The Aston Shuffle (feat. Danimal Kingdom) – Do You Want More from Moop Jaw on Vimeo.

Dappled Cities – ‘Answer is Zero’ (mp3)

In music blogland, there’s a loose hierarchy of blogs somewhat determined by Hype Machine’s blog popularity list. The biggest one of the all Stereogum have leaked a track from Dappled Cities upcoming Zounds album. I believe they are featuring it for one day only, so in case you missed it I’ve posted it up here. A few weeks ago Dappled and their team did an amazing launch show / exhibition in a storage warehouse, where they got 12 local artists to put up art installations inspired by each song on the album. It was a very original approach to reveal the album to the media and long time fans such as myself, definitely beats the art gallery with a gig approach. Boudist has photos of this event.

You can Dappled Cities them touring in August-Septemer :

THURSDAY 13 AUGUST – PELLY BAR, FRANKSTON
FRIDAY 14 AUGUST – KAROVA LOUNGE, BALLARAT
SATURDAY 15 AUGUST – CORNER HOTEL, MELBOURNE
SUNDAY 16 AUGUST – REPUBLIC BAR, HOBART
THURSDAY 20 AUGUST – CAMBRIDGE HOTEL, NEWCASTLE
FRIDAY 21 AUGUST – ANU BAR, CANBERRA
SATURDAY 22 AUGUST – THE METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY
THURSDAY 27 AUGUST – GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL, BYRON BAY
FRIDAY 28 AUGUST – BON AMICI, TOOWOOMBA
SATURDAY 29 AUGUST – THE ZOO, BRISBANE
THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER – JIVE, ADELAIDE
THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER – JIVE, ADELAIDE
FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER – AMPLIFIER BAR, PERTH
SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER – NORFOLK BASEMENT, FREMANTLE

www.myspace.com/dappledcities

Generation Why is the new single (clip below) from the boys in Kisschasy, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Seizures’ which hits shelves on the 21st of August.

Mr. Maps – ‘Your Heels in Sand, Soul in Pursuit’ (Lines version)

Mr. Maps is a band borne of precision and practice. The songs that form the group’s debut EP were originally guitarist Chris Perren’s honours degree submission, a product of hundreds of hours worth of recording, editing and programming. When Perren assembled a band to play the songs to punters in small venues across Brisbane, he and his fellow musicians found that collaboration had changed and energised the songs enough to warrant a fresh recording.

The group’s debut EP, Mimicry of Lines and Light, is a double-disc showcase of Perren’s compositions, first in their shiny master-planned glory and then roughed up a little by the idiosyncracies of live performance. It sounds a tad self-indulgent and perhaps it is, but if you appreciate music which somehow manages to tell stories using details, layers and everything except vocals, you’ll appreciate this.

I was at Mr. Maps’ first gig at Brisbane’s infamous Lofly Hangar in mid-2008 and I am quietly ashamed that it has taken me this long to put a post up about them. They are truly special.

www.myspace.com/mistermaps