UV Race – Racism

2010 onwards saw the rise of a new jangly rock sound in the Australian punk/DIY scene – now known as “Dole Wave” which was coined as a joke and stuck. To me, it was just the sound of all the bands/friends bands at that time. Many living in punk share houses, scraping by on new start (the Australian dole) and or working 4 casual shit paying jobs around the clock just to pay their share of the rent.

It was a time when the Australian Underground scene swelled and some of the best DIY scenes popped up in my home town. Sadly, many of these have now closed. There is a great book from that scene - Noise in My Head - Australian Underground by Jimi Kritzler featuring a lot of the bands from that era and photographs of gigs we went to at the time.

UV Race were one of the early bands to kick it off, describing themselves as “avant-tards and gutter glitter stomp”. Forming in the deep suburbs of Victoria this album channels some Jonathon Richmond and Modern Lovers inspiration in both lyrics and sound but with more synths, sax and costumes. It’s their third album and probably my favourite of theirs. Here they sing about being an outsider, heartbreak on Johnstone street, making fun of cops, and nuclear families.

I haven’t dug this out for ages cos that sound became saturated in the scene later on and I needed some space from it. But I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this today.

#UVRace #AustralianUnderground #Australianpunk #dolewave #DIY#Vinyl #records #nowplaying #nowspinning

Angie Pepper – Frozen World / Why Tell Me

I’ve written about Angie Pepper before here. She’s one of my favourite Oz singers.

We stopped by Lenny’s on the way home from Ikea. It’s like an Ikea cleanse haha. Just as we finished talking I was about to leave when I spotted this on the shelf. Winning. I have wanted this for some time. It’s a shame that there isn’t more Angie Pepper / Passengers material nor the recognition.

#nowplaying #nowspinning #thepassengers #Angiepepperband #Angiepepper #Australiangaragemusic #punk #postpunk #80sgarage #australianunderground #vinyl #records

Tinselwig

2025-04-25 08:23:47

Friday Cupcake and Tunes - 25/04/25 

Angie Pepper / The Passengers - It's Just That I Miss You 

One of my favourite Australian Punk / Garage singers / bands from the late 70s through to the early 80s. Think Patti Smith, Blondie and 60s girl group sounds.

Listened to this whilst eating a cookie monster cupcake my neighbour's son made us as a thank you for being good neighbours and returning their balls from over the fence. Day made honestly. 

This is a collection of tracks from the Gadigal /Sydney band The Passengers and later band The Angie Pepper Band formed with her husband and famed Radio Birdman co-founder Deniz Tek. Both bands were short lived and their material is limited. They are often overlooked in Australian music retrospectives from that era. When I think of record store day and the spirit of represses for the day, I think albums like this ought to be repressed. Not some shitty motorhead lost tapes volume 6 live in the 90s... 

I first discovered Angie Pepper on the cult Australian "Do the Pop" garage/punk compilation from 2002. It was my first year at uni and I was heavily into that stuff at the time. Angie's voice is incredible. The hooks on these tracks are chef's kiss. Face With No Name is one of my all-time favourite tracks. I found a 45 in the wild at a record fair couple of years ago. 

This album comp was only released on CD. I think you can stream it on YouTube. I realised how lazy my listening habits have been by putting streaming on when not spinning records. I had really missed this album. 

#cd #nowplaying #nowspinning 
#thepassengers #Angiepepperband #dothepop #Australiangaragemusic #punk #postpunk #70sgarage #australianunderground

Angie Pepper / The Passengers - It's Just That I Miss You 

One of my favourite Australian Punk / Garage singers / bands from the late 70s through to the early 80s. Think Patti Smith, Blondie and 60s girl group sounds.

Listened to this whilst eating a cookie monster cupcake my neighbour's son made us as a thank you for being good neighbours and returning their balls from over the fence. Day made honestly. 

This is a collection of tracks from the Gadigal /Sydney band The Passengers and later band The Angie Pepper Band formed with her husband and famed Radio Birdman co-founder Deniz Tek. Both bands were short lived and their material is limited. They are often overlooked in Australian music retrospectives from that era. When I think of record store day and the spirit of represses for the day, I think albums like this ought to be repressed. Not some shitty motorhead lost tapes volume 6 live in the 90s... 

I first discovered Angie Pepper on the cult Australian "Do the Pop" garage/punk compilation from 2002. It was my first year at uni and I was heavily into that stuff at the time. Angie's voice is incredible. The hooks on these tracks are chef's kiss. Face With No Name is one of my all-time favourite tracks. I found a 45 in the wild at a record fair couple of years ago. 

This album comp was only released on CD. I think you can stream it on YouTube. I realised how lazy my listening habits have been by putting streaming on when not spinning records. I had really missed this album. 

#cd #nowplaying #nowspinning 
#thepassengers #Angiepepperband #dothepop #Australiangaragemusic #punk #postpunk #70sgarage #australianunderground