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〰️ experimental pop band 🥀
'Melon on the Vine' out now xx
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3.9.26 My friend @william_2002zzz and I played a curious mix of tunes last week - we had a larger amount of really wonderful outsider artists some of which I wanted to showcase in this slideshow🤗

Robbie Basho (pioneering American primitivist guitarist) speaking in a 1983 interview about why he started playing steel string guitar. I played his song ‘Call on the wind’ from his transcendent 1978 album ‘Visions of the Country’

Awesome album cover of Lady June’s very eccentric ‘Linguistic leprosy’ (1974) which I played the song Bars from. Lady June was an avant garde musician/visual artist/poet who emerged out of the early 70s Canterbury scene. Weird fact: Robert Wyatt of Soft machine who became a paraplegic after falling out of a window during a party in his late 20s actually fell out of Lady June’s window…

Album cover of Bobb trimbles (a cult psych folk artist from Massachusetts) 1982 ‘Harvest of Dreams’ which I played the song ‘Premonitions - The Fantasy’ from

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@ondiamond’s second album ‘Melon On The Vine’, has been nominated for the @australianmusicprize!

One of the AMP judges commented:
“An absolutely beautiful record that walks the line between elegant pop and challenging avante garde improvisation as gorgeous melodies and restless arrangements rub up against each other, creating a very special type of frisson.”

Congratulations @llllisasallllvo, this was an album a long time in the making and one of our favourite releases and launch shows of 2025!

If you haven’t heard it go grab a copy, a perfect winter warmer and available via @eastmint on @bandcamp or all good local independent record stores.

💙💙💙

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Starting the week with a judge's pick... 'Melon On The Vine', the 2nd album from @ondiamond . One of our judges commented:
"An absolutely beautiful record that walks the line between elegant pop and challenging avante garde improvisation as gorgeous melodies and restless arrangements rub up against each other, creating a very special type of frisson."

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Looking back at XIX.

Our nineteenth season was a showcase of boundary-pushing Australian artists across genres, from ambient jazz and early renaissance choral works, to cutting-edge pop and indie rock legends.

Season XIX:
Bonniesongs
@bonniesongs

Michael Beach: Big Black Plume
@michaelbeach___

Alexandra Spence: Your Whistle Tells Of Landscape
@alxandraspence

Farewell Tour
@joeandchanelle

Puscha x Aarti Jadu
@puscha_music_film
@lllllllllllalllllllllll

Niran Dasika: Life Forms
@nirantrumpet

Way Dynamic
@way_dynamic

Malaika Mfalme
@malaikangelking

AnSo
@an.so.ie

Hand to Earth: Ŋurru Wäŋa
@handtoearthmusic

Luminescence: Gesualdo Tenebrae
@luminescencesingers

On Diamond
@ondiamond

Eliana Glass
@ladyliana

Dylan Atlantis
@itsdylanatlantis

Jon Rose x Erik Griswold: Unnamed Road
@erikgriswold6371

📸 @gxbriellemxry, @bronte_godden, @billyzammit, @byravyna, @rubyboland, and @jordankmunns.

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Looking back at the faces that made Season XIX.

📸 @gxbriellemxry, @bronte_godden, @billyzammit, @byravyna, @rubyboland, and @jordankmunns.

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On Diamond (@ondiamond) continued Season XIX, led by Lisa Salvo (vocals) with Scott McConnachie (guitar, synth), Myka Wallace (drums), Jules Pascoe (bass), and Duré Dara (percussion).

Based in Melbourne/Naarm, the group’s practice draws from alternative pop, folk, and experimental song, shaped by a close-knit ensemble dynamic, balancing structured songwriting with exploratory treatments of texture and arrangement.

Drawing on the expanded palette of their latest release ‘Melon on the Vine’, the set centred voice, rhythm, and atmosphere in careful proportion. Salvo’s vocals carried a quiet warmth, moving between direct melodic lines and expressive nuance, while the collective navigated tone and space with precision, maintaining the ensemble’s cohesive connection throughout.

📸 @jordankmunns
💡 @visitandre

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🎉GIG GUIDE🎉 Here’s what’s on this week, don’t miss out! 🕺

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bandcamp friday is upon us 💦💦💦 in the vast and lush landscape of australian left-field music, selecting what to purchase is quite a task so the wettest 100 has your back. over summer members of the wettest 100 community have nominated their favourite local tracks for our @buymusicclub playlist (link in bio & stories) & the result is a rich showcase of boundary pushing music. go forth & find something new and beautiful & maybe grab some merchandise along the way 🩶 biggest thank you to every fan who put forward their favourite tracks and repped these aussie artists. i’ve tagged as many as meta will let me in the next slides and below too so you can chuck them a follow on insta xx

@flossy.world @uboatheflesh @inaugural___ @lalka.online @qespeaks @romaeo__ @mess_esque @cloudtanglemusic @wishlist.band @elizabird_ @platonic.sx @headaches.cure

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Happy new trip around Sol. 💫 Make it a peaceful one. Buy music and may your listening be lossless!

Again with huge appreciation to all artists, engineers, and producers who kept me busy this year. Including but not limited to:

@daisykilbourne
@bleak.squad
@martin.w.brown
@shaynecookofficial
Roger @unionstreet_studio
@jamesmcguffiemusic
@shanereilly4
@headgap
Lisa Salvo & @ondiamond
@nickbatterham & @cordrazineband
@joshjcashman
@callumedwardsaudio
@joncollins.music
@creaturefearband
@mantoniuspiximus & @resentments_central
@elteemusic
@imogenpembertonmusic
@ishanincaps
@kisses5eva
@tsen.ru
@mess_esque
@smithandcohen
@mistyharlowe

#Gratitude #2025InMusic #AudioMastering #NewMusic #NewReleases #IndependentMusic #Rock #AlternativeMusic #AltFolk #Electronic #Experimental #Folk #Pop #AltCountry #Mastering #ProfessionalMastering #MusicOf2025

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our unranked 2025 Wettest 100 Buy Music Club playlist is now live & chock full of great music nominated by the Wettest 100 community 🩶 we’ll keep adding your nominations to the playlist until next bandcamp friday on February 6 2026 - you can submit your top 3 favourite boundary-pushing aussie tracks from 2025 in our insta story. playlist link in our bio and stories 🌊 🖤💦

remember to tag the artists you vote for too so they know you love em 💞💞

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Community, friends, laughs. Music brings us together, 2025 highlights part 3!

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Definitely worth a trip to see @ondiamond at @phoenixcentralpark on Thursday 19 March!

Thank you @joshmilch for taking the time to listen to Melon in the Vine and inviting On Diamond to participate. We’re always in awe of your incredibly considered curation and programming.

Check out the full program of incredible local music as performing as part of Season XIX.

To attend shows at Phoenix Central Park, enter the ballot at the link via bio.

#ondiamond #experimental #livemusic

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