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Random New(ish) Music Videos

May 23, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

I get sent a lot of tips on some really cool music videos, but generally don’t like to do posts solely consisting of just the one clip. Some videos however are just too good not to share, so here’s some of the best I’ve been sent over the last couple of weeks, plus a few discoveries of my own.

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Jinja Safari ‘Scarecrow’

May 23, 2011 by Lachy 1 Comment

Jinja Safari are slowly releasing more and more tracks off their upcoming EP ‘Mermaids And Other Sirens’, and the latest such song is ‘Scarecrow’.

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New Jinja Safari Single

May 8, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

The always excellent Jinja Safari have made their new single ‘Hiccups’ available to download for free. It’s a breezy and adventurous tune, as we have come to expect from Jinja Safari, and is suitably difficult to stop listening to. Good stuff.

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Fishing

February 24, 2011 by Lachy 3 Comments

Fishing, aka Sydney-based duo Russell Fitzgibbon and Doug Wright will be supporting Cloud Control for their upcoming ‘My Fear’ tour.

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Second Sydney Big Day Out Review

January 30, 2011 by Lachy 3 Comments

“It almost feels like home.”

I wasn’t planning on going to the Big Day Out this year when I first saw the lineup. And I certainly could have never predicted that I would end up going to the Big Day Out in Sydney. However the stars aligned and the circumstances arose where I simply had to.

And I had a great time. In fact, I had a much better time than I was expecting. A sweltering day caused a lot of discomfort, and I maintain that the lineup was far from great, but ultimately all that matters is that it was a whole lot of fun.

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The Essential EPs Of The Year

December 23, 2010 by Lachy 0 Comments

This will be my last end of year list, I promise. But when I was sorting out my favourite albums of the year, I realised that much of the music I have listened to this year has been in the form of EPs rather than albums, especially when it came to Australian music. I won’t […]

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