Album cover for Can’t Stop It! Australian Post-Punk 1978–82, featuring a green and white high-contrast design of an industrial interior with minimalist typography, available at 12 Bar Music and Social.
Double vinyl edition of Can’t Stop It! Australian Post-Punk 1978–82 (2025 Deluxe Edition), with two black records and a matching green and white album sleeve, available at 12 Bar Music and Social.
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Chapter Music

Can't Stop It! Australian Post-Punk 1978–82 (2025 Deluxe Edition) Various Artists

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Chapter Music's cult 2001 compilation gets a long-overdue deluxe vinyl reissue on 6 June 2025, featuring remastered tracks and six never-before-reissued gems from the golden era of Australian post-punk.

Genre: Alternative and Punk.
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Description

Originally released in 2001, Can't Stop It! is a landmark compilation that charts the raw, inventive energy of Australia's underground post-punk scene from 1978 to 1982. For the first time, this key document of musical rebellion is available on vinyl, lovingly remastered and expanded to a deluxe 2LP set with six bonus tracks.

The compilation showcases the innovation that arose as artists broke away from overseas influences and carved out a distinctly Australian sound. Featuring future members of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Dirty Three, Einstürzende Neubauten and The Go-Betweens, Can’t Stop It! is a vibrant and urgent portrait of a scene that thrived despite (or because of) its DIY roots.

With tracks sourced from legendary independent labels like Au-Go-Go, Missing Link and M Squared, this is essential listening for fans of post-punk, outsider music and cultural history.

For fans of:
DIY post-punk, Flying Nun Records, The Fall, early Nick Cave, The Slits, Pere Ubu
Track List

  • Side A
    The Moodists – Gone Dead
    Voigt/465 – Voices A Drama
    The Take – Summer
    Essendon Airport – How Low Can You Go...?
    The Apartments – Help
    Ash Wednesday – Love By Numbers
    Primitive Calculators – Pumping Ugly Muscle

    Side B
    The Makers Of the Dead Travel Fast – The Dumbwaiters
    Ron Rude – Piano Piano
    Xero – The Girls
    The Limp – Pony Club
    The Fabulous Marquises – Honeymoons
    Slugfuckers – Cacophony

    Side C
    Equal Local – Lamp That
    Tame O’Mearas – Sweat and Babble
    The Particles – Apricot’s Dream
    People With Chairs Up Their Noses – Song Of the Sea
    Wild West – We Can Do
    The Pits – Words
    → ↑ → – One Note Song

    Side D
    ***** ***** – Knots
    Electric Fans – Garden Of Uluru
    The Voice Of Drama – A Song of Colours
    Synthetic Dream – Work
    Yclept Dinmakers – Yclept Enemy
    The Plants – The Path
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