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Friday, May 8, 2026

Inner City Sound: Australian Punk And Post Punk - various artists compilation

 



Disc One

01 Pop Art - Tch-Tch-Tch 

02 Hell Sucks - Sacred Cowboys 

03 C'mon - Wet Taxis 

04 Look At It - Seems Twice 

05 Wild About You - Saints 

06 I Only Panic When There's Nothing to Do - Leftovers 

07 Animal World - Last Words 

08 Task Force - Razar 

09 More Suicides Please - Thought Criminals 

10 My City of Sydney - XL Capris 

11 I Never Thought I'd Find - Manikins 

12 Sex Crimes - Boys Next Door 

13 Column One - Seems Twice 

14 Shivers - Young Charlatans 

15 She's Got the Money - Young Modern 

16 Family Name - Triffids 

17 Girl with a White Stick - Sekret Sekret 

18 Cool in the Tube - Surfside 6 

19 State - Voigt/465 

20 Long Story - Tactics 

21 Red River - Whirlywirld 

22 Do That Dance - Primitive Calculators 

23 Mmmm - Systematics 

24 Recurring Nightmare - Super-K 

25 No Way on Earth - New Christs 

26 Study for Falling Apart - Cough Cough 

27 Death Take Me Now - Black Assassins 

28 Last Kiss - Lonely Hearts 

Disc Two

01 12 Ways To Go - Equal Local 

02 Ghost Beat - Laughing Clowns 

03 Over & Beyond & Through - Poles 

04 This Is My Happy Hour - Scientists 

05 Release The Bats - Birthday Party 

06 Darlinghurst Nights - GoBetweens 

07 Something To Do - Sunday Painters 

08 Talking To Cleopatra - Essendon Airport 

09 Dead Eyes Opened - Severed Heads 

10 Average Inadequacy - Machinations 

11 Stuck On You - Sardine 

12 TV Glue - X (Sydney) 

13 The Slab - Hunters & Collectors 

14 My Confession - End 

15 All Done In - Plug Uglies 

16 All You Wanted - Apartments 

17 Ghost Ships - Saints 

18 Springtime - Lighthouse Keepers 

19 Wild Down Home - Killer Sheep 

20 Making Waves - David Chesworth 


Inner City Sound

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Just Singin' In the Scrum & Local Produce - various Australian artists compilations

 


1 Boys Will Be Boys - Choirboys 

2 Party - Christine Anu 

3 Alone With You - Sunnyboys 

4 Apple Eyes - Swoop 

5 I Want You - Toni Pearen 

6 Wanna Be Up - Chantoozies 

7 Just Like Fire Would - The Saints 

8 Barbados - Models 

9 Happy Birthday Helen - Things Of Stone And Wood 

10 Soul Kind Of Feeling - Dynamic Hepnotics 




1 First Taxi (Do It Again) - The Atlas Strings 
2 Black Stick - Frank Bennett 
3 You're A Dream - Stephen Cummings 
4 Dog's Are The Best People - The Fauves 
5 Dreams Come True - Fragile 
6 You're Too Beautiful - Tex Perkins 
7 Pick You Up - Powderfinger 
8 In Deep - Rebecca's Empire 
9 Bitter - Shihad 
10 Loose Change - Sidewinder 
11 Stash - Smudge 
12 Mission Song - Tiddas 
13 I Remember - Tumbleweed 
14 Not Like You - Ute 
15 Space Madness - The Welcome Mat 


Thursday, April 16, 2026

SAFM 107 Days Of Summer - various artists 80's compilation

 


1 Paul Kelly And The Messengers– Careless

2 Lucinda Williams– Passionate Kisses

3 Nick Barker And The Reptiles– Make Me Smile (Come Up and See)

4 James– Sit Down

5 Choirboys– Empire

6 Ian Moss– Mr Rain

7 Bell Jar – Burn

8 Hunters & Collectors– Ghost Nation

9 Easterhouse– Waiting For The Redbird

10 Kate Ceberano– Brave

11 Icehouse– Touch The Fire

12 Tina Turner– Steamy Windows

13 The Mad Turks*– The Last Time

14 Neil Murray– Let's Fall In Love Again (Just For The Hell Of It)


SAFM 107 Days Of Summer

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

The Soundtracks Collection - Part X

 


This is the tenth installment featuring Australian movie soundtracks.


Angst is a 2000 Australian comedy/romance directed by Daniel Nettheim and written by Anthony O'Connor. It stars Sam Lewis, Jessica Napier and Justin Smith. The story tells of an aspiring horror movie writer who searches for love in a world of heartache, desperation and fluffy toys.

1 David Thrussell– Night Of The Living Latte 1:29

2 Abi Tucker– Home 3:35

3 Snog– Late 20th Century Boy 4:18

4 Pnau– Arthur's Pizza 4:29

5 David Thrussell– Toaster Junkie 1:17

6 Flux – Animal Logic 4:28

7 David Thrussell– Dawn Of The Indecypherables 1:23

8 Simon Day– Collaborator 2:55

9 David Thrussell– Attack Of The Killer Pink Dildo 1:48

10 Wicked Beat Sound System– Holybill 3:47

11 Sonic Animation– I Funk Therefore I Am 4:32

12 Endorphin – Embrace 4:59

13 David Thrussell– Return Of The Daily Dread 2:08

14 Gerling– Breaking The Ant System 4:30

15 David Thrussell– Potato Bong 1:41

16 David Thrussell– Break And Enter 1:38

17 Sonic Animation– ...Or Maybe Not 5:14

18 David Thrussell– Sleeping With Pure Memory 1:22

19 Abi Tucker– Move You 3:11

20 Wicked Beat Sound System– Sinister 3:07

21 Soma– The Winged Measurer 4:13

Angst


Bigger Than Tina is a 1999 Australian film about an aspiring singer-songwriter named Dan Vardy-Cobb living in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, who dreams of success and particularly admires Tina Arena. He is taken on by talent agents Wes Grieves and Jacinta Fellows.

1 The Fauves– Bigger Than Tina II

2 Custard– We Can Get Together

3 The Meanies– Better The Devil You Know

4 Pollyana– State Of The Heart

5 The Fauves– Bigger Than Tina I

6 Mach Pelican– Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again

7 28 Days– We Can't Be Beaten

8 Moler– Science Fiction

9 The Dumpmasters* Featuring DVC*– Love Is Blindness

10 Rebecca's Empire Featuring Dan Vardy Cobb– Sound Of Your Heart

11 Dan Vardy Cobb And The Deeveecees– Crystalized (By Your Touch)

12 Dan Vardy Cobb And The Deeveecees– Goodbye

13 Dan Vardy Cobb And The Deeveecees– Ways Of Love

14 Dan Vardy Cobb And The Deeveecees– Prisoner Of Love

15 Honeysmack Featuring DVC*– Send Me An Angel

16 The Dumpmasters* Featuring DVC*– Love Is Blindness

Bigger Than Tina


Blurred is a 2002 Australian film about groups of school leavers travelling for schoolies week on the Gold Coast. It was directed by Evan Clarry and written by Stephen Davis and Kier Shorey. It was nominated at the 2003 Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Screenplay, Adapted from another Source.

1 "Blurred" Cast– Pigman (Dialogue)

2 Spiderbait– Outta My Head

3 Lash – Take Me Away

4 Lavaland– Everwonder

5 Machine Gun Fellatio– The Girl Of My Dreams (Is Giving Me Nightmares)

6 Butterfly 9– Growing Pains

7 Grace – Good Thing (Aotearoa Remix)

8 Katchafire– Giddy Up

9 J@mes– Lick-A-Lounge

10 K'Lee– 1+1+1 (It Ain't Two)

11 The (International) Noise Conspiracy*– Smash It Up

12 Cartman– Shock (Living Without You)

13 Pollyanna– Rebound Girl

14 Filler – Machines Don't Sleep

15 Giants of Science – Complete This Progression

16 Rocket Science– Hyperspace

17 The Cruel Sea– Three Legged Dog

18 Lazaro's Dog– Home Entertainment System

19 Drag – Secret Design

20 Grinspoon– Chemical Heart (Acoustic Mix)

21 Subware– Come On (JP Mix)

22 "Blurred" Cast– F@!*k Off (Dialogue)

Blurred

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Straight To You - Triple J's Tribute To Nick Cave - various Australian artists

 


Straight to You – Triple J's Tribute to Nick Cave is a series of live concerts and subsequent compilation album and DVD of the concerts. It was designed as a tribute to the career of Nick Cave and consisted of various artist performing songs previously performed by Cave.

The Straight To You concerts was held during Triple J's "Aus Music Month". Performed over two acts it featured a variety of singers in front of a house band. The Backing band was led by Cameron Bruce. Singers participating include Abbe May, Adalita, Alex Burnett, Ben Corbett, Bertie Blackman, Dan Sultan, Jake Stone, Johnny Mackay, Kram, Lanie Lane, Lisa Mitchell, Muscles, Paul Kelly, Tim Rogers and Urthboy. There were 8 concerts held in seven cities from 9–20 November 2011.

The Sydney concert was broadcast nationally on ABC2 TV and Triple J.

A double CD of tracks from the concerts was released in February 2012 and won an ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album. A DVD version of the concert was released in March with footage recorded at The Enmore, Sydney and the Forum, Melbourne.

1-1 Kram – Red Right Hand

1-2 Bertie Blackman And Muscles– Do You Love Me?

1-3 Muscles– I Let Love In

1-4 Abbe May– Lie Down Here (& Be My Girl)

1-5 Alex Burnett – Shivers

1-6 Alex Burnett And Lanie Lane– Where The Wild Roses Grow

1-7 Johnny Mackay– Nick The Stripper

1-8 Johnny Mackay– People Ain't No Good

1-9 Lisa Mitchell – The Ship Song

1-10 Jake Stone– The Weeping Song

1-11 Urthboy– O Children

1-12 Dan Sultan– Deanna

1-13 Tim Rogers – From Her To Eternity

2-1 Abbe May– Depth Charge Ethel

2-2 Adalita– Straight To You

2-3 Lisa Mitchell – Into My Arms

2-4 Paul Kelly – Nobody's Baby Now

2-5 Paul Kelly And Adalita– Lament

2-6 Urthboy– Stagger Lee

2-7 Bertie Blackman– The Mercy Seat

2-8 Kram – Henry Lee

2-9 Kram , Lisa Mitchell And Dan Sultan– There Is A Kingdom

2-10 Lanie Lane– Jack The Ripper

2-11 Dan Sultan– Get Ready For Love

2-12 Adalita– Papa Won't Leave You, Henry

Straight To You




Monday, October 20, 2025

INXS - A Collection

 


INXS (a phonetic play on "in excess") were an Australian rock band, formed as the Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. The founding members were bassist Garry Gary Beers, main composer and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, drummer Jon Farriss, guitarist Tim Farriss, lead singer and main lyricist Michael Hutchence, and guitarist and saxophonist Kirk Pengilly. For 20 years, INXS were fronted by Hutchence, whose stage presence made him the focal point of the band. Initially known for their new wave/ska-pop style, the band then developed a harder pub rock style that included funk and dance elements.

In 1984, INXS had their first number-one hit in Australia with "Original Sin". The band achieved international success in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X, and the singles "What You Need", "Need You Tonight" (the band's only US number-one single), "Devil Inside", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Suicide Blonde" and "New Sensation".

After Hutchence's death on 22 November 1997, INXS made appearances with several guest singers, and toured and recorded with Jon Stevens as lead singer, beginning in 2000. In 2005, members of INXS participated in Rock Star: INXS, a reality television series that culminated in the selection of Canadian J.D. Fortune as their new lead singer. Irish singer-songwriter Ciaran Gribbin replaced Fortune as lead singer in 2011. During a concert on 11 November 2012, INXS stated that the performance would be their last, although they did not announce the band's permanent retirement.

INXS have won six Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards, including three for "Best Group" in 1987, 1989 and 1992; the band were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2001. They have sold over 50 million records worldwide, making them one of Australia's best-selling music acts of all time.





















Monday, October 13, 2025

ReWiggled - A Tribute To The Wiggles - various artists compilation

 


1 The Living End– Hot Potato 1:52

2 Washington – The Monkey Dance 2:22

3 Jebediah– Getting Strong! 1:54

4 Spiderbait– Rock-A-Bye Your Bear 1:50

5 Busby Marou– Dressing Up 2:31

6 Sarah Blasko– I Love It When It Rains 2:47

7 Papa Vs Pretty– Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) 2:02

8 Oh Mercy– Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car 3:36

9 Architecture In Helsinki– Wiggly Party 2:12

10 Frenzal Rhomb– Captain's Magic Buttons 1:18

11 Adalita– Get Ready To Wiggle 3:23

12 Dead Letter Chorus– Wiggle Bay 2:41

13 The Snowdroppers– Wags The Dog 2:53

14 Angie Hart– Our Boat Is Rocking On The Sea 3:01

15 The Audreys– Cowboys And Cowgirls 3:04

16 Sons Of Rico– Shaky Shaky 1:45

17 Paul Greene– Henry's Spinning 3:55

18 Bluejuice– Wake Up Jeff! 1:48

19 Steve Lane And The Autocrats – Fruit Salad 2:36

20 Clare Bowditch– Georgia's Song 2:16


ReWiggled - A Tribute To The Wiggles

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Split Enz - A Collection

 


Split Enz were a New Zealand band formed in 1972 in Auckland. Regarded as the first New Zealand band to gain significant recognition outside of Australasia, they were initially noted for their progressive/art rock sound, flamboyant visual style and theatrical performances. The band later moved toward a pop/new wave sound that yielded hit singles such as "I See Red" (1978), "I Got You" (1980), "History Never Repeats" (1981), "Dirty Creature" (1982) and "Message to My Girl" (1983). The band also released several critically-acclaimed and commercially successful albums, including Mental Notes (1975), Dizrythmia (1977), True Colours (1980) and Time and Tide (1982). Split Enz broke up in 1984. Since that time, the band has staged several brief reunions.