Friday, October 5, 2018

Gareth Two: Gareth Liddiard

Fiona Kitschin and Gareth Liddiard during the first TFS American tour.
Tropical Fuck Storm is an Australian group led by Drones singer/guitarist Gareth Liddiard, with guitarist Erica Dunn, Fiona Kitschin (Drones) on bass, and drummer Lauren "Hammer" Hammel. Tropical Fuck Storm's debut album,  A Laughing Death In Meatspace, was released earlier this year in Australia, and will see US release on October 26 on the Joyful Noise label. TFS has returned to the USA in October for a two week tour with Modest Mouse. 

 Tropical Fuck Storm also recently released split single with Liars. The b-sides of the first four TFS singles have wonderful non-LP covers of Australian artists (Lost Animal, The Nation Blue, Divinyls, and the Bee Gees). I have become obsessed with the song "Lose The Baby" -- the understated menace of the Lost Animal original as well as the supersized TFS version, with Liddiard and Dunn's guitars and the backing vocals by Dunn and Kitschin.

 Here are a half dozen cover songs and the originals that inspired them: Lose The Baby, It's So Different Here (Hollie Cook/Rachel Sweet), Baby Doll (The Duke Spirit/Alex Chilton), You Can't Take Love For Granted (Marti Jones/Graham Parker), Flatlands (Mark Lanegan/Chelsea Wolfe), and Neon Lights (Kevin Kane/Kraftwerk).


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  1. jonderOctober 5, 2018 at 12:18 PM

    If you prefer a DL rather than streaming the mix: tinyurl.com/yd38o5oe

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  2. NØOctober 5, 2018 at 8:19 PM

    I've been getting a fuck storm of hits on all the Gareth Sager post you did over here. Guess it's gone tropical. "Flatlands" is kinda confusing as Lanegan covers Wolfe & they duet on the song elsewhere. How about "I Let Love In" by Nick Cave & TBS then covered by Chelsea. Thanks kind sir for streaming & DL.

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    1. jonderOctober 5, 2018 at 10:56 PM

      I'm happy to know that my Gareth Sager posts are getting some attention. Nathan, there is a segue in Gareth Sager's mix for Lynchland that you would appreciate: just after the 11 minute mark, Krzysztof Penderecki's "Threnody To The Victims Of Hiroshima" gives way to Pere Ubu's "Non-Alignment Pact"! mixcloud.com/Lynchland/lynchland-under-the-influence-1-gareth-sager/

      It looks like several people have mixed the two versions of "Flatlands" together to create a duet, but I don't think the two singers performed the song together. I wish they would! "Let Love In" is an excellent suggestion.

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  3. NØOctober 6, 2018 at 4:21 AM

    How about Gareth Williams (This Heat) or Gareth Asher from your neck of the woodpile.

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