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Control Yourself, Take Only What You Need From It

November 4, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

I just stumbled on this today, a cover of MGMT’s classic Kids by a bluegrass outfit called Dr Fox’s Old Timey String Band. This is all kinds of awesome.

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Remixed Conditions

November 2, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Today saw the release of a remix album version of The Temper Trap’s rather excellent debut ‘Conditions’, featuring remixes from the likes of Fool’s Gold, Three Trapped Tigers, and Alan Wilkis. While it is certainly not worthy of a full review, it provides a good fix of Temper Trap goodness while we wait for some […]

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Strange Talk

September 24, 2010 by Lachy 3 Comments

I’m admittedly a bit late on this one, but if you haven’t heard of Melbourne band Strange Talk, then you’re in for a real treat. The trio have only been around since February, but they have already recorded one guaranteed smash hit in the form of Climbing Walls. This track is simply massive: it sounds […]

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Foster The People

September 10, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

I’ve been pretty slack with Pluck lately, although in all fairness it has been a quiet period in Australian music. I call it post-new-years-festivals-lineup-announcements-depression. Basically we already know most of the big bands that will be touring here during the remainder of the year, and there are no big Aussie releases coming up either. I […]

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Piano Club

August 18, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

It’s been ages since a random shout out to a cool band, so here goes. Piano Club is a band from Belgium who play a really addictive combination of pop and dance music. Deceptively, there is no piano in their music, but you can definitely hear the influence of artists such as The Klaxons, who […]

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Local Natives Do Daytrotter (Again)

July 27, 2010 by Lachy 2 Comments

Yay! Finally with an acoustic version of Wide Eyes, this recording perfectly compliments their first session and the Barnstormer shows. Get it free here.

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