this is such a great track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUf6vuLhm-o
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Saturday, 3 December 2016 07:51 (seven years ago) link
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (sooooooo good)
otm
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link
I should check the Terry album again, but anyway always liked Terry-related Dick Diver's Melbourne Florida (got their own thread, don't they?). Also lots of others, incl. Courtney Barnett, who seems like an astute student of the Go-Betweens---which reminds me, ilxor tylerw's tumblr has resurrected some mighty fine Go-Bets sets over the years (discussed on Go-Between threads)---don't have time now to check which links are still working, but he's re-upped several fairly recently:http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/search/Go-Betweens Thanx again mr. t.
― dow, Sunday, 4 December 2016 01:09 (seven years ago) link
And I need to see what these guys are up to nowadays; covered their '08 album in the Voice:
Nuthin But Blue Skies
Die! Die! Die!Promises, Promises (SAF)
"So much for blue skies! What about the future?" Thus New Zealand's young punks, Die! Die! Die!, fling exhortations back at a preacher who's told them, "You must believe!" They aren't really asking, but they also aren't echoing Johnny Rotten, that cunning London Irish drop-out, caterwauling "No-o-o/Fu-u-t-yahh" in a faux-cockney parody of a muezzin calling the faithful to prayer a quarter-century before 9/11. No, it's not quite the same, because outrages and disasters do take their places in the landscape. So even Die! Die! Die!, with their shrieky little name and shrieky little songs (tattooed in ears by the phonograph needles of Andrew Wilson's voice and guitar), soon find themselves pausing long enough to explain, quite reasonably, "Well sir, this winter, I cannot believe." "Blue Skies" is the last song on Die! Die! Die!'s second album, Promises, Promises. Last year's Steve Albini–recorded, self-titled debut's flying shards of impulsive/compulsive encounters encounters were caught by walls thrown up, of tracks tightened till they imploded (10 songs, in just over 20 minutes). But now, on this Shayne (of Straitjacket Fits) Carter–produced set, walls are pushed out as inner space-junk expands; shards reappear as pieces of Wilson's personal blue skies, of old hopes and dreams. Shattered, scattered voice and guitar can't help planting some bizarre memory garden of l-u-v. But the eloquent guts of Lachlan Anderson's bass will never digest such seeds so easily, and drummer Michael Prain's Keith Moon-style soloing-as-accompaniment dents craters in an everyday maze, where Wilson and "You!" grapple in reflective gear.
― dow, Sunday, 4 December 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
2nd vote for Ausmuteants. Amusements is pretty great. A year ago or so, it seemed like every single band I liked turned out to be Aussie.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 4 December 2016 03:14 (seven years ago) link
(note to self: Spotify has a large Scientists zone, incl. those recent Numero comps---check 'em out.)
― dow, Sunday, 4 December 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
How strange, Tidal has the same stuff. Check 'em out.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, the free version
― dow, Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:38 (seven years ago) link
Sorry, I'd forgotten that all ILM members are living a subsistence farming experience in Indonesia. Spotify it is.
― dlp9001, Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:45 (seven years ago) link
Thank you for this thread; really dug the Dick Diver, Salad Boys & Twerps albums last year.
― Chris L, Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:53 (seven years ago) link
Hey dow, last Die!x3 EP was kinda nice - female BVs are a new thing for them: https://diediedie.bandcamp.com/album/what-did-you-expectGoing to see them in a week or so.
I'm a little bit weary of these bands/this sound - been a bit of a death spiral for a decade now - but I can't fault the Street Chant or Sharpie Crows discography, I'm still anticipating the Bad Sav album, and Astro Children deserve a mention.
Fishrider Records is run by a total creep :/
― etc, Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
I rate the first 4 Die! Die! Die! albums but that last one, "Swim", felt like a big drop-off unfortunately.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 5 December 2016 02:31 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for linking the ep, etc! On first listen I like the first and last tracks best, esp. "Is What It Is," playing up the relatively mellower melodic riffage of the middle tracks while blending it with the bolder, older textures and dynamics, just a taste of those ("always leave 'em wanting more"). Hope an album's coming along this spring.
― dow, Monday, 5 December 2016 03:21 (seven years ago) link
centre negative : wry vibrant trashcan pop
https://meltedicecream.bandcamp.com/track/secretly-hes-a-racist-2
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Monday, 5 December 2016 04:40 (seven years ago) link
the trendees : swell maps outsider pop
https://thetrendees.bandcamp.com/track/boring-party-3
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Monday, 5 December 2016 04:46 (seven years ago) link
file folder : suis genris keyboard popp
https://filefolder.bandcamp.com/album/new-countdown
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Monday, 5 December 2016 04:48 (seven years ago) link
opposite sex : whatevr dry wee fried anectodotal pop altohugh way more fired sonding generally than this
https://soundcloud.com/fishrider-records/opposite-sex-supermarket
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Monday, 5 December 2016 04:52 (seven years ago) link
wurld series : yer std pixies 90's pop stuff without being too bad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-RFcXe3-38
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Monday, 5 December 2016 05:05 (seven years ago) link
hex : brilliant women making badass black sabbath meets jefferson folking airplane rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPj6jk1P2JA
― clouds (peanutbuttereverysingleday), Monday, 5 December 2016 05:09 (seven years ago) link
Camperdown & Out a sleeper in this scene.
https://camperdownandout.bandcamp.com/track/down-out
I also loved the Ruined Fortune record.
These guys Closet Straights really know their way around a tune:
https://cobrasnakenecktierecords.bandcamp.com/album/closet-straights
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 5 December 2016 05:18 (seven years ago) link
Anyone for The Laurels? More in a RIDE shoegaze/britpop vein.
https://thelaurels.bandcamp.com/
Their album "Mesozoic" is brilliant, even if not at all original.
― mondogarage, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
When I lived in Australia 10 years ago, there was fuck all decent bands there. Whats happened?!
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Monday, 5 December 2016 22:03 (seven years ago) link
probably too obvious, but if you're on the fence about getting that new reissue of the Clean's Getaway, the bonus live disc is godlike. seriously some of the best Clean I've heard.
― tylerw, Monday, 5 December 2016 22:06 (seven years ago) link
The thread's short so far, but it's still gone too long without a mention of Total Control. Few bands have got me excited the last few years like them.
― andrew m., Monday, 5 December 2016 22:26 (seven years ago) link
Oh man, Getaway is so underrated. "Circle Canyon" is like the best Grateful Dead song not performed by the Dead
― crunchytunes, Monday, 5 December 2016 22:28 (seven years ago) link
i think i was one of the underraters back in the day -- but it sounds fucking fantastic in 2016.
― tylerw, Monday, 5 December 2016 22:29 (seven years ago) link
Great band but I wouldn't characterize any of their music as "guitar pop."
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 5 December 2016 23:00 (seven years ago) link
courtney barnett was in the darren hanlon, laura jean orbit of folkier types before she hooked up with jen cloher and went grunge. I guess they're all go betweens fans at heart really.
― Executive Ball Clicker (euphemism) (haitch), Monday, 5 December 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link
hfs at ausmuteants great.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Monday, 5 December 2016 23:39 (seven years ago) link
He lives in the US now, but this year's Moles album, which is really Richard Davies, is erratic but often great.
I love Total Control too, and think they might be the best of the bunch, but I also hesitated in a guitar pop thread. But it's sometimes a close call.
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 02:10 (seven years ago) link
Probably right re Total Control, but with connections with other bands named here, I'd toss em in on the fringes.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:15 (seven years ago) link
Anyone keep up with/rate Surf Friends? This one from a few years back is a good viber, but I haven't really explored further.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi8oJpmItgI
― andrew m., Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link
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
― crunchytunes, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
Alpine might be a little too mainstream pop but they do have guitars and could also be considered here
― calstars, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 13:40 (seven years ago) link
New RBCF EP is a ripper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zcYS69KFrw
― crunchytunes, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
It certainly is. The best rock n'roll band around at the moment
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 21:47 (seven years ago) link
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
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 21:56 (seven years ago) link
This is pleasant jangly stuff:
https://chookrace.bandcamp.com/album/around-the-house
― o. nate, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link
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
― dow, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 18:24 (seven years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
Surreal, it sounds like some lost Flying Nun band from 1982.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 11:45 (six 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 (six years ago) link
this stroppies tape sounds great, thanks for the heads up
― tylerw, Tuesday, 9 May 2017 17:51 (six 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
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
Really digging this new Murlocs album:
https://themurlocs.bandcamp.com/
― o. nate, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 02:36 (four years ago) link
i gotta check that, i had young blindness and loopholes and lost track of what's out there. i mark them more in my psych than pop pile
― and i approve this message (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 24 December 2019 03:53 (four years ago) link
They’re pretty stylistically diverse in a retro-garage band sort of way. Folk, blues, r&b, etc. are thrown into the blender, but they make it their own.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
Probably a good place to note that there's a new Eddy Current Suppression Ring album "All in good time"
― badg, Tuesday, 24 December 2019 20:30 (four years ago) link
rly loving this comp, which i dont think has been mentioned on ilm before?
https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/va-i-won-t-have-to-think-about-you-compiled-by-bayu-and-moopie-lp/ACOLOUR.007LP.html
― just sayin, Sunday, 31 May 2020 23:49 (three years ago) link
For people who liked that Chats single "Smoko" from a couple years ago, they have a full-length out that sounds pretty solid on first listen.
― o. nate, Monday, 1 June 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
New Mini Skirt LP is catchy garage punk recommended for fans of "Light Up Gold" era Parquet Courts:
https://erstetheketontraeger.bandcamp.com/album/ett-093-mini-skirt-casino-lp
― o. nate, Monday, 10 May 2021 02:17 (two years ago) link
m.t. honey album sounds pretty good
― unknown or illegal user (doo rag), Monday, 10 May 2021 03:26 (two years ago) link
Sure, there’s been Australian punk before now, but it was always under the guise of what was popular in the brother world and never of what was right around them. You would have never known bands like Scientists or The Saints were from Australia because there was no pride and (anti)nationalism to it. Most importantly, there was no accent. [from Mini Skirt bandcamp blurb]
Not sure this person could have been listening very broadly, tbh. There have been zillions of punk and indie bands over the last forty or so years with almost nauseatingly strong Aus accents, lol. Such that I've often wondered about exaggeration.
Surely there's an obvious reason why a voice like Chris Bailey's might not have stuck out as conspicuously Australian. "Orstralia" seems like pretty solid anti-nationalism regardless. And, as they liked to point out, they pre-dated most of their presumed influences anyway.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 10 May 2021 04:33 (two years ago) link
chris bailey sounds v australian to me
― unknown or illegal user (doo rag), Monday, 10 May 2021 04:44 (two years ago) link
That blurb seems very misguided to me.
― o. nate, Monday, 10 May 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
Thanks for the Mini Skirt tip, very fun! Reminds me a bit of Compulsion, a long forgotten 90s band.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 10 May 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
New Murlocs album is out!
https://themurlocs.bandcamp.com/album/bittersweet-demons-3
― o. nate, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
Some songs are a bit samey, but I really like a large handful of jangly Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever tracks. Just saw them in W DC last night w/ their acoustic guitarist, 2 electric guitarists, bass and drums approach)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 13:26 (one year ago) link
I've really gotten into The Stroppies lately, which features Stephanie from Dick Diver. I like all of their stuff, but this year's album is particularly good:
https://thestroppies.bandcamp.com/album/levity
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
Seconding that new Stroppies record (many have noted being into them in this thread, but yeah, I have listened to it a bunch).
― grandavis, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
Ah, my bad, didn't scroll back far enough for the Stroppies mentions.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 15:14 (one year ago) link
Also a random fact I have noticed lately is that Mikey Young (Eddy Current/Total Control) seemingly masters an insane amount of good records that cross my path these days. No idea how he does it but his name is on an insane amount of records.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 15:15 (one year ago) link
They were new to me this year too! Was just going through this thread for the first time and that was a nice coincidence (my girlfriend listens to a ton of Australian punk and so that is how I found them).
― grandavis, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
The Chats have fully embraced 1982 and it's pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBeu6wEZDqw
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 28 August 2022 07:57 (one year ago) link
Quite digging the danceable new psych-pop single from Dunedin band Soaked Oats: https://open.spotify.com/track/7ePzucJTuQWcQ41uzFjVcT?si=J_01WZy7SRS93dpV4W2ePQ
Posted previously in the NZ music thread, but still loving the new Fazerdaze song: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qkAa6IrUy5WWizVE1rpeh?si=9u0qWliWSou70CfEOntp4g
― The Ghost Club, Sunday, 28 August 2022 21:31 (one year ago) link
https://juliajacklin.bandcamp.com/album/pre-pleasure
Third Julia Jacklin LP is... quite good, I'm thinking, as someone who hadn't really been keeping up with the preview tracks. I've had reservations about her appropriating a, er, "Americana voice" or whatever, but working with a Montreal posse has seemingly brought her closer than ever to, say, the Mitski part of the spectrum. Kinda. Sorta.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 29 August 2022 23:21 (one year ago) link
Who am I going to review/interview/cover this book for? Hearing good things about detail, accuracy and lavish photographic spreads... https://t.co/dyS8wohYrr— Kiran Dass (@SteelyDass) July 15, 2022
― dow, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 02:50 (one year ago) link
Going to be a great book. Weird that a Kiwi hasn't already written something like this but great that it's happening now before all that history gets lost.
Fazerdaze announced a new EP today: https://www.flyingnun.co.nz/products/fazerdaze-break?mc_cid=e5ce2139fb&mc_eid=c024cda97c
― The Ghost Club, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 02:55 (one year ago) link
I don't usually pass along so much self-promo, but what the hell, this sounds right:
The books offers a comprehensive history of the first seven years of Flying Nun when the label was based in Christchurch. The story of the label is told by the records themselves. Over 140 releases are covered, from The Clean's "Tally Ho!" single to The Verlaines' Bird-Dog LP.— Matthew Goody (@m_c_goody) July 8, 2022
― dow, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 03:01 (one year ago) link
ok, ok!
Some details:- 438 full colour pages- 500+ images, including tons of never-before published photos.- Entries on every @flyingnun record released from 1981 to mid-1988.- Available in early November, 2022- Details on how to order will follow soon.- eBook will be available too— Matthew Goody (@m_c_goody) July 8, 2022
― dow, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 03:02 (one year ago) link
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.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 04:07 (one year ago) link
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.)
― The Ghost Club, Tuesday, 30 August 2022 06:31 (one year ago) link
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.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 31 August 2022 23:30 (one year ago) link
Charles from Flowertruck also has an extremely likeable solo synth-pop project called Greenwave Beth
― meat and two vdgg (emsworth), Thursday, 1 September 2022 00:02 (one year 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