Essential Music - Top 100 Australian Songs.

AC/DC, The Go-Betweens, Slim Dusty,Crowded House… it’s not hard to see why Australian artists are considered some of the world’s best musicians… and that’s before they even hit the live stage! Skip back a few decades ago and it was almost unthinkable to imagine Aussies topping the charts overseas. Now however, acts like Kylie Minogue, The Vines, Jet, Keith Urban and many more regularly appear on critics’ best-of lists and sell out venues all across the globe. Back in the ‘80s bands such as AC/DC, Hunters & Collectors and Cold Chisel helped fuel the pub rock genre – a sound still associated with Oz years later – but these days it’s impossible to define ‘Australian music’. From the growing hip-hop scene (check Hilltop Hoods, Bliss ‘N Eso) to the electro acts (Paul Mac, The Presets, Cut Copy), Aussie music has evolved into one eclectic beast. What would Johnny O’Keefe make of it all? We think he’d be proud. Here’s 100 of the best Australian songs of all time…