Ten Favorite Australian (or New Zealand) New Wave Albums
(alphabetically by album, and with a broad idea of what constitutes new wave)
Ashes by Zaine Griff
Before Hollywood by The Go-Betweens
Business as Usual by Men at Work
Don’t Throw Stones by The Sports
Graffiti Crimes by Mi-Sex
Heartland by Real Life
Kick by INXS
Love and Other Numbers 1980-1984 by Ash Wednesday
Love Songs by The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience
Vertigo by Boxcar
— July 11, 2024