Australian music

[The Hound]

Full disclosure and this is gonna make me look really stupid but I didn't know Nick Cave is an Aussie.

Welcome back Hound! Hope life's been treating you well.

I didn't even listen to his music until recently his album covers always put me off when I saw them out and about they make it seem like garbage lol

[The Hound]

Speaking of Nick Cave, I used to thrash the shit out of the Batman Forever casette and one of my favourite songs as a kid was this one, hadn't heard this album in about 20 years so didn't even realise I was digging Nick Cave as a kid



I've been digging a Sydney based band from the 1980s called The Church, I keep reading that they're a psychedelic band but nothing I've heard so far sounds psychedelic they just sound like 80s Australian rock to me but I still like it

[Rev Jones]

I bought a shitload of Nick Cave in April & May. the last three albums or so are slow and hypnotic, with the electronica and violin. I enjoy his earlier ballads too, still getting into his punkier start and his rockers

I only knew The Church from Under The Milky Way until last year or so

[The Hound]

I’ve only listened to the album with The Bad Seeds “From Her To Eternity” which is some weird shit lol
took me a while to appreciate it. I’ve heard individual songs here and there but haven’t been committed enough to jump in, I feel like I need to listen to him in short spurts

[noel411]

Nick Cave is god. I don't fuck with his early shit, but pretty much everything from 'Let Love In' onwards is fantastic.

Hound, do u know the Aussie 70's group, 'Band of Light'? They had 2 albums. The first album, 'Total Union' is great.

I don't listen to a lot of Aussie music tbh. I mean I love a bit of pub rock like Chisel, the Oils, Angels, Screaming Jets n all that, n I've listened to a lot of full albums n shit. But it's never been stuff I listened to with regularity or got to know well.

One album from my childhood, like right back to probably my first musical interest when I was probably under 10, is the Johnny Diesel and the Injectors album. I still really dig that shit. His first solo album was good too.

I saw Ian Moss's acoustic show a few years ago too, n it was absolutely fucking awesome. I had a really good seat too.

[The Hound]

Never heard of Band of Light but i'll check that album out. I'll have to listen to Nick Cave from that album onwards as well.

I haven't listened to a lot of Aussie music either besides stuff from the 90s and the obvious stuff like AC/DC and all that, a lot of what I heard and is considered the best is the 1980s rock which has a real....weak sound for my taste and I don't listen to pop and punk so that's a ton of Australian stuff I am not listening to. I've been meaning to dig in to Tame Impala lately, I started on King Gizzard a few months ago and they're alright so far but that was only one album. I dig The Chats though and smoked weed with the singer at a pub in Enmore after a gig lol

I stumbled on a record shop in Melbourne that sells some weird shit I think it's all independent Australian artists and was listening to a band called Low Life, the record shop gives a 13 step detailed guide on 'how to listen to the album' lol they're very dedicated

I don't even know what it is but I kind of like it on first listen

[Rev Jones]

a 13 step detailed guide on 'how to listen to the album'

that's both hilarious and endearing. probably a great record shop

[Rev Jones]

I just heard back from my mate. We were going to see Rose Tattoo on Friday (and Tygers of Pan Tang on Sunday) but I had to bail out cuz my right foot's all fucked up. Unfortunately, he told me Rose Tattoo were really bad on stage. I gotta say that's surprising since we're both into their music but he says the energy just wasn't there. Too bad.

[The Hound]

Damn that sucks The Tatts weren't good on stage, I heard great things about them from my dad about their live shows in the 70s and 80s. I am surprised they are still touring tbh I thought they'd be done by now.

Lol, I too have fucked my right foot and been chilling at home for 2 weeks on compo, I'm on comp so leave me alone



Great band, I smoked weed with the singer at the pub after a gig once really chill guy

[noel411]

School me on Cosmic Psychos.

An older god (not that old tho) who used to come into the bottle shop all the thyme (alcoholic, died last year in I think his 50's) used to be really into Aussie music. Him n I talked music all the thyme n he'd bring in cd's n books n shit for me to listen to/read.

He loaned me a Cosmic Psychos cd n also a The Saints cd. It's early Aussie punk rock. Pretty cool from what I remember. I knew the Cosmic Psychos from my early teens, as they had a song in an old (American) skate video I had. I'd never heard them beyond that tho.

[The Hound]

I don't want to give too much shine to Kiwis but Dragon were great and Speak No Evil is a fucking banger, they made enough of their career in Australia to rate a mention here



Another great song asking the important question

[Rev Jones]

Those Dragon tracks are smokin'

agree on "the important question" lol

[b-dolo]

Great Australian DJ