Archive | May, 2011

Acoustic The Jezabels Is Pretty Much Amazing

May 24, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

The Jezabels are my favourite Australian band at the moment, and while their studio music is nothing short of stunning, like all great artists the band really shine when playing live. Up until now I had only ever seen them play with a full compliment of instruments and electronics, however the band recently sat down with the always excellent Off Guard Gigs to perform an acoustic version of their amazing song ‘Hurt Me’.

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Listen To Two New Arcade Fire Songs

May 24, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

A while ago Arcade Fire announced that they would be a releasing deluxe edition of their Grammy-winning album ‘The Suburbs’ that would include two brand new songs. Well earlier Zane Lowe had premiers of both songs, and thanks to the wonders of the internet, I am happy to present to you the two new Arcade Fire songs.

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Battles Do La Blogotheque

May 23, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

Hot off the presses. Beautiful art, or just noise? You be the judge.

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Random New(ish) Music Videos

May 23, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

I get sent a lot of tips on some really cool music videos, but generally don’t like to do posts solely consisting of just the one clip. Some videos however are just too good not to share, so here’s some of the best I’ve been sent over the last couple of weeks, plus a few discoveries of my own.

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Jinja Safari ‘Scarecrow’

May 23, 2011 by Lachy 1 Comment

Jinja Safari are slowly releasing more and more tracks off their upcoming EP ‘Mermaids And Other Sirens’, and the latest such song is ‘Scarecrow’.

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Album Review: Bon Iver ‘Bon Iver’

May 20, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

‘For Emma’ was so 2008. Welcome to the newer, meaner, denser Bon Iver. A year ago it seemed alien to imagine a Bon Iver song that required more than a couple of instruments, but in reality this new, more complex sound is a direction that Justin Vernon has been hinting at in his live shows for the better part of three years. The fact that he never tried to transcribe the sparseness and desolation of ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ into a live show, but instead insisted on using a full band and plenty of instrumentation, was perhaps an indicator that he thought the album was impossible to recreate. And the fact that he hasn’t tried to recreate ‘For Emma’ in Bon Iver’s latest self-titled album turns out to be nothing short of a stroke of genius.

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