1988 in Australia. On the musical front, it was seriously divided between the mainstream music industry and the alternative/underground scene, yet both sides had their eyes on the international stage. But there was a bigger issue; 1988 marked the Bicentennial of the British invasion of Aboriginal lands. Indigenous activists were waiting to protest any celebrations. It was this that the international media focused on.
Playlist
Minced Meat: The World’s Got Everything In It
NO: 200 Years
Kev Carmody: Black Deaths In Custody
James Freud: One Fine Day
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: City Of Refuge
The Triffids: Jerdacuttup Man
King Snake Roost: Gutterbreath
Distant Locusts: Father’s Suit
Matrimony: Whirlpool Head
Box The Jesuit: Three Cheers For The Pancreas
Slub: Rootman
Beasts of Bourbon: Door To Your Soul
Umkulu: Boomerang
Gondwana: Swamp
No Fixed Address: Pigs
The Gravy: Spirit Of The Land
SPK: Kambuja
Kev Carmody: Thou Shalt Not Steal