Australian Music is Awful.

17lH_8791_Pl38 · 01-09-2007, 10:27 AM

Jet, Wolfmother, Augie March, The Whitlams, Thirsty Merc, The Living End, Evermore(New Zealand), The Cat Empire, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Bob Evans, Eskimo Joe, Pete Murray and Ben Lee.

Merkaba · 01-09-2007, 01:52 PM

Please leave Evermore out of this, us Kiwi's would like to make a good impression on the back of this Aussie bashing and Evermore are not a good impression

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_Spinning_ · 01-09-2007, 04:56 PM

I dunno Rick.
I went and saw them open for Elemeno P a couple of years before they hit it big...

They were awesome and their EP's aren't too shabby either.

beat yr own KID · 01-09-2007, 05:39 PM

There didn't need to be anything else said after nick cave anyway.

Seltzer · 01-09-2007, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Merkaba

Please leave Evermore out of this, us Kiwi's would like to make a good impression on the back of this Aussie bashing and Evermore are not a good impression

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Jakob is a good NZ band - I'm sure plenty of post rockers would like them. I'll be seeing them at the BDO, as well as supporting Isis.

Frances · 01-09-2007, 08:40 PM

I Agree, a lot of Aus local talent is pretty poor, but Nick Cave is awesome! Tumbleweed were good but I don't think they are doing anything anymore.
Some Powderfinger is good.
Personally, my fave Aus bands (apart from Nick Cave) have been and gone.
Blackfeather
Midnight Oil
Daddy Cool

Merkaba · 01-10-2007, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by _Spinning_

I dunno Rick.
I went and saw them open for Elemeno P a couple of years before they hit it big...

They were awesome and their EP's aren't too shabby either.

Really?
I really can't say I like their stuff on the radio at the moment, but I can't punish their live performances as I wouldn't know.

Seltzer, I'll check out Jakob, I stumbled across The House of Capricorn, I quite like what I've heard, thought they might be your heavy sort of thing too. They're selling copies of their recent debut EP on Trademe for $10.

DontRunMeOver · 01-10-2007, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by 17lH_8791_Pl38

Eskimo Joe, Pete Murray.

I was actually thinking of those as examples of how bad Australian music can be. My brother bought me a Pete Murray CD last year and I was considering setting fire to it, filming the flames and sending the video to Pete Murray to make some kind of point about his dull acoustic band mid-tempo MOR crap.

The other suggestions, I shall check out.

And yes, Nick Cave is great, there are always exceptions. Nobody wants to say Danni Minogue then?

Desired_Moments · 01-10-2007, 06:37 AM

Never really bothered to listen to it.

Expletive Deleted · 01-10-2007, 10:06 PM

The Presets, Van She, and Soft Tigers haven't been mentioned yet, so I'll just mention them myself...

01-09-2007, 10:27 AM	#11 (permalink)
17lH_8791_Pl38 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 20	Jet, Wolfmother, Augie March, The Whitlams, Thirsty Merc, The Living End, Evermore(New Zealand), The Cat Empire, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Bob Evans, Eskimo Joe, Pete Murray and Ben Lee. __________________ "Across the Desert lies the Promised Land" Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

01-09-2007, 01:52 PM	#12 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,885	Please leave Evermore out of this, us Kiwi's would like to make a good impression on the back of this Aussie bashing and Evermore are not a good impression. __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

01-09-2007, 05:39 PM	#14 (permalink)
beat yr own KID Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fort Washington MD Posts: 923	There didn't need to be anything else said after nick cave anyway. __________________ I was dead. This was hell. There were no demons, no hellfire or brimstone, just a deep, complete feeling of darkness and hopelessness. This was the never-ending void. Not at all how I had imagined it, but worse than I thought that it could have been.

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Desired_Moments *** Junkie Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Loughor, Swansea, Wales Posts: 82	Never really bothered to listen to it. __________________ Dude. I inject smack into my eyes.

01-09-2007, 04:56 PM	#13 (permalink)
_Spinning_ Inexplicably Back Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 830	I dunno Rick. I went and saw them open for Elemeno P a couple of years before they hit it big... They were awesome and their EP's aren't too shabby either.

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Expletive Deleted Dancing Machine Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 1,108	The Presets, Van She, and Soft Tigers haven't been mentioned yet, so I'll just mention them myself...