Midnight Oil is one of the most underrated bands of all time. Sure, they get critical praise and popular acknowledgment, but they never get credit as being one of the all time greats, which they are...at least to me! 10-1 is a great choice, and I would also highly recommend Blue Sky Mining, my personal favorite. I'm not always the biggest fan of political rock, but like the Clash they pull it off with their intelligence, lyrical poetry, and most of all the passion and the commitment of their performances.

I adore Australia. X’s “Aspirations” is one of my favorite albums. I also adore Australia bc I once had a pen pal in the mid 00s who never had American candy; I sent her a bag Reese’s peanut butter cups and in turn I got a jar of Vegemite. Whether I’m listening to The UV Race, Royal Headache or watching this video, her voice is the music that I hear the loudest. Tragedy befell her family and we lost touch. Love the video. I also love your honesty. A heads up, if you ever see a Mystery Of Sixes 7” or future 12” compilation and wonder …they have been compared to The Birthday Party. I dig ‘em, but chances are you won’t 🙃

The Saints, Easybeats, The Missing Links.

Check out Models, Icehouse, The Chats, and The Angels (Angel City in the US).

I swear Australia hits way above their weight. I could also throw in The Chevelles, Icecream Hands, The Lime Spiders, The Hummingbirds, The On and Ons, and maybe a half dozen others worthy of folks checking out. Great vid.

My Top Five: The Church, Triffids, Icehouse, Go Betweens and Midnight Oil. Second Top Five jajaja The Saints, Died Pretty, Sunnyboys, Hoodoo Gurus and Crime and the City Solution. Special Mention, album: The Dubrovniks "Dubrovnik Blues", Song 1927 "That's When I Think Of You" (INXS and AC DC they do not participate jejeje). Keep on Rocking!!!

I'm a huge Church fan! My wife is Australian and when we met that was the first thing I talked about! Catching them on their current tour here in NY/NJ in April!

"Take me to a place they say/Where Dreaming Never Ends"

King gizzard and the lizard wizard enuf said. Tame Impala honorable mention.☮

An amazing overview of Australian bands. The best I have seen from a non Australian on KZfaq, by far. I grew up there and the first concert I went to ( in 1982 ) was a summer outdoor do 4 bands for 4 bucks sponsored by the popular AM rock station of the day. Two of the bands on the bill were The Church and The Divinyls both great live bands. You’ve got The Church covered so I will only suggest that for The Divinyls you get their first self titled album which opens with an Easybeats cover and an EP called “Monkeygrip” both are great and quite frankly miles better than their later stuff. If you like Crime and the City Solution then try a band called The Wreckery. Not brilliant but fun. Others have mentioned The Scientists. They were a great swamp rock band. Amazing live. Lastly I would also like to chime in on Midnight Oil. Their early albums are very hard rocking “Head Injuries” and “Place without a postcard” are well worth getting. As is their later album “Earth and Sun and Moon”. They’ve just put out an album called “Resist” which is a great return to form. Someone posted about seeing them live and being blown away. They were always a great, great, live band but 1980 thru the early 90s they were an absolute force of nature. They wiped the floor with most other rock bands. Case in point, I first saw them on the 10-1 tour and left the venue absolutely stunned. I felt like I’d been run over by a fleet of tanks. Nothing I’ve seen since has come close to the intensity of that concert, nothing. Interestingly I went to see U2 on their “War” tour at the same venue 6 months later and they were utterly limp by comparison. So anyway, great video!

Vicious Circle (Melbourne), Beasts of Bourbon (Sydney), Dead Can Dance, Hard-Ons (Sydney), Clowns (Melbourne), Amyl and the Sniffers

Great video! So nice to be reminded of the excellent music of down under. Great to hear you talk about the Triffids, Go Betweens and The Church. All favourites of mine. I'm sure someone probably mentioned The Whitlams and Augie Marsh in the comments, but if not, there is treasure there to be discovered. Cheers Geoffrey

Kudos for mentioning The Saints and Midnight Oil. Another wonderful Australian band (and recently acquired favourite) is Models. During the 1980s, they had the same manager as INXS and opened for David Bowie during his 1983 tour. Two good albums to start off with them are "Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight" and "The Pleasure Of Your Company".

Wow I’ve just seen a few of your videos and I’m so very impressed with your knowledge, collection and most of all your love of music. You remind me of a dear friend of mine we could talk for hours on end about music. I had a band in the 80’s and we got the opportunity to do about 2 weeks of shows with the Hoodoo Gurus. if I remember correctly they were touring for the Blow Your Cool record. They were so much fun to watch every night. And they were a great bunch of people to work with. Thanks and I’m sure that I’ll be watching more.

I’m an Aussie who started following bands from the late 70s and your selection is spot on ! Well done ! Loved your reference to the bands of my home city Brisbane…..The Saints, The Go Betweens and Powederfinger .

I always look forward to your videos because I know I will discover new things I like or (even better) be reunited with 80s bands I had forgotten. I had completely forgotten about Died Pretty and Someloves, and I forgot I used to have that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang record until I saw the cover. You mentioned a couple that I need to check out now and I definitely share your love of The Church : )

OMG Hanna, Another great video! A lot of the albums you mention bring back such great memories for me. I love The Church too. Seance and Remote Luxury are my favorites!! I still have my original 80's copies as well as The Blurred Crusade. I don't have Heyday, but I have downloaded it and it's great! I never got into Starfish too much. Under The Milky Way was played to death on the radio back then and I kinda got tired of it. Nice that you mentioned Hunters & Collectors. I have both the Self-titled album and The Jaws Of Life. It's definitely weird, but I kinda like it. You briefly mentioned Flash and the Pan. I've got several of their albums too. Hey St. Peter was an minor hit for them back in the day. Keep up the good work!

Thanks for this deep dive! I haven't heard a lot of these bands and now I will! I'm glad to hear someone talk about The Church. The word underrated gets thrown around so much, but they truly are. My dad has a massive record collection, and he tipped me off to a lot of great artists and groups from day one of my life. The Church is one of them. I used to listen to "Priest=Aura" on headphones to fall asleep at night when I was a kid. I love that album. You're totally right when you say it will transport you. It did for me, especially when I was having a really hard time at school. Great work as always, Omaha Introvert!! :)

I would love a playlist to come with these videos. Mostly because I’m lazy. Great job Hanna!

Love watching your videos. You have a wonderful slant on collecting that I find inspirational.

Love the Gurus! Great selections -- nice summaries and suggestions.

You nailed all the stuff that would be up your alley! Hunters & Collectors Human Frailty was a big one for me when I was a teen. The first Birthday Party album and their final EPs might appeal to you more, but probably not enough to convert ya. I think you'd dig these too, which I wrote about in a Between the Cracks - Aussie Garage Punk piece: The Riptides - Tombs Of Gold (1982/2014): They took an interesting journey from mod, new wave and 2 Tone influences to surf and garage noir. The Moodists - Thirsty’s Calling (Red Flame, 1984): Think early Jazz Butcher, prickly guitar jangle of Josef K and The Fall. New stuff: All the Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever! Royal Headache - High (What's Your Rupture, 2015) Wet Lips - Wet Lips (Hysterical, 2017) Mere Women - Romantic Notions (Poison City, 2021) Body Type - Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing's Surprising (Poison City, 2022) The Drones - Feelin Kinda Free (Tropical Fuck Storm, 2016) The Sand Pebbles - Pleasure Maps (Kasumen, 2017) The New Christs - Incantations (Impedance, 2014) Mere Women - Big Skies (Poison City, 2017) RVG - A Quality Of Mercy (Our Golden Friend/Island, 2017) Civic - Future Forecast (Flightless, 2021) Mod Con - Modern Condition (Poison City, 2021) Parcels - Day/Night (Because Music, 2021) Stiff Richards - DIG (Legless, 2019) The Ocean Party - Restless (Spunk, 2016) Body Type - Body Type EP (Partisan, 2018) The Ocean Party - The Oddfellows' Hall (Spunk, 2018) Cable Ties - Far Enough (Merge, 2020) Crepes - In Cahoots (Spunk, 2018) Melbourne Cans - Heat Of The Night (Lost And Lonesome, 2018) Hits - Hikikomori (Conquest Of Noise, 2014) Eat-Man - Eat-Man EP (Eat-Man, 2018)

Great stuff! Being from Australia it's great to see you post content that's close to home for me. Yes definitely check out some more early Diviyls the Monkey Grip mini album is worth a mention. Absolutely love the church saw them perform the starfish album it it's entirity here in my hometown of Adelaide 4 years ago and was absolutely amazing. The sunnyboys are also a favourite. Their first 7inch e.p with the seeker and an early version of alone with you are awesome. The midnight oil albums that are worth mentioning and favourites of mine are the first self titled, head injuries and red sails in the sunset. Not a massive fan of Nick cave either nor have I been a massive fan of crowded house but love split enz and the saints are awesome. Keep up the great content!

Greetings Hanna. So many Australian bands to check out. I had to take notes. The Church are definitely at the top for me as well. At a party, someone dropped the needle on Of Skins and Heart and I said, you've got to be kidding me. Was immediately hooked. Also a huge fan of Dead Can Dance and Dirty Three. I didn't see the album, Cinder in your stack. Would recommend it if you haven't heard it. A bit different, shorter songs and a lot more of them. If you were less competent, your employer might not demand so much of your time! I hope your coworkers appreciate you as much as your subscribers! Gratitude.

I totally agree with your top 3 bands! Just found you today, but I'll surely come back for more! Ciao!! Ps: I would love to mention other favourite Aussie bands of mine: Scared Cowboys - The Apartments - Laughing Clowns - Blackeyed Susans ( David McComb collaborated with them...) .

Here are some of my favourite Aussie bands that you might like: The Living End, Killing Heidi, The Dubrovniks, The Chevelles, Skybombers, Lime Spiders, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Icehouse, Mental As Anything, The Vines, Cosmic Psychos, The Angels

Hi Hanna ! Wow you are amazing…the first 3 things I checked out were Died Pretty Free Dirt sounded great. Checked out The Stems and didn’t find the album you mentioned but Heads Up & Mushroom Soup: The Citadel Years both had a garage rock sound that I love !! Also listened to The Celibate Rifles live that you showed plus 2 studio records that sounded pretty cool !! ( I guess celibate rifles have never been fired…oh those crazy band names.) I haven’t time now to watch the rest of your video( stopped 6 min in) but just this little bit of Australia rock was fascinating !! I have forgotten AC/DC already. If the rest of the video is this good …Oh my !!! Thanks Hanna !!

I love Australian bands. The Church are a top 5 of mine. And so excited that you love "heydey!" I grew up with this band & it's my fave too. Might want to check out these bands if you haven't already. The Ups And Downs from the 80s. Gaslight Radio from the 90s. And for ppl who love early pop punk skate toones & fun: the Hard-Ons [stick with their 80s LPs]. Wonderful video. Enjoyed it. 😉

A very nice showing, Hannah. I have a few Aussie bands in my own collection but nowhere near as many as you showed. Amyl and the Sniffers is one act definitely picking up heat in the VC. Thanks for introducing sooo many new bands to me (and probably quite a few others) in this upload. 👍

Hey Hanna -- Super excited for your Australian video! Been looking for 'Roman Beach Party' (The Celibate Rifles) on CD for awhile, but it's a rarity. Divinyls first album 'Desperate' is solid -- definitely worth picking up. "Ring Me Up" from that album is actually featured in the movie 'Sixteen Candles.' Saw another poster mention The Chevelles (not to be confused with alt-metal band Chevelle). Awesome power pop. Check out the comp 'At Second Glance' (Not Lame). You'll dig it. Be good & take care!

Hello Omaha Introvert, Thanks' for recommending all of these "New"(to me) bands, I really appreciate it.....The Gits and now Died Pretty, I really enjoy both.

Another crackin' video that has sent me to spotify, and discogs, ebay, bandcamp, etc. So much stuff I haven't heard of. I am just recently getting into the Someloves and so it's cool to hear about those related records. Just caught Courtney in Toronto this past week...killer show. Knowing your tastes (and your actual collection), I suspect you may need a part two! As mentioned, Flyying Colours and RBCF, and additionally for me Day Ravies, Quivers, Tame Impala, Redspencer, Goon Sax, Terrible Signal, Twerps, Jade Imagine, Chook Race...and embarrassment of riches down under! There's no way you could have included NZ -- save that for it's own showcase. I'm sure you have a big stack. Thanks for this!

Dom Mariani is a legend here in Western Australia. A great collection of Australian bands. Nice work.

Really enjoyed your video my friend... Very informative I always learn something watching somebody else's channel 😆✌️

Fascinating Video Hanna.I have lots of Aussie rock aside from AC/DC like INXS,Hoodoo Gurus,Midnight Oil,The Church,Icehouse,Ed Kuepper,Silverchair,Wolfmother, The Vines and one of my personal favourite modern bands King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.I might have covered all the artists I do own on Vinyl and CD that are from the land down under but yeah lots of great music..take care!

Hi, I’m in Melbourne, AU and just discovered your channel. Your collection is superb and you’re so knowledgeable of the artists, their historical significance and their killer tracks. A couple of Aussie artists I don’t see mentioned much or at all in the comments I reckon you would enjoy are The Blackeyed Susans, The Clouds, Rocket Science, Six Ft Hick, Tokyo Fuck Storm. Love your taste in music, you have a new sub. Cheers!

Great shares ---- you have amazing taste. Just subscribed to your channel. I have been blown away by your vignettes. Love the Saints! Early Icehouse is also amazing! Check out the Scientists - incredible garage rock! BTW: The Swing is the underrated gem of an INXS album that everyone should own!

Hi. I’m new to your Channel. I have just stared my vinyl channel. I’m from Australia and was really impressed with your knowledge of Australian bands. I am also surprised how you get them in the US. I saw most of those bands live at there peak. Sunnyboys are doing their farewell gig next month here in Sydney. I have seen midnight oil about 30 times and recommend the DVD live at goat island. Hoodoo Gurus are great and still performing. I saw The Stems & Radio Birdman about 2 years ago and better than ever. I was a judge at youth rock when Silverchair got signed. They were the called “Innocent Criminals”. I saw there potential and recommended to Sony that they give them a go and record “Tomorrow” off the frog stomp album. I’m happy to give you any help with your Australian music videos as I know a fare bit and am so proud of our music industry. Keep up the good work. Cheers - Aussie Vinyl Guy.

Fantastic coverage of Aus music - you nailed it!I have The Saints Eternally Yours and Sunnyboys debut album - both OG’s. A few you didn’t mention worthwhile checking out - The Radiators, Stevie Wright’s (Easybeats) solo album - Hard Road with the Evie Suite being amazing and Richard Clapton. Thanks Hanna for this great video! ps love you mentioning “The Sports” 😊

Hi Hanna, Well, you finally made it happen! The Big Australian Show. Wow that was really worth the 9 month wait. So well done, marvelous job. Aren't enough superlatives to explain what a wonderful job you do. Of course the first highlight was when you showed radio birdman promo again, which was one of several of my albums you bought in Ann Arbor. Warms my heart that I was able to help you out that way. Still amazed how I sold those lps, 2 days before the show and I had no idea you guys would be there. So cool. Anyway, you mentioned all my Aussie fav's: Hoodoo, Go Betweens, Saints!!!! Know your product. Wow! So kick ass good. And love all saints day lp so much. Church are premo of course, I knew how much you loved them. So many others but you know My Fav are Divinyls. Just for me, their Desperate, debut was my fav. Album of 80s. It's a Must have for you. I might have the CD. Have the original C of vinyl. Maybe I could send you the CD as a gift, to show my appreciation of all your efforts. Learned sooo much today and was so entertaining. Nobody is doing it better than you these days my friend. Take care, Mark in Michigan

Great video Hanna. That was a lot of Australian bands I have never heard of before. I'm glad you gave some props to AC/DC at the beginning (my favorite band). I'll look for that Church album when I go digging. Rock on Hanna

I have "You Am I" 1st CD "Sound As Ever" it's very good. I love your taste in music. I listen to different types of music & I'm pretty good at collecting obscure 80s bands on CD. A few to mention are Fingerprintz, Trees, Passion Puppets, Nine Ways To Win, The Passions, Danielle Dax & many more. I have about 2500 CDs right now [This is my 4th collection] I think you're awesome, keep up the great work.

Another great Aussie power pop band are The Innocents. Their 2005 album, "Pop Factory" is terrific. In fact, the entire thing is on KZfaq. And let's not forget Rick Springfield who brought power pop to America in 1981 with "Working Class Dog" (despite putting out numerous lp's prior to that). Thanks for another great rundown, Hanna!

Great list! I love You am I and The Church as well. I highly recommend Underground Lovers and Something for Kate

Australia had some great bands from the late 70', 80's through to the early 90's. Thanks for mentioning Died Pretty, one of the all time greats of alternative rock.

You did an excellent job Hanna. Covered just about everything. I also like SPK (industrial), The Deadly Hume, Severed Heads and the first two albums by Mental as Anything. Cheers.

Great video. Just a few of my favorite current Aussie bands I think you'll like. Eddy Current Suppression Ring, The Chats, Stiff Richards, and Pond.

Man, I love The Church. Also love The Angels. Your video gives me a lot to explore. Thank you!

Wow. You covered the vast majority of what I would list. My faves would probably be The Church (the same era you mentioned), Hoodoo Gurus, and Crowded House, Easybeats, and oh, The Saints. Glad you mentioned Courtney Barnett and Rolling Blackouts for current artists. Another recent artist I might mention is Parma Violets, although its been a few years since I've hearch much about them. Regarding INXS, I definitely consider myself a fan, but I'm partial to their early output leading up to and including Listen Like Thieves. As for Midnight Oil, never been a big fan. Can't get over the singer's voice. And yes, it would have been cool to include New Zealand artists, especially the Flying Nun ones! Great video!

Nice job! Video popped up randomly and as a major fan of many Australian bands I had to check it out. Like you, I love both The Go-Betweens and The Church. Have seen The Church three times, first in 1990 on the Gold Afternoon Fix tour and twice in the last decade, all in Vancouver. The last time I did a meet and greet with the band. Had a nice chat with each of the guys and got pics with each of them and with the group as a whole. Have you checked out Jack Frost? It was a 1990s side project of Steve Kilbey and Grant McLennan. Two albums issued to little fanfare but both worth hearing. Looking forward to more!

Crazy Karma. I just recorded my Australian band show. An interesting venn diagram between your picks and mine. Excellent video and great line up.

Hello Hanna; Nice to take a vinyl trip down under to promote bands that may have not been heard this side of the planet. Always liked the Easybeats have their LP's & compilations. Like the Radio Birdmen LP. The Saints good punk band. Midnight Oil is a band with energetic songs. Liked your picks, some very good showings of Australian bands. We recommend the 60's garage band the Missing Links should you come across their records, or the Ugly Things garage /psych compilation series. Good video, informative & well explained. Take care, Tina & Pat!~

I love these videos as it introduces you to unfamiliar artists and it also persuades you to give some records in your collection a listen that you may not have heard in a while. I have that Died Pretty album on CD but I don't remember anything about it so I will have to pull it out and play it. My favorite Australian artists are Midnight Oil and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Blue Sky Mining is my favorite Midnight Oil album and Let Love In and The Boatman's Call are my favorites by Nick Cave if you want to further explore their catalog. Following close behind my favorites are The Saints, Paul Kelly & The Messengers and The Hoodoo Gurus. 16 Lovers Lane is a classic. I need to find more Go-Betweens. Great selections.

Hi, Hanna! Another great video as usual. My favorite Aussie bands are AC/DC, Midnight Oil, INXS, Men at Work, Hoodoo Gurus, Divinyls, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Jet and Silverchair which are the most famous here in Brazil. Australia or the land of kangaroos is a country that has many amazing rock bands that unfortunately aren't very well known around the world. Nice work. Thanks, take care and see you next time. Rock on!

Really enjoying your recent videos. We’ve really got very similar tastes and collections, especially the post punk stuff. Huge fan of the Go Betweens and was fortunate to have bought the box sets when they came out. Felt like a lot of money at the time but now they’re crazy. Reckon they may get a repress. The Church mean a huge amount to me and a good mate of mine too. We’ve met Steve Kilbey a couple of times when they’ve played in England and Marty W-P yelled at us to ‘think the words, not sing them’ when we were clearly a bit too rowdy at one gig! Ha well we were just showing our appreciation!

Another amazing vid. Thanks for sharing. You have an incredible collection. The Church are dear to my heart as well. If you are an Ed Kuepper fan it’s worth tracking down his band The Laughing Clowns. This was his first project after leaving The Saints, it certainly fits in the post punk genre but is a bit more krautrok and big on brass. Enjoy.

"Rocking The World" 1975 Earth Quake is the first place that I remember hearing Friday On My Mind. This LP on Beserkley is great.

Great video Hanna! So many fabulous Aussie acts I love! Olivia Newton John, Crowded House, Men At Work Midnight Oil, Rick Springfield, and on and on! Cheers Matt Street

Hello nice video by the way. Yes I have all Saints and Triffids but there are so many groups you showed. I saw Chris Bailey live in Stockholm club #Underground" Dont remember which year. Keep on the good work.....

Lovely collection and very similar to my own taste when it comes to aussie bands. Cool that you discovered Celibate Rifles, I have them on a 80’s aussie LP comp with a fantastic tune that made me interested to look them up, but I haven’t come across any of their records yet. I regard Church as one of my all time fave bands too, absolutely amazing catalog of records. If I have to add any groups here I’d highly recommend Huxton Creepers first two albums, jangly garage rock/pop and great songwriting. The Lizard Train, Exploding White Mice (In a nest of vipers), Scientists, Beasts Of Bourbon, The Johnnys and Spikes are all bands that done records worth checking out too. Thanks for a great episode! Cheers from Sweden

I still dig CDs too, thanks for showing the CD love. So thrilled to see you've done a vid on Australia bands! You Am I is really good, nice to see them mentioned here. I really like Radio Birdman, and they remind me of The Damned. OMG I love Hunters And Collectors, especially their album "Ghost Nation." So good. Amyl And The Sniffers are incredible, love love love them. Hoodoo Gurus are great. My fav song of theirs is "Bittersweet." Catchy rock. Getting into The Saints too thanks to your recommendation. Fav Dead Can Dance CD is "Toward The Within." That album really resonates with me. I like The Birthday Party but not so much Nick Cave solo material. I've not listened to Roland Howard...will have to check that out. C&TCS is a decent listen as is Dirty Three. Divinyls! My #1 favorite band of all time. The album you showed, "What A Life," is excellent. I love all their stuff. I have an Aussie pressing of their first LP which has the songs in a different order and a different song than the U.S. pressing. "Temperamental" is great and as you see on my Discogs I picked that up at the record show last weekend. Been wanting that for years. It really saddened me when Divinyls' singer, Chrissie Amphlett, passed away a few years ago. Her voice is like no other. Midnight Oil is another top Aussie pick for me. I have "Blue Sky Mining" on blue vinyl plus several of their CDs. Want their box set! I like The Church's album "Starfish" the most. So my top 5 are: Divinyls, Midnight Oil, Hunters And Collectors, Radio Birdman and Hoodoo Gurus. Ack! How can I forget INXS? I

Hi Hanna I saw Hunters & Collectors in 1982 here in New Zealand. It was an excellent gig. I like the song Talking to a Stranger. I saw Nick Cave and Birthday Party his group at the time, the same year. Nick has been a favorite singer of mine for years now. He still performs and releases music. I lived and worked in Australia for ten years.

Showing my age. I loved the Church in the early 80s. I saw them several times. Once at a club called Selinas in Sydney and a young Michael Hutchence was in the crowd. We chatted about music and he was lovely. He was a fan. You could tell he had something. I met him a few times after this as we lived in the same suburb and he was into bikes. Sad he died. The Church just put out a single. Have you heard it? I loved the Birthday Party as well and saw them several times. At one gig, there was only about 20 people in the audience. It was a Thursday and they had just gotten back from the UK. They were amazing (and scary live).

Every time you post a new video I feel the need to check out some bands I've never heard off. Glad you mentioned Courtney Barnett. She's a great lyricist and songwriter. Also love The Triffids, The Saints, The Church... Radios Appear by Radio Birdland is one of my favorite debut albums. I recently made a top 20 list of my favorite debut albums. Crime And The City Solution I got acquainted with by the beautiful Wim Wenders movie 'Der Himmel über Berlin' in which also Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds did a live performance. Enjoy your weekend. Greetings.

Please deep dive Midnight Oil. They are infinitely so much more than their American one-hit wonder status. Their songs are so well written, with equal measures of melody and energy. They are so sadly overlooked. I saw them live in '91 and to this day it was the best concert I have ever seen and it's not even close. I would rate them in my top 10 bands of all-time (and I am not Australian!).

Hey Hanna awesome video!! Loved your selection of Oz records. I saw The Church last weekend in Sydney & they were incredible. You gotta check out "Something For Kate" 90s - present Melbourne alt rock band.. one of my favs. Tim Rogers has joined the Hard Ons on their latest album... you'll have to check it out too!

Hi hanna great video on Australian bands love Australian bands but not same as you must check out . Only thing im not into punk really although ive liked some punk . My favourite Australian band of moment is pond . Also im trying to get into nick cave have a few of his albums. Il mention crowded house and inxs as was so into the album kick when i was a student in Belfast when it came out so goid . Cool video hanna take care joe oh Courtney Barnett love her too .and rolling blackouts cf amazing new favourite.

Hey Hanna, my favorite more recent artist from Australia is Sui Zhen. Her album “Losing Linda” is soooo good. I like stuff with creative and weird sounds and this one is excellent. Take care, Frank

Instant respect for stating Heyday as your favourite Church record. Its a true classic. If you are a lover of Go Betweens and the Triffids I highly recommend two current bands. Flowertruck are carrying the torch. of the late eighties Australian jangle power pop. Check out the clip for their track Sing Along to Your Life. It has definite Spring Rain vibes. The other is RVG who are also excellent and have a great KEXP Live performance up on KZfaq. An older band you missed is The Lucksmiths who are perhaps best compared to The Housemartins. Very clever lyrics and charming acoustic based melodies. Great video Hanna

Once again, knocked it out of the park! Roland S Howard, the Dirty Three, the Hoodoo Gurus....can't go wrong with any of these. Saw the Guru's at Peoney Park (before your time I guess) with the Bangles. Great show. Not sure, but I think Warren Ellis may be my spirit animal. Saw him and Nick Cave in March here in Asheville. What a killer show, and such an under-rated talent. Read his book if you haven't yet!

I've been looking forward to this video. I love Australia. Is it possible that Under the Milky Way could only have been written by an Australian band. And they got it so right. Much Thanks. This was good.

Great video! At the end you got my favorites.I Did witness Marty Wilson-Piper just drop his guitar and leave the stage for no reason at a great gig at Sardines in Oslo. You should maybe check out the Johnnys!

This is quickly becoming my new favourite channel! Any chance of a kiwi episode too? I'd be curious to see where our collections overlap.

Great Video Hanna! Shocked there was no mention of ICEHOUSE! My All time favorite Aussie Band. Your collection sure is growing. Keep on Rockin!

Hi Hanna! Glad you mentioned the Hunters and Collectors. You might want to try Kicking Against the Pricks and the Good Son if you want to try another crack at Mr Cave. They’re both pretty accessible and the first is all covers. I think INXS were pretty cool, especially the early stuff.

It was great to hear you talk about The Triffids and to see your Triffids vinyl, I love them as well. 'In The Pines' is a gem of an album and 'Born Sandy Devotional' is a masterpiece. I don't think 'The Black Swan', their last album released in 1989, got the credit it deserved. I'm not sure people knew quite what to make of it. There was pure pop like 'Goodbye Little Boy' and even a gentle foot dipped into the hip-hop explosion back then with the track 'Spinning Top Song'. It was originally conceived as a double album which has now been released as a CD, with the tracks the record company axed from the original release. I don't know if you own it but it is worth having for the tracks 'Too Hot to Move' and 'New Year's Greetings', both classics in my opinon and both show so sadly what we lost when we lost the late great David McComb. Great video as usual.

Yay! Bands!

So good to see you grabbing the Sunnyboys Hanna. I remember mentioning them to you a ways back. Their original vinyl pressings are kind of pricey nowadays. If you ever see the album 'Individuals' grab it. >< I found out recently that Chrissy Amphlett from The Dyvinals sadly passed on at 53. They were not a bad band at all. >< I am surprised that no one in the VC has ever done some sort of show your countries contest or thread. You would have killed it if you choose to do Australia. Wonderfully presented H~ Rob/Boston

So Glad you found Died Pretty, I have been obsessed with them since 1986 (saw them twice back in the 80s), same with Celibate Rifles (you didnt mention their name is an opposite of Sex Pistols) & Radio Birdman (a Stooges lyric)My pics: The Go-Betweens, Died Pretty, The Church, Midnight Oil, Not Drowning, Waving; Triffids (Just recently found them), Mental as anything/Dog Trumpet, RBCF,

Hanna ,ratcat and powder monkeys also!!! Vc community have help me so much lately discovering music love it

Hi, Hanna! I like the triffds!

Hi Hanna! Great Video, Thank you!!! I think that i must check out „The Church“! 😎🤩😊 Lovely wishes to you! Ciao Gunnar

👍. Hi Hanna! Cool video! Among my faves are Midnight Oil, Hoodoo Gurus, INXS, Icehouse, Crowded House and the Saints. I have CDs from all of them. I want to get albums from Mental As Everything as well. I used to have a bunch of cassettes from them. I do have Teenage Snuff Film from Rowland S. Howard. Great voice! It is a wonderful somber album. Rock Always! 😃. - Heather

‘Smoko’ by The Chats is one of the greatest punk songs of all time! The video is awesome too 👍👍

I've just checked with Immigration here Hanna, your Aussie passport has been express approved! Amazing video, you've more than done justice to the acts here. And you've amassed a collection that a lot of Australians would die to own (myself included!). So glad you get into the margins and shine some light on quality like the Someloves and Rowland S Howard. And of course - the Church😍 glad those YAI cds are still part of the collection! Thanks for the shoutout (never say never to making another video), and thanks again for a fantastic video!!

The Church is in my top 5. Hologram of Baal is one of my favorites. Amazing how they keep making great new music. A new album will be released shortly.

Great list! Saw the Church supporting Echo & the Bunnymen in Oakland back in 1986 (or maybe 87) when they were promoting the Heyday album no less. Great show as you would imagine, Tantalized indeed!

nice Collection and great video my friend

As an Australian, I'm super impressed with the breadth and depth of your collection. Far be it for me to try and convert you into a Nick Cave fan but, as you're into Dirty Three, I'nm not sure if you realised that for the last 10 years or more Warren Ellis has been Nick's right hand and the two have co-written all the music. If you don't dig the early bluesy, seedy stuff, check out The Boatman's Call which is very gentle and just sublime but the music he's made more recently with Ellis is something else, my favourite being Push The Sky Away. Also, the Church have a much more recent record, The Hypnogouge, that is really terrific.

Hello! First of all I enjoy your videos and our taste in music is very similar. Three Aussie bands that need to be in your list are of course the godfathers of the country The Angels( Angel City in the U.S.), Icehouse, and The Screaming Tribesmen. If you haven’t heard them you need too. I know you’d like them!

I scored a used "mars needs guitars" cd a couple months ago, a great find 🎸💥

Great video! Some real classics there. A couple of Aussie bands that I've been listening to a lot are Tropical Fuck Storm and guitarist Gareth Liddiard's previous band The Drones. Awesome stuff. Also you really know your stuff so you probably already know this but Warren Ellis from The Dirty Three is in Nick Cave's band. You're not a big fan of Nick Cave so I mention it in case you didn't know.

Thanks Hannah as an Aussie great video love all theses bands I totally agree with you about nick cave too. Bands I’m throwing in the mix some mentioned already in comments and don’t know if you know any of them. Datura 4 Dom mariani project released 5 albums since 2015 they described themselves as psychedelic boogie rock n roll not sure if your into that 😂 even ,powerpop from Melbourne ash naylor front man great guitarist! Start with black umbrella and no surprises🤙 Dave faulkners earlier band out of Perth The victims. Also the new Christs (rob younger) hard-ons, cosmic psychos, the mark of Cain,jebediah, the volanics out of Perth great oz pub rock and roll 🎸 Roll not sure if your into that 😂

I will go look for these LP s look really good

Cool seeing some Aussie stuff shown. I'm an Aussie, let me name a few bands you might want to check out that haven't been mentioned in the comments yet. The Cruel Sea Custard The Mark of Cain Tumbleweed (my favourite) Magic Dirt Paul Kelly Regurgitator Violent Soho Parkway Drive Something for Kate (one of my favourites) Hilltop hoods (hip hop) Polaris (metal) Skyhooks The Grates Jebediah The Sleepy Jackson The Avalanches Baby Animals The Screaming Jets (going to see them Saturday night) Blackfeather (70s psych ) Kim salmon and the surrealists Cog Frenzal Rhomb (punk) Blueline medic The Vines Grinspoon (Aussie festival favourites) Tamam Shud (60s psych/surf/prog, very interesting story behind the name) Theresa mix of styles and old and new bands a lot of 90s bands, I could name another hundred but I'll stop there. Enjoy

Really nice video Hanna! My favorite Australian bands are easy at the top. Undisputed #1 is The Saints. Also up there is Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper solo stuff. The Ed Kuepper you mentioned "Everybody's Got To" is a stunning album. Great music. Others are Radio Birdman, The Celibate Rifles, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds (and Nick Cave solo), AC/DC and Died Pretty. I'm sure I'm forgetting a few but these are my favorites. Again, especially The Saints who are one of my top bands ever!! Keep the videos coming Hanna. By the way, I just posted two live shows from The Void from 1979 on my site yesterday. Check them out if you get a chance.

INXS was my favorite band in 7th grade. The 5 albums before kick are also good, and at times great.

Silverchair’s Diorama release is a masterpiece in my opinion. I found it on vinyl a few years ago and it sounds great. I bought it on CD when it was released back in 2002 and just played it to death. I was pleasantly surprised when you mentioned that album from Silverchair. Look forward to more interesting and unique content on your channel!

Hello Hanna , glad to see another video of yours-of course ac-dc , i also dig rose tatoo ( "snow queen" is a hammer song ), a lot of bands that i don't know, some yes and some i heard from names because of the french magazine (rock and folk) and sometimes MTV-the stems very cool garage 60's pop band-radio birdman is great, i have a cd compilation from them-yes amyl and the sniffers is really cool rock band with punk sound, fantastic-hoodoo gurus i have the first album on cd-of course the saints, great two first albums, i was decepointed by the third "prehistoric sounds" , too much horns , the only track that i love on this album was "save me" -great birthday party, i have the cd junkyard , check the song "release the bats" awesome-crowded house great pop band"woodface" is a masterpiece, love also "black and white boy" song-check out also One Nil by Neil Finn great album-midnight oil i have the special edition cd of diesel and dust, great great album-my favorite inxs album is listen like thieves , a more guitar oriented album, very rock -the church and their masterpiece starfish amazing -hope the best for you and Chris see you Hanna byyye 😉😇😊yes i just forgot my favorite australian band is nick cave and the bad seeds-the good son is my favorite bad seeds album - i was on instagram saying that and i just forgot to say this here lol 😅🤣😉

I'm very happy to hear someone promoting The Triffids! They don't get mentioned or listened to enough. Born Sandy Devotional is massively underrated. I think it's one of the best records of the 80s.