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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Tom on 13 Nov 2007, 20:24
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Yeah so that's pretty much it.
I listen to, Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, Spoon. Sunset Rubdown, the Good Life, Rilo Kiley (speak of the devil the radio's playing Silver Lining), Sunset Rubdown, The Fiery Furnaces, the Who, Talking Heads, Andrew Bird, Beck, The Beatles, The Shins, Bright Eyes, Tokyo Police Club and The New Pornographers.
I have always found Silverchair to be really annoying and don't recommend Operator Please or I while track you down and kill you.
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Um, operater please? perhaps?
Why do we need a new thread for this? What's wrong with the Ozmusic month one? Anyway I was just about to reccomend the dirty threewhen i saw that post. Midnight jugernauts are really good. If you're willing to give electro a go, Cut Copy is pretty good fun.
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Midnight Juggernaughts I know of and are remarkably less annoying than Cut Copy but thanks for playing.
I'll check out the Dirty Three when I get a chance.
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Architecture in Helsinki?
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inXs
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AiH i forgot to list and E. Spaceman, even since before Kick INXS has annoyed the shit out of me.
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Men At Work
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There is a film of sorts that is coming out that documents the current indie scene in Melbourne, Australia. It's called The Super8 Diaries, and it's coming out January 20th, 2008. Several bands are interviewed, including some of my favorites Baseball, Witch Hats, and My Disco. The bands all have one song filmed on a super8 camera featured in the documentary. Here is Witch Hats' song. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNXs02zLwWY)
This band reeks of Sonic Youth and The Jesus Lizard.
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As stated in the other thread, Little Birdy (http://www.myspace.com/littlebirdy) never fails to impress.
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It fails to impress me, every time I hear it I start thinking "Heh, When did Shirley Manson start doing folky indie rock?"
btw E. Spacemen you're not very helpful.
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Off the top of my head:
Gauche, CODA, anything on Elefant Traks- especially Hermitude, King Tide, Jumbledat, the Imaginaries, the Captain's Package, Snowman, Cuthbert and the Nightwalkers, Elana Stone, Leanne Paris, Rica Tetas, Mr. Bamboo, Richard In Your Mind, Katalyst, the Phonies, the Bird (I like most of Ben Walsh/Bobby Singh's side projects too... check out Dha, Circle of Rhythm, Crusty Suitcase et al.), Cleptoclectics, Bluejuice, Rastawookie, Juke Baritone and the Swamp Dogs, the Avalanches (but only El Producto, everything else is average IMO), the Crooked Fiddle Band, Sub Bass Snarl, and uh...I've run out for the moment. Maybe more later.
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It fails to impress me, every time I hear it I start thinking "Heh, When did Shirley Manson start doing folky indie rock?"
btw E. Spacemen you're not very helpful.
Maybe you should chill out.
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I suggest these guys.
http://www.miyagi.com.au/news.html
They make nice music, I've seen them a few times and bought their EP.
Definitely worth a look at.
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Just listen to TripleJ during the day* some time this month. There is really too much great music out there right now.
Also, maybe you just hate fun? I dunno... you seem to put down everyone's suggestions without giving them a second thought.
*I say during the day because Robbie Buck shits me, Rosie Beaton shits me, Jay and the Doctor shit me and the entire TripleJ-listening-and-calling-in-audience shit me.
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Well I can't go without getting at least one Perth band in there. Karnivool. They're a hometown favourite generally. There are other bands, rock and the such, but I don't know enough about them to recommend. And it doesn't sound like you're into metal, so I'll leave that as well. Ah well, Give Karnivool a look in, they're... um... different.
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Based on you liking a bunch of Indie Pop stuff, you might like Architecture In Helsinki (http://www.myspace.com/aihmusic), New Buffalo (http://www.myspace.com/newbuffalomusic), The Crayon Fields (http://myspace.com/thecrayonfields), Actor/Model (http://myspace.com/actormodel)... yeah seriously check the ozmusicmonth thread too.
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I can't really recommend anything in your stipulated genres. But if you ever want to listen to some good Australian metal bands let me know.
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AUGIE MARCH!
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YOTHU YINDI.
YOTHU YINDI.
YOTHU YINDI.
YOTHU YINDI.
YOTHU YINDI.
YOTHU YINDI.
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Men At Work
YESSSS
Plus Colin Hay's solo work is pretty rad.
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His cameo on Scrubs was the only good bit of this season, so far (aside from a drawn-out Dr. Beardface scene).
When I was in high school, the girl who had a locker next to me got me into an Aussie band called Kisschasy. Are they still around?
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I can't really recommend anything in your stipulated genres. But if you ever want to listen to some good Australian metal bands let me know.
Hey dude, in the hope of not completely hijacking this thread, what are some of the bands that you'd recommend in the go of Metal. I see you're from Sydney, I just wondered what NSW had to offer, I try to keep track of the bands that are involved in the Perth metal scene, but it's nigh impossible.
In the way of Perth metal bands I'd offer the likes of various styles, including the likes of Pathogen (melodic metal), Malignant Monster (cross between melodic and some kinda black metal/death metal), Voyager (epic metal), Arterial Hemorrhage (grindcore at it's finest and most self depreciating), Blowtorch Abortion (similar to AH, but with more brutal themes, rather than such things like Quad Damage, it's more like Bashing Faggots witha 2x4, all in jest of course), Chaos Divine (a band that tends to support a lot of international supports in this town and gets good reviews), Grotesque (death metal, some fucking awesome stuff here, a definate for Perth DM), there are others, such as Noctis (black metal) but yeah, I'd be here all night.
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Kylie Minogue
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Kylie Minogue
Actually, check out the song that was done by Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave: Where the Wild Roses Grow. I generally don't like either artist, but I like that song.
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When I was in high school, the girl who had a locker next to me got me into an Aussie band called Kisschasy. Are they still around?
Yes, they still exist, not worth checking out though.
Plus Colin Hay's solo work is pretty rad.
If you can ignore the fact he now plays with his crazy wife and her imaginary flute.
YOTHU YINDI.
Agreed.
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Clann Zu.
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yeah why not
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Ebolie.
Also, listen to community radio stations. Like 2SER or FBI if you're in Sydney. You'd like FBI. They're narrow-minded and pretty much only play indie and nothing else.
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When I was in high school, the girl who had a locker next to me got me into an Aussie band called Kisschasy. Are they still around?
Yes, they still exist, not worth checking out though.
Yep. Kisschasy are possibly the crappest Australian band going (and yes, that includes Jet and HUman Nature)
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Also also, read Cyclic Defrost (http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/). It's not all Australian music reviewed, but a fair chunk of it is.
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Architecture in Helsinki, The Panics, Something for Kate, Little Birdy, Sarah Blasko, Powderfinger, Midnight Juggernauts, Presets, Angus & Julia Stone, The Cops, Decoder Ring, Gotye, george, John Butler Trio, Josh Pyke, You Am I, The Waifs, Eskimo Joe
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When I was in high school, the girl who had a locker next to me got me into an Aussie band called Kisschasy. Are they still around?
Yes, they still exist, not worth checking out though.
Yep. Kisschasy are possibly the crappest Australian band going (and yes, that includes Jet and HUman Nature)
Nothing is as bad as Jet!!!
But hey a quick fiddle with myspace and i found a fair few of those. when I have more time I'll check out those metal bands. OKTHXBAI!
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dude I can think of either Eskimo Joe and Wolfmother, these two are totally two kick ass bands.
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in b4 somebody gets shot for suggesting Keith Urban.
I hate that guy.
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dude I can think of either Eskimo Joe and Wolfmother, these two are totally two kick ass bands.
On my facebook profile under music I have written 'nickelback man they are so awseom' and so i feel that I shouldn't make a joke here in case this guy's intent was the same as mine.
Anyway, like I said in the other thread, The Basics (http://www.myspace.com/the3basics).
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But Nickelback are CanEHdian...?
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It upsets me that indie kids don't accept Wolfmother. They're a pretty decent band, but they broke quickly and got tons of mainstream radio play and a song in GHII so they're immediately shit.
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No, they're pretty much shit because BLUE CHEER DID IT BETTER 40 YEARS AGO
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Also they do not have many good songs. I would say that "Joker and the Thief" probably almost deserved most of the airplay it got (well I don't know what it was like overseas but here for a couple of weeks it was usually playing on at least one radio station, much like "Chasing CaaaAAARGHAARHAGHSHUTUPALREADYAAARGHAars" was two months before that), but none of the other songs are really worth listening to.
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I tired of it at just one listen in.
NB: I didn't buy it someone bought it for me so I didn't lose any money! :-D
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Oh yeah,I forgot to mention In Fiction this is a band I may be seeing in a couple of weekends, they're from Adelaide, my mate likes them and I'm finding myself leaning towards positive for them.
http://www.myspace.com/infictionmusic (http://www.myspace.com/infictionmusic)
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I saw in fiction the other week with the getaway plan.
Waste of a night i think.
The most important band you check out is Scott Edgar and the Universe.
It's one of the guys from Tripod, playing serious music.
He writes nice songs about girls, love and DnD characters.
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I'm sorry, but serious songs about D&D characters?
A rather weenish sounding concept.
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Alchemist.
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I'm sorry, but serious songs about D&D characters?
A rather weenish sounding concept.
While note explicitly about D&D, when I was at the album launch he mentioned it, and it makes a lot of reference to dice, and stuff like "I could have been a fighter or I could have been a thief"
Basically a song about the back story to a character he plays as.
It''s called "The Ballad of Osiris Stark" if you want to look into it.
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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.
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I've lost count of how many times I've recommended them on this forum, but seriously: check out Martin Martini & the Bonepalace Orchestra. They're playing in Sydney on the 23rd, if anyone wants to catch them (and if you don't want to then you probably just don't like live music).
Also, for something completely different: Darren Hanlon is the best songwriter in Australia. Seriously.
Lastly, I saw a really good country-soul band here in Melbourne last night called Dog With Wheels. Totally awesome gig.
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dude I can think of either Eskimo Joe and Wolfmother, these two are totally two kick ass bands.
On my facebook profile under music I have written 'nickelback man they are so awseom' and so i feel that I shouldn't make a joke here in case this guy's intent was the same as mine.
Anyway, like I said in the other thread, The Basics (http://www.myspace.com/the3basics).
sorry dude, the fact is that I do like Eskimo Joe and Wolfmother, I know that probaby sets me apart from most of the indies here.
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I've lost count of how many times I've recommended them on this forum, but seriously: check out Martin Martini & the Bonepalace Orchestra. They're playing in Sydney on the 23rd, if anyone wants to catch them (and if you don't want to then you probably just don't like live music).
Also, for something completely different: Darren Hanlon is the best songwriter in Australia. Seriously.
Lastly, I saw a really good country-soul band here in Melbourne last night called Dog With Wheels. Totally awesome gig.
All ages? If so I'd go but it's in the middle of my exams.
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You have the exact same tastes as me!
Feist, Maria Taylor, Jenny Lewis, and of Montreal are pretty rad
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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.
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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.
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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 :)
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(haet for "Chasing Cars")
Aw, I kindof like that song. One of my guilty pleasures, I guess.
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Mutiny, If you can find some... ITS FUCKING PIRATE
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YES MUTINY ARE FUCKING GREAT.
Like the Pogues or Gogol Bordello, but all convict Australia and shit.
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I am intrigued.
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No one has said The Lucksmiths? Goddamn.
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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!
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Jesus, dude. Those are all great suggestions but you might want to use your return key more often.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ALCHEMIST
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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!
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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.
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ALCHEMIST
I already mentioned them in this thread, however I did not use all caps, so I guess it's ok. :-D
Their new album kills.
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Regarding Mutiny, I might put bag of oats on the sendspace soon.
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Do so with zeal!
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...AC/DC...?
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GOOD Australian music, dude.
Joking aside, I do pretty severely hate those guys.
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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.
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Via a Highway?
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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.
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Via a Highway?
No, a freeway.
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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.
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It took this long before someone mentioned the Avalanches?
What's wrong with us?
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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...
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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.
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(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.
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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 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=KDlDQ0YkvK0) 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.
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Oh, well, it looks like a few of the bands I put there WERE already listed.
Uh...my bad, and stuff.
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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!
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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.
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Start here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki4aDJY9TOI&feature=related).
Then go here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbucqkOzgIc).
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That's awesome.
I guess I'll have to go get a Whitlams album, then.
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There's a decided lack of Australian experimental music in this thread. For the open-minded listener, check out Justice Yeldham (http://www.dualplover.com/justice.htm). 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.
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...Whoa.
After that I just really don't think I have much to add to this thread.
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⁄⁄¡ ! That's the coolest fucking thing I've ever seen
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Start here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki4aDJY9TOI&feature=related).
Then go here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbucqkOzgIc).
'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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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Radio Birdman are freaking great. Real killer rock'n'roll, and I understand they sort of kicked of punk rock down under.
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Would I be lynched for suggesting Thirsty Merc (first album, not second)
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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.
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I saw this Australian band called The Mess Hall open for Wilco. They were pretty cool.
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It may be a bit of a stretch, but The Cat Empire, perhaps?
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Dude, stop posting unless you have something constructive to say.
EDIT: I meant the post below muteKi's. I guess it's been deleted.
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I'm going to recommend the Crooked Fiddle band again, 'cause they're just that good!
This is what they look and sound like. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDwuuwW8QlY)
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:-D :-D :-D :-D DINOSAUR! (Sorry, I just saw that and coulen't help myself.
At the moment, I'm listening to a NZ band. They're called Fat Freddy's Drop, listen if you like chilled music reminiscent of the late Marley.
I'll give good metal bands some time.
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Australia is the only country where (even local) knowledge of the music scene is exceedingly limited, lending itself to being viewed as 'narrow' or 'sparse'.
I would suggest anyone interested in Britpop/indie/folk music to check out the following:
Mid-State Orange
theSmallgoods
Summer Cats
Anthonty Atkinson & the Running Mates
The Zebras
Julian Nation
And if anyone mentions The Living End again, I will disembowel them. Slowly.
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I really do agree with you on that.
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Australia is the only country where (even local) knowledge of the music scene is exceedingly limited, lending itself to being viewed as 'narrow' or 'sparse'.
huh?
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Sorry. Re-read the sentence and I've typed quicker than my brain's thought; the result being an incomprehensible, grammatically incorrect jumble.
What I meant to say was that very few people (even locals) know much about the Australian music scene. Everyone knows international acts like The Living End, etc, but knowledge about local bands is fairly marginal. The stuff that's actually worth a listen remains undiscovered.
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I'm not sure it's actually that different from anywere else really. I actually thought it was a bit better considering we have a pretty mainstream radio station with a large focus on australian music, especially little kinda maybe big for a local band bands. And I'm sure each city has it's RTRFM with a lot of talking up and advertising for local acts and events. The reason I know about what I do is through a conscious decision to listen to RTR more so that I can find out more about what's happening here in Perth. I think you just have to look for it a little if you want to find it.
I don't think the vast majority of people really want to find local music.
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I really do but gigs tend to be for adults and FBi is near unbearable to listen to because the play an excessive amount pf electronica and hip-hop which does not appeal to me in any way. It's funny, usually when some indie band band on the east coast gets some notice they are branded as the next best thing but they're music is quite shite.
Examples include Operator Please, Wolfmother, Jet, The Sick Puppies, The Scare, Silverchair and some hard rock trio from Sydney Grammar.
On a side not Sydney Grammar has produced some rotten bands, rich boys with a lot of time on their hands as well as the aforementioned band with a name i forget and Midnight Oil. Dappled Cities Fly are at least halfway decent.
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As the thread seems to have moved into random genres at this point... I figured I'd plug a few decent local bands that come immediately to mind. Some of these have been mentioned in other threads, but I don't think they've been listed here yet. Links are all to either youtube or myspace for examples of the music.
Random:
Laura (http://www.myspace.com/lauranoise) (how has this not been mentioned in this thread yet?) - Pretty Post Rock
Six Ft Hick (http://www.myspace.com/sixfthick) - Rock. One of the most fun live bands in Australia.
The Necks (http://www.abc.net.au/tv/set/1.htm) - Hour long beautiful, if slow, improv jazz pieces. (link is to ABC tv site, with a streamable set of theirs.)
Yves Klein Blue (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=74706253) - Really not my style, but I'll get slapped by some friends if I don't include them. Kind of perky... ummm rock/pop?
Metal:
Astriaal (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD5AFuNgSSw), Five Star Prison Cell (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y8sB_NatRQ), Dead Letter Opener (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=30873003)
Experimental:
Ben Frost (http://www.myspace.com/theghostofbenfrost) (admittedly he lives overseas now, but still...), Ai Yamamoto (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=77371385), Lawrence English/IO (*grumble* appears he doesn't have any viable linkable music) so www.room40.org is his label, as a compromise, Chris Abrahams (pianist from The Necks), Pimmon
I'll second Martin Martini and The Veils by the way (although The Veils kind of count as a UK band at this point imo). I'm sure I'm missing a ton, but meh.
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Dukka gets hugs for pretty much every band they mentioned. Especially DLO who are by far the best of the "Dead Letter Somethings" that seem to be everywhere in the last couple of years. Certified Nerdcore is an EP I recommend anyone here look into if they like music that is loud.
So loud
AUUUUUUUUUUGH
Also has anyone said Gotye yet? It seems a lot more like what the OP is looking for.
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Experimental:
Ben Frost (http://www.myspace.com/theghostofbenfrost) (admittedly he lives overseas now, but still...), Ai Yamamoto (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=77371385), Lawrence English/IO (*grumble* appears he doesn't have any viable linkable music) so www.room40.org is his label, as a compromise, Chris Abrahams (pianist from The Necks), Pimmon
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Also, Oren Ambarchi is Australian.
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I have to admit to being really underwhelmed every time I've listened to the Necks. While the idea is great (long pieces that are made up and collectively improvised on the spot, never to be repeated) I find the execution incredibly limited and rather dull. Why, in an hour long piece, does Chris Abrahams seem incapable of moving beyond a couple of octaves in the middle of the piano? As a some-time piano player the refusal of most jazz and rock pianists to utilise the full range of their instrument frustrates me no end.
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The Necks tend to be a bit hit and miss in my experience. One time I'll see them and be amazed, the next time it seems no one can really get going and they're limited to a tiny range (and whilst minimalism is 'almost' a valid excuse...). Along that line, I've always been more impressed by their live output than their recorded work (despite it being effectively the same thing). May just be a mood/setting issue.
Speaking of jazzish things, I really meant to mention Misinterprotato (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=57986146) in that last post. Brisbane based Jazz band that does mostly originals and is generally pretty outstanding.
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I don't listen to many Australian bands, but one of my favorites is The Morning After Girls, kinda shoegaze/droney, so maybe not quite the Aussie pop you are looking for.
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If not INXS or AC/DC, then maybe Cat Empire? :) There's something in their stuff for almost everyone, I think.
Or why not TISM?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phuaH2gE2WM
Colin Hay's solo work is pretty sweet, too. I think I prefer his acoustic versions to the originals from his days with Men at Work.
I have a feeling I'm forgetting someone >_<
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i saw this awesome local band at the corner last night- Little Red. Basically 60's pop, these guys are like 19 but boy can they kick it. and their harmonies kick all kinds of ass.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=48863405
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is any1 who posted in this actually from oz?
lol...
try umm
ac/dc
parkway drive
liberty punk
thats all i can think of atm lol
btw the last 1 i had 2 write cuz there friends of mine
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is any1 who posted in this actually from oz?
lol...
try umm
ac/dc
parkway drive
liberty punk
thats all i can think of atm lol
btw the last 1 i had 2 write cuz there friends of mine
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Quite a few of us are from Australia, hence us frequently saying in this thread: "a local band I saw last night". I'm from Melbourne myself, and don't know nearly as much about the local scene as I should.
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is any1 who posted in this actually from oz?
Maybe read the original post, you idiot?
Also jesus please let that be the last time I see someone recommend Parkway Drive on this forum.
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I started this thread cause I felt that I was being a little bit unpatriotic with my listening habits.
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Also jesus please let that be the last time I see someone recommend Parkway Drive on this forum.
lol Australian hardcore
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A couple of solid Melbourne outfits:
The Knives of Neptune - A mix between At The Drive-In, Trail Of Dead and maybe a bit of Mogwai. Absolutely killer live, though recorded the production is a little thin, definitely worth giving a listen.
A Friend Of Mine - Radiohead, Mogwai, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nine Inch Nails and My Bloody Valentine rolled into one. Doing some really impressive and pretty moving stuff but still not afraid to lug a toilet on stage.
Shooting At Unarmed Men - The main songwriter of these guys is one of the two dudes who did the writing in McLusky and these guys basically sound like McLusky. Great Welsh/Australian rock.
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While AC/DC arent the most diverse band out there, thier work with Bon Scott was truly classic (I liked Back in Black, but, but Bon was well...Bon). They've said they're a thru and thru rock n' roll band, so I can't see them doing 15 minute synthesized prog pieces anytime soon.
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...Oh shit, I wonder why I didn't think of this guy before now.
Clue to Kalo
http://www.myspace.com/cluetokalo (http://www.myspace.com/cluetokalo)
(Sorry if he's already been mentioned...but I really love this music)
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I'm going to recommend the Crooked Fiddle band again, 'cause they're just that good!
I'm sitting here with crooked fiddle band's drummer, and he recommends them too! seriously though, they are rather great.
also; the drummer's other band is called sui zhen (myspace.com/suizhenmusic (http://myspace.com/suizhenmusic)) and they are very good, very different to crooked fiddle but they are playing at the annandale hotel next thursday with jezebel and sherlock's daughter for anyone who's interested. crooked fiddle band are playing with my band ergo b bag (myspace.com/ergobbag (http://myspace.com/ergobbag)) the next night, so its a busy little weekend on paramatta road.
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Shooting At Unarmed Men - The main songwriter of these guys is one of the two dudes who did the writing in McLusky and these guys basically sound like McLusky. Great Welsh/Australian rock.
Oh man, I saw these guys last year at a backyard show and it was the best fun ever (also thanks to Actor/Model who played right after them). They gave the audience percussion to play along and had a massive singalong song.
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The Triffids.