{"id":32170,"date":"2023-12-07T21:10:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/?p=32170"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:47:05","slug":"mud-mudrat-winner-of-the-inaugural-dingo-news-music-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/mud-mudrat-winner-of-the-inaugural-dingo-news-music-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Best song &#8211; MUD by MUDRAT &#8211; Winner of the inaugural Dingo News Music Award 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Best Song 2023<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-106f9e74986b0e94670085e95ffd0478 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zAP-fMoRg_0?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; font-size: 20px;\"><a style=\"color: #ff00ff;\" title=\"MUD by MUDRAT\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/7kA1WMDFyThXvvbVMG7Noo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen on Spotify<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\nPolitical songs (Yeah I know, &#8220;Everything is political&#8221;)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The Australian music scene is one that barely impacts upon its target audience. Certainly not in a meaningful way.<span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong><sup>1<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">True, the Oils are still having a go after Garret&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Garrett approves uranium mine By Phillip Coorey and Chief Political Correspondent - SMH\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/environment\/garrett-approves-uranium-mine-20090714-dk54.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disastrous brush with realpolitik<\/a><\/span>, but how many of us can even name another musical act that registers on the Australian psyche? OK, maybe Johnny Farnham&#8217;s song &#8220;You&#8217;re the Voice&#8221; &#8211; which appeals to the Right and the &#8216;Centre&#8217; who must adore its political ambiguity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Farnham&#8217;s song become an anthem for <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Are Australians ready to embrace libertarianism? - Chris Berg - The Conversation\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/are-australians-ready-to-embrace-libertarianism-93576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Libertarians<\/a><\/span>\/<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" title=\"Sovereign Citizens: Eccentrics or Extremists? - Dr Keiran Hardy - Griffith University\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231029150634\/https:\/\/enlighten.griffith.edu.au\/sovereign-citizens-eccentrics-or-extremists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sovereign citizens<\/a><\/span> and other assorted &#8216;Cookers&#8217; (pejorative <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Cooker Definition (No.8) - Wikipedia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cooker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No. 8<\/a><\/span>). The Labor Party then decided to use it (belatedly) in their ill-fated Voice campaign which seemed blissfully unaware that most Aussies are conservative racists. Weird, cos that&#8217;s who Labor&#8217;s policies are mostly <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Labor accused of caving to Dutton as \u2018draconian\u2019 bill restricting released detainees is passed - Paul Karp - The Guardian\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2023\/nov\/16\/labor-emergency-immigration-detention-bill-strict-visa-conditions-electronic-monitors-curfews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aimed at pleasing<\/a><\/span>. I couldn&#8217;t take the whole <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"The \u201cAboriginal Voice\u201d to Parliament: \u201cFool me once \u2013 shame on you. Fool me countless times\u2026\u201d \u2013 Mick Lawless - Dingo News\" href=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/the-aboriginal-voice-to-parliament-fool-me-once-shame-on-you-fool-me-countless-times-mick-lawless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voice thing<\/a><\/span> seriously. Think hanging around with Aboriginal people in the NT has made me suspicious of whitefella intent.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Who else? Tim Minchin whose &#8216;<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Come Home (Cardinal Pell) - Tim Minchin\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EtHOmforqxk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Come Home (Cardinal Pell)<\/a><\/span>&#8216; song will always be a personal favourite, has recently come out as a hypocrite over (of all subjects) genocide. <a title=\"Tim Minchin weighs in on STC pro-Palestinian protest furore - Helen Pitt - SMH\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/culture\/theatre\/tim-minchin-weighs-in-on-stc-pro-palestinian-protest-furore-20231205-p5epau.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Tim informed us<\/span><\/a>, that he had studied &#8220;philosophy and psychology&#8221;, so knew his stuff, unlike (we assume) the artists that had the temerity to don traditional keffiyeh scarves<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/span><\/strong> at the opening night of Sydney Theatre Company\u2019s production of <em>The Seagull.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32184\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Those-keffiyeh-scarf-wearing-trouble-makers.jpg?resize=625%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Those-keffiyeh-scarf-wearing-trouble-makers.jpg 625w, https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Those-keffiyeh-scarf-wearing-trouble-makers-480x312.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 625px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">According to Tim their protest against the Gaza Genocide &#8211; was that of naive intellectual inferiors <em>&#8220;living in leftie glass bubbles&#8221;<\/em> who unlike his good self hadn&#8217;t been educated at <a title=\"Christ Church chaplain says he never told sex abuse victim to 'forget about it' - WAtoday\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/national\/western-australia\/christ-church-chaplain-says-he-never-told-sex-abuse-victim-to-forget-about-it-20130215-2egtv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Christ Church Grammar School<\/span> <\/em><\/a>and the <a title=\"UWA criticised for Australian Family Association talk by transgender sceptic Quentin Van Meter By James Carmody - ABC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2018-08-15\/uwa-under-fire-over-transgender-sceptic-quentin-van-meter-talk\/10122040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">UWA<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ergo their <\/span><\/span>views and acts were worthless.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Nothing wrong with having an <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Ego is not a dirty word - Skyhooks - Countdown 1975\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/G2fVm8Y70mA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ego<\/a><\/span> Tim. Just not the classist, cuntish one you display here. That&#8217;s a chilling and grandiose worldview. To deem <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Gaza death toll has increased by 40 percent compared to before the temporary humanitarian truce - reliefweb\" href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/occupied-palestinian-territory\/gaza-death-toll-has-increased-40-percent-compared-temporary-humanitarian-truce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel&#8217;s mass murder of Palestinian civilians<\/a><\/span> as somehow acceptable and a subject your uneducated &#8220;lessers&#8221; should avoid. <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>In fairness to Tim<\/strong> &#8211; Sydney Theatre Company foundation director Tim Minchin appears to have <a title=\"Tim Minchin \u2018denies\u2019 weighing in on Sydney Theatre Company stunt - By Mohammad Alfares - The Australian\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/nation\/tim-minchin-denies-weighing-in-on-sydney-theatre-company-stunt\/news-story\/56f81650fb73450d16113bb75559e355?amp&amp;nk=7f51c9ec965a71a76cf2d471f9b7df3e-1701940567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">denied suggestions<\/span><\/a> that he weighed into the controversy surrounding a pro-Palestine stunt from the company\u2019s actors. In an Instagram post on Thursday, the singer-songwriter wrote:<em> \u201cI thought if I ever get cancelled it would be for something I actually said.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">I<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">&#8216;m sure there are other politically influential musical acts that I&#8217;ve neglected to mention. Let&#8217;s throw <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"The Saints ('73 -'78) - Orstralia (live)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/P9pZZzff2Z8?t=26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Saints<\/a><\/span> (huge fan) and <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Skyhooks : Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo) live Nov 84\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YyLnD_dp4k0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skyhooks<\/a><\/span> into the mix, but even my omissions kinda prove my point about Australian acts and their influence.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Enter the MUDRAT<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The reason MUDRAT made an immediate impression was his adherence to the Dingo News music imperatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Original Tweet\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/motorcymick\/status\/1730829246254534927?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32189\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gutting-Sacred-Cows.jpg?resize=706%2C432&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gutting-Sacred-Cows.jpg 706w, https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gutting-Sacred-Cows-480x294.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 706px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><em>MUDRAT<\/em> <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; is a Hip-Hop artist based in Naarm (Melbourne) Australia &#8211; Formerly Known As <em>KVNYL<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Other performers, bands, musical acts take note, if you ever hope to be in the running for a Dingo Music Award. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Seriously. Lift your fucking game!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Hip Hop doesn&#8217;t always appeal to this old punk rocker but some of it is just bloody great &#8211; overriding one&#8217;s genericism.<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><sup>3<\/sup><\/span><\/strong> MUDRAT is about fusing a heap of styles and managing some slick transitions. Not gonna wax too lyrical, cos music reviews turn me off when they get too analytical.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='et-box et-shadow'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='et-box-content'><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"triple j Unearthed - MUDRAT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/triplejunearthed\/artist\/mudrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">triple j Unearthed<\/a><\/span> gave MUDRAT a good, intelligent rap.\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pPk6A YlvI_\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">&#8220;A multi-talented creative visionary, rapper, singer and writer, MUDRAT (FKA &#8211; KVNYL) music has gained acclaim for his use of genre-bending instrumentals alongside passionate delivery, raw lyricism and high-impact production.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div id=\"abc-:rl:-root\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"abc-:rl:\" class=\"imM1h dFTAF\" data-component=\"DropdownContainer\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"zgC6k\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Creating music that draws from his perspective of the world, life experience and cultural roots and political beliefs he has quickly cultivated a reputation for his versatility, raw energy &amp; powerful live performances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">MUDRAT blends punk, metal &amp; hip-hop influences with booming vocals and is set to ruffle a few feathers going into 2024.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">&#8220;Sounds Like: Genesis Owusu, IDLES, Denzel Curry, Rage Against the Machine, Slowthai&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Quite simply, MUDRAT is brilliant. Innovative, with an impressive diversity of style and theatre.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Music is emotion! <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Watch the vibe change in a pub when Acca\/Dacca makes its presence felt. Or simply note how music primes a scene with every emotion from foreboding to sheer joy in a well-crafted movie.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32188\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ripped-up-and-trodden-on-PM.jpg?resize=675%2C1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ripped-up-and-trodden-on-PM.jpg 675w, https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Ripped-up-and-trodden-on-PM-480x853.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 675px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Injustice, is a theme largely ignored by the Australian music scene. MUDRAT doesn&#8217;t fuck around. Straight into it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The PM&#8217;s portrait torn to shreds and trampled. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">A middle-finger signals contempt. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Clear imagery that evokes immediate emotion from both &#8220;Albo&#8217;s&#8221; critics and supporters. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Job done!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32192 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Whats-it-all-about-Albo.jpg?resize=378%2C64&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Whats-it-all-about-Albo.jpg?w=378&amp;ssl=1 378w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Whats-it-all-about-Albo.jpg?resize=300%2C51&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The message is succinctly explained and belted out fiercely by MUDRAT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">&#8220;The Prime Minister that I voted for is a fucking pussy!&#8221; <strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">&#8220;The Prime Minister that I voted for, now condones a war against Geneva accords&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PM-Albanese-supports-Israeli-genocide-of-Palestian-people.jpg?resize=608%2C546&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PM-Albanese-supports-Israeli-genocide-of-Palestian-people.jpg 608w, https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PM-Albanese-supports-Israeli-genocide-of-Palestian-people-480x431.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 608px, 100vw\" \/><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" title=\"Gaza death toll has increased by 40 percent compared to before the temporary humanitarian truce - reliefweb\" href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/occupied-palestinian-territory\/gaza-death-toll-has-increased-40-percent-compared-temporary-humanitarian-truce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Gaza death toll has increased by 40 percent compared to before the temporary humanitarian truce<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><br \/>\nReading some of the <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a style=\"color: #008080;\" title=\"INTERVIEW: KVNYL On Balancing Self-Forgiveness And Responsibility - By Ben Madden - benmadden.net\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benmadden.net\/blog\/interview-kvnyl-on-balancing-self-forgiveness-and-responsibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviews<\/a><\/span> featuring MUDRAT and listening to his songs, you&#8217;re left with the impression that this is an artist who could teach Tim Minchin a thing or two about &#8220;philosophy and psychology&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">By Mick Lawless<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Great review by Mark Jenkins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"byline post-timestamp\">&#8211;&nbsp;<a class=\"timestamp-link\" title=\"permanent link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devilshorns666.com\/2025\/09\/mudrat-social-cohesion-molotov-cocktail.html\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"published\" title=\"2025-09-03T18:15:00+10:00\" datetime=\"2025-09-03T18:15:00+10:00\">September 03, 2025<\/time><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-9005853443116830554\" class=\"post-body entry-content float-container\">\n<div>\n<h1>MUDRAT &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devilshorns666.com\/2025\/09\/mudrat-social-cohesion-molotov-cocktail.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Social Cohesion: A Molotov Cocktail for the Soul<\/span><\/a>. Album review by Mark Jenkins<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Banned from r\/Australia permanently - Strange, cos there's no anti-Incel stuff in the article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/PoliticsDownUnder\/comments\/18e65kb\/best_song_mud_by_mudrat_winner_of_the_inaugural\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32227\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Yet-another-Reddit-ban.jpg?resize=852%2C303&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"852\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Yet-another-Reddit-ban.jpg 852w, https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Yet-another-Reddit-ban-480x171.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 852px, 100vw\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><br \/>\nCounterpoint<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a title=\"Hip-hop war anthem reaches number one in Israel &quot;\u2018Charbu Darbu\u2019 by Ness Ve Stilla promises to rain fire on Israel\u2019s enemies, capturing the righteous indignation felt by Israeli youth during the Israel-Hamas war&quot; - By Gavriel Fiske - Times of Israel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/hip-hop-war-anthem-reaches-number-one-in-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Hip-hop war anthem<\/span><\/a> reaches number one in Israel<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;\u2018Charbu Darbu\u2019 by Ness Ve Stilla promises to rain fire on Israel\u2019s enemies, capturing the righteous indignation felt by Israeli youth during the Israel-Hamas war&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800000;\"><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1<\/span><\/sup><\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Was in WA during the punk era. Plenty of bands about and a vibrant scene. <span class=\"yKMVIe\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"1\">The Manikins<\/span>, Scientists, Victims, Rockets, The Paper Dolls and a few others I can&#8217;t recall. They didn&#8217;t make much of a dent in the political conservatism that is Perth.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div data-v-4feba758=\"\">\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-v-3fd46d6d=\"\" data-v-4feba758=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As Adam Trainer puts it in &#8216;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/24737011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Perth punk and the construction of urbanity in a suburban city<\/span><\/a>&#8216;<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8211; &#8220;While a few songs took aim at &#8220;Perth&#8217;s mundanity and cultural blandness for the most part Perth punk&#8217;s politics was a politics of the self&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"header-metadata__source-info\" data-v-4feba758=\"\">\n<div data-v-4feba758=\"\" data-qa=\"journal\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><sup>2&nbsp; <\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">My keffiyeh scarf has arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><strong><sup>3<\/sup><\/strong><\/span> &#8220;<span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">genericism&#8221; &#8211;<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Love it when a word I think doesn&#8217;t exist &#8211; does. Would have used it anyway.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><sup>4 <\/sup><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">This denunciation of our glorious leader was met with the usual, &#8220;You&#8217;re a Liberal!&#8221;* on social media. &#8211; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;The Prime Minister that I voted for&#8221; &#8211; makes that predictable ejaculation sound even dumber than usual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"> *(Liberals are Conservatives in Australia)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800000;\"><strong><br \/>\nReferences<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><div class=\"ose- ose-uid-b1bb7a15df090f2a26e5344ca035f005 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"SelfHosted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/solidarity.net.au\/marxist-theory\/why-peter-garrett-lost-his-way\/\" > <\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-wrapper ose-uid-a6dd0ce43c18af6a23a21d01093d0e92 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"SelfHosted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/israeli-children-singing-we-will-annihilate-everyone-in-gaza\/\" > <\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-wrapper ose-uid-ae74b5174e14666ce3619a14e1addebc ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"SelfHosted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/dingo.news\/voice\/the-aboriginal-voice-to-parliament-fool-me-once-shame-on-you-fool-me-countless-times-mick-lawless\/\" > <\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose- ose-uid-c553b905d3722b768f0a9c8733823f3a ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"SelfHosted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/enlighten.griffith.edu.au\/sovereign-citizens-eccentrics-or-extremists\/\" > <\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/environment\/garrett-approves-uranium-mine-20090714-dk54.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garrett approves uranium mine<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/triplejunearthed\/artist\/mudrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MUDRAT-triple-j-Unearthed<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benmadden.net\/blog\/interview-kvnyl-on-balancing-self-forgiveness-and-responsibility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INTERVIEW: KVNYL On Balancing Self-Forgiveness And Responsibility<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/are-australians-ready-to-embrace-libertarianism-93576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are Australians ready to embrace libertarianism?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/cooker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cooker &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2023\/nov\/16\/labor-emergency-immigration-detention-bill-strict-visa-conditions-electronic-monitors-curfews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Labor accused of caving to Dutton as \u2018draconian\u2019 bill restricting released detainees is passed<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EtHOmforqxk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Tim Minchin&#8217;s &#8216;Come Home (Cardinal Pell)&#8217; song<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/culture\/theatre\/tim-minchin-weighs-in-on-stc-pro-palestinian-protest-furore-20231205-p5epau.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Minchin weighs in on STC pro-Palestinian protest furore<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/national\/western-australia\/christ-church-chaplain-says-he-never-told-sex-abuse-victim-to-forget-about-it-20130215-2egtv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christ Church chaplain says he never told sex abuse victim to &#8216;forget about it&#8217;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2018-08-15\/uwa-under-fire-over-transgender-sceptic-quentin-van-meter-talk\/10122040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UWA criticised for Australian Family Association talk by transgender sceptic Quentin Van Meter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/G2fVm8Y70mA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ego is not a dirty word &#8211; Skyhooks &#8211; Countdown<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/nation\/tim-minchin-denies-weighing-in-on-sydney-theatre-company-stunt\/news-story\/56f81650fb73450d16113bb75559e355?amp&amp;nk=7f51c9ec965a71a76cf2d471f9b7df3e-1701940567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Tim Minchin \u2018denies\u2019 weighing in on Sydney Theatre Company stunt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/occupied-palestinian-territory\/gaza-death-toll-has-increased-40-percent-compared-temporary-humanitarian-truce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza death toll has increased by 40 percent compared to before the temporary humanitarian truce<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/P9pZZzff2Z8?t=26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The Saints (&#8217;73 -&#8217;78) &#8211; Orstralia (live)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YyLnD_dp4k0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Skyhooks : Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo) live Nov 84<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/24737011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perth punk and the construction of urbanity in a suburban city<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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