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The Australia Thread
Inlander:
So how do you explain putting John Farnham in there? Or non-Chisel era Jimmy Barnes?
Tergon:
...I was younger and more foolish then.
Lunchbox:
Nick cave and the bad seeds, birthday party, the go betweens, the drones, jebediah, eddy current supression ring, lucksmiths, the saints, the sunnyboys, radio birdman, darren hanlon, dirty three, further, the hard-ons, Jonathan boulet, kes band, my disco, ohana, ratcat, scientists, seekae, tex Perkins, beasts of bourbon, and maybe even you am I? For starters?
Tergon:
So basically I have very little dignity left right now.
David_Dovey:
--- Quote from: Tergon on 07 Nov 2010, 01:51 ---Shots are well-deserved, true. But in my defence, this is the thread in which we remind the world of good things about Australia, no? I just picked bands with songs folks in other, lesser nations might have heard of. By all means list some others, if you'd prefer them.
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Honestly I had no good reason for saying what I said 'cept it's actually pretty fun to be snidely dismissive and it's that special time of night when my tact and empathy completely desert me. Not a good time to be on the Internet, no sir, nosireebob.
Anyway I was gonna do a big list of amazing Aussie bands but actually Lunchy more or less nailed it. I'll add a few more (and re-state some that people really, really, really should listen to though just so I'm not completely useless)
The Drones- Noisy noisy noise rock, and quintisentially Australian, but not just because of Gareth Liddiard's thick 'Strine. Kind of has this whole "Wild colonial boy" vibe to it. The Minotaur
Dirty Three- The most beautiful music ever to be made by three splendidly-dressed cavemen. Authentic Celestial Music, performed live on Recovery (hey guys, who remembers Recovery? holy shit)
Darren Hanlon- When The Hugs Revolution Comes, Darren Hanlon Will Write The Songs We March To. All These Things
Abbe May- Went down to the crossroads and punched the devil in the balls and played a mean slide guitar solo and smoked all his cigarettes too, probably. Costanza
Grinderman- Do these guys even count as Australian? Who gives a shit. In addition, mustaches. No Pussy Blues
Tangled Thoughts of Leaving- Industrial Cruise Ship Jazz Post-Rock Metal. You'll probably hate 'em, you fucks. Tiny Fragments, pt. 3
The Panics- Ennio Morricone joined an indie band! Innit purty? Get Us Home
Eleventh He Reaches London- Made my favourite album last year. More noisy, shouty stuff, and riffs, and pretty tinkly parts too. Hollow Be My Name
Gotye- I uploaded his album to the mediaf!re thread a while back, everybody seemed to like it. Cut 'n' pasting sample geek puts together heartbreaking, hopeful and soulful tunes instead of pop cultural dick tugs. Refreshing! Heart's A Mess
Sarah Blasko- Fantastic lady makes haunting chamber pop, beats "sensitive"-type boys back with a stick, I presume. All I Want
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