The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiartrist

When i was 15 i was listening to some music at my friends house on the new family stereo. The stereo was awesome. We didn't really give a shit about the quality of the sound, we cared more about the volume. I think we were listening to a Bush album. His dad walks in a gives us this CD - The Avalanches - Since I Left You... and says to us "hey, this is good shit". I looked at my friend and we said to his dad "yeah, we have heard them, they're cool" we were bullshitting, i had no idea who they were, and i had never seen an album with a cardboard cover. This was a turning point.

This is an album that helped me cross a genre border. The Avalanches rock my world. From their track Rock City to Undersea Community, which has a brilliant ending and superior sampling, to this album. I love their work, but am still waiting for their second album.

Frontier Psychiatrist is too complex to start to pick my favourite bits... But I always smile at the parrot bit. Now that is some great scratching.

"Can you think of anything else that talks, other than a person?
Uh ohh... uh oh, a bird! yeah!
Sometimes a parrot talks
Ha ha ha ha ha !!!!
Yes, some birds are funny when they talk
Can you think of anything else
A record, record, record !"


Crazy low budget videoclip too.

Hot Chip - Colours

The first time i heard this track in knew it would be on high rotation throughout my life. It is amazing how often i find myself singing this track or humming its tune, almost a daily occurrence.


The bird like electronics, hi-five like bass line, cheesy lead guitar creeping in on the right channel and the lyrics are so simple yet right - this song has everything i like.


colours and colours and colours of colours
(i'm everything a girl could need)
colours and colours and colours of colours
(there's nothing in this heart but me)
colours and colours and colours of colours
(if everything you want is free)

like what i did there?

Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun

I had to put this song up too as it made most of my laughs today.

It is amazing how fun it can be substituting Janie's name for someone Else's. All you need is a two syllable name. Very fun game, and endlessly annoying for your colleagues.

Aerosmith - Janie's Got A Gun

This song has an epic guitar solo, some cool keys and loud loud loud drums... Steven Tyler's voice is huge and the way he does those "yeahs" is so good - feel the passion.

"Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her whole worlds come undone
From lookin straight at the sun
What did her daddy do
What did he put you through"

I sometimes wonder what Janie's daddy did.


Here is an epic video.

Golden Brown - The Stranglers

The bass line from this song has been in my head for most of today. That and the lyrics to Janie's Got A Gun by Aerosmith.

Golden Brown - The Stranglers

My favourite song about herion (and supposidley a girl too).

With fat smooth bass, rounded guitar solo, lovable lyrics and some nice harpsichord pushing through moaning and ambience. The videoclip is something special too with its baroque styling and ancient egypt explorer plot.

"Every time just like the last
On her ship tied to the mast
To distant lands
Takes both my hands
Never a frown with golden brown"

Robert Palmer - Johnny and Mary

I love Robert Palmer, and will probably eventually have his whole discography up on this blog (If Universal Music allows me to embed their videos).

This is one of my favourite Palmer tracks, the bass line is unforgetable, the lead guitar riffs smooth and harmonios, and then there is cutting synth slicing through it all just to remind you that it was written in the 80's, all this with headbopping drums... this song makes me move...

The opening lyrics say it all:
"Johnnys always running around
Trying to find certainty
He needs all the world to confirm
That he aint lonely"

This vid is live, has some french in it, Robert busts out some beautiful improvisation. Try not to cry, I dare you.

Blur - Coffee and TV

An all time favourite of mine - Blur's brilliant Coffee and TV.

Brilliant video clip about some cute little milk containers, missing people, jamming in a lounge room and then drinking milk to the death. Soothing simple riff and lyrics that i cant help but sing out loud whilst its playing... also i have to comment on the intro drum fill it rocks my jocks.


blur - coffee and tv

"your ears are full of the language
there's wisdom there you're sure
til the words start slurring
and you cant find the door"

Intro to Svibe Music Guide - Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way

Yes - It is finally here, my blog about my favourite music videos and songs.

Kind of like rage guest programmer - but I am not as cool as a real rockstar.

Today for entree we have:

Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way (Blazing Arrow)
Great track with headphones as it has some nice panning and some surreal flanger on the vocals in the chorus.
The clip matches the panning with some nice zooming effects.
The lyrics are brilliant too, my favourite line being:
"Cooling out with ol girl on a fat ass date
Find a hundred dollar bill wow man that's great"
Here tis, enjoy.