Aussie Underground
* Radio Birdman: Burned My Eye (3.0 mb)
* The Saints: This Perfect Day (3.5 mb)
* The Riptides: Sunset Strip (5.5 mb)
* Scientists: We Had Love (7.5 mb)
From Tales From The Australian Underground Vol 1 - Singles 1976-1989 : Feel Presents : FEEL001
I’ll confess to knowing next to diddly squat about the Australian indie/garage rock/punk scenes, but with the number of compilations that’ve come out over the years about it, I wish I knew more. With at least five or six different compilations out there about this scene, I decided to take a shot and started with this one. And whoo boy am I ever glad that I did. This is a complete rip snorter of a compilation.
Created over the course of five years, Mr. Tim Pittman (a total mover and a shaker in the Aussie scene) put together a list of over 1000 songs that he wanted to include in the compilation. And then whittled that down to 45 songs presented over two CDs. This is an amazing accomplishment and one that has me green with envy at the thought of all those hours spent previewing songs from his youth and discovering long-lost gems of songs.
At any rate, enough with the process, it’s the songs here that shine. Hopefully these songs’ll pique your interest in the phenomenal Aussie underground scene.
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Is anyone else as excited as I am about Grindhouse? I can hardly contain myself.
