Review - Radio Birdman – Zeno Beach reissue (Citadel, 2026)
La versione in italiano è stata pubblicata da Freakout Magazine Zeno Beach 2026 There are bands that are part of rock history. And then there are bands that are part of a country's history. Radio Birdman belongs to the second category. Not because they were mainstream – they never were – but because, since the 1970s, they embodied an idea of Australia that was not content with cultural peripherality, that rejected dependence on the London-Los Angeles axis, that wanted to build its own language. The Birdman were never just a band: they were an idea. In 1974, when Deniz Tek and Rob Younger started playing together, Sydney was a city that thrived on cover bands, standardised pub rock, and a music industry that didn't want to take risks. The Birdman brought Detroit, of course, but above all they brought an ethic: autonomy, self-determination, refusal to compromise. That ethic runs through Radios Appear , survives Living Eyes , and re-emerges in Zeno Beach with a differen...