Australians do mix it up a lot and cast a wide net. Half of us have roots in other countries anyway.
I feel we're the ones who can do it. Your average 'Murican will make their favourites playlist with 100% US music.
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I find it crazy how massive King Gizzard is in the United States, compared to how underappreciated they are here. They haven't done a full tour on their home soil in almost six years now. There almost seems to be some cultural cringe about Australian music, but I really don't get it. We export so many good tunes.
I'm just out of touch. I look at the JJJ Countdown each year and rarely recognise any of them. I even listen to them often, but it's pretty rare I'll pick up someone new I want more of.
I don't blame the acts. I'm simply not in that demographic any longer. I listen to plenty of Australian music, but almost all of it is 20-40 years old.
I'm just a filthy American but that makes me so sad because I looove Australian artists. My favorite act lately has been Surprise Chef out of Melbourne.
Genesis Owusu is also making waves. Gordi and Angie McMahon are two of my favorite singersongwriters. I'm never surprised when I find a new band and learn they're Australian.
My company just opened up an office in Sydney and I like Australian culture so much, I thought about begging for a transfer. But I wouldn't want to pollute your shores with my kind.
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The easiest way to listen to good music is to pick your genre on PBS community radio down in Melbourne:
https://www.pbsfm.org.au/programs/list
Click it, find the recent past episodes list, pick a recent episode and click the "listen" icon next to the episode titled.
- Find the show and past episodes
- click the listen icon thats directly next to the title of the episode.
Personally I like Soak for real calming music:
https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/soak
Underground love for really new music:
https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/undergroundlove
And Ear Of The Behearer for really out there psychedelic and experimental music (but maybe skip past the theme song):
https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/ear-of-the-behearer
But if you really only want to listen to Australian artists, there's homebrew:
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