re indigenous singer-songwriters, Archie Roach happens to be Victoria's nomination for Australian of the Year this very evening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aywDT6yHMmo
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Saturday, 25 January 2020 08:33 (four years ago) link
A couple of indigenous acts amongst Triple J's predominantly youthful audience's 100 best of 2019, as rolled out yesterday. Five tracks between them, apparently.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_J_Hottest_100,_2019 )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExMjEwymQ3A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9LM77xvcXo
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 26 January 2020 03:08 (four years ago) link
Number of ballots exceeded 3 million for the first time. Blimey!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 26 January 2020 03:15 (four years ago) link
A few weeks ago, I heard "Better in Blak" in a franchised newsstand at the Sydney airport. It's glorious (and quite jarring) as an American, where radio doesn't permit such risque language, to walk into the blandest of corporate outlets, only to hear Thelma emphatically state "FUCK THAT!", then have that phrase shouted by backup singers afterwards!
Their track "Clumsy Love" is great, too, especially the way it lifts off in the chorus (a la Kacey Musgraves' "High Horse").
― Bill Bruford's drumbeat for "South Side of the Sky": proto-dubstep? (Prefecture), Monday, 27 January 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
Oh yeah, I forgot this is the thread where we're allowed to swear uncontrollably. Might save that up for later. I didn't know about Thelma Plum, she's fantastic - thanks for the recommendations!
Their track "Clumsy Love" is great, too
TUBE IT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXwJHmdxGec
Flume's debut. Whether it was the main catalyst or not, I think around the time it was released was a turning point for young people in Australia caring more about electronic music and the culture associated with it over rock music.
Judging by the music videos posted to this thread in 2010, Aussie rock bands did have a hell of a run at the top... Like, spanning the millennia and the epochs, there was every kind of rocker imaginable, including all-nude bands. Well, I'll give this electrical music a try and see if this guy's any good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLBSbat2bW8
(or album link if the video's blocked)
― sbahnhof, Monday, 10 February 2020 08:46 (four years ago) link
Youtube is watching this thread and deleting anything it likes
WE SAID,
I can't see any evidence that the greatest song of the 70s was posted in the past.
The Moir Sisters - Good Morning How Are You? (1974)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUc909NKnn0
― sbahnhof, Monday, 20 April 2020 05:31 (four years ago) link
holy shit I have not heard that in 40+ years, it freaked me out
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 20 April 2020 05:46 (four years ago) link
Haha, cheers sbahnhof. Still the best song of the 70s. Maybe.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 20 April 2020 13:07 (four years ago) link
It does feel like it *could* have been systematically suppressed for 40 years. I mean, people with firsthand recollections of 70s radio seem to remember it (eg. my parents; I actually checked!) but I only became aware of its existence around 2008, via RYM of all places.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 20 April 2020 13:29 (four years ago) link
Another actual earwitness reporting in, here
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 20 April 2020 14:07 (four years ago) link