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Isolée - Dennis

2013-07-04T14:39:00.000+10:00

killer tune. the remix treatment from ripperton enhances it even further

Free Time - I Lost Again

2013-07-02T14:36:00.000+10:00

sweet jangle from dion nania (ex panel of judges) new band.

no art – dead arm

2013-07-01T14:32:00.000+10:00

fuck i love these guys. never make a wrong step. so good

ernest ellis–black wire

2013-06-30T14:29:00.001+10:00

great new track from ernest ellis. really loving the more electronic direction.

[MP3] Ernest Ellis – Black Wire

au.ra

2013-03-29T10:25:00.000+11:00

new band for some of the guys from parades. keen for more of this.

standish/carlyon

2013-03-28T10:23:00.000+11:00

one of the highlights at ATP a few weeks ago. can’t wait for this album.

rat & co

2013-03-27T16:20:00.000+11:00

ambient sounds out of melbourne. sounds somewhere between helios and hammock

free time

2013-03-26T22:11:00.000+11:00

how good is this. new band for dion from panel of judges.

kieran ryan

2013-03-25T22:30:00.000+11:00

wow, he really can do no wrong.

colleagues

2013-03-24T22:07:00.001+11:00

really excited by this swedish group. strongest demo’s i’ve heard in ages

the mary onettes – years

2013-03-23T14:24:00.001+11:00

on repeat. philip ekström can do no wrong. get this album

Shout Out Louds – Walking In Your Footsteps (Lissvik Remix)

2013-03-23T14:20:00.001+11:00

too good. if only studio would reform

the peep tempel – dark beach

2013-03-19T10:32:00.000+11:00

shit yes. new peep tempel. deserve so much more recognition

bearhug

2013-03-18T11:21:00.000+11:00

their album from last year was one of my favourites. new tracks continues on where that left off.

windmill

2013-01-31T11:06:00.000+11:00

windmill was all over blogs in 2009 with his tracks ‘tokyo moon’ and ‘plastic pre-flight seats’ . although he has slipped outtasight for some he hasn’t stopped making great music as these tracks off his new album will attest

Office Parties by Windmill Atlantic Altitude by Windmill Blankets Fold by Windmill Frosting Homes by Windmill

rough end of the stick

2013-01-29T14:30:00.000+11:00

vacant valley have just released a compilation ‘rough end of the stick’, stacked with tracks from some of melbournes best new bands. including pop singles (who’s debut album was one of our favourites last year), popolice, the stevens, where were you at lunch and white walls. this shit is good, get on it.

POP SINGLES - 3rd person by Vacant Valley THE STEVENS - turpin falls by Vacant Valley

white walls

2013-01-28T18:24:00.000+11:00

white walls threw out this great lp at the end of last year. they’re calling it ‘doomgaze’ on their bandcamp , though it isnt quite as dark as that might suggest. they’re probably closer to being between the shoegaze of swervedriver and the noise pop of serena-maneesh. either way its good stuff.

Cell by White Walls There's Nothing Left by White Walls I Can't Win by White Walls

hand games mixtape

2013-01-28T11:33:00.001+11:00

stumbled across this ace mixtape the other day. it’s got some of the most exciting australian artists being remixed by some of the most exciting producers. how exciting!

Half Of It (Mitzi Remix) by YesYou Midriffs (Oscar Key Sung Remix) by Sui Zhen Again feat. Sinden (Frames Remix) by Elizabeth Rose Ocelot (Willow Beats Remix) by Hiatus Kaiyote Bad Friends (Collarbones Remix) by Big Scary Heartbreak (feat. Chela) (Guerre Remix) by Clubfeet

richard in your mind – mozzarella

2013-01-14T15:45:00.000+11:00

Did somebody say Mozzarella? Aw yeah! Richard In Your Mind at their psychedelic, playful best.
Mozzarella by Richard In Your Mind There Goes The Train by Richard In Your Mind

early woman

2013-01-14T11:23:00.000+11:00

early woman is bjenny montero + hannah brooks + robert bravington. montero has featured on these pages a few times before; this is definitely a band effort though as the track below demonstrates. damn catchy too. thing i love about melbourne is every time you're getting a little bored and everyone seems to be aping after the same sound, a new band pops up fully formed doing something entirely different.

sleepy dreamers

2013-01-13T19:16:00.001+11:00

beautiful tune from new melbourne group Sleepy Dreamers - it has a tender vocal and builds really nicely without the percussion overpowering.

ainslie willis – lemon japan

2013-01-13T15:20:00.000+11:00

Sitting somewhere between Cat Power, Clare Bowditch and PJ Harvey. Ainslie Willis has been for quite a few years now loved by seemingly everyone I know but still not widely ‘known’ and recognised. Hopefully new tracks like Lemon Japan will start to bridge that gap.

This one is from a few years ago but remains my fav track.

kristina train - dark black

2013-01-13T11:29:00.001+11:00

I stumbled across this record the other day, and was shocked how little coverage its had. She has a Norah Jones vocal and worked with some of my favourite songwriters on this album - Martin Craft (M. Craft, Sidewinder), Ed Harcourt, and Cherry Ghost’s Simon Aldred. The result is stunning and its kind of breathtaking that Kristina Train isn’t a massive star. I cant think of the last major pop release that I heard with such well crafted songs.

koreless – octopus (remix)

2013-01-06T13:00:00.001+11:00

koreless is one of the most exciting producers at the moment. and teaming up with sampha as ‘short stories’ will only further propel him into the limelight. this remix is amazing, namely because he actually deconstructs the stems and creates something new rather than simply cutting up the vocal and laying some synths under it.

best tracks of 2012

2012-12-28T15:07:00.000+11:00

Kathleen Edwards Change The Sheets
Kwes. Igoyh
Foals Inhaler
Portico Quartet Ruins
Icona Pop I Love It - feat. Charli XCX
Bat For Lashes All Your Gold
Father John Misty Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Burial Loner
Jai Paul Jasmine
Public Service Broadcasting Everest
Woollen Kits Cheryl
Savages Husbands
Cloud Nothings Stay Useless
Blood Diamonds Phone Sex (feat. Grimes)
The Shins It's Only Life
Tame Impala Elephant
AlunaGeorge You Know You Like It
Django Django Default
Cat Power Ruin
Diiv Doused
Everything Everything Cough Cough
Pop Singles All Gone
John Talabot Destiny feat. Pional
Grand Salvo He raises her gently into a chair.
I Am Kloot Hold Back the Night
Wild Nothing Only Heather
Japandroids The Nights of Wine and Roses
POLIÇA Lay Your Cards Out
Solange Losing You
Twin Shadow Run My Heart
Stars Hold On When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It
Orbital New France (Feat. Zola Jesus)
One Little Plane She Was Out In The Water
The xx Fiction
Atoms For Peace Default
Bearhug Angeline
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Only In My Dreams
Kindness House
Daughn Gibson In the Beginning
Divine Fits Would That Not Be Nice

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