JOSH PYKE/Sew My Name

Welcome to the first in a series of showcasing Australian musicians...

Not particularly standout or interesting in anyway but I really love this song off his great album "Memories and Dust" - this is one of the best albums for "on the road" - it really sets the mood well especially if you're travelling through regional Australia :)

The point is it's a great song!

Just ignore the clip... Couldn't resist dropping into Red Eye when I was passing the other day...a very familiar voice started blaring over the speakers....Morrissey! Anyway this is a great Smiths song which, strangely, I'd never heard before...yes I ended up leaving with a new CD ;) :P

THE SMITHS/Unloveable

Finding myself:

Never forget who you are, Little Star...
Never forget how to dream, Butterfly...

this clip is dedicated to others who also found themselves a little lost along the journey of life...

Madonna is truly an inspiration.

MADONNA/ Little Star

Train of Thought: Yo La Tengo, Calexico, Anton Corbijn

So my one fellow music aficionado friend who doesn't even live in Australia anymore but I happened to see on the weekend happened to mention seeing the band Yo La Tengo before...a band I often hear mentioned but had no idea what their music is like...I was checking out Wayne-the-good-music-reviewer's flickr site, when I saw the same band name pop up and decided that I needed to hear what they were all about!

First impression? Catchy! I don't know how long they'd last on repeat but I quite like this song- a refreshing change from what I usually listen to- might actually like them...but gotta hear more of their stuff to decide...

YO LA TENGO/Mr Tough


Also, I saw Calexico, a name I had long forgotten but had been recommended to me years and years ago in the days when dial-up 56kbps internet was all the rage and youtube didn't even exist yet(!!) ...so decided to give them a listen but found myself immediately more drawn to their visually interesting video clips than their music...

CALEXICO/the black light


CALEXICO/Cruel


Finally while on the subject of music video clips...this is still my all time favourite by the great Anton Corbijn: wow I feel like such an ignoramus for not realising just how famous he is and how much he has done besides this clip! ie: taken the photos of so many famous musicians and album covers! :-o!

JOY DIVISION/atmosphere