W♥M037: The Lucksmiths and Amy Campbell

 12/15/2008 03:31:30  ♥ written by vu ()

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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.

Download his segment:

Part One: The Lucksmiths (31 mins)

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.

Download her segment:

Part Two: Amy Campbell (22 mins)

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