How have I only just found out now that there is a #penguin ballet?!?!?!

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#AustralianMusic #NigelWestlake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eGFVnnk2i8

I totally forgot that #Regurgitator did a remix of the #AreYouBeingServed theme song. What a banger. #AustralianMusic
Are U Being Served
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYsa5LzNpUk&t=1

Here's one of the best #IndiePop songs ever, one of the best #IndiePop bands ever and, fuck me, it's twenty years old now:

https://youtu.be/QnvnNJCafgk

#TheLucksmiths #CameraShy #TweeAsFuck #Indie #Alternative #Aussie #AustralianMusic

Starting Friday with Ben Eltham on #TikTok and the Australian music industry. It's a sobering deep dive into the potential and the problems of discoverabilty in the age of algorithms and AI.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/14/we-need-to-break-down-their-power-why-australian-music-is-facing-an-existential-threat
#Music #AustralianMusic #Algorithms #AI #Discoverability

#Australianmusic #midnightoil #80smusic #protestsong #aussiemusic #BedsAreBurning #equality This song really gets to me it’s message is relevant now more than ever, 1987 song from the album Diesel and Dust , charted high in several countries and in 2001 Australasian Performing Rights Association industry panel declared it 3rd best Australian song ever, also one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that shaped Rock and Roll, thanks Oils for this classic https://youtu.be/ejorQVy3m8E

#aussiemusic #Australianmusic #80smusic #antiwar #alternativerock #midnightoil US Forces was first single released from Midnight Oil's 4th album, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 in November 1982. The song denounces US military intervention in foreign affairs…. “Now market movements call the shots
Business deals in parking lots
Waiting for the meat of tomorrow”….. nothing much has changed really https://youtu.be/SAFv2NEE-_c

#aussiemusic #Australianmusic #80smusic #mentalasanythingband If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? by Aussie band Mental As Anything, released in May 1981 was lead single from their third studio album Cats & Dogs, I think this is just a lyrically brilliant song , very catchy and bittersweet in message , great memories from the 80’s thank you 🙏Mental as Anything https://youtu.be/tSGtg26-TpU

#80smusic #aussiemusic #Australianmusic #divinyls #ChrissyAmphlett #pubrock #newwave Old Radios - Divinyls . This was from their 1985 album “What a life” - Australian release. The Divinyls in all their glory “aargh shut up”. RIP Chrissy you have an outstanding legacy. https://youtu.be/1gOEL7xUR_Q

@eric
Apropos nothing at all, the layout of this gave me serious Dead Can Dance vibes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Within_the_Realm_of_a_Dying_Sun
#4ad #science #goth #australianmusic

Music in the 2022 Hottest 100 was the worst to dance to in a decade according to an analysis of songs featured in Australian radio station Triple J's latest annual countdown

#Hottest100 #AustralianMusic #TripleJ #Danceability

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-02/what-30-years-of-data-reveals-about-our-changing-music-tastes/101909192

Putting an accordion arrangement of No Man's Land by Eric Bogle into a more compact lead sheet format, so I can play it without having to turn inconvenient sheets in a bulky book mid play! It is a beautiful tune by a Peebles-born Australian. #Accordion #Squeezebox #Music #SheetMusic #ScottishMusic #AustralianMusic #Scotland #Australia #WW1 #WorldWarOne #WWI #EricBogle #Peebles #ScottishBorders #History #WarHistory

Australian soul singer Renee Geyer dies aged 69 - ABC News. #ozmusic #ausmusic #Australianmusic #ReneeGeyer #music #70s #RIP https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-17/renee-geyer-australian-soul-singer-dies/10186214

if you're ever feeling down, simply go watch three of your friends who are about to drop incredible new music in 2023 (Eilish Gilligan, and Heather and Jono from Cry Club) play in support of one of the best fucking popstars on the planet (ie Betty Who) at a gig where everyone's encouraged to be their full authentic selves and not apologise for taking up space ❤️

heart. is. full. ❤️

#LiveMusic #AusMusic #AustralianMusic #EilishGilligan #CryClub #BettyWho #CornerHotel #Melbourne #Narrm

In an era where every Australian band who found an audience in the 1980s has reformed, the reunion of Sunnyboys will go down in history as one of the least expected, and most warmly received. The beloved Sydney powerpop quartet peaked early, releasing a classic debut album in 1981 before flaming out like a comet, derailed by overwork and lead singer Jeremy Oxley’s long struggle with schizophrenia.

Ahead of their farewell tour, the beloved 1980s power-pop band reflect on their time together, Australia’s affection for them and playing ‘slightly slower’ than they once did. #ozrock #ozmusic #ausmusic #Sunnyboys #music #Australia #Australianmusic

Sunnyboys reunite – for one last time: ‘We were told, your fans will forget about you’ | Australian music | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/04/sunnyboys-reunite-for-one-last-time-we-were-told-your-fans-will-forget-about-you

Happy Gravy Day everyone! I hope you're keeping well.
#AustralianMusic #Christmas

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=__nMA_hC6ts&feature=share

Listening to traditional music (Peter Combe’s Christmas album) while steaming a pudding. Singing along with the smell of orange and spices . Perfect. #ChristmasCulture #Australianmusic #AustralianMusicians

The #1970s saw a bunch of feverishly talented #Australian bands conquer the masses at home and make various inroads to the global music scene – often as seminal influences on emerging scenes. The #reviews below (or follow the tags) profile six of the best.

#GreatAlbums1970s, #MastodonMusic, #Albums, #Rock, #AustralianMusic

Great Albums - 1970s: #TheAngels – #FaceToFace (1978). Occupying a sweet spot between AC/DC and Cheap Trick, these Australian pub rockers shake the walls and raise the roof on tunes crafted for dancing the pints away. Singer Doc Neeson punches the air with his voice as the band dropkicks the groove. Plugged as “Angel City” in the US (to their chagrin) the international LP combines Face To Face with 79’s equally ripping No Exit. #GreatAlbums1970s, #MastodonMusic, #Albums, #Rock, #AustralianMusic

Great Albums - 1970s: #ColdChisel – S/T (1978). Fronted by nimble shouter Jimmy Barnes, this quintet played supercharged soul with enough power to crack through walls. “Juliet,” “Khe Sanh” and “Home and Broken Hearted” sound like instant FM classics, and “One Long Day” cruises a blue highway till the band hits overdrive for a bristling charge over the finish line. Massive in Australia, they deserved greater respect globally.
#GreatAlbums1970s, #MastodonMusic, #Albums, #Rock, #AustralianMusic

Great Albums - 1970s: #RadioBirdman – Radios Appear (1977). Before punk even had a name, these Sydney rebels channeled The Stooges in an orgy of calamitous bliss. Their debut LP covers “T.V. Eye” and revs the engine on “Murder City Nights” and “Descent into the Maelstrom.” More dynamic than the usual first-wave punks, they chill ever so slightly on “Love Kills” and surfy “Hand of Law”—before “New Race” conjures a tsunami.
#GreatAlbums1970s, #MastodonMusic, #Albums, #Rock, #AustralianMusic