Music 101 for Saturday 21 March 2015
2–3pm
Samuel Scott vs Stephen Malkmus
From the seminal works of Pavement to the recent albums with The Jicks, Stephen Malkmus is one of the most astute lyricists of his generation, intelligent, oblique and cutting. When we sent Samuel Scott along to shoot the breeze with the man himself, he confessed to Malkmus that he was borderline stalking his hero after arranging to play support for his gig – and interview him on the same day. Listen in to the most lucid chat between stalker and 90s indie rock hero you will ever hear.
Stephen Malkmus and Samuel Scott / Photo by Dru Faulkner.
YoungLife Band
While the effects of Cyclone Pam on New Zealand shores were minimal, for the people of Vanuatu they were devastating. Winds of up to 320km/h tore through the island nation, leaving only destruction in its wake.
Having been touring New Zealand for the past two weeks Vanuatu reggae outfit YoungLife have collaborated with the Red Cross to fundraise for the relief effort. Melody Thomas caught up with the band on the eve of the show.
YoungLife's Robert Arno Rox / Photo courtesy of The Wireless.
Fela! The Concert
This week a scaled down version of Fela! The Concert, profiling afrobeat founder, Fela Kuti, heads from Broadway to the Auckland Arts Festival. Emma Smith talks with assistant musical director Jordan McLean (Antibalas).
Antibalas' Jordan McLean and Emma Smith / Photo by Dru Faulkner.
3–4pm
Fall Out Boy
Birthed from Chicago's punk and harcore scene, Fall Out Boy went on to carve out a very different path as a pop chart-troubling pop punk outfit, leading the charge for a mid-2000s scene dubbed 'emo pop'. After a four-year hiatus, the band are back – Sam Wicks talks to FOB's principle songwriter, Pete Wentz, about the band's return.
Blink’s Camp A Movement
Before Ian 'Blink' Jorgensen was known for his indie music festival, Camp A Low Hum, he and his camera were an ever-present fixture at local and international gigs. Finally, Jorgensen has compiled his 15-year photography career into A Movement, a 10-volume collection of his favourite 1000 photos featuring 300 mostly local acts. How else would a man like Jorgensen mark this occasion, but to throw a one-day mini Camp A Low Hum. Yadana Saw heads to Camp A Movement to experience 15 years crammed into 15 hours.
Eyeliner performing at Camp A Movment / Photo by Zarni Saw.
Introducing: The Admiral
The Admiral (L-to-R: Sam Ralston, Matt Rapley) live at Auckland's Lucha Lounge / Photo by Joon Yang.
4–5pm
The Secret Life of Music Teachers Pt. 2
Music lessons are something many adults remember well. For some those memories are bathed in excitement and fun, maybe even forming the starting point for a career in music. Others only recall diligent hours spent practicing scales and unfamiliar old songs.
Melody Thomas – herself a one-time ukulele teacher – speaks to music teachers, students and musicians about what it takes to be a good music teacher, and a good student.
Wellington guitar teacher Dieter Burmester.
Lead Belly
Huddie William Ledbetter aka Lead Belly is remembered as a musical giant who came from poverty and went on to forge a global legacy as one of the most enduring American blues and folk artists. Songs like 'Goodnight Irene', 'Midnight Special' and 'In the Pines' continue to influence contemporary music more than a century later.
A definitive new retrospective collection called Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection has just been released. Trevor Reekie talks to Jeff Place from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, who curated the collection.
Lead Belly / Photo by Dr. Richard S. Blacher, courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways and Lead Belly Estate.
The Lonesome Pine Specials in Session
Named after a Carter Family song, The Lonesome Pine Specials dust off some old-timey US folk songs with authentic nasal three-part harmonies, courtesy of Ben Wooley (Unfaithful Ways), fiddler Flora Knight (The Eastern) and Hannah 'Aldous' Harding.
The Lonesome Pine Specials.
Music played in this show
2-3pm
Artist: The Phoenix Foundation
Song: Loop of Dalston Junction
Composer: Phoenix Foundation
Album: Loop of Dalston Junction
Label:
Stephen Malkmus and Sam Scott
Artist: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Song: The Spent Fours, J Smoov, Lariat
Composer: Stephen Malkmus
Album: Wig Out & Jag Bags
Label: Matador
Artist: Pavement
Song: Range Life
Composer: Stephen Malkmus
Album: Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Label: Matador
Artist: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Song: You Are Not (As I Are Be)
Composer: Stephen Malkmus
Album: Mirror Traffic
Label: Matador
Artist: Silver Jews
Song: The Spent Fours
Composer: David Berman, Stephen Malkmus
Album: American Water
Label: Drag City
Artist: Grimes
Song: REALiTi
Composer: C.Boucher
Album: REALiTi single
Label: 4AD
Young Life
Artist: Young Life
Song: Music Is Love
Composer: Young Life
Album: Single
Label: Self Released
Artist: Young Life
Song: Reggae Solider
Composer: Young Life
Album: Single
Label: Self Released
Artist: Antibalas
Song: Dirty Money
Composer: Antibalas
Album: Antibalas
Label: Daptone Records
Jordan McLean on Fela! The Concert
3-4pm
Fall Out Boy
Artist: Fall Out Boy
Song: My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
Composer: Hurley, Stump, Trohman, Wentz, Butch Walker, John Hill
Album: Save Rock and Roll
Label: Island, Decaydance
Artist: Fall Out Boy
Song: Love, Sex, Death
Composer: Wentz
Album: PAX AM Days
Label: Island, PAX AM
Artist: Fall Out Boy
Song: American Beauty/American Psycho
Composer: Jonathan Rotem, Fall Out Boy, Michael J. Fonseca, Raja Kumari, Justin Tranter, Suzanne Vega
Album: American Beauty/American Psycho
Label: Island, DCD2
Artist: Fall Out Boy
Song: American Beauty/American Psycho
Composer: Fall Out Boy, Sebastian Akchoté-Bozovic, Nikki Sixx
Album: American Beauty/American Psycho
Label: Island, DCD2
Artist: Twisted Sister
Song: We're Not Gonna Take It
Composer: Dee Snider
Album: Stay Hungry
Label: Atlantic
Artist: Shunkan
Song:Our Names
Composer: Shunkan
Album: The Pink Noise
Label: Art Is Hard
Camp A Movement
Artist: Riki Gooch
Song: Pacifier
Composer: Shihad
Album:
Label: RNZ Live Recording
Artist: Shocking Pinks
Song:
Composer:
Album:
Label: RNZ Live Recording
Artist: Riki Gooch
Song: Deb's Night Out
Composer: Shihad
Label: RNZ Live Recording
Artist: Eyeliner
Song: Sauvignon Blanc
Composer:
Album:LARP of Luxury
Label: RNZ Live Recording
Artist: Ejector
Song: Song for Guya
Composer: Brinkman, Botes,Wut, Desmond
Album:
Label: RNZ Live Recording
Artist: Ejector
Song: Motionless
Composer: Brinkman, Botes,Wut, Desmond
Album:
Label: RNZ Live Recording
Artist: Eyeliner
Song: Sauvignon Blanc
Composer:
Album:LARP of Luxury
Label: RNZ Live Recording
Artist: Xanadu
Song: Neon Nebula
Composer: Tim Lewton, Luke Stemson and Bruce Wurr
Album: Xanadu 1999 - 2002
Label: Self Released
Introducing: The Admiral
Artist: The Admiral
Song: Hangin' Around
Composer: Sam Ralston, Matt Rapley
Album: Hangin' Around single
Label: 1:12 Records
Artist: Rhiannon Giddens
Song: Momma
Composer: Duckworth, Glen Boothe, Arnold, Sylvester Stewart, Lalah Hathaway, Rahsaan Patterson, Rex Rideout
Album: To Pimp A Butterfly
Label: Top Dawg, Aftermath, Interscope
Artist: Bob Marley
Song: I Shot the Sheriff
Composer: Bob Marley
Album: Burnin’
Label: Island, Tuff Gong
Artist: The Phoenix Foundation
Song: Nest Egg
Composer: The Phoenix Foundation
Album: Pegasus
Label: Festival Mushroom Records
Artist: Julie Andrews
Song: Do Re Mi
Composer: Richard Rogers
Album: The Sound of Music
Label: RCA
Artist: Lead Belly
Song: In the Pines, Governor Pat Neff, Take This Hammer
Composer: trad arranged by Huddie Ledbetter
Album: Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Artist: Lead Belly
Song: Blind Lemon, Moanin', Cotton Fields, Rock Island Line
Composer: Huddie Ledbetter
Album: Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Artist:Lead Belly
Song: Fannin Street, Bourgeois Blues, Midnight Special, Gallis Pole
Composer: Huddie Ledbetter
Album: Bourgeois Blues
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Artist: Lead Belly
Song: If It Wasn't For Dicky
Composer: Sam Kennedy – arranged Huddie Ledbetter
Album: Alabama Bound Vol 1
Label: Supreme Media
Artist: Lead Belly
Song: Irene
Composer: Ledbetter, Lomax, Lomax
Album: Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Artist: The Lonesome Pine Specials
Song; Lonesome Pine Special
Composer: The Carter Family
Song:
Composer:
Album: Unreleased
Label: Radio NZ Recording
Song: Umoya
Composer: Fantasma
Album: Free Love
Label: