[drekipus]

I told my father-in-law about this, he didn't know anything about custard, but he pulled out a CD that he had of "Dave McCormack and the Polaroids"

Sure enough same guy, played at a pub down the road from us last year or so.

Very musically talented guy. It's so strange being a younger Australian and realising that we don't have to import fame/stardom from America. We got talent right here.

[naikrovek]

I’m American and I lived in Sydney for two years from 2001-2003.

> we got talent right here

You have no idea how right you are. Or maybe you do… There are writers and musicians and … every kind of talent on par with anything anyone else in any country has ever done.

It was extremely eye opening for me to listen to TripleJ or whatever station I would tune to after hearing some American pop junk, and hear music I’ve never heard, before or since, by bands I never heard before or since, play some of the best music I have ever heard, every single day I was there. And, that music was unlike a lot of other stuff on the radio, which was so refreshing. So new! So good! And so much!

My girlfriend (who was Australian and is why I moved there) pulled out her CDs and I was lost in them for weeks.

I was roommates with a guy, and worked with him, for six months before he texted me and told me to turn on the radio. Three minutes later I heard his voice followed by 45 minutes of the best DJ mixing set I have ever heard. He composed the best music I have ever heard, live, by ear, and it was something he did every damn week.

Australia is fucking amazing.

[lmpdev]

NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts gets all these rave reviews for its production quality

But tbh Triple J’s Like a Version blows it out of the water

Especially giving artists the leeway to try genre switching

Like Denzel Curry covering Rage Against the Machine for instance

[owenversteeg]

Oh yeah, Triple J's Like A Version is incredible. I don't know what they've got in the water there but so many artists put out their best ever work with those covers. Here are some I like:

- Someday (Julia Jacklin cover of The Strokes)

- Love (CHVRCHES cover of Kendrick Lamar)

- Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (Arctic Monkeys cover of Tame Impala)

- Do I Wanna Know (CHVRCHES cover of Arctic Monkeys)

- Believe (DMA's cover of Cher)

And speaking of Australian childrens TV and Like A Version covers, the Wiggles covered Tame Impala's Elephant (bet you didn't expect that one!)

[defrost]

- 'Feel Good Inc (Little Simz covers Gorillaz)

Australian covers go back further in time, of course ...

The Wiggles famously covered AC/DC's It's a Long Way to the Shop (If You Wanna Sausage Roll)

and Rolf Harris infamously covered I Touch Myself originally by the Divinyls

These, and more, prompted by guest appearence's on Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge and collected on a couple of records (today on youtube etc.).

[defrost]

Or the King Stingray cover of Coldplay's 'Yellow'

[werrett]

Here ya go:

King Stingray does Coldplays's 'Yellow' https://youtu.be/sr3iI8gg2fo

Denzel Curry does Rage against the Machine's 'Bulls on Parade' https://youtu.be/ZY4ywyFXdik

[Tade0]

> We got talent right here.

Indeed you do. A random stab at TripleJ Unearthed is enough to find an artist/band that's well above the world average.

I don't know if it's the remoteness or dangerous animals that is the reason for this, but Australians sure know how to make music.