Aussie/Kiwi Guitar Pop- The scenes that just keep giving and giving

Thanks for the Surf Friends shout. I really dig them. This EP was released this year https://edilsrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-are-real

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_CDK1-x72A

Alpine might be a little too mainstream pop but they do have guitars and could also be considered here

New RBCF EP is a ripper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zcYS69KFrw

It certainly is. The best rock n'roll band around at the moment

how i loved the sugargliders (from melbourne) at the time. they have this innocent, melodic, naive sound only bands from the antipodes have. the sarah comp "we're all trying to get there" has at least seven brilliant tunes by them. here is one fave:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtYaGea7FKg

This is pleasant jangly stuff:

https://chookrace.bandcamp.com/album/around-the-house

Just came across Rolling Stone Australia---doesn't seem that different from American so far---and this might not be thread-relevant---or good at all?---but kinda wondering: https://rollingstoneaus.com/reviews/post/the-blackeyed-susans-close-your-eyes-and-see/5680

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

Surreal, it sounds like some lost Flying Nun band from 1982.

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

this stroppies tape sounds great, thanks for the heads up

Yeah, digging the Stroppies. Sounds a lot like the Dick Diver from a couple years ago, which is fine with me.

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

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

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.

SA, I like The Ocean Party! Here's a fave https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cEZ-HLiUk0U

Are there any really exciting new Aussie/Kiwi bands with female vocalists?

that stroppies record linked above has a female vocalist

that band mermaidens that maura linked have a female vocalist

also blank statements on hobbies galore: https://hobbiesgalore.bandcamp.com/album/signs-are-rampant

blank realm too! https://blankrealmmusic.bandcamp.com/

(they're usually more co-male/female vocals)

terry

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

I like Kiwi singer Aldous Harding

Fazerdaze is my new fave kiwi band at the moment.

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

killer new terry song: https://soundcloud.com/upset-the-rhythm/terry-take-me-to-the-city-1

Hell yeah!!

The Stevens also have something on the way and I could not be more excited https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/track/chancer

Beamish, you should check out The Courtneys, who are Kiwi-in-spirit Canadiens who just put out a great record on Flying Nun

love this

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

There's only got 9 sleeps until the Bats first UK gig in years!

Evidently I can't type due to excitement.

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/

https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/school-damage
i like school damage

The Stevens new record is out and it is chock-full of pop gems

https://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/good

Nice. This is the kind of Aussie pop I like.

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

cheers scott, enjoying this

Really loving Wireheads, Dylan/Fall word blizzards and just enough chords.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO_sorb0EFE

Thanks for that set Scott, really enjoying

Thanks for the recommendation, bendy. That's great, innocent indiepop with some good sprechgesang.

Witching Waves is another good crew that's not on the Scott list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP2DvdqIsts
Really fond of Totally Mild, who is on the list.

Ha, well some searching reveals Witching Waves is UK, so disregard that, though they fit in style.

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.

Gorgeous tune from the indiepop thread by a band from auckland:
https://therealpolyester.bandcamp.com/album/different-for-a-boy

Tags
carly rae feelings pop new zealand pop disco indie Auckland

https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/04/04/new-zealand-indie-list/amp/

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

Tropical Fuck Storm thread starts here: The Drones - any good

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Definitely buying that book. I can't seem to find a complete Flying Nun discography online unless someone can vouch for stuff on Discogs sorted by year.

I guess you could cross-check with the catalogue on the FN website but it'd be a nightmare:
https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/collections/flying-nun-catalog

And of course you're missing out on all the important related stuff on other local labels (Xpressway, Propeller etc.)

Flowertruck - 'Pretending'

I've had Flowertruck in my head since this was on Rage on the weekend. Apparently from Sydney with a not insignificant discography already. I now see their bio cites Orange Juice and Talking Heads as influences, almost as if they were algorithmically constructed to get me on the bandwagon. YMMV, etc. (My first hunch was that they might actually be New Zealanders but I suspect the goofiness merely brought to mind this awesome Bressa Creeting Cake video lol.)

Charles from Flowertruck also has an extremely likeable solo synth-pop project called Greenwave Beth

Actually it might technically be a duo! But last time I saw GB it was just Charles

Thanks! Listening now. Definitely likeable.

Some punk/post-punk coming out of Australia lately

Antenna/Finnogunns Wake (Shogun of Royal Headache sings with both acts, he's got a great punk soul voice)

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