Having built up a fierce reputation as a pusher of spectral electronic pop over the last year and a bit, 2012 looks to be the year that Elizabeth Rose really makes her mark. Her live show’s an unassumingly thumping affair, she’s getting backed by Inertia Access and now she’s deigned us with this new single ‘Ready’. Same intoxicating layered vocals with bubbling beats and fizzing electronics in the tightly packed production.
Tags: Australia, Elizabeth Rose, Inertia, Sydney
Bold proclamations usually come with the promise of eating non-consumable stuff so let me state for the record that if savvy advertising dudes won’t be clamouring to book Evan & The Brave’s single ‘Lil Monster’ for a delightfully twee ad campaign soon then I’ll happily eat like 20 hats.
Evan & The Brave – Lil Monster
Tags: Australia, Evan & The Brave, Indie, Pop, Sydney
It’s not too late to jump on board with the wonderful Rainbow Chan. The Sydney quirkster is back with Sweet Tooth, a slowly ebbing slice of downbeat pop music built on smushed bass grumbles and tinkering electronic touches that’re hard to resist.
Tags: Australia, Rainbow Chan, Sydney
You might’ve tuned into Whyte Fang’s stuff when the Sydney producer popped up on blogs with ‘Thy New Sound’ and that Nelly Furtado cover but now she’s back with a good wad of new material for everyone to blush about. Hooking up with Australian indie dreamers The Grates, Whyte Fang reinvents some tracks from the Brisbane band’s ‘Secret Rituals’ LP, turning the tightly wound garage tunes into dark and stormy electronic gems. The Grates remixed has always felt a little prickly but this works scarily well with Patience Hodgson howling all manic over these deep, throbbing electro textures and icy synth stabs.
Crying All Night – The Grates (Whyte Fang Version) by Whyte Fang
Like You Could Have It All – The Grates (Whyte Fang Version) by Whyte Fang
Sweet Dreams – The Grates (Whyte Fang Version) by Whyte Fang
Tags: Australia, Brisbane, Dew Process, Remix, Sydney, The Grates, Whyte Fang
I’ve been digging the sounds coming out of VEEN’s technicolour caravan and thankfully got along to their single launch in Sydney over the weekend to catch what could only be described as some kind of twisted, psychedelc electro burlesque show complete with dancers dancing, divas singing and VEEN leader Pete prowling about the stage in leather pants and thick heels. A rather apt reflection of the VEEN sound, then.
Tags: Australia, Sydney, The Protectors, VEEN
They may dub themselves as purveyors of something called ‘epictronica’ but such a sketchy word aside Dream Delay really nail this kind of starry, stadium electro. It’s all about thumping beats, no holds barred electro production, a dash of dubstep and, yep, very epic vocals. Get in now before they’re bigger than big.
Stack by dreamdelay
Let Go by dreamdelay
Tags: Australia, Dream Delay, Sydney
Convaire originally impressed with their sprightly, bubbly electro/indie track The New You which landed them on the radar of local Aussie tastemakers Future Classic. Dem guys have just put out Convaire’s debut EP and it rolls along really nicely with sharp guitars, buzzing electronics and stompy vocals. So what if they’ve got dino-sized boners for James Murphy, it works real well.
Convaire – Gate Track by future classic
Tags: Australia, Convaire, Future Classic, Sydney
There was a collective lump in the throats of everyone who heard Oliver Tank’s sumptuous ‘Last Night I Heard Everything In Slow Motion’ tune earlier in the year and now the lad is returning to back it up with an EP on real good local label Yes Please Records. Pedestrian premiered a track from that EP just today and it shows more of what Tank initially won us over with including lush layers and trembling vocals. It’s not as complete as one might like but hopefully the full EP shows off more of his obviously deep gifts as a songwriter and producer.
Oliver Tank – The Last Time by Yes Please
Tags: Australia, Oliver Tank, Sydney, Yes Please
Is it too, um, hyperbolic of me to declare Big Dumb Kid to be Australia’s answer to Tyler, The Creator? Probably. And even if it is a little off base BDK’s got a totally distinct flow and wonderfully warped world view that informs his drowsy, Sydney slacker raps. Again I’m verging on the overblown but fuck. This kid’s a genius.
Big Dumb Kid – Dumb Luck
Big Dumb Kid – Dumb Luck (Simo Soo Remix)
Tags: Australia, Big Dumb Kid, Hip Hop, Remix, Simo Soo, Sydney
So, let me explain my absence. Hyperbole has been looking like a ghost town for the last five or six weeks as I’ve started a new role at Australia’s big youth broadcaster, triple j, specifically programming the music for the newly launched digital radio station triple j Unearthed. It’s been pretty massive and I’ve been listening to even more music than ever before. So that’s going to be reflected as I continue to blog, most likely with squillions more new Australian artists. Let’s start with one of my new favourite finds; Sures. Fuck these guys are on point. Cruisey, cool and surfy, it’s just got a killer vibe. And in the blink of an eye they’ve gone from essentially unknown to landing a Best Coast support this summer. Perfect timing.
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Hyperbole is a dope music blog which was formerly located at http://masshyperbole.blogspot.com for around four years before the plug was pulled by the powers that be. It lives on, hopefully better than ever here on Hyperbole.tv.
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.