Melbourne-based rock band, Children Collide, are one of the hottest emerging artists of 2008. They’ve just been added to the Big Day Out bill, and currently have the featured album on Australian radio youth network, Triple J, with their recently released debut long-player, The Long Now.
Sonic Youth / Schizophrenia The opening track off what is probably my favorite Sonic Youth album, Sister. I used to play this song in bands when I was fourteen. That was a while ago now and it still holds exactly the same weight with me as it did back then. A true classic.
So, we have a wickedly talented and creative producer and DJ laying down what’s good and what’s, well, not so good. Yes it’s, wait for it, just a little longer, nearly there. Ok, it’s Moby, from some otherworldly universe.
John Lee Hooker / I Hated The Day I Was Born ‘If I could sing, I’d love to sing like John Lee Hooker. Him or David Bowie. I don’t have a beautiful singing voice, so I really appreciate the deep and gravelly voice that Hooker possesses. I really like everything about John Lee Hooker’s music. I’m a big fan of old blues anyway, especially music from the pre-war era. It was so much simpler back in the day. You plugged in and you played. Studios are like instruments now. This song is one of my all-time favorites. “I love depressing music”: that was a quote in my high school yearbook’.
My Secret Playlist is a music discovery website and weekly email publication. We invite our favourite bands and musicians to give us the rundown on their eight favourite songs right now. These are their words on the music that inspires them.
