Australian

Australian music is a broad generic description of music from Australia. Australian music began to develop its individuality in the 1950s. Early rockers such as Johnny “The Wild One” O’Keefe paved the way for later bands. John Farnham, AC/DC, Kylie Minogue, INXS, Powderfinger and Savage Garden are amongst Australia’s biggest musical exports. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: The Living End

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Jan 26 Tuesday 26 January 2010
Daniel Merriweather	Blender Theater at… New York, NY, New York, United States 40.74003 -73.984895	1 person attending Add shout
Jan 29 Friday 29 January 2010
Human Nature at The Venue Human Nature	The Venue Hammond, Chicago, United States 41.6929 -87.5077	Add shout Buy Tickets
Feb 6 Saturday 6 February 2010
Daniel Merriweather at Blender Theater at Gramercy Daniel Merriweather	Blender Theater at… New York, NY, New York, United States 40.74003 -73.984895	1 person attending Add shout Buy Tickets
Off With Their Heads The Slow Death	Mulligan's Pub Grand Rapids, MI, United States 42.955331 -85.632176	1 person attending Add shout
Feb 7 Sunday 7 February 2010
Thunder Buffalo Release Party at Cha Cha Lounge Thunder Buffalo, Shackles	Cha Cha Lounge Seattle, WA, Seattle, United States 47.65201 -122.352829	1 person attending Add shout
Feb 8 Monday 8 February 2010
Deez Nuts	The Pit Jacksonville, United States 30.265407 -81.606521	1 person attending Add shout

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kiac wrote:
14 days ago

I think I officially hate this tag. It groups all our recomendations together just because they're Australian, sure that's okay, but it sucks when you're actually looking for a similar band, not just one that grew up within 1,000kms of them.

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jimmytheone44 wrote:
last month

lol @ Kylie being "our national shame". She's better than Silverchair, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, Jet, [new] Wolfmother, and all the other mediocre modern Aussie rock bands. [3]

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Karnage-17 wrote:
last month

@ alexjgrant: hell yeah! if only those bands could gain international attention.

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AmyPA wrote:
last month

:)

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Marskell wrote:
last month

The lack of metal here is appalling!

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ATaleTaken wrote:
last month

lol @ Kylie being "our national shame". She's better than Silverchair, Powderfinger, Grinspoon, Jet, Wolfmother, and all the other mediocre modern Aussie rock bands. [2]

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igottrouble wrote:
October 2009

silverchair for life

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soest4eva wrote:
October 2009

Only Josef Fritzl is real!

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vegivegi wrote:
October 2009

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girugammesh wrote:
October 2009

Russians are stealing our feces?

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rauthkinn wrote:
October 2009

haha "Kylie Minogue IS our national shame" ) check russian popmusic: they steal what you call shit)

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alexjgrant wrote:
October 2009

I agree that Australian mainstream is terrible. And YES Kylie Minogue IS our national shame. You should all be checking out the Aussie Not-Quite-Underground rock scene - especially bands from Perth (eg. Karnivool, Birds of Tokyo, Sleep Parade). Progressive Rock in Australia is flourishing.

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jimmytheone44 wrote:
October 2009

\/ butthurt faggot

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keslanlol wrote:
October 2009

girugammesh stfu newfag lrn2troll plox an hero

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jae__moon wrote:
September 2009

Australian mainstream = shit / Australian underground = the shit

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lucascu wrote:
September 2009

I like The Veronicas *hides*

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girugammesh wrote:
September 2009

most australian music is poo poo

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Anti-Pro wrote:
September 2009

The Veronicas? Silverchair? Wolfmother? Fuck you Australia, fuck you. This is what happens when you let convicts attempt to forge their own country and culture.

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littlestar19 wrote:
August 2009

I think having an Australian tag is pretty useful - I don't listen to the radio at all, and now that I'm in the UK it makes it easy for me to find new Aussie music.

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darksungrim777 wrote:
August 2009

Bands from the US don't need to remind everyone where they are from. Apparently being Australian is a disadvantage in US which is fooktarded. That said not all aust music is "kylie minogue", there IS amazing alternative music coming from our shores if people can be bothered:)

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