Awesome new group called The Stroppies featuring members of The Stevens, Dick Diver, and Twerps. Also everything on this label is worth checking out.
https://hobbiesgalore.bandcamp.com/album/the-stroppies
― crunchytunes, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 04:38 (seven years ago) link
Surreal, it sounds like some lost Flying Nun band from 1982.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 11:45 (seven years ago) link
I too feel like most of my current fave bands are from Aus/NZ, particularly Melbourne. Insane how many good bands are in that town right now.
My latest mindblow: Ocean Party. This song is SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAT7ZeP7juc
― SA, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 17:07 (seven years ago) link
this stroppies tape sounds great, thanks for the heads up
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, digging the Stroppies. Sounds a lot like the Dick Diver from a couple years ago, which is fine with me.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 00:42 (six years ago) link
Can't believe nobody likes the Ocean Party song. FINE. Here's another I am loving. It's not jangle pop - more post-punk - but it's Australian and seems close enough to list here.
https://orionsydneyglam.bandcamp.com/track/execution
― SA, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link
i like diet. a lot
https://soundcloud.com/diettunes/sets/dietep
also mermaidens, who are putting out an album on flying nun in july; their sound is a little chunkier a la DIRT OF LUCK era helium but this single is ferocious
https://m.soundcloud.com/flyingnunrecords/mermaidens-lizard
― maura, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 17:08 (six years ago) link
Diet remind me a little of The Smiths. Only mellower. The chiming guitars are grand cru. The singing is similar to Morrissey's but the voices are quite different.
― Alex in Spree-Athen (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 10 May 2017 21:35 (six years ago) link
SA, I like The Ocean Party! Here's a fave https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cEZ-HLiUk0U
― crunchytunes, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 21:53 (six years ago) link
Are there any really exciting new Aussie/Kiwi bands with female vocalists?
― beamish13, Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:43 (six years ago) link
that stroppies record linked above has a female vocalist
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
that band mermaidens that maura linked have a female vocalist
also blank statements on hobbies galore: https://hobbiesgalore.bandcamp.com/album/signs-are-rampant
― na (NA), Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
blank realm too! https://blankrealmmusic.bandcamp.com/
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:47 (six years ago) link
(they're usually more co-male/female vocals)
― tylerw, Thursday, 11 May 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
terry
― na (NA), Thursday, 11 May 2017 15:10 (six years ago) link
Beamish, you should check out The Courtneys, who are Kiwi-in-spirit Canadiens who just put out a great record on Flying Nun
https://thecourtneys.bandcamp.com/track/silver-velvet
― crunchytunes, Thursday, 11 May 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
I like Kiwi singer Aldous Harding
― badg, Thursday, 11 May 2017 18:42 (six years ago) link
Fazerdaze is my new fave kiwi band at the moment.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 11 May 2017 18:45 (six years ago) link
Was just going to mention Fazerdaze in response to the female vocalist question. I need to listen to the record a bit more, but the first four or five times through I've found I start out loving it and lose interest by the end. Not sure if the songs get weaker or if just starts to sound too same-y. Definitely digging it in small doses though.
https://fazerdaze.bandcamp.com
― early rejecter, Thursday, 11 May 2017 20:09 (six years ago) link
killer new terry song: https://soundcloud.com/upset-the-rhythm/terry-take-me-to-the-city-1
― na (NA), Tuesday, 23 May 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
Hell yeah!!
― crunchytunes, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 01:37 (six years ago) link
The Stevens also have something on the way and I could not be more excited https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/track/chancer
― crunchytunes, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 01:39 (six years ago) link
love this
― mookieproof, Sunday, 4 June 2017 01:10 (six years ago) link
yeah The Courtneys are great. Make sure you check out the first album too. It even finishes with a remake/cover of the clean's on/off again
― Isi, Sunday, 4 June 2017 02:57 (six years ago) link
There's only got 9 sleeps until the Bats first UK gig in years!
― Grantman, Monday, 5 June 2017 10:40 (six years ago) link
Evidently I can't type due to excitement.
― Grantman, Monday, 5 June 2017 10:41 (six years ago) link
Wish I could have made it up to NYC for one of these gigs
Martin Phillips of iconic New Zealand band The Chills is in NYC as we speak and has two three free solo shows lined up, both matinees. The first happens TODAY (Sunday, June 4) at Pianos with Martin performing at 2:30 PM and there will also be a DJ set from Flying Nun Records founder Roger Shepherd.
UPDATE: At the Pianos show on Sunday, Martin said that he’s also performing an in-store at Greenpoint’s Record Grouch on Wednesday, June 7 at 7:30 PM.
The third event happens at Rough Trade on Saturday, June 10 where in addition to a performance, Phillipps and Shepherd will be talking with Captured Tracks founder Mike Sniper. That’s at 2 PM.
https://brooklynlocalnews.com/martin-phillipps-of-the-chills-playing-two-free-nyc-solo-shows-this-week-one-today-governors-ball-day-2-pics-review-phoenix-wu-tang-aap-ferg-yg-more/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 June 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/school-damagei like school damage
― na (NA), Friday, 9 June 2017 14:48 (six years ago) link
The Stevens new record is out and it is chock-full of pop gems
https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/good
― crunchytunes, Friday, 14 July 2017 02:03 (six years ago) link
Nice. This is the kind of Aussie pop I like.
― o. nate, Sunday, 16 July 2017 02:03 (six years ago) link
okay, i knew there was a thread for stuff like this. i can't remember who gave me a long list to check out on ilm but i held on to it and started making a youtube playlist. will check out other stuff mentioned here.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4uJu4UGWv-Rn0YA53IvBEQTcxQ2E0u1n
― scott seward, Friday, 19 January 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
cheers scott, enjoying this
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Friday, 19 January 2018 20:39 (six years ago) link
Really loving Wireheads, Dylan/Fall word blizzards and just enough chords.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO_sorb0EFE
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Friday, 19 January 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
Thanks for that set Scott, really enjoying
― Hunt3r, Friday, 19 January 2018 23:26 (six years ago) link
Thanks for the recommendation, bendy. That's great, innocent indiepop with some good sprechgesang.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 21 January 2018 21:15 (six years ago) link
Witching Waves is another good crew that's not on the Scott list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP2DvdqIstsReally fond of Totally Mild, who is on the list.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Monday, 22 January 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
Ha, well some searching reveals Witching Waves is UK, so disregard that, though they fit in style.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Monday, 22 January 2018 17:41 (six years ago) link
They sound very post-punk in a sonic youth kind of way. Some nice guitar noise and quite speedy. It does not really astonish me that they are not from the 5th continent. But i wouldn't have guessed england.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 22 January 2018 18:12 (six years ago) link
Gorgeous tune from the indiepop thread by a band from auckland:https://therealpolyester.bandcamp.com/album/different-for-a-boy
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 27 January 2018 21:08 (six years ago) link
Tagscarly rae feelings pop new zealand pop disco indie Auckland
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 January 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/04/04/new-zealand-indie-list/amp/
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 16 April 2018 04:46 (six years ago) link
Terrible name but I'm enjoying the music of Tropical Fuck Storm, far different from the Clean-influenced peppy guitar pop of most Aussie bands
― . (Michael B), Monday, 3 September 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
Tropical Fuck Storm thread starts here: The Drones - any good
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Monday, 3 September 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
New Stroppies album is out:
https://thestroppies.bandcamp.com/album/whoosh
― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 00:58 (five years ago) link
So much aussie sprechgesang out there! The particular disaffected tone they all use seems to remind me of something older that must be an ur-influence, but I can't quite place it. It's not Mark E Smith
― Dan I., Monday, 23 December 2019 23:26 (four years ago) link
Jonathan Richman maybe?
― Dan I., Monday, 23 December 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
ugh, jesus, of course it's Pavement isn't it
― Dan I., Monday, 23 December 2019 23:35 (four years ago) link
Cattle & Cane predates Pavement
― insecurity bear (sic), Monday, 23 December 2019 23:39 (four years ago) link
Yep, I can see that it's all been thoroughly covered here: birth of the flattened cool: the origins of the indie voice?
I think Chuck was on the right path with his NZ Flying Nun reference
― Dan I., Monday, 23 December 2019 23:43 (four years ago) link
Dole-wave bands have frequently sounded rather flying Flying Nun, yeah.
Some of the acts with the most sprech in their sprechgesang also bring to mind Pip Proud (late 60s) and the Cannanes (80s).
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 00:19 (four years ago) link
Actually it might technically be a duo! But last time I saw GB it was just Charles
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Thursday, 1 September 2022 00:04 (one year ago) link
Thanks! Listening now. Definitely likeable.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 1 September 2022 00:33 (one year ago) link