Found this looking through the Ausify website.

I seemed to miss this gem last year.

Ausify is gona be a fun place to go for music for the month. Not sure if it stays up after this month though, i think its tied to the aus music marketing campaign.

Spotify link for SOLON, aka Matt Singmin

Towards the end of the article it is mentioned that they have started a foundation, heres the link. The Afunakwa Foundation

Don't go to the Waltzing Matilda Wikipedia unless you want to get lost in a rabbit hole.

The most recent Australian song on the list is another call to arms disguised as an electronic banger: 2008’s My People by the Presets. Written by Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes, the track is a protest song about Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers. Its lyrics – “I’m here with all of my people / locked up with all of my people” – were written as a declaration of solidarity. “Its political message may be less immediately apparent to listeners today, but its ferocity remains,” the panel said.

This is one of my go to's. Although I didn't realise it was specific to Asylum Seekers in Australia. I'd thought it was about the insane amounts of people (refugees) just sitting in camps wasting away while the world carries on blithely ignoring their cry for help. Cool to find out something new about a song I listen to regularly.

To be eligible, the songs must have been written or co-written by an Australian Apra member, be at least a decade old, and have a demonstrable cultural impact.

While I'm interested in the list as a cultural artifact, and generally think its a good idea. This little note leaves a poor taste in my mouth.

Why should a song have to be from an Apra member. Seems like a private organisation trying to leverage Australian culture to increase lock-in and sustain their own existence without providing any material extra value to their members.

Tactics worthy of Apple, and I can't see why the NFSA should have let themselves be used in this way. If, of course, I have the right of it.

Tullarmarines, daine, theres been some good like a versions this year. Have to double check they can be entered for Lemmyvision next year.

I suppose that Dilan guy kinda filled that role in the 90's and maybe some triple J hosts since then, but yeah nobody has come along ith the right mix. I wouldn't expect them to either, there isn't a single channel that is popular enough or willing to take a risk on an actual character like Molly was.

We need a new Molly Meldrum and Countdown

I listen to Aussie music. But I don't stream because it's garbage now, and radio is worse.

A better campaign would be fixing how we can access the media. Streaming companies and ads are ruining everything.

Have they tried making music that’s any good? There’s a constant stream of wannabe rappers sounding like absolute fuckwits and not a single memorable tune from the lot.

Yeah this seems desperate and delusional. This isn't how you change people's behaviour.

Looks like theres a daily playlist on the site. Might be quite fun.

“This year it’s about being loud and proud about the music we listen to and love.”...

... “I’m calling on everyone to join me in showing their love for Australian music in whatever way they like – tell a friend, get a tattoo, annoy people on the bus by blasting your favourite local track.”

This sounds like a terrible concept to build up Australian music listenership. Not only is it an advertising campaign whose minor positive effects will deteriorate quickly after the advert campaign ends, it also tries to leverage an outgoing boisterousness that isn't really the common way Australians appreciate the things they like. I think we can be more quiet and reserved about the things we genuinely like.

This is dope, I rate the Gizz-style polygondwanaland vibe and the psycheniser video effects.

A lucky Youtube rec I just came across and turned out they were Australian. The new album is good too, still very psychedelic but has a nice heavy guitar tone in parts

This is dope, as is their website. Friends of yours?

I like Powderfinger.

I'm listening to the song Golden Rule right now after reading this news.

I like these kinds of events. Fun night out, might even find a new favourite band or two.

😂 its not real dance if water isn't the most popular drink..

I have a theory that what everyone is drinking at a show can tell you a lot about the mood of a crowd, and based on the stacks of Hard Solo and Walker cans strewn on the streets outside Dom Dolla’s biggest ever show.

Eww!

I prefer my dance music crowds drinking water.

DJ uses AI to remix, becomes popular when algorithms correctly predict very predictable human interests. Takes credit. Profit?

Good for them.

Legendary band :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPjErNRwuoA

Hmm, didn't know about that.