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I always love the #archibaldprize, and this year’s entries and winners were incredible as always. There have been some 90s alternative rock stars that have been captured over the years, none more successful than Bill Leak’s portrait of Tex Perkins. It won the packing room prize in 1997. #texperkins #beastsofbourbon #thecruelsea #billleak #justace90s #ozternative

I love DC by Died Pretty, one of the best songs of

I love DC by Died Pretty, one of the best songs of the 90s, and features Amanda Brown of the GoBetweens. Mark Seymour reckons it is the best Australian love song ever written. BUT - what does DC stand for? I’ve not been able to find out. Anyone know?
#diedpretty #doughboyhollow #ronpeno #markseymour #amandabrown #gobetweens #australianmusic #alternativemusic #ozternative #justace90s
@thediedpretty @ronspenoandthesuperstitions

Retail in the 90s was competitive as there was mor

Retail in the 90s was competitive as there was more physical stores than ever. Many Australian albums came with bonus discs to entice buyers. Then there were shrink wrapped video and t-shirt packs. Still sealed, I imagine it’s worth a little bit of money to someone?
(Thanks to David)
#youami #thehummingbirds #clouds #australianmusic #bonusdisc #hourlydaily #pennycentury #ozternative #justace90s @youami_gbtflou @youamifc @thecloudsaustralia @jodiphillis

Two years before The Honeymoon Is Over, the honeym

Two years before The Honeymoon Is Over, the honeymoon for The Cruel Sea began around 1991. They felt more like the evolution of the old guard, but they would get swept up in the search for Australia’s Nirvana like everyone else. #TheCruelSea #texperkins #thehoneymoonisover #triplej #drummedia #ausmusic #australianmusic #alternativemusic #ozternative #justace90s

The more you learn, the more you realise that you

The more you learn, the more you realise that you don’t know. I love @c.mathieson book on Australian music in the 90s. I didn’t know there was a tie in CD. You really can’t argue with that line up as a one disc overview of the decade. The book seems like it’s out of print, but it’s an essential snap shot of the times. The songs, however, are mostly timeless.

#YouAmI #TheHummingbirds #Ratcat #UndergroundLovers #silverchair #spiderbait #Thesuperjesus #TheCruelSea #Frente #Regurgitator #Clouds #Jebediah #Grinspoon #TheWhitlams #Spiderbait #Tumbleweed #MagicDirt #Powderfinger #Australia #90sAustralia #JustAce90s #Ozternative

Trying to compile a list of all the free street pr

Trying to compile a list of all the free street press in Australia during the 90s. Couldn’t find one online. I have - Sydney: Drum Media, Revolver Melb: Beat, Inpress Perth: X-Press, Brisbane: Time Off, Rave Adelaide: Rip It Up, DB. What am I missing? #drummedia #beat #inpress #timeoff #dbmagazine #streetpress #ozternative #90saustralia

Revisiting this gem of an album, one of the most u

Revisiting this gem of an album, one of the most underrated of the 90s. Their debut Less Is More gets all the plaudits, but I would say 1998’s Come Again, released on Rubber/BMG, is even better. Fun fact - one of the very, very, very few Australian 90s alternative albums where the band appears on the cover. #Even #ComeAgain #LessIsMore #AshNaylor #WallyMeanie #MattCotter #RubberRecords #justace90s #ozternative

Regurgitator did whatever the hell they wanted in

Regurgitator did whatever the hell they wanted in the 90s. What was weird was how people bought into all their silliness - to a point. Take the album cover to Unit - which won the ARIA award for best album art. The design was credited to the Shits, who were Quan Yeomans of the Gurge and Spiderbait’s Janet English. How it took two minds to come up with a circle baffles me. #Regurgitator #Spiderbait #Unit #ARIAAwards #Australianmusic #90smusic #ozternative #justace90s

Summersault 1995/1996 was one of many festivals to

Summersault 1995/1996 was one of many festivals to arrive after The Big Day Out, wanting a bit of that alternative music festival $$. It flopped, in part, due to the lack of local acts who were loyal to the BDO. #summersault #bigdayout #90smusic #AustralianMusic #BeastieBoys #SonicYouth #FooFighters #Pavement #justace90s

Light reading for research. Are there any other ov

Light reading for research. Are there any other overviews of Australian music that cover the 90s? Memoirs not included. #australianmusic #90saustralia #hifidays #bestaustralianalbums #ozternative #justace90s

The poster for the first Homebake. It was delayed

The poster for the first Homebake. It was delayed so the ‘95 was out of date when it was held in 3 Jan 96. Incredible line up for $26. Mud was free for everyone. #youami #silverchair #tumbleweed #powderfinger #magicdirt #spiderbait #screamfeeder #grinspoon #homebake #90smusic #ozternative #australianmusic #justace90s

There are lots of great moments on Clouds’ secon

There are lots of great moments on Clouds’ second proper album Thunderhead, released on Red Eye in 1993 (and in the US on Elektra in 1995). But also, some weird moments. The main problem is it’s 16 tracks. I wonder if we could take all these 90s albums with 16 tracks and make them 10-12 or is that sacrilege? #clouds #theclouds #thunderhead #redeyerecords #elektra #90smusic #australianmusic #ozternative #90saustralia

Sheet music for Frente!’s three big hits from Ma

Sheet music for Frente!’s three big hits from Marvin The Album in 1992, using the photo of @angiehartsmusic from the Clunk EP. Still clearly the exclamation mark days. Three incredible songs. #frente #angiehart #simonaustin #timoconnor #australianmusic #90smusic #ozternative #90saustralian #mushroommusic #marvinthealbum

It’s been 20 Years since Internationalist by @po

It’s been 20 Years since Internationalist by @powderfinger_bandofficial and they just announced an anniversary edition. It collects bsides and demos but what about P2K, the actual physical bonus disc that came with the album and is long out of print? Lots of those great bonus discs are out of print. #powderfinger #internationalist #p2kbonusdisc #90sbonusdiscs #australianmusic #90smusic

This is the highest selling Australian Alternative

This is the highest selling Australian Alternative album of the 90s, now on 6 times platinum and the only band from that scene who scored a US top ten album. Yet, did the frog see any of that money? No, he died without seeing a penny. Sony has a lot to answer for. #silverchair #frogstomp #sony #murmurrecords #australianmusic #90smusic #ozternative

One of the strangest albums of the 90s and ever. T

One of the strangest albums of the 90s and ever. TISM’s Machiavelli and The Four Seasons didn’t feature the band’s name or their songs in the listed tracks. Yet, enough people got the joke for the album to chart at #8 in 1995. #TISM #machiavelliandthefourseasons #ronhutlerbarassi #humphreybflaubert #australianmusic #australiancharts #australianalternative #ozternative #90smusic #90saustralia

Another album lost to the sands of time. Fini Scad

Another album lost to the sands of time. Fini Scad signed to Mushroom, who never quite knew what to do with this Aussie indie scene. They had a massive hit with Coppertone and then went to America to record with a name producer. Wider Screen came out in 1998 but the band broke up shortly after. Who knows what Mushroom was planning for them. I dont think any if the members went on to play music. #FiniScad #Widerscreen #coppertone #mushroomrecords #australianmusic #ozternative #triplej #90smusic #90saustralia

For some reason people remember Brashs as the earl

For some reason people remember Brashs as the early 90s retailer of music in Australia. But where is Chandlers? They even had Max Walker talking them up. They got bought out in 2000 but at their peak they made up 10% of music sold in Australia. #brashs #chandlers #chandlerselectrical #maxwalker #90saustralia #australianmusic #90smusic

Critically acclaimed throughout the 80s, Weddings

Critically acclaimed throughout the 80s, Weddings Parties Anything finally had a hit in 1992, when they changed from Warner to hip indie rooArt. Eye catching single came in a spiral book. A 7 year overnight success story. Happy Father’s Day everyone! #weddingspartiesanything #rooArt #australianmusic #australianalternative #mickthomas #ozternative #90smusic #onehitwonders

The very first issue of Juice Magazine, March 1993

The very first issue of Juice Magazine, March 1993. Inexplicable cover said Jimmy Barnes had gone grunge but inside there were features on Underground Lovers, Frente, Clouds and much more. #juicemagazine #Australianmusic #australianalternative #ozternative #jimmybarnes #90smusic #undergroundlovers #frente #clouds

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