australia

01.02.2012

[LP] Washington – I BELIEVE YOU LIAR (w/ “Sunday Best”)

i will take the time to make it just so you’ve the chance to break it

♫ Washington – Sunday Best

After buckets of success and a handful singles in her native Australia, Washington is finally reaching farther shores and we should all be happy. Debut LP I Believe You Liar has some superb tracks like “How To Tame Lions,” “Holy …

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12.17.2011

[MP3] Butcher Blades/ – “Dive! Dive! Dive!”

man your battle stations

♫ Butcher Blades/ – Dive! Dive! Dive!

Butcher Blades/ crush it again. This time Australia’s finest put us on a tropical submarine crewed by naval ducks on a mission to stay sane! We get to join in on an aquatic battle of sonic proportions that includes lots of the Blades/’ high drama. It’s big, it’s dangerous, and …

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12.16.2011

[MP3] The Belligerents – “Steal Money”

they get richer, you get poorer, economics is fun

♫ The Belligerents – Steal Money

Great band name. Great song title. Ace artwork. The music? You really had to ask? Handclaps! OOhh oohs! Reverb! It’s that perfect kind of mid-tempo propulsive jam that gets me moving but doesn’t exhaust me. Sunset roasted rock and roll for the wealthy of taste. And the rest …

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12.13.2011

[MP3] Strange Talk – “Sexual Lifestyle”

empty socks on the kitchen floor as i had my way with you

♫ Strange Talk – Sexual Lifestyle

Stange Talk make music that gets your body moving but on “Sexual Lifestyle” they propose an alternate ‘dancefloor” and who are we to turn them down?These Australian’s already dropped 1 stellar track this year and it’s nice to hear they are sounding …

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11.11.2011

[LP] Gotye – MAKING MIRRORS (w/ “In Your Light”)

if only i could always be just as i am right here

♫ Gotye – Eyes Wide Open (previously posted)

Gotye released on of last years Best Songs with the galloping “Eyes Wide Open” (above) and then did it again this year with much calmer (and even more infectious?)  “Somebody That I Used To Know.” With a track record like that leading up to …

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11.09.2011

[MP3] Washington – “How To Tame Lions”

so we just be happy tonight, and tomorrow we be miserable, right?

♫ Washington – How To Tame Lions

Listen. Listen closely. Beneath the beautifully tender and honest love song unfolding into your brain is the voice of Megan Washington. It’s not the prettiest nor the best voice in the world but there is a way it slightly lisps it’s “s”s that …

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10.04.2011

[MP3] Gung Ho – “Twin Rays”

white waves, white light, i don’t know if this is right, calling you up in the middle of the night

♫ Gung Ho – Twin Rays

So sadly summer is over. However you enjoyed it I can’t imagine anyone is exactly happy to see it go. Thankfully there is Australia’s Gung Ho to keep the sunny sparkle alive with tracks like …

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09.20.2011

[MP3] The John Steel Singers – “Rainbow Kraut”

i was living the life of a wrecking ball, swinging dangerously low at everything in sight

♫ The John Steel Singers – Rainbow Kraut

Beware, this song contains rhythms and grooves that will infect your central shimmy cortex and cause involuntary limb movement that some would classify as chair dancing or shower shaking. The horns (the horns!) are especially dangerous. And …

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08.29.2011

[MP3] Butcher Blades/ – “Jigsaw Limbs” & “USA Boys” remix

a coast of skinless bays, this daughter wind will turn all it’s tourists back into foam

♫ Butcher Blades – Jigsaw Limbs

Just when you thought Mondays couldn’t get any worse, they get awesome! New Butcher Blades/! The criminally under-appreciated Australian duo that one fan recently called the “lovechild of Justice and The Lion King.” Brilliant. “Jigsaw Limbs” is another brilliant example of their melding …

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08.27.2011

[LP] Miami Horror – ILLUMINATION (w/ “Holidays” & “Moon Theory”)

i don’t where you came from but i need you now

♫ Miami Horror – Holidays Feat. Alan Palomo

So this Miami Horror album came out a year ago but I somehow missed the memo, despite having covered them 2 years ago. Oh well. Better late than never, and in the case of the Australian band’s Illumination that is definitely the case. …

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