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• MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5e93a77b-486e-4cb1-a2e9-9da26e6d0d3b
• Official homepage: https://www.ististmusic.com/

• MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/29acd2bb-7e67-4722-97ed-472e365ae860
• Official homepage: https://highvisuk.com/

Drunk Mums have been around for a while. I believe they started as a band in Brisbane, but like so many others, they have ended up based in Mebourne. I first stumbled onto them maybe 10 years ago. I took some overseas visitors out on a school night and we ended up at a rock venue called Cherry Bar, on AC/DC Lane. DMs were on one of their visits from Brisbane.

Purely by chance, today I cycled down the very street that they are seen riding the e-scooters in this video.

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One from the vault.

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This band has a great sound. Admirers of stuff like Mazzy Star might find this up their alley.

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Thanks to @phant for pointing me in the direction of this current Melbourne band after I posted a track from a 90’s near namesake Melbourne band.

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Edit - swapped out this song

• MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e538319d-a827-4bca-aefb-61f40ab74181
• Official homepage: https://www.gift-music.com/

Content Warning - The imagery is censored but the fruity lyrics remain.

What do you really think, Amy?

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Another Canberra formed band that seems to now be based in Melbourne.

• This was from their first album. The video depicts life as a touring, indie band in Australia
• They have a new album out in November. You can find some of the already released songs on their channel/streaming.
• Not a name I would have chosen for my band!

• MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c0b8b637-d202-4428-a788-fd2e4f68736c

I just discovered this band that hails from Canberra, Australia's capital. It seems that some of them are based in Melbourne, which is where this video was shot. IMO, this is the most alluring of their tracks that I can find. The chime of the guitars and the effervescent vocal delivery ~~/lyrics~~, do it for me.

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I'm only just catching up with this 2022 album.

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This one makes me want to shotgun a Pilsner and hug all my buddies.

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• MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c4153c51-b4ac-4183-beb3-c5dbfce39176
• Official homepage: https://www.cursivearmy.com/

Mix tape recreation part 5.

It wasn't all jangly indie rock.

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Classic cassette mix part 4.

I love me some jangly power pop.

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My classic, cassette mix tape playlist tracks series, part 3.

There are many bands who have been called Peachfuzz. Maybe the most niche of them is this indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia. I received this CD to review for a fanzine that I was part of, at the time. I like this track.

I have an even more obscure Melbourne band called Hurdy Gurdy on my playlist, that I would love to post, but they are so obscure, no one has put their stuff on Youtube!

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Another one from one of my classic mix tape recreation playlists.

Connoisseurs of Dinosaur Jr. may find this to be a sacrilegious cover of the track from the debut DJ album, but the BB version is quite faithful to the 1985 original, plus objectively, Juliana has a better singing voice than J! I like this version, a lot.

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A song that just popped up on a playlist I have that recreates one of my classic mix tapes.

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See also: The Plunderers - Christo