09/23/2025
We Just noticed 2025 is mostly finished. On the Down Under Hour, Music From Australia, on the radio at KKRN 88.5FM, 1PM Wednesday, 3PM Saturday, and streaming right at this very moment at KKRN.org, we do try to keep up with the times, so this week we're playing some new and almost new releases, plus more of the usual filler and nonsense.
Show 138
It's almost summer Down Under, time to make the most of what's left of 2025.
Green Spirit (Tumbling Away) - Ashley Naylor, from his album Alexandria Sunset, a September release.
Unsing That Song - John Dowler's Vanity Project, the album Existential Friend. Fans will remember Dowler's work with his bands Young Modern and the Zimmermen. The album came out in November 2024 but went in wider release in January 2025, which is when it landed on our desk.
I'll Be There - the Gnomes - that's gnomes, as in the little folk who live in people's gardens. The song is on their album titled The Gnomes, which is scheduled to be released in November.
All Clear - Clio Renner, from her album Don't Hurry the Dance, which came out in March 2025.
1966?
Anyone looking to buy a Holden car? Sorry, General Motors stopped making Holden cars in Australia in 2017. But in 1966 they turned out fine cars and good advertising.
It's still 2025
Zombie Apocalypse - the Phosphenes, from their album Let's All Go To Mars, a September release.
Stuck In the Past - the Breakmakers, the album Lonesome Sundown, which came out in March.
Coming Home - Liz Stringer, from her album The Second High, also a March release.
Three kings - good hand
Eternal Return - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, from their most recent album, Phantom Island, a September 2025 release.
Through the Trees - King Stingray, the song was on their album For The Dreams, which came out way back in November 2024.
Something That I Said - Chris Wilson, from his album King For A Day, originally released in 2002 but given the reissue treatment in August 2025.
Stuff we like
Penguin Ballet - featuring Australian guitarist John Williams, playing with the London Symphony Orchestra, part of a work titled Antarctica (Suite for Guitar and Orchestra), by Australian composer Nigel Westlake, who also wrote the music for the movies Babe and Babe: Pig in the City. Penguin Ballet is part of a score he wrote for the 1991 documentary film Antarctica, which he later adapted into a four-movement orchestral suite for guitar and orchestra in 1992.
Walk On - Chris Altmann, from his album Nothing But Nice Things, a 2014 release. Altmann is an Australian but he's been settled and working in Canada for many years.
Footy songs, in time for the AFL grand final
One Day In September - the grand final is traditionally played on the last Saturday in September.
Up There Cazaly - the player in the song title was Roy Cazaly, who started his footy career in 1911. Both songs were written by Mike Brady.
That's The Thing About Football - Greg Champion's football anthem.
Frank Moylan supplies our hello and goodbye and in between musical bits.
