Some Favourite Songs & Finds of 2011!

Thanks for listening in to our last live show of the year last night! We had our fourth and final Intro Comp winner Dan Rolls, playing some new and old stuff and some of his influences- Ryan Adams and The Tea Party. Don’t miss him playing at the Palais on Jan 14th.

Big love and thanks to everyone that has been involved with the show this year: guests, listeners, hosts, supporters- we really appreciate it. And looking back over the year we’ve been part of some pretty cool things:

Voice Fm Live Balcony Broadcast

Ballarat Acoustic Music Festival

ABC Open’s Wxsw Film Clip project

and the inaugral Ballarat Songwriters Night. Woohoo!

Last night’s Playlist, Some faves from the year:

Baby Caught the Bus: Clairy Browne and the Bangin Rackettes

(love Chris in the background of this selling a record, nice one!)

Jungle: Emma Louise

Black Widow: Osh10

Quite Capable: Ainslie Wills

A Song for You: Paige Duggan

Straight Onto Morning: Tessa & the Typecast

Hot Pants Breakdown: Brother Popcorn

Oldest Grass in Town: Speed Orange (live at Voice Fm)

Hey Ya: Adam Simmons

I Want You (Acoustic, live at Voice): Indian Skies

Action: Mikelangelo and the Tin Star

Shake it Out: Florence and the Machine

Cast that Devil Out: Abbe May (for Lauren)

Brave in Other Ways: Underminers

Banya: Majid Bekkas  (for Mick)

The Last Living Rose: PJ Harvey (Happy Birthday Jade!)

(That’s how you Sing) Amazing Grace: Low (from a Late Night Tales comp, check them out here)

Next week we’ll play a repeat of film soundtrack songs Lauren and I put together. Enjoy and we’ll see you next year!!

Ps- Don’t forget to check out Effie’s artwork up at Muzyka and my exhibition with Steph Wallace and Louisa West at Red Brick and if you want any more info on the after hours Artist Talk thing I’ll be doing on Jan 3rd just get in touch- amy.voicefm@gmail.com : )

Howdy Ho!

Thanks to Karl Schenk for joining us last week as Tinderbox Intro winner no 3! As well as the lovely Chloe and Silas. And we’ve got our final winner in this Thursday- Dan Rolls, playing some music and chatting. Don’t forget to get on down to our exhibition at Red Brick Gallery and maybe even pick up some special gifts. More details here. Catch you on Thurs! x

Chillin in the Box

Tinderbox Intro Winner No 2- Dave Myers from The Deep End!

and we heard:

Radio: The Avalanches (Waddya know, they’re from Maryborough)

Loser: Beck

Give it Away (In Progress): Red Hot Chili Peppers

Spider: Dave Myers

Born Under Punches (the Heat Goes on): Talking Heads

I was a Boy From School: Hot Chip

Lullaby: Osh 10 (Soup Remix)- launching the remix album next Tuesday night with visuals too, fun!

Upside: Lisa Miller

Visit from local artist/writer/chef/adventurer Fiona Morgan

Check her out at the Ballarat Independent , on Flikr and in the Art Gallery of Ballarat front window! This is a space reserved for local artists- check it out here.

Technology is currently disabling me from posting pictures so you’ll have to go look yourselves! ; )

And the show she was talking about Hearts of Space

Utopia: Michael Yezerski (from the Lost Thing)

End Credits: Bruno Coulais (from Coraline. I went out and got the vid, can’t wait to watch it!)

The Party: Bruno Coulais

Gold Guns Girls: Metric (road trip song)

Daylight Homocide: Grand Perceptor (for Dan)

Echoes of Spain: Django Reinhardt (for Julio- happy birthday!)

Balkan Beach Party: Mikelangelo and the Tin Star

mini gig guide

Ultima Esperanza: Dresden Dolls (playing at Mona Foma next Jan. We’ll be there, come join us!)

Soul to Squeeze: Chili Peppers (for everyone in the room. Peace)

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December, Hells Yeah

Tinderbox Intro winner no 1: Julio Potter

Lets Dance: David Bowie

Tourist: Radiohead

Mean Mistreater: Muddy Waters (for Mick)

Float Away: Lily Parker

Lake of Fire: Nirvana

On and On: Erykah Badu (touring Australia next Feb!)

Sweet Cloud: The Kills

Jade’s Judement (cd reviews, and harsh they were!)

Astronaut: Killgirls (Jade’s new fave)

Hitched:The Kills

Too Young: Phoenix (Lost in Translation soundtrack)

Taking Higher Ground: I’lls’ (cool Melbourne outfit, prounounced Isles!)

chat with Casey Tosh and Aldona Kmiec re exhibition Lost in Translation

More Than This: Roxy Music

Girl: The Beatles (Casey’s pick)

How to Become a Vampire: Messer Chups (for Nathan)

Sweet Little Nothings: Secondhand Heart

Paige chatting about awesome youth event Rock the Valley

Congrats to listener Louise Duffy for winning the Secondhand Heart cd!

The Blues of Joy: Adam Simmons

Mini gig guide (re-listen here)

Blessed: Lucinda Williams (for Effie’s grandma : )