Ten Favorite Australian (or New Zealand) New Wave Albums
(alphabetically by album, and with a broad idea of what constitutes new wave)
Before Hollywood by The Go-Betweens
Business as Usual by Men at Work
Diesel and Dust by Midnight Oil
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
— March 21, 2021