Australian music appreciation thread!

[powerhour24]

Temper Trap hasn't come up in this thread yet?

YouTube - The Temper Trap - Science of Fear

YouTube - The Temper Trap - Love Lost

 

[intedomine]

Temper Trap are quality. Might be seein' em next month. Love Lost is amazing, don't like Science Of Fear though.

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Fools

 

[dan_smee]

was anyone else an Angelas Dish fan when they were good?

 

[dan_smee]

Also, The Devoted Few are my fav aussie band. Their last album was good, not their best. Billboard Noises is one of the best Aussie albums ever.

YouTube - Sleep Less - The Devoted Few

 

[cobl04]

Temper Trap are quality. Might be seein' em next month. Love Lost is amazing, don't like Science Of Fear though.

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Fools

bdo? i heard tickets for that sold out in like 12 minutes.

Fools is probs my favourite. Sweet Disposition's overrated. i liked the album, but i think it was overhyped, it's derivative. good shit though.

speaking of classic aussie albums, i really have to get Hunnas' Human Frailty.

 

[Bonoa]

AC/DC!!!

 

[intedomine]

bdo? i heard tickets for that sold out in like 12 minutes.

Nah, TTT are playin' a gig at Palace Theatre apparently, few weeks after Editors gig. Might go...

 

[powerhour24]

Temper Trap are quality. Might be seein' em next month. Love Lost is amazing, don't like Science Of Fear though.

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Fools

To me Science of Fear sounds like if Radiohead cared to make music that was fun to listen to anymore.

I can't believe I missed them here recently, who knows when they'll make it back.

 

[If you shout...]

Anybody have any thoughts on Eddy Current Suppression Ring? I'm mostly interested in what any B&C Australians may have to say, as I think I'm correct in understanding that Primary Colors was a pretty big hit, down there. For all I know, he's as big as The Beatles. But it's just as likely that he's as reviled as Jet.

Please, somebody, let me know. I haven't really done too much listening (heard the new Ooga Boogas album, last week, but that's pretty much it), and would like to hear from anybody with any insight into his music, his person, or his reputation. Share. I found Primary Colors for pretty cheap. Should I bother?


YouTube - EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING which way to go

YouTube - EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING, GET UP MORNING

 

[blueeyedgirl]

I've seen some great local music lately. People, get out of the house and see some lesser known bands. These people need your money for beer!!!!

Sime Nugent:
Sime Nugent on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

Matt Reiner and the Aunt Sallys
Matt Reiner and the Aunt Sallys on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

The Yearlings
The Yearlings on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

Tuscadero
Tuscadero on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

There's a few to be getting on with. Do yourself a favour.....

And I love Eddy Current Suppression Ring. I still haven't caught them live, they always play a night I can't make: I mean, guys, play the same night as the Pixies???? Can you check with me first!!!!

 

[blueeyedgirl]

And this was the greatest thing in amongst some greatest things on last night's Rage:

YouTube - Starstruck - Body & Soul

Tim Finn's Australian, right?

 

[cobl04]

of course he is, what kind of stupid question is that

two of my favourite Aussie songs are:

Frente - Accidentally Was Released
Things of Stone and Wood - I've Just Run Out of Melbourne Cliches

most importantly however, Something for Kate have started writing their new album

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

Tim Finn's Australian, right?

he's kiwi



and wow, i remember i saw starstruck a couple years ago.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

two of my favourite Aussie songs are:

Frente - Accidentally Was Released
Things of Stone and Wood - I've Just Run Out of Melbourne Cliches

I u.

 

[intedomine]

Things of Stone and Wood - I've Just Run Out of Melbourne Cliches

Got their greatest hits, awesome band with some fair songs on that disc, namely Wildflowers, Fingertips, Safe In Sound and Churchill's Black Dog

 

[cobl04]

I u.

i chose to post them when i saw who bumped the thread.

dancing like a dickhead's quite a strain!

 

[blueeyedgirl]

So's dancing like a duck.... :backatchya:

 

[cobl04]

what we're doing is we're breaking down ethnic barriers, we're holding up a mirror to multicultural society...

 

[indra]

oooh! I just got home from appreciating some Australian music.

 

[blueeyedgirl]

^ I've got my finger on the pulse....

what we're doing is we're breaking down ethnic barriers, we're holding up a mirror to multicultural society...

I got one word for you: Piffy.

 

[cobl04]

they could teach the bells, colonel!

 

[blueeyedgirl]

It's Toilet Break time!!!!!

 

[Mr. V]

Anybody have any thoughts on Eddy Current Suppression Ring? I'm mostly interested in what any B&C Australians may have to say, as I think I'm correct in understanding that Primary Colors was a pretty big hit, down there. For all I know, he's as big as The Beatles. But it's just as likely that he's as reviled as Jet.

Please, somebody, let me know. I haven't really done too much listening (heard the new Ooga Boogas album, last week, but that's pretty much it), and would like to hear from anybody with any insight into his music, his person, or his reputation. Share. I found Primary Colors for pretty cheap. Should I bother?


YouTube - EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING which way to go

YouTube - EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING, GET UP MORNING

I wouldn't say ECSR are big by any stretch of the imagination... but they're fucking good. Pure, clean, simple garage rock. If you like Which Way to Go, then you'll like Primary Colours - but Rush to Relax is the better album, I feel. They deserve to be big though. Word is their live shows are sensational and really energetic etc... really disappointed I missed them in both Brisbane and Adelaide, the latter of which they played in one of my regular nighttime haunts...

 

[CrashedCarDriver]

One of my favorites from the West Coast, The Sleepy Jackson!

YouTube - The Sleepy Jackson- Miniskirt

YouTube - The Sleepy Jackson - Good Dancers

YouTube - The Sleepy Jackson - This Day (Video)

YouTube - the sleepy jackson-rain falls for wind

Tell the Girls I'm Not Hanging Out, and Old Dirt Farmer are two of my favourite tunes of theirs is not youtubed

actually, the debut album Lovers is a showcase of how good Australian can be. without forced commercialism, however on the flipside Luke Steele works for a project called Empire of the Sun these days, and is singing in a falsetto

 

[The Sad Punk]

I have a weird sorta crush on Luke Steele that I don't think is an actual crush. Saw him perform as EOTS minus Nick Littlemore (who has just cold disappeared from the project) front row a couple months ago, which was pretty amazing. I like this remix better than any of their actual songs, though:

YouTube - Empire of the Sun - We are the people (Shazam remix)

And of course The Sleepy Jackson were/are great. I used I Understand What You Want But I Just Don't Agree on my last DI, and think it's about as perfect a pop song as has been released in the last decade.

What do you guys think of Tame Impala? I'm hoping to delve a bit more into the local scene in the coming months, as I feel a bit of a jerk for concentrating on international artists for so long. Any recommendations are always welcome.

 

[cobl04]

i'm really digging that Tame Impala album, but i find it hard to listen to in one sitting, just because throughout the voice and the music never really change. Alter Ego is a top song.

the only other Aussie album i've heard this year is British India's Avalanche, which is just basically a guitar album for 30 minutes. few decent songs though.

 

[If you shout...]

Album sounds like Dungen + John Lennon, and that shit kinda freaks me out. Fine songs, but I just can't help NOTICING it all the time. Maybe I'm just being a shit listener. Can't help it, though.

 

[cobl04]

no you're right, shouter. not sure who Dungen is/are but i noticed the Lennon similarity immediately, and then from then on you really can't get it out of your head. you can't not notice it.

 

[If you shout...]

allmusic

 

[intedomine]

i'm really digging that Tame Impala album, but i find it hard to listen to in one sitting, just because throughout the voice and the music never really change. Alter Ego is a top song.

Thinking of getting that album, just a shame that Sundown Syndrome (Crown Metropol ad) is not on the album as that was the song that got me intrigued about Impala in the first place.

Saw them live a few years back, supporting YouAmI,,,