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ELECTRONICA / DOWNTEMPO / SOUL / JAZZ
CHET FAKER – I’M INTO YOU
youtube.com/watch?v=DuX2MkflGYs
CHET FAKER – TALK IS CHEAP
youtube.com/watch?v=TNz4K5jsLQw
CHET FAKER – JEANS AND WALLET
youtube.com/watch?v=EYRTXpzrrL0
CHET FAKER – 1998
youtube.com/watch?v=cFV5Q06lSwY
CHET FAKER – FEAR LIKE YOU
youtube.com/watch?v=pwtBFAjVsPY
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ALT / INDIE ROCK / NEW WAVE
JACK LADDER & THE DREAMLANDERS – SUSAN
youtube.com/watch?v=wLPtpuEQVXg
JACK LADDER & THE DREAMLANDERS – TO KEEP AND BE KEPT (Feat. Sharon Van Etten)
youtube.com/watch?v=KIsYk3-sP0A
JACK LADDER & THE DREAMLANDERS – HER HANDS
youtube.com/watch?v=X2KQeqXl6ZM
JACK LADDER & THE DREAMLANDERS – BEAUTIFUL SOUND
youtube.com/watch?v=RgSJJCmBVxM
JACK LADDER & THE DREAMLANDERS – POSITION VACANT
youtube.com/watch?v=Kdo8Gbmy_j8
JACK LADDER & THE DREAMLANDERS – NEON BLUE
youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5xt1ZQCvI
JACK LADDER & THE DREAMLANDERS – REPUTATION AMPUTATION
youtube.com/watch?v=WXEY9jVZzjk
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INDIE POP / ALT ROCK
MIDDLE KIDS - EDGE OF TOWN
youtube.com/watch?v=UJIZxL-FDvo
MIDDLE KIDS - OLD RIVER
youtube.com/watch?v=sEUM1BEy16Q
MIDDLE KIDS - NEVER START
youtube.com/watch?v=sUC7OFUbn6A
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FOLK / INDIE / ROOTS
KIM CHURCHILL – WINDOW TO THE SKY
youtube.com/watch?v=ZTFmFWJrjpo
KIM CHURCHILL – LOVING HOME
youtube.com/watch?v=gbb_sloy1Ck
KIM CHURCHILL – TRUEST INTENTIONS
I loooove this song and this live version, in particular.
On a crystal-clear, sunny winter’s morning, it’s perfect.
youtube.com/watch?v=Kum0HlJ0AKk
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INDIE POP / ACOUSTIC / FOLK
LISA MITCHELL – WARHOL (VIDEO PART 1)
youtube.com/watch?v=eKqt4O2LGCo
LISA MITCHELL – WARRIORS (VIDEO PART 2)
youtube.com/watch?v=s51pMqKCz4o
LISA MITCHELL – WAH HA
youtube.com/watch?v=w7bTT7vlJ5U
LISA MITCHELL – THE BOYS
youtube.com/watch?v=vyjmd7Jlk48
LISA MITCHELL – WARHOL (REDUX - LIVE)
youtube.com/watch?v=cUq0hb7NkiE
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INDIE ROCK / FOLK
ALI BARTER - RUN YOU DOWN
youtube.com/watch?v=NnrwULoNd2w
ALI BARTER – MARIGOLD
youtube.com/watch?v=-8_gh2EQLb0
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POP / R & B / ROOTS
BEC LAUGHTON – NUMBER ONE (HEARTBREAK)
youtube.com/watch?v=nVg-Hbuv7AU
BEC LAUGHTON – DARKEST LOVE
youtube.com/watch?v=PgZTjDd22rY
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1980’S INDUSTRIAL / ELECTRO POP / POST PUNK / DANCE
SEVERED HEADS – DEAD EYES OPEN
youtube.com/watch?v=jM9XkkrhUj0
SEVERED HEADS – WE HAVE COME TO BLESS THIS HOUSE
youtube.com/watch?v=DTvBpgL641o
SEVERED HEADS – THE ANT CAN SEE LEGS
youtube.com/watch?v=2RTADgEeYTI
SEVERED HEADS/TOM ELLARD – WONDER OF ALL THE WORLD
Correction: this is the original (it’s in the video description).
I really love the track, and the vid is awesome - particularly the girl in the swing at the end. They all dieded now
youtube.com/watch?v=H8CpQSGT5fo
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HIP HOP / TECHNO / DANCE
ITCH-E & SCRATCH-E - OTHER PLANETS (FEAT. MDNA)
youtube.com/watch?v=pG7RB-GOz4g
ITCH-E & SCRATCH-E - r.E.f.r.E.s.h. (FEAT. SCRIBE)
youtube.com/watch?v=-zTDpqJt-AU
1990’s TRANCE / HOUSE / TECHNO
The live tracks are from a set Itch-e & Scratch-e did live on the radio in 1995. Awesomenessess!
ITCH-E & SCRATCH-E IMPACT (live)
youtube.com/watch?v=PMFb3qbU-gs
ITCH-E & SCRATCH-E – FRICCION (live)
youtube.com/watch?v=DyPeMgyETbo
ITCH-E & SCRATCH-E - SWEETNESS AND LIGHT (live) (studio version here)
youtube.com/watch?v=haAi7GOkNkQ
ITCH-E & SCRATCH-E - IMPERIAL ROCKETS (studio)
youtube.com/watch?v=S8kn0c4Fj7U
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ALT ROCK / ALT COUNTRY / ELECTRO POP
HOLY HOLY – YOU CANNOT CALL FOR LOVE LIKE A DOG
youtube.com/watch?v=jrVadO8BHRk
HOLY HOLY – A HEROINE (LIVE VERSION)
youtube.com/watch?v=u0mYWwfRk_M
HOLY HOLY – LIVE SET
(0:00) HISTORY - (4:50 )DARWINISM – (8:50) WILLOW TREE
youtube.com/watch?v=AgI-r5m_mRQ
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ELECTRONIC DANCE / HIP HOP / PSYCHEDELIC
THE AVALANCHES – SUBWAYS I love this vid.
youtube.com/watch?v=bPIMfOIuEe4
THE AVALANCHES – COLOURS
youtube.com/watch?v=zLRPDovCpmM
THE AVALANCHES – BECAUSE I’M ME (more American content than Oz content but worth posting)
youtube.com/watch?v=eu0KsZ_MVBc
and some oldies…
THE AVALANCHES – FRONTEIR PSYCHIATRIST
youtube.com/watch?v=qLrnkK2YEcE
THE AVALANCHES – SINCE I LEFT YOU
Remember, we wont be judged by how good or bad we’ve been in this life. It’s about how well we danced.
youtube.com/watch?v=wpqm-05R2Jk
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1980’s SOUL / SOFT ROCK / SYNTH POP / BALLAD
Don’t know what happened to this dude. In the 80’s the founder of Atlantic Records said Blakeley was the finest white soul singer he had ever heard. Capitol Records picked him up and took him to the U.S. where they filmed the videos below and then he vanished… never to be seen again
PETER BLAKELEY – CRYING IN THE CHAPEL (Not the Elvis song)
youtube.com/watch?v=_JiX71Qc_AQ
PETER BLAKELEY – YOU NEVER HEARD IT FROM ME
youtube.com/watch?v=_uwRa1HTBhM
PETER BLAKELEY – WHO LET MY SECRET OUT
youtube.com/watch?v=oihyZ_5PpjU
PETER BLAKELEY – FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE (MacColl/Roberta Flack)
youtube.com/watch?v=R4sifu8IL9Y
PETER BLAKELEY – QUICKSAND
youtube.com/watch?v=cR9veZw7YSg
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GIRLY / POP
Some Oz songs that were used in a teen TV series, Dance Academy, some years back. Several of the clips are from an episode where one of the main characters (a terrible dancer who was obsessed with getting into the Dance Academy) finally gets in but dies in an accident before his big performance. (God can be a real bitch at times)
THE JEZABELS - EASY TO LOVE
youtube.com/watch?v=PN3eX5EoLXo
KATE MILLER - THE LAST DAY ON EARTH
youtube.com/watch?v=WtfKmpPeZQs
WHITLEY - MORE THAN LIFE
youtube.com/watch?v=SiBEtSTB0js
BEC SANDRIDGE - OVER THE SEAS
youtube.com/watch?v=aV2fi5xwyUw
SIA – BREATH ME
youtube.com/watch?v=VXaD6VAwjOc
… and the song that started a dance craze back in the late 70’s.
JOHN PAUL YOUNG - LOVE IS IN THE AIR (STRICKLY BALLROOM)
youtube.com/watch?v=IVEJOytWEoU
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The track above – Love in in the Air - was written by Vanda and Young, two members of the The Easybeats, who wrote a stack of awesome hits for all sorts of muso’s including Young’s brothers Angus and Malcom from AC/DC.
60’S ROCK / POP
THE EASYBEATS – FRIDAY ON MY MIND
youtube.com/watch?v=3iW2_Ec3uEU
THE EASYBEATS " I’LL MAKE YOU HAPPY
youtube.com/watch?v=wVx4872Hlbk
THE EASYBEATS – COME AND SEE HER
youtube.com/watch?v=rGfHW-xfy8I
THE EASYBEATS - SORRY
youtube.com/watch?v=drNqZWzj5GY
THE EASYBEATS – SHE’S SO FINE
youtube.com/watch?v=osGm7fIKFZE
THE EASYBEATS – ST LOUIS
youtube.com/watch?v=yD4O-3G9PaU
THE EASYBEATS – GOOD TIMES
youtube.com/watch?v=cNiY0siZY3Y
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and we can’t forget these legends. Before the Beatles… before Zeppelin… there was The Beatnix.
BEATNIX - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I
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PSYCHEDELIC ROCK / PSYCHEDELIC POP
TAME IMPALA – LET IT HAPPEN
youtube.com/watch?v=pFptt7Cargc
TAME IMPALA – THE LESS I KNOW THE BETTER
youtube.com/watch?v=O2lzmpEs29M
TAME IMPALA – CAUSE I’M A MAN
youtube.com/watch?v=hefh9dFnChY
TAME IMPALA – NEW PERSON, SAME OLD MISTAKES
youtube.com/watch?v=784Qdy8YeJ4
TAME IMPALA – YES I’M CHANGED
youtube.com/watch?v=0uts-_rsxPM
TAME IMPALA – CAUSE I’M A MAN (REDUX – HAIM REMIX)
youtube.com/watch?v=3J2I2huV6lE
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