Down Under Hour
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at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,
if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,
look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."
(Slim Dusty)
Show 194Spicks
and Specks - the Bee Gees, a 1966 single written by Barry Gibb, which
charted well in Australia and also in New Zealand, Germany and the
Netherlands. At the time the brothers were successful in Australia,
but Barry Gibb was becoming better known as a songwriter than as a
performer.
Parasol
- the Resignators, from their 2017 album Party Date. The band
includes long-time Australian resident Steve Douglas on guitar and
backing vocals - he was "Jaws of Death" in the original
lineup of renowned US metal band Gwar.
Two
Steps Back - Strange Tenants, from a 1983 EP, Take One Step. The band
started in Melbourne in 1981 and has been called the godfathers of
Australian ska.
Lygon
Street Meltdown - the Melbourne Ska Orchestra, from their self-titled
2013 album. Lygon Street is a cultural and economic district in
central Melbourne.
Rocket
to the present
Beef
Jerk - Fast Food, their new single. Flip it over for Comedy Club.
Ambient
Brain - Sacred Cowboys, it's on their album In The Manifesto, a March
release. Sacred Cowboys have been around since 1982, off and on, sort
of a musical collective.
Lost
My Head - Bleak Squad, the band could be called a supergroup but the
members prefer supernatural. It's on their debut album, Let Go of
Love, a September release. The band comprises Mick Harvey, one of
Nick Cave's Bad Seeds; Mick Turner, from Dirty Three and a dozen
other groups; Adalita, who has fronted Magic Dirt for many years; and
Marty Brown,.from Art of Fighting.
Guitar
hero
Courtney
Barnett, recognized
as a singer and songwriter but for a long time now she's been taking
the lead on guitar on her recordings and in her concerts. We
heard:
-
Analysis Paralysis
- the song is on
Jen Cloher's self-titled
2017 album but the
version here
is
from
a live-in-the
studio session with
Courtney Barnett on lead guitar.
-
One Thing At A Time
- from Courtney
Barnett's
album
Creature of Habit, which
came out in March
2026.
We've
come unstuck in time
Martian
Skyline - the Church, from their new album, titled Lacuna, which is
supposed to arrive in late October.
Whisper
- Schnell Fenster, from their 1988 album The Sound of Trees. Band
members Noel Crombie, Nigel Griggs, Phil Judd, and, briefly, Eddie
Rayner, were all in Split Enz. Michael den Elzen was in Split Enz
alumnus Tim Finn's band.
By
Water - Hedge Burners, it's on their album Fall Out of the Future,
which arrived in March 2026. As for the band's name, vandals setting
fire to people's garden hedges was a thing in Melbourne in the early
1990s.
Dracula
- Kevin Parker as Tame Impala, it's is on his 2025 album Deadbeat.
Dom
Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along, and tell
us when we're done.
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