It looks like Dent May is dropping the whole ‘And His Magnificent Ukulele’ thing with his new single ‘Fun’, as there’s not a single undersized stringed instrument in sight. Instead, we have synths and electronic drum beats and even guitar solos that create a sound completely different to anything we’ve heard from Dent May before.
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Founds ‘Holograms’
Founds are a brand new Brisbane ‘post-pop’ sextet who have just finished the recording of their debut EP, having already generated a fair amount of buzz and airplay for first single ‘Gypsy House’. Their new track is called ‘Holograms’, and it is quite simply a gorgeous song.
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The Bon Scotts ‘Polluted Sea’
The Bon Scotts are a Melbourne seven-piece, and they’re not an AC/DC cover band. Far from it, instead they play a distinctly clamorous and hectic form of folk music with bellowing choruses and interesting use of unconventional instruments.
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Bon Iver ‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’
I remember watching Justin Vernon play Jimmy Fallon a couple of weeks ago, waiting expectantly for one of the many killer tracks from Bon Iver’s latest album. Maybe a little ‘Towers’? Or even the slowly building ‘Holocene’? Or possible the safer options, ‘Perth’ or ‘Calgary’? But instead he played a song I had never heard before. It wasn’t what I had been expecting (or hoping for), but it was nevertheless utterly beautiful.
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Josh Pyke ‘No One Wants A Lover’
Josh Pyke has debuted the lead single from his upcoming album ‘Only Sparrows’, which is out August 19th. It’s called ‘No One Wants A Lover’ and provides just the fix of Josh Pyke folk goodness that we need after an extended break between albums.
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June 30, 2011 
