Radio Active 89FM NZ Music Show Playlist
19 August, 2003

I host the New Zealand Music show on Wellington's Radio Active FM every couple of weeks or so, a gig that provides me with an excellent opportunity to spin some of the music that comes my way as editor of the NoiZyland.com site (and, equally, for me to delve into the Active playlist to discover the new things that haven't managed to wheedle their way into my collection as yet). So, for posterity's sake, here's the playlist from my show, with a few notes. I try to have a logical 'link' between most of the songs, most of which would go completely un-noticed by the listening public, but here they are, all explained...

Artist - Song
Twinset - They Call it Chicago Pt. 3 {easy playlist opener. Gives me 7 minutes to get my shit together}
Sola Monday - Dirge {something as easy-listening as the previous}
Cloudboy - Red Rubicon {another female-led Dunedin (originally) act}
GND - Hip Hop Addicts {request}
Scribe - Stand Up {hip-hop #2, current NZ#1}
Fur Patrol - The Lover {another band who've had a NZ#1}
Shihad - Something's Wrong {another Welly band who've moved offshore}
Weta - Let it Go {yet another Welly band who moved to Melbourne}
Loves Ugly Children - Senseless {Part of my 'rock' section}
3Ds - Hey Seuss {More squiggly southern guitar rock}
Disasteradio - Moog Sunshine {change of pace, after some ads I think}
Dark Tower - John Walker {the DIY indie ethic continues}
Bass Kleph - Bonx {Ah, aussies! Whoops. No-one told me (and I was too dense to spot it) that the new Kog compliation has a few Aussie artists on there as well.}
D4 - Come On! {This was going to be #2 in my noisy Auckland section, but with my previous mistake, became #1 in a general rock'n'roll theme}
Datsuns - MF From Hell {#2 rock'n'roll}
HLAH - Doctors & Nurses {#3 rock'n'roll}
Subliminals - Crystal Chain {Bit of Nun section}
The Clean - Draw(in)g to a (W)hole {And some more}
Baitercell - Anything Could Happen {Cover of the song originally recorded by the previous band. And hell's bells. That's a pretty liberal interpretation.}
Rhian Sheehan - Connected {Since we've gone electronic with Baitercell, let's keep going...}
103 - Tourists & their Campervans {Thought I'd slip in this new one from the very good Chch band}
Range - Forever {An old fave of mine, featuring members of the previous act}
Barnards Star - Gulfstream {More chch music, this time as link into the show after me, Deep, which features a lot of this ambient, ethereal soundscape stuff}

So, there you go. Another week, another show. Feel free to drop me a request if you want to hear anything. You can tune in online @ www.radioactive.fm. My next show starts at 9 Sept 0900UTC (9 Sep 2100NZST).
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