mitchables
10-14-2009, 10:14 PM
So I was posting that Bluejuice thread and thought to myself, 'there's a wealth of great independent music in this country, but we don't really hear it about it much on here, since obviously this tends to be an American and European-dominated forum'. Those words exactly. For my part, I haven't exactly done much to help the situation since I dig a lot of international bands, a lot of times more than ones that come from Australia.
But that said, a lot of my favourite bands *are* Australian, and for those of you who are overseas and may not have had exposure to some of them, this is a brief rundown of some of the better acts (imo) that are trotting around our country. There's something for everyone! Folk, rock, electro, instrumental, pop, probably a couple other genres I'm forgetting... whatever. Enjoy the flavours of the Southern Hemisphere:
Architecture in Helsinki
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Little Birdy
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Leader Cheetah
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Sarah Blasko
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The Grates
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Dappled Cities
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The Middle East
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Philadelphia Grand Jury
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Art Vs Science
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Pivot
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Art of Fighting
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The Whitlams
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I Heart Hiroshima
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Hungry Kids of Hungary
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Angus & Julia Stone
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Love of Diagrams
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The Drones
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Wolf & Cub
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Jesus, I'm stuffed. Way too much goodness. Enjoy, ignorami. :heart:
But that said, a lot of my favourite bands *are* Australian, and for those of you who are overseas and may not have had exposure to some of them, this is a brief rundown of some of the better acts (imo) that are trotting around our country. There's something for everyone! Folk, rock, electro, instrumental, pop, probably a couple other genres I'm forgetting... whatever. Enjoy the flavours of the Southern Hemisphere:
Architecture in Helsinki
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Little Birdy
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Leader Cheetah
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Sarah Blasko
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The Grates
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Dappled Cities
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The Middle East
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Philadelphia Grand Jury
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Art Vs Science
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Pivot
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Art of Fighting
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The Whitlams
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I Heart Hiroshima
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Hungry Kids of Hungary
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Angus & Julia Stone
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Love of Diagrams
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The Drones
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Wolf & Cub
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Jesus, I'm stuffed. Way too much goodness. Enjoy, ignorami. :heart: