I've been listening to The Warning and Electric Callboy lately. Both awesome bands.

Floodlights. Latest album is fantastic.

On 03/12/2025 at 13:52, He de mon said:

Floodlights. Latest album is fantastic.

one of the best local bands going around

the croxton block party with them, the gnomes, sex mask, grace cummings, cash savage and the last drinks, tropical [censored] storm, spiderbait was top tier

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On 04/12/2025 at 21:07, whatwhat say what said:

one of the best local bands going around

the croxton block party with them, the gnomes, sex mask, grace cummings, cash savage and the last drinks, tropical [censored] storm, spiderbait was top tier

On 03/12/2025 at 13:52, He de mon said:

Floodlights. Latest album is fantastic.

I produced this album, so this warms the cockles. 🙏

haha 👍

On 24/11/2025 at 15:14, Go Ds said:

This song below is quite different. Then I was surprised that somehow i liked this second "song" too

(Strobe lighting is annoying. Maybe just listen.)

I saw Alva Noto with Ryuichi Sakamoto at the Sydney Opera House a few years ago… so good!!

16 minutes ago, hardtack said:

I saw Alva Noto with Ryuichi Sakamoto at the Sydney Opera House a few years ago… so good!!

Sorry, 30 seconds was enough. Each to their own.

Lonesome, On’ry and Mean

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23 hours ago, Mel Bourne said:

I produced this album, so this warms the cockles. 🙏

yr the man, dan

new album for the drones in 2026?

1 hour ago, demonzz said:

Sorry, 30 seconds was enough. Each to their own.

Understand, but in all fairness, 30 seconds doesn’t really give you the remotest chance of understanding what their music is about; the concert I went to, was not anything like that clip. Ryuichi Sakamoto, until he passed a couple of years ago, was probably one of the greatest living composers…credits including the opening ceremony for the Barcelona Olympics, the soundtrack to The Last Emporer and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, collaborations with artists as varied as Iggy Pop and David Sylvian and so much more.

Sorry to go off on such a tangent, but music is my great love! 😉

2 hours ago, hardtack said:

Understand, but in all fairness, 30 seconds doesn’t really give you the remotest chance of understanding what their music is about; the concert I went to, was not anything like that clip. Ryuichi Sakamoto, until he passed a couple of years ago, was probably one of the greatest living composers…credits including the opening ceremony for the Barcelona Olympics, the soundtrack to The Last Emporer and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, collaborations with artists as varied as Iggy Pop and David Sylvian and so much more.

Sorry to go off on such a tangent, but music is my great love! 😉

Thanks for introducing me to his music 'hardtack', love it.

9 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

yr the man, dan

new album for the drones in 2026?

Finally doxed myself 😉

Hopefully some Australian shows in the back half of next year, and maybe something for the stereo around then too. ✌️

7 hours ago, rjay said:

Thanks for introducing me to his music 'hardtack', love it.

If you haven’t already, have a listen to some of his earliest music with a prog band called YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra)… also, other musicians in that band went on to make incredible music.

With the way we’ve been performing over the past couple of seasons, perhaps these might be worthy nominations:

2 hours ago, hardtack said:

With the way we’ve been performing over the past couple of seasons, perhaps these might be worthy nominations:

Sounds like an instrumental version of Jonathan & Darlene Edwards...

3 hours ago, hardtack said:

If you haven’t already, have a listen to some of his earliest music with a prog band called YMO (Yellow Magic Orchestra)… also, other musicians in that band went on to make incredible music.

Yellow Magic orchestra? I just happened to be watching Rage recently and they played their Taiso. I rarely bother with Rage any more but this song was good - almost like a Japanese Devo. 😂

On 07/12/2025 at 17:05, Mel Bourne said:

I produced this album, so this warms the cockles. 🙏

Of the 50 years on being into music, this is one of a handful of albums I have raved about to anyone who will listen. A very lush sound, so well done to you and the band.

On 08/12/2025 at 17:54, hardtack said:

Understand, but in all fairness, 30 seconds doesn’t really give you the remotest chance of understanding what their music is about; the concert I went to, was not anything like that clip. Ryuichi Sakamoto, until he passed a couple of years ago, was probably one of the greatest living composers…credits including the opening ceremony for the Barcelona Olympics, the soundtrack to The Last Emporer and Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, collaborations with artists as varied as Iggy Pop and David Sylvian and so much more.

Sorry to go off on such a tangent, but music is my great love! 😉

That's fine by me, I listen to most types of music, anything from loudon Wainwright to Frank zappa.

2 hours ago, demonzz said:

That's fine by me, I listen to most types of music, anything from loudon Wainwright to Frank zappa.

I had a CD that I can no longer find, that was a sampler that included Elvis Costello’s cover of the old Leon Payne song, ‘Psycho’…but it also had a great Loudon Wainwright song called ‘Colors’, the subject matter of it being the different colours of the dogsh!t on the streets of his town.

2 hours ago, demonzz said:

anything from loudon Wainwright to Frank zappa

Did they ever record together? I'm thinking something along the lines of 'Hot Rats In The Middle Of The Dead Skunk'.

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26 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Elvis Costello’s cover of the old Leon Payne song, ‘Psycho’

Also covered with distinction by the Beasts Of Bourbon in 1988. Tex looks the part!!

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1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Did they ever record together? I'm thinking something along the lines of 'Hot Rats In The Middle Of The Dead Skunk'.

Lumpy Gravy in the Middle of the Road.

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Also covered with distinction by the Beasts Of Bourbon in 1988. Tex looks the part!!

And covered by some band called Los Romeos Oxidados.

I’ve been listening too all kinds of stuff—both old and a little newer. My music taste is pretty eclectic—people will drive in my car and I shuffle play my music: Grateful Dead—Hip Hop—Country—Billy Strings (Bluegrass/Jam Band)—Broadway Show Tunes—Pop—Bluegrass—Rap. I get a lot of [censored] for it.

If you haven’t listened to Billy Strings, check him out. He’s an amazing guitarist and his band is bluegrass/jam band. Lots of their shows are on Relisten or Archive. I’ve loved Away from the Mire since I first heard it and the latest one I’m liking a lot is Gild the Lily. But I’ve been listening to him for years and love it all. I got into him right before COVID when he was doing a lot of Grateful Dead covers. I saw him here in Melbourne.

Live Grateful Dead. For years I’ve listened to at least one show a day using Relisten, then I can play a show from that day.

Lots of 90’s Grunge—and then the Foo Fighters. I’m trying to make a work trip to Tassie line up with when they play there, but not sure I’ll be able to.

And when I’ve had a [censored] day, I listed to a mix of alternative, hip hop (mainly old JayZ, Snoop, Eminem, etc. mainstream af), heavy metal, etc.

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‘Ralf and Florian’ Kraftwerk added melodic sound after the earlier experimentalism. Ralf Hutter and Florian Schneider as a duet before the commercialism and haircuts kicked in. Believe it was never re-released on CD. Take it to heaven.

Neu! the eponymous debut album. Michael Rother and Klaus Dinger post an early Kraftwerk split. Still a great listen half a century after release. Quality earphones recommended or the inner sanctum of your listening room.

Finally ‘Faust so Far’ . When albums were more than just music. Each track has some accompanying individual artwork inside a black sleeve. I found it rather mysterious and it’s decidedly not for the mainstream listener.