“They shut it down,
They closed it down,
They shut it down,
They pulled it down…”
“Streets Of Your Town” [The
Go-Betweens 1988]
Unless your hometown is someplace like New York,
Paris, or Chicago it probably hasn’t been celebrated all that often in popular
song. But in 1988, The Go-Betweens paid tribute to Brisbane in “Streets Of
Your Town”. It was the perfect Summer song, an example of what was known in
Brisbane as “that striped sunlight sound”. (The “striped sunlight” alluding to
the glare of the Queensland sun, broken by the shade of Venetian blinds.)
Fortunately perhaps, the song didn’t mention Brisbane by name. It’s otherwise
light and bubbly melody barely concealed a darker underside to its lyrics
pointing to “battered wives” and the arbitrary demolition of local landmarks.
The city of Brisbane would later acknowledge the band’s contribution to local ‘kulcha’
by naming a toll bridge in its “honour”. Since 2010, The Go Between Bridge has
offered locals a means of traversing 100 metres’ distance for a cost of around
$2.50. Another tribute to The Go-Be’s has been made by emerging Brisbane Indie
band, We All Want To, with their faithful re-creation of “Streets Of Your Town”
just released as their new single.
Other Aussie bands you’ll hear
in JR this week include Sydney’s The Preatures merging elements of ‘60s Pop,
‘70s New Wave and ‘80s Dance beats all into one song. Blue Mountains band,
Cloud Control also feature, with the follow-up to their acclaimed 2010 debut
album, ‘Bliss Release’. And representing Melbourne are the Indie Folk/Pop band The
Paper Kites, along with a new EP for soulful Rock group The Hello Morning.
While we busied ourselves on
the domestic front this week, the JR Radar was sweeping further afield,
alerting us to albums on the horizon for Blues/Rock trio The Rides (featuring
Stephen Stills) and JR favourite, Black Joe Lewis with his raucous brand of
Funk, Soul and Texas Blues.
English singer/songwriter Jake
Bugg has just has been working on his sound and recording with renowned
American producer, Rick Rubin and promises a new album by the end of this year.
The first fruit from their partnership is the re-recorded version of “Broken”
from Jake’s debut album, which you’ll hear in this edition. And staying in
America for a moment, we have a preview from the Philadelphia Pop/Rock band Man
Man, whose 5th album, ‘On Oni Pond’ is out early next month.
Blowing in with the dust from
the Comeback Trail this week was news of imminent returns: of a synth-Pop trio
from Brooklyn, New York, called Au Revoir Simone and English Rock trio,
Placebo. Both released their last album four years ago. Both have new albums
arriving next month. Both are previewed in this edition. (Apart from that, they
share no similarity whatsoever.)
We All Want To: “Streets Of Your Town” (new
single)
Black Joe Lewis: “Come To My Party” (preview
from the album, ‘Electric Slave’)
The Rides:
“Roadhouse" (preview from the album, ‘Can’t Get Enough’)
Au Revoir Simone: “Somebody Who” (preview from
the album, ‘Move In Spectrums’)
The Preatures: “Is This How You Feel?”
(from the EP, ‘Is This How You Feel?’)
The Paper Kites: “Young” (preview from the
album, ‘States’)
The Hello Morning: “Tie That Binds” (preview
from the EP, ‘Tie That Binds’)
Cloud Control: “Scar” (from the album,
‘Dream Cave’)
Man Man: “Head On” (preview from the
album, ‘On Oni Pond’)
Jake Bugg: “Broken” (from the album,
‘Jake Bugg’)
Placebo: “Loud Like Love” (preview
from the album, ‘Loud Like Love’)
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