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Guest DJ Week: Courtney Barnett
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Guest DJ Week: Courtney Barnett

The Australian singer and guitarist talks about the music she heard growing up in Sydney, her love of the bands Talking Heads, Wilco and more in this interview, originally recorded in 2015.

Guest DJ Courtney Barnett

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You Am I: A Web Of Bravado And Regret

In "Lie and Face the Sun," the Australian band You Am I captures the conflict and complexity of being human. Andrew Maccoll hide caption

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You Am I: A Web Of Bravado And Regret

In "Lie and Face the Sun," the Australian band captures the conflict and complexity of being human.

'Lie and Face the Sun' by You Am I

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Rootsy Arena-Rock Goes for Broke

Despite its success in Australia, You Am I has never made a dent in the U.S. But its new Convicts seems to suggest that other issues besides a failure to break through may explain the four-year delay since the band's last album, 2003's Deliverance.

'Thuggery' by You Am I

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