And Pluck Your Strings

Los Campesinos! ‘By Your Hand’

September 8, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

New Los Campesinos! song. For free. That is all.

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41st And Home ‘Gorbachev’

September 8, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

41st And Home are yet another amazing up and coming Canadian band, formed in 2008 when two friends found a cello in a garage and decided that not knowing how to play it shouldn’t stop them from starting a band with a focus on orchestral elements and a real epic feel to everything that they do.

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Big Scary ‘Gladiator’

September 7, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

Big Scary have unveiled the second single from their upcoming debut album (in the traditional sense of the word), ‘Gladiator’. It shows off the more raw side of the band that fans will recognise from their early demos. Here it is.

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Inland Sea ‘No Time’

September 7, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

Brisbane ten-piece Inland Sea released their debut EP ‘Traitor’ last year, and have recently followed it up with new single ‘No Time’. This is a pretty stunning tune, give it a listen.

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Baths ‘Exit The Mine’

September 4, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

Baths is the stage name of American electronic musician Will Wiesenfeld who has been making beats-based ambient music under the moniker for the better part of three years. He recently dumped a new track onto Soundcloud, ‘Exit The Mine’, which was apparently recorded solely on his iPad.

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Bon Iver ‘Beth/Rest (Piano Verison)’

September 3, 2011 by Lachy 1 Comment

Bon Iver’s album closer ‘Beth/Rest’ has almost certainly been the year’s most divisive indie song. Full of cheesy saxophones and guitar solos, it’s a long way from the sparse Bon Iver sound that we knew and loved. Recently Bon Iver took to the NPR studios to play a completely different arrangement of the song, featuring only Justin Vernon and only a piano. And oh my god the result is just something else.

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