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Post subject: Re: Stranded Far From Home / The Australian Music Thread
Posted: Thu March 24, 2016 7:23 am
Future Drummer
Joined: Thu January 24, 2013 9:20 am Posts: 2687 Location: Great southern land.
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.
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Post subject: Re: Stranded Far From Home / The Australian Music Thread
Posted: Thu March 24, 2016 7:42 am
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William Bloke wrote:
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.
Post subject: Re: Stranded Far From Home / The Australian Music Thread
Posted: Sat March 26, 2016 2:27 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Thu January 24, 2013 9:20 am Posts: 2687 Location: Great southern land.
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.
Post subject: Re: Stranded Far From Home / The Australian Music Thread
Posted: Sun April 03, 2016 5:51 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:47 pm Posts: 2357
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.
Post subject: Re: Stranded Far From Home / The Australian Music Thread
Posted: Wed April 13, 2016 12:04 am
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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
Post subject: Re: Stranded Far From Home / The Australian Music Thread
Posted: Mon July 04, 2016 7:09 am
Future Drummer
Joined: Thu January 24, 2013 9:20 am Posts: 2687 Location: Great southern land.
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.
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