Cool aussie stuff
some really cool aussie stuff that is super obscure/never really got past our shores cos of various reasons (mostly the Boomtown curse), roughly ranked from 'everyone should check the hell out of this' to 'yeah these guys are pretty rad', yea |
| 1 |  | Elora Danan
In The Room Up There
Fantastic dual vocals, fight club-type lyrics, soft The Receiving End of Sirens-esque post-hardcore |
| 2 |  | Mammal
The Majority
Funk hip-hop rock metal tribal whatever else but somehow it works well as fuck, easily one of the best albums on this list and these guys should have been massive-core |
| 3 |  | Full Scale Revolution
Full Scale
Aka just Full Scale when they originally formed, same singer as Mammal but a bit more metal back in these days-core |
| 4 |  | Ezekiel Ox
Winter In Suburbia
Same singer as the last ones again except this time doing some solo lo-fi funny classic-level acoustic-core |
| 5 |  | Jericco
Jericco
Genuinely multicultural, Israeli and Pakistani members with some aussies making exotic metal groovy funk stuff using instruments native from those two countries, dope as fuck-core |
| 6 |  | Sleepwalker
Living Dead
Singer from Elora Danan writes some songs about zombies, riffs pretty hard-core |
| 7 | | Horsell Common
Lost a Lot of Blood
Fantastic stuff caught in the halfway point between their first EP (generic too-heavy post-hardcore stuff) and their full-length album (nice but safe pop rock) this is pretty unique-core |
| 8 |  | Trial Kennedy
New Manic Art
Friends with the Horsell Common guys and this album is shamelessly catchy and bright-core |
| 9 |  | Twelve Foot Ninja
New Dawn
Way way better than either of their albums-core |
| 10 |  | Sydonia
Given To Destroyers
These guys had potential till they made us wait 8 years for a second album which was boring as fuck but this is top-notch metal with beautiful spacey ambient sections and a terrific drum performance-core |
| 11 |  | .hinge
The Rise & Fall Of Living Great
Percussion-heavy, weird vocals, slightly tribal but undeniably catchy as hell offbeat pop-core |
| 12 |  | Cog
Sharing Space
Yarling like you're in a grunge band but your band members are playing prog and all your lyrics are about the Illuminati but in a self-aware way so its endearing-core |
| 13 |  | Rook
Add Colour
Some real vocal talent plus has a feature from the .hinge guy plus Then The Jury Decides is a god-tier jam, soaring as heck alternative rock-core |
| 14 |  | Gang of Youths
The Positions
Fuck cancer-core |
| 15 | | Helm
Vol. 1... Keelhaul
Well-executed concept album, heavy post-metal with great soft bits and fantastic vocals, has like a 12-year old girl doing screams at one point which is m/ as heck-core |
| 16 |  | City Calm Down
In A Restless House
Pure National worship but with synths but in a good way-core |
| 17 |  | Mere Theory
Catalan Atlas
Haven't ever heard this album but they had a fantastic EP at one point-core |
| 18 |  | Cooking With Caustic
From Mercury to Pluto
Dope sample-heavy hip-hop from my hometown-core |
| 19 |  | John Butler Trio
Sunrise Over Sea
You probably know this but at the same time stupidly underrated, incredible guitar skills-core |
| 20 |  | Pendulum
Immersion
You also probably know this but it rules, Deviant-core |
| 21 |  | Closure in Moscow
Pink Lemonade
The Mars Volta playing funk on an acid trip but somehow amazing-core |
| 22 |  | Vancouver Sleep Clinic
Winter
Pure and unabashed Bon Iver worship to the point of imitation but it's lovely-core |
| 23 |  | Kisschasy
United Paper People
Great pop-rock with top-notch vocals and the lyrics are really funny/heartfelt, plus one of the best albums I've ever seen played front to back live on their last tour-core |
| 24 |  | The Getaway Plan
Dark Horses
They started out as a decent post-hardcore act with some big pop-punk singles that I have mad nostalgia for but randomly made this sexy dark rock album with seven-minute jazzy piano songs and it's fucking mint-core |
| 25 |  | Alex Lloyd
Watching Angels Mend
Beautiful acoustic stuff with one of the best voices in the business and once an album he drops in a groovy track with some fat bass playing-core |
| 26 |  | Heavy Weight Champ
Lo-Fi Funeral
Old nu-metal stuff but with a slow, spacey sensibility and its actually pretty great-core |
| 27 |  | Serenik
Better Now
Two pop-rock songs that are absolute fire, catchy and pretty but with undeniable heart and feels, band broke up before they had a chance-core |
| 28 |  | Gunface
Freaky Deaky Boogie Woogie
Was supposed to be up top of the list but wasn't in the database but near-classic quality, essential listening for my bros in the bomb squad, lo-fi badly mixed punk/reggae stuff with awful vocals but some of the best lyrics penned by man, plus there are stickers for them all round my university campus so represent-core |
| 29 |  | Roscoe James Irwin
The Hunting Road
Cat Empire affiliate makes some of the prettiest sunniest acoustic stuff you'll ever hear, folk and country tinged with incredible falsetto parts-core |
| 30 |  | Daniel Champagne
Pint of Mystery
Dude's guitar skills are off the charts with bluesy folky type stuff just jam the Nightingale-core |
| 31 |  | The Third Estate
Conquest
Were gonna make four EPs one for each horseman of the apocalypse but broke up after just two, this one mixes rock, post-hardcore, prog, Mexican music breakdowns and space samples but somehow stays groovy-core |
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