Wax Wednesdays
82 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAbout-Blank is a canvas for the creative. An online space where talented individuals can showcase their craft whether it be art, music, design, photography – anything that gets the creative juices flowing.
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Discover The Delta Blues #75
April 26, 2022 20:00 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBWe swing across the globe and to the Mississippi for this one as we talk about the delta blues. The origins, the incredible stories bending the artists and just enjoy listening to these sounds. Hit us up: www.instagram.com/wax_wednesdays/ [email protected]
Another Australian Only Vinyl Show #74
April 12, 2022 20:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBWe uncover some of our local heroes and talents from all around Australia. Hopefully you'll love this and as always, support live music and your local venues.
Soul Returns To The Rooks #73
March 15, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBLive from the Rooks Return, we give you a soul set straight from the dancefloor. There are so many records in here to list, however, if you'd like to know any records, just get in touch. Hit us up: www.instagram.com/wax_wednesdays/ [email protected]
Underground Paris Jazz #72
March 01, 2022 19:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBThe rise of Jazz in Paris. It all began in WW1 when African-American troops who were forcibly conscripted to the war effort, took their trumpets to the front line and played that sweet sweet Jazz. We talk about the key artists and the scene from 1918 to 1995. Feat John Coltrane The Dave Brubeck Quartet Miles Davis Dizzy Gillespie Duke Ellington Philipe Baden Powel Listen and Enjoy. Hit us up: www.instagram.com/wax_wednesdays/ [email protected]
Origins Of Northern Soul #71
February 16, 2022 00:44 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBWe turn the clock back to the 1960s in the North of the United Kingdom and see the origins of where Northern Soul came from and the subculture. And why we would love to have been around during this time. Feat: Maxine Knightingdale Gloria Jones Hot Chocolate Labi Siffre Hit us up: https://www.instagram.com/wax_wednesdays/ [email protected]
Live Wax From Abbots Yard #70
January 24, 2022 23:42 - 1 hour - 95 MBRecording from Abbots Yard 21/01. Starts slow but this got pretty rowdy towards the end. As always listen, enjoy and don't forget, why join the navy when you can be a pirate? Pirating around town. Xx @wax_wednesdays
A Jazzy House Set #69
January 13, 2022 23:29 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBEnjoy this set of Afro, Jazz and funk house. But really that all just means jazzy house. As lewis may put it "I don't quite have the vocabulary at the minute, it's not really within my faculty" - but he sure does now! Hit us up: @wax_wednesdays
A Get Down of Boogie #68
December 09, 2021 08:44 - 36 minutes - 33 MBWe're back on the couch to talk shit once again! I know, sorry this isn't a story about the genre, it's just us doing what we do best, talking about the Melbourne music scene and great bands. But the mix is super great, so you should listen to that at the very least. Enjoy!
Live Soul From The Rookes #67
November 30, 2021 02:13 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBWe are live every Wednesday from The Rooks Return in Fitzroy. Supporting the rookies, playing soul in the only way we know how. Vinyl Only. Come say hi :)
Blues Rock, More of that Please #66
October 19, 2021 19:00 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBWe go back into one of our all-time favourite genres and play some Blues Rock. The Stokes may say no more of that, but we say the opposite. Check back to episode #53 to hear the origins of the genre. Feat: Welcome to the canteen Youngbloods Beatles Cream Lindisfarne And whatever lewis played.
A Park For Grooves #65
October 06, 2021 19:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBThe parks are back open and with that are the tunes, listen and enjoy.
A Park For Grooves
October 06, 2021 19:00 - 43.8 MBThe parks are back open and with that are the tunes, listen and enjoy.
A Charles Bradley Tribute #64
September 21, 2021 21:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBWe dedicate this one to the living memory of the screaming eagle of soul, Charles Bradley. We talk about all the stories we've heard of the legendary man, and what he means to us. From a James Brown Impersonator to a 62-year-old debut album under Charles Bradley, listen to his journey.
A House of Grooves Set #63
September 15, 2021 00:38 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBIn light of a string of canceled gigs, we decided to give those records a spin. They were getting a bit sad about not being played out or getting drinks spilled on them or even smoke on their wax. Groove away [email protected] Tracklistings: Lord Echo - Woah! There's No Limit Yuksek - Cadenza Norma Jean - I'm The Baddest Bitch Terrance Parker - Emancipation of my soul Kenny Dixon - Emotional Content
Our Happiest of Records #62
September 07, 2021 20:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBIn these lockdown days, here in Aus we decided to reminisce a little bit and dig through our collection to find those records that bring a smile to our faces. Either nostalgic or euphoric or just simpy nice, these are our happiest of records. Feat: Polo & Pan - Pays Imaginaire Black Pumas - Colours Leon Bridges - Smooth Sailin' Warumpi Band - Black Fella, White Fella Michael Kiwanuka - Youn Aint The Problem Beach Boys - Girl From NY City Bileo - You Can Win Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Hunnyb...
A Soul Explosion #61
August 31, 2021 20:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBSoul is for the soul as we play our rare 45's records, playing mostly local Aussie soul that you can watch us too on youtube. Enjoy Feat: Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y Martha Reeves - Nowhere To Run Saskwatch - I Thought This Was Love K.Auldist - Changes Otis Redding - Shake Barbara Howard - Oh Me, Oh My Curtis Mayfield - Get Down Monophonics - Like Yesterday Jerry Washington - Set Your Soul On Fire Durand Jones - Make A change [email protected]
Our Morning Grooves #60
August 18, 2021 02:46 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBGood morning, this is a simple one from us this week. A real quick chat and a nice slow morning mix. Enjoy the grooves and hope you don't miss our voices too much. Get in touch! [email protected]
The G.O.A.T Of Gospel #59
August 10, 2021 20:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBWhat came first, gospel or blues? We go into the origins of Gospel music and talk about Aretha Franklin and the other goats (greatest of all time) of the genre and what it's all about. Feat: James Brown - Old Landmark The Supreme Jubilee - Standing In The Need of Prayer O.V Wright - Everybody Knows The Harlem Gospel Sam Cooke - Chain gang Al Green - God Is Standing By Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace Leon Bridges - River
The G.O.A.T Of Gospel
August 10, 2021 20:00 - 32.7 MBWhat came first, gospel or blues? We go into the origins of Gospel music and talk about Aretha Franklin and the other goats (greatest of all time) of the genre and what it's all about. Feat: James Brown - Old Landmark The Supreme Jubilee - Standing In The Need of Prayer O.V Wright - Everybody Knows The Harlem Gospel Sam Cooke - Chain gang Al Green - God Is Standing By Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace Leon Bridges - River
A Bag of $5 Vinyls #58
August 03, 2021 20:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBWe ventured to Dutch Vinyl with $20 in hand to find 4 records each. A challenge as to who can find the best $5 records, lewis plays the first 4 records and Gideon brings it home at the end. A lot of soul, funk, disco, rock - let us know which you liked more! Music: Swingers - Counting The Beat Tine & Ike - River Deep, Mountain High Diana Ross - Getting Ready For Love The Supremes - Let Yourself Go Smokey Robinson - Being With You Gladys Knight Sharon Jones [email protected]
A Lounge of House Music
July 27, 2021 20:00 - 41.2 MBWe dig into our most blissful sounds to cheer us up from the Melbourne Lockdown. Easy on the ears, more of a DJ set of lounge house music. Enjoy Email us at: [email protected] Music: Cymande - The Message Hieronymus Dros - Heironymus Funk Sonya Spence - Let Love Flow On Andras - Slow Dope Pools - Tubin' Roy Ayers - Green & Gold Lord Echo - Sweetest Meditation St Germaine - So Flute
A Lounge of House Music #57
July 27, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBWe dig into our most blissful sounds to cheer us up from the Melbourne Lockdown. Easy on the ears, more of a DJ set of lounge house music. Enjoy Email us at: [email protected] Music: Cymande - The Message Hieronymus Dros - Heironymus Funk Sonya Spence - Let Love Flow On Andras - Slow Dope Pools - Tubin' Roy Ayers - Green & Gold Lord Echo - Sweetest Meditation St Germaine - So Flute
A Concept of Concept Albums #56
July 20, 2021 20:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBOur concept show goes one concept deeper. We delve into the very idea of what is a concept album and share a few stories from some our most loved concept records of all time. Featuring: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon Marvin Gaye - What's Going On The Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club The Who - Tommy BATTS MF Doom King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
A Loneliness of Hearts Club #55
July 13, 2021 20:00 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBWe're getting deep and sad with this one, but we're here for your lonely hearts. These are the songs for the soul, the love for the heartless and the tissue for your tears. A collection of heartbreak songs as we read the lyrics like poems. Featuring: Tom waits - I hope that I don’t fall in love with you Tesky Brothers - pain and misery Kris lager band - money and loneliness Loleatta Holloway - cry to me Norah Jones - If I were a painter Carole King - It's too late Harry Nilsson - Without ...
A Telling of The 27 Forever Club #54
July 07, 2021 00:01 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBWe go into the number 27 and tell you the stories of some of the greatest artists of all time and those who will be forever 27. Featured artists: - Jimi Hendrix - Janis Joplin - Otis Redding - Mac Miller - Nick Drake - Baby Huey and the babysitters - Alan Wilson, Canned Heat - Jones, The Rolling Stones - Gary Thain, Uriah Heep
A Collection For Coming Down #54
June 30, 2021 02:55 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBAn episode for the heavy heads and lonely hearts, songs to warm the ears and really just a giant hug. The songs for the moments of slow and coming-down times. Really sit back to this one.
A Balance of Blues Rock #53
June 23, 2021 02:19 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBWe're back after a week-long absence ...sorry! Our wallets are even emptier as we spent quite a few $$ with some new wax to bring to you. This week we go into the origin of how blues-rock happened ...as it did happen. Featured: The youngbloods Janies Joplin Deep Purple Credence Clearwater ...and whatever Lewis played Music starts at 11.15mins.
A Array of Australiana #52
June 08, 2021 20:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBWe dive into Australian music and play clips from Crowded Houses, Paul Kelly and much more, also Lewis is really surprised by Australia's #1 selling artists. Do you know who it is?
A Bboy of Breakbeat #51
June 02, 2021 01:47 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBWe're on the get down with this one as we go to the Bronx and talk about the rise of breakbeat. When you take a 4 bar beat loop from any song and scratch the records back and forth for hours and of course the rise of break dancing that is accompanied.
A Royalty of Remixers #50
May 25, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBLast week we played you the OG's of the sample world and now we play what they have become. From Moodyman to Drake, Joe Cocker to Tupac - it all goes down on this musical quest to find who the royalty belongs to. HINT: no-one, we're all pirates here.
A Sound of Samples #49
May 18, 2021 20:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBWho created the first beat? The Amen Brothers created something that was sampled over 6,070 times. And we just added one more as we delve into the world of sampling, by going into some of the OG sample creators or simply just artists who everyone took their sound from.
A Clash Of Covers
May 12, 2021 05:15 - 33.1 MBWho's covering who? We talk about bands who started out as tribute and cover bands - some big players. Charles Bradly, The Rolling Stones, and a small little band called The Beatles that you may have heard of from previous episodes. Sit back and be surprised.
A Clash Of Covers #48
May 12, 2021 05:15 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBWho's covering who? We talk about bands who started out as tribute and cover bands - some big players. Charles Bradly, The Rolling Stones, and a small little band called The Beatles that you may have heard of from previous episodes. Sit back and be surprised.
A Nibble of NYC Borough's #47
April 29, 2021 04:41 - 48 minutes - 44 MBWelcome to NEW YORK, where the bagels and music are just better than anywhere else in the world. We introduce you to musicians who call New York home. Stay tuned as we will dive into each borough and tell the stories from Harlem, Hip Hop from Brooklyn the soul of the Bronx, The Disco of the East Villiage and something from Staten Island.
A Masterclass of Memphis Soul #46
April 22, 2021 00:47 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBWe travel to Memphis, Tennessee in the 1960s to find records that are over 60 years old to play for you. We talk about the origin of Memphis Soul, how Stax Records changed a nation and the political landscape of Memphis in the 1960's. Love your favourite Pirates xx
A Return of Pirate Radio #45
April 14, 2021 05:05 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBWe're back! That's right your favourite pirate radio show is back and back to a weekly schedule. We catch you up on all the gigs we've been to that touch on Boogie Festival, The Rookies, Delta Riggs, The Murlocs, A Limp Bizkit Cover Band ...yes you read that correctly. Listen and enjoy. Music starts at 15mins.
The Records From Isolation
June 09, 2020 21:00 - 69 MBWe're back from a desolate place that we have called isolation and home for the last 2/3 months to get back on the airwaves. We're playing all the records that have been highly played through our time in isolation. We'll also be uploading every 2 weeks now. Enjoy and we missed you too!
The Records From Isolation #44
June 09, 2020 21:00 - 37 minutes - 69 MBWe're back from a desolate place that we have called isolation and home for the last 2/3 months to get back on the airwaves. We're playing all the records that have been highly played through our time in isolation. We'll also be uploading every 2 weeks now. Enjoy and we missed you too!
A Golden Plains Rewind #43
March 17, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBWe're rewinding to last weeks Golden Plains festival and talk about our highlights and the best musical performance, costumes and all-round debauchery that was Golden Plains Festival 2020.
A Petition of Punk Rock #42
March 03, 2020 20:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBWe delve into our childhoods and dig out the anthems that were ever so nostalgic as we reminisce on our punk days. Featuring Green Day, The Living End, Joan Jett, Fugazi, Joy division.
An Abundance of Aussie Rock #41
February 25, 2020 23:08 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBThis week we delve into 1970's and 80s Australian rock. A dive that took us into our uncles collections where we uncovered some Little River Band, The Seekers, Matt Finish, Matt Finish and Angus & Bon. Enjoy.
A Simulation of 70s Synth #40
February 11, 2020 22:47 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBThis week we dive into the sound of the synthesizer and tr-808 drum machine. It's as if you were in the Tron game. Playing some favourites like The Human League, Yazoo, Depeche Mode and then whatever Lewis played. Enjoy.
A Picture of 80s Pop #39
January 28, 2020 20:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBThis week is 80s pop and to be honest, we recorded this when we were cooked, so we hope you enjoy and understand if you just fast forward to the music. It's basically the wedding singer's soundtrack with our own selections. Enjoy.
The Best of The Decade
January 21, 2020 21:00Welcome to the first one of the year and what better way than to look back at our young selves and reflect on the best records from 2010-2020. We discuss the rolling stones top albums of the decade and then what our very own are. Features: Mac Demarco The Murlochs The Rookies The XX Asgeir Solange Michael Kiwenuka Charles Bradley
The Best of The Decade #38
January 21, 2020 21:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBWelcome to the first one of the year and what better way than to look back at our young selves and reflect on the best records from 2010-2020. We discuss the rolling stones top albums of the decade and then what our very own are. Features: Mac Demarco The Murlochs The Rookies The XX Asgeir Solange Michael Kiwenuka Charles Bradley
A Night of 90s House ft Eric Berkhinfand #37
December 17, 2019 21:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBWe turn back the clock and take it back to the 90s to discuss house music. The scene that was happening all around the world and share just some awesome stories from Eric Berkhinfand. Enjoy.
The Best of 2019 #36
December 10, 2019 20:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBThis week we discuss everything that was 2019. The best gigs, shows and releases of the year as well as the anniversaries and tours. Speaking about when Lauryn Hill came to Melbourne, Tora latest release and The Rookies stay weird release launch party. Enjoy.
A Glam of Metal #35
December 03, 2019 20:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBWe delve into the notorious stories of metal rockstars from the 80s, discussing the debauchery acts of Ozzy Osbourne, Nicki Sixx and some modern stories from King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard ...of course. Enjoy this episode of Glam Metal!
The Classics From California #34
November 26, 2019 20:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBWe celebrate everything that is California, the music, the artists and everything that has come out of one incredible state. Everything from the beach boys to jungle and war's lowrider.
A Bulk of Bluegrass #33
November 19, 2019 20:00Welcome to the bluegrass podcast, as we play the warmest sounds your ears will have ever heard. This is particularly good after a big weekend or night or if you're feeling a little down. Hope you enjoy!