Adios 2010

Heya,

Big thanks to Nathan Curnow for guest-hosting tonight, hope you all dug the tunes. Listeners took away the Patti Smith, Solomon Burke and James Brown giveaways, but we still have a copy of Portishead live in NYC for the first email to tinderboxradio@gmail.com with something nice to say about the show! Good festive wishes to all- film music theme to close the year next week and we’ll see you in 2011! x

Meredith review below

Meredith Review

Pick Flower, Not Fight! Friday and Saturday at Meredith Music Festival 2010

by Lozza D and Silly T

This year Meredith celebrated its twentieth birthday, a huge achievement, having maintained the basic core values from the festival’s inception of good music, relaxed vibe & no dickheads. Amen.

Crazy weather conditions aside, spirits were high and musical delights at the ready:

Let us start at our festival end, the finale of Saturday night’s stellar live fare, Melbourne’s treasure The Dirty Three. Playing under the stars of Meredith Supernatural Ampitheatre, violinist and crazy genius Warren Ellis’s trademark kick dancing was on display in all its glory, alongside Mick Turner’s steadily beautiful guitar, and Jim White’s strangely emotive drumming, as they played rain songs in an attempt to rival their last Meredith performance in a raging electrical storm in 2004. This year’s crowd was treated to a Dirty Three first: all three members wearing jackets on stage. “It took us twenty years, but we made it!” Ah Warren… He also delighted the crowd with his inimitable song introductions such as ones about finding yourself in a hole and deciding to decorate, or a personal favourite- ‘this song is about lying in bed at night and wanting to drop a big rock on your head, just to quiet all those thoughts.’

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings delivered their sweet, impeccable soul complete with high energy boogie (what a woman!) to combat the pouring rain.

But what really came through for us was the excellent and diverse homegrown talent.. It spanned from Kimbra, a young songstress with a hell of a voice (just starting her career and we’re looking forward to seeing her develop) through crowd-pleasers Cloud Control and Little Red to Neil Finn, that amazing man who charmed us all, sharing the well known and loved melodies for a good old sing-along and even getting a guy up from the audience to play guitar with him on stage, nice. Then, all our little Meredith hearts went a flutter when he got Warren Ellis up to duet on Don’t Dream It’s Over. It’s always a special joy to see these humble musical icons do their thing together.

The Australian skill and favour for inhabiting foreign personas (a la Melbourne’s Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentleman) was in fine form with the Puta Madre Brothers opening proceedings on Friday evening Mexican style (via Princess Hill High Carlton) and C W Stoneking regaling us on Saturday afternoon through a misty drizzle with his signature deep south swamp (via the Northern Territory), top stuff.

Sadly we were all tuckered out by Sunday morning and had to hit the road so missed the annual Meredith gift, aka nudie run, but we trust that all involved had a liberating experience! And if we do make it back, ferris wheel at sunset, we have a date with you. A big thanks to all staff and volunteers, and congratulations on twenty years of laid back festival fun. And nice work on the composting toilets!

Tickets available now for Golden Plains, 12-14 March 2011, www.goldenplains.com.au to catch the likes of Joanna Newsom, Architecture in Helsinki and Boy & Bear.

Awesome photos by Ben Loveridge, capturing these fabulous artists performing their souls out- We salute you.

We spoke to a few Meredith lovers and will be playing the audio on the show Dec 23rd, and will upload it here as soon as possible!

Howdy

Christmas craziness- may you find some peace  and love in it all friends. We’s got a bbq to get to this Thursday so will be putting together a funky mix for you, including new segment: Julio’s tips for ultimate Tinderbox listening pleasure! Don’t forget to get in your ideas for future tips and themed shows.

Then the following week, Dec 23rd, we’ll be back at the mics for Strange News with our Meredith report and feature on fab Brunswick based record label Hope St Recordings doing some awesome new funk and soul. For anyone that missed the Afro-funk night a few weeks back in Melbourne, the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra will be playing the Espy this Saturday- highly recommended for booty shaking goodness!!

December 9th-Real and Ideal Meredith

Sing a Simple Song: Sly & the Family Stone

Nobody’s Baby: Sharon Jones

I Heard the Marching of the Drum: C. W Stoneking

All You Need is Love: Beatles (for Nathan)

I Me Mine: Beth Orton

Wild One: Those Darlins

Chat with Craig Walsh about his Digital Odyssey, a travelling art project currently happening in Ballarat- check out the website about how to get involved!

The Last Night: Dirty Three

Addicted: Neil Finn

Fall at Your Feet: Boy & Bear

Settle Down: Kimbra (for Lauren & Abbie)

Anchor & Hope: The Dead Salesmen (UB Live)

Black Tide: The Dirty Three (for Adam)

I Hope I Never: Lisa Miller

Lets Groove Tonight: Earth Wind and Fire

Give it Back: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

I can’t Give you Anything but Love: Django Reinhardt (for Julio)

Alien: Paige Duggan (UB LIve)

Great Waves: The Dirty Three feat. Chan Marshall

Vicious: Lou Reed (for Glen)

Rock It: Little Red

Nothin Can Be Wrong: C. W Stoneking

It’s Meredith time

Hello lovelies,

Tonight we’ll be playing some of this year’s Meredith Music Festival artists (like C W Stoneking, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings & Kimbra) alongside some new and old stuff that would add to an awesome lineup (ie. Sly & the Family Stone!) The last Meredith I was at featured the famed Dirty Three electrical storm moment of wonder- can’t wait to catch them again!

Here are the guys waiting for a pizza:

Give us a call or drop us a line if any requests or Meredith memories or tips you’d like to share! 6-8pm tonight at 99.9FM or voicefm.com.au

Goddess of Love & Beauty

With the Nordic gods smiling upon us, the Tinderbox launched its first live streamed show via the intraweb last night and what a pleasure it was! Hope everyone enjoyed listening- friends old and new, & thanks to Mia for joining us.

Here’s the playlist and some pics from the divine Freya Hollick‘s visit. The show will also replay tomorrow between 7 & 9 if anyone missed it:

(PS- Catch Freya performing on the 18th of Dec at Musika cafe (11am) and that evening supporting Red Cent  at the Mallow (both venues on Skipton St)

Playlist-

Settle Down: Kimbra (playing Meredith)

Slip Inside This House: Primal Scream (playing the Forum Feb 2nd)

100 Days 100 NIghts: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings (Meredith!)

Funeral Pyre remix: Speed Orange

Seven Nation Army: Nostalgia 77 feat. Alice Russell (for Sam C)

Under Pressure: Bowie & Queen

Strange News From a Distant Star with Freya: Grace of My Gun

Change of Heart: El Perro Del Mar

Untitled: Freya

Devil Woman: Chelsea Wilson

Red Dust Country: Freya

Ruby: Ali & Toumani

Paradise Circus: Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval (For J & D)

Runaway: Kanye West (for N-dawg)

Mia’s pic: Norwegian outfit Maestro

Dirty Love: Frank Zappa (for Eddie & Zappa)

Palaces of Montezuma: Grinderman

Movin’ On Up: Primal Scream