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[Up For It]
[Alex Pye]
[Wednesday 6am-9am]

wakey wakey!

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Socio-Logic with James has a blog! Check it out HERE

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Wed 8 Sept

Exhibition of the Week: Brook Andrew’s The Cell

The Cell is a conceptual piece of art. One crawls through tiny portholes of the massive inflatable to experience isolation like an outsider of society. Pictures available here.

Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
20 Goodhope Street, Paddington
Free
Fri 9 July - Sat 18 Sept

Reason To Get Out of Bed: The Falls & Magnetic Heads
Hotel Hollywood, 2 Foster St, Surry Hills

This month, The Falls & Magnetic Heads play the Hotel Hollywood, Surry Hills each Wednesday. Aiden Roberts of the Maple Trail joins them tonight, 8pm, free.

+ Belle and Sebastian track ‘Write About Love’ is available to download at matadorrecords.com.
+ Manhattan Short Film Fest: 10 films, 10 diff countries for the first global fest. Details at palacecinemas.com.au.
+ Rainbow Serpent is a lifestyle, music and arts fest in Vic.

6:00 Bombay El Guincho
Serbian Ghoul
chin up Roots Manuva
URA Fever The Kills
Alexandra & the sea Boats of Berlin
6:23 You put a smell on me Mathew Dear
you Gold Panda
Tenderoni Chromeo
city meets the stars The Lovetones
6:42 blind Magnetic heads
alcoholic darling Barb
backseat Darker my love
6:56 turn My Disco
7:00 cakes 48/4
retreat Songs
save our town Philadelphia Grand Jury
Waltz for Richard First Aid Kit
get it up crown royal
7:22 lust for life Girls
Mayor Mounbt Kimbie
7:30 wild leaves Custom Kings
the wild hunt The tallest man on earth
apples & pears Rainbow Chan
better things Sharon Jones & the Dapkings
fractured skies Parts & labour
7:50 one inch badge pin Muscles
shapeshift Dels
8:03 81 Deerhoof
write about love Belle & sebastian
Hanz High Koolism
8:12 None in mind Koushik
oh my god Cults
heirloom Sufjan Stevens
days end sleep debt
8:40 where youth and laughter go Broadcast
I've got some friends Akron Family
Smoke like a fire Bliss & eso
8:52 everybody daylight Brightblack morning light
FM Tan sexy El Guincho

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Wed 1 September

Exhibition of the Week: The Big Bang

The Big Bang opens Friday at White Rabbit Gallery 30 Balfour St, Chippendale.

Reason To Get Out of Bed: Verge Festival, Sydney Uni

Verge Festival features an array of musical and cultural events. Live music, theatre, comedy and film are all on the bill from today til 10 September. Musicians include Washington, Cloud Control, Jonathan Boulet, The Jezabels and Richard in Your Mind.

More details are available at the Verge Arts Festival website.


Arcade Fire's “We Used To Wait” clip is a conceptual and experiential, using various software to create a video specific to you. The clip can be viewed at thewildernesstown.com .

A new day Teenagers in Tokyo
6:05 Half full glass of wine Tame Impala
Curly Jones hits the streets Miles Merril & Morganics
goodnight unknown Lou Barlow
6:18 crystal clear Big dumb kid
beautiful people The Books
6:25 month of sundays feat Elana Stone & Brian Campeau Passanger
Terror planet VIP Truth
6:35 That Beep (Kasper Vandergraff remix) Architecture in Helskinki
How to tame Lions Washington
aagh (Fishing remix) Book of ships
6:50 all summer Best Coasr, Kid Cudi & Rostam
smiling in surgery Crumbs
Board up the apartment The Seabellies
7:01 grumpy Free Blood
rococo Arcade Fire
Mummy Graveyard Train
7:13 say what you feel Katalyst
Transatlantic skank (LD remix) Two Fresh Feat Lady Chann
transit transit Autolux
Marathon Tennis
7:30 chaos New Young Pony Club
Give it back Sharon Jones & the Dapkings
lady daydream Twin sister
7:41 Private show Headman
Giant sleeps Tim Nelson & the Cub Scouts
I met up with the King First Aid Kit
7:54 Pennies The Gin club
DM167 Albatross
8:04 Innervision The Tongue
FXNC The Samps
round and round Ariel Pinks Haunted Grafitti
father ripper Cabins
8:23 walk the line (butcher blades remix) Flying scribble
braintooth Megastick fanfare
8:31 morning ghost poet
robo booty Opiuo
sleepy little deathtoll town The Panda Band
8:44 apple song Big scary
Never had nobody like you M. Ward
crazy for you Best Coast
the charm Maps & atlases
8:54 no more The Jewel the Falcon
falling day Kaki King


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Wed 25 August

Exhibition of the Week: Angus Adameitis Sculpture

Tonight at Defiance Gallery I, 47 Enmore Road, Newtown opens Angus Adameitis Sculpture with steel work twisted in dramatic, oddly beautiful shapes.


Reason To Get Out of Bed: Watch Bjork video

The Comet Song features creepy red skies and apocalyptic themes for Finnish children’s film ‘Moomins and the Comet Chase.’


Brian Eno ‘Small Craft On A Milk Sea’ albums can be ordered before the album release in November. The 250 special editions are available from 12pm tonight.

6:03 Fiery crash Andrew Bird
Meant to be Orca! Straight ahead!
Bcc Buck 65
6:19 gate track convaire
flashover The Klaxons
generator Freelance whales
6:00 Macochist The John Steel singers
Bombay El Guincho
on & ever onward Bjork & the dirty projectors
vigilante zeal
6:45 I know, you said Purdy
Betty The Mess Hall
pretend tough (Pasiobionic remix) Faux Pas
6:58 Knife edge Des Miller
ramblin' Beaches
robo booty Opiuo
california girls magnetic fields
7:17 children of the night Bliss & eso
Fire escape (toro e moi remix) Fanfarlo
run overdrive civil civic
Pixiphony Kyu
7:36 you put a smell on me Matthrew dear
bye bye bye plants & animals
7:46 check the rhime A tribe called quest
it's just the end of the world The Green Mohair suits
hanz high Koolism
wither Son lux
8:02 new slang The Shins
strange overtones David Byrne & Brian Eno
8:11 double shadow Junior Boys
autumn story Firekites
while we're young department of eagles
8:35 recovery New Buffalo
Big cats Halal, how are you?
Baby, are you alright? Ollo
I wanna go all the way The Pains of being pure at heart
Annie Orange tree Pond
8:55 big jet plane Angus & Julia Stone

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Wed 18 August

Exhibition of the Week: The Sound of Red Earth

Vitiello has recorded wildlife and natural environment sounds, even transforming starlight into sound! All the details here


Reason To Get Out of Bed:
Enter PVT (formerly Pivot) comp (closes today!)

PVT launch album ‘Church With No Magic’ at the Manning Bar, Sydney Uni this Saturday. To enter FBi’s comp, click here but hurry – entries close today

!!! is streaming their 4th album ‘Strange Weather, Isn't It?’ at kcrw.com . Get acquainted before buying the album, available 24 August

Orange X The Seabellies
6:07 run overdrive civil civic
comet course Flying lotus
web 20/20 The Roots
6:20 goodnight baby sleep tight Hashbang spacestar
6:25 crabapples Bruce Peninsula
golden sky The Holidays
letter from god to man Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
floating vibes surfer blood
6:42 window PVT
(I know) a girl called Johnny Roland S Howard
Yadnus !!!
6:54 you and I Young revelry
swamp sauce Hermitude
bombay El Guincho
7:03 Annie Orange tree Pond
she's in control feat Kween G Alphamama
7:17 rock it Little red
BCC Buck 65
7:28 Mexico M. Craft
the keys Dick Diver
7:36 all my loving The almighty defenders
7:36 bedroom disco The Brunettes
FXNC The Samps
kiss with a fist Florence & the machine
walk the line (butcher blades remix) Flying scribble
7:54 whats in it for? Avi Buffalo
8:03 jail la la Dum Dum girls
robo booty Opiuo
wristwatch Hungary kids of Hungary
pixiphony Kyu
despicable dogs Small black
8:30 Fire Escape (Dave Sitek remix) Fanfarlo
wild leaves Custom Kings
everyones hip Jail
sunshine Old man river
8:46 alcoholic darling Barb
sky surfing (Ross orton remix) Toddla T
The Seabellies
gold canary cloud control



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Wed 11 August

Exhibition of the Week: A Ciel Ouvert

William-Guillaume Saussay
Monstrosity Gallery
93 Bourke St, Woolloomooloo

Features large, grid-y abstracts and colour aplenty!


Reason To Get Out of Bed

A Tribe Called Quest after party
Features DJ set by Q-Tip

Oxford Art Factory, 11pm,
$30 + bf

Head to communitymediavotes for more info on community radio and the fed election.

6:02 trans ending seabellies
blind night errand Mount Kimbie
6:13 names The Tourist
You and I Young revelry
cherry moon Lorn
6:22 Youth Beach Fossils
FXNC The samps
Kenya dig it The Ruby suns
the girl who cried wolf Plastic palace alice
6:36 the children of the night Bliss & eso
rearrange beds An horse
6:46 bonita applebum A tribe called quest
spirits steering by stars
robo booty Opiuo
7:00 art school girl The Laurels
Northcote (so hungover) The Bedroom Philosopher
7:09 great waves (feat Cat Power) The Dirty Three
what are they running Wolf & cub
heart that’s pounding Sally Seltmann
7:21 papsmear Crystal castles
make it real Pocahaunted
field Mount Kimbie
7:35 traipsing through the valley The Smallgoods
bulleting Monkfly
Chemtrails Beck
7:48 weed out the party Music for sad clowns
Pennies The Gin club
7:55 after hours Caribou
BABY The Brunettes
altered states of beast Crumbs
Papermill Madvillain
8:13 eschatol Domeyko Gonzalez
left for dead mum smokes
OOOO Fishing
8:37 Scythian empires Andrew Bird
Birdie Brain The Fiery Furnaces
The Machine Western Synthetics
untitled Fabulous diamonds
8:57 Going swimming Kite club

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Wed August 4

young blood The naked and famous
cities burning down Howling bells
6:11 window PVT
sweaty wet (bass remix) Killaqueens
6:19 crystal clear big dumb kid
Babelonia School of seven bells
6:26 The science Murs
the darkest side The middle east
smilin' 6's & 7's
papermill Madvillain
6:44 suburban war Arcade Fire
the skills RU C.L
6:53 apples and pears Rainbow chan
tin man Future Islands
7:01 wataridori cornelius
pixiphony Kyu
neon dagger Bird automatic
7:18 change TTT
one for dallas Odd Nosdam
bhang bhang, I'm a burnout Dum Dum girls
7:30 Hyphee Cumbia Mashy P
not a bird Barb
pills Rat Vs Possum
mary Cabins
Love everlasting Jeremy Jay
7:45 zorbing Stornoway
private show Headman
7:54 for you The dirty flamingo
years not long Male Bonding
8:02 courage The whitest boy alive
while we're young Department of eagles
8:19 heavy harm Papa vs pretty
riot rhythm Sleighbells
have fun Bleeding knrees club
8:43 night on fire (CUT COPY REMIX) VHS or BETA
knew that I loved you magic silver white
sexy polizei Black cab
something you should know captains
life coach Fang Island



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WED JULY 28

Here's more info for our Exhibition of the week: MAD DOGS part 1 currently showing at Oh Really Gallery, Newtown CLICK HERE

6:05 window PVT
left foot stepdown The Bees
6:13 council estate Tricky
tiny colossus face Richard in your mind
6:21 the end Best Coast
woods Attunga sails
can't count straight arrows
6:30 ready to start Arcade fire
can't stand it Koolism
6:40 the village calling Regal
turn into (Nick Zinner remix) Yeah Yeah Yeahs
6:49 cabin fever Voltaire twins
dust storm seagull
6:57 heart it races Soft Tigers
7:02 disco dance with you Teki latex
footscray station Scott & Charlene's wedding
7:11 circus of horror Quiet village
walk to the beat Fait accompli
knew that I loved you Magic silver white
7:25 walk the line (butcher blades remix) flying scribble
rain Bishop Allen
tryptych Know-U
7:38 swingsets We say bamboulee
when I'm with you Best coast
you and I Young revelry
7:50 you made me B Rich
fleets in the fog The curse of company
fold up like a piece of paper Arpline
8:03 OOOO Fishing
If you can't beat them, join them Apricot rail
lucky Holy F
on & ever onward Bjork & the Dirty Projectors
bloodbank Bon Iver
Make it real Pocahaunted
mummy Graveyard train
8:43 not many Scribe
tin man Future Islands
8:52 chest peak Crumbs
story to be told MIA
under the table tennis Tim Fite

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Wednesday July 14

6:03 I saw you blink Stornoway
can't stand it Koolism
6:13 ribbons fourtet
mary cabins
starry eyes (Zarkov remix) Spit Syndacate
rockist part 1 school of two
6:30 head first down whitley
empathy Crystal castles
6:39 obey Zeal
6:43 forever and ever the drums
vacation canvas kites
island, is volcano choir
6:54 the highest feat damajah Chasm & vida sunshine
elephant curtains Palamino
7:04 the holograms Fol chen
troublesome houses Bonnie Prince Billy & the Cairo gang
the door in the wall (PRDCTV remix) Grasscut
7:19 I can change LCD Soundsystem
all I want Sarah Blasko
7:30 we built our own oppressors Die! Die! Die!
never gonna see you give up The Black keys
7:38 holiday pink mountaintops
gadget go-go chali 2na
kissing for science 6's & 7's
7:50 one two Africa Hi-tech
Thieving hearts Emma Dean
8:00 grape aerosmith feat Beck Tobacco
Uv Race UV race
put it on wax Ozi Batla
8:12 today Princess one point five
hatchet Low
pink frost I heart Hiroshima
8:22 anidea guido
crossover Holyhead
riot rhythm sleighbells
morning man march of the real fly
8:36 die by the drop The dead weather
phoenix Inga Liljestrom
8:46 another trick Circle pit
tribe Bon Chat, Bon rat
safe sound erasers
8:58 womens revolution Blue King Brown


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Wed July 7

Here's more info for our Exhibition of the week: 'Once removed' currently showing at Campbelltown Arts Centre CLICK HERE

The playlist:
6:00 your owl Art Rush
calling all ghosts Yae! Tiger
6:08 hold on, I'm coming on Dan Kelly
6:12 XXXO (Various remix) M.I.A
6:16 all these things Darron Hanlon
thieves in the night hot chip
6:27 good arms vs bad arms frightened rabiit
CMYK James Blake
under the table tennis Tim Fite
6:42 down on loving The soft pack
Kiola Beach Hot Spa
6:47 for the love Ta-ku
vacation canvas kites
red lights Holy Fuck
7:00 kissing the science 6's & 7's
a heart divided Holly Throsby
blood pt 2 (feat Sufjan Stevsns & Serengeti) Buck 65
7:12 apartment Ben Kweller
Mary Cabins
7:21 Zol! Blk Jks
Alter Ego Tame Impala
7:28 nar planeterna stannat Familjen
gadget go go chali 2na
window PVT
goodnight unknown Lou Barlow
your curtain call Fol Chen
tiny collosus face Richard in your mind
indigo shire sister jane
7:54 stay solo Iowa
lines Anna chase
8:03 give it back Sharon Jones & the Dapkings
the trailor & the truck Josiah wolf
8:10 sexy polizei Black Cab
hurry chops Monkfly
8:18 heading for the cold Ernest Ellis
beautiful people The books
I feel like dying (flying lotus remix) Lil wayne
8:33 we are having a hootenanny The Magnetic fields
the skills RU CL
8:45 land downunder Men at work
fresh hex Tobacco
promises The morning benders
walk tall Kele
8:58 church with no magic Pivot

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Wed June 30

Here's more info for our Exhibition of the week: 'Paint the Town red' opening Saturday at Fraser Studios CLICK HERE

6:03 crossing line The sea and cake
what ya gonna do? Periscope
lova and war Andy Clockwise
6:12 overglazed The Breeders
In between days George Byrne
Kiola beach Hot Spa
goosebeak whale Alps of NSW
6:28 XXXO (Various remix) MIA
tell em Sleigh Bells
6:34 bughouse Reptiles
everything that I want Greyhound lane
6:46 scattered diamonds (alcopop remix) Hungry Kids of Hungary
face my music Wire MC
6:55 keep a lid on Isle adore
Bombs anthem The Infesticons
7:05 gummiband Siriusmo
never looked the same Digger & the Pussycats
your hands (together) The New Pornographers
what of past Birdlife
7:19 sing sang sung Air
then came the sun Brian Campeau
7:28 future flights Brain children
ready to start Arcade Fire
come to the village Belles will ring
all in Skryptcha
7:46 creation rebel Rebel MC/Congo Natty
vacation canvas kites
give it a rest The Phenominal Handclap band
wandering star The Laurels
8:02 in the direction of the moon Wolf parade
kissing for science 6's & 7's
U made me B Rich feat Armanni Reign
blue beard Band of Horses
8:29 knew that I loved you Magic silver white
our fathers sleepyhands
Nigeria Grand Pocket orchestra
8:41 sacred mind Deprogram
this girl Tortoiseshell
inside out dub The red eyes
forever and ever The drums
survival of the fattest (remix) loose change

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Wednesday 23 June

Our Reason to get out of Bed today is ‘Stand-Up Get Down Stands Up and Gets Down’ at the World Bar in Kings Cross tonight- featuring a host of great comics. Entry is just $5 with the password ‘counting goat’!

Watch the trailer for Mr. Oizo’s bizarre new film ‘Rubber’, featuring new music from Ed Banger label-mates Justice HERE

6:04 girlish meadow Fishing
my mind is an echo chamber The beautiful girls
skin & bone The Preachers
sunshower The little Stevies
6:22 round and round Ariel Pinks Haunted Grafitti
neckbrace ratatat
6:32 fader (pivot remix) The Temper trap
Do you believe The Sirens of Venice
6:40 sentimental X's Broken Social scene
easy to love The Jezabels
golden sky The Holidays
6:56 table for two Spit Syndacate
7:01 Mongrowlia Richard in your mind
the walker Gayngs
7:10 Grade E Erik Omen & the animals
O dedo (SBTKRT remix) J- wow
dirtbag Digger & the pussycats
7:25 alter ego Tame Impala
put it on wax Ozi Batla
when I grow up Fever ray
7:40 come to the village Belles will ring
papermil Madvillain
it makes me sick The Joysticks
7:51 stillness is the move (dirty Projectors remix) The Dirty Projectors
USA boys Health
temple leak Vorad fils
8:03 for now Peter Wolf crier
forever and ever the drums
autumn big scary
8:22 Z Mr Oizo
cold hands Under lights
smilin 6's & 7's
buddy & billy dub dentist
8:43 the lunatics have taken over the asylum (fun boy three cover) Ollo
Helplessly young Oh no Ono
records Lions at your door
blind Magnetic heads
8:58 out there Hello satellites


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Wednesday June 16

Taint - exhibition of the week opens tonight at Firstdraft Gallery, Surry Hills. Check it out HERE

The playlist:
6:04 boy with a coin Iron & wine
say something Peter, Bjorn & John
death of a discoball The Sleepyheads
6:17 ghost story cloud control
strangers Reflection eternal
click your heals The former love pirates
6:30 floating vibes Surfer blood
I'm a new man Roots manuva
come to the village Belles will ring
fight like a knight step panther
6:48 new heights Guilty Simpson
jungle drum Emiliana Torrini
Trouble Comes Running spoon
transcending reality Ben Ely's radio 6
7:01 out there Hello satellite
do the astral plane flying lotus
7:09 needle The Jonathans
sore thumb Fujiya & Miyagi
moon Here we go magic
7:20 could be bad (G.L.O.V.E.S remix) The Scare
the ballad of butter beans Man Man
in between days george byrne
temple leak Vorad Fils
7:36 on giving up high places
atacama disco The Salvadores
steamroller Bruce Peninsula
particle bounce cleptoclectics
what ya gonna do? Periscope
7:55 ethyl Dali's angels
8:00 walls Oh ye denver birds
the eagle theredsunband
sorrow The national
don't smile, it's only postmodern Ghislain Poirier
8:23 dead yellow moon mother & son
fresh Hex feat Beck Tobacco
OOOO fishing
last requests School of two
autumn big scary
8:42 open my eyes Rand and Holland
black rice women
papermill Madvillain
lines in circles Panel of judges
8:55 infinity guitars sleighbells
sunny in splodges Kyu


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Wed June 9
6:01 wristwatch hungary kids of hungary
all is all broken social scene
deadlydub monkeymarc
6:14 disruption Spit Syndacate
telepathic head Machine translations
6:25 rescue black cab
what the deal is Botanics
6:35 best friend The Drums
automation Lorn
change TTT
6:48 inside out dub the red eyes
black sheep suckers
6:56 we work in bars (Simon bookish remix) The chap
7:01 it makes me sick the joysticks
all the kings men Wild beasts
7:06 honeytrap we have band
ramblin Beaches
7:16 regina holding hands white denim
Sunday Sia
7:25 the future The Drums
blueboys Headman
Atacama disco The Salvadores
7:38 give it back Sharon Jones & the dapkings
duet In the dollhouse
I saw you blink Stornoway
put it on wax Ozi Batla
let it die The Dutchess & the Duke
7:58 wanderlust Bjork
8:03 Tao Coconot
knew that I loved you (clue to kalo remix) Magic Silver white
8:11 the warehouse Woolfy
8:24 The Boss Dirty Curly
remember Lalipuna
8:38 come to the village Belles will ring
lost in green eyes The Panics
8:48 temple leak Vorad Fils
mary Cabins
8:55 crossover Holyhead
fresh hex feat Beck Tobacco
you Gold Panda

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Wednesday June 2

Feel like some art? Head along to After the Rainbow which is showing the work of Soda Jerk at Kudos Gallery at COFA.

The Playlist:

6:04 crazy lady Sleepdebt
animals Rat Vs Possum
Scythian empire Andrew Bird
6:17 lucky Holy Fuck
the dazzled Crystal stilts
6:27 song for a saint Best friend ever
river Akron family
needle The Jonathons
6:39 Map of Sao Paolo Bon Chat Bon Rat
Fannie Mae The Ooga Boogas
6:46 inert explosions Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
video party sleepover Darren Hanlon
take it with you The Ettes
chocolate makes you happy Xiu Xiu
7:02 Forest Green oh forest green Holly Miranda
never anyone but you The Clientele
buddy and Billy The Dub Dentist
minimum wage Absolute Boys
7:22 round and round Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti
meathead hurricane Knight School
lifeblood flow The Midnight Juggernauts
neighborhood #2 Laika Arcade Fire
ghost story Cloud control
my guitar whales Paul White
7:48 gadget go go Charlie 2na
exhibit c Jay Electronica
7:56 infinity circle pit
tighten up The Black keys
8:06 what the deal is Botanics
guillotine Faux Pas
telepathis head machine translations
8:25 real life tanlines
jennifers enemy Betty Airs
8:38 Arcadia Trans AM
Lovers spit Broken social scene
stashlerz small defence
Stilettos Holy Fuck
arrowfrog electric sea spider
Jumper cables Finale


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Wed May 26

6:03 needle The Jonathons
feeling without touching glasscandy
we didn't warn you Tim Fite
6:12 the warehouse Woolfy
animals TTT
we work in bars The Chap
6:24 western front Bridezilla
ordinary Red Riders
6:31 Alter Ego Tame Impala
Inside out The Ivy's
6:41 another trick Circle pit
Journey (memory tapes remix) Matt Van Schie
6:47 Guillotine Faux Pas
redcoats at the shore Subaudible hum
6:56 he's gone (Chantels cover) Vivian Girls
Tryptych Know you
7:04 for now Peter Wolf-crier
christmas worms search for fresh apples Danimals
call signs Black Cab
7:16 destination pt 1 Damn Arms
wouldn't be surprised Laura Imbruglia
minimum wage Absolute boys
Indigo Shire Sister Jane
7:35 baby Phenominal Handclap band
Fangela Here we go magic
pure Bye Bye blackbird
7:51 winds of fortune Midnight Juggernauts
honeytrap we have band
the twist Frightened rabbit
8:02 blood pt.2 buck 65 feat Sufjan Stevens & serengeti
treading water Naked on the Vague
autumn Big scary
8:14 skulltaste Mux Mool
the wild hunt The Tallest man on earth
goodnight unknown Lou Barlow
8:25 latin America Holy F
In the sun She & him
walls oh ye denver birds
my false matt corby
8:53 year of silence Crystal Castles
hurry up & wait nocando

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Wed 19 May

REASON TO GET OUT OF BED:
'The Folding Wife' uses poetry, physical theatre and shadowplay to present the tale of three Filipino women.

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK:
Feel like some Japanese chit chat? Head along to one of the PechaKucha nights at SuperDeluxe@Artspace.

Our resident sociologist James is speaking about politics, ecology and art as part of The Sydney Writers' Festival. If you're free this Saturday, head along and say hi!

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Wed May 12


You can stream Sleighbells debut album Treats right now for free here.

The music:
6:03 now or never Monkeymarc
we can't wait no more Institute Polaire
causers of this Toro E Moi
6:17 self-taught learner Lissy Trullie
birthday funk Monkfly
catherine fields Lez annees
6:29 table for two Spit syndacate
big jet plane Angus & Julia Stone
I been born again The Phenomenal handclap band
6:43 over it Dinosaur Jnr
maximalist baths
I want you The Snoozefests
wail to god Ape school
things to learn The Silents
the silence Murs
7:05 in the sun She & him
Mmmhmm Flying Lotus
queen me Gable
7:15 meditation song #2 cloud control
Nigeria Grand Pocket orchestra
girls fm Happy Birthday
7:26 J rap Rappaport
dreams of tomorrow frat Massyka Mista Savona
Latin America Holy F
I woke up today port O Brien
7:45 arrowfrog Electric sea spider
babelonia school of seven bells
going back The Ronson Hangup
7:56 as we enter NAS & Damian Marley
wandering star The Laurels
8:03 fader (Pivot remix) The Temper Trap
polychords Matmos
the wild hunt The Tallest man on earth
say please Monsters of folk
8:22 aint done that for a while The Holy Soul
put it on wax Ozi Battla
honeytrap we have band
insomniac olympics Blckhead
8:47 take it with you The Ettes
shipwreck glue Kelpe
real life (memory tapes remix) Tanlines

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Wed 5 May

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK:
'Faxhibition' is a group show inspired by the humble fax machine.

REASON TO GET OUT OF BED:
Wrong Prom is a dance lesson and party themed around the heart and leg-warming classic 'Flashdance'. Get your favourite leopard washed and ironed and head to CarriageWorks, 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh from 7pm tonight. A ticket will set you back $18.

The Playlist:

6:07 hustle Tunng
skulltaste Mux Mool
when I grow up Fever Ray
Girls fm Happy Birthday
6:25 wishes and stars Harper Simon
sunny in splodges Kyu
less unless civil civic
6:43 timely convo (regal mix) All good funk alliance
Pinball Millionaire Darren Hanlon
astronauts Otouto
6:56 we think you're dishy (bleepin J Squawkins remix) B(if)tek
dead nationale Parades
fully formed Great earthquakes
sun Caribou
7:15 remember me Tame Impala
fight like a knight Step-panther
drunk girls! LCD Soundsystem
7:30 baby teeth Bertie Blackman
walls Oh Ye Denver Birds
forever The Tongue
execution Pink Mountaintops
7:47 another trick circle pit
days get brighter (club version) Natural self
Dig Lazarus Dig! Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
8:02 stay close Delorean
I want you The Snoozefests
travelin underground Max Tannone
8:14 The Step & the walk (FILE remix) The Duke Spirit
8:25 animals TTT
black sheep suckers
put it on wax Ozi Battla
8:44 summers here The Woods themselves
mindsapattern Trjaeu
flowers from the sky Dead Hookers for Jesus
8:57 clouds painted on Ghostdrums


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Wed April 28

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK is Open Fields at Serial Space. It works as an academic camp inviting researchers, academics, artists, practitioners to present a range of proposals, ideas and works in a multi-disciplinary feast. It opens tonight and runs until Friday. For more details and ticket info head here.

REASON TO GET OUT OF BED today is to head along tonight to Vinyl Is Not Dead at The Wall, World Bar. Art made with and inspired by vinyl! All proceeds of teh event go towards youth initiative Heaps Decent. HEad along to World Bar is Kings Cross from 8pm tonight!

different light Songs
catcher in the rye cabins
tropic of graffitti No Zu
6:14 ha ha Harper Simon
astronauts Otouto
6:22 wouldn't be surprised Laura Imbruglia
Fader (Pivot remix) The Temper Trap
6:31 put it on wax Ozi Batla
vanderbilt Faux Pas
the presidents dead Okkervil River
Jimmy Step-panther
6:47 The pool is full of hats (spiderface remix) Ned Collette & Wire walker
born on a day the sun didn’t rise Black Moth super rainbow
A sound for two The Dolly rocker movement
pulling on a line The great lake swimmers
7:04 knotty pine Dirty Projectors & David Byrne
now or never Monkeymarc
what did he say? Nite Jewel
dead nationale Parades
7:22 Mirror rim Effi Briest
dusty fruit The Ruby Suns
blood & arrow Golden Triangle
7:34 white noise Jack Colwell & the owls
kill off the vowels Collarbones
7:42 in case we die (DJ mehdi remix) Architecture in Helsinki
flowers from the sky Dead Hookers for Jesus
Tribal council Dick Diver
run fox run (Howard remix) Howard
8:02 crackdown The Maple Trail
drunk girls LC D Soundsystem
goodbye england Laura Marling
17 deaths Lost valentinos
sharks tooth Archie Bronson outfit
8:34 first song Carl Fox
Albatross Besnard Lakes
the good ones The Kills
kiara Bonobo
8:52 stumble & fall feat Junie Platinum Mista Savona

walls Oh Ye Denver Birds
you’re on my mind (remix) old man river


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Wed April 21

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK: The Garden of Natural Wonders at NG Art Gallery. Featuring Steven Vella's latest series of work,looking at the notions of rituals. Head to ngart.com for more info!

REASON TO GET OUT OF BED: Head along to Spectrum tonight for Upstarts presented by whothehell.net. Tonight The Ivys take to the stage along side Sooners and Go/No Go. Tickets are $8 at the door. Spectrum, 34 Oxford St Darlinghurst.

New FREAKY, NSFW Devendra Banhart video for the track 'Foolin''Foolin'. Check it out!

The playlist:
6:04 whats in it for? Avi Buffalo
now or never Monkeymarc
The Fauna & the Flora Institute Polaire
6:20 let go JJ
kowboys & Indians Gonjasufi
alone on this Pop singles
6:30 latin America Holy F
armour The seabellies
6:40 we got it made Tin can bloom
song for Moab Sooners
6:48 tremmel Glasser
fader (pivot remix) The temper trap
6:56 jacques brel Golden fangs
7:02 superfast jellyfish Gorillaz
another trick Circle pit
take it with you The Ettes
7:13 belong washed out
get better than that rapids
foolin Devendra Banhart
7:24 skulltaste Mux Mool
flowers from the sky dead hookers for Jesus
mindsapattern trjaeu
7:38 all to all Broken social scene
chocolate makes you happy Xiu Xiu
bad lover Small black
leave house caribou
humbuzzer Iretsu
8:04 mary jane Astronomy class
around the world Young Werther
8:11 Albatross The Besnard Lakes
solitude is bliss Tame Impala
bon bon solex vs christina martinez feat jon spencer
animal TTT
8:40 halah mazzy star
dead nationale Parades
you dance, and you dance Lessons in time
hold on Apparat
8:56 I'll get to you seja



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Wed April 14

REASON TO GET OUT OF BED:
Go check out the new wares at Reverse Garbage.

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK:
Check out the portraits who didn't make the cut for The Archibald Prize. 'The Real Refuses' is exhibiting at TAP Gallery, 278 Palmer St, Darlinghurst.

The music:

hold on Apparat
albatross The Besnard Lakes
6:10 one second Qua
Hustle Tunng
vital signs Midnight Juggernauts
6:23 answer to yourself The Soft pack
dynamite Des Peres
6:32 phantom anthills Chad Vengaalen
blind magnetic heads
honey trap We have band
6:45 past lives Parades
As we enter Nas & Damien "Jr Gong" Marley
6:52 Osaka loop line Discovery
space grub Editor
6:59 shout! The Preytells
7:03 drunk girls! LCD Soundsystem
the ballad of the RAA The rural alberta atvantage
Thief (bicycle thief remix) Lost Valentinos
You must be out of your mind The Magnetic Fields
7:19 download Kobra Kai
crystalised The XX
I hereby stand Mantra
7:31 hitchhike (Liliput cover) Deerhoof
little mirrors Astreetlightsong
we could forever Bonobo
homie gnomie Batrider
beach town Le Loup
7:52 Blood pt.2 Buck 65 feat Sufjan Stevens & Serengeti
Dead yellow moon Mother & son
8:02 I wanna see your fate Jad & the ladyboy
going to the casino Philadelphia grand jury
chocolate makes you happy Xiu Xiu
Norway Beach House
8:35 never gonna change Freeway
Pauvre lola Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot
8:45 deep blue sea Grizzly bear
train The Holy Soul
hear it in the cans We Have band
her hairgami set The Brunettes

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Wed April 7

REASON TO GET OUT OF BED:
Catch the woozy, resinuous sounds of Brightblack Morning Light at Oxford Art Factory tonight.

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK:
Check out Laith McGregor and Darren Sylvester's exhibitions at Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, 44 Gurner St, Paddington. It runs until April 18.

The playlist:
6:02 money Sharon Jones & the Dapkings
unsolved mysteries Animal collective
6:11 best friend The Drums
piper Papa Vs Pretty
fader (Pivot remix) The Temper trap
6:25 blood & arrow Golden Triangle
surprise hotel (Micachu & the shapes remix) Fools gold
sinking friendship Jonsi
on the borderline Sally Seltmann
6:41 a river could be loved Brightblack morning light
girls FM Happy Birthday
hot trash Tin Can radio
6:55 I hereby stand Mantra
garden city The Harpoons
7:02 tribal council Dick Diver
armour The seabellies
hustle Tunng
diamond WIM
7:23 skull taste Mux Mool
antenna Sonic youth
stumble & fall feat Junie Platinum Mista Savona
7:37 peanut butter & patience Deru
you on the run The Black Angels
7:49 choo choo beep beep South Rakkas Crew
I am a fire Kids at risk
I wanna see your fate Jad & the ladyboy
8:02 memory lane Elliot Smith
drunk girls LCD soundsystem
Latin America Holy F
8:14 I'll get to you seja
about to walk throw me the statue
Royal gums kite club
sylvia The Antlers
drain you Nirvana
8:49 the height of summer The Knife
artificial intelligence Nite Jewel
crossing line the sea and cake
television is about pictures Paint your golden face

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Wed March 31

REASON TO GET OUT OF BED:
Head along to a preview sale of Secret Squirrel clothing Pigeon Ground tonight. It's located at 102 Salisbury Rd, Camperdown.

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK:
'Interior Linework/Interceptor Intersection' by Shaun Gladwell comprises a series of recorded performances and scultprues that investigate Australian popular culture. Check it out at Campbelltown Arts Centre, Cnr Camden & Appin Rd, Campbelltown.

Have awesome ideas for a panel, artist presentation or workshop? Send a proposal to Andrew Tuttle and be part of Sound Summit 2010! e.andrew@musicnsw.com

6:05 regina holding hands White denim
hey somebody Big scary
6:13 too much, too fast Solex vs Christina Martinez & Jon Spencer
sing along mum
6:25 don't stop The Ripping Dylans
darling I need ya Kid confucious
never gona change freeway & jake one
It only takes one night Dum dum girls
6:39 a Sunday smile Beirut
wha-la-la-leng Poirier
lost city of gold love connection
Cheap livin Phil & the Osophers
6:59 Ramona was a waitress (FAUX PAS REMIX) Paul Dempsey
7:00 surprise hotel (MATHES remix) Fools gold
moonlight hours (jonathon Boulet remix) The Holidays
the salmon dance The Chemical brothers
7:15 queen me Gable
lemonade cocorosie
blood and arrow golden triangle
kill off the vowels collarbones
jumper cables Finale
7:36 extinction The soft pack
summer stars Broken chip
light summer dress (isaac LSD remix) Ma
we can live in the forest Ernest Gonzales
7:55 jacques brel golden fangs
now or never monkeymarc
don’t go phantom Jookabox
8:08 under your spell Desire
pouring milk out the window Apricot rail
kowboys & indians Gonjasufi
girls fm Happy Birthday
the high road Broken bells
8:40 my intention ape school
can't stand her now The libertines
when it all falls apart Laura Imbruglia
you must be out of your mind The Magnetic fields
8:56 ready for the floor Lissie Trullie

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Wed March 24

REASON TO GET OUT OF BED:
The creators of ‘Stories From The 428’ have been riding the 428 bus from Circular Quay to Canterbury, peering over your shoulder, reading your texts and listening in on your conversations, looking for the extraordinary in the ordinary. A performance is on tonight at Sidetrack Theatre, 142 Marrickville Rd. A ticket will set you back $25.

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK:
‘Mycology’ by Lyn and Tony is an artistic field study into fungi. It opens tonight at The Commons, 32 Burton Street, Darlinghurst.

The playlist;
6:04 what I said cloud control
sing Fourtet
6:13 little cowboys, bad hombres Fire! Santa rosa, Fire!
Rambling man Laura Marling
banishment Mystro
on giving up high places
6:35 fox Danimals
we can live in the forest ernest gonzales
animal TTT
6:43 Get go The phonies
now you've come home Scullsquadron
the quick mile pivot
do you want my heart, do you want my soul hashbang space start
sandy Beaches
7:03 blind magnetic heads
say goodbye to what Bullion
7:11 coca cola Little red
wayside Canvas Kites
7:17 long winding road M-phases
dusty fruit The Ruby suns
7:26 kowboys & indians Gonjasufi
devilsong redsunband
the loneliness and the scream Frightened rabbit
7:37 take me anywhere Tegan & sara
minors Toto e moi
the oh yeah Villains of wilhelm
body shop touch sensitive
7:50 beware your only friend bonnie prince billy
everything I have Neon heart
another trick circle pit
8:00 latin America Holy F
spin the bottle King Khan & the BBQ show
urban drill radiant city
8:16 donut MANDY vs booka shade
beach queen suckers
the last parade NAIK
albatross The Besnard Lakes
8:45 ambergris died pretty
we no speak americano Yolanda be cool
I wont do it back home Johnny Took
more soul Kurtis SP

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March 17

Crafts for a cause online auction - stars donating items, selling for a great cause! Check it out HERE

http://craftsforacause.tumblr.com/


And here's todays music:

6:06 Albatross The Besnard Lakes
body stop Touch sensitive
spin the bottle King Khan & the BBq show
last leaf of summer M. Craft
done it again Space Invadas
6:32 big n bad Kid sister
take it easy surfer blood
6:39 let your love grow tall Passion pit
crumb drum drum crumbs
television is about pictures Paint your golden face
contramelt B Vampire weekend
6:57 Peek a boo Bertie Blackman
7:02 Our life is not a movie but maybe Okkervil river
photo shoot (gucci mane remix) Flying Lotus
free Cat power
jail la la dum dum girls
7:19 say goodbye to what Bullion
hanz high Koolism
lets go! summer cats
muppet Grasscut
7:32 ex-guru The Fiery furnaces
knife edge Des Miller
venice beach Desolation wilderness
bogota Yucuna
8:48 sleep Romy
grim Yea Big & kid static
help you Adrian Deutsch
the hustle Tunng
none in mind Koushik
8:10 control city of satellites
ghost Ghostwood
how do you do it? archerbolds
you must be out of your mind The Magnetic fields
everything I have Neon Heart
8:45 tower of meaning/rabbits ear/ home away from home Arthur Russel
you cried me Jookabox
fader (pivot remix) The Temper trap
sizzla Mista Savona

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March 10

REASON TO GET OUT OF BED:
Catchy Dirty Projectors at The Metro tonight!

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK:
Zoe McMahon's photos discover beauty in barrenness, but also celebrate colour, contrast and the human body. Check out a solo exhibition of her work at Satellite Cafe, 80 Wilson St, Newtown.

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March 3 playlist:

6:04 boxing claws & fangs
jail la la Dum Dum girls
6:11 Mingus & Pike Ruby Suns
I can (feat radical son) The Last Kinection
blind magnetic heads
norway Beachhouse
the other half The Spirits
6:37 Hands high Koolism
continue calling jonathon boulet
VCR The XX
6:44 banishment Mystro
your blood is in my blood Swoop swoop
long time death The Mess Hall
half right Mercy Arms
7:03 motorbike Wooden Shjips
Harmonics Efterklang
gold canary (seekae remix) Cloud control
inkstains Phatchance
woe is you and me Strange boys and girls club
7:26 I can be a jerk Eddy Current Suppression ring
don't smile, its only postmodern Ghislain Poirier
cloud city Pond
great to be here Ta Ku
7:40 take it easy Surfer Blood
pull down the shades Jay reatard
cinco The Ruby suns
7:52 one race one creed one world Monkeymarc
mr ice cream Soft tigers
8:02 I wanna go back Onra
it's getting boring by the sea Blood red shoes
enough Peach
we can live in the forest Ernest Gonzales
queen of the venusians Felinefox
sleeping through alarms The small hours
the last parade naik
for the trees matmos
8:49 down on loving the soft pack
control City of satellites
a thousand odes to you Belles will ring
8:59 bones A mountain of one


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24 Feb

REASON TO GET OUT OF BED:
To celebrate the launch of Australian Film Festival, Popcorn Taxi is putting on a screening of Mad Max and a q/a with the cast and crew. At 7pm make sure you're at The Ritz Cinema, 43-47 Pauls St, Randwick. Tickets $30.

EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK:
Stills Gallery is kicking off the new year with a group show of four fresh photo-media artists whose work considers 'the enigmatic auras of photographs and objects'. Stills Gallery is located at 36 Gosbell St, Paddington. It runs until 6 March.

Tomorrow night at 5.30-8pm catch our resident sociologist James discussing homophobia in the Western suburbs at UWS Parramatta Campsus, Cnr Victoria Rd and James Rouse Drive, Building EB331.

The music

the fling dub dentist
6:09 Beijing Patrick Watson
done it again Space Invadas
esmerald nova Ernest Gonzales
6:20 long time death The Mess Hall
the call Tales in space
6:30 banishment Mystro
begone slumbs Danimals
jail la la Dum Dum girls
6:39 I wont do it back home Johnny Took
bloodlines Leader cheetah
because we're dead slow club
6:53 dem bomb we Ladybug
your blood is in my blood swoop swoop
7:00 YOA (Twelves remix) theatre of disco
children of the grounds Midlake
jumping jack Tune-yards
7:16 cheap livin Phil & the Osophers
muppet Grasscut
July Flame Laura Veirs
7:30 ego tripping Nicky Giovanni
control city of atellites
7:40 I wanna kill Crocodiles
norway Beachhouse
7:47 Dunkler Schatten Karoshi
shape up Oli Chang vs make believe
7:55 can't stay awake Cloud nothings
may I? (quarion morning rave remix) Jamie Lloyd
8:03 easy chairs suckers
one for Dallas Odd Nosdam
castaway shearwater
say goodbye to what Bullion
notes from a fighter our sails
O.N.E Yeasayer
8:37 creekmouth DM stith
eating Noddemix Adam Green
pull down the shades Jay reatard
8:48 whats in it for? Avi Buffalo
opening a lost sacred door Ernest Gonzales
Bogota Yucuna


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Feb 17

vocal chords Claude Von Stroke
6:09 green room (acoustic) Roger that
Telescope Gold tango
vulture culture Flying foxes
6:22 jail la la Dum Dum girls
sing 99 & 90 Lake
6:29 heart attack Talons
girlkillsbear (Lo-fi-fnk remix) Softlights
I won't do it back home Johnny Took
6:41 hold up Semper-fi & halfcast
down boy Yeah Yeah Yeahs
animal TTT
6:54 edge of extremes clubfeet
gentleman Eddy current suppression ring
Peel back the moon, beware! Elf Power
donut M.A.N.D.Y vs Booka shade
here to fall Yo La Tengo
7:22 gameland Pikelet
levitation Atlas room
7:29 get better than that rapids
gold canary (seekae remix) Cloud control
hollow trees house hounds Cate le bon
7:40 love cry Fourtet
Norway Beachhouse
7:47 top drawer Man Man
may I? (quarion morning rave remix) Jamie Lloyd
paisley pattern ground Black hollies
minors toro e moi
8:07 satisfied Bruce Peninsula
8:12 steamroller Bruce Peninsula
hounds Cabins
beat the happy pavement Tantrums
the afterlife Yacht
8:32 birthday funk monkfly
go do Jonsi
bicycle spokes Papuans
8:42 lost city of gold Love connection
way down in the hole Tom Waits
I can be a jerk Eddy current suppression ring
gold dust The love supreme
8:57 cortort no 7 charlie alex march