HERStory

24th of November

Sun, 24 Nov 2019 19:00:00 +1000

For the last HERstory, I play a selection of some of my favourite music created by local female musos this year.

Songs played
WE ALL WANT TO - Sad Secret
Some Jerks - A Million Girls
Asha Jeffries - Bad Kisser
Thigh Master - Mould Lines
BLUSSH - Mental Health
BLUSSH - Sad Girls
WHALEHOUSE - Skeletons (In My Closet)
WHALEHOUSE - The Bug Song
WAAX - I Am
An Horse - This is a Song
Full Power Happy Hour - Complicit
Adele Pickvance & The Chandeliers - German On My Mind
Majestic Horses - Call You Out
Being Jane Lane - Savage Sunday
Flangipanis - The Ballad of Chad & Becky
Jodie Flange - Drunk and Lonely
Dumb Things - Today Tonight
Thelma Plum - Homecoming Queen
Thelma Plum - Nick Cave

17th of November

Sun, 17 Nov 2019 19:00:00 +1000

For the final HERstory interview (and the penultimate HERstory episode), I chat with legendary Brisbane noise purveyor Michelle Bowden, currently in Koko Uzi and Chopper Division, previously in Batswing Saloon, Fuzz Babes and Gravelrash.

Songs played
Mandingo - Medicine Man
Ray Columbus and the Invaders - She's A Mod
Batswing Saloon - Harold and Maude
The Stems - Tears Me In Two
Gravelrash - Rockbitch
Chopper Division - Cobbers
Blue Book - Good Guess
Kim Salmon - Swampland
Koko Uzi - Koko Uzi Theme

10th of November

Sun, 10 Nov 2019 19:00:00 +1000

The angelic-voiced Victoria Watson Some Jerks, Aampirellas) is my guest on HERstory tonight.

Songs played
The Beatles - Hey Jude
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Bow Wow Wow - Chihuahua
David Bowie - John, I’m Only Dancing
The Church - The Unguarded Moment
Aampirellas - Wasted
Some Jerks - A Million Girls
Moody Beaches - Guns
The Muffs - Honeymoon

3rd of November

Sun, 3 Nov 2019 19:00:00 +1000

The gorgeous Emmy Hour is my guest this week, and she shares a wide range of songs, from Queen to Tiffany to Petula Clark to Green Day to Tom Waits. And, of course, we play tracks from her bands Munkyz Unkle, Army Of Champions and The Cutaways, along with her solo stuff.

Songs played
Queen - I Want To Break Free
Tiffany - I Saw Him Standing There
Petula Clark - Sailor
Green Day - When I Come Around
Munkyz Unkle - Recoil
Army of Champions - Anchored
Emmy Hour - Get On Gone
The Cutaways - The Million Tiny Pieces
Tom Waits - 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six
Neko Case - Bad Luck
Murder By Death - Stone
Majestic Horses - Call You Out

27th of October

Sun, 27 Oct 2019 19:00:00 +1000

Shredder extraordinaire Tamara Dawn—of HITS, GriegBand, Gazoonga Attack and OK2Cry—waxes lyrical about Sonics Rendezvous Band, Etta James, Cable Ties and more!

Songs played
The Beatles - Boys
The Beatles - You Can't Do That
Etta James - Seven Day Fool
Ok2Cry - Genre Specific Crush
Gazoonga Attack - Careful Now
HITS - The Night Before
HITS - Fuck The Needy
GRIEG - Apologies to Paul Dini
Sonic’s Rendezvous Band - Do It Again
Cable Ties - Cut Me Down

20th of October

Sun, 20 Oct 2019 19:00:00 +1000

A chat with poet, musician and performer Pascalle Burton, ahead of The Stress Of Leisure's show next weekend with Regurgitator, Shonen Knife, Screamfeeder, The Fauves and Koko Uzi.

Songs played
Cyndi Lauper - Money Changes Everything
The Bangles - Manic Monday
Laurie Anderson - From The Air
Grace Jones - Private Life
Maiden Speech - Don’t Be Afraid of the 80’s
The Stress of Leisure - Too Much Sitting (Not Much Standing)
The Dames - Junktime
Custard - Love Measurer
MOD CON - Submit
Nun - Pick Up The Phone

13th of October

Sun, 13 Oct 2019 19:00:00 +1000

My guest this week is Heli from The Glycereens. We discuss her Nordic heritage (and the early influence of Finnish singing sensation Katri Helena!), teaching herself to play guitar listening to Iggy And The Stooges, why she can sing in Spanish but not speak it, how she learnt Sanskrit and played Kirtan, and, of course, we play tracks from her fuzz years with 90’s noise purveyors Gravelrash.

Songs played
Blondie - Denis
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
Hole - Violet
Babes in Toyland - Bruise Violet
Gravelrash - Acid Again
Heli - Someone Else’s Destiny
The Glycereens - Hangin’ On!
The Glycereens - What Ever Happened
BLUSSH - Mental Health
BLUSSH - Just Like You
Being Jane Lane - Savage Sunday

6th of October

Sun, 6 Oct 2019 19:00:00 +1000

It's a first on HERstory tonight, as Skye Staniford (from WE ALL WANT TO and Slumlawwd) plays live on the show!

Songs played
The Beatles - Rocky Racoon
The Beatles - Mean Mr Mustard
Tori Amos - Little Amsterdam
WE ALL WANT TO - Passing
WE ALL WANT TO - Shock Absorber
Skye Staniford - I Don’t Know Art
Briggs feat. Gurrumul & Dewayne Everettsmith - The Children Came Back
WE ALL WANT TO - Sugar in my Tea
Majestic Horses - Call You Out

29th of September

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +1000

My guest this week is Deb Suckling, who talks about making musical discoveries while growing up in Gatton and Toowoomba, along with her mentoring initiative ‘Big Sky Girls’ and the forthcoming sexual violence project ‘You Can’t Take Me’.

Songs played
Tom Waits - Blue Valentines
The Specials - A Message to you Rudy
Suzanne Vega - Small Blue Thing
Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
Screamfeeder - Gravity
Brindle - Soldiers
Deb Suckling - You Can’t Take Me
Kristy Apps - Be Patient

22nd of September

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +1000

My guest is KELLIE LLOYD! We discuss her earliest musical memories, problematic movies, and her latest melodic obsessions. Of course, we play tracks from Screamfeeder, and her solo work AND, best of all, we listen to the magnificent new single from her band Majestic Horses: 'Call You Out'.

Songs played
Neil Diamond - Prologue (Hot August Night)
Neil Diamond - Crunchy Granola Suite
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
Hoodoo Gurus - Tojo
Screamfeeder - Stopless
Constellations - Kellie Lloyd
Majestic Horses - Call You Out
Mere Women - Numb

15th of September

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +1000

A herstory of riot grrrl, the underground feminist punk movement that began in the early 1990s.

Songs played
Bikini Kill - Double Dare Ya
Heavens to Betsy - Waitress Hell
Excuse 17 - Watchmaker
Bratmobile - Love Thing
Bratmobile - The Real Janelle
Kicking Giant - Make You Come
Emily's Sassy Lime - Mr. Moneybag$
7 Year Bitch - 8-Ball Deluxe
Mecca Normal - Waiting for Rudy
Huggy Bear - Shaved Pussy Poetry
Huggy Bear - Pansy Twist
Skinned Teen - Pillowcase Kisser
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
Sleater-Kinney - One More Hour
Sleater-Kinney - Modern Girl
Blussh - Just Like You
Blussh - Mental Health
GREY MARE - Mud or the Moon
Jodie Flange - I'm a Dog