Scout Niblett

I saw Scout play at The Rosemount in Perth and it was honestly the best live show I've ever seen. She's so tiny and she has this sweet little voice and then she produces this amazing scream and bashes away at those drums. And many thanks to Ginnaz for arranging a call-out. Here are a couple of tracks from her 2001 album, Sweet Heart Fever, thanks to Sputnik7...

Miss My Lion
Dance Of Sulpher

...one from the 2003 record I Am and the 2004 Uptown Top Ranking EP, thanks to Secretly Canadian... ...

Drummer Boy
Uptown Top Ranking

And here's a video of a live performance from 2003, many thanks to PunkCast...

Triple J's Hottest 100 - Results!

The verdict is in. Here are the top 10 songs of 2006 according to Triple J listeners...

10. The Grates - 19-20-20
9. Muse - Starlight
8. Gotye - Hearts a Mess
7. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
6. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (thanks to Indietastic)
5. Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing
4. The Killers - When We Were Young
3. Hilltop Hoods - The Hard Road (thanks to The Sandwich Club)
2. Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails, Red Wine

and #1 is... Augie March - One Crowded Hour! (thanks to Indiekids)

For the whole 100, check out the Triple J Website.

Why wasn't I cool when I was alive?

In the tradition of Van Gogh and Emily Dickenson, Nick Drake is a vicitm of posthumous fame. I suppose vicitim isn't really the right word, it's great that people are listening now, but it's a shame he never got to experience the wide-spread adoration that he receives now-a-days. Here's a little list of some appearances his voice has made in the past few years...

1998 'Road' in Hideous Kinky [buy the soundtrack]

1999 'Pink Moon' in a Volkswagon Cabrio ad [click here to see ad on YouTube]

2000 heaps of tracks in WB mini-series Young Americans

2001 'Northern Sky' in Serendipity [buy the soundtrack]

2001 'Fly' in The Royal Tenenbaums [buy the soundtrack]

2004 'One Of These Things First' in Garden State [buy the soundtrack]

I know I've heard his songs in the background of heaps of other shows and movies recently and now I'm pissed off that I didn't write them down. Please email me if you can think of any...

The Pixies come to Australia!

The Pixies are heading to New South Wales and Queensland as part of the V Festival (Sat 31st March - Sun 1st April). Also on the line-up is Gnarls Barkley, Pet Shop Boys, Groove Armada and many more.

Mila Jovovich

The Fifth Element is one of my all time favourite movies [watch out for my future post of the opera song from the movie - brilliant.]. And this chicky has alot to do with that. And who would have thought she could sing? She has appeared in various fashion shows with her band and has an album, 'Divine Comedy'. And might I mention her appearence in Dased and Confused where she sings a bit from 'The Alien Song'. Here are a few songs courtesy of her official webiste...

Bring It On
Remedy

And her live in San Francisco...

This Is Your Life

One Horse Town

I wanted to make a point of only posting bands that I respect rather than just groups who happen to reside in the same city/country as me. These guys reside in both catagories for me. They've been touring the Perth scene for a while now, and have supported Little Birdy, Evermore, End Of Fashion and Emiliana Torrini. I've seen them perform live a few times and it never gets old, and not just because their lead singer/guitarist, Sascha Ion, is incredibly hot. They're a solid team.

Here are a couple of tunes from their Information EP...

Information
On The Patch

*Katherine Moennig*

Ever wondered what music your favourite artists listen to? I'm going to do a series of posts on music listened to by various 'celebritities' of music, film, tv and other random artists. Part 1 is dedicated to everybody's favourite actress from Showtime/Channel 7's The L Word, Katherine Moennig. And guess what? As well as The Killers and The Pixies, it seems Kate is also a fan of Aussie band, CutCopy!
Here's an interview with them from Triple J...

Cut Copy Interview

The Killers - When You Were Young
The Pixies - Caribou

In an interview from http://www.thelword-fr.net/, Kate says her dream role would be to play Patti Smith. Here's hoping...

Elephant Parade

Sickly sweet, but in a good way. These guys are like fairy floss and puppy dogs, and, somehow, they make it work. This is my favourite song of there's so far...thanks to You Ain't No Picasso.

Goodbye

New Be Good Tanyas Album!

The Be Good Tanyas are a unique Canadian country/folk threesome. Their new album is titled, Hello Love. I discovered these guys through watching The L Word (on which Frazey Ford appears briefly [as mentioned in a previous post]) and from my girlfriend's love of Jolie Holland (former BGTs band member).

Americana.com offers a review of the album. Here's a taste...
"Their latest album, Hello Love, is a wonderful, dreamy, funky, airy thing that I find delicious and habit forming. The Be Good Tanyas are not meat-and-potatoes kind of Americana music. But, for those raised at a table where your serving of Neil Young could be seasoned with a shaker full of Prince, I highly recommend Hello Love."

Brian Ritchie moves to Tazzie

Violent Femmes' bassist, Brian Richie, has bought some land in Hobart from Peter Garret, been granted a 'distinguished artist residency', is practicing his shakuhachi, updating his blog and is continuing his various collaborations, including The Mysterious Green Mist. As always, we are happy to have him.

Devendra branches out: Cibelle & Vetiver

This post has two parts. The first is a new series, a collection of collaborations. The first edition of which is Cibelle and Devendra Banhart...

London, London

Part Two is about a band that Devendra has toured with and spoken of with love in many interviews, Vetiver. Very mellow. See what you think...

On A Nerve

...And then there's a couple of photos that crack me up. I have since read and watched various interviews that connects all these people in various ways but these images were the first things that really brought home the realisation that the world is apparently as small as Perth. Everyone is connected. The so called 'New Freaks of America Movement' is a whole bunch of people I like to listen to, and as they are all suddenly grouped into the same category, I am saddened by the fact that this is the way it's gotta go. And it seems they are too. Each such individual people, and making such a point of the fact and yet there is some weird need to group them all together. Well. This is an appearances tribute. You were there, it connects, it's all good.

Nude As The News

Werewolf

Sprout & The Bean

"En Gallop"

Music of Daria P2

Welcome to Part 2 of my Daria Music series...

Monaco - What Do You Want From Me? (from 203 'Quinn The Brain')

The Byrds - Turn Turn Turn (from 205 'That Was Then, This Is Dumb')

Massive Attack - Teardrop (from 213 'Write Where It Hurts')

Drugstore - El President [feat. Thom Yorke] (from 213 'Write Where It Hurts')

Triple J's Hottest 100

Yep, it's back! And it's voting time! Head over to the Triple J website and visit the Hottest 100 page to vote for your favourite tracks for 2006. If you end up participating, send me an email with the tracks you voted for and I'll compile a list of chiku readers' favourite songs.

Joey Lauren Adams - Alive

Continuing my collection of karaoke scenes from film and TV, I have a great song written and performed by Joey Lauren Adams as Alyssa Jones in Chasing Amy. Be sure to check it out if you haven't seen it.

Joey Lauren Adams - Alive

Neko Case in Australia

Here are the tour dates...

THU 1/25 - ADELAIDE, AUS @ GOVERNOR HINDMARSH
FRI 1/26 - PERTH, AUS @ FLY BY NIGHT
SUN 1/28 - BRISBANE, AUS @ TBA
TUE 1/30 - SYDNEY, AUS @ ANNANDALE
FRI 2/2 - MELBOURNE, AUS @ PRINCE OF WALES

Pitchfork Media offers a review of their new album, Live from Austin.

And, as always, some mp3s...

Star Witness

Thrice All American

Margaret vs. Pauline