A to Z: 100 Best Australian Albums so "M" is for...

Right it's the thirty-first of May and I haven't posted anything in a month but I've been very sick and stuff anyway here's the letter "M" if you have been waiting, maybe or not. Above is the Australian Magpie by John Gould again. The magpie call has to be one of the greatest bird songs and it's totally common anywhere, just look out your window and you'll be looking at one right now... but maybe not. I'm going to cut things down a bit, the writing it's been getting longer and longer and I was looking at the early posts under this title and it was only one line. I was going to come back to write more later so I'll start doing that again now.

Magic Box by The Loved Ones
Sorry, to say this is the only album from the sixties, most of these albums here were made in my lifetime but what an album and it was the only studio album. They lasted only two years, plus this would have to be the most punk, garage sound from that time that I found.
Man, You Should Explode by The Kill Devil Hills
Yet another Perth band but I really don't care. This album is an epic masterpiece and has some of the most Aussie sounding songs on it. It really couldn't have been made anywhere else in the world plus I can't wait to see what they do next.
Marry Me Tonight by HTRK
Well this is now a total classic album and their new album from late last year is quickly becoming one too. With extra help of Rowland S. Howard on guitar and producer on this one. They were based overseas for years but now I hear they are back home plus I can't wait to see what they do next either.
The Meanie Of Life by The Meanies
One of the greatest band from the nineties with an album collecting all there early recordings, bits and pieces in true punk rock style before punk become pop or pop punk whatever the fucking hell that is and all that shit they call punk rock now but The Meanies never signed with a major label like most other so-called punks. Messenger by Jimmy Little
I have to say the late Jimmy Little now, passing away not that long ago at all. I couldn't believe this album missed out being included in that book or even the hottest list. Maybe I just thought it was way more popular than it was, or maybe if that radio station or writers were doing it now it would get in but you could say the same about me now but you would be wrong.

The Miller's Daughter by The Drones
Here comes The Drones again and this time with an album that is just out-takes from "Wait Long By The River..." and "Here Come The Lies" plus a few other things but it just proves just how great and amazing The Drones are full-stop.
Stay tuned for the letter "N" soon...

Photos: Gareth Liddiard & Dan Kelly in Aussie Rolling Stone Magazine

Well, I'm surprised by finding these two, Gareth Liddiard & Dan Kelly in the Aussie version of Rolling Stone magazine. I wish it was a couple pages longer, it's only a one and half page interview, it's cool, just short and two photos but the photos are great. I found the out-takes at the photographers own website plus a little writing about how and where they did the photos. I hope he doesn't mind me re-posting them here because they're great snaps, to go with my ever growing Gaz file here. Dan Boud is the name of the photographer and make sure you check out his website, it's wicked. One little thing I'd like to mention, Gaz which I don't know if you can tell by these photos but if you look at the magazine you see he's is wearing a "Operation Desert Storm, Made in the U.S.A., Tested in Iraq" T-shirt, he-ha.




On the cover is Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu who is quote "Australia's most important voice" which could be very true. I'm surprised too by him making it on the cover because most of the covers are things like Short Stack and other stuff, I wouldn't even consider them even music. I even don't think of Rolling Stone magazine as a music magazine really it's like a little better than gossip and tabloid magazines. The other features are recycled from the yank magazine which is always disappointing so I'm not going buy it again. This one would be the first since Nick Cave made it on the cover a few years ago.


Extra, Extra: Gareth Liddiard's first band Gutterville Splendour Six is reissuing their complete recording on double vinyl from the wicked Spanish label Bang Records. This band is like a some kind-off Perth supergroup or that is what they would be called now if they formed but this is before they did any other bands or any music at all. As well as Gaz it has Rui Pereira, The Drones original lead guitar, plus a few members of what would become The Kill Devil Hills and local legend Maurice Flavel who's just opened his own record store called Noise Pollution in Northbridge which I have to check out and would have to be the place to buy my copy of this.


P.S. I'm yet to finish off my really big post I said I was doing in the last post so maybe next time again, just this quick one in the meantime.