Friday Night Hype

It's getting colder here in Melburn, so this Friday I'm hitting you up first with the rich warmth of Mikey Dread (R.I.P) before simply acknowledging winter with one of those film clips where you can see the band breathing steam. I suppose I could have posted "London Calling" but instead we are shipping from JA to MA.

Reggae
Mikey Dread


Mikey was the first dedicated Reggae DJ on the Jamaican national broadcaster and an artist and producer in his own right, he did some great work tunin' up the Clash's reggae sound and toured with them also. This track has killer horns, if you aren't dubwise enuff for a full 6 min of roots skip to the halfway point the brass goodness. For any aspiring DJ's out there there is a great little app on his website which amuses me no end

Punk
Dropkick Murphys


I have absolutely no idea what this film clip is about. Guys in peaked caps and bomber jackets seem to run away from one another in a random fashion, perhaps they're just trying to get warm? I suppose if one wanted you could listen to this song in it's incarnation in "The Departed" or as an AFL advert. Which those living outside of Australia might want to do. Still, this song's a cracker and if you don't agree you can pugg mahone.

Also over the next few weeks I will digging in the overloaded vaults to bring you some local and international musical bootlegs and deleted obscurities that I reckon deserve some wider exposure, so set your ears to stun.