DMA’s

[MadForIt]

Anyone heard of Aussie trio DMA’s from Sydney?

New album For Now is great. Debut Hills End top notch too. Very UK sounding (Smiths, Oasis and Stone Roses style)

https://youtu.be/_kbD61y6oWU

Time and Money on new album is best tune.
https://youtu.be/-kykpsrjPN0

Not very well known outside Australia and UK

 

[Axver]

Haha of course you like DMAs!

Kinda generic cardboard rock, and the one time I caught about 20 minutes of their set at Laneway they were all dressed as if they were speed dealers.

 

[kabigon]

Yeah, without having delved too deeply they're one of those names I associate with buffing out a festival lineup to a respectable number of acts.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Maybe they were all speed dealers. Being in DMA's can't possibly pay that well.

 

[Axver]

Or perhaps they're just Tony Abbott fans, which is probably worse than being a speed dealer.

 

[Kieran McConville]

The Tony Abbott All Stars

 

[MadForIt]

They dress like bogans/chavs but they do make a good tune

Who else have Australia got at the moment that's any good?

These guys sound good live too - shame they haven't come to NZ in a while.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Well cobl4 was singing the praises of Gang of Youths there for a while, so that's one, I guess. I'm agnostic.

 

[dan_smee]

Gang of Youths own the shit out of DMAs.

I don’t mind DMAs, but they are super inoffensive vanilla ice cream.

 

[Axver]

Who else have Australia got at the moment that's any good?

How long have you got.

 

[cobl04]

Yeah, lol.

I've refused to listen to DMAs ever since that fucking Cher inexplicably ended up in the top 10 of a Hottest 100. It's a completely pedestrian cover and everyone lost their minds over it.

 

[intedomine]

I stumbled upon the DMAs at Falls about 4-5 years back and was quite blown away by how unapologetically lad rock they were. The call backs to Madchester icons like the Roses and the Mondays hooked me in for the full set.

Then they released Hills End which was surprisingly mature, for a band that seemed like pure gimmickry. It's patchy, but for every forgettable song there is a feel-good beauty to get behind (Lay Down, Melbourne, Straight Dimensions).

I've spun the new album a couple of times, Dawning and Warsaw the early highlights.

It's unfortunate that they are most well known for Delete (their Wonderwall supposedly). It's boring as batshit.

And I generally don't bother with Like a Versions cause they contaminate the JJJ100. I didn't like Cher's original, so never bothered with the DMA version.

 

[MadForIt]

How long have you got.

Name a few. I’ll check Gang of Youths this week.
Should have made this thread an Aussie indie music one haha

 

[Axver]

http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f221/australian-music-appreciation-thread-177811.html

We're in a golden age of Aussie music right now, I reckon.