Matty🌈🦄
@spectrophonics74.bsky.social
Music loving freak across the spectrum, from disco to punk to pop to obscure experimental pieces, based in Australia
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Nov. #ArtistFave15 is Frente!; formed in 1989 and hitting peak popularity in the early 90s, the band’s core membership of singer, Angie Hart, & guitarist, Simon Austin play on; the songwriting powerhouse duo behind the band. More experimental than their biggest quirky pop hits, Frente! are a joy!
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Nov. #ArtistFave15 is Frente!; formed in 1989 and hitting peak popularity in the early 90s, the band’s core membership of singer, Angie Hart, & guitarist, Simon Austin play on; the songwriting powerhouse duo behind the band. More experimental than their biggest quirky pop hits, Frente! are a joy!
#ArtistFaveLP
#MusicChallenge
#ComingSoon
LoveBuzz - The Hummingbirds debut album - a 90s Indie sound that hit big in 1989 in Aus - early tracks had Joy Division elements w/ REM style melody + B-52s like harmonies. Later 80s tracks were forerunners to Lemonheads, Smashing Pumpkins & jangly 90s pop.
#MusicChallenge
#ComingSoon
LoveBuzz - The Hummingbirds debut album - a 90s Indie sound that hit big in 1989 in Aus - early tracks had Joy Division elements w/ REM style melody + B-52s like harmonies. Later 80s tracks were forerunners to Lemonheads, Smashing Pumpkins & jangly 90s pop.
October 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#ArtistFaveLP
#MusicChallenge
#ComingSoon
LoveBuzz - The Hummingbirds debut album - a 90s Indie sound that hit big in 1989 in Aus - early tracks had Joy Division elements w/ REM style melody + B-52s like harmonies. Later 80s tracks were forerunners to Lemonheads, Smashing Pumpkins & jangly 90s pop.
#MusicChallenge
#ComingSoon
LoveBuzz - The Hummingbirds debut album - a 90s Indie sound that hit big in 1989 in Aus - early tracks had Joy Division elements w/ REM style melody + B-52s like harmonies. Later 80s tracks were forerunners to Lemonheads, Smashing Pumpkins & jangly 90s pop.
Lisa was also an actress and ballet dancer which is showcased in the original aus video but less so in the US mix video. She starred in the hard to find film Hungry Heart in 1987 starring Nick Carrafa an 80s/90s aus soap hunk
October 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Lisa was also an actress and ballet dancer which is showcased in the original aus video but less so in the US mix video. She starred in the hard to find film Hungry Heart in 1987 starring Nick Carrafa an 80s/90s aus soap hunk
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October 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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October 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Oct #ArtistFave15 is Girl Overboard, the late 80s/early 90s pop/rock/quasi-jazz band with core members, the late vocalist Lisa Schouw, guitarist Robin Gist, & percussionist Brett McNaughton. Formed out of 80s band Separate Tables, they parted ways after two albums & some wonderfully great music.
September 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Oct #ArtistFave15 is Girl Overboard, the late 80s/early 90s pop/rock/quasi-jazz band with core members, the late vocalist Lisa Schouw, guitarist Robin Gist, & percussionist Brett McNaughton. Formed out of 80s band Separate Tables, they parted ways after two albums & some wonderfully great music.
Think Back To Your Childhood. Do you remember when your anxiety started?
September 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Think Back To Your Childhood. Do you remember when your anxiety started?
#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
#Chantoozies
Pop/dance bands were often unfairly maligned/dismissed in Australia in 70s-80s pub rock culture & when members were related to Aus. Music Royalty (Olivia NJ and James Reyne) extra scorn was thrown but Chantoozies fought on through 4 decades in various forms
#MusicChallenge
#Chantoozies
Pop/dance bands were often unfairly maligned/dismissed in Australia in 70s-80s pub rock culture & when members were related to Aus. Music Royalty (Olivia NJ and James Reyne) extra scorn was thrown but Chantoozies fought on through 4 decades in various forms
September 1, 2025 at 10:21 AM
#ArtistFave15
#MusicChallenge
#Chantoozies
Pop/dance bands were often unfairly maligned/dismissed in Australia in 70s-80s pub rock culture & when members were related to Aus. Music Royalty (Olivia NJ and James Reyne) extra scorn was thrown but Chantoozies fought on through 4 decades in various forms
#MusicChallenge
#Chantoozies
Pop/dance bands were often unfairly maligned/dismissed in Australia in 70s-80s pub rock culture & when members were related to Aus. Music Royalty (Olivia NJ and James Reyne) extra scorn was thrown but Chantoozies fought on through 4 decades in various forms
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
31/8
Closing the month with another Cowley classic. Thanks @davidxaviergentry.bsky.social youtu.be/h4rmDzRdsq8?...
#MusicChallenge
31/8
Closing the month with another Cowley classic. Thanks @davidxaviergentry.bsky.social youtu.be/h4rmDzRdsq8?...
September 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
31/8
Closing the month with another Cowley classic. Thanks @davidxaviergentry.bsky.social youtu.be/h4rmDzRdsq8?...
#MusicChallenge
31/8
Closing the month with another Cowley classic. Thanks @davidxaviergentry.bsky.social youtu.be/h4rmDzRdsq8?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
30/8
Sylvester was a legend of disco ‘70s and Hi-NRG in ‘80s; a star lost at 39 to AIDS complications dedicating the royalties from his music to AIDS charities after those last years fighting for those struggling to overcome the epidemic.
youtu.be/BnPCL9EwyNk?...
#MusicChallenge
30/8
Sylvester was a legend of disco ‘70s and Hi-NRG in ‘80s; a star lost at 39 to AIDS complications dedicating the royalties from his music to AIDS charities after those last years fighting for those struggling to overcome the epidemic.
youtu.be/BnPCL9EwyNk?...
August 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
30/8
Sylvester was a legend of disco ‘70s and Hi-NRG in ‘80s; a star lost at 39 to AIDS complications dedicating the royalties from his music to AIDS charities after those last years fighting for those struggling to overcome the epidemic.
youtu.be/BnPCL9EwyNk?...
#MusicChallenge
30/8
Sylvester was a legend of disco ‘70s and Hi-NRG in ‘80s; a star lost at 39 to AIDS complications dedicating the royalties from his music to AIDS charities after those last years fighting for those struggling to overcome the epidemic.
youtu.be/BnPCL9EwyNk?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
29/8
David Bowie was still producing great new music at 68 before he died, one of the most consistently creative, daring and haunting vocalists, musicians and songwriters.
youtu.be/QWtsV50_-p4?...
#MusicChallenge
29/8
David Bowie was still producing great new music at 68 before he died, one of the most consistently creative, daring and haunting vocalists, musicians and songwriters.
youtu.be/QWtsV50_-p4?...
August 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
29/8
David Bowie was still producing great new music at 68 before he died, one of the most consistently creative, daring and haunting vocalists, musicians and songwriters.
youtu.be/QWtsV50_-p4?...
#MusicChallenge
29/8
David Bowie was still producing great new music at 68 before he died, one of the most consistently creative, daring and haunting vocalists, musicians and songwriters.
youtu.be/QWtsV50_-p4?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
28/8
Peter Allen was a complicated figure; camp yet determinedly “mainstream”; coy about his sexuality until his death from AIDS complications at 48; he left behind an amazing list of Oscar winning songwriting and classic standards.
youtu.be/ab4Y_gLSyRI?...
#MusicChallenge
28/8
Peter Allen was a complicated figure; camp yet determinedly “mainstream”; coy about his sexuality until his death from AIDS complications at 48; he left behind an amazing list of Oscar winning songwriting and classic standards.
youtu.be/ab4Y_gLSyRI?...
August 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
28/8
Peter Allen was a complicated figure; camp yet determinedly “mainstream”; coy about his sexuality until his death from AIDS complications at 48; he left behind an amazing list of Oscar winning songwriting and classic standards.
youtu.be/ab4Y_gLSyRI?...
#MusicChallenge
28/8
Peter Allen was a complicated figure; camp yet determinedly “mainstream”; coy about his sexuality until his death from AIDS complications at 48; he left behind an amazing list of Oscar winning songwriting and classic standards.
youtu.be/ab4Y_gLSyRI?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
27/8
Whitney Houston died at 48 having just released a comeback album; her frictional relationship with fame haunting her till the end. Sharing an early track with band Material from 1983 - before fame took over - her voice was the star.
youtu.be/DJqG3NxTZJ4?...
#MusicChallenge
27/8
Whitney Houston died at 48 having just released a comeback album; her frictional relationship with fame haunting her till the end. Sharing an early track with band Material from 1983 - before fame took over - her voice was the star.
youtu.be/DJqG3NxTZJ4?...
August 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
27/8
Whitney Houston died at 48 having just released a comeback album; her frictional relationship with fame haunting her till the end. Sharing an early track with band Material from 1983 - before fame took over - her voice was the star.
youtu.be/DJqG3NxTZJ4?...
#MusicChallenge
27/8
Whitney Houston died at 48 having just released a comeback album; her frictional relationship with fame haunting her till the end. Sharing an early track with band Material from 1983 - before fame took over - her voice was the star.
youtu.be/DJqG3NxTZJ4?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
26/8
Paul Jabara died in 1992, at 44, from AIDS complications; the singer, actor and Oscar Winning songwriter (for Last Dance by Donna Summer) also wrote No More Tears, The Main Event & co-wrote It’s Raining Men as well as 4 solo albums.
youtu.be/B5W-ATAKM-U?...
#MusicChallenge
26/8
Paul Jabara died in 1992, at 44, from AIDS complications; the singer, actor and Oscar Winning songwriter (for Last Dance by Donna Summer) also wrote No More Tears, The Main Event & co-wrote It’s Raining Men as well as 4 solo albums.
youtu.be/B5W-ATAKM-U?...
August 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
26/8
Paul Jabara died in 1992, at 44, from AIDS complications; the singer, actor and Oscar Winning songwriter (for Last Dance by Donna Summer) also wrote No More Tears, The Main Event & co-wrote It’s Raining Men as well as 4 solo albums.
youtu.be/B5W-ATAKM-U?...
#MusicChallenge
26/8
Paul Jabara died in 1992, at 44, from AIDS complications; the singer, actor and Oscar Winning songwriter (for Last Dance by Donna Summer) also wrote No More Tears, The Main Event & co-wrote It’s Raining Men as well as 4 solo albums.
youtu.be/B5W-ATAKM-U?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
25/8
Guy McDonough was co-songwriter, guitarist, vocalist with band, Australian Crawl who had just hit no 1 with their biggest single Reckless. Guy passed away at 28 in 1984 during a naturopathic detox treatment, contracting pneumonia. youtu.be/CL6iCDew0hE?...
#MusicChallenge
25/8
Guy McDonough was co-songwriter, guitarist, vocalist with band, Australian Crawl who had just hit no 1 with their biggest single Reckless. Guy passed away at 28 in 1984 during a naturopathic detox treatment, contracting pneumonia. youtu.be/CL6iCDew0hE?...
August 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
25/8
Guy McDonough was co-songwriter, guitarist, vocalist with band, Australian Crawl who had just hit no 1 with their biggest single Reckless. Guy passed away at 28 in 1984 during a naturopathic detox treatment, contracting pneumonia. youtu.be/CL6iCDew0hE?...
#MusicChallenge
25/8
Guy McDonough was co-songwriter, guitarist, vocalist with band, Australian Crawl who had just hit no 1 with their biggest single Reckless. Guy passed away at 28 in 1984 during a naturopathic detox treatment, contracting pneumonia. youtu.be/CL6iCDew0hE?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
24/8
Bon Scott was the wild lead singer of AC/DC who died at 33, at the height of fame youtu.be/g8xScxmekQk?...
#MusicChallenge
24/8
Bon Scott was the wild lead singer of AC/DC who died at 33, at the height of fame youtu.be/g8xScxmekQk?...
August 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
24/8
Bon Scott was the wild lead singer of AC/DC who died at 33, at the height of fame youtu.be/g8xScxmekQk?...
#MusicChallenge
24/8
Bon Scott was the wild lead singer of AC/DC who died at 33, at the height of fame youtu.be/g8xScxmekQk?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
23/8
Cass Eliot aka Mama Cass was a legendary voice of joy and compassion, lost at 32.
youtu.be/PEQxEJ5_5zA?...
#MusicChallenge
23/8
Cass Eliot aka Mama Cass was a legendary voice of joy and compassion, lost at 32.
youtu.be/PEQxEJ5_5zA?...
August 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
23/8
Cass Eliot aka Mama Cass was a legendary voice of joy and compassion, lost at 32.
youtu.be/PEQxEJ5_5zA?...
#MusicChallenge
23/8
Cass Eliot aka Mama Cass was a legendary voice of joy and compassion, lost at 32.
youtu.be/PEQxEJ5_5zA?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
22/8
Divine aka Harris Glenn Milstead was an 70s/80s icon daring to break down barriers in film and music, passing away in 1988.
youtu.be/pd2Gzkkwe9Q?...
#MusicChallenge
22/8
Divine aka Harris Glenn Milstead was an 70s/80s icon daring to break down barriers in film and music, passing away in 1988.
youtu.be/pd2Gzkkwe9Q?...
August 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
22/8
Divine aka Harris Glenn Milstead was an 70s/80s icon daring to break down barriers in film and music, passing away in 1988.
youtu.be/pd2Gzkkwe9Q?...
#MusicChallenge
22/8
Divine aka Harris Glenn Milstead was an 70s/80s icon daring to break down barriers in film and music, passing away in 1988.
youtu.be/pd2Gzkkwe9Q?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
21/8
Arthur Russell was a cellist, composer, dance music artist/mixer and solo experimentalist who passed away too soon during the AIDS epidemic; creating moving, unique songs such as: youtu.be/QY6nNFenaa0?...
#MusicChallenge
21/8
Arthur Russell was a cellist, composer, dance music artist/mixer and solo experimentalist who passed away too soon during the AIDS epidemic; creating moving, unique songs such as: youtu.be/QY6nNFenaa0?...
August 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
21/8
Arthur Russell was a cellist, composer, dance music artist/mixer and solo experimentalist who passed away too soon during the AIDS epidemic; creating moving, unique songs such as: youtu.be/QY6nNFenaa0?...
#MusicChallenge
21/8
Arthur Russell was a cellist, composer, dance music artist/mixer and solo experimentalist who passed away too soon during the AIDS epidemic; creating moving, unique songs such as: youtu.be/QY6nNFenaa0?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
20/8
Michael Hutchence died unexpectedly in 1997, having achieved incredible success with INXS, solo works and in a diverse range of collaborations with artists such as Kylie and Max Q. This is a fave collab from 1989.
youtu.be/CIVamkD07L0?...
#MusicChallenge
20/8
Michael Hutchence died unexpectedly in 1997, having achieved incredible success with INXS, solo works and in a diverse range of collaborations with artists such as Kylie and Max Q. This is a fave collab from 1989.
youtu.be/CIVamkD07L0?...
August 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
20/8
Michael Hutchence died unexpectedly in 1997, having achieved incredible success with INXS, solo works and in a diverse range of collaborations with artists such as Kylie and Max Q. This is a fave collab from 1989.
youtu.be/CIVamkD07L0?...
#MusicChallenge
20/8
Michael Hutchence died unexpectedly in 1997, having achieved incredible success with INXS, solo works and in a diverse range of collaborations with artists such as Kylie and Max Q. This is a fave collab from 1989.
youtu.be/CIVamkD07L0?...
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
19/8
Patrick Cowley was a pioneer of the edm shift from disco to Hi-NRG & beyond to experimental works. Famous for his work with Sylvester & remixes as well as his solo works, he died early into the AIDS epidemic lost at 32.
youtu.be/PeYUTbU_iTw?...
#MusicChallenge
19/8
Patrick Cowley was a pioneer of the edm shift from disco to Hi-NRG & beyond to experimental works. Famous for his work with Sylvester & remixes as well as his solo works, he died early into the AIDS epidemic lost at 32.
youtu.be/PeYUTbU_iTw?...
August 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
19/8
Patrick Cowley was a pioneer of the edm shift from disco to Hi-NRG & beyond to experimental works. Famous for his work with Sylvester & remixes as well as his solo works, he died early into the AIDS epidemic lost at 32.
youtu.be/PeYUTbU_iTw?...
#MusicChallenge
19/8
Patrick Cowley was a pioneer of the edm shift from disco to Hi-NRG & beyond to experimental works. Famous for his work with Sylvester & remixes as well as his solo works, he died early into the AIDS epidemic lost at 32.
youtu.be/PeYUTbU_iTw?...
#ArtistFave70s
#MusicChallenge
#MarlenaShaw
From the time - as a teenager - I heard Marlena on the opening medley of the film “Looking For Mr Goodbar” I loved her voice. In the 1970s she released an album a year from 1972-76 on jazz label Blue Note and from 1977-1979 on Columbia with her Disco Soul.
#MusicChallenge
#MarlenaShaw
From the time - as a teenager - I heard Marlena on the opening medley of the film “Looking For Mr Goodbar” I loved her voice. In the 1970s she released an album a year from 1972-76 on jazz label Blue Note and from 1977-1979 on Columbia with her Disco Soul.
August 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
#ArtistFave70s
#MusicChallenge
#MarlenaShaw
From the time - as a teenager - I heard Marlena on the opening medley of the film “Looking For Mr Goodbar” I loved her voice. In the 1970s she released an album a year from 1972-76 on jazz label Blue Note and from 1977-1979 on Columbia with her Disco Soul.
#MusicChallenge
#MarlenaShaw
From the time - as a teenager - I heard Marlena on the opening medley of the film “Looking For Mr Goodbar” I loved her voice. In the 1970s she released an album a year from 1972-76 on jazz label Blue Note and from 1977-1979 on Columbia with her Disco Soul.
August 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM