Rob's Thoughts

Aussie Music I Like

Being a keen observer of things Australian, I have some interest in music emanating from down under.   In the past year, there are two Australian musical groups I've discovered that I like.

The first is Coco's Lunch.  Their most recent album, "A Whole New Way of Getting Dressed" is good stuff.  The all girl quintet mostly sings a-capella and does it beautifully.  Great original music and the harmonies and percussion are better than anything similar I've heard in a long while.   The title track and one titled "Nature's Vanishing Points" are by far the best on the album.   I also recommend their earlier CD:  "Invisible Rythym".  Here are a few lines from the title track:

i'm double what you'll ever be
chin and heart and memory
use it all thick and thin
i've still got double your chin

i can curl my ears beneath my chest
a whole new way of getting dressed
it makes you laugh every time
the smile is yours the pleasure's mine

The other CD that caught my ear is from a group called Sweet Elixir.  Some of the most soaring vocals you'll hear anywhere are on their album titled "Elixir".  There is a stunning cover of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and it's the highlight of the CD in my opinion.   Great music to relax to but don't make the mistake I did of putting this one on in the car during a long road trip.  You'll want to stop and sleep.  It's that relaxing and distracting.  

So, since this is a footy blog there has to be a tie-in.  How did I hear both of these groups the first time?  Via Oz Sounds on Radio Australia, when I wanted to listen to footy but those frequencies weren't propagating and the regular RA ones were.  Credit Roger Broadbent at RA when he was hosting that program.  A good chap who also interviewed me for his Feedback program during my last trip down under.  

-Rob (now back to our regularly scheduled programming... )