Stranded Far From Home / The Australian Music Thread

[William Bloke]

The mighty H&C. What a band these guys were.

[LetMeSleep]

Yes. I have a soft spot for this beauty.

[William Bloke]

I had a very hard time picking which H&C song to put up, and in the end picked a cover, but only because I think they do it just so so well (and also that I happen to think that The Way to Go Out EP is one of the greatest pieces of vinyl that I've ever had the pleasure of wearing out). This Morning was very nearly my choice.

[LetMeSleep]

I saw The Paradise Motel in a small 200 seater. It was jawdroppingly good.

[William Bloke]

I hadn't heard of these cats before. This was lovely.

[LetMeSleep]

I had a very hard time picking which H&C song to put up, and in the end picked a cover, but only because I think they do it just so so well (and also that I happen to think that The Way to Go Out EP is one of the greatest pieces of vinyl that I've ever had the pleasure of wearing out). This Morning was very nearly my choice.

I wish their tour last year wasn't just wineries. I've never seen them live but I'm well aware of the reputation.

[William Bloke]

THE best place to start is on the road. It’s a code, meaning something other than what it is: “…trucks and beers and memories…”

Begin with an empty map of Australia. Pin it up on the back of a door. Then begin tracing the lines of your journeys onto it. Everything you know about life is there. Speed, violence, love, longing, nationhood. They’re songlines. Faultlines. Then eventually there’s no more map, nowhere else to go. At which point you know you have arrived.

The hard road is made of rock. There’s the sound of an engine now, a rumble big enough to break things down. Truck drivers out here on the edge live in hope and fear. These are the men who wear singlets and love their lonely children, hard men in shorts smelling flammable and dangerous. They hold secrets about where they’ve been and where they might one day go in their giant semi-trailer road trains which can cure but can also kill in the blink of a sunstroked eye.

Cry for your mother, cry for your father and drive on. Sing your tough songs as clouds gather blue. Speed toward the pinpoint horizon.

There’s road kill around, dead things. Wrecks. Gunshots in yellow signs. Sweat, roos and laughter under burning sun. Adelaide is 828 kilometres from the Westgate. That’s Australia out your window.

[super nintendo chalmers]

If I had only head this one last year, it would of been up there in my top ten. This second Angie record is just great. One the best Aussie full lengths I've heard in years, right up with Low Life's Dogging.

[ridleybradout]

Or this jug eared bastard.

I've always thought that Paul is one of those guys who will sadly only get the level of honour he deserves once he's gone.

If anyone doesn't know PK's stuff but likes Courtney Barnett you should definitely look into him - her rugged storytelling style owes a lot to Paul

[zeb]

The Splendour line up looks incredible:

The Strokes
The Cure
The Avalanches
James Blake
At The Drive In
Sigur Ros
Santigold
Courtney Barnett
Gang Of Youths
Mark Lanegan
Band Of Horses
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

[bodysnatcher]

the NEW new King Gizzard album that came out today is so good. Much more fuzzed out and rocking than Paper Mache. These guys are on a streak.

[surfndestroy]

[zeb]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/live/ ... ple-j-live

[LetMeSleep]

Finally. Not bad, not great.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Finally. Not bad, not great.

its no silverchair

[zeb]

So the new one from The Drones is enjoyable. They're building a nice little body of work.

[William Bloke]

I came across a Perth (hometown) band called Methyl Ethyl last week. Their tunes are nothing like I expected from their name. Nice stuff, enjoyable album.

[Birds in Hell]

On a Skyhooks kick today.

[pappas]

best hard rock band in Australia atm

[tragabigzanda]