Granite Island Discs: Footy

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Written By Tobias Handke
 

The Clarity Records owner loves all things punk and hardcore.

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What five songs would you take to a desert island?

1. Propagandhi – ‘Without Love’

2. Fugazi – ‘Life And Limb’

3. The Victims – ‘(I’m) Flipped Out Over You’

4. Minor Threat – ‘Bottled Violence’

5. Fugazi – ‘Suggestion’

If you could only pick one, what would it be?

Propagandhi would be my number one pick. Mainly because all of their songs have many layers, musically and lyrically, so there’s always new things to discover. Even to this day, there are elements to their songs that I continue to discover. It would be fun continuing to dissect this song while stuck on a desert island.

What’s your favourite album?

Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes by Propagandhi. The album is perfect to me in every way. The music is hard, fast and technical which is how I like it. The lyrics are deep, meaningful and thought-provoking. The album came out at a time when I was discovering who I am and who I wanted to be as a person. This album inspired me to become the person I am today.

What’s your favourite song by an SA artist/band?

‘The New Sound For Freedom’ by Embodiment 12:14. This was released on an Adelaide various artists compilation called While The City Sleeps back in 2000. Embodiment 12:14 were ahead of their time sonically; no one in Australia (or even the world) sounded like them. ‘The New Sound For Freedom’ was a progressive song for its time in that particular genre.

Favourite music-related memory?

There’s honestly so many. Getting married and Laura walking down the aisle to a band playing Death Cab For Cutie’s Transatlanticism. Driving around Iceland listening to Sigur Rós. Playing Thebarton Theatre for the first time to 2000 people while supporting NOFX. Travelling around Japan and seeing Propagandhi

for the first time. Seeing the joy on my daughter’s face when taking her to see her first concert. Seeing Descendents play their first ever Australian show. Opening our own record store in 2010. But my favourite was seeing our daughter play her first concert at The Wheaty aged three.

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