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The Down Under Hour 07-01-2026 show 178

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Show 178

It's time to feel good

I Know Where To Go To Feel Good - Vika and Linda, the Bull sisters, from their debut solo album, a 1994 release. The record was co-produced by Paul Kelly, who wrote many of the songs, including this one.

Those Who Came Before - Bananagun, from their 2024 album Why Is the Colour of the Sky?

Same - Courtney Barnett from her album Creature of Habit, which came out in March.

King Gizzards for a day

Grow Wings And Fly - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, we are still playing their only 2025 studio album, Phantom Island.

Astroturf, from 2022, it was on sort of a mini album they put out titled Changes.

Into the vault

In 1978 Sydney session musician Ralph White was hired to go into Albert Studios and make some records to go with this trendy new thing called disco .He spent two days in the studio and made four singles - we heard two

- Strong And Ready

- Fancy Dan.

Ralph White made his disco records in the same studio where AC/DC made their first six albums. Also noteworthy was that his guitarist on the sessions was Tommy Emmanuel.

Familiar faces in new settings

What's That Sound - Snout, led by Ross McLennan, it's the title track of an album they put out in 1994.

Thin Aspirations - Heir To the Squandered Millions, Ross McLennan with a new single by a new band with a new album coming out soon.

In The Pines - Joeys Coop, a new project by Brett Myers, the former guitarist-singer from the band Died Pretty. It's a new song with an old title, the first single from a new album expected soon.

Something new from 1986

Huxton Creepers, they were big in the 1980s, especially in 1986 with their album 12 Days To Paris, which has been reissued to mark 40 years since its first release.We heard:

- Autumn Leaves

- I Will Persuade You

Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp start us off, move us along and tell us when we're done.

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