1. ENRIQUE IGLESIAS
2. LUIS MIGUEL
3. CRISTIAN CASTRO
4. CHAYANNE
5. MARCO ANTONIO SOLIS
6. ANA GABRIEL
7. ALEJANDRO FERNANDEZ
8. RICKY MARTIN
9. RICARDO MONTANER
10, SELENA
11. MARC ANTHONY
12. JUAN GABRIEL
13. GLORIA ESTEFAN
14. VICENTE FERNANDEZ
15. SHAKIRA
16. LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE
17. JUAN LUIS GUERRA 440
18. JUANES
19. BANDA EL RECODO DE CRUZ LIZARRAGA
20. INTOCABLE

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Greatest Of All Time Hot Latin Songs

1. PROPUESTA INDECENTE
Romeo Santos

2. A PURO DOLOR
Son By Four

3. SI TU SUPIERAS
Alejandro Fernandez

4. LA TORTURA
Shakira Featuring Alejandro Sanz

5. TE QUIERO
Flex

6. NO ME DOY POR VENCIDO
Luis Fonsi

7. EL PERDON
Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias

8. BAILANDO
Enrique Iglesias Featuring Descemer Bueno & Gente de Zona

9. ME ENAMORA
Juanes

10. ABRAZAME MUY FUERTE
Juan Gabriel

11. AY AMOR
Ana Gabriel

12. SUERTE [WHENEVER, WHEREVER]
Shakira

13. NO ME QUEDA MAS
Selena

14. DE MI ENAMORATE
Daniela Romo

15. GINZA
J Balvin

16. VIVIR MI VIDA
Marc Anthony

17. TE SIGO AMANDO
Juan Gabriel

18. QUE TE PASA
Yuri

19. DANZA KUDURO
Don Omar & Lucenzo

20. Y TU TE VAS
Chayanne

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2. CELINE DION (35 years active) - 260,000,000+ Records

3. MARIAH CAREY (27 years active) - 220,000,000+ Records

4. RIHANNA (11 years active) - 210,000,000+ Records

5. WHITNEY HOUSTON (35 years active) – 200,000,000+ Records

6. BRITNEY SPEARS (18 years active) - 180,000,000+ Records

7. TAYLOR SWIFT (10 years active)- 170,000,000+ Records

8. JANET JACKSON (34 years active)- 160,000,000+ Records

9. BEYONCE (19 years active) – 155,000,000+ Records

10. BARBRA STREISAND (56 years active)- 150,000,000+ Records

11. KATY PERRY (15 years active)- 135,000,000+ Records

12. PINK (21 years active) – 130,000,000+ Records

13. LADY GAGA (11 years active) – 125,000,000+ Records

14. ADELE (10 years active) – 110,000,000+ Records

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Survivors Wilco are putting the fun back in music with a new free album about Star Wars … or cats … or something.
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ROCK

Wilco, Star Wars

(Warner) ****

Everything about this ninth studio set from the Chicago pop-rock institution says “fun”.

There’s that album title, the cover art, the song titles like Random Name Generator and The Joke Explained, the off-the-wall Beefheart guitars and we-just-made-this-up energy of opening instrumental EKG, all 76 seconds of it.

And the fact they didn’t tell the public they had made a record then dropped the album for free to fans at their website, then on streaming services, weeks before it becomes available on CD (on August 21). As founder, singer and guitarist Jeff Tweedy says: “What’s more fun than a surprise?”

DOWNLOAD WILCO’S FREE ‘STAR WARS’ HERE

Why not when a band has survived as long as they have in the high-churn suck-’em-dry-and-spit-them-out world of popular music? Come to think of it, who else has released as many strong albums, and A-grade tunes, as Wilco have in that time?

Star Wars does mark a departure from some of the band’s more carefully crafted studio productions like 2011’s The Whole Love, with a go-for-it and mostly up-tempo approach that feels like there isn’t an overdub in sight. It suggests, in short, a band playing together rather than constructing a recording piece by piece, enjoying leaving plenty of abrasive edges to match the energy of the music.

The band marked their 20th anniversary last year with a box set of rarities and a best-of compilation. Star Wars sends the message that this is a band more comfortable in the now than celebrating its history.

More … is a catchy tune that comes with sharp angles and unexpected twists; Random Name Generator plays with language in the lyrics and phasing effects in the music; The Joke Explained is short, sharp and infectious.

You Satellite is the one longer track that gives room for guitarist Nels Cline to work up the kind of intensity that helps make Wilco’s live shows one of the wonders of the age, while Pickled Ginger makes do with a seriously distorted rhythm guitar and a chugging rhythm guitar before Cline gets all mad professor with his effects rack. It’s almost glam in a Bowie/T. Rex kind of way.

The slow-burn song Where Do I Begin starts out as something closer to the sound fans love from albums like A Ghost is Born, but even that devolves into a coda that feels completely off-the-cuff, like an idea captured by accident on a phone sitting on top of the amp.

This is a band splashing colours on the canvas, gleefully, but it’s still all held together by Tweedy’s songwriting gifts.

You will get no argument from me to the proposition that Jesus Etc (on 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot) is one of the greatest songs anyone has written these past 20 years.

Those seeking something of that kind need to stick around for the album’s final track, Magnetized, which begins with organ chords and an intimate Tweedy vocal before opening out into a majestic pop-rock tune that’s a little bit Abbey Road, a whole lot of Wilco.

Wilco have moved on a long way from the power-pop treats of debut album AM. They’re stillrestless and creative though, and the fact they are still capable of surprising us also explains why they are still around.

Noel Mengel

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ROOTS

Shane Nicholson, Hell Breaks Loose

(Lost Highway) ****

It’s fitting that US songwriter Rodney Crowell shares vocals with Nicholson on a track (One Big Mess) here. That’s the level Nicholson has always aspired to as a writer and this fifth solo album, his first since the breakup of his marriage with Kasey Chambers, firmly establishes him as one of Australia’s finest talents in the crowded singer-songwriter field. There is some heavy soul-searching in the lyrics (see the Elton-esque piano waltz Single Fathers) and no one writes a song like Hell Breaks Loose (“Pull one nail and the house comes down’’) without much they need to get off their chest. But there is a lightness of spirit in Secondhand Man, an airplay friendly starting-over tune where Nicholson searches for blue sky with “The first race never went to plan/I drive all right for a secondhand man.’’ Bury My Guns is a Tom Petty-esque rocker and Eyes On The Prize an old-time bluegrass workout. But first, check Hermannsburg, perhaps the finest song on Nicholson’s strongest album. Fans of Ryan Adams and Crowell will love it.

Noel Mengel

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CLASSICAL

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Brandenburg Celebrates

(ABC Classics) ***1/2

After 25 years producing innovative performances of zip and verve with Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, founding director Paul Dyer has much to celebrate. This program prompted by Senator George Brandis is a fitting anniversary tribute. It is inspiring to see another Australian politician taking direct interest in an arts venture, following Paul Keating’s input to the arts a political generation ago. This time a whole orchestra benefits and the program includes gems from the ensemble’s repertoire. Although Dyer can take the music so fast it blurs, or so slow it plods, on this vibrant celebratory program he delivers a stately Zadok the Priest (Handel) leading to Telemann’s Concerto inE minor for flute, violin and strings

, Geminiani’s Concerto Grosso, Violin Concerto in E minor (Giuseppe Brescianello) and a Vivaldi cello concerto. A commission for this recording, the intriguing, pulsing Prelude and Cube featuring soprano Jane Sheldon, Brandenburg Orchestra and Choir, is an apt finale.

Patricia Kelly

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INDUSTRIAL

Fear Factory, Genexus

(Nuclear Blast) ***1/2

In our brave new world of artificial intelligence, robotics, bionics, nanotechnology and biotechnology, we’re on the threshold of machines becoming human and humans becoming machines (or at least synthetic). This “genesis nexus” is the theme of Fear Factory’s latest, and their industrial-strength jackhammer-like sound is perfectly suited to the future-shock subject matter. Further proving the point, the real live drummer could be mistaken for the drum machine of their last outing, 2012’s The Industrialist. Meanwhile, their human voice, Burton C. Bell, alternates between barking, roaring and Billy Joe Armstrong-style vocals. Song titles such as Autonomous Combat System, Anodized, Soul Hacker and Regenerate give you the idea. “I’m a cyborg as a slave,” Bell rants on the title track. On ProtoMech he laments: “Replace my skin with circuitry … My life is taken to feed the machine.” The last, and most accessible track, Expiration Date is all synthesisers and melodies and offers: “We were never built to last … nobody lives forever.”

John O’Brien

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COMPILATION

David Bowie, Nothing Has Changed

(Parlophone) ****1/2

As an ardent Bowie fan, I can’t see any reason why you would restrict yourself to just these 39 tracks: his albums define the best of the ’70s. That said, the first of these two discs, from Space Oddity to Ashes to Ashes, is an excellent guide to his ever-restless muse. The second disc, an overview of his last 30 years, is good too, if not at the level of the first. Any fresh insights to be had, even for Bowie-philes? How often he used sax to sparkling effect (he was a sax player first): see Changes,Drive-In Saturday, Sorrow, Young Americans, and a brilliant previously unreleased version of All the Young Dudes, recorded for Aladdin Sane but not released when he gave the song to Mott the Hoople. The second CD features his last big hits from the Let’s Dance album but also hard-to-find treats like the single Thursday’s Child from underrated 1999 album Hours, an interesting remix of Love is Lost from 2013 album The Next Day and, most tantalisingly, Sue (Or in a Season of Crime), the single released last year with a bold brass orchestra arrangement. More please!

Noel Mengel

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COUNTRY

Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material

(Mercury/UMA) ****

There is no doubt Kacey Musgraves is a genuine blue-collar country star to rank with Bobbie Gentry, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton. Like them, the 26-year-old Texan is tuneful, fiercely independent and her homespun homilies ring true. Musgraves is different too. Much of the buzz around her striking debut Same Trailer, Different Park (2013) was her identity as trailer park kid who smoked weed, backed gay marriage and wrote about the suffocating boredom of small-town life. Pageant Material is a breezier and sweeter collection which finds Musgraves slipping easily into the string-laden ”countrypolitan’’ style that produced crossover hits for Gentry and Glen Campbell. She now embraces her working class roots (Dime Store Cowgirl, Family is Family) but her barbs are still sly and telling. The title track chides the entertainment industry for putting southern girls ”in a swimsuit on a stage’’ while Good Ol’ Boys Club finds Musgraves dissing Nashville and Taylor Swift by refusing to be “another gear in a big machine’’. A delight.

David Costello

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ROCK

Suze DeMarchi, Home

(Social Family Records) **1/2

The concept album is back. After living overseas for the best part of 20 years, Baby Animals singer Suze DeMarchi has returned to Australia and Home, appropriately, is a covers album on the theme of home. One of its three duets is a rote reprise of DeMarchi’s RockWiz cover (with Tex Perkins) of The Letter, a hit for the Boxtops and Joe Cocker. Alas, it pales alongside both of those definitive versions. Also expendable is a duet on The Clash’s Safe European Home with Melbourne
rocker Dallas Frasca, which soundsmore like a collision involving Suzi Quatro and Meat Loaf. The best duet is with Russell Morris on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Our House, eschewing the saccharine harmonies of the original for a warmer, natural vocal blend. Elsewhere there are faithful takes on Ryan Adams’ Come Home, Sheryl Crow’s Home and Adele’s Hometown Glory. A version of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s The House is Rockin’
, featuring Jimmy Barnes and Diesel, steers DeMarchi closer to her roots, but overall Home wears out its welcome way too soon.

Phil Stafford

www.news.com.au/entertainment/music

YouTube’s 100 most LIKED videos of all time (as of July 2015).

Top 20:

1. PSY – GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) M/V
2. Wiz Khalifa – See You Again ft. Charlie Puth…
3. Taylor Swift – Blank Space
4. Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars
5. Ylvis – The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)
6. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass
7. Katy Perry – Roar
8. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
9. PSY – GENTLEMAN M/V
10. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – THRIFT SHOP FEAT. WANZ
11. Katy Perry – Dark Horse (Official) ft. Juicy J
12. Justin Bieber – Baby ft. Ludacris
13. Maroon 5 – Sugar
14. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud [Official Video]
15. Pharrell Williams – Happy
16. OneRepublic – Counting Stars
17. Sia – Chandelier
18. LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock
19. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood ft. Kendrick Lamar
20. Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball

Top 100 Most Liked

100. Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines ft. T.I., Pharrell
99. Charlie bit my finger – again !
98. LMFAO – Sexy and I Know It
97. Rihanna – Stay ft. Mikky Ekko
96. Katy Perry – Wide Awake
95. Crystallize – Lindsey Stirling (Dubstep Violin Original Song)
94. Justin Bieber – As Long As You Love Me ft. Big Sean
93. AronChupa – I’m an Albatraoz
92. One Direction – Little Things
91. Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me
90. Taylor Swift – Style
89. [Official Video] Daft Punk – Pentatonix
88. Imagine Dragons – Demons (Official)
87. Eminem – The Monster (Explicit) ft. Rihanna
86. Somebody That I Used To Know – Walk off the Earth
85. will.i.am – Scream & Shout ft. Britney Spears
84. Selena Gomez – Come & Get It
83. David Guetta – Titanium ft. Sia
82. SKRILLEX – Bangarang feat. Sirah
81. Pitbull – Timber ft. Ke$ ha
80. Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are
79. One Direction – Steal My Girl
78. #SELFIE (Official Music Video) – The Chainsmokers
77. P!nk – Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess
76. Sia – Elastic Heart feat .Shia LaBeouf & Maddie Ziegler
75. Sam Smith – Stay With Me
74. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – CAN’T HOLD US FEAT. RAY DALTON
73. Major Lazer & DJ Snake – Lean On (feat. MØ)
72. Shakira – Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)…
71. Mike WiLL Made-It – 23 (Explicit) ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa…
70. Demi Lovato – Heart Attack
69. One Direction – One Thing
68. Calvin Harris – Summer
67. Jennifer Lopez – On The Floor ft. Pitbull
66. Naughty Boy – La La La ft. Sam Smith
65. Katy Perry – Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
64. Disney’s Frozen “Let It Go” Sequence Performed by Idina Menzel
63. One Direction – One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
62. Coldplay – Paradise
61. One Direction – Kiss You (Official)
60. DJ Snake, Lil John – Turn Down for What
59. Christina Perri – A Thousand Years
58. Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants
57. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang…
56. Katy Perry – Firework
55. Lorde – Royals (US Version)
54. One Direction – You & I
53. Shakira – Can’t Remember to Forget You ft. Rihanna
52. Justin Bieber – Boyfriend
51. Shakira – La La La (Brazil 2014) ft. Carlinhos Brown
50. Eminem – Rap God (Explicit)
49. Ariana Grande -Break Free ft. Zedd
48. Demi Lovato – Let It Go (from “Frozen”)
47. Miley Cyrus – We Can’t Stop
46. One Direction – Live While We’re Young
45. Iggy Azalea – Fancy (Explicit) ft. Charli XCX
44. Rihanna Diamonds
43. Ellie Goulding – Burn
42. Adele – Someone Like You
41. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
40. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
39. Jason Derulo – “Wiggle” feat. Snoop Dogg
38. Justin Bieber – Beauty And A Beat ft. Nicki Minaj
37. Avicii – Wake Me Up (Official Video)
36. MAGIC! – Rude
35. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
34. Bruno Mars – The Lazy Song
33. Ariana Grande – Problem ft. Iggy Azalea
32. Martin Garrix – Animals (Official Video)
31. Adele – Rolling in the Deep
30. Enrique Iglesias – Bailando (Español) ft. Descemer Bueno…
29. One Direction – Best Song Ever
28. Eminem – Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna
27. John Legend – All of Me
26. Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat Kimbra)
25. Passenger – Let Her Go [Official Video]
24. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do
23. One Direction – Story of My Life
22. Eminem – Not Afraid
21. One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful

YouTube’s 100 most DISLIKED videos of all time (as of July 2015).

Top 20:

1. Justin Bieber – Baby ft. Ludacris
2. Friday – Rebecca Black
3. PSY – GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) M/V
4. Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball
5. Miley Cyrus – We Can’t Stop
6. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
7. Strong
8. Nicki Minaj – Stupid Hoe (Explicit)
9. Rebecca Black – My Moment
10. Justin Bieber – Boyfriend
11. PSY – GENTLEMAN M/V
12. Justin Bieber – Beauty And A Beat ft. Nicki Minaj
13. Justin Bieber – One Time
14. Katy Perry – Dark Horse ft. Juicy J
15. Ylvis – The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)
16. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
17. PSY – HANGOVER feat. Snoop Dogg M/V
18. Justin Bieber – Never Say Never ft. Jaden Smith
19. Kanye West – Bound 2 (Explicit)
20. Wheels On The Bus | Plus Lots More Nursery Rhymes

Top 100 Most Disliked

100. Pharrell Williams – Happy
99. mandamentos do rei do camarote
98. LMFAO – Sexy and I Know It
97. Selena Gomez – Come & Get It
96. Justin Bieber – Never Let You Go
95. Jason Derulo – “Wiggle” feat. Snoop Dogg
94. Miley Cyrus – Party In The U.S.A.
93. bet you can’t watch this without laughing
92. ZEBRA HICKEY – Garfunkel and Oates Video
91. Shakira – La La La (Brazil 2014) ft. Carlinhos Brown
90. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
89. will.i.am – Scream & Shout ft. Britney Spears
88. 20 Surprise Eggs, Kinder Surprise Cars 2 Thomas…
87. O.T. Genasis – CoCo
86. Ariana Grande -Break Free ft. Zedd
85. Рома Жёлудь – LIKE
84. Me singing Should’ve Said No by Taylor Swift
83. Beyoncé – 7/11
82. Cortex clash cyprien le mongolien !!!
81. IceJJFish – On The Floor…
80. Ariana Grande – Problem ft. Iggy Azalea
79. 80 Surprise eggs, Маша и Медведь Kinder Surprise…
78. Enrique Iglesias – Bailando (Español) ft. Descemer Bueno…
77. Saturday – Rebecca Black & Dave Days
76. Lorde – Royals (US Version)
75. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
74. Justin Bieber – One Less Lonely Girl
73. Adele – Rolling In The Deep (Cover)
72. kesha tik tok (cover)
71. Lady Gaga – Judas
70. Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines ft. T.I., Pharrell
69. Rebecca Black ‘Friday’ Acoustic Version
68. Mark Ronson – Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars
67. Shakira – Can’t Remember to Forget You ft. Rihanna
66. Disney’s Frozen “Let It Go” Sequence Performed by Idina Menzel
65. Alison Gold – Chinese Food
64. FROZEN – Let It Go Sing-along | Official Disney HD
63. Sia – Chandelier
62. Iggy Azalea – Fancy (Explicit) ft. Charli XCX
61. KONY 2012
60. ~YouTube Worst Video of All Time~ vote 1 star, leave comment
59. Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
58. Cher Lloyd – Swagger Jagger
57. Nicki Minaj – Beez In The Trap (Explicit) ft. 2 Chainz
56. The Gummy Bear Song – Long English Version
55. Sophia Grace “Girls Just Gotta Have Fun”
54. “Color Songs Collection Vol. 1” – Learn Colors, Teach Colors…
53. #SELFIE – The Chainsmokers
52. Neutral Response
51. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood ft. Kendrick Lamar
50. Charlie bit my finger – again !
49. Play Doh Ice cream cupcakes playset playdough by…
48. Colibritany – Mi Sexy Chambelán
47. Nicki Minaj – Super Bass
46. We Are One (Ole Ola) [The Official 2014 FIFA World Cup…
45. Rihanna – Pour It Up (Explicit)
44. Best Sex Ever!!!
43. Britney Spears, Iggy Azalea – Pretty Girls
42. Justin Bieber – Mistletoe
41. Madonna – Bitch I’m Madonna ft. Nicki Minaj
40. One Direction – Best Song Ever
39. Justin Bieber – As Long As You Love Me ft. Big Sean
38. E.T. (Cover) Katy Perry…
37. Money Boy – Dreh den Swag auf
36. Justin Bieber – Confident ft. Chance The Rapper
35. Justin Bieber – Somebody To Love Remix ft. Usher
34. PULCINO PIO – El Pollito Pio
33. Nicole Westbrook – It’s Thanksgiving
32. Katy Perry – Roar (Official)
31. LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!
30. Miley – Cyrus – Adore You
29. Avril Lavigne – Hello Kitty
28. Jennifer Lopez – Booty ft. Iggy Azalea
27. One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
26. Bieber After the Dentist
25. Mike WiLL Made-It – 23 (Explicit) ft. Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa…
24. Taylor Swift – Blank Space
23. Маша и Медведь – Маша плюс каша (Серия 17)…
22. PSY (ft. HYUNA) 오빤 딱 내 스타일
21. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass

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Rough time … Singer Florence Welch has bounced back after a stressful year.
Source: News Limited

Oh, the party was held at Taylor Swift’s $ 20 million dollar New York apartment. And Reese Witherspoon, Lena Dunham and Spike Jonze were also there.

As well as a slice of pizza, Welch was nursing a freshly broken heart.

“I’d been talking to Spike Jonze about relationships,” Welch recalls. “Taylor said ‘Come over here, tell me all about it’. I ended up telling her everything about my relationship until five in the morning. And she gave me some really good relationship advice. She’s really good at relationship advice, as you can imagine she would be. She’s very clever. She understands. She made some really good points.”

Highs and lows … Florence & the Machine’s new album touches on some heavy topics.
Source: Supplied

Swift and Welch bonded in what was Florence’s belated gap year. After two Florence & the Machine albums Lungs (2009) and Ceremonials (2011) prompted heavy sales (over five million combined) and heavy touring, Welch knew it was time to decompress.

The British musician decamped to Los Angeles for a lost weekend with band mate and co-writer Isabella Summers. That weekend took up most of 2014 and involved heavy partying, heavier drinking and exploring LA with Neil Young records as the soundtrack.

Welch, 28, said the year also involved a breakdown, but knows that word instantly creates headlines.

Girly time … Florence Welch has been getting love advice from superstar Taylor Swift.
Source: Getty Images

“I don’t know what I’d classify it as, I know ‘breakdown’ gets thrown around a lot. It was a confusing time. There were real highs and with that came the low.”

2014 was the first time in years Welch wasn’t living life according to a schedule.

“I’d come off basically a five-ear tour that started when I was 21,” she says. “I was struggling to figure out what it was I liked outside of that and who I wanted to be. When you’ve performed and given so much and it’s been up up up constantly you never really have to face yourself.

“There’s always a gig at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what’s happened in your personal life. It doesn’t matter how much you’ve partied as long as you can do the gig well everything’s fine. And then you go to the next place.

“There’s this transient thing which means you never have to face yourself. You don’t really get a chance to grow up either. I had to face myself and some of the things I was dealing with. Is that a breakdown?”

Easy Flo … Florence Welch says she took a year off to decompress from five years of touring.
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The original plan for her year off was to wind down and write a third album without the pressures of touring to contend with.

“I thought I’m going to have this nice life, maybe have a relationship, maybe I’ll party because I don’t have any work and that’s what I like to do. And for some reason I couldn’t make it work. I realised there’s a lot of stuff I hadn’t been dealing with because I’d literally been swept up at the age of 21. S—, maybe I just need to figure out how to be a human?”

Songs were written during her break and Welch went to meet a potential producer, Markus Dravs. He produced the first two Mumford & Sons records, ironically, her usual producer James Ford replaced Dravs for Mumford’s third album.

“We’d never really hung out,” Welch says of Dravs. “I was a f—ing mess when we met to talk about him making the record. I was all over the place. The songs, some were like Ceremonials, some were totally bat s—, some were very intimate songs that were about things happening right then, very close to events going on.

“Markus said ‘You’re a mess, this is a big mess, come in and do a trial run with me’. So I went into the studio and he just shut the door and said ‘OK we’re going to make the record now’. If you want to know what a producer does, that’s what they do. He tricked me into making the record!”

Classic Flo … Florence & the Machine’s first two albums sold over five million copies globally.
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The resulting third Florence & the Machine album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is the first where Welch didn’t work with multiple producers.

Dravs also banned Welch from writing water references in her lyrics — a recurring theme on Ceremonials.

“He put a pint glass in the studio that said ‘Water to drink from, not write about’,” Welch laughs. “Ceremonials was about overwhelming emotions and water. So much of that. I do experience quite intense emotions, water is symbolic of that.

“On this album, having some time away from the spotlight and performing I felt I had more clarity in what I was feeling. It wasn’t as necessary to use water as a tool. It’s a way of hiding what’s going on. You can describe things in very broad, large, oceanic terms without saying ‘This is how I feel’.”

Hippy vibe … Florence Welch makes an impression at Coachella. Picture: Instagram
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When Welch started writing more direct lyrics, she knew she had the master of the genre, Taylor Swift, to turn to. Swift told her she had to write about what is happening in her life.

“It’s obviously not completely literal, otherwise I’d be singing: ‘And I cried on the sofa for ages’,” Welch says. “You have to describe things everyone’s gone through but you can use your own language. I perhaps felt things with more clarity. During the making of Ceremonials I was all swept up in touring and gigs. The feelings I had were all quite murky. I was confused.

“This time having tried to figure out things outside of touring I saw things more clearly — I’m angry, I’m sad, I’m super happy. The feelings had more edge to them. Because they were more direct to me they came out more directly.”

So direct, Welch even used her own London home as the set to film the video for single Ship to Wreck. The clip recreates some of the wild house parties Welch had during her downtime.

“The song is about me being at odds with myself in my own space,” she says. “I wanted to create a space which was a calm sanctuary. But then I’d have an enormous party which would go for three days with loads of people I didn’t even know. Then I’d wake up and the house would be flooded and there’d be a dog running around with half a feather boa in its mouth. Or someone’s got a black eye.

She’s back … Florence Welch is feeling recharged.
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“I wanted to make myself happy in the time off but what did I like? Who am I? Do I want to be a chaotic person or do I want to be a quiet, calm and nurturing person? There was this ongoing conflict with myself and that happened very much in a domestic setting. That’s what this song is about — Why do I do this stuff to the things I love? I obviously really want this, why do I mess it up? You hold on to something so hard and it breaks.”

Welch thought filming the video in her house would make sense.

“I didn’t understand what a skeleton crew meant. I thought that was four people. I turned up at home and there were a hundred people there. A skeleton of what? A woolly mammoth?

“I must really like to make myself feel uncomfortable. I’m always pushing myself. When I get to a video set I think ‘Why don’t I just do a nice video where I have a lovely time and I cuddle someone?’ And it’s always my idea as well. Why have I have done this to myself again! I have to remember to do a nice video where everything’s chilled not create a version of hell in my own living room.”

Not easy … Florence Welch has a tricky relationship with fame.
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Florence and fame don’t sit together too well, in the past she’s taken her image to extremes (dyed hair, dyed eyebrows, heavy make up) to build up a wall for protection. For How Big’s artwork you get a nearly natural Welch.

“I’ve just got back to London and I’m seeing the album posters and there’s big pictures of my actual face everywhere,” she says. “That’s good, I did want to portray something that was natural and me. But now I’m thinking I may have shot myself in the foot a bit because everyone’s going to know what I actually look like!

“I don’t know how that’s going to affect my level of fame. For me, when I start to feel famous, and I’m doing air quotes, it only represents a rising level of anxiety. It’s not really a good feeling. I only associate it with feeling a bit exposed. And of course on this record there’s that layer of costume or creation that’s been stripped away.”

She may not court fame, but she’s courted by the famous.

As well as bonding with Taylor Swift, Florence’s music has just been sampled by Rihanna for a new song (“it sounded great”) while Beyonce has said she rages with the Machine, regularly.

“There’s not many moments in my day when I feel cool,” Florence says of being on Bey’s iPod, “but that’s one.”

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (Universal) out tomorrow.

Florence & the Machine, Splendour in the Grass, July 25, sold out. Palais Theatre, Melbourne, July 22. State Theatre Sydney, July 23. Tickets available by ballot — sign up at www.florence.lanewaypresents.com by midday today.

Seated Flo: This is how you rock out on a stool with a broken foot. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
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FOOT SOLDIER

FLORENCE Welch left Coachella this year with a serious souvenir — a broken foot.

“People were taking their clothes off in the audience, so I thought I should take my shirt off,” she says. “As I took my shirt off I just realised ‘Oh, I’ve just taken my shirt off in front of loads of people I better jump off this stage quite quickly’ and then I felt something go pop. But I just kept on running. I landed a bit funny. You have to land one foot after the other. I landed really hard on both feet. It was a pretty substantial break and the only thing I could do to mend it was rest. I’m just not very good at resting.”

Welch has downsized to a mini moon boot and is healing well.

“The body is a magical thing. I do forget thought sometimes and try to dance.”

It meant she had to do performances to promote How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful sitting on a stool.

“We would have done them fully guns blazing, but because I had to sit down and it created this intimacy with the audience. It was a really beautiful way to promote this record, especially as it as more intimate record and more closely connected with who am I as a person rather than a performer. I would f—ing love it if I didn’t have a broken foot it was s—ty but we actually realised that’s how we should have done the gigs anyway.”

Will Australia see a more subdued Florence?

“I maybe just won’t jump as high on two feet. I doubt I’ll be any more restrained. I know myself, having a bit of time away only means you come back to it with more ferocity. I’ve been like that with every aspect of my life. Every time you have a bit of time off from something it doesn’t mean when you go back to it it’s more mellow.”

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T10:
8-6-7-7-3-2-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-5-5-9-OUT
PLUS 5 OUT OF ORIGINAL T10 RUN

30 total T10
58 weeks total

8-9-6-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-5-6-9-10-8-10-OUT
PLUS 4 OUT OF ORIGINAL T10 RUN

29 total T10
68 weeks total

87 weeks total, but not even 25 in the T10 contender for T10 all time

65-18-8-5-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2

22 weeks T10 SO FAR (will easily get 25+ due to radio and streaming)

Has spent all but one week of its existence in the T20. Will have a super slow fall due to the slow build. Can it beat out "Smooth" and perhaps even "The Twist?" (The Twist used a different formula due to the lack of Soundscan so not sure how to represent its run here…)

The current T10 of all time according to Billboard up to 2013 is this:

1. The Twist (1960)
2. Smooth (2000)
3. Mack the Knife (1959)
4. How Do I Live (1997)
5. Party Rock Anthem (2011)
6. I Gotta Feeling (2009)
7. Macarena (1998)
8. Physical (1981)
9. You Light Up My Life (1977)
10. Hey Jude (1968)

Hey Jude is (unfortunately) going to be replaced during the next update by either Radioactive or Uptown Funk. Just the question is, how high will UF! or Radioactive go?

I predict this for the next update in 2018:

1. The Twist (1960)
2. Uptown Funk! (2015)
3. Smooth (2000)
4. Mack the Knife (1959)
5. How Do I Live (1997)
6. Party Rock Anthem (2011)
7. I Gotta Feeling (2009)
8. Macarena (1998)
9. Physical (1981)
10. Radioactive (2013)

ATRL – Charts

Industry favourite … AC/DC has been selected Australian music’s favourite local band.
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National music writer Cameron Adams asked the biggest names in Australian music for their picks to come up with the definitive list.

150 musicians – everyone from Judith Durham to Kylie Minogue, Darren Hayes to John Farnham and Kate Ceberano to Megan Washington – took our survey. Here are the results, and the reasons these bands have entertained and inspired audiences worldwide.

Who else made the grade? See below for the bands that made up Numbers 21 to 50.

One constant … Iva Davies is a stalwart member of Icehouse.
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21. ICEHOUSE

With Iva Davies as the one constant, Icehouse went from covers band to icy cool electro chart toppers, before swapping the Fairlight (technology they were among the first to embrace) for the guitar and mullet as globe conquering rockers. After a long break, they’re back on the road again without ever joining the retro circuit.

Sneaky Sound System are huge Icehouse fans. “Iva’s music and production has stood the test of time,” says Sneaky’s Angus McDonald. Boss.”

Sneaky singer Connie Mitchell loves their ‘well-crafted’ songs. “Hey Little Girl is hauntingly beautiful. I like the light with which they painted Australia in their music, a softer gentler Australia, ‘cause boy we were pretty rough in the 80s!”

Kate Ceberano says Iva Davies is “Australia’s version of David Bowie … At least to me. Orchestral and avant-garde.”

Musician Michael Paynter went from fan to Icehouse band member when Davies recruited him to join Icehouse on stage four years ago. “I’ve won the gig lottery,” he says. “Iva is one of the greatest songwriters to have ever come from our country.”

Best of the west … Tame Impala hail from Perth
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21. TAME IMPALA

Formed in 2007, and with just two albums so far (another due this year) Australia’s musicians fell fast and hard for Kevin Parker’s music.

“They exemplify the uncanny ability Australian bands have to produce work that is ahead of the curve,” says Melbourne muso Ben Abraham.

“Kevin has an amazing melodic and harmonic sense that blows me away,” says Joel Quatermain of Eskimo Joe. “I think the next album is going to raise the bar for Australian music.”

“Kevin Parker is a very clever boy,” says Melbourne singer and songwriter Rebecca Barnard. “ Great melodies and musicianship.“

Early hipsters … Daddy Cool, with frontman Ross Wilson left.
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22. DADDY COOL

Formed in Melbourne in 1970, Daddy Cool were the first Australian band to sell over 100,000 copies of an album.

“They just had fab songs, simple as that,” Colleen Hewett says.

“They were quirky yet so cool,” notes Mike Brady. “They always blew audiences away. “

“Daddy Cool were completely unique and one of our best shots at world domination,’’ recalls Brian Cadd. “Can’t believe they didn’t conquer America.”

Just as Daddy Cool’s Ross Wilson continues to be inspired by new music (he is a huge fan of the Preatures) it goes both ways for the next generation.

“Ross Wilson is an incredibly versatile and talented songwriter whose music never ceases to astound me,” says Megan Washington

23. THE LOVED ONES

Their career really only stretched from 1965 to 1967, but those two years left enough of an impression to still be cited as one of our favourite Australian bands, with hits including Ever Lovin’ Man and The Loved One, later covered by INXS.

“They only had one album but what an absolute classic,” says Iva Davies of Icehouse.

“Really out there. Helped pave the way for INXS in my opinion,” Doug Parkinson says.

“There still hasn’t been a more original Aussie rock recording than The Loved One,” states Brian Cadd.

Hoodoo Gurus’ Dave Faulkner was heavily inspired by the band. “When I was 21 years old I walked into Bleecker Bob’s in New York City, which at that time was probably the coolest record shop on the planet,” Faulkner recalls. “Bleecker Bob himself didn’t suffer fools gladly, and when he noticed my Aussie accent the first thing he said was “You’re Australian — do you like The Loved Ones?”. Lucky for me, I gave the right answer otherwise I reckon he would have turfed me out into the street. Most serious rock ‘n’ roll fans know that The Loved Ones’ Magic Box is one of the best Australian records ever made. It was their only album and it has never been out-of-print since it was released in 1967. No-one’s beaten it yet in my opinion.”

Punk royalty … The Saints.
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24. THE SAINTS

Founded in 1974, their 1976 single (I’m) Stranded was released before the Sex Pistols and the Clash would make what was known as punk. They’ve continued in different formations, with Bruce Springsteen covering their `80s hit Just Like Fire Would on an album last year. Tellingly, most of their votes came from people born long after their debut, including The Veronicas.

“The original bad boys but I just love the songs,” says Isabella Manfredi of the Preachers. “Ed Kuepper is up there for me with Australia’s great guitarists.”

“They released (I’m) Stranded the same year The Sex Pistols released Anarchy in the U.K and The Ramones released Blitzkrieg Bop,” says James Tidswell of Violent Soho. “I pretty much like all of their albums regardless of the line up. Definitely the best band from Brisbane.”

“Paralytic Tonight Dublin Tomorrow was really important for me,” Mick Thomas says. “The band was wild but all of a sudden melody and songwriting were important again.”

The last word goes to Adalita. “The Godfathers of Australian punk, that’s why.”

25. EMPIRE OF THE SUN

Their debut album Walking on the Dream saw Luke Steele (The Sleepy Jackson) and Nick Littlemore (Pnau) combine to get instant global attention, something they managed to hold with the follow-up Ice on the Dune. They’ve since written with everyone from Beyonce to Usher to Groove Armada.

“Far more deserving of the accolades that have been given to other Australian artists of late, Empire of the Sun managed to produce cool, catchy tunes that will be heard all over the world for years to come,” says Kris Schroeder of the Basics.

“I think these guys shook things up a bit too with the playfulness and all out catchy pop,” says Melbourne muso Ben Abraham.

“I love everything about them,” notes Ricki-Lee. “Not only the incredible music but the crazy costumes, the amazing theatrics of their live shows, the outrageous videos! Everything is so out of the ordinary and I love that. Alive is my favourite song — it’s so epic.”

First lady of Aus rock … Suze DeMarchi with the Baby Animals.
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26. BABY ANIMALS

Formed in 1989, the Baby Animals’ self-titled 1991 debut went eight times platinum in Australia and provided a string of hits which still sound impressive. The band reformed in 2007 and released a long-awaited third album in 2013.

“They should have been massive,” says ex AC/DC member Mark Evans. “Massive!”

“Great Aussie rock songs and a fantastic front lady in Suze DeMarchi,” says John Swan.

“Suze — what a great singer,” says Mahalia Barnes. “She was someone I really looked up to growing up. I was lucky enough to get to watch these guys live a fair bit as a kid as they toured with dad. Dave Leslie, is an amazing guitarist, great fun too. But most importantly, great songs!”

“Suze DeMarchi is one of the best female rock voices I’ve heard,” says Keith Potger of the Seekers. “It’s wonderful news they are touring again.”

27. THE GO BETWEENS

Brisbane’s The Go-Betweens weren’t just critics’ darlings, they were a major influence on their peers, even if they never achieved the mainstream success they courted in the late `80s.

“Classic, Australian pop,” says Lisa Mitchell of the Go-Betweens, the first band that came to mind when picking favourites.

“The slow unfolding that was my education in The Go Betweens went from my own quiet discovery and fascination, to realising that they were loved by all and sundry and had laid the very paving that bands like mine trod upon,” says Frente’s Angie Hart.

Musician Scott Spark, from Brisbane, is one of many touched by the The Go-Betweens’ way with words. “I knew the smell and sight of sugarcane crops burning, and the taste of it, chewing the stuff whilst sitting cross-legged on the trampoline after school. So Grant McLennan’s Cattle and Cane was my world too. And just like Grant, I was torn being wanting to belong and the desire to escape.”

Former Magic Dirt singer Adalita is also a convert. “Immaculate band, immaculate songs, their music makes me happy.”

Sandgroper … Late singer David McComb on stage with The Triffids.
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28. THE TRIFFIDS

And after the Go-Betweens we complete the set of arguably Western Australia’s most influential band, fronted by the late, great David McComb.

Alex Gow is one of countless musicians changed forever by encountering the Triffids’ music. “The songs of David McComb and The Triffids are timeless. A constant companion,” Gow says. “The sound is dizzying. It’s expressive, other worldly and arguably naive. The organ, the chorus laden telecaster and pedal steel are icy, yet hit you hot as hell. The sound is naked. It’s body beautiful, adolescent and unashamed. The violin, the drama. It’s ancient music, timeless music. David’s writing is kilometres ahead of the pack. Still is. It’s desperate, dangerous, romantic, fully formed. It’s a sound that crawled through my eye sockets and burrowed in my temples. It lingers, it always will.”

Angie Hart points to Wide Open Road and Raining Pleasure as “raw and rugged” Australian anthems plus “David McComb had the sexiest sibilance I’ve ever heard.”

Vanessa Thornton of Jebediah says The Triffids “sound and feels like my hometown of Perth, but also like a band in a van on the road. Two of my favourite things in the past 20 years.”

Melbourne musician David Bridie says the Triffids “did wall of sound better than most. They also made inroads in Europe. Wide Open Road, Trick of the Light and Bury Me Deep in Love are amongst the great Australian songs. Born Sandy Devotional is not only a great album but has one of the best album titles. David McComb’s early death was a sad loss, their vision has continued with some fine work by the Blackeyed Susans and some Triffids tribute shows.”

29. HUNTERS AND COLLECTORS

Another band with a varied trajectory, the Hunters and Collectors began in Melbourne in 1981 as an underground act and by the time they disbanded in 1998 they’d become commercial rock radio staples and had their song Holy Grail seized by the AFL. After a few reformations, the band did what they claim was one final victory lap around Australia last year, thrilling fans new and old with the tour they never thought they’d see.

“Great songs, great live band, love the rawness,” says Pseudo Echo’s Brian Canham.

“Hearing Hunters and Collectors reminds of the (Crystal) Ballroom and those early punk beginnings in Melbourne,” says Kate Ceberano.

30. THE DINGOES

This Melbourne based country rock band, fronted by Broderick Smith, operated between 1973 and 1979 and are probably best known for the song Way Out West. Their peers have no doubt how influential they were on the Australian music scene, and the band were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2009 as well as reforming for a new album and tour.

“I think it is important that we all acknowledge that The Dingoes were the founding fathers of our most important subculture which came to be known as Oz Rock,” says Richard Clapton. “They clearly influenced all the Australian artists who followed in their wake and wrote about our own country rather than plagiarising songs and topics from overseas.”

James Reyne, who’d later cover Way Out West, pinpoints his love of the Dingoes as being due to “great songs, great playing and the great Broderick Smith.”

Mick Thomas notes “The first Dingoes album was really important for me and I think pretty influential with a whole generation of Melbourne songwriters. It was an honour to open for them when they first reformed a couple of years back.”

31. HOODOO GURUS

Arrived in 1981 with a bang that’s not left them since. “The essence of everything pub rock had to offer with a camp twist and too much paisley,” says Darren Hayes. “And I love it all.” Vanessa Thornton from Jebediah loves the fact the Gurus still deliver live and make new music. “If I had to pick a band I would like to follow in the footsteps of, it would definitely be Hoodoos.”

Don’t forget … Air Supply are one of our biggest selling music exports.
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32. AIR SUPPLY

Often cruelly forgotten when people list Australia’s biggest selling exports, Air Supply took power ballads to the world and the world took them to their hearts. They were finally inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame two years ago. “I am a fan of smooth ‘yacht’ rock,” says Angie Hart. “Love and Other Bruises and All Out Of Love are two of our country’s finest in the genre.” And even metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen need a hit of pure Air Supply. “All Out of Love can make its way onto any movie soundtrack with ease,” they note.

Controversial … The Angels, fronted by the late and indeed great Doc Neeson, were unlucky to land so far down our list.
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33. THE ANGELS

Still on the road, putting a messy split with the late Doc Neeson behind them as they continue to play their classic catalogue.

“In my opinion the greatest pub rock band ever,” says Doug Parkinson. “Doc, what a performer. What a gentleman.” Isabella Manfredi from the Preachers spent time with Doc Neeson in his final years. “I took so much from Doc Neeson,” she says. “The man loved being on stage. He had so much raw energy, passion and intelligence — a real natural performer. There was a lot of joy there for him, and a lot of pain. Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again is an Aussie classic, but I also think the love people had for Doc carried a lot of what The Angels did. He was the closest thing I’ll ever have to a mentor and I’m grateful for the short time I had with him. RIP.”

34. REGURGITATOR

One of Australia’s more creative bands. “I love their many different styles and flavours,” says Vanessa Thornton from Jebediah. “But mostly I love them because they make me want to dance.”

“Smart, innovative, idiosyncratic, great lyrics and songs,” says David Bridie. “They have played the industry in an interesting and self motivated way. When friends from overseas ask for a unique Australian band, Unit and Tu Plang are records that I give them. I bonded musically with my oldest daughter listening to Black Bugs.”

Ross Wilson chose them as one of his favourite Australian bands “because they kept on changing.”

35. THE REELS

Dave Mason is another Australian musical visionary whose talent is not lost on his peers including Boom Crash Opera’s Dale Ryder who calls them “musical and cheeky.”

“If they only ever released Quasimodo’s Dream they would still earn classic status among Aussie bands,” says Paul Gray while Ross Wilson notes even without that song “they are startlingly original and very musical group of individuals. Way ahead of the pack then and now.”

“Love Will Find A Way and Quasimodo’s Dream are two of the finest Australian pop songs ever written,” notes Angus McDonald of Sneaky Sound System, “but also their cover of This Guy’s In Love will always make me weak at the knees.”

David Bridie says “Dave Mason at his best sung with a beauty and wrote lyrics that cut through with observations about Australian suburbia and relationship dysfunction.”

Treat for the ears … Augie March.
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36. AUGIE MARCH

Another band who Australian musicians can relate to, sometimes more than the mainstream.

“They have written such wonderful, curlicue songs whose slow-release melodies, coupled with Glenn Richards’ heart-wrenching voice, have continued to draw me in and whoosh me down delightful new rabbit holes,” says Abby Dobson.

“Nobody writes lyrics like Glenn. Nobody,” says Megan Washington. “Augie March has this way of sounding familiar and twisted-traditional and somehow sinister at the same time.”

Musician Whitley is another fan. “Glenn Richards, much like Gareth Liddiard, is in the very top few lyricists and melody makers of our age in Australia. Pick up the first two Augie records for a real treat to the ears and the heart.”

37. THE MASTERS APPRENTICES

Formed 50 years ago in South Australia, as Russell Morris points out you still hear Masters songs like Because I Love You and Turn Up Your Radio today.

“They were the band that most personified the rock lifestyle in Australia in the `60s,” says Brian Cadd. “Great look, great stage shows and original records. And Jim Keays!” Dave Faulkner of Hoodoo Gurus notes. “The Easybeats were our first pop stars but The Masters Apprentices were our first rock stars. Jim Keays looked the part and his band played the part. Jim Keays, Mick Bower and Doug Ford between them have penned some of the finest songs to come out of this country. They made their mark in the UK. too, where they were released on Vertigo Records, the home of Black Sabbath and a lot of other “happening” music at the time. RIP, Jim!”

38. THE AVALANCHES

One album? No matter. It’s 15 years on and the Melbourne band still haven’t followed up their classic debut Since I Left You.

“An innovative outfit,” says David Bridie. “Only one album, but what an impact.” Ben Abraham notes “With only one record they were game changers.”

Hugo from Flight Facilities is one of many electronic acts who owe them a debt. “Their album is one of the greatest ever made. It’s only when you take it apart that you start to appreciate the amount of work and sheer genius that was required to complete it. Even more so when you consider that it’s now 15 years old, and still sounds like nothing else from the past or present.”

39. CUT COPY

The Melbourne band formed in 2001 and hit No. 1 on the ARIA chart with their album In Ghost Colours, opening doors for all manner of electronic acts. They’re also huge overseas, regularly selling out live shows across the globe. Tania Doko says their “infectious electronic soundscapes and melodies” makes them “so deserving of their international success and regular spots in the biggest international music festivals.” Hugo from Flight Facilities adds Cut Copy are “one of my favourite bands and a constant inspiration for making music. Their longevity and ability to write different music is hard to ignore. They’ve been a staple in almost every DJ set I’ve ever played.”

Boys light up … Australian Crawl, with frontman James Reyne having a lie down, in 1980.
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40. AUSTRALIAN CRAWL

James Reyne is in the midst of playing most of the Australian Crawl songs he’s avoided for years, embracing the band’s impressive tunes. “Sirocco is one of my all time favourite Australian albums,” says Mark Sholtez. “There’s nothing better than strutting along to The Boys Light Up,” says Voice winner Karise Eden. “Love a good late night singalong to Reckless too.” Guitarist Phil Ceberano is in Reyne’s latest live band. “Great songs,” Ceberano says. “Surf, sun and sardonic lyrics. Bronzed Aussies miscast in the Aus Rock pub scene. Under appreciated for the cleverness of the lyrics but loved to death for The Boys Light Up, the classic Australian dichotomy.”

Much loved … The Seekers.
Source: News Corp Australia

41. THE SEEKERS

They started in Melbourne in 1962 and they’re still going. The Seekers remain one of Australia’s most beloved bands and that crosses over into their peers.

“Still one of the most internationally-recognised Australian bands, The Seekers conquered Europe, America and other parts of the world before anyone else,” Dave Faulkner of the Hoodoo Gurus notes. “Their joyful music has stood the test of time and Judith Durham has one of the most glorious voices in music history. She is also one of the most amazing people I’ve ever met. Her spirit is inspirational.” Mark Holden notes “Judith Durham is one of a kind in the universe.”

42. MEN AT WORK

Another Australian band that didn’t need a string of albums to leave their fingerprints all over our musical history. Aside the novelty success of Down Under, Overkill is one of the best Australian songs of all time.

“They took Aussie original pub music to a new market,” Mike Brady says.

“Men at Work, like Icehouse, are a group that used tender brushstrokes to paint Australia,” Connie Mitchell of Sneaky Sound System says. “Down Under — just wow, an Aussie band through and through.”

43. MODELS

Models morphed from cult post-punk new wave act to chart toppers in the mid `80s and are still trading, leaning on their early days after the death of James Freud.

David Bridie says they created “innovative electronica pop and sounds.”

“The early line up of this band had a cult following for their quirky alternative new wave,” recalls Painters and Dockers’ Paul Stewart. “Sean Kelly is the ultimate brooding frontman.’’ Kate Ceberano loved the Models so much she briefly joined them. “I first fell in love with the Alpha Bravo album and my love affair was later consolidated when I was asked to do BV’s across Out of Mind, Out of Sight,” she says.

Nearly 20 years on … The Drones’ 2015 line-up. 
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44. THE DRONES

Formed in Perth in 1997, The Drones moved to Melbourne and in 2005 their album Wait Long By The River And The Bodies Of Your Enemies Will Float By won the inaugural Australian Music Prize.

“Through a series of painful screams and melodies on the edge of collapse, the philosophically rich, nihilistic sigh of Gareth Liddiard is the foreground, the background and the middle of all that is the incredible band we know as The Drones,” says musician Whitley. Mango Hunter from Kingswood loves their “raw energy, soaring riffs and great lyrics.” Birds of Tokyo’s Ian Berney is also a major fan. “Gareth Liddiard is possibly the most impassioned singer/songwriter in Australian history. He never moulded his voice for anyone. If you didn’t like his Australian twang then you could just fly back to the mainstream where you belong. Haha!”

45. DIED PRETTY

From 1983 the partnership of Ron Peno and Brett Myers would enchant many as the band left calling cards like Everybody Moves and DC for those who cared to listen.

“Ron Peno will always be one of my favourite performers,” says Angie Hart. “His unique, emotional delivery slays me every time.”

“Ron Peno — frontman extraordinaire and a band and songs to die for,” says Hunters and Collectors’ Jack Howard.

46. THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

Originally The Boys Next Door, the Birthday Party gave the world Nick Cave, Roland S Howard, Mick Harvey and Tracey Pew. They took a path many would follow, moving from Melbourne to London to try their luck. By 1983 it was all over.

“The Birthday Party did edgy punk unlike anything,” David Bridie recalls. “Roland Howard and Tracey Pew were icons and devil musicians, Cave was demented and it worked for me when he was younger. Anarchic, throbbing, loud and wild.” Dave Graney recalls seeing the band in Melbourne. “I saw them develop so rapidly, trying out all kinds of stuff. Always great. Every member was interesting and charismatic.”

“They went out of their way to offend and annoy,” says Paul Stewart. “Nick Cave before he became mainstream.”

47. ROSE TATTOO

Angry Anderson kicked off Rose Tattoo in 1976, with Guns N’Roses among their biggest fans and highlighting their cult status around the world.

“Greatest rock band of all time,” says original AC/DC bassist Mark Evans. “Angry for PM.”

“They’re part of the fabric of Australian rock,” says Beccy Cole. “This band had the biggest heart of any Aussie band.”

“They don’t make men like Angry, Geordie (Leach) and Mick Cox any more,” says Skyhooks’ Greg Macainsh. “Like all great bands the element of unpredictability meant that their gigs varied from chaotic potential bust-ups to exhilarating exhibitions of sheer power and intensity.”

“Rock and Roll Outlaws,” says Ross Wilson. “I rest my case.”

Get free … The Vines became an international sensation when they burst on to the scene in the early aughties.
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48. THE VINES

Formed in 1994, by 2002 Craig Nicholls and co were on the cover of American Rolling Stone. After a few years in the wilderness (and with a new line-up) Nicholls reformed the band last year for a new album.

“The Vines are my favourite Australian band,” Declan Melia of British India says. “I remember seeing Craig Nicholls in the Outtathaway video in a green hoodie rolling around the floor, he was the messiah. I looked at the TV and went “I want to do that’. That first record was phenomenal. To this day I’m staggered it was so well produced.” Whitley notes “In some ways, aesthetically speaking, The Vines almost made the mistake of being parodies of themselves. Though, somehow the insane melodic genius in between Craig’s ears just seem to make the daggy rock thing okay, and you end up just dancing around, alone in your house at 3am.” Guy Pearce notes “I felt I was always listening to something special and unpredictable. Accessible, but also melodies I’d never heard before.”

49. WARUMPI BAND

In 1980 in Papunya in the Northern Territory schoolteacher Neil Murray met singer George Burarrwanga and formed the Warumpi Band, whose songs include Blackfella/Whitefella, My Island Home and Jailanguru Pakarnu. “George Burarrwanga was the most charismatic front man,” Rebecca Barnard says.“Great songs. A great band.”

“This is the stuff I grew up on, and finally visiting and playing in Papunya in 2009 was for me like visiting Liverpool for Beatles fans,” says Kris Schoeder of the Basics.

“Warumpi Band had riffs every bit as good as AC/DC but with much better lyrics,” says David Bridie. “The tripartite of George Burarrwanga Neil Murray and Sammy Butcher, were the perfect foil. Each having very different personalities that helped them soldier on through the rigours of countless outback tours and made whitefellas stand up and take notice. George had the X factor, he was the consummate front man who could kick box and roam the stage taking the crowd with him.”

“One simple act of generosity can sometimes outweigh a lifetime of good deeds, and that’s what Warumpi Band’s My Island Home is for me,” says musician Scott Spark. “A lullaby, a hymn, a protest song, a serenade, and ultimately our national anthem. It leaves me in awe, and with a lump in my throat each time. And that is why they are quite simply my favourite Australian band.”

50. RADIO BIRDMAN

One of the most influential Australian bands of all time.

“My stepdad played me this in my young teens and regaled me with stories of their gigs,” says Todd Trevor of rock band Warped. “Really sticks with me as he realised this was what to show me when he could see where my musical taste was heading. So glad he did.” James Tidswell of Violent Anthem says New Race is an Australian rock anthem. “If you like rock and roll and you’re from Australia you love Radio Birdman as very few bands have done it this good.” Mark Gable of the Choirboys remembers seeing Radio Birdman early on. “I was in a band in the late 70s who did its thing and even I was bored. Then (Birdman) are on stage and lead guitarist Deniz Tek was tuning his guitar at full volume. I was at that moment hooked. These guys were the real deal.”

Here’s who voted in our poll

360

Adalita

Ben Abraham

Bonnie Anderson

Tina Arena

James Ash (Rogue Traders)

Kylie Auldist

Nick Barker

Rebecca Barnard

Casey Barnes

Mahalia Barnes

Nick Batterham

Gideon Bensen (The Preatures)

Ian Berney (Birds of Tokyo)

Joel Birch (The Amity Affliction)

Mike Brady

Rick Brewster (The Angels)

David Bridie

Catherine Britt

Brian Cadd

Joe Camilleri

David Campbell

Brian Canham (Pseudo Echo)

Scott Carne (Kids in the Kitchen)

Kate Ceberano

Phil Ceberano

Chris Cheney (The Living End)

Kim Churchill

Richard Clapton

Beccy Cole

Travis Collins

Damian Cowell (TISM)

Harrison Craig

Iva Davies (Icehouse)

Chris Daymond (Jebediah)

Shaun Diviney (Short Stack)

Abby Dobson (Leonardo’s Bride)

Chris Doheny

Tania Doko (Bachelor Girl)

Judith Durham (The Seekers)

Karise Eden

Mark Evans (ex AC/DC)

Morgan Evans

John Farnham

Jon Farriss (INXS)

Dave Faulkner (Hoodoo Gurus)

Amy Findlay (Stonefield)

Styalz Fuego

Mark Gable (Choirboys)

Generik

Gossling

Alexander Gow (Oh Mercy)

Dave Graney

Paul Gray (Wa Wa Nee)

Hugo Gruzman (Flight Facilities)

Angie Hart (Frente)

Darren Hayes

Ben Hazlewood

Colleen Hewitt

Marcia Hines

Mark Holden

Harry Hookey

Ella Hooper

Jesse Hooper (Killing Heidi)

Jack Howard (Hunters & Collectors)

Jeremy `Mango’ Hunter (Kingswood)

Adam Hyde (Peking Duk)

Clint Hyndman (Something For Kate)

I Killed the Prom Queen

Laura Jean

Hiatus Kaiyote

Wally Kempton (Even)

Lee Kernaghan

Ilan Kidron (Potbelleez)

Grace Knight (Eurogliders)

Markus Kurban

Kelly Lane (Skipping Girl Vinegar)

Ricki-Lee

Damien Leith

Jade Leonard

Jimmy Lyell (Flight Facilities)

Angus McDonald (Sneaky Sound System)

Greg Macainsh (Skyhooks)

Benjamin McCarthy

Sarah McLeod (The Superjesus)

Stu MacLeod (Eskimo Joe)

Isabella Manfredi (The Preatures)

Brian Mannix (Uncanny X-Men)

Masketta Fall

Declan Melia (British India)

Tim Metcalfe (Undercolours)

BC Michaels (Dune Rats)

Kylie Minogue

Connie Mitchell (Sneaky Sound System)

Kevin Mitchell (Jebediah/Bob Evans)

Lisa Mitchell

Jack Moffitt (The Preatures)

Russell Morriss

Pete Murray

Olivia Newton-John

Ngaiire

Nicky Night-Time

Katie Noonan

Lisa Origliasso (The Veronicas)

Jessica Origliasso (The Veronicas)

Scott Owen (The Living End)

Doug Parkinson

Brett Pattinson (Allnighters)

Michael Paynter

Guy Pearce

Jack Pierce (Pierce Brothers)

Pat Pierce (Pierce Brothers)

Thelma Plum

Keith Potger (The Seekers)

Joel Quatermain (Eskimo Joe)

Tom Read (Bodyjar)

James Reyne

Dale Ryder (Boom Crash Opera)

Kris Schroeder (The Basics)

Mark Sholtez

Glenn Shorrock

Matthew Sigley

Kerri Simpson

Jason Singh (Taxiride)

Grant Smillie (TV Rock)

Alex Smith (Moving Pictures)

Greedy Smith (Mental as Anything)

Scott Spark

Vachel Spirason (Total Giovani)

Paul Stewart (Painters and Dockers)

Ahren Stringer (The Amity Affliction)

Andy Strachan (The Living End)

Reuben Styles (Peking Duk)

John Swan

Red Symons (Skyhooks)

Mick Thomas

Vanessa Thornton (Jebediah)

James Tidswell (Violent Soho)

Todd Trevor (Warped)

Dan Warner

Megan Washington

Glenn Wheatley (Masters Apprentices)

Whitt (Spiderbait)

Whitley

Ross Wilson

John Paul Young

Originally published as The best Aussie band of all time
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