who's got the props?

we spoke to kimya dawson last week, and afterwards she wrote this on her livejournal.

'in real life last night i did a phone interview for a radio staion in australia. and i kept forgetting it was for radio. i was talking really excited about certain things as if it was all going to be edited and printed and taken out of context. but really it is going to be me squealing "NUH UH! LOU BARLOW DID NOT SAY HE LIKES ME!!!" and "YEAH!!! OH MY GOD! YOU TOTALLY HAVE TO CON ANIMAL COLLECTIVE INTO HAVING ME OPEN FOR THEM IN AUSTRALIA!" you know, shit like that. funny in writing. a little dorky when it is actually me saying it. but speaking of old friends...me and dorky had the same wet nurse.'

kimya dawson is in one of the best antifolk bands ever, the moldy peaches. she released a solo rekkid last year on k records. also, she's awesome. you can hear her on fourtrack in a few weeks time.

babababa

last night fourtrack was born.
we played a whole bunch of nice tunes and had a visit from a melburnian duo by the name of sly hats. i tell ya, the pair woulda charmed the pants of yer, even if you weren't wearing any!
here's what we played:

ANTICON we ain't fessin' (double quotes)
LITTLE WINGS uncle kyle says
PASO BIONIC rusty dawn reprise
DEERHOOF flower
COLDITZ GLIDER properties of light
THE RHOMBUS night
TERRAPIN it's nice up here on the roof
SLY HATS lips
SLY HATS your old house (live in the studio)
SLY HATS the good ship (live in the studio)
JENNIFER GENTLE universal daughter
TES say when
SLY HATS happy miserable freakin' birthday, stephanoo
PRETTY THINGS this balloon is burning
THE CANNANES vivienne
BEAT HAPPENING cry for a shadow
MERCI - S summer days
FOG pneumonia
BOOM BIP & DOSE ONE the birdcatchers return
REACHING QUIET 113th clean
BLASTCORP how was i to know you were everything
SARAH JANE WENTZKI inadequate response
RESTIFORM BODIES busy boner
MKB 4 yams short of a jam
DJ TR!P what you do
SITTING WITH MICE untitled
MT EERIE wooly mammoths absence
KIOSK sick of waiting (live at spectrum)
MICAH P HINSON dont you (part 1 & 2)

we had fun.
next week we'll be talking to new yorks Gang Gang Dance, who are coming to visit us for the What Is Music? festival. should be good, their album is bonkers.
happy thursday.

a new show!!

hey folks
me (levins) and a buddy, one mr james shine, are about to embark on a weekly adventure. some would call it insanity, but we prefer to call it "fourtrack". it's a radio show. a weekly one that occurs for two hours. pretty snazzy, no?
we were asked to describe the sounds we will be playing, so we told them "two hours of experimental lo-fi, ma'am". i guess that's pretty open. the kinda shit you can hear will be everything from beat down folk to leftfield hip hop. also post punk, indie, noise and maybe a little glitchiness.
fourtack begins this wednesday the 23rd at midnight, and continues into thursday the 24th.
because it's the first show, we'll be playing our favourite songs to give you a fairly good idea of what we're into, and as the weeks progress there'll be interviews with some of our most envied musicians, including adem of fridge, kimya dawson of the moldy peaches, why?, sixtoo and lou barlow of sebadoh. some nice people may even come and guest program sometimes!
we think it will be pretty fun. tune in why not?

fourtrack
two hours of experimental lo-fi
wednesdays from midnight
on sydney's FBi 94.5fm

we also gots us a forum here.
plus a livejournal account, should you also have one and wish to add us to your list of friends.
go cheggidout.

love from us.

ps. we're listening to the mush ropeladder 12" as we type. it's plenty good. james got it for just five bucks! and i had to pay ten like a right sucker. aw.