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Hey Marseilles

July 18, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

Hey Marseilles is a band that hails from Seattle, and make simply stunning folk music. They have recently released a remastered version of their 2008 record ‘To Travels And Trunks’, and I’ve had it on heavy repeat for a while now. They have a really broad range of influences: from Beirut to The Mountain Goats […]

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Cajun Dance Party

July 15, 2010 by Lachy 1 Comment

So I’ve been posting quite a lot about smaller Australian bands lately, so I figured I’d try something a bit different and look at a more established international act that are perhaps a bit underapprecaited. Cajun Dance Party is one such artist. Firstly to get the obvious done with straight away, they sound one hell […]

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Metric Do Daytrotter

July 14, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

The always wonderful Daytrotter recorded a brief session with the equally also always wonderful Metric during this year’s massive SXSW festival. Unfortunately it’s only two songs, but if you were going to choose two Metric songs it would probably be these two: Gimme Sympathy and Help I’m Alive, both from Metric’s excellent 2009 album ‘Fantasies’. […]

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Alps

July 12, 2010 by Lachy 2 Comments

Alps is an indie band hailing from Sydney, consisting of Niall White , Charlie Godwin , Dave Smith, and Fergus Wilson. They are easily confused with the better known (and also great) shoegaze outfit consisting of Chris Hearn also called Alps, and also from NSW. Inconspicuous name aside (according to their Facebook page they are actually […]

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Kids Without Bikes

July 2, 2010 by Lachy 1 Comment

Kids Without Bikes is a Melbourne band absolutely demolishing the Triple J Unearthed charts at the moment (I’m talking holding the top three spots simultaneously). And there’s a good reason for this. They play really addictive, fast paced tunes that race along at a breakneck speed and mix in elements from genres as broad as […]

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Tim And Jean

June 28, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

So after a lot of frustration, I finally managed to get a camping ticket to Splendour through the resale facility. Naturally I celebrated by making an iTunes Splendour playlist and it was 2.2 days long, which got me incredibly excited. Adding to the excitement are the lesser known Australian bands that litter the star-filled lineup […]

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