<3 This week on Magic Portals we listen to The Cure, a band in which i have only just gotten into after years of being told about them by my friend.  Faith is the third studio album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released on 14 April 1981 by record label Fiction. Preceded by the single “Primary”, the album was a commercial success in the UK, peaking at number 14 and staying in the albums chart for 8 weeks. It was mostly well received. Faith saw the Cure continuing in the gloomy vein of 1980’s Seventeen Seconds, which would conclude with the band’s next album, Pornography.  Much of Faith was written in the studio. At least two songs on the album, “All Cats Are Grey” and “The Drowning Man”, were inspired by the Gormenghast novels of Mervyn Peake. Faith was the first album by the Cure to feature six-string bass guitar; “All Cats Are Grey” features Smith on keyboards and piano, with no guitar at all. The front cover, designed by former and future member Porl Thompson, is a picture of Bolton Priory in the village of Bolton Abbey in the fog. The instrumental piece “Carnage Visors” (an antonym for rose-coloured spectacles; originally available only on the long-play cassette release) is the soundtrack to Carnage Visors, a short film by Ric Gallup, Simon Gallup’s brother, that was screened at the beginning of shows in place of a support band on the 1981 Picture Tour, and featured animation of several dolls in different positions and stances. The film has since disappeared, and only Smith, Lol Tolhurst and Simon Gallup own copies of it, though during a televised interview in the mid-1980s, the host of the program surprised the band by playing a clip of the film on set. document.createElement('audio'); http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Episode-56_mixdown.mp3 Ep 56 00:01:51 – The Cure – Doubt (RS Home Demo) 00:02:56 – The Cure – The Holy Hour 00:08:49 – The Cure – Primary 00:13:16 – The Cure – Other Voices 00:18:35 – The Cure – All Cats Are Grey 00:25:20 – The Cure – In Your House 00:30:53 – The Cure – Doubt 00:34:38 – The Cure – The Funeral Party 00:39:40 – The Cure – Faith 00:47:09 – The Cure – The Drowning Man 00:51:52 – The Cure – Faith (Live)   Transitional Audio Clips Inception (2010)  – Dream Sequence, Marion Cotillard The Matrix (1999) – The Pill Scene Memoirs Of A Geisha (2005) – Various Scenes The post Faith appeared first on Magic Portals.

<3 This week on Magic Portals we listen to EVOL by Sonic Youth (it’s one of my favourite albums). EVOL is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released in May 1986 by SST Records, the band’s first release on the label. The album is notable for being the first with a new drummer, Steve Shelley, replacing Bob Bert. This is an incredible album in terms of the guitar playing. It’s on point and this album doesn’t disappoint, if your in the mood to listen to some punk rock songs then give this a listen <3 Despite not being successful at the time, the album has received retrospective praise. Pitchfork said that EVOL ” was where the seeds of greatness were sown”, and placed the album 31st on their Top 100 Albums of the 1980s list, alongside Sonic Youth’s next two albums, Sister and Daydream Nation, which ranked 14th and first, respectively. The album cover features a picture of model/actress Lung Leg, a still taken from Submit to Me. Leg had previously appeared in the “Death Valley ’69” music video. The back cover shows a black-and-white picture of the band in a heart-shaped frame. The album’s 10 songs are listed in a different order than the actual track listing. The members’ names are listed on the back cover as well, although no instruments are assigned for them. It reads “guitars, vocals, drums”, with “bass” hidden beneath the photograph of the band. The insert features the lyrics to the songs and the A-side depicts Thurston Moore, with eyes drawn on his hands, holding them up to his face. This photograph was later used for the cover of the “Starpower” single. The other side contains pictures from horror movies Friday the 13th Part 2 and Children of the Corn, with a blacked-out image of two ladies in the upper right corner. http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Episode-55.mp3 Ep 55 00:01:37 – Sonic Youth – Death To Our Friends 00:05:29 – Sonic Youth – Tom Violence 00:08:47 – Sonic Youth – Shadow Of A Doubt 00:12:38 – Sonic Youth – Starpower 00:17:56 – Sonic Youth – In The Kingdom #19 00:21:49 – Sonic Youth – Green Light 00:26:10 – Sonic Youth – Secret Girls 00:30:05 – Sonic Youth – Marilyn Moore 00:34:59 – Sonic Youth – Madonna Sean and Me 00:43:10 – Charlie – Spacer Woman (Original Mix) 00:52:04 – Minty – Useless Man   Transitional Audio Clips Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937) – Various Scenes Sleeping Beauty (1959) – Maleficent’s Gift of Death The post EVOL appeared first on Magic Portals.

<3 This week on Magic Portals we hear from House Tornado, an album by the alternative rock band Throwing Muses. Produced by Gary Smith and engineered by Paul Kolderie, it was recorded at Fort Apache Studios in Cambridge, MA. The album was released in 1988 internationally on the 4AD label, except in the United States, where it was released by Sire Records. Sire used a different album cover for its release, as the label was putting a strong promotional push behind the band, and label executives favoured a picture of the band over the collage featured on the 4AD release. The 4AD CD release also features six of the seven tracks from the band’s 1987 EP The Fat Skier. (The seventh track was not deemed essential for CD release, as it was a re-issue of “Soul Soldier” from the band’s debut album, followed by an ambient field recording of the band talking in a park.) The Sire release did not feature these six songs, and therefore these songs have never been released on CD in the USA. http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/04/Episode-54_mixdown.mp3 Ep 54 00:00:25 – Throwing Muses – Colder 00:04:25 – Throwing Muses – Mexican Women 00:08:28 – Throwing Muses – River 00:13:21 – Throwing Muses – Juno 00:16:34 – Throwing Muses – Run Letter 00:24:13 – Throwing Muses – Saving Grace 00:27:17 – Throwing Muses – Drive 00:31:20 – Throwing Muses – Downtown 00:39:46 – Throwing Muses – Giant 00:55:20 – Throwing Muses – Walking In The Dark   Transitional Audio Clips Occupation Native – Indigenous Documentary The traditional owners of this land, held captive by British settlers.   The post House Tornado appeared first on Magic Portals.

<3 This Week we will have round two of the mixtape. We will hear from a variety of artists old and new mixed into an hour of non stop tunes. Tracklist below <3 http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Episode-53.mp3   Ep 53 00:01:44 – Deborah Cox – Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here (Dance Mix) 00:05:26 – Neo Boys – Crumbling Myths EP 00:13:51 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Abala Barlawa (Everything was at Peace) 00:18:19 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Two Worlds Collide 00:23:05 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Warmala (Young Girls Song) 00:27:40 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Ngurra (Rain Song) 00:30:51 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Ngabaju (Grandmothers Song) 00:35:28 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Ngurrmarla (Love Song) 00:39:44 – Kardajala Kirridarra – Kirridarra (Womens Song) 00:43:19 – Diana Ross & The Supremes – You Keep Me Hangin’ On 00:45:59 – Cheryl Lynn – Got To Be Real 00:49:41 – Wipers – Better Off Dead 00:51:49 – Marina And The Diamonds – Numb 00:56:00 – Banoffee – Ripe   Transitional Audio Clips Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone (2001) – Levitation Scene     The post Mixtape #2 appeared first on Magic Portals.

<3 This week on Magic Portals we hear from Garlands, the debut studio album by Scottish alternative rock band Cocteau Twins, released 1 September 1982 on 4AD, It peaked in the UK Independent Top 5, and received support from BBC Radio 1 radio host John Peel. Garlands is the only album with original bassist Will Heggie. Gordon Sharp of Cindytalk provided backup vocals on “Dear Heart”, “Hearsay Please”, and “Hazel”. Cat People is a 1942 horror film produced by Val Lewton and directed by Jacques Tourneur. DeWitt Bodeen wrote the original screenplay, which was based on Val Lewton’s short story The Bagheeta, published in 1930. The film stars Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph and Tom Conway. In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. Cat People tells the story of a young Serbian woman, Irena, who believes herself to be a descendant of a race of people who turn into cats when sexually aroused or deeply angered. http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/03/Episode-52.mp3   Ep 52 00:01:02 – Cocteau Twins – Blood Bitch 00:06:00 – Cocteau Twins – Wax and Wane 00:09:55 – Cocteau Twins – But I’m Not 00:13:12 – Cocteau Twins – Blind Dumb Deaf 00:17:29 – Cocteau Twins – Shallow Then Halo 00:23:15 – Cocteau Twins – The Hollow Man 00:28:47 – Cocteau Twins – Garlands 00:34:20 – Cocteau Twins – Grail Overfloweth 00:40:30 – Cocteau Twins – Dear Heart 00:44:20 – Cocteau Twins – Hearsay Please   Transitional Audio Clips Cat People (1942) – Various Clips     The post Garlands appeared first on Magic Portals.

<3 Carrying on from last week’s show we listen to Holidays in Europe (The Naughty Nought) which is the second and last studio album by the Icelandic post-punk group Kukl, released on January 24, 1986 by Crass Records. The album was recorded at Southern Studios in London between October 1984 and October 1985 and was produced by Penny Rimbaud of Crass and engineered by Mel Jefferson. The album was more complex in comparison to its predecessor The Eye, with greater use of electronic noise and distorted samples and keyboards. Again this is an incredible album by the iconic band who express themselves in an experimental way, even though the album has heavy punk rock roots it delves much further than your typical punk record, it is by all sense of the word unique <3 http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/02/Episode-51_mixdown.mp3 Episode 51 00:03:02 – KUKL – Outward Flight (Psalm 323) 00:06:48 – KUKL – France (A Mutual Thrill) 00:13:16 – KUKL – Gibraltar (Copy The Neighbour) 00:23:41 – KUKL – Greece (Just By The Book) 00:35:40 – KUKL – England (Zro) 00:48:20 – KUKL – Holland (Latent) 00:52:50 – KUKL – Aegean (Vials Of Wrath) 00:57:00 – KUKL – The Homecoming (The Night)   Transitional Audio Clips The Little Mermaid (1989) – Part Of Your World The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – Faye Reads Brandi Transgender at 11 Listening to Jazz Jennings 2020 ABC News – YouTube Tiwi Islands Sistagirls attend the Sydney Mardi Gras – YouTube       The post Holidays In Europe (The Naughty Nought) appeared first on Magic Portals.

<3 This week on Magic Portals we continue hearing from Bjork, but Bjork in 1980. The Eye is the debut studio album by the Icelandic post-punk band Kukl. It was released in September 1984 by Crass Records. The album peaked at No. 6 in the UK Independent Albums Chart. The Eye was recorded at Southern Studios in January 1984. It was produced by Crass member Penny Rimbaud and engineered by Tony Cook. The cover art was designed by Dada Nana. It was named after Björk’s favourite book, Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille (1928), an intense story about a young French couple involved in sexual perversions and violent behaviours. The album included “Dismembered”, a new version of the band’s first single, “Söngull” (1983), with most of the guitars replaced by pipes and bells. We also hear from songs off their second album Holidays In Europe. Azealia Banks (born May 31, 1991) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress. Raised in the Harlem neighbourhood of New York City, Banks began releasing music through Myspace in 2008, eventually being signed to XL Recordings at age 17. After releasing her debut single “212”, she secured a recording contract with Interscope and Polydor Records, and later released her first extended play 1991 (2012). Banks’ debut studio album, Broke with Expensive Taste, experienced several delays since its initial announcement before being released in 2014. In 2016, she released the mixtape Slay-Z. Her second studio album is Fantasea II: The Second Wave. Banks’ outspoken views and controversial social media presence have been the subject of media attention throughout her career… she rules! House Tornado is an album by the alternative rock band Throwing Muses. Produced by Gary Smith and engineered by Paul Kolderie, it was recorded at Fort Apache Studios in Cambridge, MA. The album was released in 1988 internationally on the 4AD label, except in the United States, where it was released by Sire Records. Sire used a different album cover for its release, as the label was putting a strong promotional push behind the band, and label executives favoured a picture of the band over the collage featured on the 4AD release. <3   Ep 50 00:00:24 – Kukl – Assassin 00:04:44 – Kukl – Open The Window And Let The Spirit Fly Free 00:07:31 – Kukl – Dismembered 00:12:34 – Azealia Banks – Escapades 00:17:10 – Azealia Banks – The Big Big Beat 00:26:32 – Kukl – France (A Mutual Thrill) 00:31:41 – Kukl – Gibraltar (Copy The Neighbour) 00:36:26 – Azealia Banks – Ice Princess 00:40:02 – Kukl – Holland (Latent) 00:44:30 – Azealia Banks – Neptune 00:48:23 – Azealia Banks – Ima Read 00:49:18 – Azealia Banks – Fierce 00:52:17 – Throwing Muses – River 00:56:10 – Throwing Muses – Juno 00:58:06 – Throwing Muses – Saving Grace http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/01/Episode-50-The-Eye.mp3 Transitional Audio Clips The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills – The Dinner Party From Hell Azealia Banks talks white female rap – YouTube Taylor Armstrong and Camille Grammer – But Now We Do   The post Kukl appeared first on Magic Portals.

<3 This week and continuing on from last show we hear from the 1991 Throwing Muses album, The Real Ramona. Released in 1991, it was the last album recorded by the band before the departure of founding member Tanya Donelly. The album marked the end of a time for the band, and a transition into a new one. The band’s two heavyweights, Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly, had been the anchor holding the entire group down. After this album, Donelly left and formed Belly, taking the bassist on this album, Fred Abong, along with her. Hence, the album can be seen as an epitaph to the early days of the band. Paris Is Burning is the 1990 film that chronicles the New York’s drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality. Directed by Jennie Livingston and filmed in the mid-to-late 1980s, it chronicles the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it. Some critics consider the film to be an invaluable documentary of the end of the “Golden Age” of New York City drag balls, and a thoughtful exploration of race, class, gender, and sexuality in America. <3 http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/01/Episode-49.mp3 Ep 49 00:00:53 – Throwing Muses – Counting Backwards 00:04:34 – Throwing Muses – Him Dancing 00:06:21 – Throwing Muses – Red Shoes 00:10:10 – Throwing Muses – Graffiti 00:13:10 – Throwing Muses – Golden Thing 00:16:15 – Throwing Muses – Ellen West 00:19:40 – Throwing Muses – Dylan 00:21:33 – Throwing Muses – Hook In Her Head 00:28:41 – Throwing Muses – Not Too Soon 00:32:51 – Throwing Muses – Honeychain 00:37:47 – Throwing Muses – Say Goodbye 00:41:50 – Throwing Muses – Two Step 00:47:10 – Throwing Muses – Garoux Des Larmes 00:50:13 – Throwing Muses – Pools In Eyes 00:53:25 – Throwing Muses – A Feeling 00:56:22 – Throwing Muses – Wolf After The War   Transitional Audio Clips Paris Is Burning (1990) – Venus Extravaganza Octavia St. Laurent – Queen Of The Underground   The post The Real Ramona appeared first on Magic Portals.

<3 After a short break over the chrissy hols Magic Portals is back with Throwing Muses 1986 self titled record. Released on British independent label 4AD. This was the first album by an American band to be released on 4AD, which had concentrated primarily on British-based acts up to this point. The release marked a shift in the label’s direction; a year later 4AD would sign Pixies based in part on the band’s connection to the Muses, and by the mid-1990s much of the label’s roster was made up of American bands. All the songs on the album were written by Kristin Hersh, with the exception of “Green”, written by Tanya Donelly. The album was produced by Gil Norton, who went on to produce albums for Pixies. The band considers the album to be untitled, with Throwing Muses the name they give to another album released in 2003. The album was originally released in the UK by 4AD in August 1986 on LP, CD and cassette. Sometime around the early 1990s, the album went out of print, as plans were made by the band’s American label, Sire Records to issue the album for the first time in the USA, along with 1987’s Chains Changed EP, which had also never seen American release. <3 http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2018/01/Episode-48.mp3 Episode 48 Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses 00:01:00 – Throwing Muses – Call Me 00:05:16 – Throwing Muses – Green 00:08:47 – Throwing Muses – Hate My Way 00:13:11 – Throwing Muses – Vicky’s Box 00:18:38 – Throwing Muses – Rabbits Dying 00:22:36 – Throwing Muses – America 00:25:43 – Throwing Muses – Fear 00:28:23 – Throwing Muses – Stand Up 00:31:12 – Throwing Muses – Soul Solider 00:37:00 – Throwing Muses – Delicate Cutters 00:41:51 – Throwing Muses – Finished 00:47:31 – Throwing Muses – Snail Head 00:51:02 – Throwing Muses – Cry Baby Cry 00:55:17 – Throwing Muses – Red Shoes 00:58:46 – Throwing Muses – Family Transitional Audio Clips Touch Of Evil (1958) – Some kind of a man scene Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) – Pocket was bulging scene A Star Is Born (1954) – 3 months is a long time scene   The post Throwing Muses appeared first on Magic Portals.

<3 This week on Magic Portals we hear the second half of last weeks show where we showcased Björk’s new album Utopia. Because the album was over 60 minutes i have extended it into this weeks show and included a fairly long and lovely interview with Björk on her new album so sit back and enjoy <3 http://joy.org.au/magicportals/wp-content/uploads/sites/350/2017/11/Episode-47.mp3 Ep 47 00:00:19 – Björk – The Gate 00:02:59 – Björk – Blissing Me 00:54:52 – Björk – Arisen My Senses   Transitional Audio Clips   Entrevista de Bjork ao NOWNESS (2017) – Bjork Interview – YouTube The post Utopia Pt. 2 appeared first on Magic Portals.