July 30, 2011

Junior Boys.

If you're like us and have no clue who the Junior Boys are, you might be interested to know that they are a Canadian electro-pop duo who are surprisingly amazing. Their fourth release which landed in our ears only a few days ago was originally set upon the public earlier this month to very positive reviews. The 80's inspired dance style is revamped on the new album titled "It's All True" with stellar tracks such as 'Banana Ripple' and 'The Reservoir'. We'll give you a sneak peek of the latter. . . 

July 26, 2011

The Paper Scissors.

We've been huge fans of the under-appreciated rock band from Sydney for a long time now. They have the goods to be impressive venue fillers, they just need a breakthrough hit in our opinion. Could this be it? Likely or not we dig the heck out of it. In typical Paper Scissors form the deep base lays a groovy platform from which talented drummer Ivan Lysiak can let loose. The purely unique vocal style from frontman Jai Pyne is unmatched anywhere in music at the moment and it gives the Paper Scissors a fresh sound to stand out from the rest. This track is called 'Taller Than You Then' . . . 
Yuksek. 

A few months old now, we realise we're a bit late on the Yuksek train but the debut single from the Frenchman's new album is an undeniably catchy electronic song. The track titled 'On A Train', well complimented by its film clip of an unlikely train journey, is a well structured dance song that is very vocal driven in both verse and chorus to keep you groovin throughout the whole train trip. . . 

July 7, 2011

Gotye.
Featuring possibly the two best voices in Australia at the moment the new track from Wally De Backer called 'Somebody I Used To Know' pleases our ears. Whilst featuring the sensual sounds of Kimbra, the new single follows that trademark Gotye style by incorporating a plethora of curious sounds and slowly building on these until we hear Wally's spine tingling voice reach its upper register. Gotye's album is set to release around mid august, we're preparing our ears for more of this please. . . 

                                     

July 4, 2011

Bombay Bicycle Club.

The latest release from the bicycle club incorporates a jangly sounding piano to create an interesting direction for the boys but to be fair they haven't really ever followed a logical sequence as a band. Their first album was a tunemonkey favourite, but rather than try and follow it up, the Bombay Bicylce Club released a very melow, almost folk-ish, acoustic album. So, as a seemingly trademark gear shift, the boys have kicked it up a notch with their new single 'Shuffle' which we think may be aptly titled to encourage you to do just that. . . 

Gross Magic.

Gross Magic is Sam McGarrigle, a hip dude out of Brighton in the UK whose music is being described as a take on grunge but with a pop vibe and fuzzy low-fi edge. Imagine a less erratic Wavves with catchier hooks and you've got Gross Magic. His first Ep 'Teen Jamz' is set for release in August but Sam has been kind enough to put up his single 'Sweetest Touch' for free download on his Bandcamp site, seriously go get it . . .