Alternative Australian Music

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Australia has a thriving alternative music scene. We are a young multi-cultural country and our music reflects our heritage. Along with the typical influences of USA and UK alternative styles, Australian stuff breaks the boundaries by incorporating Middle Eastern, Asian, Indian, Latin and Indigenous influences that reflect our culture. Over a period of five years this site has attempted to gather a high quality selection of what Australia has to offer at an alternative , independent and original level..

fruit | ganga giri | high pass filter | hoodangers | jo jo smith | kim dellavedova | kinderland | mississippi barry | mutiny | piffen yonnies | registered nurse | ruby fruit jungle | the bird | links | order | other australian music | festivals | realaudio

Fruit

There is a spontaneity and joy associated with Fruit concerts that is infectious and they have spellbound audiences in over 10 countries. Fruit's unique lineup consists of three songwriters, three lead vocalists, bass, drums, acoustic and electric guitars and horns and it's music is a mixture of charisma, charm and down right honesty.
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Ganga Giri

Pumping percussive didjeridu cooks hot creating a mixtured - textured blend of indegenous technorganica

High Pass Filter

Taking their name at random from the front panel of a vintage synthesiser, High Pass Filter have built their music on a love for Jamaican dub rhythms. An amalgm of dub bass, beats "n" brass, hip-hop turntables, krautrock synths, loops and guitar, High Pass Filter have evolved continuosly through two c.d. releases and gigs in venues all over the southern hemisphere. They have just released a new EP " TALKIN' 'BOUT YEAH" which is available exclusively through AIAN

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Hoodangers

A Raw, Head-Banging, New Orleans - Oriented Groove. Like Fire-Bats from Hell. Their new CD/CDROM Astronaughties will challenge your ears and your eyes.

Jo Jo Smith

Jo Jo has an enviable reputation amongst her peers as one of Australia's most gifted singers. Her debut solo album, Miss Del Ray is a collection of her own songs recorded with some of the country's finest musicians, showcasing Jo Jo's exceptional vocal ability and song writing flair.

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Kim Dellavedova

Kim Dellavedova solo and accompanied by The Aunties take listeners on a cruisy tour of her Jamaican grooves, acoustic wizardry and heartfelt lyrics. This group continues to delight audiences with friendly, relaxed performances that have brought growing interest to Kim's original song writing and her first album 'Sound'.

Kinderland     p h a r m a c y

Strange to me and a mockery are those men of the present to whom my heart was recently drawn, and I am driven out of father and mother lands. Now I only love my kinderland the undiscovered in the furthest seas seeking it I hoist my sail to search and search.

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Mississippi Barry     p h a r m a c y

A truly outrageous trio on drums, harmonica and guitar that produce timeless tunes that make your mouth go dry and put the windscreen wipers on.

Mutiny

This crew of the bounty play original folk punk music; an up-tempo mix of fiddle tunes, raucous vocals, guitar, mandolin, bass and drums. They are renowned for their high energy foot-stomping live performances and have had audiences dancing from Ballarat (a small town near Melbourne) to Berlin (I don't need to tell you where that is).

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Piffen Yonnies

Coming from a wealth of local and interstate experience these jazz/funkers created 'PUB GROOVE' a stripped back energetic show void of guitar and keyboard washes. Experimenting with styles, sounds and textures, the Yonnies have combined hipshakin' grooves, unique Aussie lyrics and infectious live performances to capture audiences where ever they play.

Registered Nurse     p h a r m a c y

The Registered Nurse philosophy is simply that great music should inspire emotions, not just be heard. Somewhere on there album you will catch yourself lost in some memory or time that our music has conspired to make you feel. Go on, we dare you.

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RubyFruitJungle

Hard, driving dance grooves from dub through heavy funk to a tribal style drumming frenzy; searing stop-you-in-your-tracks vocals (plus rich seams of backing harmony) and bags of charismatic energy... as inspirational as it is awesome.

The Bird

An outfit consisting of only keyboards and drums, The Bird's sound is not only remarkably BIG, but also expansive in effect as it soars over territories traditionally controlled by electronic despots. Unarmed, these local sonic freedom fighters bare no mechanical loops or sequences as they launch passionate raids on the realms of drums 'n' bass, techno, industrial, trance and more.

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fruit | ganga giri | high pass filter | hoodangers | jo jo smith | kim dellavedova | kinderland | mississippi barry | mutiny | piffen yonnies | registered nurse | ruby fruit jungle | the bird | links | order | other australian music | festivals | realaudio

   

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