Oceania
The sound of Australia
Isolation produced a pub-rock and garage tradition with a harder edge than its British and American equivalents, and a psychedelic scene that has been unusually productive lately.
963 artists in the catalog.
What Australia does that nowhere else does
Genres far more common here than across the rest of the catalog. The multiplier is how much more common, weighted by how many artists carry it.
Five records to start with
Not a canon — a way in. Each one links to what it is, who it's for and where to go next.
Australian artists worth walking into
Ordered by how much we can tell you, not just by how well-known they are.
AC/DC
blues rock · classic rock
Where to start →Kylie Minogue
dance-pop · electropop
Where to start →Olivia Newton-John
country music · dance-pop
Where to start →INXS
alternative rock · dance-rock
Where to start →Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
alternative rock · experimental rock
Where to start →Sia
electropop · indie pop
Where to start →Tina Arena
pop music · rhythm and blues
Where to start →Midnight Oil
alternative rock · new wave
Where to start →Oren Ambarchi
electronic music
Where to start →Pendulum
Drum and bass electronic rock · alternative rock
Where to start →Slim Dusty
country music
Where to start →King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
garage rock · psychedelic rock
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