Topic: Can anyone recommend any good australian music that I might like? (Read 39721 times)

Bishop138 · « **Reply #50 on:** 16 Nov 2007, 22:40 »

Quote from: Phaedra on 16 Nov 2007, 17:10

Quote from: Bishop138 on 14 Nov 2007, 08:49
Blowtorch Abortion

Eheheh. I think I know the bassist from that band. I hear their next album/EP is gonna have some pretty whack cover art.

I'll suggest some bands when I haven't just woken up and can't think of anything. Oh! The Tigers! Listen to them.

Yeah, it's going to be called "Birth Control" and the image is going to be a Duke Nukem style picture of a man punching a baby back into a woman. Pretty brutal. I'm mates with the drummer, he's a funny bastard, they all are really. You just have to remember that none of it is done in all sincerity, it's just brutal music for the sake of being brutal.

Tom · « **Reply #51 on:** 16 Nov 2007, 22:42 »

Quote from: thatwittygeek on 16 Nov 2007, 20:50

You have the exact same tastes as me!

Feist, Maria Taylor, Jenny Lewis, and of Montreal are pretty rad

Yeah says australian music.

Of Montreal, my cousin recommended them a while back but I really haven't got around to listening to them yet.
I've never heard of Maria Taylor.

biancam101 · « **Reply #52 on:** 18 Nov 2007, 20:23 »

the red paintings

http://www.theredpaintings.com/

http://www.myspace.com/theredpaintings

if you're a local, i'd SERIOUSLY recommend going to their christmas show on dec 22

Patrick · « **Reply #53 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 12:35 »

Quote from: John Curtin on 15 Nov 2007, 18:12

(haet for "Chasing Cars")

Aw, I kindof like that song. One of my guilty pleasures, I guess.

Edible · « **Reply #54 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 17:00 »

Mutiny, If you can find some... ITS FUCKING PIRATE

ViolentDove · « **Reply #55 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 18:33 »

YES MUTINY ARE FUCKING GREAT.

Like the Pogues or Gogol Bordello, but all convict Australia and shit.

Tom · « **Reply #56 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 18:51 »

I am intrigued.

carrotosaurus · « **Reply #57 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 19:56 »

No one has said The Lucksmiths? Goddamn.

bells · « **Reply #58 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 21:47 »

Well, if you are at all a fan of vulgargrad or gogol bordello, or even robert johnson and djiango reinhardt, then I urge you to investigate mojo juju and the snake oil merchants. they hail from newcastle, and the songstress is quite an interesting lady.

the seabellies won a chance to play at the V festival in sydney last year alongside beck, the pixies and jarvis cocker and they are very much delving into the heady depths of elaborate glitchy pop music much in the vein of arcade fire or broken social scene.

there are some great bands getting around sydney even though people tend to deify live music in melbourne, including okkervil river, cuthbert and the nightwalkers, the devoted few ( surprisingly not an emo band, as i imagined them to be), dappled cities fly and matt tonks and jack ladder are great songwriters.

love outside andromeda from melbs, holly throsby, plastic palace alice, gotye and the band he drums in called the basics, dan kelly who is paul kelly(iconic aussie country songwriter)'s nephew, because of ghosts, old man river, mercy arms had a bit of a morissey vibe going on last time i checked, the morning birds,

gelbison flew under the radar despite some wonderful songwriting, the sleepy jackson album 'lovers' is a personal fave and aleks and the ramps are one of the best live bands i've seen in a long time. the book of ships are up and coming, they're either going to be big or not, but there's some absolutely stellar music going on under that name anyway. the firekites and the instant are also from newcastle,

dardanelles, ground components, art of fighting, decoder ring, fourplay are quite an ingenius string quartet- if you can, check out their covers of killing in the name of or 2+2=5, and if you manage to get your hands on grand salvo's 'the temporal wheel' i heartily suggest you do. its a winner.

if that isn't enough fodder i must be doing something wrong, but trust me!

Ballard · « **Reply #59 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 22:05 »

Jesus, dude. Those are all great suggestions but you might want to use your return key more often.

JimmyJazz · « **Reply #60 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 22:10 »

The Lovetones are a great rock group from Austrailia. Borrowing elements of 60's psychedelia and 90's underground pop, they create a wonderful sound that sounds like a mix of solo-John Lennon and Matthew Sweet. You should check em out sometime, startin with their debut Be What You Want.

Inlander · « **Reply #61 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 22:53 »

Quote from: bells on 19 Nov 2007, 21:47

vulgargrad

Oh.

OH.

OH SHIT.

It's going to take me a while to adjust to not being the only person around here who's heard of Vulgargrad. Are you in Melbourne?

EDIT: On reflection, that might sound kind of creepy. Sorry. It's just I've been trying to get people on this forum into Vulgargrad for ages now.

bells · « **Reply #62 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 23:35 »

Quote from: E. Spaceman on 13 Nov 2007, 22:20

Men At Work

i'm not really sure men at work are australian! they did write a song about vegemite sandwiches though...close enough i guess.

bells · « **Reply #63 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 23:41 »

Quote from: Ballard on 19 Nov 2007, 22:05

Jesus, dude. Those are all great suggestions but you might want to use your return key more often.

indeed, i may need to do that. unfortunately in my post-uni essay hell i think in paragraphs now. big ones.

bells · « **Reply #64 on:** 19 Nov 2007, 23:52 »

Quote from: Inlander on 19 Nov 2007, 22:53

Quote from: bells on 19 Nov 2007, 21:47
vulgargrad

Oh.

OH.

OH SHIT.

It's going to take me a while to adjust to not being the only person around here who's heard of Vulgargrad. Are you in Melbourne?

EDIT: On reflection, that might sound kind of creepy. Sorry. It's just I've been trying to get people on this forum into Vulgargrad for ages now.

goodness...3rd post in a row...
vulgrargrad are incredible, no?! i must admit i've seen them about 8 times so far, though alot of them were around the east coast. i only moved to melbourne at the start of the year, i saw them play at the toff in town and also at the old bar, and if i remember correctly the empress in fitzroy which is (was?) a great venue! i'm so glad someone else has heard of them! mojo juju has supported them, also she played with martin martini at the evelyn last time i saw her in melbs. too good.

Inlander · « **Reply #65 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 01:41 »

Jesus, if you saw them at the Old Bar I was probably at that gig too! I try to catch them whenever they play there, it's their natural home. In fact, I consider Vulgargrad at the Old Bar to be pretty much an essential Melbourne music experience.

Freaky.

Der Turm, der Leute frass · « **Reply #66 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 02:06 »

ALCHEMIST

bells · « **Reply #67 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 02:53 »

Quote from: Inlander on 20 Nov 2007, 01:41

I consider Vulgargrad at the Old Bar to be pretty much an essential Melbourne music experience.

for sure, they seem so comfortable there. i was actually at the great escape festival in sydney (set in an old armory) earlier this year doing some sideshow stuff and they played in the cabaret bunker- that was a terrific gig! so hot and sweaty, and was packed with festival goers and what i assume were costumed/masked members of a theatre troupe. i heard they got in trouble with security when they hassled the bartender but we shared bottles of tequila and vodka outside the equipment storage! good weekend. that singer just has the most amazing charisma (and that's as far from the miss universe sense of the term as possible). perhaps we should continue the conversation outside this particular topic? i'd prefer it if my face weren't 'chewed' by over-aggressive contributors...i've heard stories!

Inlander · « **Reply #68 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 03:09 »

Yeah, it's reaching that stage! P.M. me if you like.

Also, you should introduce yourself in the "Hi, I'm New" sub-forum. I mean, you don't have to, but it's a good way to get the hang of this forum and make sure people know who you are. Folks around here are generally okay to new people, but like any forum we have our problems occasionally . . .

Everyone else: the moral of this story is LISTEN TO VULGARGRAD.

Felix_ · « **Reply #69 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 03:32 »

Quote from: Der Turm, der Leute frass on 20 Nov 2007, 02:06

ALCHEMIST

I already mentioned them in this thread, however I did not use all caps, so I guess it's ok.

Their new album kills.

Edible · « **Reply #70 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 04:18 »

Regarding Mutiny, I might put bag of oats on the sendspace soon.

ViolentDove · « **Reply #71 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 14:14 »

Do so with zeal!

Efilnikufesin · « **Reply #72 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 15:45 »

...AC/DC...?

Patrick · « **Reply #73 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 19:10 »

GOOD Australian music, dude.

Joking aside, I do pretty severely hate those guys.

JimmyJazz · « **Reply #74 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 19:18 »

I think AC/DC had a lot of good work in the 70's with Bon Scott. Sure, it's not very mature or truly emotional music, but that's not they aim for. They just make hard rockin' music, and they had made it pretty fun and original during that time period. Rather formulaic after a while though, which is why after the 80's they want to Hell.

Tom · « **Reply #75 on:** 20 Nov 2007, 22:02 »

Via a Highway?

polyamorouslovepuppet · « **Reply #76 on:** 22 Nov 2007, 21:01 »

I don't think anyone has mentioned them yet, so I'm going to put in a plug for The Grates for three reasons:

1. Patience's vocals are the prettiest/sexiest/most "bitchin'" display of pipes I've heard in quite some time.
2. I bought Gravity Won't Get You High immediately after seeing the video for "Rock Boys" and, to my pleasant surprise, the whole album was very, very good.
3. ... I like them a lot?

In all due seriousness, they are one catchy little band. Not necessarily a band that sounds anything like some of the other things suggested (i.e. Arcade Fire or Alchemist) but worth a listen, I think.

FireAarro · « **Reply #77 on:** 22 Nov 2007, 23:39 »

Quote from: n0t_r0bert_b0yle!! on 20 Nov 2007, 22:02

Via a Highway?

No, a freeway.

pistachio_love · « **Reply #78 on:** 25 Nov 2007, 20:40 »

Angus & Julia Stone (although Angus also does some solo work - also worth a listen)
The Audreys
The Avalanches
Bob Evans
brillig
Clare Bowditch
Dallas Crane
Gerling
Gotye
The Go-Betweens
Magic Dirt
The Sleepy Jackson
The Whitlams

*shrugs* Just a few suggestions.

valley_parade · « **Reply #79 on:** 26 Nov 2007, 09:02 »

It took this long before someone mentioned the Avalanches?

What's wrong with us?

pistachio_love · « **Reply #80 on:** 26 Nov 2007, 17:25 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 26 Nov 2007, 09:02

It took this long before someone mentioned the Avalanches?

What's wrong with us?

*giggles*

I wasn't going to say anything, but my thoughts exactly...

The Viz · « **Reply #81 on:** 26 Nov 2007, 18:40 »

My personal favorite Australian band is The Living End, a band that fuses psychobilly with punk, resulting in some very good stuff. Check out their album "Modern Artillery," it's their best in my opinion.

RaptorShadow · « **Reply #82 on:** 26 Nov 2007, 23:48 »

(Woo finally found a reason to post)

The Living End are great. The Aussie band I have to offer is Vanishing Point. Prog-metal, and damn good at it. I saw them front for Dragonforce when they toured in May. In all honestly they were better than Dragonforce were. Of course the fact that DFs set sounds like the same song played in slightly different ways doesn't help =p.

Lono · « **Reply #83 on:** 26 Nov 2007, 23:57 »

AUSTRALIAN BANDS PEOPLE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN LISTED:

1. Machine Gun Fellatio
Good Aussie rock/techno/wtf band. They do strange music and really don't have a definable genre aside from "alternative". Youtube the song "Unsent Letter" if you have any doubts.

2. The Veils
Not really an Aussie band, but close enough: New Zealanders. The lead singer, Finn Andrews, is the son of some guy who was in the band XTC (I think, not sure). Finn Andrews is also a ridiculously pretty man. Think young David Bowie with Angelina Jolie lips. They sing indie stuff, really light and airy.

You also HAVE to watch THIS video. Probably one of my favorite songs ever, and an excellent video that reminds me a lot of Kevin Drew's video for "Backed out on the..." A lot of energy in the Veils. I would pick up their album--or Soulseek it--The Runaway Found.

3. The Whitlams
They're alright. They did a song called "No Aphrodisiac" which is really all by them I've heard.

4. The Go-Betweens
Aussie indie stuff. They sing folk rock and had a spell of new wave. Get their 'best of' album if you want a good taste, "Bellevue" something or other.

Of course, The Avalanches (think UNKLE but a lot prettier) is probably the best and most well known alternative band to come out of Australia, ever. I just fucking die whenever I hear Since I Left You. Rad video, too.

Lono · « **Reply #84 on:** 26 Nov 2007, 23:59 »

Oh, well, it looks like a few of the bands I put there WERE already listed.

Uh...my bad, and stuff.

Eris · « **Reply #85 on:** 27 Nov 2007, 01:44 »

Quote from: Lono on 26 Nov 2007, 23:57

3. The Whitlams
They're alright. They did a song called "No Aphrodisiac" which is really all by them I've heard.

There is so much more to The Whitlams than "No Aphrodisiac". They actually did happy songs as well, y'know. I agree with the suggestion of Fourplay, but I reccommend them to everyone, as well as TZU and True Live (both are Aussie hip hop acts, True Live using strings as a major part of their music). I am in love with Claire Bowditch and The Feeding Set's latest album (The Moon Looked On), so you should check that out. Sarah Blasko is the same kind of sound as Claire Bowditch, so check her out too.

Gogogogo!

Lono · « **Reply #86 on:** 27 Nov 2007, 03:21 »

Hip hop + strings = heaven.

Yeah, I really do need to get into the Whitlams more. It's really the only band me and the group of people I hang around with can agree on.

Inlander · « **Reply #87 on:** 27 Nov 2007, 04:41 »

Start here.

Then go here.

Lono · « **Reply #88 on:** 27 Nov 2007, 12:48 »

That's awesome.

I guess I'll have to go get a Whitlams album, then.

ViolentDove · « **Reply #89 on:** 28 Nov 2007, 17:53 »

There's a decided lack of Australian experimental music in this thread. For the open-minded listener, check out Justice Yeldham. Without a doubt one of the most extreme musicians/performance artists around. He takes the stage barefoot, straps on a belt festooned with effects pedals (making him look somewhat like a suicide bomber), and picks up a sheet of plate glass which has a contact mic attached to it.

He then proceeds to play the piece of glass with his mouth, buzzing and bending it, creating a vicious cacophany of noise with a decidely organic basis to the sound. The set progressively increases in intensity and volume, as he gradually crescendoes in a bloody mess, biting, breaking, and shattering the glass over his face, dancing around pulling shards of glass out of his feet and slapping at effects units. Also bleeding a fair bit.

The crowd pretty much reacts with a mixture of horror, disgust, fascination and desire to call an ambulance.

Phaedra · « **Reply #90 on:** 28 Nov 2007, 18:12 »

...Whoa.

After that I just really don't think I have much to add to this thread.

De_El · « **Reply #91 on:** 28 Nov 2007, 20:05 »

⁄⁄¡ ! That's the coolest fucking thing I've ever seen

bells · « **Reply #92 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 03:33 »

Quote from: Inlander on 27 Nov 2007, 04:41

Start here.

Then go here.

'i make hamburgers' is a top song!

the drones are well awesome... 'wait long by the river...' is their debut and is wonderful and dirty and honest.

Patrick · « **Reply #93 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 04:16 »

JESUS SNAKEFUCKING CHRIST that is incredible, ViolentDove. That's the ultimate gimmick. Do something fucking ridiculous and pose a severe threat to yourself and everybody within 10 feet of you and use a METRIC FUCKTON of effects pedals.

The Viz · « **Reply #94 on:** 29 Nov 2007, 11:13 »

Well, if you do decide to check out the Living End...

Some of my favorite songs by them:
Who's Gonna Save Us? - http://youtube.com/watch?v=OcQHs55r_Ck
Second Solution - http://youtube.com/watch?v=h-PNYLljrf0
End of the World - http://youtube.com/watch?v=cQhybfWrVCQ (not an live rec or music video, just a fan vid but the song is still in it)
One Said to the Other - http://youtube.com/watch?v=ffuyMhTcupM

Enjoy.

eknox · « **Reply #95 on:** 05 Dec 2007, 03:02 »

if you like metal try EXIT WOUNDS these guys are awesome, but i think they only have about 6 songs, and PARKWAY DRIVE are always worth a look as well

my favorite band at the moment is ART OF FIGHTING. i don't usually listen to this style of music but these guys are just brilliant. whatever type of music you listen to give these guys a go, and you might find you like them. (listen twice before you pass a verdict)

Beastmouth · « **Reply #96 on:** 05 Dec 2007, 21:01 »

Radio Birdman are freaking great. Real killer rock'n'roll, and I understand they sort of kicked of punk rock down under.

axerton · « **Reply #97 on:** 06 Dec 2007, 04:10 »

Would I be lynched for suggesting Thirsty Merc (first album, not second)

scrubadub · « **Reply #98 on:** 06 Dec 2007, 07:51 »

I rate Powder Finger pretty highly, I can't really think of many other Aussie bands though. I'll have to ask a mate of mine when he come online later, I know he has a vast collection from his friends back home.

yossarian07 · « **Reply #99 on:** 06 Dec 2007, 08:36 »

I saw this Australian band called The Mess Hall open for Wilco. They were pretty cool.

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