Wons Phreely is back with his single ‘Tonight’. Here’s a peek at the new clip before it gets released next week.

www.myspace.com/wonsphreely

You Am I – ‘Shuck’ (mp3)

You Am I – ‘Trigger Finger’

I’m pretty sure every Australian music fan at some stage in their life has flirted with You Am I’s backcatalogue. It may just be one album that you totally got into, and maybe you haven’t listened to YAI for over a decade, but you still had a little sumthin’ sumthin’ with them. Even the fresh-faced Triple J listeners in grade ten probably know ‘Berlin Chair’ or ‘Cathy’s Clown,’ even if they can’t name the band.

Well, they’re back again with their 7th studio album, which is being put out by indie label Other Tongues this time around. It’s probably a good move for Tim Rogers and co, since I’m not too sure what a major label will really offer them at this point. No doubt the apex of their crowd-pulling potential is upon them if not slightly behind them and I imagine the bulk of their income is from their relentless touring on the back of each album. So it’s a positive move and probably and exciting one for both parties.

Above are the first two singles from the self-titles album. Check them out, yo.

www.myspace.com/youamiofficial

..is a new artist from New Zealand. What do you think?

www.facebook.com/zowiemusic

Scott Spark is a busy, busy guy. I managed to catch brekky with him (fruit toast with avocado and Vegemite. Gross, right?) and talk songwriting, music, The Album and The Tour.

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Muscles is back! The first single from upcoming Younger & Immature EP out late October.
Video directed by Beaufort.

John Steel Singers – ‘Overpass’ (mp3)

Within a few hours of this track appearing in people’s inboxes, surrounded by countless other emails from bands and labels, this track had already appeared on a bunch of blogs and received spins on community radio and JJJ. I think that says something about the cache the name ‘John Steel Singers’ holds at the moment. They’re one of those bands that people drop things to check out.

John Steel Singers have been on the cusp of widespread appeal for a while – and they would have stayed in that grey, nearly-there area had they not continued to improve. A lot of bands have potential but squander it through a combination of laziness, break-ups, or a lack of gigs. The fact that JSS performances have continued to get tighter and louder – and the fact that these guys work their asses off touring the East Coast – has ensured they eventually overcame those obstacles and stumbled into the realm of recognition and popularity. As though to signal this shift in stature, the extended courtship between uber-indie Dew Process and JSS came to its conclusion with the former signing on to release the latter’s debut album, Tangalooma (produced by Robert Forster), in November.

‘Overpass’ is the latest single to be pulled from Tangalooma. You’ll be probably be able to catch it live at a shitload of festivals over summer.

www.myspace.com/thejohnsteelsingers