I adore Australia. X’s “Aspirations” is one of my favorite albums. I also adore Australia bc I once had a pen pal in the mid 00s who never had American candy; I sent her a bag Reese’s peanut butter cups and in turn I got a jar of Vegemite. Whether I’m listening to The UV Race, Royal Headache or watching this video, her voice is the music that I hear the loudest. Tragedy befell her family and we lost touch. Love the video. I also love your honesty. A heads up, if you ever see a Mystery Of Sixes 7” or future 12” compilation and wonder …they have been compared to The Birthday Party. I dig ‘em, but chances are you won’t 🙃
Haha, getting the Vegemite in return doesn't sound very appealing, but then again, I've never tried it myself! I'm finally sampling X-Aspirations right now. Luckily the full album is on UA-cam and I'm gonna have to get this in the collection. Yep, for sure! Cheers!
Midnight Oil is one of the most underrated bands of all time. Sure, they get critical praise and popular acknowledgment, but they never get credit as being one of the all time greats, which they are...at least to me! 10-1 is a great choice, and I would also highly recommend Blue Sky Mining, my personal favorite. I'm not always the biggest fan of political rock, but like the Clash they pull it off with their intelligence, lyrical poetry, and most of all the passion and the commitment of their performances.
I am a huge Midnight Oil fan as well. 10-1 is a great choice, but they have so many great albums. And they are amazing live. I am also a huge fan of The Church. "Heyday" is one of their best albums, but top spot goes to "Priest=Aura". Like Hanna said, it takes you to another place.
@@harrybutler98 It sure is. They really stopped being a guitar band from Red Sails on unfortunately. Place Without a Postcard has always been my favourite. I first saw them at the Tivoli in Adelaide in about 1980 and it was life changing.
I totally agree with your top 3 bands! Just found you today, but I'll surely come back for more! Ciao!! Ps: I would love to mention other favourite Aussie bands of mine: Scared Cowboys - The Apartments - Laughing Clowns - Blackeyed Susans ( David McComb collaborated with them...) .
I'm a huge Church fan! My wife is Australian and when we met that was the first thing I talked about! Catching them on their current tour here in NY/NJ in April!
Kudos for mentioning The Saints and Midnight Oil. Another wonderful Australian band (and recently acquired favourite) is Models. During the 1980s, they had the same manager as INXS and opened for David Bowie during his 1983 tour. Two good albums to start off with them are "Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight" and "The Pleasure Of Your Company".
THE CHURCH, THE TRIFFIDS,THE GO BETWEENS,CROWDED HOUSE AND ICEHOUSE ARE MY TOP 5. MY FAV ALBUMS ARE OF SKINS AND HEART,SEANCE,REMOTE LUXURY,BORN SANDY EMOTIONAL,CALENTURE, TALLULAH,16 LOVERS LANE,CROWDED HOUSE,THE INTRIGUER AND MAN OF COLOURS😮❤
I swear Australia hits way above their weight. I could also throw in The Chevelles, Icecream Hands, The Lime Spiders, The Hummingbirds, The On and Ons, and maybe a half dozen others worthy of folks checking out. Great vid.
Hey there! Yeah, I regret not showing my Lime Spiders! I mentioned Hummingbirds at the end. Choice jangle pop, that's for sure! Cheers and thanks so much for the comment! Glad you enjoyed this one!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert Ah... missed the shout out to the Hummingbirds (listening at work will do that!) Glad to hear they got a mention. A lot of people don't even know the connection between The Hummingbirds and the Lemonheads hits "Into Your Arms".
Icehouse made me feel better about my sorta mullet in the late 80’s, looking back.. “I’ve got a pocket… Full of holes… Head in the clouds.. The king of fools..”
yeh agree tecker forgot to mention icehouse have cassette around here somewhere saw vinly store couple of months ago was like 30 rarely ever even see used cd maybe bgrade best of had 2 or 3 recoeds previous collection but sold sometimes hear alt rock retro show song hear or there yeh colours is cassette i have good record
Hey Hanna -- Super excited for your Australian video! Been looking for 'Roman Beach Party' (The Celibate Rifles) on CD for awhile, but it's a rarity. Divinyls first album 'Desperate' is solid -- definitely worth picking up. "Ring Me Up" from that album is actually featured in the movie 'Sixteen Candles.' Saw another poster mention The Chevelles (not to be confused with alt-metal band Chevelle). Awesome power pop. Check out the comp 'At Second Glance' (Not Lame). You'll dig it. Be good & take care!
Thanks, Jared! Was hoping you'd be tuning in right away! I appreciate the music you have sent me, truly. Oh, didn't realize Roman Beach Party by CRs was so hard to track down on CD. I'll keep an eye out around here! I guess I need to check out Chevelles! I'm totally unfamiliar but if they are power pop, I'm all in! As always, you have solid recommendations! Cheers!
An amazing overview of Australian bands. The best I have seen from a non Australian on UA-cam, by far. I grew up there and the first concert I went to ( in 1982 ) was a summer outdoor do 4 bands for 4 bucks sponsored by the popular AM rock station of the day. Two of the bands on the bill were The Church and The Divinyls both great live bands. You’ve got The Church covered so I will only suggest that for The Divinyls you get their first self titled album which opens with an Easybeats cover and an EP called “Monkeygrip” both are great and quite frankly miles better than their later stuff. If you like Crime and the City Solution then try a band called The Wreckery. Not brilliant but fun. Others have mentioned The Scientists. They were a great swamp rock band. Amazing live. Lastly I would also like to chime in on Midnight Oil. Their early albums are very hard rocking “Head Injuries” and “Place without a postcard” are well worth getting. As is their later album “Earth and Sun and Moon”. They’ve just put out an album called “Resist” which is a great return to form. Someone posted about seeing them live and being blown away. They were always a great, great, live band but 1980 thru the early 90s they were an absolute force of nature. They wiped the floor with most other rock bands. Case in point, I first saw them on the 10-1 tour and left the venue absolutely stunned. I felt like I’d been run over by a fleet of tanks. Nothing I’ve seen since has come close to the intensity of that concert, nothing. Interestingly I went to see U2 on their “War” tour at the same venue 6 months later and they were utterly limp by comparison. So anyway, great video!
Hi J B! Happy to read this comment! Oh man, the Church and Divinyls on the same bill...that must have been well, divine! I have been on the lookout for that first Divinyls LP and will keep looking. Not too easy to track their stuff down around here for whatever reason. I'll check out the Wreckery. I appreciate the recommendations. I have the pink album from the Scientists but just didn't feature them here. Lots of love for Midnight Oil here and I'm definitely curious in pulling up some of their live footage from the 80s/early 90s for sure. Sounds like seeing them live indeed left quite an impression on you. Awesome! :-)
If you want to check out some early live Oils then “Midnight Oil at Tanelorn” or “Midnight Oil at Wanda beach” is the way to go. You’ll get an idea and yet unless you experienced it in the flesh… Midnight Oil much like The Who have produced some amazing and seminal albums but they were both such great live bands that the studio stuff always paled by comparison. Also never was a huge INXS fan but saw them on their tour supporting “Shebooh Shebah” and they were a very good live band ( Sandii & the sunsetz were the support ).An INXS album that I would recommend highly is “The swing” a really great mix of pop but with an experimental twist.
Greetings Hanna. So many Australian bands to check out. I had to take notes. The Church are definitely at the top for me as well. At a party, someone dropped the needle on Of Skins and Heart and I said, you've got to be kidding me. Was immediately hooked. Also a huge fan of Dead Can Dance and Dirty Three. I didn't see the album, Cinder in your stack. Would recommend it if you haven't heard it. A bit different, shorter songs and a lot more of them. If you were less competent, your employer might not demand so much of your time! I hope your coworkers appreciate you as much as your subscribers! Gratitude.
Greetings, Todd! Glad you got hooked on the Church upon first listen, too. Truly a mesmerizing band! I don't have Cinder by the Dirty Three, but I have added it to my want list! Haha, I work for a very small company and we are certainly stretched thin right now! Argh! So happy to have you tune in, as always! Hope you're having an excellent week!
Hi Hanna ! Wow you are amazing…the first 3 things I checked out were Died Pretty Free Dirt sounded great. Checked out The Stems and didn’t find the album you mentioned but Heads Up & Mushroom Soup: The Citadel Years both had a garage rock sound that I love !! Also listened to The Celibate Rifles live that you showed plus 2 studio records that sounded pretty cool !! ( I guess celibate rifles have never been fired…oh those crazy band names.) I haven’t time now to watch the rest of your video( stopped 6 min in) but just this little bit of Australia rock was fascinating !! I have forgotten AC/DC already. If the rest of the video is this good …Oh my !!! Thanks Hanna !!
Hey there, Richard! Oh, that Stems record I showed is a pretty rare compilation. I've been looking for their At First Sight album for a while now. Ah, so glad you sampled Celibate Rifles. They rock! And yeah, crazy band name! I hope you were able to check out the remainder of the video and enjoy! :-)
So glad you thought I did a satisfactory job on this one! I know I’m missing a few but glad I featured the main ones I wanted to cover! Dom Mariani certainly has loads of talent! Thanks!
I have "You Am I" 1st CD "Sound As Ever" it's very good. I love your taste in music. I listen to different types of music & I'm pretty good at collecting obscure 80s bands on CD. A few to mention are Fingerprintz, Trees, Passion Puppets, Nine Ways To Win, The Passions, Danielle Dax & many more. I have about 2500 CDs right now [This is my 4th collection] I think you're awesome, keep up the great work.
Hi Matthew! Very cool you own that first You Am I CD! I am just now getting into the Passions and have a few of their LPs on my wish list. Oh, I love Danielle Dax but I believe she's from the UK. I have featured some of her 12" singles in a prior video. I love the 80s too and am presently working on a series you'd be interested in! Cheers, and I appreciate the kind words on my channel!
Hello nice video by the way. Yes I have all Saints and Triffids but there are so many groups you showed. I saw Chris Bailey live in Stockholm club #Underground" Dont remember which year. Keep on the good work.....
Lovely collection and very similar to my own taste when it comes to aussie bands. Cool that you discovered Celibate Rifles, I have them on a 80’s aussie LP comp with a fantastic tune that made me interested to look them up, but I haven’t come across any of their records yet. I regard Church as one of my all time fave bands too, absolutely amazing catalog of records. If I have to add any groups here I’d highly recommend Huxton Creepers first two albums, jangly garage rock/pop and great songwriting. The Lizard Train, Exploding White Mice (In a nest of vipers), Scientists, Beasts Of Bourbon, The Johnnys and Spikes are all bands that done records worth checking out too. Thanks for a great episode! Cheers from Sweden
Greetings! Very cool you are into Celibate Rifles too and have a comp! I'd love to pick up more by them. I can't believe I didn't include Huxton Creepers here. They totally escaped me. I have their album 12 Days to Paris and love it! You've given me a few more to check out here, too! I appreciate you stopping by!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert happy to hear you already know about Huxton Creepers and have 12 days to Paris, it’s a great album! It’s easy to forget records when there are do many to keep track of. Sometimes I believe I have albums just because I’ve been thinking about buying them so many years, when I in fact don’t yet have a copy. 🤣🤣
You nailed all the stuff that would be up your alley! Hunters & Collectors Human Frailty was a big one for me when I was a teen. The first Birthday Party album and their final EPs might appeal to you more, but probably not enough to convert ya. I think you'd dig these too, which I wrote about in a Between the Cracks - Aussie Garage Punk piece: The Riptides - Tombs Of Gold (1982/2014): They took an interesting journey from mod, new wave and 2 Tone influences to surf and garage noir. The Moodists - Thirsty’s Calling (Red Flame, 1984): Think early Jazz Butcher, prickly guitar jangle of Josef K and The Fall. New stuff: All the Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever! Royal Headache - High (What's Your Rupture, 2015) Wet Lips - Wet Lips (Hysterical, 2017) Mere Women - Romantic Notions (Poison City, 2021) Body Type - Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing's Surprising (Poison City, 2022) The Drones - Feelin Kinda Free (Tropical Fuck Storm, 2016) The Sand Pebbles - Pleasure Maps (Kasumen, 2017) The New Christs - Incantations (Impedance, 2014) Mere Women - Big Skies (Poison City, 2017) RVG - A Quality Of Mercy (Our Golden Friend/Island, 2017) Civic - Future Forecast (Flightless, 2021) Mod Con - Modern Condition (Poison City, 2021) Parcels - Day/Night (Because Music, 2021) Stiff Richards - DIG (Legless, 2019) The Ocean Party - Restless (Spunk, 2016) Body Type - Body Type EP (Partisan, 2018) The Ocean Party - The Oddfellows' Hall (Spunk, 2018) Cable Ties - Far Enough (Merge, 2020) Crepes - In Cahoots (Spunk, 2018) Melbourne Cans - Heat Of The Night (Lost And Lonesome, 2018) Hits - Hikikomori (Conquest Of Noise, 2014) Eat-Man - Eat-Man EP (Eat-Man, 2018)
Wow, you certainly gave me a lot of more modern stuff to check out, and I appreciate it! Right on! Based on your description alone, the Moodists sound up my alley. I have some heavy sampling to do here. Much thanks!
I’m an Aussie who started following bands from the late 70s and your selection is spot on ! Well done ! Loved your reference to the bands of my home city Brisbane…..The Saints, The Go Betweens and Powederfinger .
Great stuff! Being from Australia it's great to see you post content that's close to home for me. Yes definitely check out some more early Diviyls the Monkey Grip mini album is worth a mention. Absolutely love the church saw them perform the starfish album it it's entirity here in my hometown of Adelaide 4 years ago and was absolutely amazing. The sunnyboys are also a favourite. Their first 7inch e.p with the seeker and an early version of alone with you are awesome. The midnight oil albums that are worth mentioning and favourites of mine are the first self titled, head injuries and red sails in the sunset. Not a massive fan of Nick cave either nor have I been a massive fan of crowded house but love split enz and the saints are awesome. Keep up the great content!
Thank you, I’m so glad you’re enjoying my content! Oh that must’ve been amazing to see the church perform starfish in its entirety. I would definitely grab more sunnyboys on vinyl if I ever come across any. They are pretty obscure here. Thanks for the additional Midnight Oil recommendations. I’ll be giving them a listen! See you next time.
Wow I’ve just seen a few of your videos and I’m so very impressed with your knowledge, collection and most of all your love of music. You remind me of a dear friend of mine we could talk for hours on end about music. I had a band in the 80’s and we got the opportunity to do about 2 weeks of shows with the Hoodoo Gurus. if I remember correctly they were touring for the Blow Your Cool record. They were so much fun to watch every night. And they were a great bunch of people to work with. Thanks and I’m sure that I’ll be watching more.
Here are some of my favourite Aussie bands that you might like: The Living End, Killing Heidi, The Dubrovniks, The Chevelles, Skybombers, Lime Spiders, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Icehouse, Mental As Anything, The Vines, Cosmic Psychos, The Angels
I appreciate you watching! Wow, I think I forgot about Killing Heidi until now! I shall check out some of these other bands you mentioned. I need to get to sampling Icehouse first. Way behind on them! Cheers!
I've just checked with Immigration here Hanna, your Aussie passport has been express approved! Amazing video, you've more than done justice to the acts here. And you've amassed a collection that a lot of Australians would die to own (myself included!). So glad you get into the margins and shine some light on quality like the Someloves and Rowland S Howard. And of course - the Church😍 glad those YAI cds are still part of the collection! Thanks for the shoutout (never say never to making another video), and thanks again for a fantastic video!!
Hi Dean! So glad that I have been express-approved! Haha! I've been meaning to tackle this video for months! That Rowland Howard LP is a semi-recent to me and I really love this album. Gonna be checking out more. I really treasure these YAI CDs. Thank you again for going through the trouble of sending me some extraordinary music, Dean! And I hold out hope you'll grace us with some more content soon!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert at risk of repeating someone else here (and getting laughed out of the house by fellow Aussies), give Ratcat's 'Blind Love' a try. It's from 1991 somewhere between alternative, power pop and the Ramones and it's not a flawless album, but there are some huge dumb singles that are irresistible. They were friendly with the Hummingbirds and for six months they were unstoppable. Australia's Nirvana (insofar as they smashed up the pop charts from the alternative underground before anyone else)!
Great video! So nice to be reminded of the excellent music of down under. Great to hear you talk about the Triffids, Go Betweens and The Church. All favourites of mine. I'm sure someone probably mentioned The Whitlams and Augie Marsh in the comments, but if not, there is treasure there to be discovered. Cheers Geoffrey
Hello Omaha Introvert, Thanks' for recommending all of these "New"(to me) bands, I really appreciate it.....The Gits and now Died Pretty, I really enjoy both.
OMG Hanna, Another great video! A lot of the albums you mention bring back such great memories for me. I love The Church too. Seance and Remote Luxury are my favorites!! I still have my original 80's copies as well as The Blurred Crusade. I don't have Heyday, but I have downloaded it and it's great! I never got into Starfish too much. Under The Milky Way was played to death on the radio back then and I kinda got tired of it. Nice that you mentioned Hunters & Collectors. I have both the Self-titled album and The Jaws Of Life. It's definitely weird, but I kinda like it. You briefly mentioned Flash and the Pan. I've got several of their albums too. Hey St. Peter was an minor hit for them back in the day. Keep up the good work!
Hi, Hanna! Another great video as usual. My favorite Aussie bands are AC/DC, Midnight Oil, INXS, Men at Work, Hoodoo Gurus, Divinyls, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Jet and Silverchair which are the most famous here in Brazil. Australia or the land of kangaroos is a country that has many amazing rock bands that unfortunately aren't very well known around the world. Nice work. Thanks, take care and see you next time. Rock on!
Thanks much, Alen! That's a great list of Aussie favorites you have! I forgot about Jet! I loved doing a spotlight on the wonderful bands from Oz! Cheers!
Another great Aussie power pop band are The Innocents. Their 2005 album, "Pop Factory" is terrific. In fact, the entire thing is on UA-cam. And let's not forget Rick Springfield who brought power pop to America in 1981 with "Working Class Dog" (despite putting out numerous lp's prior to that). Thanks for another great rundown, Hanna!
I always look forward to your videos because I know I will discover new things I like or (even better) be reunited with 80s bands I had forgotten. I had completely forgotten about Died Pretty and Someloves, and I forgot I used to have that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang record until I saw the cover. You mentioned a couple that I need to check out now and I definitely share your love of The Church : )
Church fans unite! Yay! So glad you enjoyed my video. I know there's more I forgot but this targeted the primary ones on my list! Have a wonderful week!
Must haves Australian bands - The Mark Of Cain - Ill At Ease, signed to Henry Rollins label 1995ish features the drummer from Helmet and yes it does sound like Helmet but TMOC was playing that stuff way before Helmut. Regardless this is a fucking incredible album and a must have. good luck finding it. The Meanies - 10% Wierd. Catchy as hell pop punk and all the 90's stuff... all killer releases. Australia's answer to the Ramones? Buffalo - Volcanic Rock 1973. These guys were doing it before ACDC and this is a killer album for it time. A good copy will cost you into the 100's. Rose Tattoo - ST 1978.... just a killer rock n roll album... no words needed. Cosmic Psychos - Self Totalled. Straight outta Melbourne punk rock, Butch Vig said they influenced the seattle scene.... A must have. OK just a few but many more must haves. Dig and Spin!!!!
Australia had some great bands from the late 70', 80's through to the early 90's. Thanks for mentioning Died Pretty, one of the all time greats of alternative rock.
So good to see you grabbing the Sunnyboys Hanna. I remember mentioning them to you a ways back. Their original vinyl pressings are kind of pricey nowadays. If you ever see the album 'Individuals' grab it. >< I found out recently that Chrissy Amphlett from The Dyvinals sadly passed on at 53. They were not a bad band at all. >< I am surprised that no one in the VC has ever done some sort of show your countries contest or thread. You would have killed it if you choose to do Australia. Wonderfully presented H~ Rob/Boston
Well hello there, Rob! I did show my copy of "Individuals" by Sunnyboys in this video! Yes, very sad Chrissy from Divinyls passed. So glad you enjoyed my Australian bands focus video! Great to hear from you once again. Hope all is well on the east coast!
My first job in Australia was being a kitchen hand for Pete the bassist/co-founder of the Sunny Boys, there is a great documentary about the lead singer of the Sunny Boys you might want to check out, PEACE & LOVE from Australia...
Hi Hanna, Well, you finally made it happen! The Big Australian Show. Wow that was really worth the 9 month wait. So well done, marvelous job. Aren't enough superlatives to explain what a wonderful job you do. Of course the first highlight was when you showed radio birdman promo again, which was one of several of my albums you bought in Ann Arbor. Warms my heart that I was able to help you out that way. Still amazed how I sold those lps, 2 days before the show and I had no idea you guys would be there. So cool. Anyway, you mentioned all my Aussie fav's: Hoodoo, Go Betweens, Saints!!!! Know your product. Wow! So kick ass good. And love all saints day lp so much. Church are premo of course, I knew how much you loved them. So many others but you know My Fav are Divinyls. Just for me, their Desperate, debut was my fav. Album of 80s. It's a Must have for you. I might have the CD. Have the original C of vinyl. Maybe I could send you the CD as a gift, to show my appreciation of all your efforts. Learned sooo much today and was so entertaining. Nobody is doing it better than you these days my friend. Take care, Mark in Michigan
Greetings, Mark! Yes, I finally made it happen although I didn't realize it was a 9-month wait! Ooops! Wow, that's very kind of you to want to send that Divinyls CD. Their stuff isn't that easily found in my area. I'm so thrilled you continue to enjoy the videos I put out. More to come! :-)
My Top Five: The Church, Triffids, Icehouse, Go Betweens and Midnight Oil. Second Top Five jajaja The Saints, Died Pretty, Sunnyboys, Hoodoo Gurus and Crime and the City Solution. Special Mention, album: The Dubrovniks "Dubrovnik Blues", Song 1927 "That's When I Think Of You" (INXS and AC DC they do not participate jejeje). Keep on Rocking!!!
Hi there, Diego! Solid top 5. I just need to check out more from Icehouse! Not sure why they were never on my radar before! Need to check out the Dubrovniks! Appreciate the comment greatly! Thank you!
I've been meaning to check out Icehouse for a while. Several mentions of them here will give me the actual push to do so, thanks! And I love the Chats from what I've heard thus far. Will give the Angels a listen, too!
I watch quite a few of these record collector videos and they usually are very self aware if you know what I mean and it’s easy to get caught up in the hunt, but you are clearly buying what you love and not for value. And the fact that you listen to your collection. Hope that clarifies.
Some other Aussie bands from earlier than AC/DC would be Masters Apprentices ( 5 albums 1967-1972), Buffalo(first 3 albums 1972-1974), Blackfeather(1 lp), Kahvas Jute (1 lp) these are mainly hard rock/psych bands and some new modern psych type bands like Babe Rainbow, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard or Dreamtime. Oz is fertile ground for 21rst century neo-psych.
Hi Dan! I mentioned Masters Apprentices at the very end and even though I didn't show my compilation CD, it's one I love! Cheers! The land of Oz is indeed a fertile ground for all things psych! Cheers!
I love Australian bands. The Church are a top 5 of mine. And so excited that you love "heydey!" I grew up with this band & it's my fave too. Might want to check out these bands if you haven't already. The Ups And Downs from the 80s. Gaslight Radio from the 90s. And for ppl who love early pop punk skate toones & fun: the Hard-Ons [stick with their 80s LPs]. Wonderful video. Enjoyed it. 😉
Thanks for the note on Discogs! I'm appreciating all the band recommendations I'm getting from you and all my other friends here! Excellent! Glad that Heyday is your favorite Church release, too! Such a special record! Cheers!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert Now i have listen to the Church on Spotify! Great Music!! Now i must look for some Vinyl! I Hope, that i found some ! 😎😊Thank you Hanna!! 🥳
Fascinating Video Hanna.I have lots of Aussie rock aside from AC/DC like INXS,Hoodoo Gurus,Midnight Oil,The Church,Icehouse,Ed Kuepper,Silverchair,Wolfmother, The Vines and one of my personal favourite modern bands King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.I might have covered all the artists I do own on Vinyl and CD that are from the land down under but yeah lots of great music..take care!
Hey there! Happy Thursday evening! Thanks for your loyalty to my channel as always. I so appreciate you always being here! I need to check out more from the Vines. I think I truly have just heard one album. King Gizzard's catalog is a little intimidating. Don't think have tons of LPs out by now? They keep busy! Great list of music you own! Cheers!
Hey Hanna awesome video!! Loved your selection of Oz records. I saw The Church last weekend in Sydney & they were incredible. You gotta check out "Something For Kate" 90s - present Melbourne alt rock band.. one of my favs. Tim Rogers has joined the Hard Ons on their latest album... you'll have to check it out too!
Hi Grant! That's so wonderful that you saw the Church last weekend! I'd love to see 'em again! Something for Kate is a new name to me. Will look into them. I appreciate you stopping by! Glad you enjoyed seeing my Aussie collection!
Thanks, Tom! I think in the future I would definitely like to incorporate playlists somehow. I need to dedicate some time. Thanks for the request! Cheers!
The Reels.... A greatly under appreciated band. They began as a country band led by Dave Mason (son of conservative politician John Mason). They ditched country for New Wave, and released bouncy New Wave pop music with dark lyrics that dealt with depression, unrequited love, etc. Then the band showed their true colours with Quasimodo's Dream and Beautiful. They did an excellent version of ''Bad Moon Rising'' in 1986, and sadly fell apart in 1992. Don't be put off by their early Wiggles style of image... there were tears behind the clownishness and they are worth your time.
Thanks for the recommendation on the Reels. I truly have never heard of them before. I will be seeing if their stuff is on Apple Music tonight and sampling! I appreciate you checking out my Australian bands focus video! Cheers!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert Another interesting thing about The Reels is that they are revered by Nick Cave. Singer, Dave Mason, played Lily in the movie ''Ghosts Of The Civil Dead'', which starrred Nick Cave. The Reels also reformed and played straight after Nick Cave/Bad Seeds at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in 2009. They're not like The Birthday Party.
Hi. I’m new to your Channel. I have just stared my vinyl channel. I’m from Australia and was really impressed with your knowledge of Australian bands. I am also surprised how you get them in the US. I saw most of those bands live at there peak. Sunnyboys are doing their farewell gig next month here in Sydney. I have seen midnight oil about 30 times and recommend the DVD live at goat island. Hoodoo Gurus are great and still performing. I saw The Stems & Radio Birdman about 2 years ago and better than ever. I was a judge at youth rock when Silverchair got signed. They were the called “Innocent Criminals”. I saw there potential and recommended to Sony that they give them a go and record “Tomorrow” off the frog stomp album. I’m happy to give you any help with your Australian music videos as I know a fare bit and am so proud of our music industry. Keep up the good work. Cheers - Aussie Vinyl Guy.
Great shares ---- you have amazing taste. Just subscribed to your channel. I have been blown away by your vignettes. Love the Saints! Early Icehouse is also amazing! Check out the Scientists - incredible garage rock! BTW: The Swing is the underrated gem of an INXS album that everyone should own!
👍. Hi Hanna! Cool video! Among my faves are Midnight Oil, Hoodoo Gurus, INXS, Icehouse, Crowded House and the Saints. I have CDs from all of them. I want to get albums from Mental As Everything as well. I used to have a bunch of cassettes from them. I do have Teenage Snuff Film from Rowland S. Howard. Great voice! It is a wonderful somber album. Rock Always! 😃. - Heather
Thanks so much, Heather! Love your favorite picks here and I’m about to begin my exploration of Icehouse, finally! That Teenage Snuff Film LP is such a great listen indeed! Somber and beautiful! 🎶🎶🎶⭐️🙌🏻
Please deep dive Midnight Oil. They are infinitely so much more than their American one-hit wonder status. Their songs are so well written, with equal measures of melody and energy. They are so sadly overlooked. I saw them live in '91 and to this day it was the best concert I have ever seen and it's not even close. I would rate them in my top 10 bands of all-time (and I am not Australian!).
Wow, that's some strong love for Midnight Oil! Indeed some other mentions here that their live performances are incredible. Thanks so much for watching and building up Midnight Oil a little more for me! Cheers, my friend!
Wow. You covered the vast majority of what I would list. My faves would probably be The Church (the same era you mentioned), Hoodoo Gurus, and Crowded House, Easybeats, and oh, The Saints. Glad you mentioned Courtney Barnett and Rolling Blackouts for current artists. Another recent artist I might mention is Parma Violets, although its been a few years since I've hearch much about them. Regarding INXS, I definitely consider myself a fan, but I'm partial to their early output leading up to and including Listen Like Thieves. As for Midnight Oil, never been a big fan. Can't get over the singer's voice. And yes, it would have been cool to include New Zealand artists, especially the Flying Nun ones! Great video!
Hey there! My goal is to hear more early INXS, that's for sure. Yeah, that's kind of how I feel about the singer of Midnight Oil, too. The vocals. I'm definitely checking out more of their stuff to give more of a fair shot. I showcased a few New Zealand bands in my jangle pop series, I believe, but I have a whole list of bands I love from that country, too! I'll look into the Parma Violets! Thanks so much!
Nice job! Video popped up randomly and as a major fan of many Australian bands I had to check it out. Like you, I love both The Go-Betweens and The Church. Have seen The Church three times, first in 1990 on the Gold Afternoon Fix tour and twice in the last decade, all in Vancouver. The last time I did a meet and greet with the band. Had a nice chat with each of the guys and got pics with each of them and with the group as a whole. Have you checked out Jack Frost? It was a 1990s side project of Steve Kilbey and Grant McLennan. Two albums issued to little fanfare but both worth hearing. Looking forward to more!
Hi Steve! That's amazing that you've had the opportunity to see the Church many times. I don't know why I didn't pull out my Jack Frost CD. Slipped my mind. I have their first album and love that project! :-)
I still dig CDs too, thanks for showing the CD love. So thrilled to see you've done a vid on Australia bands! You Am I is really good, nice to see them mentioned here. I really like Radio Birdman, and they remind me of The Damned. OMG I love Hunters And Collectors, especially their album "Ghost Nation." So good. Amyl And The Sniffers are incredible, love love love them. Hoodoo Gurus are great. My fav song of theirs is "Bittersweet." Catchy rock. Getting into The Saints too thanks to your recommendation. Fav Dead Can Dance CD is "Toward The Within." That album really resonates with me. I like The Birthday Party but not so much Nick Cave solo material. I've not listened to Roland Howard...will have to check that out. C&TCS is a decent listen as is Dirty Three. Divinyls! My #1 favorite band of all time. The album you showed, "What A Life," is excellent. I love all their stuff. I have an Aussie pressing of their first LP which has the songs in a different order and a different song than the U.S. pressing. "Temperamental" is great and as you see on my Discogs I picked that up at the record show last weekend. Been wanting that for years. It really saddened me when Divinyls' singer, Chrissie Amphlett, passed away a few years ago. Her voice is like no other. Midnight Oil is another top Aussie pick for me. I have "Blue Sky Mining" on blue vinyl plus several of their CDs. Want their box set! I like The Church's album "Starfish" the most. So my top 5 are: Divinyls, Midnight Oil, Hunters And Collectors, Radio Birdman and Hoodoo Gurus. Ack! How can I forget INXS? I
Nicola! Hey! Girl, I need to catch up on your e-mails, please forgive me. Been a heck of a week! I'll have to check out Ghost Nation by Hunters & Collectors. Haven't checked that one out yet! So glad you got turned onto Amyl & the Sniffers, too! Toward the Within by DCD is one I don't have yet. Been on my list. I really have been obsessed with their 80s stuff recently. Ohhh, definitely check out this Rowland Howard LP Teenage Snuff Film. It's brilliant! I'm totally determined to get that first Divinyls LP. Since they are your favorite I really want to hear more from them! And I didn't know Midnight Oil have a box set. Very cool! And yeah, Starfish is a stunning album! Love the Church so much! Solid top 6 from you, but I expected no less!
Instant respect for stating Heyday as your favourite Church record. Its a true classic. If you are a lover of Go Betweens and the Triffids I highly recommend two current bands. Flowertruck are carrying the torch. of the late eighties Australian jangle power pop. Check out the clip for their track Sing Along to Your Life. It has definite Spring Rain vibes. The other is RVG who are also excellent and have a great KEXP Live performance up on UA-cam. An older band you missed is The Lucksmiths who are perhaps best compared to The Housemartins. Very clever lyrics and charming acoustic based melodies. Great video Hanna
Hey Andrew! Thanks for the props on me choosing Heyday as my favorite by the Church! I appreciate the recommendations on the more modern groups, too. My goal is to sample them by the weekend. I'm intrigued. Ah, the Lucksmiths. I do have a comp of theirs! Totally slipped my mind. Great call! Cheers!
Hello Hanna; Nice to take a vinyl trip down under to promote bands that may have not been heard this side of the planet. Always liked the Easybeats have their LP's & compilations. Like the Radio Birdmen LP. The Saints good punk band. Midnight Oil is a band with energetic songs. Liked your picks, some very good showings of Australian bands. We recommend the 60's garage band the Missing Links should you come across their records, or the Ugly Things garage /psych compilation series. Good video, informative & well explained. Take care, Tina & Pat!~
Greetings, Tina and Pat! Nice to hear you appreciate the Easybeats as well! Severely underrated! I need to check out the Missing Links and Ugly Things. Thanks for bringing them to your attention! Hope all is well!
Hi hanna great video on Australian bands love Australian bands but not same as you must check out . Only thing im not into punk really although ive liked some punk . My favourite Australian band of moment is pond . Also im trying to get into nick cave have a few of his albums. Il mention crowded house and inxs as was so into the album kick when i was a student in Belfast when it came out so goid . Cool video hanna take care joe oh Courtney Barnett love her too .and rolling blackouts cf amazing new favourite.
Hi Joe! Yes, Rolling Blackouts CF are excellent! I have yet to hear their latest album, though. I feel they don't get enough attention. I need to look up Pond. I'm not familiar with them at all. Thanks so much for checking out my Australian bands video! Enjoy the rest of your week!
Hi Hanna! Glad you mentioned the Hunters and Collectors. You might want to try Kicking Against the Pricks and the Good Son if you want to try another crack at Mr Cave. They’re both pretty accessible and the first is all covers. I think INXS were pretty cool, especially the early stuff.
Hey there, Murray! Yeah, I've given Nick Cave a fair shot. I don't mind that covers album of his. Otherwise, not sure I'll ever become much of a fan, but I never say never! I'll check out more earlier INXS for sure! Cheers!
You did an excellent job Hanna. Covered just about everything. I also like SPK (industrial), The Deadly Hume, Severed Heads and the first two albums by Mental as Anything. Cheers.
Daevid Allen is my favorite Aussie artist. He initially migrated to England in the early 60's and became the catalyst for what became the Canterbury scene and was a founding member of Soft Machine. Then he ended up in France where he started Gong. He went to New York after combining prog and punk, starting New York Gong. He eventually returned to Australia and continued Gong until his death in 2015. He was just a force of nature and creativity, creating some of the greatest prog, psychedelic, punk and pop all through a jazzy sound.
I remember reading about him in Australia, he’s one of those long forgotten artists over here, probably doesn’t get the recognition he deserves, he lived a crazy extraordinary life
Really nice video Hanna! My favorite Australian bands are easy at the top. Undisputed #1 is The Saints. Also up there is Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper solo stuff. The Ed Kuepper you mentioned "Everybody's Got To" is a stunning album. Great music. Others are Radio Birdman, The Celibate Rifles, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (and Nick Cave solo), AC/DC and Died Pretty. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few but these are my favorites. Again, especially The Saints who are one of my top bands ever!! Keep the videos coming Hanna. By the way, I just posted two live shows from The Void from 1979 on my site yesterday. Check them out if you get a chance.
Hey there. Thank you for checking out my Aussie worship video, hehe! Love that the Saints are your #1. Can't argue with that! I'll have to check out your postings on the Void! Cheers!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert Hey Hanna. It was an enjoyable and informative video as usual. Check out the 9-24-1979 show. It was one of our best. The guitar sounded great. To get a flavor, listen to the first 3 songs-Johnny Moped-No One, Sham 69-Ulster and The Vibrators-You Broke My Heart. I hope you enjoy it.
Really enjoying your recent videos. We’ve really got very similar tastes and collections, especially the post punk stuff. Huge fan of the Go Betweens and was fortunate to have bought the box sets when they came out. Felt like a lot of money at the time but now they’re crazy. Reckon they may get a repress. The Church mean a huge amount to me and a good mate of mine too. We’ve met Steve Kilbey a couple of times when they’ve played in England and Marty W-P yelled at us to ‘think the words, not sing them’ when we were clearly a bit too rowdy at one gig! Ha well we were just showing our appreciation!
Hey there, Wayne! So glad you're enjoying my more recent content! You'll be happy to know that I will most likely do a post punk update video next...with maybe an emphasis on some goth additions. Oh, you are so lucky you got those Go-Betweens box sets! Never let those go! Hope they get represses in the future. That's so neat that you met Steve Kilbey. I probably could have at the show I attended a few years ago but we didn't stick around long after. I'm cracking up at what Marty yelled at you! Ha! I appreciate the comment, and see you next time!
Cheers Hanna. I’m pretty envious of your original Go Betweens to be honest, they really don’t show up much. Your collection is looking really impressive. As a long retired ex goth I really look forward to your next post then! Although I did listen to some rubbish, there were many gems and Bauhaus remain an all time fave.
Hey Hanna, my favorite more recent artist from Australia is Sui Zhen. Her album “Losing Linda” is soooo good. I like stuff with creative and weird sounds and this one is excellent. Take care, Frank
Hi Frank! I'll have to sample Sui Zhen. Can't say I've heard of her at all. I appreciate any and all recommendations! Your description sounds interesting. Be well!
Puh! I was listening to your run-through of yuor favorites from Aus and no The Chrch!!! - but of course - you've put them on Top :) Nice - I love that Band - Blurred Crusade is in my Top 25 LP lIst of all time The Go Betweens is a clear No 2 - Lightning Fire by Grant McLenann is an awesome solo track - Amy and the Boys is a favorite here too, and so are many of those you memtion - Ok I'll put on 25 of my favorites from Australia then; (NB! I have to mention Th' Dudes! - from New Zealnd - their song "Be Mine Tonight (1979) is a Killer!) The Church Go Betweens Rowland S Howard - Undone The Saints Died Pretty Dead Can Dance Amy & The Sniffers Sunnyboys - I Can’t Talk To You Radio Birdman Crime & The City Solution Birthday Party - Junkyard The Triffids Paul Kelly And The Coloured Girls - Under The Sun (1987) Some Loves The Eastern Dark - Long Live The New Flesh - EP The Stems - At First Sight!!! DM3 Penelope Trappes - Penelope Three (2021) Kings Of The Sun (1988) Crowded House - Woodface (Tim Finn) Tame Impala The Avalanches Courtney Barnett The Vines Howling Bells
Hey Terje! Blurred Crusade is a worthy top 25 pick for sure! You listed a few here I'm not familiar with so I'll have fun exploring those! Sampling Penelope Trappes at the moment. Beautiful and haunting stuff! Cheers!
It was great to hear you talk about The Triffids and to see your Triffids vinyl, I love them as well. 'In The Pines' is a gem of an album and 'Born Sandy Devotional' is a masterpiece. I don't think 'The Black Swan', their last album released in 1989, got the credit it deserved. I'm not sure people knew quite what to make of it. There was pure pop like 'Goodbye Little Boy' and even a gentle foot dipped into the hip-hop explosion back then with the track 'Spinning Top Song'. It was originally conceived as a double album which has now been released as a CD, with the tracks the record company axed from the original release. I don't know if you own it but it is worth having for the tracks 'Too Hot to Move' and 'New Year's Greetings', both classics in my opinon and both show so sadly what we lost when we lost the late great David McComb. Great video as usual.
Hey there, Gary. Happy to read that you’re such a big Triffids fan as well. I started with calenture And worked my way backwards, but I definitely want to hear the black swan next. It’s too bad David is no longer with us. 😢 Thanks for popping by as always!
Thanks Hannah as an Aussie great video love all theses bands I totally agree with you about nick cave too. Bands I’m throwing in the mix some mentioned already in comments and don’t know if you know any of them. Datura 4 Dom mariani project released 5 albums since 2015 they described themselves as psychedelic boogie rock n roll not sure if your into that 😂 even ,powerpop from Melbourne ash naylor front man great guitarist! Start with black umbrella and no surprises🤙 Dave faulkners earlier band out of Perth The victims. Also the new Christs (rob younger) hard-ons, cosmic psychos, the mark of Cain,jebediah, the volanics out of Perth great oz pub rock and roll 🎸 Roll not sure if your into that 😂
I think I need to check out Datura4 based on that kooky description LOL. Dom usually doesn't disappoint, though! Cosmic Psychos I'm digging from the few songs I listened to last night. As for the rest, I have some sampling to do! I appreciate you all schooling me on what else is available from the land of Oz!
I love these videos as it introduces you to unfamiliar artists and it also persuades you to give some records in your collection a listen that you may not have heard in a while. I have that Died Pretty album on CD but I don't remember anything about it so I will have to pull it out and play it. My favorite Australian artists are Midnight Oil and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Blue Sky Mining is my favorite Midnight Oil album and Let Love In and The Boatman's Call are my favorites by Nick Cave if you want to further explore their catalog. Following close behind my favorites are The Saints, Paul Kelly & The Messengers and The Hoodoo Gurus. 16 Lovers Lane is a classic. I need to find more Go-Betweens. Great selections.
Hi Randy! I hope you were able to enjoy Free Dirt by Died Pretty! So good. I need to fully sample Blue Sky Mining by Midnight Oil. Thanks so much for joining in the Aussie fun here! Hope you're having a great week!
Once again, knocked it out of the park! Roland S Howard, the Dirty Three, the Hoodoo Gurus....can't go wrong with any of these. Saw the Guru's at Peoney Park (before your time I guess) with the Bangles. Great show. Not sure, but I think Warren Ellis may be my spirit animal. Saw him and Nick Cave in March here in Asheville. What a killer show, and such an under-rated talent. Read his book if you haven't yet!
Dude, Hoodoo Gurus with the Bangles at Peony Park?! Dang. I remember Peony Park. I was pretty young but I remember going on a ride in the dark with my mother that circled around some track and I felt sick lol. Very cool that you got to see Warren Ellis with Nick Cave. Ellis really can get me emotional. Glad you liked my favorite Aussie band picks!
So Glad you found Died Pretty, I have been obsessed with them since 1986 (saw them twice back in the 80s), same with Celibate Rifles (you didnt mention their name is an opposite of Sex Pistols) & Radio Birdman (a Stooges lyric)My pics: The Go-Betweens, Died Pretty, The Church, Midnight Oil, Not Drowning, Waving; Triffids (Just recently found them), Mental as anything/Dog Trumpet, RBCF,
Hi Hanna I saw Hunters & Collectors in 1982 here in New Zealand. It was an excellent gig. I like the song Talking to a Stranger. I saw Nick Cave and Birthday Party his group at the time, the same year. Nick has been a favorite singer of mine for years now. He still performs and releases music. I lived and worked in Australia for ten years.
Cool seeing some Aussie stuff shown. I'm an Aussie, let me name a few bands you might want to check out that haven't been mentioned in the comments yet. The Cruel Sea Custard The Mark of Cain Tumbleweed (my favourite) Magic Dirt Paul Kelly Regurgitator Violent Soho Parkway Drive Something for Kate (one of my favourites) Hilltop hoods (hip hop) Polaris (metal) Skyhooks The Grates Jebediah The Sleepy Jackson The Avalanches Baby Animals The Screaming Jets (going to see them Saturday night) Blackfeather (70s psych ) Kim salmon and the surrealists Cog Frenzal Rhomb (punk) Blueline medic The Vines Grinspoon (Aussie festival favourites) Tamam Shud (60s psych/surf/prog, very interesting story behind the name) Theresa mix of styles and old and new bands a lot of 90s bands, I could name another hundred but I'll stop there. Enjoy
Thank you! I am familiar with Paul Kelly and the Vines, but plenty more here for me to check out! Thanks for going through the effort and time to provide this extensive list! My sampling begins tonight!
Hi, I’m in Melbourne, AU and just discovered your channel. Your collection is superb and you’re so knowledgeable of the artists, their historical significance and their killer tracks. A couple of Aussie artists I don’t see mentioned much or at all in the comments I reckon you would enjoy are The Blackeyed Susans, The Clouds, Rocket Science, Six Ft Hick, Tokyo Fuck Storm. Love your taste in music, you have a new sub. Cheers!
Showing my age. I loved the Church in the early 80s. I saw them several times. Once at a club called Selinas in Sydney and a young Michael Hutchence was in the crowd. We chatted about music and he was lovely. He was a fan. You could tell he had something. I met him a few times after this as we lived in the same suburb and he was into bikes. Sad he died. The Church just put out a single. Have you heard it? I loved the Birthday Party as well and saw them several times. At one gig, there was only about 20 people in the audience. It was a Thursday and they had just gotten back from the UK. They were amazing (and scary live).
Happy weekend! That's so excellent you've seen the Church many times...and Michael Hutchence was in the crowd at one of the shows - amazing! I am digging the new Church single. Hope you are listening to lots of great tunes this weekend! See you next time!
I've been looking forward to this video. I love Australia. Is it possible that Under the Milky Way could only have been written by an Australian band. And they got it so right. Much Thanks. This was good.
Thank you so much! Yes, Under the Milky Way is beyond incredible. I remember the first time I heard it and then didn't want to stop playing it. They really knew how to create special scenes. Cheers, so glad you enjoyed this one!
Fantastic coverage of Aus music - you nailed it!I have The Saints Eternally Yours and Sunnyboys debut album - both OG’s. A few you didn’t mention worthwhile checking out - The Radiators, Stevie Wright’s (Easybeats) solo album - Hard Road with the Evie Suite being amazing and Richard Clapton. Thanks Hanna for this great video! ps love you mentioning “The Sports” 😊
The Church is in my top 5. Hologram of Baal is one of my favorites. Amazing how they keep making great new music. A new album will be released shortly.
I need to try to find a copy of Hologram of Baal on CD. Totally forgot about that one. Love how they keep going. Will be lookin forward to their new offering! The Church FTW!
Great to hear the love for Hologram of Baal, it's such an underrated church album in a catalogue full of them. The sequencing and flow of it is perfect!
Another crackin' video that has sent me to spotify, and discogs, ebay, bandcamp, etc. So much stuff I haven't heard of. I am just recently getting into the Someloves and so it's cool to hear about those related records. Just caught Courtney in Toronto this past week...killer show. Knowing your tastes (and your actual collection), I suspect you may need a part two! As mentioned, Flyying Colours and RBCF, and additionally for me Day Ravies, Quivers, Tame Impala, Redspencer, Goon Sax, Terrible Signal, Twerps, Jade Imagine, Chook Race...and embarrassment of riches down under! There's no way you could have included NZ -- save that for it's own showcase. I'm sure you have a big stack. Thanks for this!
Hey there, Jay! That's amazing that you saw Courtney B. live in the past week! Quivers are quite good. Ah, Twerps! Totally forgot about them. It's a shame they split. Love seeing what you've added to your collection on IG as always! I appreciate you watching this video! Cheers, my friend!
A lot of great music as always. Australia has always had great rock music but most of it never made it over here. Before Hoodoo Gurus Brad Shepherd was in Fun Things who made two great singles in 1980 and in 2001 he was in a great band called Monarchs. If you want to explore 70s Punk from Australia look for the Murder Punk vol. 1 and 2 LP/CDs. There is also the Do The Pop 2xCD that has Punk, Post Punk and other styles on it. It includes songs from a few of the bands in your video plus a lot of lesser known stuff. If you like bands that are influenced by Stooges, MC5, NY Dolls and Velvet U. have a listen to Asteroid B612, Brother Brick, Powder Monkeys, Beasts Of Bourbon, Hoss, Seminal Rats, Sunset Strip, Proton Energy Pills, Bored. There;s also the post Radio Birdman bands = Visitors, New Christs, Hitmen and Screaming Tribesmen. In the 1980s there was Eastern Dark and The Johnnys. If you love The Saints you might enjoy these videos: ua-cam.com/video/glbkQ9a--NU/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/oRfGyw4JoKM/v-deo.html For all things Australia the I-94 Bar website is a great read: www.i94bar.com/page-1?q=www.yumiaoua.cn
For the 21st century check out Brigitte Handley & The Dark Shadows and Rocket Science. ua-cam.com/video/cFMMHIRoIWY/v-deo.html&start_radio=1 ua-cam.com/video/Q3JpnO6-0pA/v-deo.html
As an Australian, I'm super impressed with the breadth and depth of your collection. Far be it for me to try and convert you into a Nick Cave fan but, as you're into Dirty Three, I'nm not sure if you realised that for the last 10 years or more Warren Ellis has been Nick's right hand and the two have co-written all the music. If you don't dig the early bluesy, seedy stuff, check out The Boatman's Call which is very gentle and just sublime but the music he's made more recently with Ellis is something else, my favourite being Push The Sky Away. Also, the Church have a much more recent record, The Hypnogouge, that is really terrific.
Great video! At the end you got my favorites.I Did witness Marty Wilson-Piper just drop his guitar and leave the stage for no reason at a great gig at Sardines in Oslo. You should maybe check out the Johnnys!
Thanks for watching! Glad my favorites are your favorites! That's crazy that Willson-Piper left the stage for no reason at a gig. Hmmm. I'll look into the Johnnys! I appreciate the recommendation!
Great video and attention to detail. If you're not into the Birthday Party, try The Moodists, Mick Turner (later, Dirty Three) was a member. There was something in the water in Melbourne back then, along with early 'Hunnas' (Hunters & Collectors), that big dirty bass post punk sound but I think they might be a bit more agreeable. While we're at it Dave Grainey (vocalist) some of his 90's stuff I really like. Few totally random ones off the top of my head for good measure: Models, Screamfeeder, Underground Lovers, Cosmic Psychos, Stiff Richards, Ratcat, The Meanies, Sun God Replica, Snowy Band.
Hi Simon! Loving all these band recommendations I've been getting of bands I totally missed! Super helpful and appreciated! I just listened to some Cosmic Psychos last night. Blew me away! I shall explore the rest of these, too. Hope all is well! Thanks!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert No worries! I'm so glad they blew you away, the Psychos are quintessentially Australian, there's a great documentary on them too. As a link to Mick Turner I forgot to mention, listen out also for Venom P. Stinger, who had Turner on guitar and Jim White on drums. Frantic mid to late 80's jazz sounding post punk. 'Walking about' and (meet my friend) 'Venom P.Singer' (song) are amongst my fave punk songs ever.
Hi Hanna., Great content, channel, and video. I discover some nice gems, and nuggets watching your vids. Thank you. Love The Church 💕and they are my personal favorite at #1 as well., having discovered them in the Philippines, in 1987, and I have been a big fan ever since. Seen them 4 times over the decades. Best show for me was at The Mystic, in Petaluma CA, a while back and they played The Blurred Crusade in its entirety. Amazing show! I hope you had a chance to listen to the track Hanna, off Robin Trowers 1973 album Twice Removed from Yesterday. Are you in a band? because SoundCloud and Discogs are listed in your bio
Wonderful video! For a small(ish) country Australia really punches above its weight for interesting music. I am partially on board with you about The Birthday Party. I saw them live on their last tour when I was in High School and it was one of the most intense and memorable concerts I have seen. But do I listen to them now? Apart from Release The Bats, not really. But I do appreciate the unholy racket they produced. Nick Cave solo I could again always enjoy in concert, with his deranged preacher schtick but never felt the need to live with his records. Until 2004 and Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus. From that release on I have been pretty devoted. Great o see Ed Kuepper solo get a mention. He has such a huge catalog it can be intimidating. Everybody's Got To is his stab at a more commercial sound. I do enjoy it but if you dig deeper I am sure you will find more that will get you excited. Have you listened to The Laughing Clowns? His band between The Saints and solo? I hope you get around to covering New Zealand music. I would love to see who catches your attention. Thanks again, great video
Hi Richard! Yeah, Australia has really impressed me! So much talent. I love how you used "unholy racket" to describe the Birthday Party lol! It's pretty neat that you got to see them in high school, though. I have enjoyed what I've sampled by Laughing Clowns and I always look for their stuff when I'm out digging, but no luck yet. I'll be exploring more Ed Kuepper solo, too! I appreciate the New Zealand music request! Love many bands from that country, too! Cheers, and enjoy the remainder of the week with lots of good tunes!
A very nice showing, Hannah. I have a few Aussie bands in my own collection but nowhere near as many as you showed. Amyl and the Sniffers is one act definitely picking up heat in the VC. Thanks for introducing sooo many new bands to me (and probably quite a few others) in this upload. 👍
Greetings, Rachel, and happy weekend to you! Australia sure is brimming with talent! Glad I was able to introduce you to some new bands. That's always my goal! Cheers!
INXS were very post punk early on. I think you'd enjoy Shabooh Shoobah. I am going to also mention The Angels like so many have here, fantastic band. Divinyls were very big here but like so many Aussie acts they only cracked the US charts once. If you want some interesting pop rock, check out early Bee Gees, in particular the song Spicks and Specks. You won't believe the difference in sound to the later disco stuff.
Another mention for the Angels, so I will be exploring them! Yep, Bee Gees 60s material I can stomach better than their disco era. Not sure I'd ever categorize them as a favorite of mine, however. Thanks so much for the comment and being here!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert I just thought of another Aussie band you might like if you are into synthpop/new wave. Pseudo Echo. I think their only hit overseas was their cover of Funky Town but they are so much more. Your videos are great, your passion for music really shows.
Great video Hanna! So many fabulous Aussie acts I love! Olivia Newton John, Crowded House, Men At Work Midnight Oil, Rick Springfield, and on and on! Cheers Matt Street
Great video! Some real classics there. A couple of Aussie bands that I've been listening to a lot are Tropical Fuck Storm and guitarist Gareth Liddiard's previous band The Drones. Awesome stuff. Also you really know your stuff so you probably already know this but Warren Ellis from The Dirty Three is in Nick Cave's band. You're not a big fan of Nick Cave so I mention it in case you didn't know.
Ha ha...I am glad you put it out there in the beginning with AC/DC but you caught the tie to the Easybeats. Not addressing it would be leave hole that you would get endless comments on. Saxophone in rock is a delicate thing. Too much, if not done in the right way, can be a deal breaker. Sampled Just Skin and I'm digging it. I am going to have to look for that one. You AM I, hell yeah! Love the track Berlin Chair but I don't have anything by them. Celibate Rifles, Hunters and Collectors, Sunnyboys, Ogurs, and the Dirty Three are new to me. I will have to check them out. I am totally with you on Amyl & The Sniffers. I love that band. Love that you dug into DCD a bit further. Did you pick up Toward The Within by them? I have fond memories of Crowded House and INXS. The later of which would be one of my favorite Aussie bands. Silverchair, I have Frogstomp and Freak Show but I didn't go beyond those two records. I will have to give Diorama a listen. So as we got to the end, I was wondering who would take the top spot...I wasn't sure if it was going to be the Go Betweens or the band you selected. Nice Choice. I hope Intervention Records continues with their reissues. I love Starfish and Priest=Aura but I still want to check out Seance. Loved seeing you on camera once again ;)
Hey Paul. TGIF! Definitely TGIF! Ha, yeah, even though I would have preferred to leave AC/DC out altogether as they aren't really my thing, the tie with the Easybeats and how big they are...they did deserve a mention. That's really awesome that you already knew about You Am I! Love their 90s albums the most. I don't have Toward the Within by DCD yet. I'm glad I was able to give you a shoutout for introducing them to me as I really have grown to love them even more the past year. I've been heavily into their 80s stuff the past month. I think you would really love Dirty Three. Incredible musicians. And yes, give Diorama by Silverchair a sample. It's really a magnificent album that doesn't sound like their earlier stuff. Seance is a top album by the Church. Sort of a transition album for them. I'm loving those Intervention reissues, too. They really do a fantastic job. Catch up with you on IG soon!
Hola Hanna, amazing Your collection. There are 3 álbumes which I adore: Midnight Oíl diésel & dust Hoodoogurus Stonage Romeos The Go Beetween 16 lovers My favorite Australian band ever are THE CHURCH, and agree You, HeyDay is my favorite álbum, waiting for a reedition, imposible get it Huge From Spain,!
Hi Carlos! Thanks for sharing your favorites from Australian bands! Love those as well. I wonder if Heyday will get the reissue treatment. Sure hope so. Church fans unite!
Hi Hanna, I've stopped the vid just a few seconds in to play a little game. 😃 I'm gonna guess that your list includes my own fave Aussie bands. So......let's see if you like Radio Birdman, The Scientists, The Died Pretty, Hoodoo Gurus and The Saints (OK.....The Saints is a spoiler 'cause of you holding a Saints album......) Alright - on with the video and let's see how we do!
Hi Roger! Thanks for the e-mails. I'll probably respond on those tomorrow. Looks like your predictions were right here! Thanks so much for watching and checking in!
I adore Australia. X’s “Aspirations” is one of my favorite albums. I also adore Australia bc I once had a pen pal in the mid 00s who never had American candy; I sent her a bag Reese’s peanut butter cups and in turn I got a jar of Vegemite. Whether I’m listening to The UV Race, Royal Headache or watching this video, her voice is the music that I hear the loudest. Tragedy befell her family and we lost touch. Love the video. I also love your honesty. A heads up, if you ever see a Mystery Of Sixes 7” or future 12” compilation and wonder …they have been compared to The Birthday Party. I dig ‘em, but chances are you won’t 🙃
Haha, getting the Vegemite in return doesn't sound very appealing, but then again, I've never tried it myself! I'm finally sampling X-Aspirations right now. Luckily the full album is on UA-cam and I'm gonna have to get this in the collection. Yep, for sure! Cheers!
Men at work !
Midnight Oil is one of the most underrated bands of all time. Sure, they get critical praise and popular acknowledgment, but they never get credit as being one of the all time greats, which they are...at least to me! 10-1 is a great choice, and I would also highly recommend Blue Sky Mining, my personal favorite. I'm not always the biggest fan of political rock, but like the Clash they pull it off with their intelligence, lyrical poetry, and most of all the passion and the commitment of their performances.
Thanks, Chris! I'll give Blue Sky Mining a sample next from Midnight Oil. There is lots of praise of them in the comments here. Very cool! Cheers!
I am a huge Midnight Oil fan as well. 10-1 is a great choice, but they have so many great albums. And they are amazing live. I am also a huge fan of The Church. "Heyday" is one of their best albums, but top spot goes to "Priest=Aura". Like Hanna said, it takes you to another place.
@@TheOmahaIntrovert you should have a listen to there first 2 albums they are kick ass worth a try Head injuries from 1979 is a Oz Punk master piece !
@@harrybutler98 It sure is. They really stopped being a guitar band from Red Sails on unfortunately. Place Without a Postcard has always been my favourite. I first saw them at the Tivoli in Adelaide in about 1980 and it was life changing.
And it's a travesty that Rob Hirst never makes it onto one of those '100 greatest drummers of all time' lists (while Ringo is always up there).
I totally agree with your top 3 bands! Just found you today, but I'll surely come back for more! Ciao!! Ps: I would love to mention other favourite Aussie bands of mine: Scared Cowboys - The Apartments - Laughing Clowns - Blackeyed Susans ( David McComb collaborated with them...) .
I'm a huge Church fan! My wife is Australian and when we met that was the first thing I talked about! Catching them on their current tour here in NY/NJ in April!
Kudos for mentioning The Saints and Midnight Oil. Another wonderful Australian band (and recently acquired favourite) is Models. During the 1980s, they had the same manager as INXS and opened for David Bowie during his 1983 tour. Two good albums to start off with them are "Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight" and "The Pleasure Of Your Company".
THE CHURCH, THE TRIFFIDS,THE GO BETWEENS,CROWDED HOUSE AND ICEHOUSE ARE MY TOP 5. MY FAV ALBUMS ARE OF SKINS AND HEART,SEANCE,REMOTE LUXURY,BORN SANDY EMOTIONAL,CALENTURE, TALLULAH,16 LOVERS LANE,CROWDED HOUSE,THE INTRIGUER AND MAN OF COLOURS😮❤
I swear Australia hits way above their weight. I could also throw in The Chevelles, Icecream Hands, The Lime Spiders, The Hummingbirds, The On and Ons, and maybe a half dozen others worthy of folks checking out. Great vid.
Hey there! Yeah, I regret not showing my Lime Spiders! I mentioned Hummingbirds at the end. Choice jangle pop, that's for sure! Cheers and thanks so much for the comment! Glad you enjoyed this one!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert Ah... missed the shout out to the Hummingbirds (listening at work will do that!) Glad to hear they got a mention. A lot of people don't even know the connection between The Hummingbirds and the Lemonheads hits "Into Your Arms".
@@rhorto01 the connection is one half of a bovine
Great Video Hanna! Shocked there was no mention of ICEHOUSE! My All time favorite Aussie Band. Your collection sure is growing. Keep on Rockin!
Icehouse made me feel better about my sorta mullet in the late 80’s, looking back.. “I’ve got a pocket… Full of holes… Head in the clouds.. The king of fools..”
Embarrassed to say I own nothing by Icehouse and haven't even properly sampled them. That changes today. :-)
yeh agree tecker forgot to mention icehouse have cassette around here somewhere saw vinly store couple of months ago was like 30 rarely ever even see used cd maybe bgrade best of had 2 or 3 recoeds previous collection but sold sometimes hear alt rock retro show song hear or there yeh colours is cassette i have good record
@@TheOmahaIntrovert Measure for Measure and Man of Colours are stand outs. Enjoy Hanna!
Thanks for those recommendations!
Hey Hanna -- Super excited for your Australian video! Been looking for 'Roman Beach Party' (The Celibate Rifles) on CD for awhile, but it's a rarity. Divinyls first album 'Desperate' is solid -- definitely worth picking up. "Ring Me Up" from that album is actually featured in the movie 'Sixteen Candles.' Saw another poster mention The Chevelles (not to be confused with alt-metal band Chevelle). Awesome power pop. Check out the comp 'At Second Glance' (Not Lame). You'll dig it. Be good & take care!
Thanks, Jared! Was hoping you'd be tuning in right away! I appreciate the music you have sent me, truly. Oh, didn't realize Roman Beach Party by CRs was so hard to track down on CD. I'll keep an eye out around here! I guess I need to check out Chevelles! I'm totally unfamiliar but if they are power pop, I'm all in! As always, you have solid recommendations! Cheers!
An amazing overview of Australian bands. The best I have seen from a non Australian on UA-cam, by far. I grew up there and the first concert I went to ( in 1982 ) was a summer outdoor do 4 bands for 4 bucks sponsored by the popular AM rock station of the day. Two of the bands on the bill were The Church and The Divinyls both great live bands. You’ve got The Church covered so I will only suggest that for The Divinyls you get their first self titled album which opens with an Easybeats cover and an EP called “Monkeygrip” both are great and quite frankly miles better than their later stuff. If you like Crime and the City Solution then try a band called The Wreckery. Not brilliant but fun. Others have mentioned The Scientists. They were a great swamp rock band. Amazing live. Lastly I would also like to chime in on Midnight Oil. Their early albums are very hard rocking “Head Injuries” and “Place without a postcard” are well worth getting. As is their later album “Earth and Sun and Moon”. They’ve just put out an album called “Resist” which is a great return to form. Someone posted about seeing them live and being blown away. They were always a great, great, live band but 1980 thru the early 90s they were an absolute force of nature. They wiped the floor with most other rock bands. Case in point, I first saw them on the 10-1 tour and left the venue absolutely stunned. I felt like I’d been run over by a fleet of tanks. Nothing I’ve seen since has come close to the intensity of that concert, nothing. Interestingly I went to see U2 on their “War” tour at the same venue 6 months later and they were utterly limp by comparison. So anyway, great video!
Hi J B! Happy to read this comment! Oh man, the Church and Divinyls on the same bill...that must have been well, divine! I have been on the lookout for that first Divinyls LP and will keep looking. Not too easy to track their stuff down around here for whatever reason. I'll check out the Wreckery. I appreciate the recommendations. I have the pink album from the Scientists but just didn't feature them here. Lots of love for Midnight Oil here and I'm definitely curious in pulling up some of their live footage from the 80s/early 90s for sure. Sounds like seeing them live indeed left quite an impression on you. Awesome! :-)
If you want to check out some early live Oils then “Midnight Oil at Tanelorn” or “Midnight Oil at Wanda beach” is the way to go. You’ll get an idea and yet unless you experienced it in the flesh… Midnight Oil much like The Who have produced some amazing and seminal albums but they were both such great live bands that the studio stuff always paled by comparison. Also never was a huge INXS fan but saw them on their tour supporting “Shebooh Shebah” and they were a very good live band ( Sandii & the sunsetz were the support ).An INXS album that I would recommend highly is “The swing” a really great mix of pop but with an experimental twist.
@@merlinthemagus Saturday Night at the Capitol (DVD) was around the time of 10-1 and features several of those songs.
@@merlinthemagus gotta be oils on the water
Greetings Hanna. So many Australian bands to check out. I had to take notes. The Church are definitely at the top for me as well. At a party, someone dropped the needle on Of Skins and Heart and I said, you've got to be kidding me. Was immediately hooked. Also a huge fan of Dead Can Dance and Dirty Three. I didn't see the album, Cinder in your stack. Would recommend it if you haven't heard it. A bit different, shorter songs and a lot more of them. If you were less competent, your employer might not demand so much of your time! I hope your coworkers appreciate you as much as your subscribers! Gratitude.
Greetings, Todd! Glad you got hooked on the Church upon first listen, too. Truly a mesmerizing band! I don't have Cinder by the Dirty Three, but I have added it to my want list! Haha, I work for a very small company and we are certainly stretched thin right now! Argh! So happy to have you tune in, as always! Hope you're having an excellent week!
Hi Hanna !
Wow you are amazing…the first 3 things I checked out were Died Pretty Free Dirt sounded great. Checked out The Stems and didn’t find the album you mentioned but Heads Up & Mushroom Soup: The Citadel Years both had a garage rock sound that I love !! Also listened to The Celibate Rifles live that you showed plus 2 studio records that sounded pretty cool !! ( I guess celibate rifles have never been fired…oh those crazy band names.)
I haven’t time now to watch the rest of your video( stopped 6 min in) but just this little bit of Australia rock was fascinating !!
I have forgotten AC/DC already.
If the rest of the video is this good …Oh my !!! Thanks Hanna !!
Hey there, Richard! Oh, that Stems record I showed is a pretty rare compilation. I've been looking for their At First Sight album for a while now. Ah, so glad you sampled Celibate Rifles. They rock! And yeah, crazy band name!
I hope you were able to check out the remainder of the video and enjoy! :-)
Dom Mariani is a legend here in Western Australia. A great collection of Australian bands. Nice work.
So glad you thought I did a satisfactory job on this one! I know I’m missing a few but glad I featured the main ones I wanted to cover! Dom Mariani certainly has loads of talent! Thanks!
Really enjoyed your video my friend...
Very informative I always learn something watching somebody else's channel 😆✌️
Thanks, Rod! Glad you liked the topic of this one. So many great Aussie bands! Cheers!
"Take me to a place they say/Where Dreaming Never Ends"
"Rocking The World" 1975 Earth Quake is the first place that I remember hearing Friday On My Mind. This LP on Beserkley is great.
I have "You Am I" 1st CD "Sound As Ever" it's very good. I love your taste in music. I listen to different types of music & I'm pretty good at collecting obscure 80s bands on CD.
A few to mention are Fingerprintz, Trees, Passion Puppets, Nine Ways To Win, The Passions, Danielle Dax & many more. I have about 2500 CDs right now [This is my 4th collection]
I think you're awesome, keep up the great work.
Hi Matthew! Very cool you own that first You Am I CD! I am just now getting into the Passions and have a few of their LPs on my wish list. Oh, I love Danielle Dax but I believe she's from the UK. I have featured some of her 12" singles in a prior video. I love the 80s too and am presently working on a series you'd be interested in! Cheers, and I appreciate the kind words on my channel!
Hello nice video by the way.
Yes I have all Saints and Triffids but
there are so many groups you showed. I saw Chris Bailey live in
Stockholm club #Underground"
Dont remember which year.
Keep on the good work.....
Hi Hasse! Glad you enjoyed this video! So very special that you saw Chris Bailey live in Stockholm! May he R.I.P. Cheers!
Lovely collection and very similar to my own taste when it comes to aussie bands. Cool that you discovered Celibate Rifles, I have them on a 80’s aussie LP comp with a fantastic tune that made me interested to look them up, but I haven’t come across any of their records yet. I regard Church as one of my all time fave bands too, absolutely amazing catalog of records. If I have to add any groups here I’d highly recommend Huxton Creepers first two albums, jangly garage rock/pop and great songwriting. The Lizard Train, Exploding White Mice (In a nest of vipers), Scientists, Beasts Of Bourbon, The Johnnys and Spikes are all bands that done records worth checking out too. Thanks for a great episode! Cheers from Sweden
Greetings! Very cool you are into Celibate Rifles too and have a comp! I'd love to pick up more by them. I can't believe I didn't include Huxton Creepers here. They totally escaped me. I have their album 12 Days to Paris and love it! You've given me a few more to check out here, too! I appreciate you stopping by!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert happy to hear you already know about Huxton Creepers and have 12 days to Paris, it’s a great album! It’s easy to forget records when there are do many to keep track of. Sometimes I believe I have albums just because I’ve been thinking about buying them so many years, when I in fact don’t yet have a copy. 🤣🤣
You nailed all the stuff that would be up your alley! Hunters & Collectors Human Frailty was a big one for me when I was a teen. The first Birthday Party album and their final EPs might appeal to you more, but probably not enough to convert ya. I think you'd dig these too, which I wrote about in a Between the Cracks - Aussie Garage Punk piece:
The Riptides - Tombs Of Gold (1982/2014): They took an interesting journey from mod, new wave and 2 Tone influences to surf and garage noir.
The Moodists - Thirsty’s Calling (Red Flame, 1984): Think early Jazz Butcher, prickly guitar jangle of Josef K and The Fall.
New stuff: All the Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever!
Royal Headache - High (What's Your Rupture, 2015)
Wet Lips - Wet Lips (Hysterical, 2017)
Mere Women - Romantic Notions (Poison City, 2021)
Body Type - Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing's Surprising (Poison City, 2022)
The Drones - Feelin Kinda Free (Tropical Fuck Storm, 2016)
The Sand Pebbles - Pleasure Maps (Kasumen, 2017)
The New Christs - Incantations (Impedance, 2014)
Mere Women - Big Skies (Poison City, 2017)
RVG - A Quality Of Mercy (Our Golden Friend/Island, 2017)
Civic - Future Forecast (Flightless, 2021)
Mod Con - Modern Condition (Poison City, 2021)
Parcels - Day/Night (Because Music, 2021)
Stiff Richards - DIG (Legless, 2019)
The Ocean Party - Restless (Spunk, 2016)
Body Type - Body Type EP (Partisan, 2018)
The Ocean Party - The Oddfellows' Hall (Spunk, 2018)
Cable Ties - Far Enough (Merge, 2020)
Crepes - In Cahoots (Spunk, 2018)
Melbourne Cans - Heat Of The Night (Lost And Lonesome, 2018)
Hits - Hikikomori (Conquest Of Noise, 2014)
Eat-Man - Eat-Man EP (Eat-Man, 2018)
Wow, you certainly gave me a lot of more modern stuff to check out, and I appreciate it! Right on! Based on your description alone, the Moodists sound up my alley. I have some heavy sampling to do here. Much thanks!
I’m an Aussie who started following bands from the late 70s and your selection is spot on ! Well done ! Loved your reference to the bands of my home city Brisbane…..The Saints, The Go Betweens and Powederfinger .
Great stuff! Being from Australia it's great to see you post content that's close to home for me. Yes definitely check out some more early Diviyls the Monkey Grip mini album is worth a mention. Absolutely love the church saw them perform the starfish album it it's entirity here in my hometown of Adelaide 4 years ago and was absolutely amazing. The sunnyboys are also a favourite. Their first 7inch e.p with the seeker and an early version of alone with you are awesome. The midnight oil albums that are worth mentioning and favourites of mine are the first self titled, head injuries and red sails in the sunset. Not a massive fan of Nick cave either nor have I been a massive fan of crowded house but love split enz and the saints are awesome. Keep up the great content!
Thank you, I’m so glad you’re enjoying my content! Oh that must’ve been amazing to see the church perform starfish in its entirety. I would definitely grab more sunnyboys on vinyl if I ever come across any. They are pretty obscure here. Thanks for the additional Midnight Oil recommendations. I’ll be giving them a listen! See you next time.
Wow I’ve just seen a few of your videos and I’m so very impressed with your knowledge, collection and most of all your love of music. You remind me of a dear friend of mine we could talk for hours on end about music.
I had a band in the 80’s and we got the opportunity to do about 2 weeks of shows with the Hoodoo Gurus. if I remember correctly they were touring for the Blow Your Cool record. They were so much fun to watch every night. And they were a great bunch of people to work with.
Thanks and I’m sure that I’ll be watching more.
Here are some of my favourite Aussie bands that you might like: The Living End, Killing Heidi, The Dubrovniks, The Chevelles, Skybombers, Lime Spiders, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Icehouse, Mental As Anything, The Vines, Cosmic Psychos, The Angels
I appreciate you watching! Wow, I think I forgot about Killing Heidi until now! I shall check out some of these other bands you mentioned. I need to get to sampling Icehouse first. Way behind on them! Cheers!
I've just checked with Immigration here Hanna, your Aussie passport has been express approved! Amazing video, you've more than done justice to the acts here. And you've amassed a collection that a lot of Australians would die to own (myself included!). So glad you get into the margins and shine some light on quality like the Someloves and Rowland S Howard. And of course - the Church😍 glad those YAI cds are still part of the collection! Thanks for the shoutout (never say never to making another video), and thanks again for a fantastic video!!
Hi Dean! So glad that I have been express-approved! Haha! I've been meaning to tackle this video for months! That Rowland Howard LP is a semi-recent to me and I really love this album. Gonna be checking out more. I really treasure these YAI CDs. Thank you again for going through the trouble of sending me some extraordinary music, Dean! And I hold out hope you'll grace us with some more content soon!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert at risk of repeating someone else here (and getting laughed out of the house by fellow Aussies), give Ratcat's 'Blind Love' a try. It's from 1991 somewhere between alternative, power pop and the Ramones and it's not a flawless album, but there are some huge dumb singles that are irresistible. They were friendly with the Hummingbirds and for six months they were unstoppable. Australia's Nirvana (insofar as they smashed up the pop charts from the alternative underground before anyone else)!
@@GrandmasHandbag Regards from a couple of old friends …Eugene de La hot- cross bun and Ron Hitler Barassi !
@@harryzlotzlottos5715 no, not those guys, Harry!😂
@@GrandmasHandbag Barry Crocker teamed up with TISM …managed by Franco Cozzo, would’ve been an Australian underground sensation !?!
Great video! So nice to be reminded of the excellent music of down under. Great to hear you talk about the Triffids, Go Betweens and The Church. All favourites of mine. I'm sure someone probably mentioned The Whitlams and Augie Marsh in the comments, but if not, there is treasure there to be discovered. Cheers Geoffrey
Hello Omaha Introvert, Thanks' for recommending all of these "New"(to me) bands, I really appreciate it.....The Gits and now Died Pretty, I really enjoy both.
So glad that you are digging bands I've recommended in a few videos! Can't go wrong with the Gits or Died Pretty! Rock on!
OMG Hanna, Another great video! A lot of the albums you mention bring back such great memories for me. I love The Church too. Seance and Remote Luxury are my favorites!! I still have my original 80's copies as well as The Blurred Crusade. I don't have Heyday, but I have downloaded it and it's great! I never got into Starfish too much. Under The Milky Way was played to death on the radio back then and I kinda got tired of it. Nice that you mentioned Hunters & Collectors. I have both the Self-titled album and The Jaws Of Life. It's definitely weird, but I kinda like it. You briefly mentioned Flash and the Pan. I've got several of their albums too. Hey St. Peter was an minor hit for them back in the day. Keep up the good work!
Hi, Hanna! Another great video as usual. My favorite Aussie bands are AC/DC, Midnight Oil, INXS, Men at Work, Hoodoo Gurus, Divinyls, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Jet and Silverchair which are the most famous here in Brazil. Australia or the land of kangaroos is a country that has many amazing rock bands that unfortunately aren't very well known around the world. Nice work. Thanks, take care and see you next time. Rock on!
Thanks much, Alen! That's a great list of Aussie favorites you have! I forgot about Jet! I loved doing a spotlight on the wonderful bands from Oz! Cheers!
No love for Spy vs Spy? They got pretty big in Brazil
Another great Aussie power pop band are The Innocents. Their 2005 album, "Pop Factory" is terrific. In fact, the entire thing is on UA-cam. And let's not forget Rick Springfield who brought power pop to America in 1981 with "Working Class Dog" (despite putting out numerous lp's prior to that). Thanks for another great rundown, Hanna!
I dig some early Rick Springfield. Very power pop! I'll have to check out the Innocents! Cheers, my friend!
BTW, Barry Adamson (from Magazine) was the bassist on both of the Nick Cave albums I mentioned.
Barry Adamson criminally underrated. His solo works are excellent journeys.
I always look forward to your videos because I know I will discover new things I like or (even better) be reunited with 80s bands I had forgotten. I had completely forgotten about Died Pretty and Someloves, and I forgot I used to have that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang record until I saw the cover. You mentioned a couple that I need to check out now and I definitely share your love of The Church : )
Church fans unite! Yay! So glad you enjoyed my video. I know there's more I forgot but this targeted the primary ones on my list! Have a wonderful week!
Must haves Australian bands - The Mark Of Cain - Ill At Ease, signed to Henry Rollins label 1995ish features the drummer from Helmet and yes it does sound like Helmet but TMOC was playing that stuff way before Helmut. Regardless this is a fucking incredible album and a must have. good luck finding it.
The Meanies - 10% Wierd. Catchy as hell pop punk and all the 90's stuff... all killer releases. Australia's answer to the Ramones?
Buffalo - Volcanic Rock 1973. These guys were doing it before ACDC and this is a killer album for it time. A good copy will cost you into the 100's.
Rose Tattoo - ST 1978.... just a killer rock n roll album... no words needed.
Cosmic Psychos - Self Totalled. Straight outta Melbourne punk rock, Butch Vig said they influenced the seattle scene.... A must have. OK just a few but many more must haves. Dig and Spin!!!!
Australia had some great bands from the late 70', 80's through to the early 90's. Thanks for mentioning Died Pretty, one of the all time greats of alternative rock.
Man, I love The Church. Also love The Angels. Your video gives me a lot to explore. Thank you!
Guess I need to check out The Angels! Glad you’re a fellow Church fan as well! Thanks so much!
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@@TheOmahaIntrovert they were called Angel city outside Oz . awesome band indeed !
So good to see you grabbing the Sunnyboys Hanna. I remember mentioning them to you a ways back. Their original vinyl pressings are kind of pricey nowadays. If you ever see the album 'Individuals' grab it. >< I found out recently that Chrissy Amphlett from The Dyvinals sadly passed on at 53. They were not a bad band at all. >< I am surprised that no one in the VC has ever done some sort of show your countries contest or thread. You would have killed it if you choose to do Australia. Wonderfully presented H~
Rob/Boston
Well hello there, Rob! I did show my copy of "Individuals" by Sunnyboys in this video! Yes, very sad Chrissy from Divinyls passed. So glad you enjoyed my Australian bands focus video! Great to hear from you once again. Hope all is well on the east coast!
My first job in Australia was being a kitchen hand for Pete the bassist/co-founder of the Sunny Boys, there is a great documentary about the lead singer of the Sunny Boys you might want to check out, PEACE & LOVE from Australia...
Hi Hanna,
Well, you finally made it happen! The Big Australian Show. Wow that was really worth the 9 month wait. So well done, marvelous job. Aren't enough superlatives to explain what a wonderful job you do.
Of course the first highlight was when you showed radio birdman promo again, which was one of several of my albums you bought in Ann Arbor. Warms my heart that I was able to help you out that way.
Still amazed how I sold those lps, 2 days before the show and I had no idea you guys would be there. So cool.
Anyway, you mentioned all my Aussie fav's:
Hoodoo, Go Betweens, Saints!!!! Know your product. Wow! So kick ass good. And love all saints day lp so much.
Church are premo of course, I knew how much you loved them.
So many others but you know My Fav are Divinyls. Just for me, their Desperate, debut was my fav. Album of 80s. It's a Must have for you.
I might have the CD. Have the original C of vinyl. Maybe I could send you the CD as a gift, to show my appreciation of all your efforts.
Learned sooo much today and was so entertaining.
Nobody is doing it better than you these days my friend.
Take care,
Mark in Michigan
Greetings, Mark! Yes, I finally made it happen although I didn't realize it was a 9-month wait! Ooops! Wow, that's very kind of you to want to send that Divinyls CD. Their stuff isn't that easily found in my area. I'm so thrilled you continue to enjoy the videos I put out. More to come! :-)
@@TheOmahaIntrovert
I'll look for that CD over the weekend. Let you know after I locate it
My Top Five: The Church, Triffids, Icehouse, Go Betweens and Midnight Oil. Second Top Five jajaja The Saints, Died Pretty, Sunnyboys, Hoodoo Gurus and Crime and the City Solution. Special Mention, album: The Dubrovniks "Dubrovnik Blues", Song 1927 "That's When I Think Of You" (INXS and AC DC they do not participate jejeje). Keep on Rocking!!!
Hi there, Diego! Solid top 5. I just need to check out more from Icehouse! Not sure why they were never on my radar before! Need to check out the Dubrovniks! Appreciate the comment greatly! Thank you!
Great, tell me later 😉
Check out Models, Icehouse, The Chats, and The Angels (Angel City in the US).
I've been meaning to check out Icehouse for a while. Several mentions of them here will give me the actual push to do so, thanks! And I love the Chats from what I've heard thus far. Will give the Angels a listen, too!
Love watching your videos. You have a wonderful slant on collecting that I find inspirational.
Scott, thank you! So glad you find my collecting habits inspirational! Not sure I've ever heard anybody say that. Cheers!
I watch quite a few of these record collector videos and they usually are very self aware if you know what I mean and it’s easy to get caught up in the hunt, but you are clearly buying what you love and not for value. And the fact that you listen to your collection. Hope that clarifies.
Some other Aussie bands from earlier than AC/DC would be Masters Apprentices ( 5 albums 1967-1972), Buffalo(first 3 albums 1972-1974), Blackfeather(1 lp), Kahvas Jute (1 lp) these are mainly hard rock/psych bands and some new modern psych type bands like Babe Rainbow, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard or Dreamtime. Oz is fertile ground for 21rst century neo-psych.
Hi Dan! I mentioned Masters Apprentices at the very end and even though I didn't show my compilation CD, it's one I love! Cheers! The land of Oz is indeed a fertile ground for all things psych! Cheers!
I love Australian bands. The Church are a top 5 of mine. And so excited that you love "heydey!" I grew up with this band & it's my fave too. Might want to check out these bands if you haven't already. The Ups And Downs from the 80s. Gaslight Radio from the 90s. And for ppl who love early pop punk skate toones & fun: the Hard-Ons [stick with their 80s LPs]. Wonderful video. Enjoyed it. 😉
Thanks for the note on Discogs! I'm appreciating all the band recommendations I'm getting from you and all my other friends here! Excellent! Glad that Heyday is your favorite Church release, too! Such a special record! Cheers!
Hi Hanna! Great Video, Thank you!!! I think that i must check out „The Church“! 😎🤩😊 Lovely wishes to you! Ciao Gunnar
Hey Gunnar! Thanks so much and hope all is well! The Church are definitely worth sampling and loving! ⭐️⭐️⭐️🎶👍🏻
@@TheOmahaIntrovert Now i have listen to the Church on Spotify! Great Music!! Now i must look for some Vinyl! I Hope, that i found some ! 😎😊Thank you Hanna!! 🥳
I hope you find some of their albums as well! The Church are such a wonderful band!
Fascinating Video Hanna.I have lots of Aussie rock aside from AC/DC like INXS,Hoodoo Gurus,Midnight Oil,The Church,Icehouse,Ed Kuepper,Silverchair,Wolfmother,
The Vines and one of my personal favourite modern bands King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.I might have covered all the artists I do own on Vinyl and CD that are from the land down under but yeah lots of great music..take care!
Hey there! Happy Thursday evening! Thanks for your loyalty to my channel as always. I so appreciate you always being here! I need to check out more from the Vines. I think I truly have just heard one album. King Gizzard's catalog is a little intimidating. Don't think have tons of LPs out by now? They keep busy! Great list of music you own! Cheers!
Hey Hanna awesome video!!
Loved your selection of Oz records.
I saw The Church last weekend in Sydney & they were incredible.
You gotta check out "Something For Kate" 90s - present Melbourne alt rock band.. one of my favs.
Tim Rogers has joined the Hard Ons on their latest album... you'll have to check it out too!
Hi Grant! That's so wonderful that you saw the Church last weekend! I'd love to see 'em again!
Something for Kate is a new name to me. Will look into them. I appreciate you stopping by! Glad you enjoyed seeing my Aussie collection!
I would love a playlist to come with these videos. Mostly because I’m lazy. Great job Hanna!
Thanks, Tom! I think in the future I would definitely like to incorporate playlists somehow. I need to dedicate some time. Thanks for the request! Cheers!
The Reels.... A greatly under appreciated band. They began as a country band led by Dave Mason (son of conservative politician John Mason). They ditched country for New Wave, and released bouncy New Wave pop music with dark lyrics that dealt with depression, unrequited love, etc. Then the band showed their true colours with Quasimodo's Dream and Beautiful. They did an excellent version of ''Bad Moon Rising'' in 1986, and sadly fell apart in 1992. Don't be put off by their early Wiggles style of image... there were tears behind the clownishness and they are worth your time.
Thanks for the recommendation on the Reels. I truly have never heard of them before. I will be seeing if their stuff is on Apple Music tonight and sampling! I appreciate you checking out my Australian bands focus video! Cheers!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert Another interesting thing about The Reels is that they are revered by Nick Cave. Singer, Dave Mason, played Lily in the movie ''Ghosts Of The Civil Dead'', which starrred Nick Cave. The Reels also reformed and played straight after Nick Cave/Bad Seeds at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in 2009. They're not like The Birthday Party.
King gizzard and the lizard wizard enuf said. Tame Impala honorable mention.☮
Hi. I’m new to your Channel. I have just stared my vinyl channel. I’m from Australia and was really impressed with your knowledge of Australian bands. I am also surprised how you get them in the US. I saw most of those bands live at there peak. Sunnyboys are doing their farewell gig next month here in Sydney. I have seen midnight oil about 30 times and recommend the DVD live at goat island. Hoodoo Gurus are great and still performing. I saw The Stems & Radio Birdman about 2 years ago and better than ever. I was a judge at youth rock when Silverchair got signed. They were the called “Innocent Criminals”. I saw there potential and recommended to Sony that they give them a go and record “Tomorrow” off the frog stomp album. I’m happy to give you any help with your Australian music videos as I know a fare bit and am so proud of our music industry. Keep up the good work. Cheers - Aussie Vinyl Guy.
Great shares ---- you have amazing taste. Just subscribed to your channel. I have been blown away by your vignettes. Love the Saints! Early Icehouse is also amazing! Check out the Scientists - incredible garage rock! BTW: The Swing is the underrated gem of an INXS album that everyone should own!
👍. Hi Hanna! Cool video! Among my faves are Midnight Oil, Hoodoo Gurus, INXS, Icehouse, Crowded House and the Saints. I have CDs from all of them. I want to get albums from Mental As Everything as well. I used to have a bunch of cassettes from them. I do have Teenage Snuff Film from Rowland S. Howard. Great voice! It is a wonderful somber album. Rock Always! 😃. - Heather
Crowded House are from New Zealand
Crowded House formed in Melbourne and have both Australian and NZ band members
Thanks so much, Heather! Love your favorite picks here and I’m about to begin my exploration of Icehouse, finally! That Teenage Snuff Film LP is such a great listen indeed! Somber and beautiful! 🎶🎶🎶⭐️🙌🏻
Please deep dive Midnight Oil. They are infinitely so much more than their American one-hit wonder status. Their songs are so well written, with equal measures of melody and energy. They are so sadly overlooked. I saw them live in '91 and to this day it was the best concert I have ever seen and it's not even close. I would rate them in my top 10 bands of all-time (and I am not Australian!).
Wow, that's some strong love for Midnight Oil! Indeed some other mentions here that their live performances are incredible. Thanks so much for watching and building up Midnight Oil a little more for me! Cheers, my friend!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert other Midnight Oil recommendations would be Earth and sun and moon ( 1993 ) Redneck wonderland ( 1997 )
@@harrybutler98 no, just no
Wow. You covered the vast majority of what I would list. My faves would probably be The Church (the same era you mentioned), Hoodoo Gurus, and Crowded House, Easybeats, and oh, The Saints. Glad you mentioned Courtney Barnett and Rolling Blackouts for current artists. Another recent artist I might mention is Parma Violets, although its been a few years since I've hearch much about them. Regarding INXS, I definitely consider myself a fan, but I'm partial to their early output leading up to and including Listen Like Thieves. As for Midnight Oil, never been a big fan. Can't get over the singer's voice. And yes, it would have been cool to include New Zealand artists, especially the Flying Nun ones! Great video!
Hey there! My goal is to hear more early INXS, that's for sure. Yeah, that's kind of how I feel about the singer of Midnight Oil, too. The vocals. I'm definitely checking out more of their stuff to give more of a fair shot. I showcased a few New Zealand bands in my jangle pop series, I believe, but I have a whole list of bands I love from that country, too! I'll look into the Parma Violets! Thanks so much!
Nice job! Video popped up randomly and as a major fan of many Australian bands I had to check it out. Like you, I love both The Go-Betweens and The Church. Have seen The Church three times, first in 1990 on the Gold Afternoon Fix tour and twice in the last decade, all in Vancouver. The last time I did a meet and greet with the band. Had a nice chat with each of the guys and got pics with each of them and with the group as a whole.
Have you checked out Jack Frost? It was a 1990s side project of Steve Kilbey and Grant McLennan. Two albums issued to little fanfare but both worth hearing.
Looking forward to more!
Hi Steve! That's amazing that you've had the opportunity to see the Church many times.
I don't know why I didn't pull out my Jack Frost CD. Slipped my mind. I have their first album and love that project! :-)
I still dig CDs too, thanks for showing the CD love. So thrilled to see you've done a vid on Australia bands! You Am I is really good, nice to see them mentioned here. I really like Radio Birdman, and they remind me of The Damned. OMG I love Hunters And Collectors, especially their album "Ghost Nation." So good. Amyl And The Sniffers are incredible, love love love them. Hoodoo Gurus are great. My fav song of theirs is "Bittersweet." Catchy rock. Getting into The Saints too thanks to your recommendation. Fav Dead Can Dance CD is "Toward The Within." That album really resonates with me. I like The Birthday Party but not so much Nick Cave solo material. I've not listened to Roland Howard...will have to check that out. C&TCS is a decent listen as is Dirty Three. Divinyls! My #1 favorite band of all time. The album you showed, "What A Life," is excellent. I love all their stuff. I have an Aussie pressing of their first LP which has the songs in a different order and a different song than the U.S. pressing. "Temperamental" is great and as you see on my Discogs I picked that up at the record show last weekend. Been wanting that for years. It really saddened me when Divinyls' singer, Chrissie Amphlett, passed away a few years ago. Her voice is like no other. Midnight Oil is another top Aussie pick for me. I have "Blue Sky Mining" on blue vinyl plus several of their CDs. Want their box set! I like The Church's album "Starfish" the most. So my top 5 are: Divinyls, Midnight Oil, Hunters And Collectors, Radio Birdman and Hoodoo Gurus. Ack! How can I forget INXS? I
Nicola! Hey! Girl, I need to catch up on your e-mails, please forgive me. Been a heck of a week! I'll have to check out Ghost Nation by Hunters & Collectors. Haven't checked that one out yet! So glad you got turned onto Amyl & the Sniffers, too! Toward the Within by DCD is one I don't have yet. Been on my list. I really have been obsessed with their 80s stuff recently. Ohhh, definitely check out this Rowland Howard LP Teenage Snuff Film. It's brilliant! I'm totally determined to get that first Divinyls LP. Since they are your favorite I really want to hear more from them! And I didn't know Midnight Oil have a box set. Very cool! And yeah, Starfish is a stunning album! Love the Church so much! Solid top 6 from you, but I expected no less!
Instant respect for stating Heyday as your favourite Church record. Its a true classic. If you are a lover of Go Betweens and the Triffids I highly recommend two current bands. Flowertruck are carrying the torch. of the late eighties Australian jangle power pop. Check out the clip for their track Sing Along to Your Life. It has definite Spring Rain vibes. The other is RVG who are also excellent and have a great KEXP Live performance up on UA-cam. An older band you missed is The Lucksmiths who are perhaps best compared to The Housemartins. Very clever lyrics and charming acoustic based melodies. Great video Hanna
Hey Andrew! Thanks for the props on me choosing Heyday as my favorite by the Church! I appreciate the recommendations on the more modern groups, too. My goal is to sample them by the weekend. I'm intrigued. Ah, the Lucksmiths. I do have a comp of theirs! Totally slipped my mind. Great call! Cheers!
Hello Hanna; Nice to take a vinyl trip down under to promote bands that may have not been heard this side of the planet. Always liked the Easybeats have their LP's & compilations. Like the Radio Birdmen LP. The Saints good punk band. Midnight Oil is a band with energetic songs. Liked your picks, some very good showings of Australian bands. We recommend the 60's garage band the Missing Links should you come across their records, or the Ugly Things garage /psych compilation series. Good video, informative & well explained. Take care, Tina & Pat!~
Greetings, Tina and Pat! Nice to hear you appreciate the Easybeats as well! Severely underrated! I need to check out the Missing Links and Ugly Things. Thanks for bringing them to your attention! Hope all is well!
Hi hanna great video on Australian bands love Australian bands but not same as you must check out . Only thing im not into punk really although ive liked some punk . My favourite Australian band of moment is pond . Also im trying to get into nick cave have a few of his albums. Il mention crowded house and inxs as was so into the album kick when i was a student in Belfast when it came out so goid . Cool video hanna take care joe oh Courtney Barnett love her too .and rolling blackouts cf amazing new favourite.
Hi Joe! Yes, Rolling Blackouts CF are excellent! I have yet to hear their latest album, though. I feel they don't get enough attention. I need to look up Pond. I'm not familiar with them at all. Thanks so much for checking out my Australian bands video! Enjoy the rest of your week!
Hi Hanna!
Glad you mentioned the Hunters and Collectors. You might want to try Kicking Against the Pricks and the Good Son if you want to try another crack at Mr Cave. They’re both pretty accessible and the first is all covers. I think INXS were pretty cool, especially the early stuff.
Hey there, Murray! Yeah, I've given Nick Cave a fair shot. I don't mind that covers album of his. Otherwise, not sure I'll ever become much of a fan, but I never say never! I'll check out more earlier INXS for sure! Cheers!
You did an excellent job Hanna. Covered just about everything. I also like SPK (industrial), The Deadly Hume, Severed Heads and the first two albums by Mental as Anything. Cheers.
Some great additions for me to check out here, Mark! Love your comments as always. you usually never steer me wrong! Cheers!
Severed Heads were so innovative with recording techniques, digital editing before pro-tools, layering, sampling you name it. Truly ignored.
Daevid Allen is my favorite Aussie artist.
He initially migrated to England in the early 60's and became the catalyst for what became the Canterbury scene and was a founding member of Soft Machine. Then he ended up in France where he started Gong. He went to New York after combining prog and punk, starting New York Gong. He eventually returned to Australia and continued Gong until his death in 2015.
He was just a force of nature and creativity, creating some of the greatest prog, psychedelic, punk and pop all through a jazzy sound.
Ah, he was a mega talent indeed. R.I.P. Daevid Allen! Thanks for sharing about your favorite Aussie artist!
I remember reading about him in Australia, he’s one of those long forgotten artists over here, probably doesn’t get the recognition he deserves, he lived a crazy extraordinary life
Good catch! 👍
Really nice video Hanna! My favorite Australian bands are easy at the top. Undisputed #1 is The Saints. Also up there is Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper solo stuff. The Ed Kuepper you mentioned "Everybody's Got To" is a stunning album. Great music. Others are Radio Birdman, The Celibate Rifles, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (and Nick Cave solo), AC/DC and Died Pretty. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few but these are my favorites. Again, especially The Saints who are one of my top bands ever!! Keep the videos coming Hanna. By the way, I just posted two live shows from The Void from 1979 on my site yesterday. Check them out if you get a chance.
Hey there. Thank you for checking out my Aussie worship video, hehe! Love that the Saints are your #1. Can't argue with that! I'll have to check out your postings on the Void! Cheers!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert Hey Hanna. It was an enjoyable and informative video as usual. Check out the 9-24-1979 show. It was one of our best. The guitar sounded great. To get a flavor, listen to the first 3 songs-Johnny Moped-No One, Sham 69-Ulster and The Vibrators-You Broke My Heart. I hope you enjoy it.
Really enjoying your recent videos. We’ve really got very similar tastes and collections, especially the post punk stuff. Huge fan of the Go Betweens and was fortunate to have bought the box sets when they came out. Felt like a lot of money at the time but now they’re crazy. Reckon they may get a repress.
The Church mean a huge amount to me and a good mate of mine too. We’ve met Steve Kilbey a couple of times when they’ve played in England and Marty W-P yelled at us to ‘think the words, not sing them’ when we were clearly a bit too rowdy at one gig! Ha well we were just showing our appreciation!
Hey there, Wayne! So glad you're enjoying my more recent content! You'll be happy to know that I will most likely do a post punk update video next...with maybe an emphasis on some goth additions. Oh, you are so lucky you got those Go-Betweens box sets! Never let those go! Hope they get represses in the future. That's so neat that you met Steve Kilbey. I probably could have at the show I attended a few years ago but we didn't stick around long after. I'm cracking up at what Marty yelled at you! Ha! I appreciate the comment, and see you next time!
Cheers Hanna. I’m pretty envious of your original Go Betweens to be honest, they really don’t show up much. Your collection is looking really impressive. As a long retired ex goth I really look forward to your next post then! Although I did listen to some rubbish, there were many gems and Bauhaus remain an all time fave.
Hey Hanna, my favorite more recent artist from Australia is Sui Zhen. Her album “Losing Linda” is soooo good. I like stuff with creative and weird sounds and this one is excellent. Take care, Frank
Hi Frank! I'll have to sample Sui Zhen. Can't say I've heard of her at all. I appreciate any and all recommendations! Your description sounds interesting. Be well!
Puh! I was listening to your run-through of yuor favorites from Aus and no The Chrch!!! - but of course - you've put them on Top :) Nice - I love that Band - Blurred Crusade is in my Top 25 LP lIst of all time
The Go Betweens is a clear No 2 - Lightning Fire by Grant McLenann is an awesome solo track - Amy and the Boys is a favorite here too, and so are many of those you memtion - Ok I'll put on 25 of my favorites from Australia then;
(NB! I have to mention Th' Dudes! - from New Zealnd - their song "Be Mine Tonight (1979) is a Killer!)
The Church
Go Betweens
Rowland S Howard - Undone
The Saints
Died Pretty
Dead Can Dance
Amy & The Sniffers
Sunnyboys - I Can’t Talk To You
Radio Birdman
Crime & The City Solution
Birthday Party - Junkyard
The Triffids
Paul Kelly And The Coloured Girls - Under The Sun (1987)
Some Loves
The Eastern Dark - Long Live The New Flesh - EP
The Stems - At First Sight!!!
DM3
Penelope Trappes - Penelope Three (2021)
Kings Of The Sun (1988)
Crowded House - Woodface (Tim Finn)
Tame Impala
The Avalanches
Courtney Barnett
The Vines
Howling Bells
Hey Terje! Blurred Crusade is a worthy top 25 pick for sure! You listed a few here I'm not familiar with so I'll have fun exploring those! Sampling Penelope Trappes at the moment. Beautiful and haunting stuff! Cheers!
It was great to hear you talk about The Triffids and to see your Triffids vinyl, I love them as well. 'In The Pines' is a gem of an album and 'Born Sandy Devotional' is a masterpiece. I don't think 'The Black Swan', their last album released in 1989, got the credit it deserved. I'm not sure people knew quite what to make of it. There was pure pop like 'Goodbye Little Boy' and even a gentle foot dipped into the hip-hop explosion back then with the track 'Spinning Top Song'. It was originally conceived as a double album which has now been released as a CD, with the tracks the record company axed from the original release. I don't know if you own it but it is worth having for the tracks 'Too Hot to Move' and 'New Year's Greetings', both classics in my opinon and both show so sadly what we lost when we lost the late great David McComb.
Great video as usual.
Hey there, Gary. Happy to read that you’re such a big Triffids fan as well. I started with calenture And worked my way backwards, but I definitely want to hear the black swan next. It’s too bad David is no longer with us. 😢 Thanks for popping by as always!
Thanks Hannah as an Aussie great video love all theses bands I totally agree with you about nick cave too. Bands I’m throwing in the mix some mentioned already in comments and don’t know if you know any of them. Datura 4 Dom mariani project released 5 albums since 2015 they described themselves as psychedelic boogie rock n roll not sure if your into that 😂 even ,powerpop from Melbourne ash naylor front man great guitarist! Start with black umbrella and no surprises🤙
Dave faulkners earlier band out of Perth
The victims. Also the new Christs (rob younger) hard-ons, cosmic psychos, the mark of Cain,jebediah, the volanics out of Perth great oz pub rock and roll 🎸
Roll not sure if your into that 😂
I think I need to check out Datura4 based on that kooky description LOL. Dom usually doesn't disappoint, though! Cosmic Psychos I'm digging from the few songs I listened to last night. As for the rest, I have some sampling to do! I appreciate you all schooling me on what else is available from the land of Oz!
I love these videos as it introduces you to unfamiliar artists and it also persuades you to give some records in your collection a listen that you may not have heard in a while. I have that Died Pretty album on CD but I don't remember anything about it so I will have to pull it out and play it. My favorite Australian artists are Midnight Oil and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Blue Sky Mining is my favorite Midnight Oil album and Let Love In and The Boatman's Call are my favorites by Nick Cave if you want to further explore their catalog. Following close behind my favorites are The Saints, Paul Kelly & The Messengers and The Hoodoo Gurus. 16 Lovers Lane is a classic. I need to find more Go-Betweens. Great selections.
Hi Randy! I hope you were able to enjoy Free Dirt by Died Pretty! So good. I need to fully sample Blue Sky Mining by Midnight Oil. Thanks so much for joining in the Aussie fun here! Hope you're having a great week!
Hi, Hanna!
I like the triffds!
Excellent, Raphael! More people should appreciate the Triffids! High five!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert high five✋
Crazy Karma. I just recorded my Australian band show. An interesting venn diagram between your picks and mine. Excellent video and great line up.
What a coincidence! very cool we have similar picks! Australia is full of talent! Cheers!
Once again, knocked it out of the park! Roland S Howard, the Dirty Three, the Hoodoo Gurus....can't go wrong with any of these. Saw the Guru's at Peoney Park (before your time I guess) with the Bangles. Great show. Not sure, but I think Warren Ellis may be my spirit animal. Saw him and Nick Cave in March here in Asheville. What a killer show, and such an under-rated talent. Read his book if you haven't yet!
Dude, Hoodoo Gurus with the Bangles at Peony Park?! Dang. I remember Peony Park. I was pretty young but I remember going on a ride in the dark with my mother that circled around some track and I felt sick lol. Very cool that you got to see Warren Ellis with Nick Cave. Ellis really can get me emotional. Glad you liked my favorite Aussie band picks!
So Glad you found Died Pretty, I have been obsessed with them since 1986 (saw them twice back in the 80s), same with Celibate Rifles (you didnt mention their name is an opposite of Sex Pistols) & Radio Birdman (a Stooges lyric)My pics: The Go-Betweens, Died Pretty, The Church, Midnight Oil, Not Drowning, Waving; Triffids (Just recently found them), Mental as anything/Dog Trumpet, RBCF,
Hi Hanna I saw Hunters & Collectors in 1982 here in New Zealand. It was an excellent gig. I like the song Talking to a Stranger. I saw Nick Cave and Birthday Party his group at the time, the same year. Nick has been a favorite singer of mine for years now. He still performs and releases music. I lived and worked in Australia for ten years.
Cool seeing some Aussie stuff shown.
I'm an Aussie, let me name a few bands you might want to check out that haven't been mentioned in the comments yet.
The Cruel Sea
Custard
The Mark of Cain
Tumbleweed (my favourite)
Magic Dirt
Paul Kelly
Regurgitator
Violent Soho
Parkway Drive
Something for Kate (one of my favourites)
Hilltop hoods (hip hop)
Polaris (metal)
Skyhooks
The Grates
Jebediah
The Sleepy Jackson
The Avalanches
Baby Animals
The Screaming Jets (going to see them Saturday night)
Blackfeather (70s psych )
Kim salmon and the surrealists
Cog
Frenzal Rhomb (punk)
Blueline medic
The Vines
Grinspoon (Aussie festival favourites)
Tamam Shud (60s psych/surf/prog, very interesting story behind the name)
Theresa mix of styles and old and new bands a lot of 90s bands, I could name another hundred but I'll stop there.
Enjoy
Fellow Aussie and I second this list! :) Also, The Clouds, Eskimo Joe, Custard (and The Titanics, same lead singer) and Ratcat
Thank you! I am familiar with Paul Kelly and the Vines, but plenty more here for me to check out! Thanks for going through the effort and time to provide this extensive list! My sampling begins tonight!
The Saints, Easybeats, The Missing Links.
Another mention for the Missing Links. They're new to me and I'll check them out! Thanks for the comment!
Hi, I’m in Melbourne, AU and just discovered your channel. Your collection is superb and you’re so knowledgeable of the artists, their historical significance and their killer tracks. A couple of Aussie artists I don’t see mentioned much or at all in the comments I reckon you would enjoy are The Blackeyed Susans, The Clouds, Rocket Science, Six Ft Hick, Tokyo Fuck Storm.
Love your taste in music, you have a new sub. Cheers!
Great list! I love You am I and The Church as well. I highly recommend Underground Lovers and Something for Kate
Showing my age. I loved the Church in the early 80s. I saw them several times. Once at a club called Selinas in Sydney and a young Michael Hutchence was in the crowd. We chatted about music and he was lovely. He was a fan. You could tell he had something. I met him a few times after this as we lived in the same suburb and he was into bikes. Sad he died. The Church just put out a single. Have you heard it? I loved the Birthday Party as well and saw them several times. At one gig, there was only about 20 people in the audience. It was a Thursday and they had just gotten back from the UK. They were amazing (and scary live).
Happy weekend! That's so excellent you've seen the Church many times...and Michael Hutchence was in the crowd at one of the shows - amazing! I am digging the new Church single. Hope you are listening to lots of great tunes this weekend! See you next time!
I've been looking forward to this video. I love Australia. Is it possible that Under the Milky Way could only have been written by an Australian band. And they got it so right. Much Thanks. This was good.
Thank you so much! Yes, Under the Milky Way is beyond incredible. I remember the first time I heard it and then didn't want to stop playing it. They really knew how to create special scenes. Cheers, so glad you enjoyed this one!
Fantastic coverage of Aus music - you nailed it!I have The Saints Eternally Yours and Sunnyboys debut album - both OG’s.
A few you didn’t mention worthwhile checking out - The Radiators, Stevie Wright’s (Easybeats) solo album - Hard Road with the Evie Suite being amazing and Richard Clapton. Thanks Hanna for this great video!
ps love you mentioning “The Sports” 😊
Thanks so much! Glad you caught this one! Aussie bands love! I'll have to check out the Radiators! Cheers!
The Church is in my top 5. Hologram of Baal is one of my favorites. Amazing how they keep making great new music. A new album will be released shortly.
I need to try to find a copy of Hologram of Baal on CD. Totally forgot about that one. Love how they keep going. Will be lookin forward to their new offering! The Church FTW!
Great to hear the love for Hologram of Baal, it's such an underrated church album in a catalogue full of them. The sequencing and flow of it is perfect!
The Church have been so prolific. Steve Kilby still touring. Untitled #23 is my fave.
Great video. Just a few of my favorite current Aussie bands I think you'll like. Eddy Current Suppression Ring, The Chats, Stiff Richards, and Pond.
Thanks so much for stopping by! I love the Chats! I'll have to check out those other groups you mentioned! Cheers!
Another crackin' video that has sent me to spotify, and discogs, ebay, bandcamp, etc. So much stuff I haven't heard of. I am just recently getting into the Someloves and so it's cool to hear about those related records. Just caught Courtney in Toronto this past week...killer show. Knowing your tastes (and your actual collection), I suspect you may need a part two! As mentioned, Flyying Colours and RBCF, and additionally for me Day Ravies, Quivers, Tame Impala, Redspencer, Goon Sax, Terrible Signal, Twerps, Jade Imagine, Chook Race...and embarrassment of riches down under! There's no way you could have included NZ -- save that for it's own showcase. I'm sure you have a big stack. Thanks for this!
Hey there, Jay! That's amazing that you saw Courtney B. live in the past week! Quivers are quite good. Ah, Twerps! Totally forgot about them. It's a shame they split. Love seeing what you've added to your collection on IG as always! I appreciate you watching this video! Cheers, my friend!
A lot of great music as always. Australia has always had great rock music but most of it never made it over here. Before Hoodoo Gurus Brad Shepherd was in Fun Things who made two great singles in 1980 and in 2001 he was in a great band called Monarchs. If you want to explore 70s Punk from Australia look for the Murder Punk vol. 1 and 2 LP/CDs. There is also the Do The Pop 2xCD that has Punk, Post Punk and other styles on it. It includes songs from a few of the bands in your video plus a lot of lesser known stuff. If you like bands that are influenced by Stooges, MC5, NY Dolls and Velvet U. have a listen to Asteroid B612, Brother Brick, Powder Monkeys, Beasts Of Bourbon, Hoss, Seminal Rats, Sunset Strip, Proton Energy Pills, Bored. There;s also the post Radio Birdman bands = Visitors, New Christs, Hitmen and Screaming Tribesmen. In the 1980s there was Eastern Dark and The Johnnys. If you love The Saints you might enjoy these videos:
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For all things Australia the I-94 Bar website is a great read: www.i94bar.com/page-1?q=www.yumiaoua.cn
For the 21st century check out Brigitte Handley & The Dark Shadows and Rocket Science.
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Oh wow, I'm really enjoying this blog. Thank you for pointing my attention to it, as well as these other bands! Very much appreciated!
This is quickly becoming my new favourite channel! Any chance of a kiwi episode too? I'd be curious to see where our collections overlap.
Thank you, thank you! Not sure if I will do a kiwi-focused episode or not. I don't have tons. Love the bands though! Cheers!
As an Australian, I'm super impressed with the breadth and depth of your collection. Far be it for me to try and convert you into a Nick Cave fan but, as you're into Dirty Three, I'nm not sure if you realised that for the last 10 years or more Warren Ellis has been Nick's right hand and the two have co-written all the music. If you don't dig the early bluesy, seedy stuff, check out The Boatman's Call which is very gentle and just sublime but the music he's made more recently with Ellis is something else, my favourite being Push The Sky Away. Also, the Church have a much more recent record, The Hypnogouge, that is really terrific.
Great video! At the end you got my favorites.I Did witness Marty Wilson-Piper just drop his guitar and leave the stage for no reason at a great gig at Sardines in Oslo. You should maybe check out the Johnnys!
Thanks for watching! Glad my favorites are your favorites! That's crazy that Willson-Piper left the stage for no reason at a gig. Hmmm. I'll look into the Johnnys! I appreciate the recommendation!
Regurgitator? The Mark of Cain? Spider bait? Tism? King gizzard and the lizard wizard?
Great video and attention to detail. If you're not into the Birthday Party, try The Moodists, Mick Turner (later, Dirty Three) was a member. There was something in the water in Melbourne back then, along with early 'Hunnas' (Hunters & Collectors), that big dirty bass post punk sound but I think they might be a bit more agreeable. While we're at it Dave Grainey (vocalist) some of his 90's stuff I really like. Few totally random ones off the top of my head for good measure: Models, Screamfeeder, Underground Lovers, Cosmic Psychos, Stiff Richards, Ratcat, The Meanies, Sun God Replica, Snowy Band.
Hi Simon! Loving all these band recommendations I've been getting of bands I totally missed! Super helpful and appreciated! I just listened to some Cosmic Psychos last night. Blew me away! I shall explore the rest of these, too. Hope all is well! Thanks!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert No worries! I'm so glad they blew you away, the Psychos are quintessentially Australian, there's a great documentary on them too. As a link to Mick Turner I forgot to mention, listen out also for Venom P. Stinger, who had Turner on guitar and Jim White on drums. Frantic mid to late 80's jazz sounding post punk. 'Walking about' and (meet my friend) 'Venom P.Singer' (song) are amongst my fave punk songs ever.
Hi Hanna., Great content, channel, and video. I discover some nice gems, and nuggets watching your vids. Thank you. Love The Church 💕and they are my personal favorite at #1 as well., having discovered them in the Philippines, in 1987, and I have been a big fan ever since. Seen them 4 times over the decades. Best show for me was at The Mystic, in Petaluma CA, a while back and they played The Blurred Crusade in its entirety. Amazing show! I hope you had a chance to listen to the track Hanna, off Robin Trowers 1973 album Twice Removed from Yesterday. Are you in a band? because SoundCloud and Discogs are listed in your bio
Wonderful video! For a small(ish) country Australia really punches above its weight for interesting music.
I am partially on board with you about The Birthday Party. I saw them live on their last tour when I was in High School and it was one of the most intense and memorable concerts I have seen. But do I listen to them now? Apart from Release The Bats, not really. But I do appreciate the unholy racket they produced.
Nick Cave solo I could again always enjoy in concert, with his deranged preacher schtick but never felt the need to live with his records. Until 2004 and Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus. From that release on I have been pretty devoted.
Great o see Ed Kuepper solo get a mention. He has such a huge catalog it can be intimidating. Everybody's Got To is his stab at a more commercial sound. I do enjoy it but if you dig deeper I am sure you will find more that will get you excited.
Have you listened to The Laughing Clowns? His band between The Saints and solo?
I hope you get around to covering New Zealand music. I would love to see who catches your attention.
Thanks again, great video
Hi Richard! Yeah, Australia has really impressed me! So much talent.
I love how you used "unholy racket" to describe the Birthday Party lol! It's pretty neat that you got to see them in high school, though.
I have enjoyed what I've sampled by Laughing Clowns and I always look for their stuff when I'm out digging, but no luck yet. I'll be exploring more Ed Kuepper solo, too!
I appreciate the New Zealand music request! Love many bands from that country, too! Cheers, and enjoy the remainder of the week with lots of good tunes!
A very nice showing, Hannah. I have a few Aussie bands in my own collection but nowhere near as many as you showed. Amyl and the Sniffers is one act definitely picking up heat in the VC. Thanks for introducing sooo many new bands to me (and probably quite a few others) in this upload. 👍
Greetings, Rachel, and happy weekend to you! Australia sure is brimming with talent! Glad I was able to introduce you to some new bands. That's always my goal! Cheers!
Many new bands here for me, Hannah. Thank you! 😊
INXS were very post punk early on. I think you'd enjoy Shabooh Shoobah. I am going to also mention The Angels like so many have here, fantastic band. Divinyls were very big here but like so many Aussie acts they only cracked the US charts once. If you want some interesting pop rock, check out early Bee Gees, in particular the song Spicks and Specks. You won't believe the difference in sound to the later disco stuff.
Another mention for the Angels, so I will be exploring them! Yep, Bee Gees 60s material I can stomach better than their disco era. Not sure I'd ever categorize them as a favorite of mine, however. Thanks so much for the comment and being here!
@@TheOmahaIntrovert I just thought of another Aussie band you might like if you are into synthpop/new wave. Pseudo Echo. I think their only hit overseas was their cover of Funky Town but they are so much more.
Your videos are great, your passion for music really shows.
Great video Hanna! So many fabulous Aussie acts I love! Olivia Newton John, Crowded House, Men At Work Midnight Oil, Rick Springfield, and on and on! Cheers Matt Street
Thanks so much for watching, Matt! R.I.P. ONJ.
I think the “on and Ons” are the best one you mentioned there 😉😂 true, check them out
Great video! Some real classics there. A couple of Aussie bands that I've been listening to a lot are Tropical Fuck Storm and guitarist Gareth Liddiard's previous band The Drones. Awesome stuff.
Also you really know your stuff so you probably already know this but Warren Ellis from The Dirty Three is in Nick Cave's band. You're not a big fan of Nick Cave so I mention it in case you didn't know.
Ha ha...I am glad you put it out there in the beginning with AC/DC but you caught the tie to the Easybeats. Not addressing it would be leave hole that you would get endless comments on. Saxophone in rock is a delicate thing. Too much, if not done in the right way, can be a deal breaker. Sampled Just Skin and I'm digging it. I am going to have to look for that one. You AM I, hell yeah! Love the track Berlin Chair but I don't have anything by them. Celibate Rifles, Hunters and Collectors, Sunnyboys, Ogurs, and the Dirty Three are new to me. I will have to check them out. I am totally with you on Amyl & The Sniffers. I love that band. Love that you dug into DCD a bit further. Did you pick up Toward The Within by them? I have fond memories of Crowded House and INXS. The later of which would be one of my favorite Aussie bands. Silverchair, I have Frogstomp and Freak Show but I didn't go beyond those two records. I will have to give Diorama a listen. So as we got to the end, I was wondering who would take the top spot...I wasn't sure if it was going to be the Go Betweens or the band you selected. Nice Choice. I hope Intervention Records continues with their reissues. I love Starfish and Priest=Aura but I still want to check out Seance. Loved seeing you on camera once again ;)
Hey Paul. TGIF! Definitely TGIF! Ha, yeah, even though I would have preferred to leave AC/DC out altogether as they aren't really my thing, the tie with the Easybeats and how big they are...they did deserve a mention. That's really awesome that you already knew about You Am I! Love their 90s albums the most.
I don't have Toward the Within by DCD yet. I'm glad I was able to give you a shoutout for introducing them to me as I really have grown to love them even more the past year. I've been heavily into their 80s stuff the past month.
I think you would really love Dirty Three. Incredible musicians.
And yes, give Diorama by Silverchair a sample. It's really a magnificent album that doesn't sound like their earlier stuff.
Seance is a top album by the Church. Sort of a transition album for them.
I'm loving those Intervention reissues, too. They really do a fantastic job. Catch up with you on IG soon!
Hola Hanna, amazing Your collection.
There are 3 álbumes which I adore:
Midnight Oíl diésel & dust
Hoodoogurus Stonage Romeos
The Go Beetween 16 lovers
My favorite Australian band ever are THE CHURCH, and agree You, HeyDay is my favorite álbum, waiting for a reedition, imposible get it
Huge From Spain,!
Hi Carlos! Thanks for sharing your favorites from Australian bands! Love those as well. I wonder if Heyday will get the reissue treatment. Sure hope so. Church fans unite!
Hi Hanna, I've stopped the vid just a few seconds in to play a little game. 😃 I'm gonna guess that your list includes my own fave Aussie bands. So......let's see if you like Radio Birdman, The Scientists, The Died Pretty, Hoodoo Gurus and The Saints (OK.....The Saints is a spoiler 'cause of you holding a Saints album......) Alright - on with the video and let's see how we do!
Hi Roger! Thanks for the e-mails. I'll probably respond on those tomorrow. Looks like your predictions were right here! Thanks so much for watching and checking in!
I scored a used "mars needs guitars" cd a couple months ago, a great find
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Congrats on that score! It's a really fun album! Cheers!
Vicious Circle (Melbourne), Beasts of Bourbon (Sydney), Dead Can Dance, Hard-Ons (Sydney), Clowns (Melbourne), Amyl and the Sniffers
Hi Nahui! Guess I need to check out Clowns, Vicious Circle, and Beasts of Bourbon! Thanks so much for watching!