The Lucksmiths - California In Popular Song

PART ONE: THE LUCKSMITHS
thelucksmiths.com.au ♥ myspace.com

Representing The Lucksmiths, a band that needs no introduction, is bassist Mark Monnone, from the Summer-er-ness of Melbourne, Australia (while I’m buried in a blizzard in Minneapolis).

You would think that since I am a longtime Luckies fan and having over 200 of their songs (and knowing most of them by heart), it would be easy. It’s not. Add on top of that, 0% preparation time… well a disaster, I tell you.

Also, the audio for this interview is terrible, and it’s all my fault. When I couldn’t hear Mark’s vocals, I had set his audio to maximum and forgot to reset it back – so as a result the audio is extra loud. I tried to fix it as best I could by applying some filters, but I think the audio could be better.

So super apology to Mark and the Lucksmiths.

PS, just to let you know what a dork I am when it comes to this band, if you type in “successlessness” dot vox dot com into your address bar, guess where it takes you? I eventually had to change the name to “we heart music” as no one in the world can spell that ‘s’ word.

Some topics:

The Lucksmiths’ less than thrilling secret origin
Extra four band member
MiniDisc!! (the first song I’ve heard from the Luckies is “Shine on Me”)
The recording of First Frost in Tazmania
“First Frost” recent tour last November
The story behind “Young and Dumb” and “Requiem For The Punters Club”
The Smiths Tribute album
Thoughts on Tali’s Guild League
About Spring A Leak
“Transpontine” explained
Mark’s been listening to The Harpoons and The Crayon Fields. Both bands come highly recommended, so I’ll be sure to add them to my to-do list for 2009.

Be sure to catch them on December 20^th at the free instore at Pure Pop Records in Melbourne! I would be totally there if I wasn’t stuck here.

PART TWO: AMY CAMPBELL
amycampbell.ca ♥ myspace.com/amycampbellsongs

Amy Campbell is an acoustic folksy singer/songwriter from Toronto, Canada. She came on W♥M Radio to talk about her music. You can buy Oh Heart, Oh Highway directly from her website. It isn’t so pricey if you consider it’s two discs with a book of art and writing from Amy Campbell. Plus it’s in knowing the money goes directly to the musician, not some corporation, so it’s all good.

Some highlights:

Canada and Poutine
Description of Oh Heart, Oh Highway, a 2-disc set with book
Joni Mitchell-description
Battleaxe Folk
Her approach to songwriting
The recording of Oh Heart… and the musicians involved in the album
Touring and booking dates
New songs being written

Also, she’ll doing some (public) shows:

Tour Dates

02/07/09 The Cameron House Toronto, Ontario
02/21/09 Lodge On Amherst Island Amherst Island, Ontario
02/22/09 The Black Sheep Inn Wakefield, Quebec
02/27/09 Cafe Ole Pembroke, Ontario
02/28/09 Cafe Ole Pembroke, Ontario

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