isles, on occasion the songs open amidst drones and improvisations for excursions far beyond those shores.
Anniversary show, it looks like a Manchester special...??!!??
Purely by accident (honest), looking over the playlist, it seems that next weeks show has developed a definate Mancunian vibe, but given that we are on the verge of our first birthday here at Sideways Through Sound, please allow me to indulge myself...
John Fairhurst - Joys Of Spring (Humble Soul)
Our featured album 17/04 will be by the incredible John Fairhurst. John has been playing guitar most of his life, sometimes he sings, but this is a recent development. He also likes to plug his guitar into big loud amplifiers and make as much noise as he can. His Dad got him into slide blues when he was young and K.Sridhar opened his ears to Indian Classical music when he was about 8.
For the last few years he aimlessly wandered far flung parts of this great globe, playing music and getting into trouble.
John recorded most of his album 'Joys Of Spring' in a shed with his friends in the beautiful countryside surrounding his delightful hometown of Wigan.
John will be more than competently accompanied by fellow Mancunians on the show 17/04, Nancy Elizabeth, Denis Jones, Butler-Williams, Dan Melrose, Aidan Smith AND David A Jaycock...
http://www.myspace.com/johnfairhurst
Australian folks do get a look-in too...
Thee Sonic Assassin likes to eat strange berries, paint himself blue and run naked in the woods at Solstice with:
Heidi Elva, Owls Of the Swamp, Ichabod's Crane, River Crombie, The Frightening Lights, Anonymeye, Brothers Of The Occult Sisterhood, Khancoban, Tiger & Me, Shiver Like Timber, Mousetrapreplica, Tim Ireland, The Boy Who Spoke Clouds, Nick & Liesl, Kissy Trouble Company, Rob McDade, Young Werther, Luluc, Carry Nation, Breath Koresh, Night Radio, Jona Byron, Dust, The Hazelman Brothers, Jilted Brides, Rory Faithfield, Aqualash, Seaworthy, Derwent River Star, Modern Gong Ritual, Handasyd Williams, Tiger Panic, Friends Of Man, Major Chord, The Orbweavers, Mark Wilkinson, Tom Woodward, The Boats, Eva Popov... to be continued...
Huge thanks and eternal gratitude to everyone who has supported Sideways Through Sound over the last 12months...
Sideways Through Sound exists because of your love brothers and sisters!!
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Playlists
Broadcast date 24th April 2008
Artist
|
Title |
From |
I’ll Live My Life Without Pain |
Seven Lucky Plays, Or How To Fix Songs For A Broken Heart |
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Heart Organ Bird |
The Heart Organ That Becomes A Bird |
|
Caravan Chapter One: The Waters Of The Cure |
Aural Picture Book |
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A Bird Made Of Ice |
Treasure |
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The Hunter |
S/T |
|
Running Down The Road |
Running Down The Road |
|
Widow |
Demo |
|
Slow Machine |
Inemuri |
|
So Now You Know |
The Meredith EP |
|
Caravan Chapter Two: Sheltered By The Liquid Sun |
Aural Picture Book |
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Dark Was The Night |
US Tour CD |
|
Better Than Gin |
Darwin Avenue |
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First Time Away/ The Wagoner’s Lad |
S/T |
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The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull |
The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull |
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Song For Marcellus |
Guernica |
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Caravan Chapter Three: Release Into The Void |
Aural Picture Book |
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Little Boy Crystal |
Shallow Draw |
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Come Twilight |
Twilight Vision |
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The Return Of Genghis Khan |
Demo |
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Memory Lust |
Landlakes |
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TP73 |
S/T |
|
Echo Of The Big Bang |
Liberation By Hearing On The After-Death Plane |
|
Map In Hand Pt.6 |
Map In Hand |
Broadcast date 17th April 2008
Artist
|
Title |
From |
Friends |
Joys Of Spring |
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Off With Your Axe |
Battle & Victory |
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Bring Us In Good Ale |
Summer Solstice |
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Courting Autumn |
Courting Autumn |
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The Dorset Hanging Oak |
A Garland Of Song |
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Dawn Comes For Us All |
The Door Into Summer |
|
Some Things |
S/T |
|
Joys Of Spring |
Joys Of Spring |
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See Saw |
S/T |
|
Sunday Shoes |
Off Track Betting |
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Four Water |
Humdrum Virtue |
|
Yellow Belly |
Eyes & Ears EP |
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At The River |
Joys Of Spring |
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Martin & Me |
v/a Bearded Ladies |
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Midway |
Hopey |
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Only A Few |
Demo |
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Bright Lights |
Come Back Blue Skies |
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Before Sunrise |
S/T |
|
Elevator Blues |
Shapeshifter |
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Dawn |
Joy Of Spring |
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Lament Of A Victorian Prostitute, London 1865 |
Allotments |
|
Tiger Moths Descent |
The Coleopterous Cuckoos Collide |
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Back For Good |
S/T |
|
The Ark |
Ghost Man On Second |
Broadcast date 10th April 2008
Artist
|
Title |
From |
Winter Song |
Changes Near |
|
Three Hours |
Five Leaves Left |
|
The Sound & The Fury |
EP |
|
Downstream |
From The Ground |
|
We Think We Have Eyes |
Blasts Of Holy Birth |
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Death Is Our Destiny |
S/T |
|
Doom Control |
Riddles Of The Worm EP |
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Square Pegs |
The Yellow Square |
|
Everything |
Demo |
|
Of These Things I Ask |
From The Ground |
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World Winding Down |
World Winding Down |
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Leaves |
v/a Singing At The Moon |
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The Door |
Demo |
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Passing Thoughts |
New World Disorder |
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Who Knows Where You Are |
On Disappearing |
|
Without Sound |
7” |
|
Birdsong |
S/T |
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Break Your Back |
From The Ground |
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Break The Window |
Slothful Croonings |
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Stay |
Sleight Of Heart |
|
678 |
KC Rules OK |
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A Man’s Love Is Wholly |
From The Ground |
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By The Riverside |
The Folk Blues Guitar Of… |
Broadcast date 3rd April 2008
Artist
|
Title |
From |
Waiting For… |
Three |
|
Cornish Green |
Treasure |
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Shake |
Change! |
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Dead Roads |
The Winter Dark |
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The Bitter Cup |
S/T |
|
Up The Hill |
GPS 7” |
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Tonight |
Three |
|
Like A Raindrop |
Bag Of Spiders & Rain EP |
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Cycling Trivialities |
In Our Nature |
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See, How You’ve Mastered Me |
Hammer & Nails |
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Season Of Dreams |
Sing Desire |
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Blackberry Drive |
Winter Nights |
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The Wind Can Have You |
Hymns To The Darkness |
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Jim Ohlschmidt |
Delta Freeze |
v/a Wayfaring Strangers : Guitar Soli |
The Squeaky Wheel |
I’ll Never Sleep Again |
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Battle, We Were |
S/T |
|
Held Inside |
Three |
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The Sorrowful Cry Of The Final Kidney |
The Homesick Children Of Migrant Mothers |
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Knock Knock |
Static Caravan 7” |
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Jay Down |
v/a Where The Sea Meets The Sky |
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Red Firecracker |
Three |
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Re: Stacks |
For Emma, Forever Ago |