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Nervous Nellies plays ambient electronic and instrumental songs with a touch of nervous energy to keep you engaged. This is not an official SYN page.

Opinions expressed are solely those of the author. Ambient electronica and instrumentals with nervy production on SYN.

01/05/2022

The end of April marks the very end of Nervous Nellies! I've aged out of the range for volunteering at the station so this will be the last episode post on here and the show page on the SYN website.

Every playlist and podcast will stay up as an archive of the show's on and off year-long run. So if you want over two dozen segments of artist and song analysis each + more in my bid to spin my hyper-specific interests into a microgenre, you know where to go!

And as always, thanks for following along, and a big thanks to SYN for having me on.
Image: A playlist of the following artists and tracks:
1: Matmos - Supreme Balloon (Excerpt)
2: Atlas Sound - Walkabout (ft. Panda Bear)
3: Tujiko Noriko - Bikini
4: Nobukazu Takemura - Finale
5: Ball Park Music - What's on Your Mind?

30/04/2022

After some minor delays over the Easter break, the penultimate episode of Nervous Nellies played while I was interstate -- and the finale aired this week!

The episode 5 setlist is here, and you can check out the podcast and song embeds at any time via the show page on the SYN website. And watch this space for the final post coming shortly...!
Image: A playlist of the following artists and tracks:
1: Yo La Tengo - Saturday
2: Dan Deacon - When I Was Done Dying
3: Candy Claws - Alp Sway Snow Team (Switzerland)
4: Tame Impala - Sun's Coming Up
5: Can - Bel Air
6: Sweet Trip - To All the Dancers of the World

20/04/2022

All singing, all dancing! Episode 4 of the final season of Nervous Nellies is all songs with lyrics to toy with the idea of all ambience being instrumental.

Check out the full playlist, listen to the podcast via the show page on the SYN website and tune into SYN Wednesdays from 10-11pm for the week's songs as they get played live.
Image: A playlist of the following artists and tracks:
1: Deerhunter - Earthquake
2: Mouse on Mars - Schnick-schnack / Schnick Schnack Meltmade
3: Pipe-Eye - The Way She Walks (On the Moon)
4: David Grubbs - The Coxcomb
5: Stereolab - Moodles

17/04/2022

In episode 3 of the final season of Nervous Nellies, we finally make Oval the Nervous Nelly of the week! Things really are getting conclusive -- I've been airing this guy for almost a year now...

Check out the full playlist, listen to the podcast via the show page on the SYN website and tune into SYN Wednesdays from 10-11pm for the week's songs as they get played live.
Image: A playlist of the following artists and tracks:
1: Oval - Dormant / Kreak
2: Disco Inferno - Can't See Through It
3: Up Up Away - Swells
4: Aki Tsuyuko - Through Six Rooms
5: Modest Mouse - The Stars Are Projectors

16/04/2022

Did you know that for the final season of Nervous Nellies I've started podcasting individual episodes instead of compiling them in a "Nervous Nellies Rewind" after the fact?

Episode 2 features lengthy breakdowns of songs 1, 2 and 4 from the setlist, so check it out on the show page on the SYN website! And don't forget to tune into SYN Wednesdays from 10-11pm for the week's songs as they get played live.
Image: A playlist of the following artists and tracks:
1: Architecture in Helsinki - Vanishing
2: The Dylan Group - If I Had Been Able
3: Tujiko Noriko - Fly
4: Jansen / Barbieri / Takemura - Empty Orchestra
5: Deerhunter - Calvary Scars II / Aux. Out

22/03/2022

Episode 1 of Nervous Nellies' third and final season debuts a new segment -- Negative Nancies -- and dubs Broadcast with the title! Just in time for their slew of reissues of formerly tour-only EPs.

Check out the full playlist, listen back to the podcast (via the show page on the SYN website) to learn more about the new segment, and tune into SYN Wednesdays from 10-11pm for the week's songs as they get played live.
Image: A playlist of the following artists and tracks:
1: Talking Heads - I'm Not In Love
2: Broadcast - Pendulum / Minus Two
3: The Murlocs - Far From Fine
4: Yo La Tengo - The Fireside / And The Glitter Is Gone

08/03/2022

Three announcements in one for Nervous Nellies on SYN because I don't pace out my posts evenly enough!

1) Setlist for the finale of Nervous Nellies season 4 2021! As an indulgence I played 25 minutes of the 35 minute track Souvenir in Chicago in 2 parts.

2) Nervous Nellies Rewind 2 is out! A 5-part podcast miniseries with clips from the whole of the October-December 2021 radio season of Nervous Nellies, which can be found on the show page on the SYN website: http://syn.org.au/show/nervous-nellies/

And 3) -- the biggest surprise of all (even to me until the other week) -- Nervous Nellies is back for one more season! Catch me on Wednesdays 10-11pm from now until Easter.
Image: A playlist of the following artists and tracks:
1: Tortoise ft. Georgia Hubley - Yonder Blue
2: Nobukazu Takemura - Souvenir in Chicago (Excerpt 1)
3: Mildlife - The Magnificent Moon
4: Candy Claws - The Deep Time
5: Nobukazu Takemura - Souvenir in Chicago (Excerpt 2)

22/02/2022

Episode 10 of Nervous Nellies on SYN features another "where are they now" segment, this time on Seefeel, after I covered their 90s output on the previous season finale. Also, I cram a lot of the Belfi / Grubbs / Pilia album Onrushing Cloud onto the playlist!
Image: A playlist of the following artists and tracks:
1: Seefeel - Rip-Run
2: Belfi / Grubbs / Pilia - City Rats on a Mountain Pass / Onrushing Cloud
3: Playwrite - Rivers
4: Floor Baba - Shades of Blue
5: Martin Courtney - The Zoo
6: Belfi / Grubbs / Pilia - Lightning Vault

21/02/2022

Episode 9 of Nervous Nellies on SYN is the first in the season to have no representatives from my CD collection. But moreover the digital-first nature of the Mega Flare and Aki Tsuyuko tracks is the point of discussion! So keep an eye out for when those segments are podcasted via Nervous Nellies Rewind.
Image: A playlist of the following artists and tracks:
1: Mega Flare - It's Alright
2: Hiatus Kaiyote - Mobius Strip
3: Sweet Trip - Fruitcake and Cookies
4: LTJ - Cubs / Lions
5: Aki Tsuyuko - We Are Sharing
6: Ryuichi Sakamoto - Thousand Knives

20/02/2022

Episode 8 of Nervous Nellies on SYN finally discusses show favourites Mice Parade in a contemporary context rather than focusing on their 90s output, as singles to their first album in almost a decade start dropping! Looking at where "nervous" artists are now will become a trend as the season wraps up.
Image: A playlist of the following artists and tracks:
1: Mice Parade - Eye See Stars
2: Jan Jelinek - Morphing Leadgitarre Rückwärts
3: Avey Tare - Coral Lords (ft. Angel Deradoorian)
4: Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males - Mail Order Bride
5: Squarepusher - Eviscerate (Version)
6: Seefeel - Crowded
7: Dendy Crew - Put Up Roistering (人生相談 INFINITE Remix)

19/02/2022

On top of your regular song selection, episode 7 of the latest season of Nervous Nellies on SYN features a review of the movie Sisters with Transistors, a documentary about the history of women in electronic music! To commemorate it the review has been podcasted/transcribed via a standalone Nervous Nellies Rewind episode, and can be found on the show page on the SYN website (link below) ~ Photo of Maryanne Amacher by Peggy Weil, used for the Sisters with Transistors movie poster
Image: A playlist of the following artists and tracks:
1: David Grubbs - Third Salutation
2: Aki Tsuyuko - Aquilo
3: Delia Derbyshire - Pot au Feu
4: Sense - My World
5: Stereolab - Speck Voice
6: C2C - F.U.Y.A.
http://syn.org.au/nervous-nellies-rewind-sisters-transistors-review/

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