by Carrie Brownstein

Good work, sleuths! Apparently, technology does provide all of the answers.

It seems that everyone who figured out that the song in yesterday's video was by a late-'70s Australian band called The Particles, found the answer by typing the lyrics into a search engine.

When I visited Australia in 1994, I was lucky enough to spend my first month in Sydney with Stephen O'Neil and Fran Gibson from The Cannanes. In addition to their immense generosity as hosts, they gave me multiple Cannanes LPs, along with two fantastic 7" singles by The Particles (a band that Stephen played in from 1982 to '85). The latter are records I have never seen in the U.S., and they are two of my most prized vinyl possessions.

The Particles' music is hard to come by, but fortunately for us, The Cannanes' music isn't. They're still playing and putting out records, so check them out!

Thanks again to Fran and Stephen.

I'll make Name That Tune harder next time. Or, at least, I'll try. And perhaps I'll come up with a prize for the first correct answer. It's getting serious around here.

Pictures of the Particles single I included in the video:

The Particles: