Australian Music Is Bloody Great: Cable Ties

31 July 2023 | 5:30 pm | Will Backler
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Jenny McKechnie shares some of her current favourite Australian sounds on Australian Music Is Bloody Great.

Where do you hear great new Australian music these days? Community radio is one crucial outlet and Amrap – the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project - offers Australian musicians a pathway to airplay from the hundreds of community stations to a weekly listenership of nearly 6,000,000 people. Go to amrap.org.au to get your music to thousands of presenters using the site each month to find new Australian music. If you haven’t got your music on Amrap, what are you waiting for? Community radio uses Amrap to source Australian music for airplay. You can discover all the great Australian music championed by community radio on the Community Radio Plus App, featuring the diverse range of community radio stations nationwide in one handy spot!

Amrap’s national radio show Australian Music Is Bloody Great features Australian artists presenting their favourite recent Australian music. Australian Music Is Bloody Great’s previous hosts range from Dune Rats to Sampa The Great to Phil Jameison.

We’re proud to team up with Amrap to bring you Australian Music Is Bloody Great as a Pilerats feature!
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This article originally appeared on amrap.org.au
Written by Joshua Kreusler

Politically-driven punk trio Cable Ties have gained an international following since forming in 2015 and have proven hugely influential in their hometown Melbourne music scene. Following the recent release of Cable Ties' third album All Her Plans, the band's Jenny McKechnie shares some of her current favourite Australian sounds on Australian Music Is Bloody Great.

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This is off Moody Beaches' new album, Acid Ocean. Their launch at the Nightcat [in Melbourne] was totally mind blowing. Definitely go see them live if you get a chance.

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I caught Maxine at the Tramway Hotel the other afternoon and I've really enjoyed digging into her latest EP, Ultra Lounge, ever since.

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I only discovered this one recently and have been unable to turn it off ever since. There is a language warning with this one if you've got little ears around.

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This is our latest single.

Cable Ties Tour Dates

August 4 – Max Watts, Melbourne w/ Our Carlson
August 5 – The Zoo, Brisbane w/ Our Carlson
August 6 – Eltham Hotel, Eltham w/ Our Carlson
August 10 – Tanswells, Beechworth
August 11 – The Shaking Hand, Canberra w/ Our Carlson
August 12 – The Lansdowne, Sydney w/ Our Carlson
August 13 – The Servo, Port Kembla w/ Our Carlson

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