Don& #39;t know what irritates me more: overseas tastemakers/listmakers/gatekeepers who exclude Australian music or barely know it exists, or Australian tastemakers/listmakers/gatekeepers who do exactly the same thing

This tweet inspired by this old but interesting piece on post-punk that seems to have no awareness of the existence of the Birthday Party, Triffids, Go-Betweens, Scientists etc that has informed so much of what& #39;s come since https://observer.com/2016/10/post-punk-101-what-is-post-punk/">https://observer.com/2016/10/p...

But the fact is, all those bands and many, many more besides had to move to the UK (usually) to find an audience after being soundly rejected here - and those artists still get only the most glancing, belated, begrudging recognition for their achievements here at home

And guess what? It& #39;s still happening. Unless you kiss the right arses, don& #39;t cross the wrong people and generally don& #39;t make waves, Australian musicians will continue being forced into exile. The main consolation is that they keep making the stuff that endures beyond these shores

I think this song by @jencloher kind of sums it up ... I know @emmaswiftsings will relate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ICMOpztlQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch...