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Various ArtistsKiss My WAMi 2005 WAM/Independent Perth is, allegedly, the most isolated capital city in the world. So when we in Adelaide complain about how our local music scene gets ignored by everyone else in the country, it should be incumbent upon us to look to the even more distant shores of Western Australia for some inspiration. After all, in the last ten years or so Perth has been the town for Australian music, even more so than its eastern cousins. This four-CD compilation exemplifies this fact, but also hints at the reasons why. This compilation is cleverly divided into four sections - the 'Friday Night' disc for rock and indie; the 'Sometime Saturday' disc for the unlikely collaboration of metal, hardcore and commercial pop; the 'Saturday Night' disc for dance; and the 'Sunday Arvo' disc for roots. On each disc you're bound to recognise some names - after all, who hasn't heard of Eskimo Joe or Little Birdy? And that's with some notable absences - no mention of The Sleepy Jackson, for example - so you can imagine that the standard is bloody high. But what has that got to do with us? Well it shows us that not only do they have the bands (and I wouldn't hesitate before I say we have equally magnificent bands down here), but the bands have the support. The Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc. (WAM) produces 4000 copies of this CD and passes them around international events. It nurtures its bands, and then presents them to the national (and international) stage. And it even gets Rolf Harris to provide the cover art and liner notes. Perhaps if we could produce something like this, our eastern cousins might take a little more notice of the amazing things we can do.  |
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