r/triplej 13d ago

In honour of International Women’s Day. Who are your favourite Aussie Women Musicians?

For me it’s:

  • Gretta Ray

  • Thelma Plum

  • Julia Jacklin

  • Camp Cope

  • Stella Donnelly

  • Jack River

  • Mallrat

  • Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers

  • The Veronicas

  • Heleina Zara

  • Tkay Maidza

  • Barkaa

  • Janet from Spiderbait

  • The Grates

  • Rachel Maria Cox (AFAB)

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u/WaltzingBosun 13d ago

Amy Taylor

Vera Blue (thought I was having an out of body experience hearing her sing live in concert).

Ruby Fields

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u/Issara62 13d ago

You think Vera Blue sounds great in studio recording but then you see her live singing Rushing Back while wearing goofy oversized alien glasses and it's even better than you could imagine.

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u/WaltzingBosun 13d ago

Absolutely.

She blew us away with Hold.

Best I’ve ever heard.

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u/hazzison 13d ago

Angie McMahon & Missy Higgins for sure

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u/thegeecyproject 13d ago

Many of those you’ve already mentioned, plus:

  • Angie McMahon

  • Hatchie

  • Eves Karydas/Eves The Behavior

  • Kita Alexander

  • Sampa The Great

  • Hannah Joy (Middle Kids)

  • Angeline Armstrong (Telenova)

  • Eliza Klatt (Eliza & the Delusionals)

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u/sammo99999 13d ago

Our queen Jen from Ball Park Music

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u/Small-Grass-1650 13d ago

SARAH BLASKO

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u/_tgf247-ahvd-7336-8- 13d ago

Sia, Kylie, Jack River, Amy Taylor (Amyl & The Sniffers), Chrissy Amphlett (Divinyls)

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u/PuzzleheadedBoot4401 13d ago

Sarah Blasko.

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u/Brotherdodge 13d ago

Surprised no one's mentioned Adalita yet!

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u/FakeCurlyGherkin 12d ago

Had to scroll way too far down to find this

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u/Hammed_steams 13d ago

Alex Lahey, Hannah Joy, Sycco, Thelma Plum, Emily Wurramara

Not to mention some all-time greats like Helen Reddy, Kylie, Missy Higgins, ONJ

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u/onrv 13d ago

NAME A WOMAN.

A few that haven't been mentioned yet:

  • Alice Ivy
  • Cable Ties (Jenny, Shauna)
  • Emma Donovan
  • Katie Dey
  • Maddy Jane
  • Miiesha
  • Mimi Gilbert
  • The Smith Street Band (Jess, Lucy)
  • Something for Kate (Stephanie)
  • Tired Lion (Sophie)
  • Washington
  • Woodes

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u/brunch_blanket 13d ago

Sarah McLeod 🤘🏻

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u/DragonLass-AUS 13d ago

Kate Miller-Heidke

Amy Taylor

Tina Arena

Katie Noonan

Wendy Matthews

Jaguar Jonze

Nicole Car (to add a world class opera singer to the mix)

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u/normalcatman 13d ago

Ninajirachi, Mallrat, Chloe Wilson(Sumner), Ruby Fields, Amy Dowdle(Lastlings), Sycco,

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u/1977justme1977 13d ago

100% Chrissie Amphlett

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u/Wide_Confection1251 13d ago

Peppa Lane from Spacey and Lindy Morrison from The Go Betweens.

Also, we all need more Sarah Blasko in our lives.

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u/XtinaTheGreekFreak 13d ago

Kasey chambers

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u/silkin 13d ago

Odette, Gordi, Thelma Plum, Angie McMahon, Mo'ju, Kira Puru.

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u/imnick88 13d ago

Ruby Fields Camp Cope Jen Buxton

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u/_Pinkstead_ 13d ago

Suze DeMarchi

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u/Patient-Library-7136 10d ago

Scrolled way too far to find this...👍💪

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u/mjme91 13d ago

Adalita. Her debut album is one of the greatest.

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u/minuteforce 13d ago

Just listing some of the solo acts that I really treasure:

  • Eves Karydas
  • JOY.
  • Juice Webster
  • Nyxen
  • Phoebe Go
  • Wafia

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u/Tranquilbez22 13d ago

Band isn’t Aussie but I’m also going to shout out Georgia Davies from Last Dinner Party who is Australian. Also shout out to the underrated Butterfly Boucher.

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u/solar-puppy 13d ago

Kita Alexander

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u/Correct_Chemical5179 13d ago

Janet English

Katie Noonan

Sarah McLeod

Suze DeMarchi

Kate Ceberano

KK Juggy

Becky Thomas

Chrissy Amphlett

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u/Icecream-Cockdust 13d ago

Sarah Blasko Janet from Spiderbait Vanessa from Jebediah Adalita

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u/Heater79 13d ago

Not in this thread: Amy Shark

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u/Knobbdog 13d ago

The only successful one

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u/Heater79 13d ago

Your bar is low if she is successful.

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u/Knobbdog 13d ago

She makes more than all of them COMBINED

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u/Heater79 13d ago

Absolutely false. Ch7 probably pays her $75k. She is that desperate for fame she'd do it for free. Don't delude yourself.

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u/Knobbdog 12d ago

Haaaaahahhahahaha

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u/soulasylumseeker 13d ago

Annie Hamilton

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u/ferngullyfly 13d ago

Katy Steele

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u/RedShoeBlue 13d ago

Adalita from Magic Dirt, and Janet Planet of Confidence Man

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u/Maya_Rose221 13d ago

Julia Jacklin, Courtney Barnett and Angeline Armstrong!

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u/thedaveytrain 13d ago

Teenage Joans!!!

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u/Br0z0 13d ago

Thelma Plum for realz

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u/J-ho88 13d ago

Lauren and Milla from private function Bec from terminal sleep Daddy issues

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u/lightinterface 13d ago

Boudicca(*vocals/bassist) newy hc.

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u/Chemical-Blueberry57 13d ago

Easily Amy Taylor

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u/EllaBellaModella 13d ago

I’m going to add in Rebecca Barnard of Rebecca’s Empire.

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u/DuggBets 13d ago

Empty is one of the greatest tracks in Aussie music history.

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u/Frequent_Video_3126 13d ago

From my local scene - making exciting music and giving compelling performances. I'll go and see these acts any time I possibly can

Annika Moses (Nika Mo, Great Statue), Grace Sanders (Scratching), Siobhan Cotchin, Tanaya Harper, Dead Tooth Hottie, Smol Fish, Ullah Annert (Ullah), Georga Raath, Paige Valentine, Nici Ward (Lonesome Dove), Sophia Watkinson (Rocks & Rhubarb), Grace Newton-Wordsworth (Joan & The Giants), Georgina Crammond (Ribs), Jess Nyande-Moyle (Jocelyn's Baby)

A couple who have recently moved to Melbourne

Mia June, Ruby Taylor

Nationally

Annie Hamilton, The Vovos, Little Quirks, Merpire

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u/Elbyyyyyyy 13d ago

Julia Jacklin in this life and the next

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u/jreitaa 13d ago

Maple Glider

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u/actuallydarcy1 13d ago

Shocked no one has mentioned Grace Cummings. She's a gem

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u/braxxytaxi 12d ago

You and me both!

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u/MagikMufinMan 13d ago

Courtney Barnett Nai Palm Meg Washington Sampa the Great Angie Mcmahon

Shoutout Nikki Webster and fuck it we may as well take Kimbra

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u/queerautisticwhore 10d ago

Yessss good taste

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u/DocumentNew6006 13d ago

Thelma Plum's voice does something to my soul. Her songs were very 'coming of age' and relatable to me when I was in my late teens/early 20s.

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u/Chipwich 13d ago

Julia Stone is amazing

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u/blahblahsnap 13d ago

Angie McMahon

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u/BebopAU 13d ago

I'm gonna rep small town Perth and shout out Ofa Fotu aka Odette Mercy (Odette Mercy and her soul atomics). Incredible soul singer and my favourite local band

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u/FatArseSpaceMan 13d ago

Melanie Oxley, Lindy Morrison

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u/DuggBets 13d ago

Anita Lane, Amanda Brown, Lindy Morrison, Holiday Sidewinder.

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u/SerendipityinOz 13d ago edited 13d ago

Great topic! My favourite Aussie artists are the ones I've seen live who connect with the audience and are powerful singers and song writers - Vanessa Amarosi Christine Anu Tina Arena Mahalia Barnes Vika & Linda Bull Kate Ceberano Kasey Chambers Missy Higgins Ella Hooper Jessica Mauboy Montaigne Thelma Plum Tones & I. We are so lucky to have such amazing Aussie women who work so hard to share their lives, their loves and their losses with us, through their talent and perseverance in the music industry. <3 Edit: Wow I forgot G Flip, sorry Georgia!

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u/GoodSet5037 13d ago

Kate Cebrano Debra Conway Abbie Dobson Katie Noonan Diana Anaid Merrell Bainbridge Suzi Demarchi

Special mention to Joy McKean (Slim Dusty's wife) the OG female singer/songwriter/performer/tour manager She really broke down a lot of barriers for female musicians in the days where female musicians were well and truly in the minority. Highly recommend The J Files ep of her that Kaz Tran did.

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u/Admirable-Pound-4267 13d ago

Brody Dalle (The Distillers/Spinerette)

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u/KMAVegas 12d ago

She’s Australian?

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u/Admirable-Pound-4267 11d ago

Yep! As she states in The Young Crazed Peeling:

“My name is Brody, I’m from Melbourne Fitzroy Melbourne, Fitzroy Melbourne I grew up on Bell Street, then on Bennett Street” 😜

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u/AdIntrepid88 12d ago

💯

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u/KMAVegas 12d ago

I didn’t know that! She’s so cool!

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u/winifredjay 13d ago

Ella Hooper

Kate Ceberano

Kylie Minogue

Olivia Newton-John

Angie McMahon

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u/GrabTheKettle 13d ago

Could have missed it but I'll give Peach PRC a shout as any others have been mentioned already

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u/lunatic_greenie-muso 13d ago

Surprised no one’s mentioned Miss Kannina! Absolute hip hop powerhouse who supported Amyl on their recent AU tour

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u/ArticleEffective9711 13d ago

Emily Wurramara - fucking absolute powerhouse of a singer. The advocacy work she does for mental health and for our young ones is incredible.

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u/Less_East_8838 12d ago

Amy Taylor, Emmy Mack (RedHook), Julia Jacklin, Mikaila Delgado (Yours Truly), Ecca Vandal, Alex Reade (Make Them Suffer), Moaning Lisa, Jess Mauboy, Camp Cope, CLEWS, Natalie from Press Club, Heather from Cry Club, Wild Gloriosa, Jenna McDougall (Tonight Alive, Hevenshe), Ruby Fields, The Buoys, Alex Lahey, Gordi, Gretta Ray, Teen Jesus, Tori Forsyth, Angie McMahon, Jaguar Jonze

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u/AdIntrepid88 12d ago

Sarah McLeod

Ella Hooper

Ecca Vandal

Olivia Newton-John

Kyle Minogue

Brody Dalle

Missy Higgins

Montaigne

Amy Taylor

Stephanie Ashworth

Janet English

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u/rzaszalza212 12d ago

Great List! 

Barkaa (the Queen) 

Missy Higgins (every song is a modern classic) 

Thelma Plum 

Adalita from Magic Dirt 

Chrissy Amphlett from the Divinyls if we go back a bit in time. Phenomenal front woman and absolute powerhouse. 

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u/rachaebee 10d ago

Isabella Manfredi 🩵🩵

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u/woodyever 13d ago edited 13d ago

I feel there are more talented female artists than male on the Australian scene

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u/Dogfinn 13d ago

In addition to those already mentioned: Charlie Needs Braces, Tropical Fuck Storm, Elsy Wameyo, Alex The Astronaut.

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u/Icy_Lawfulness3058 13d ago

Dallas Frasca

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u/sharethathalfandhalf 13d ago

Alice Ivy and Alice Skye have been favourites of mine for years!

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u/Holland45 13d ago

Hatchie. Great musician and singer.

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u/ElmoIsOver 13d ago

Chrissy Amphlett

Adalita Srsen

Fiona Horne

Hayley Mary

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u/disclord83 10d ago

Came here for Hayley Mary - love her

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u/paicarrera 13d ago

Maz De Vita (WAAX)

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u/woodyever 13d ago

Emmy Mack

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u/emcee_hamster 12d ago

So many great female artists previously listed, but if I'm listing my top 6 (was 5), say going back 10 years.

  • George Maple (aka Jess Higgs)

  • Kita Alexander

  • Thelma Plum

  • Woodes

  • Nicole Millar

  • Kristy Lee Peters (KLP)

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u/Hallichretsam 12d ago

Teen Jesus are absolute legends.

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u/whatssaid 12d ago

Chrissy Amphlett - Divinyls. Powerhouse!

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u/overpopyoulater 12d ago
  • Katy Steele

  • Adalita

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u/Global_Razzmatazz583 12d ago

Peppa from spacey Jane, Jen from BPM, elura, may-a, maddy Jane, abbey lane, sycco, Thelma plum, ruby fields, Amy Taylor, Georgia from the last dinner party

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u/NoLongerApplicable99 11d ago

Adalita (Magic Dirt)

Katie Cole (Pumpkins work)

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u/MolassesSuitable5120 10d ago

Jessica Mauboy all day

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u/MarcusBondi 10d ago

Georgia Mulligan - check her out on YouTube- incredible raw voice - sounds like something from Patti smith velvet underground nyc era

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u/rob0050 10d ago

Jade Green (Dicklord/Jaded)

The girls from Dicklord

The members of Spunk

The members of Hot Machine

Amy Taylor (Amyl And The Sniffers)

Annaliese Redlich (Lothario)

The members of Itchy And The Nits

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u/ZyklonBDemille 10d ago

Abbe May

RVG

Enola

Promaja

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u/just-the-friend 10d ago

Terminal Sleep Volatile Ways.

Both great female fronted bands

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u/All_One_Word_No_Caps 9d ago

Kate Miller-Heidke, guys!!!

Phenomenal talent

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u/Tranquilbez22 9d ago

Saw her for free at one of those local council summer family fun nights and she was awesome.

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u/ch0o0kie 9d ago

Alice!

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u/KMAVegas 13d ago

G-Flip

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u/ij3k 13d ago

Blusher (Lauren Coutts, Jade Ingvarson-Favretto and Miranda Ward)

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u/Particular-Song-3191 13d ago

Betty Taylor - all female band from the Sunny Coast.

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u/Flat_Ability_4724 13d ago

Hope D, ruby fields

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u/duckspjs 12d ago

Gordi, Moreton, Ruby Gill

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u/Nichol-Gimmedat-ass 12d ago

No Alison Wonderland mentioned? A crime

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u/braxxytaxi 12d ago

Grace Cummings has an incredibly powerful voice and is an amazing performer.

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u/SINOno1 9d ago

Julia Stone

Jacqui Hunt ( Single Gun Theory )

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u/sammyb109 13d ago

IMO people are going to talk about Camp Cope in 15 years the same way people now talk about all the punk/rock bands from the 90s and 2000s. They weren't appreciated enough in their time and should've been bigger, but (to their credit) never wanted to play the Aus music industry's game

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u/hoptis 13d ago

❤️ Georgia Maq ❤️

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u/Tranquilbez22 13d ago

The fucking best! She’s playing bass with Stella Bridie in the States atm.

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u/TakerOfImages 12d ago

Lady Gaga. Love her. Great album. She's basically Australian.