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Acoustic Local Natives ‘World News’

So my love for LA band Local Natives isn’t exactly a secret, and their debut album ‘Gorilla Manor’ is easily one of my favourite records so far this year. And my favourite song off the album, World News, just happens to be one of the tracks the band chose to play acoustically when they dropped […]

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Free Download Of The New Hungry Kids Of Hungary Single

Check out Wristwatch below, and download it for free via Triple J (right click and ‘Save As’ to download). It’s fast, frantic, and short, but it still has the same HKOH happy pop feeling that we have come to know and love.

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You Have To Hear: The Good China

This is going to be a no-nonsense post: Melbourne indie band The Good China are good. Very good. The Good China is an eight-piece collective who have been getting a lot of radio airtime, some enviable opening slots, and plenty of attention from both local and international blogs lately. It’s for a good reason as […]

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You Have To Hear: New Arcade Fire Songs

Well, kind of. These are very short previews of the songs featured on the upcoming 12″ single from Arcade Fire. Apparently the 12″ will be released on June the 1st, and an album will follow shortly, but very little is confirmed at the moment (we don’t even know the name). I simply cannot wait. Via […]

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You Have To Hear: The Blow Parade

Something a little different: The Blow Parade is a comedy radio show currently airing on Triple J. It takes a satirical look at the music scene, and is performed by Andrew Hansen and Chris Tayler of the infamous comedy team The Chaser, as well as Craig Schuftan. The Blow Parade takes the guise of a […]

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You Have To Hear: Jinja Safari

So we all know Triple J Unearthed is pretty much the best thing ever, and they’ve recently started digging up some real gems. One of these is Jinja Safari, who were the feature band last week. Hailing from Sydney, Jinja Safari have only made available one song so far, but it is an absolutely sublime […]

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