New clip from Sydney band WIM for their track ‘See You Hurry’.

It’s all peaceful mountain fernery and alabaster buttocks until an unfortunate unicorn/pegasus/thing becomes subject to Van Der Vorst’s snack attack. Still, major props to Daniel Askill from Collider and the guys behind this clip -the visual aesthetics are pretty amazing. Also really digging this tune, the whole driving indie-folk rhetoric reminds me a lot of the gems off Midlake’s second record.

The band signed to Modular after taking out the leg of  the Unearthed Laneway comp earlier in the year and have been working with Tony Buchen and Bob Clearmountain on their debut, which is out on May 27th.

Wim are on the road with Grace Woodroofe and Gypsy and the Cat, see below the jump for dates.

www.wimtheband.com

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Had this on repeat for a while now. Love this vid (directed by Xiaofu Wang). Make sure you swing by the BCBR bandcamp. Free single + remixes await. Chyeeeah.

bonchatbonrat.bandcamp.com

Kebabs, cameraderie, compact vehicles and general shenanigans from Melb’s Fearless Vampire Killers. The clip was directed by Timothy Melville who’s previously done videos for Wilfred Jackal and Big Scary. There’s a handful of other cool short films on his vimeo profile that have scooped up a bucket of awards – ‘The Laundromat’ in particular is worth a watch.

‘For You & Me’ is off the band’s debut which will be released mid 2011.

Whyte Fang – ‘Thy New Sound’ (mp3)

Whyte Fang is a one woman show from Sydney who makes beats via her iPhone. While she’s keeping her name under wraps for now, the incognito thing will probably go on to irritate more/won’t last for much longer because this ain’t the type of tune to sit stagnant in the blogosphere.

BAM factor happens at the 0:25 mark when the track erupts into a multi-tiered cacophony of warbly chanting, big beats and choppy samples, kinda like Fever Ray doing backflips with the cast of Bring It On.

Fierce tune.

(follow the link to her soundcloud – more free tunes available to d/l until the end of the month)

www.soundcloud.com/whytefang

The band’s first single way back in 2010 ‘Days to Dust’ was a rather impressive Indie-Dance-Rock affair, which set the tone of things to come from this Brisbane 5 piece.
The new single ‘Skeletons’ pushes the band further into an electronic tide, with more integrated synth lines, and tight kicking production by producer Timeshare (Hungary kids of Hungary). Skeletons is somewhat reminiscent of a Two Door Cinema Club song we’ve never heard, that is, until we’re taken on a life changing halftime dubstep journey of doom, with wobbling synth, female vocal cuts, and effected beats, then coming back around to build into the rapid disco vibe! *Wipes sweat from brow.

It’s all very… Now. Or at least you can hear the bands direct influences of the past year or so. The ideas are cool, but the band are yet to create an authentic and unique sound. I like it, but I’m not hooked. Perhaps checking out the live show will change my mind…

You can catch the Tin Can Radio show, supporting their LP release ‘Chase the sun, hold the night’ around the country through April and May. http://tincanradio.bandcamp.com/track/skeletons

Peace.