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The Whitlams
The Whitlams are an Australian indie rock band formed in late 1992. The original line-up was Tim Freedman on keyboards and lead vocals, Andy Lewis on double bass and Stevie Plunder on guitar and lead vocals. Other than mainstay Freedman, the line-up has changed numerous times. From 2001 to 2022, he was joined by Warwick Hornby on bass guitar, Jak Housden on guitar and Terepai Richmond on drums – forming the band's longest-lasting and best-known line-up. Four of their studio albums have reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 20: ''Eternal Nightcap'' (September 1997, No. 14), ''Love This City'' (November 1999, No. 3), ''Torch the Moon'' (July 2002, No. 1) and '' Little Cloud'' (March 2006, No. 4). Their highest charting singles are " Blow Up the Pokies" (May 2000) and " Fall for You" (June 2002) – both reached number 21. The group's single, "No Aphrodisiac" was listed at number one on the Triple J Hottest 100, 1997 by listeners of national radio s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Cloud
''Little Cloud'' is the sixth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner on 20 March 2006. It debuted at number four on the ARIA Albums Chart. Album information The first disc, entitled ''Little Cloud'', is about returning to Australia from overseas in an election year. The second disc, ''The Apple's Eye'', is mostly thematically centred in New York City. The majority of the album was written by singer/songwriter Tim Freedman whilst he lived for several months in New York. Track listing Disc One: ''Little Cloud'' #"Been Away Too Long" – 3:57 #"White Horses" – 3:19 #"I Was Alive" – 3:06 #"Year of the Rat" – 3:52 #"Keep the Light On" – 3:40 #"Tonight" – 3:40 #"12 Hours" – 2:28 #"Little Cloud" – 3:30 Disc Two: ''The Apple's Eye'' #"Beauty in Me" – 3:05 #"Fondness Makes the Heart Grow Absent" – 3:56 #"Beautiful as You" – 3:48 #"Second Best" – 3:15 #"Fancy Lover" – 3:38 #"Stay with Me" – 3:09 #"She's Moving In" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love This City
''Love This City'' is the fourth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 1999. It peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Track listing #"Make the World Safe" – 3:43 #" Thank You (for Loving Me at My Worst)" – 3:59 #"Chunky Chunky Air Guitar" – 3:04 #"Pretty as You" – 4:48 #"You Gotta Love This City" – 5:11 #"God Drinks at the Sando" – 2:53 #" Blow Up the Pokies" – 3:27 #"400 Miles from Darwin" – 3:37 #"Time" – 3:32 #"Made Me Hard "Made Me Hard" a song by Australian band, The Whitlams. Released in May 2001 as the third and final single from their fourth album, ''Love This City ''Love This City'' is the fourth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Bl ..." – 3:34 #"High Ground" – 3:46 #"Unreliable" – 2:29 #"Her Floor Is My Ceiling" – 5:51 #"There's No One" – 5:05 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References External linksOfficial site {{Aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Whitlams
The Whitlams are an Australian indie rock band formed in late 1992. The original line-up was Tim Freedman on keyboards and lead vocals, Andy Lewis on double bass and Stevie Plunder on guitar and lead vocals. Other than mainstay Freedman, the line-up has changed numerous times. From 2001 to 2022, he was joined by Warwick Hornby on bass guitar, Jak Housden on guitar and Terepai Richmond on drums – forming the band's longest-lasting and best-known line-up. Four of their studio albums have reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 20: ''Eternal Nightcap'' (September 1997, No. 14), ''Love This City'' (November 1999, No. 3), ''Torch the Moon'' (July 2002, No. 1) and '' Little Cloud'' (March 2006, No. 4). Their highest charting singles are " Blow Up the Pokies" (May 2000) and " Fall for You" (June 2002) – both reached number 21. The group's single, "No Aphrodisiac" was listed at number one on the Triple J Hottest 100, 1997 by listeners of national radio s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torch The Moon
''Torch the Moon'' is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Whitlams, released by Black Yak through Warner in 2002. It peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart. It received platinum album certification from ARIA. Track listing #"Cries Too Hard" – 4:11 #" Fall for You" – 3:47 #"The Lights Are Back On" – 3:44 #"I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song)" – 3:53 #"Kate Kelly" – 4:18 #" Royal in the Afternoon" – 2:58 #"Gone Surfing" – 2:12 #"Best Work" – 4:33 #"Start My Cellar Again" – 4:08 #"Coming Over" – 4:26 #"Out the Back" – 4:31 #"Breathing You In" – 2:56 #"Ease of the Midnight Visit" – 4:20 Re-releases Initial prints of ''Torch the Moon'' contained a second CD, entitled ''Side 4''. The track list contained: #"Don't Believe Anymore" – 5:22 #"Last Life" – 4:45 #"Witness Protection Scheme" – 3:52 #"Back into the Wild" – 3:40 #"Still in Love with You" – 3:23 A second print of the CD was released with the initial track listing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternal Nightcap
''Eternal Nightcap'' is the third studio album by Australian rock band The Whitlams, first released by Black Yak Phantom in September 1997. The album peaked at number 14 on the ARIA charts and was certified gold, and then triple platinum. Single ''No Aphrodisiac'' was voted number 1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 in January 1997 and won Song of the Year at the 12th Annual ARIA Music Awards in 1998. Eternal Nightcap won Best Independent Release, and The Whitlams won Best Group. The band toured in support of the album and played 150 dates on the ''Learning Your ABC's National Tour'' presented by Triple J, Recovery and Rage. A limited edition vinyl LP of ''Eternal Nightcap'' was released in 2006, with only 500 copies being pressed. Notably, "Love is Everywhere" and "Tangled Up in Blue" were left off this version of the album. On 6 August 2009, The Whitlams played ''Eternal Nightcap'' in its entirety for the first time, with the exclusion of "Tangled up in Blue", at the Karova Lounge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Australia
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister heads the executive branch of the Australian Government, federal government of Australia and is also accountable to Parliament of Australia, federal parliament under the principles of responsible government. The current prime minister is Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party, who became prime minister on 23 May 2022. Formally appointed by the Governor-General of Australia, governor-general, the role and duties of the prime minister are not described by the Constitution of Australia, Australian constitution but rather defined by Constitutional convention (political custom), constitutional convention deriving from the Westminster system. To become prime minister, a politician should be able to Confidence and supply, command the confidence of the House of Representatives (Australia), House of Representatives. As such, the prime minister is typically the leader o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Founded by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, the band went through a succession of drummers, most notably Chad Channing, before recruiting Dave Grohl in 1990. Nirvana's success popularized alternative rock, and they were often referenced as the figurehead band of Generation X. Their music maintains a popular following and continues to influence modern rock culture. In the late 1980s, Nirvana established itself as part of the Seattle grunge scene, releasing its first album, '' Bleach'', for the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. They developed a sound that relied on dynamic contrasts, often between quiet verses and loud, heavy choruses. After signing to major label DGC Records in 1991, Nirvana found unexpected mainstream success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit", the first single from their landmark second album ''Nevermind'' (1991). A cultural phenomenon of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out (BDO) was an annual music festival that was held in five Australian cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Adelaide, and Perth, as well as Auckland, New Zealand. The festival was held during summer, typically in January of each year but was sometimes held as late as early February in some cities including Perth. The event was conceptualised after the Violent Femmes announced a tour of Australia. Promoters Ken West and Vivian Lees sought another act as middle-level support for the band's tour. They succeeded in securing Nirvana to play the Sydney leg at the Hordern Pavilion. The Big Day Out debuted on the 1992 Australia Day public holiday in Sydney and eventually expanded to Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth the following year. The Gold Coast and Auckland were added to the schedule in 1994. As of 2003, it featured seven or eight stages (depending on the venue), accommodating popular contemporary rock music, electronic music, mainstream international acts, and lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wentworth Falls (waterfall)
Wentworth Falls is a three-tiered waterfall fed by the Jamison Creek, near the town of Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. The falls are accessible via the National Pass Walking Trail and the Overcliff/Undercliff Walk. The total height of the waterfall is . Features and description Near the falls, there is a rocky knoll that has a large number of grinding grooves created by rubbing stone implements on the rock to shape and sharpen them. These marks have been determined to be signs of early human habitation nearby. In February 2013, following a period of high rainfall, the Wentworth Falls was reported as looking "spectacular" with torrents of water flowing. Accidents The waterfall has been the site of fatal accidents for two English tourists: 27-year-old Paul Marshall from Leicester, who fell 76 metres (250 ft) off the waterfall and died while paddling in a rock pool in December 2000, and 20-year-old Josh Furber from Runcorn, who slipped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple J
Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greater emphasis on broadcasting music of Australia, Australian content compared to commercial stations. Triple J is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. History 1970s: Launch and early years 2JJ commenced broadcasting at 11:00 am, Sunday 19 January 1975, at 1540 Hertz, kHz (which switched to 1539Hertz, kHz in 1978) on the AM radio, AM band. The new Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) station was given the official call-sign 2JJ, but soon became commonly known as Double J. The station was restricted largely to the greater Sydney region, and its local reception was hampered by inadequate transmitter facilities. However, its frequency was a clear channel (broadcasting), channel nationally, so it was easily heard at n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
