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- Musical languages became increasingly polarised in the 1980s. Former modernists shocked their constituents by cultivating traditional diatonicism for its allegedly simple clarity of expression, and a younger generation enthusiastically followed their lead, contributing to a renewed, vibrant interest in the symphony and other large-scale forms.
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- Corey Irwin
- Pre-1800S: Indigenous Australian Music
- The 1800s: Colonial Composition
- The 1910s: Theatre and Art Music
- The 1960s: Surf Culture and International Influence
- The 1980s: Pub Rock and The Rise of Female Artists
- The 1990s: Introduction of Festivals
- The 2000s: TV Talent Shows and Triple J Hottest 100
Australia’s Aboriginal people are considered to be the longest-surviving culture in the world, so it is no surprise that their musical instruments also stem back tens of thousands of years. You have probably heard of the didgeridoo, which is a hollowed-out tree limb blown through to create a low-pitch sound. But did you know there are many other Ab...
Music in Australia throughout the 1800s was heavily influenced by British colonisation of the country. Convicts and other European immigrants brought songs from their homeland and adapted them to Australian conditions and their new livelihoods. Sea shanties introduced by convicts evolved into bush music or bush ballads. Bush music is focused on the...
The 1910s saw the popularity of variety theatre, which is broadly defined as entertainment featuring a variety of acts such as singing, comic sketches, dancing, animals and magicians. Musical sketches such as The French Conductor, Fun in a Kitchenand The Australian Gold Diggers were performed in Sydney in 1910. However, advancements in technology t...
In the 1960s, Australian music became influenced by international rock music, especially from Britain and the USA. The Beatles and The Rolling Stones took the world by storm in this decade, performing sold-out shows across Australia. The Beach Boys’ genre of surf music was also popular, with “Surfin’ U.S.A” becoming a big hit on the Australian musi...
The 1970s and early 1980s saw the rise of pub rock, with many Australian rock bands becoming popular domestically and abroad. Aussie bands Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Air Supply, INXS and Men at Work had great success, with the latter’s hit song “Down Under” reaching number one on the Billboard charts for four weeks in 1983. Australian female artist...
Music festivals rose to prominence in the 1990s, along with the expansion of the alternative music genre. Headlined by Nirvana, the Big Day Out Festival began in Sydney in 1992, expanding to Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide in 1993 and Auckland and the Gold Coast in 1994. Australian rock festival Homebake was launched in 1996, with Grinspoon, Powderfi...
The early 2000s saw the rise of musical talent shows on free-to-air television, such as Popstarsin 2000, Australian Idolin 2003, The X Factorin 2005 and The Voicein 2012. Triple J’s Hottest 100countdown also rose to prominence in the 21st century. The Hottest 100 countdown is a ranking of the most popular songs released each year, which is based on...
Dec 12, 2022 · Bursting out of Australia's massive pub rock scene, hard-working bands broke through to the American mainstream in 1987. Groups like Dragon and Crowded House were united not by a specific sound, but a new national "self consciousness" and distaste for the zeitgeist.
In the 1980’s the Australian music industry started to gain confidence, developing such distinct Australia styles of music such as the “Australian rock” sound. In 1982, the Australian band Men At Work released the patriotic song Down Under that would go on to become a hit in both the US and the UK.
It has been said that Madonna and Michael Jackson, American singers who were both quite popular in Australia during this time, are major influences for Australian music from the 1980s onwards: in terms of the topics of the songs (nearly every song recorded since 1990 are related to love), the video clips, and the actual styles of music.
Apr 23, 2018 · Australia and New Zealand had long enjoyed vibrant music scenes before the '80s broke, but the decade that brought new wave seemed especially kind to artists from Down Under locales. Artists like INXS , The Church, Crowded House, Rick Springfield and Men at Work combined quirk and a tuneful approach to guitar-based rock to establish a solid ...
