And Pluck Your Strings

Gung Ho ‘Strangers’

November 27, 2012 by Lachy 0 Comments

Brisbane’s Gung Ho are ohsohot right now, and seem to be gaining more and more momentum with every release.

Neighbourhood Youth are a Melbourne-based fourpiece who have recently released their first music video, shot for their single Holiday, which is the title track from their upcoming debut EP. The video is nice and simple, which is fine, because it allows the song to really shine. And what a song it is.

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Matt Pond ‘Love To Get Used’

November 22, 2012 by Lachy 0 Comments

I’ve posted about Matt Pond’s effortlessly cool and breezy ‘Love To Get Used’ before, but the American musician has just announced that he will be releasing his new album ‘The Lives Inside The Lines In Your Hand’ on February 5th of next year, and with that announcement has come a remastered version of ‘Love To Get Used’ for the album.

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Inspired And The Sleep ‘Spar Helm’

November 21, 2012 by Lachy 0 Comments

And Pluck Your Strings has been on board with Californian band Inspired And The Sleep for a while now, mostly because every single song they do is fucking awesome. It’s been a long wait, but the guys have finally dropped their album ‘Teenager’, from which we’ve been hearing individual tracks for a while now.

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Brittsommar ‘Sing Low’

November 21, 2012 by Lachy 0 Comments

From Berlin via Sweden and Wisconsin comes new music from Brittsommar, a band featuring musicians Sawyer Gebauer, Johan Björk Dahl, and Evelin Sillén. They’re currently recording their second album, to be titled ‘The Machine Stops’, and have recently uploaded a couple of new tracks online, including the spellbinding ‘Sing Low’.

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The National ‘I’ll See You In My Dreams’

November 21, 2012 by Lachy 0 Comments

Having already recorded a song for my favourite television show in ‘Game Of Thrones’, my favourite band, The National, have now recorded a song for my second favourite television show, ‘Boardwalk Empire’. That’s a lot of favourites.

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