Overseas is a great country. They've got loads of people living there, several continents and they win most of the medals at the Olympics. But the only other country in the world, Australia, which we live in, also has a range of good stuff. And good music. Here's a range of some of the local talent you can pick up at the moment.
Of course, as with all such lists, we're including New Zealand as part of Australia. We do this for their benifit of course. Some might say that we get a whole lot of benifit on this, but we also take a hit when we claim Russell Crowe, so it's pretty fair.
So after that unconstitutional preamble, here goes.
Let's start with the man who's more wild roses than Rose Tattoo and more Warracknabeal than Batmobile.
I'm talking about Nick Cave. We've got several Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds albums, all at $10 each. As well as the excellent "Best Of" we have Henry's Dream, The Good Sun, and Murder Ballads.
Here's a clip with Kylie in it. That means it's good before you even hear what she's singing, but then once she starts it still good. You really can't lose with her.
Next up is Crowded House. Born and raised at Uluru, Neil carried on from Split Enz to capture the imagination of his homeland. Neil called it quits on the band in 1996 but reformed it again in 2006. We have The Very Very Best of Crowded House. It's $10 and includes classics like Weather With You, It's Only Natural, and Distant Sun, from the first phase of the band's career as well as some excellent songs released since they were reunited such as this one...Don't Stop Now..
50 Years of Australian Rock & Roll Volume 2 is a 3 disc collection featuring 63 tracks of Aussie goodness.
It's got The Twilights, The Church, The Whitlams, Something For Kate, Rogue Traders, The Triffids. So many artists, all lined up in green and gold ready to please. Even Wendy Matthews - who was born in Canada, but anyhoo, we'll take her if America doesn't want to claim her first. They had their opportunity.
Here's Divinyls from the 3CD set ($15)
