Friday, February 23, 2007

80's SYNTH POP TANGENT



Along with all this talk of great Australian bands (save for the break in proceedings to bow down to the greatness that is the new young pony club) you can't really go on without talking about the large slice of 80s synth pop that is cut copy. They have some very cool stuff, and for some reason their song 'Saturdays' (above) makes me want to do a highly choreographed, yet seemingly spare of the moment dance routine in the middle of the street whilst joined by a small group of complete strangers who oddly know it too, and that's not something i'm prone to.
For more on them have a look at their website and also check out their myspace for a listen to 'hearts on fire', the first song off their, as yet untitled, second album.


and in honour of this 80's synth pop tangent i've found myself on, here's some others...
donnie sloan (streaming) calling you up

chromeo needy girl
chromeo needy girl (bloc party remix)

Saturday, February 17, 2007

I (heart) NYPC

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The New Young Pony Club seem to have taken off in the last couple of months. Their song 'ice cream', recent sold old gig in London and current slot on the NME indie rave tour with the klaxons, css, and the sunshine underground means that anyone looking for tickets for their forthcoming UK tour best be quick (they're also rumoured to be supporting gossip on their US tour). I saw them recently on the indie rave tour, the only good thing about it being an all ages event was that even though there were several rows of big haired, red bull drinking 16 year olds between me and the stage, my several inch height difference allowed me to enjoy the most unobstructed view i've ever experienced, although the 7 o'clock start time meant that i missed the start of get lucky. The moral of this story; if you have the chance to see the new young pony club you should go and see them, and if you have tickets for the NME tour, go early.



for more check out their website, also look out for their remix of gossip's jealous girls.

Friday, February 16, 2007

WE WILL BREAK OUR NECKS BEFORE YOUR HEARTS

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"Teenager is kinda like the name itself. Young and horny. Unpredictable. Loud. Drunk. Abusive in a loving kinda way."

This is the second of the cool bands from Australia posts, though I think teenager is probably one of my favourites at the minute, i'd been looking for the song liquid cement for ages, and finally decided to get their new album shipped over from Austalia, twas well worth it. teenager is Pip Brown (Ladyhawke), Nick Littlemore (pnau), Oscar Wuts and Dean Cameron. Their debut album Thirteen released through Timberyard is out in the uk sometime this March and includes songwriting collaborations with Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley and Lee Ranaldo amongst others. Stand out tracks are alone again, pony, west, the good fight, and liquid cement (also look out for the VanShe Remix of alone again)

for your listening pleasure
teenager pony, west, alone again, the good fight
pnau with you forever
ladyhawke back of the van

Thursday, February 15, 2007

BUMBLEBEEZ black dirt

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i wanted to do a post on some Australian bands that are doing some very cool stuff at the moment, but thought i'd just begin with this one.
have a look at their myspace or their brand spanking new website for more


Monday, February 12, 2007

GOXXIP better than people tell you they are


it's jumping on an over crowded bandwagon to say that gossip are a good band, that their blend of punk and disco is the next big thing or even that
Beth Ditto in her fat, lesbian, swimsuit clad glory is cool, but i still feel the urge to squish myself in there. it may also be a slight understatement to say that gossip are just good, but i'm not sure that it's the words that are important rather than the way those words are said. Maybe they'd be better proclaimed, preached even from great heights, from the tops of buildings with arms open wide and eyes screwed tight or maybe even just from atop slightly shaky office furniture to a room full of unsuspecting co-workers, it doesn't matter that you're now preaching to the newly converted, it's just something that just has to be done.

check kill rock stars for more.
fire sign mp3
standing in the way of control mp3
listen up! mp3

"We are currently writing new music for a forthcoming new lp and we are still not interested in credit in the straight world."