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Japandroids
Darkness On The Edge Of Gastown
This song is taken from No Singles, an upcoming compilation containing both of the Vancouverites' rare-as-fuck early EPs - 2007's All Lies and 2008's Lullaby Death Jams - in their entirety.
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Cabins
Catcher In The Rye
This song, the second lil' taste from the group's debut mini-album Bright Victory, is, unfortunately, not an ode to the greatness of JD Salinger, but it's fairly fucking brilliant nonetheless.
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Spit Shine
I guess when an artist's name is just a bunch of slashes and triangles then it's pretty safe to assume that - a) they aren't really interested in getting played on Saturday morning Video Hits and; b) they're the kind of person that feels most at ease with their creative work when they're hidden away behind a few dozen layers of mystery.
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Monotonix
Flesh and Blood
Monotonix are Tel Aviv's sweatiest/wildest party animals and the kind of bros that'll more than likely peel the paint right off your balls with a single guitar lick.
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Betty Airs
Jennifer's Enemy
Nobody's disputing the fact that Darren Cross (aka The E.L.F aka Gerling Bro aka The Original Donny aka Doncaster Cup) is a total sick maniac. Whether he's choking the world with the loose cannon wildness of G For Sadness, or acting like the greatest ever disco lunatic in a homemade video, there is no doubt that the lil' trooper has alway given 110%.
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Bed Wettin' Bad Boys
We Don't Wanna Know
A beautifully sludgy bass line kicks this little beast into life, before some "peel your Nanna's wallpaper right off her back" grinding feedback and horse-as-fuck vocals simultaneously enter, drunk, swaggering and stinking of cum and whiskey. The vocals, courtesy of Joe Sukit of The Royal Headache Gang, dominate this sub-two-minute romp, brutally double-fisting with equal amounts of heartfelt emotion and 'who gives a cunt' attitude.
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Method Man, Ghostface and Raekwon
Our Dreams
Our Dreams, the first single off Wu-Massacre, the trio's highly anticipated collaborative album, is roughly 24% banging, 48% 'urgh' and 28% good ol' fashioned mudda-phucking gritty Raekwon.
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Warp Records 2010
Aside from The Grizzly Bores (let's not get into that right now) Warp Records have pretty much been knocking dingers out of the park ever since Georgie Harrison invented music in the blissful summer of 1983.
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Erykah Badu
Jump In The Air (Stay There) (featuring Lil Wayne and Bilal)
Not sure how I missed this one. Maybe I accidentally unsubscribed to The Badu Daily RSS feed or possibly turned off my Bilal Google Alerts by mistake.
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Parades
Past Lives
Ever since the world was brainwashed into thinking The Arcade Fires re-invented that spacious form of melodic 'indie' rock, the local Sydney music scene seems have been overflowing with a cuntload of imitators who think that simply throwing together some choir-like vocals and an army of cluttered, competing instruments was all you needed to do to make good music.
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Jadakiss
Searchin' (featuring Sheek Louch)
This is some jogging in the snow, headphones and hoodie kinda shit. You real cunts know what I'm talking about.
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Royal Headache
Splash
FINALLY... after what seems like an eternity (x12), Royal Headache's debut 'proper' release (ie. non-demo) is just about to drop like your 14-year old brother's balls.
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Tucker B's
Lord We Are Your Playlord
In celebration of the fact Australia's finest mayhem enthusiasts, the honorable Tucker B's, are playing a super-rare show TONIGHT at the Annandale Hotel, I thought I would post one the group's finest moments.
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Japandroids
Art Czars
Everyone's favourite Vancouver bros, Japandroids, have announced that throughout 2010 (amidst playing shows EVERYWHERE - except for Australia!) they'll be releasing five limited edition 7" singles.
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Eddy Current Suppression Ring
I've Got A Feeling
After a fair few listens I'm still not completely sold on the new Eddy Current album, Rush To Relax.
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The Mint Chicks
Bad Buzz
This is a punk lullaby, wrapped up in that perfect cutesy lo-fi robot shit from the '90s that someone took too far (Polyester Girl). It also sounds like the missing link between the controlled fury of the band's fantastic Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! and the lo-fi perfection of Screens. That's (kinda) funny because that's (kinda) EXACTLY what Minty guitarist, Ruban Nielson, told us their new stuff was gonna sound like when we interviewed him a couple of months back.
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My Disco
Young
When I first heard that My Disco would be releasing an 11 minute 'first single' in February I assumed it would be a fairly slow building, mind-draining affair. But, as your ears are probably telling you right now, the song is a lot more forthcoming in it's approach, starting with all it's cards on the table and then stripping back to a fairly buck-naked rhythm pattern.
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Breakbot
Baby I'm Yours (featuring Irfane)
This song is so deliciously French smooth it makes those Phoenix lads sound like a dirty 1992 Portland grunge cover band.
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The Hood Internet
The XX Gon' Give It To Ya (DMX vs The XX)
Tonight in Sydney-town Greg The Girly Talk (aka the man most people think is responsible for inventing the mash-up) is playing at the Enmore Theatre. In celebration of this non-event, I thought I would post a mash-up that doesn't sound like a broken CD-player controlled by an ADHD 14-year old. What the fuck is beat/pitch matching anyway, right Gillis?
Sweet Streams
- Japandroids - Darkness On The Edge Of Gastown
- Cabins - Catcher In The Rye
- Dinosaur Jr - Freak Scene
- / / / ▲ ▲ ▲ \ \ \ - Spit Shine
- Monotonix - Flesh and Blood
- Betty Airs - Jennifer's Enemy
- Bed Wettin' Bad Boys - We Don't Wanna Know
- Method Man, Ghostface and Raekwon - Our Dreams
- Nice Nice - See Waves
- Gonjasufi - Ancestors
Archives
March, 2010
- Japandroids - Darkness On The Edge Of Gastown
- Cabins - Catcher In The Rye
- Dinosaur Jr - Freak Scene
- / / / ▲ ▲ ▲ \ \ \ - Spit Shine
- Monotonix - Flesh and Blood
- Betty Airs - Jennifer's Enemy
- Bed Wettin' Bad Boys - We Don't Wanna Know
February, 2010
- Method Man, Ghostface and Raekwon - Our Dreams
- Warp Records 2010
- Erykah Badu - Jump In The Air (Stay There) (featuring Lil Wayne and Bilal)
- Parades - Past Lives
- Jadakiss - Searchin' (featuring Sheek Louch)
- Royal Headache - Splash
- Tucker B's - Lord We Are Your Playlord
- Japandroids - Art Czars
- Eddy Current Suppression Ring - I've Got A Feeling
- The Mint Chicks - Bad Buzz
January, 2010
- My Disco - Young
- Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours (featuring Irfane)
- The Hood Internet - The XX Gon' Give It To Ya (DMX vs The XX)
- Street Chant - Scream Walk
- Pond - Mick Manmoose
- The Drones - My Pal (live)
- Bullion - Say Goodbye To What
- Circle Pit - Hurricane
December, 2009
- Yeasayer - The Children
- Japandroids - Racer X
- The Fiery Furnaces - Keep Me In The Dark
- Yae!Tiger - Sleepworking
- Miniature Submarines - The Little Room Under The Stairs
- Songs - Oh No
- Cabins - Hounds
November, 2009
- Richard In Your Mind - Make It Chill
- The Stabs - No Hoper
- Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Killers
- Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Streets Of Philadelphia
- Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Graceland
- Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - New Year's Kiss
- Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Roberta C. (Twinkle Echo version)
- Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Destroy The Evidence
- Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Bus Song
- Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Tonight Was A Disaster
- Blakroc - Stay Off The Fuckin' Flowers (featuring Raekwon)
October, 2009
- Julian Casablancas - Out Of The Blue
- Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
- Guineafowl - Botanist
- Lil Wayne - Run This Town (Freestyle)
- Made In Japan - Oxford Decor
- Weezer - Can't Stop Partying (featuring Lil Wayne)
- Intentions - Abdicate
- Rowland S Howard - The Golden Age Of Bloodshed
- ZZZ - Lion
- The Drums - Let's Go Surfing (Knight School Remix)
- Border Thieves - Don't Care Much
- Frightened Rabbit - Swim Until You Can't See Land
- Washed Out - New Theory
- The Ripping Dylans - Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac cover)
- megastick fanfare - brain tooth
September, 2009
- Mos Def - Umi Says
- Girls - Laura
- jj - Ecstasy
- Magic Dirt - Love Is The Armour (featuring Gareth Liddiard)
- Ivy St - Families Form Gangs
- Philadelphia Grand Jury - I Don't Want To Party [Party]
- Yama Boy - Counter Remedy
- The Mountain Goats - Psalms 40: 2
- The Mess Hall - Bell
- Raekwon - Kiss The Ring (featuring Inspectah Deck and Masta Killa)
August, 2009
- Canvas Kites - Wayside
- Naked On The Vague - Chitty Chat
- The UV Race - Malaria
- Crocodiles - Summer Of Hate
- Lightning Bolt - Colossus
- Girls - Solitude
- No Age - You're A Target
- megastick fanfare - June Stranglets (Seekae Remix)
- Paul Dempsey - Ramona Was A Waitress (Faux Pas Remix)
July, 2009
- Brian Campeau - Reinventing Myself
- Sunset Rubdown - Black Swan
- Jay-Z - Run This Town (featuring Rihanna and Kanye West)
- Malcolm Middleton - My Delirium
- Kyu - Sunny In Splodges
- DZ - Blue Blood
- Cuthbert and the Night Walkers - Pace Ourselves
- Bearhug - Montreal
- Spoon - Got Nuffin
June, 2009
- Future Of The Left - Arming Eritrea
- Dinosaur Jr - I Want You To Know
- Decoder Ring - Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom (radio edit)
- Mos Def - Priority
- Batrider - Homie Gnomie
- Jay-Z - D.O.A (Death Of Autotune)
- Marf Loth
May, 2009
- The Paper Scissors - Howl
- Hira Hira - Mouths Full Of Calves Blood
- Dappled Cities Fly - The Price
- Umpire
- Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire
April, 2009
- Traps - Brainwasher
- Anamanaguchi
- Royal Headache
- Sunset Rubdown - Idiot Heart
- The Useless Wankers
- Moby - Shot In The Back Of The Head
- Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise
- Red Riders - You've Got A Lot Of Nerve
- Parades - Dead Nationale
- Eels - Fresh Blood
March, 2009
- Wolfmother - Back Round
- XRabit + DMG$ - My Stereo
- Regular John - Language
- Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - Optimist vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In)
- Fucked Up - Epiphany (No Age Remix)
- Whores - Cop Scum
- Raekwon - Staten (We Go Hard)
- The Scare - No Money
- The Exploders - Royal Neil The Horse
- Handsome Furs - Talking Hotel Arbat Blues
- The Lonely Island - Natalie's Rap (featuring Natalie Portman)
- Blk Jks - Lakeside
February, 2009
- The Mint Chicks - I Can't Stop Being Foolish
- The Walk On By - Shake
- Shuttle - Rotten Guts (featuring Cadence Weapon)
- Leader Cheetah - Alibi
- Tucker B's - Jungle
- megastick fanfare - Musing's Heartthrob
- Wavves - Gun In The Sun
- Shane Skillz
January, 2009
- Damn Arms - Destination Pt. II
- St Helens - How To Choose Your Guru Pt 2
- Little Birdy - Brother
- Eddy Current Suppression Ring - That Time Of Day
- Tennis - Future Ghost (WOW cover)
- The UV Race - Lego Man
- Nigga Faggot Jesus Band
- Noreaga - NY Groove
- The Crayon Fields - Mirror Ball
- Animal Collective - Lion In A Coma
- Black Lips - Starting Over
- Wavves
December, 2008
- SFHB!
- Frightened Rabbit - It's Xmas So We'll Stop
- Clipse - The Haters Wish
- Seekae - Void
- Reptiles - Bloodlust
- Border Thieves
- Bang! Bang! Aids! - The Calder
- Jay-Z - Brooklyn Go Hard (featuring Santogold)
- Wolf and Cub - Seven Sevens
- Mark Barrage - Clarion Call
November, 2008
- Kanye West (featuring Lil Wayne) - See You In My Nightmares
- Blacklevel Embassy - Airport
- Jay Reatard - Gamma Ray (Beck cover)
- Art Rush - The Reasons I've Decided To Die
- No Age - Intimate Descriptions
- Tragic/Athletic - Three Months At Sea
- The Tongue - Today Was A Good Day
- Architecture In Helsinki - That Beep
October, 2008
- Belles Will Ring - Priest Coats
- Dead Letter Chorus - Down In Your Valley
- Peabody - The Only Way I Know
- Talons - Mudrockets
- Fucked Up - Son The Father
- WOW - Icy Cold (Bumblebeez remix)
- Tucker B's - First Born Sun (demo)
- The Love Explosion - Balmain In The Membrane
September, 2008
- Ghoul
- Future Of The Left - The Hope That House Built
- The Nevada Strange
- The Mint Chicks - Enemies
- megastick fanfare
- The Do - On My Shoulders
- Midget - From Yr Head to Yr Hands
- Hermitude - Bloodshot
- Volcano Rats Of Woman
- SPOD - Dead
- The Devoted Few - The Death Of Us
August, 2008
- TV On The Radio - Dancing Choose
- Final Fantasy - The Butcher
- Augie March - Watch Me Disappear
- The Go Roll Your Bones
- Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool
- WOW - Icy Cold
- Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
- Nickel Eye
- Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
- Ohana - When Things Come Alive