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Jónsi ‘Gathering Stories’

November 18, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

Any new track from Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi is a good track, and such is the case with his latest release, ‘Gathering Stories’, which is taken from his upcoming soundtrack to the movie ‘We Bought A Zoo’.

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Mumford And Sons ‘The Enemy’

November 17, 2011 by Lachy 1 Comment

Here’s a new short but sweet song from Mumford And Sons, ‘The Enemy’, written for the movie adaption of ‘Wuthering Heights’. Apparently there are no plans to release the song properly, which is a bit of a pity because it’s rather awesome. At the moment you can only listen to it accompanied by a trailer for the film.

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Bree Tranter ‘Winter’

November 16, 2011 by Lachy 1 Comment

Like a lot of people I was pretty disappointed with the breakup of Townsville’s most promising new band (not that there was a huge amount of competition), The Middle East. Born out of the death of that outfit however is the new career of former bandmember Bree Tranter, who provided the vocals for many of the more haunting moments of The Middle East’s music. Listen to her new(ish) solo single ‘Winter’.

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Inspired And The Sleep ‘While We’re Young’

October 29, 2011 by Lachy 1 Comment

‘While We’re Young’ is the new single from Californian musician Max Greenhalgh, who has recently finished the recording of a solo album dubbed ‘Teenager’. Yeah, there’s a bit of a trend here. Naturally, the song is a melodic lofi pop number, but instead of being cliched it’s actually a fantastic example of summer music done right. With the warmer weather obviously on its way, we could all do with a bit more music like this.

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Los Campesinos! ‘Hello Sadness’

October 12, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

We’ve received another taste of the upcoming album ‘Hello Sadness’ from Los Campesinos!, this time in the form of the title track and first proper single ‘Hello Sadness’. It’s a Los Campesinos! song, so it is brilliant, frantic, and inspired.

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Guineafowl ‘The Lie Is’

October 10, 2011 by Lachy 0 Comments

Sydney act Guineafowl recently jetted off to the United States for a series of shows there, following the launch of their debut EP ‘Hello Anxiety’. After this they are returning to Australia for a tour dubbed ‘The Lie Is’, and now we can finally have a listen to the track that gives the tour its name.

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