An Anthology of Australian Albums - Critical Engagements

Sommario

Notes on Contributors
Preamble
Introduction
Jon Stratton with Jon Dale (University of South Australia, Australia)
1. The Missing Links, The Missing Links
Jon Stratton (University of South Australia, Australia)
2. Wendy Saddington and The Copperwine, Wendy Saddington and The Copperwine Live
Julie Rickwood (Australian National University, Australia)
3. Coloured Balls, Ball Power
Paul 'Nazz' Oldham (University of South Australia, Australia)
4. The Scientists, Blood Red River
Jon Stratton (University of South Australia, Australia)
5. The Plums, Gun; Deadstar, Deadstar; Milk; Over The Radio
Caroline Kennedy (Monash University, Australia)
6. Shakaya, Shakaya
Panizza Allmark (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
7. Striborg, Spiritual Catharsis
Catherine Hoad (Massey University, Aotearoa/New Zealand)
8. Curse ov Dialect, Wooden Tongues
Sarah Attfield (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
9. The Drones, I See Seaweed
Adam Trainer (Edith Cowan University, Australia)
10. Roger Knox & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Stranger In My Land; Roger Knox, Give It a Go
Liz Dean (University of Melbourne, Australia) with Roger Knox
11. Dami Im, Dami Im
Sarah Keith (Macquarie University, Australia)
12. Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
John Encarnacao (University of Western Sydney, Australia)
13. Sia, This Is Acting
Laura Glitsos (Curtin University, Australia)
14. Flume, Skin
Ed Montano and Gene Shill (RMIT University, Australia)
15. A.B.Original, Reclaim Australia
Suzi Hutchings (RMIT University, Australia) and Dianne Rodger (University of Adelaide, Australia)

Info autore

Jon Stratton is Adjunct Professor in UniSA Creative at the University of South Australia and a member of the university’s Creative People, Products and Places Research Centre. Jon has worked at universities in the UK and Australia and held a Rockefeller Fellowship at the University of Iowa in 1998. His areas of interest include Popular Music, Cultural Studies, Australian Studies, Jewish Cultural Studies and Media Studies. He is the sole author of 12 books and has co-edited four. In 2002 he published Australian Rock: Essays on Popular Music. His most recent books include Black Popular Music in Britain since 1945 (edited with Nabeel Zuberi, 2014), When Music Migrates: Crossing British and European Racial Faultlines 1945-2010 (2014) and An Anthology of Australian Albums: Critical Engagements (edited with Jon Dale and Tony Mitchell, 2020).Jon Dale is a writer and researcher based in Melbourne, Australia. He teaches across a number of fields (popular music, experimental writing, media studies, criminology, sociology, screen studies) at a number of institutions. He also writes for the English music magazine Uncut, and contributes liner notes and essays to a number of record labels and other publications. He is currently working on several books about DIY and post-punk music, and texts on experimental film and diary film making. He also runs the record labels Tristes Tropiques and Rose Hobart.Tony Mitchell is an honorary research associate at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Popular Music and Local Identity: Rock, Pop and Rap in Europe and Oceania (1994), editor of Global Noise: Rap and Hip hop outside the USA (2001), co-editor of North Meets South: Popular Music in Aotearoa New Zealand (2004), Sounds of Then, Sounds of Now: Popular Music in Australia (2007), Home, Land and Sea: Situating Music in Aotearoa New Zealand (2011), and Sounds Icelandic (forthcoming 2017).

Riassunto

An Anthology of Australian Albums offers an overview of Australian popular music through the lens of significant, yet sometimes overlooked, Australian albums. Chapters explore the unique qualities of each album within a broader history of Australian popular music. Artists covered range from the older and non-mainstream yet influential, such as the Missing Links, Wendy Saddington and the Coloured Balls, to those who have achieved very recent success (Courtney Barnett, Dami Im and Flume) and whose work contributes to international pop music (Sia), to the more exploratory or experimental (Curse ov Dialect and A.B. Original). Collectively the albums and artists covered contribute to a view of Australian popular music through the non-canonical, emphasizing albums by women, non-white artists and Indigenous artists, and expanding the focus to include genres outside of rock including hip hop, black metal and country.

Prefazione

An evaluation of Australian popular music through a chronological analysis of significant albums over the past fifty years.

Testo aggiuntivo

Here is a collection of essays that opens readers' ears to the history of popular music in Australia. It's not the reinforcement of a canon (there's no AC/DC here), but rather an eclectic playlist aimed at broadening our understanding of the Australian music industry, its musicians and its audiences, from 1965 to the present day.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jon Dale, Tony Mitchell, Jon Stratton
• Con la collaborazione di: Jon Dale (Editore), Tony Mitchell (Editore), Jon Stratton (Editore), Stratton Jon (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781501339868
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-3986-8
• Pagine: 192
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, Australia, Easy listening, Popular Music, Popular music, easy listening