the Perth bands tends to be more cerebral and pop oriented than the raucous, tripped out rock by the likes of Wolfmother from Sydney or King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard from Melbourne It's mainly two record labels, Modular Recordings and Flightless who have been signing and promoting most of these bands. Promotion of these bands is focused mostly on regions outside of Australia with some of the biggest audiences being the US, the UK, and Mexico. Australian independent radio station, Triple J has also helped propel a multitude of these bands to garner a worldwide audience, with YouTube videos, articles, and airtime. Australia itself has a large number of music festivals that cater to the psychedelic, as well as other alternative music, scene. These include Big Day Out, Sydney Psych Festival, Come Together Music Festival, Pyramid Rock Festival, among others. See also Australian rock music films Aboriginal rock Australian indie rock Pub rock (Australia) References General Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality. Specific Further reading Homan, Shane; Mitchell, Tony (eds.) (2008). Sounds of Then, Sounds of Now: Popular Music in Australia''. Hobart: ACYS Publishing. . External links "The First Wave: Australian Rock and Pop Recordings (1955–1963)" holdings at the National Film and Sound Archive. "The Second Wave: Australian Rock and Pop 1964–1969" at PopArchives.com.au "Australian Rock Music" archived from the original by Government of Australia website. Listen to an excerpt of 'Jailanguru Pakarnu' and read more about it on australianscreen online 'Jailanguru Pakarnu' was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia Registry in 2007 Moduar Recordings Website Modular People Flightless Records Website Flightless Record Label Stanley Kane Australian Psychedelic impact Stanley Kane's Blog Rock music of Australia Rock music by country