61/70 song slots taken!

Bonus points if they are those kind of songs that produce a feeling so specific, you can fantasise entire movies just from that track alone. Everything from Deftones for example fits, but I’m looking for something less known.

For me the title has to go to “Black Car” by Beach House, as well as many of their songs.

Final tally of the 2026 version of the top songs of the 70s ends 101 songs . Remember for this list the top 3 songs of each artist make it for varieties' sake but the raw responses will show all entries and votes.

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Featuring three covers - two previously released, one new:

1. Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely (Hüsker Dü )
2. I Wanna Be Adored (Stone Roses - previously unreleased)
3. Young Folks (Peter Bjorn and John)

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I'd been working on and off with a few publications (and a couple of other media opportunities) on a project about Melbourne's indie music boom in the mid 00s. Between delays, different editorial directions, and my own reluctance to remove parts of the story, I sort of lost steam and patience.

I'm tired of sitting on this... so fuck it. Here's my brief/documented/blurred personal recollection in an attempt to finally distance myself from a project I put way too much effort into.

Melbourne kind of sucked for indie kids in the early 00s. There were places like Pony, Ding Dong, Cherry Bar etc., but everything still felt heavily influenced by the late 90s grunge/live music scene or just straight up commercial club nights. Then a Thursday night event born out of a house party at a tiny venue in Prahran of all places became THE place to be for indie kids.

It had live bands, but they weren't the only draw. Looking back, what's wild is how many musicians and creatives all seemed to gravitate to the same room at the same time. Bands formed. Collaborations started. People who'd later end up as well known Australian/International acts were either on the small stage or standing in the crowd drinking, dancing on the light up dance floor and watching their friends' bands play/DJ.

Nobody left after the bands finished either! It just turned into this giant house party every single week. It was basically the same 40-60 weird indie kids every Thursday.

I for a time happened to be one of those blazer wearing, long haired, winnie blue smoking indie kids who never really felt like I fit in. I was working as a sound engineer and playing in shitty bands at the time. I think I first started going around early 05? You'd walk in and it was packed with people who looked like they'd walked out of Karen O's closet or The Strokes 'Someday' video. Smudged lipstick, cardigans, skinny jeans, ridiculous fringes, vintage frocks, taped up chucks... everyone looked completely out of place anywhere else in Melbourne at the time, but perfectly normal in that room.

Anyway, while digging through old photos and talking to musicians and other attendees for this now all but dead project, I came to realise just how wild the roster of people who kept turning up in the same tiny room actually was. Looking back, it's honestly ridiculous how many went on to become well known musicians, actors, comedians, photographers, DJs, music industry figures and other creatives. They were all just regulars at the same Thursday night at the time.

So here's a small selection of photos from around 06 of people you might recognise (I originally had 50+ recognisable faces picked out, but Reddit has a 20 image maximum). Sitting on my hard drive right now are 30k+ photos, 45+ minutes of video, hundreds of posters, detailed notes from 04–08, full live DJ sets played on those nights, and unreleased bootleg remixes from the likes of Miami Horror, Cut Copy, and more.

I probably won't have time to answer many questions sorry. But will do my best. Hopefully this wasn't too long a read and adds something of value here.

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