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"Down
at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,

if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,


look
'em right in the eye and say g'day..."

(Slim Dusty)

Show 178

06-28-2026


07-01-2026


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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