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		Australian indie rock is part of the overall flow of Australian rock history but has a distinct history somewhat separate from mainstream rock in Australia, largely from the end of the punk rock era onwards.
		Rock and roll in Australia got started in the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced by the sounds coming from the USA and UK.
		Early on, the surf rock sound dominated, though in the mid-1960s, the beat genre from the UK had become established.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Australian_indie_rock (846 words)

	Born out of Time: 1979-1988 - The Australian Indie Scene - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Born out of Time: 1979-1988 - The Australian Indie Scene
		At any rate, almost two dozen great bands from down under get their props on Born out of Time: 1979-1988 -- The Australian Indie Sound, and if you want 76 minutes of proof that the Antipodes were a great place to be if you liked high-octane guitar-based rock, this will do just dandy.
		Radio Birdman kicks off the set with "Hanging On," an appropriate choice given the band's massive influence and the frequent reappearance of Deniz Tek and Rob Younger on the tracks that follow.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,1684380,00.html (305 words)

	Australian Music
		The show will include $5 Jagerbombs, along with a selection of some of Australia’s most talented independent punk rock bands led by Brisbane legends The Black Market (as seen on ABC TV’s ‘Rage’ and heard on Triple J’s Short.Fast.Loud, appearing as part of their national album release tour).
		A few titles are up in the air so it would be unfair to pick favourites yet.
		Still is. It's probably one of the best albums in Australian music history, it's so well-written and the songs are original and the band managed to create a new sound without falling prey to 'the suck'.
	www.musicaustralia.net.au (1624 words)

	CD Baby: SWAYING BUILDINGS: Something In My Shoes
		Indie rock, pop, and folk 4-piece band from Brisbane, Australia.
		Australian indie rock band Swaying Buildings emerged in 2005 after several years of 4-track recording, cassette tape albums and live gigging under various indie rock guises.
		Feedback right off the bat, driving rthyms on pawn-shop guitars and amps, voices so buried in the mix that lyrics become impossible to decipher and the drummer on the cymbals constantly.
	cdbaby.com /cd/swayingbuildings (550 words)

	Music of Australia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This strain of Australian country music, with lyrics focusing on strictly Australian subjects, is generally known as "bush music" or "bush band music." The most successful Australian bush band is Melbourne's Bushwackers, active since the early 1970s.
		The "second wave" of Australian rock is said to have begun in about 1964, after the impact of The Beatles.
		In the Rock music scene, indie rock bands like Powderfinger, Spiderbait, Grinspoon, Killing Heidi, Something for Kate and The Whitlams continue to be powerful forces, both on the charts and in the live circuit.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Australian_music (2592 words)

	Australian indie rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Australian indie rock is part of the overall flow of Australian rock history but has a distinct history somewhat separate from mainstream rock in Australia, largely from the end of the punk rock era onwards.
		Rock and roll in Australia got started in the late 1950s and 1960s, influenced by the sounds coming from the USA and UK.
		Early on, the surf rock sound dominated, though in the mid-1960s, the beat genre from the UK had become established.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_indie_rock (680 words)

	Australian rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Australian music also tends to distinguish itself from the rock styles of other nations by a heavy focus on melody and complex, reggae- and jazz-inspired rhythms.
		Another significant Australian from this period, and one whose importance is only now beginning to be widely recognised, was the critic and journalist Lillian Roxon (1932–1973), who grew up in Brisbane but who was based in New York from 1959 until her premature death from asthma.
		Until 1975, Australian pop radio was dominated by a clique of commercial broadcasters who virtually had the field to themselves and their influence over government was such that, incredibly, no new radio licences had been issued in any Australian capital city since the prevailing industry structure had been consolidated in the early 1930s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_rock (4486 words)

	Australian rock at AllExperts
		Another significant Australian from this period, and one whose importance is only now beginning to be widely recognised, was the critic and journalist Lillian Roxon (1932â"1973), who grew up in Brisbane but who was based in New York from 1959 until her premature death from asthma.
		Until 1975, Australian pop radio was dominated by a clique of commercial broadcasters who virtually had the field to themselves and their influence over government was such that, incredibly, no new radio licences had been issued in any Australian capital city since the prevailing industry structure had been consolidated in the early 1930s.
		These rock dances were a continuation of the social dance circuit that had thrived in Australia's cities and suburbs since the 1800s.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/au/australian_rock.htm (4596 words)

	Fauves interview: Juice Magazine, September 1998
		For many Australians, the two years covered in film, form the release of the 1996 album Future Spa to the that of the new albumLazy Highways, is the visible tip of the iceberg that is the Fauves' decade long career.
		SO many rock stories begin with rose-coloured memoirs about first gigs which take place somewhere too cool, in front of burgeoning artistes who'll go on to create their own vanguard, maybe with a rock and roll punchline, a riot/celebrity encounter or some such.
		"Rock's about putting one slogan to three minutes of music," he says later, "Most of what you hear on rock radio is a jingle with credibilityit's an obsession to find the newest, youngest thing, work it for three years and then go and find another new thing.
	members.tripod.com /~thefauves/j98-int.html (2520 words)

	The Monkees - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The television show first aired on September 12, 1966 on the NBC television network and lasted for two seasons (58 episodes); its final primetime episode ran on September 9, 1968 (see List of The Monkees episodes).
		who had been accompanying the tour with her friend, the Australian singer Lynne Randell, who was one of the supporting acts and who was romantically involved with Jones at the time.
		First rock band to extensively use the pedal steel guitar on a pop album.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Monkees (3478 words)

	Music_of_Australia - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Clubs such as Chequers, the Bondi Lifesaver and the Coogee Bay Hotel in Sydney, and the Thumpin Tum, Catcher, Berties, Sebastian’s, the Hard Rock Café and the Q Club in Melbourne were synonymous with the biggest names in Australian Rock and Roll.
		Australian music was not only alive and well; it was flourishing under the guidance of the early music industry entrepreneurs.
		In the Rock music scene, indie rock bands like Powderfinger, Spiderbait, Grinspoon, Killing Heidi, Something for Kate and The Whitlams continue to be powerful forces, both on the charts and in the live circuit.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Music_of_Australia (2622 words)

	Indie rock information - Search.com
		Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent underground music scene.
		Probably the definitive British indie rock bands of the 80s were The Smiths and The Jesus and Mary Chain, whose music directly influenced 1990s alternative movements such as shoegazing and Britpop.
		In the United States, the music commonly regarded as indie rock is descended from an alternative rock scene largely influenced by the punk rock and hardcore punk movements of the 1970s and early 1980s and their DIY ethos.
	www.search.com /reference/Indie_rock (1633 words)

	20 Artists Who Rock Our World
		Their "rock gods" status was further confirmed when in early 2003 they were asked to support The Rolling Stones on the Australian leg of their world tour.
		While almost every 2004 "best of" list was filled with a wide range of indie rock bands, one indie-sounding band was able to break into the mainstream with a killer song, The band was appropriately called The Killers and their colossal single, "Somebody Told Me," was a runaway hit with radio.
		Rock pranksters Blink 182 set out to prove that they were more than just a pop-punk band with their latest, self-titled album, and they continued to push the envelope last year with their single from the disc, called "Always." They wrapped up 2004 with a tour of Japan and Australia.
	www.ascap.com /playback/2005/winter/rock.html (2757 words)

	Radio Birdman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The group influenced the work of many successful, mainstream bands, and is now considered to be one of the most crucial bands to Australia's musical growth, but their main legacy was their towering influence over Australian indie rock in the 1980's.
		In one song, I-94, Eskimo pies are a prominent subject of the chorus, possibly due to their relation with Klondike bars or to guitarist Chris 'Klondike' Masuak's Canadian origins.
		Radio Birdman's music does not fit specifically with the punk rock genre, nor do the band like this label (as they saw it as degrading to their intelligence)—though their independence and originality has put them in this position.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Radio_Birdman (1816 words)

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		Australian film theorist, Stuart Cunningham noted in 1983, that through grafting onto a Hollywood musical tradition, we have 'Australianised' the Hollywood musical (239).
		Whereas Cunningham was referring to reconciliation between the commercial and cultural oppositions that have shaped Australian cinema, this notion of reconciliation can be extended to the formal and stylistic reconciliation between music video and the film musical, which dynamically structure several layers of identification within these films.
		In its contemporary context, the heritage of the Australian musical as a grafted structure is reflected in these films' central reliance on the audience's prior association with pop music songs and musicians.
	www.refractory.unimelb.edu.au /journalissues/vol7/DSandars.html (6923 words)

	Aussie Rocker Lisa Maxwell Goes Global
		Remember the name Lisa Maxwell: the Australian indie rock musician is reaching a global audience, with sales of her music recorded in Australia, Europe, the UK and USA...
		(I-Newswire) - Remember the name Lisa Maxwell: the Australian indie rock singer/songwriter/musician (not to be confused with the British actress or Australian vocalist who released a string of records in the 90s of the same name) is reaching a global audience, with sales of her music recorded in Australia, Europe, the UK and USA.
		Maxwell rocks out in the old-fashioned sense - walls of guitars playing host to a disturbingly powerful set of lungs,’ and ‘the title track, Select Vacancy has her smoky voice that is older than her years singing and the pumping riff of the guitar and drums.
	www.i-newswire.com /pr78374.html (552 words)

	indie rock
		Leslie's sound is a guitar based rock pop with hints of hip hop groove in some of the tracks.
		Psychedelic indie rock and pop influenced by the Beatles, Doors, Rush, and Yes.
		Android Ethic, a West Coast rock band with British pop sensibility, has a wonderfully interesting and passionate blend of styles which produces a unique sound that is immediately distinguishable.
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	AOL, MS court indie fans \| \| The Australian
		Microsoft, on the other hand, is targeting the indie community with heavy promotional activity around music festivals like CMJ, which runs through November.
		CMJ is working with Microsoft to identify as many as 300 music-savvy students ages 18-22 to assist with on-campus and online promotions as well as feedback for the Zune, which is expected to hit stores November 14.
		But corporate brands may not resonate with more discriminating rock fans, which is in part why both companies are cultivating new brands that can be promoted.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20707933-15306,00.html (475 words)

	Dirty Three: lyrics, mp3, discography, pictures, biography - Onda Rock
		And their charming sound could not be indifferent to Nick Cave, who wanted Ellis in his live performances and composed some themes for the X-Files soundtrack with the trio.
		The record was produced by Steve Albini, godfather of Usa indie rock.
		Their formula is brand new even if some crititcs have compared them to the Palace, Lambchop and Spain spleen songwriting, and many others to the best samples of Tortoise's post rock.
	www.ondarock.it /Dirty3_eng.html (723 words)

	Atlantic Records - Rock n Roll Soldiers Photos (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Straight out of Eugene, Oregon, the Rock N Roll Soldiers have arrived, armed with an battery of raw power anthems and a mission to shake some much-needed action into today's rock scene.
		Friends since they were tots, the Rock N Roll Soldiers teamed together in middle school, adopting their moniker from a 1977 tour by Australian punk icons Radio Birdmen well before any of them could even play an instrument.
		Rebels from the day they first strapped on their gear, the Rock N Roll Soldiers see themselves as a band out of time, a motley insurgency whose fervor and focus are incompatible with most modern musical trends.
	www.atlanticrecords.com /rocknrollsoldiers/about (857 words)

	Rock 'N' Roll Soldiers - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: Proudly representing for the roughneck end of garage rock, the Rock N Roll Soldiers make an aggressively nasty noise that owes much more to the Pretty Things and early Rolling Stones than it does the White Stripes.
		While touring the Pacific Northwest as opening act for various punk and garage bands, the Rock N Roll Soldiers recorded two 7" vinyl EPs for the garage-oriented indie Gearhead Records, 2003's The High School Sessions and 2004's The Weak Blame the Strong.
		However, although Atlantic bankrolled the Los Angeles-based sessions for the Rock N Roll Soldiers' proper full-length debut, So Many Musicians to Kill, and listed the album on its release schedule several times, the label ended up quietly scrubbing the album and releasing the band from its contract.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/093/Rock-N-Roll-Soldiers/10769167.html (318 words)

	Muzzy Pep, The Faintest Clue (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Australian indie-rock, or dare I resurrect the old phrase "alternative" is still alive and well, and at the forefront of it is "Muzzy Pep".
		The album continues on a rather conforming line with the odd exception, but still remains somewhat interesting with intricacies that take a few listens to notice, such as very brief backing vocals in 'Helium Shrill' or the subtle profanities thrown into narrative 'Town In Between' (one of the exceptions to the conformist line).
		The album concludes with the dreary 'Exit', leaving behind an album that could live on in the tail of the legacy of Australian independent rock.
	www.undercover.com.au /reviews/urmuzzypepthefaintestclue.html (160 words)

	CBS - Rock Star
		Throughout the 80s and into the 90s, INXS was a consummate global rock band with a musical distillation of strength, sensitivity, unity and intelligence.
		INXS performed before gauchos in Buenos Aires, royals in Melbourne and teens in Tokyo before headlining in front of 75,000 fans at Wembley Stadium.
		In their homeland, they received the ultimate accolade from the Australian music industry when they were inducted into the ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) Hall Of Fame.
	www.cbs.com /primetime/rock_star/inxs (399 words)

	Astreal - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		The band were prolific in output from the start, and after releasing two self-recorded demos, Dive Gemma (1993) and Chlorine Explosion (1994), they went on to release a full-lenght album, 'Ouijabluch' under the illustrious Pony Canyon label which to this day, remains as one of the landmark local releases from that period.
		The band also opened for Australian indie rock band, Screamfeeder and their own debut album Ouijablush was launched at Tower Record.
		The song 'Stay Awake' was aired on the John Peel BBC radio show in 1996, receiving applauds, and closer to home Paul Zach described the debut album as "something that would ignite a bidding war between record labels".
	music.download.com /astreal/3600-8592_32-100941018.html (406 words)

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		Australian indie/brit rock quartet Semi-Normal first formed in late 2002 when long time friends Ben Downing, Dave McMahon and Chris Johnson began jamming together.
		In early 2004, female bassist Amanda Johnson was added to the all-male lineup, a definite change for the band\'s sound and image and a step that led Semi-Normal\'s fan base to expand into more of what the band had been looking for since the beginning.
		With all four members going through turmoil in their person life in addition to arranging and performing live gigs, their sound featured swirling crunchy indie guitars while Downing\'s lyrical content experienced a more introspective, grittier shift.
	www.mp3.com /semi-normal/artists/21730476/summary.html (330 words)

	Australian Music Online :: Releases :: I Don’t Want Your Medicine
		In order to make sure their first EP was all it could be, Pang recruited legendary indie producer David Trump, who’s expertise pushed their jagged guitar noise to the logical conclusion.
		Already described as ‘the future of Australian Indie rock’ by one DJ, Pang have been blowing away audiences since they started doing live shows late 2005.
		Quickly rising to support notable acts such as Gerling, Van She and the Valentinos, Pang are a band with a bright future indeed.
	www.amo.org.au /release.asp?id=7988 (250 words)

	»Concerts \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Australian indie rock band is touring in support of its new album, "Come Across." With local bands Lagoon and Nowhere Man. 9:45 p.m.
		Acoustic and light electric boogie, blues and rock 'n' roll with Tucson originals "Whiskey Dog." 6-8 p.m.
		Foursome combine blues, rockabilly, country and rock 'n' roll.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/46128 (762 words)

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