We’ve been totally smashing Them Swoops on the radio recently and here’s why; they rule. They’re a bunch of bros out of Melbourne who manage to create a nice, full sound of breezy guitars, brisk tempos and blockbuster choruses that’ll lodge themselves in your ears. Permanently. And that’s a very good thing.
Them Swoops – Too Fast For Love
Them Swoops – Work Around It
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Them Swoops
How good is this guy? And seemingly being slept on like crazy. But Taxidermy Hall has so many good tunes already bulging through the seams of his arsenal that he won’t stay a secret for much longer. Check out some gorgeousness below.
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While the bulk of the other stuff on their Unearthed page is a bit more drawn and stripped back there’s just no resisting Lyd & Sophie’s spicy little jam, Kiss Me. Sounding like they’ve borrowed an old Stock Aitken Waterman beat, the Melbourne sisters bounce all over this tune with gleeful grins and blushed cheeks. Check it.
Lyd & Sophie – Kiss Me
Tags: Australia, Lyd & Sophie, Melbourne, Unearthed
The Rat vs Possum lads have upped the synth factor on their giddy garage steez and come out with this little gem, Fat Monk, the first tune to come from their newie LP ‘Let Music And Bodies Unite’. Grab it below or at their Bandcamp with other goodies.
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Rat vs Possum
Kimbra continues to soar with her jubilant, technicolour pop winners and before we get a full album’s worth of ‘em with September’s ‘Vows’ LP here we have standout single ‘Cameo Lover’ getting a very electronic makeover from Sam Sparro and his mate Golden Touch. It works, believe it or not. Dig in.
Kimbra – Cameo Lover (Sam Sparro & Golden Touch Remix)
Tags: Australia, Golden Touch, Kimbra, Melbourne, Remix, Sam Sparro
Special Awards Records just rocketed a few indie doodles to full erection with the Hammocks And Honey remix EP which features reworks from local faves like Faux Pas and Collarbones. I’m really feeling the Hidden Suns remix so hit that up below along with the gloomy Fatti Frances rework.
Hammocks And Honey – Simple Things (Hidden Suns Remix)
Hammocks And Honey – Farewell (Fatti Frances Remix)
Tags: Australia, Fatti Frances, Hammocks And Honey, Hidden Suns, Melbourne, Remix, Special Awards
Witch house comes to Melbourne! GOSTS have been dropping some wonderfully crunchy dark dance treats on their Bandcamp page recently including a whole new album just the other week. I first vibed to their s/t EP and have been meaning to post some ish from that for a month or more. Here’s some “sad but cool”/”sad rave” tunes from that collection. Really hope they can pick up some work on the back of this.
GOSTS – SEA
GOSTS – CRY
Tags: GOSTS, Melbourne, Witch House
It was only a matter of time before Melbourne kids started aping leather jacketed icons other than The Strokes. There’s definitely a Crystal Castles vibe on this joint from Soccer Legends, and not just from the defunct chiptune fuzz but with the basic drum machine pattern and the writhing vocal delivery. And they/he/she/it has a cool name.
Soccer Legends – Ferrari
Tags: 8-Bit, Australia, Melbourne, Soccer Legends
You’ll have to excuse the recent Australian-centric content on this blog. But at least it’s been good – not to mention actually happening, given the frequent droughts in posts. That continues with Kimbra’s latest gem, Cameo Lover.
The title sounds like a lost Vanity 6 tune but unwrapped its all big, smiling chamber pop excellence which has now been perfectly rendered with the above video treatment.
At first I heard Young Maverick’s Dale Denton and was like, ‘holy woah’. And then it was Ariel and I was thrown for another loop. God damn these guys are fantastic. It’s like they stumbled upon a studio basement with Gordon Raphael’s withered skeleton behind the boards and cut some wonderfully poppy garage gold. All wiry guitar riffs and clip-clopping drums and Jesus Christ just download the tunes!
Young Maverick – Ariel
Young Maverick – Dale Denton
You can hear more Young Maverck jams on the band’s Facebook page and if these are any indication you definitely want to.
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Young Maverick
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Dave Ruby Howe is a music journalist, blogger and editor from Sydney, AUS. Hyperbole is his music blog about music, writing and music writing. But not writing music. Get it? Cool.
Dave Ruby Howe is also the Assistant Music Director of Australia Music at triple j, serving as the music director for the recently launched digital radio station, triple j Unearthed. As such a lot of what's blogged on here comes from there. Because it's all so awesome.