The New thing 05/09/2011 Track List & Albums

Here’s what albums were featured on The New Thing Today and which tracks were played!

Mace Francis Orchestra – Mace Francis Orchestra Presents Chinese Whispers IV

Out of Perth comes the Mace Francis Orchestra and their fourth installment of the conceptual Chinese Whispers project. Composers collaborate on one piece by each writing small segments and passing on their work to the next composer to add to it. Once the collaborative piece is finished it is then used as inspiration for the next member begin a new composition. A great fun idea, this is bold and exciting music.

Tracks played on The New Thing:

‘Chinese Whispers IV’

‘Woogie’

‘Little White Lie’

Nic Jeffries – Nic Jeffries

Tracks played on The New Thing:

‘There Is No Greater Love’

‘Lady Bird’

‘Just Friends’

The debut album from the smooth Sydney singer is a collection of his favorite songs from a variety of artists and genres that he has put his own twang to.  Be sure to catch him at one of his live gigs!

Independent Track Of The Week

Today’s independent track of the week was ‘Pepper Snake’ by The Cactus Channel. The Cactus Channel are a 10 piece funk band from Melbourne with an average age of 17 between them. Wow!

Backsliders – Starvation Box

Experienced Sydney blues group Backsliders have been in the game for 25 years. Their new album is a smoky straightup down ‘n’ dirty blues music and is available on Fuse music.

Tracks played on The New Thing:

‘Flanelette Border (Wretch Revisited)’

‘Shotgun Blues’

‘Angels Lie’

‘Emmett Till’

A Track From Eastside Radio’s New Album Of The Week!

‘Nocturne’ by Elixir feat. Katie Noonan from the album First Seed Ripening

A mix from Holland’s DJ Maestro blends classic jazz, soul, rhythm and blues and funk on the Blue Note imprint. Sweet as.

Tracks played on the New Thing:

‘Give It Up’ by Amos Lee

‘African Sweets’ by Gene Harris & The three Sounds

‘About Love’ by Ben Sidran

‘(Sittin On) The Dock Of The Bay’ by Peggy Lee

‘Hard to Handle’ by Patti Drew

And today’s final track on The New Thing was ‘Go Go Chaos’ by Bonjah who are currently on their album tour of Australia!

Be Sure to tune in every Monday from 9.00 til 10.30am for your weekly dose of fresh new music!

Sammy Al

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