Des Miller – ‘Lucy’

Melancholic and reflective, ‘Lucy’ is Des Miller at his most narrative, assuming the role of storyteller about our titular protagonist who’s the victim of some bad shit, though what it is is never clear. “Time wounds all heals, but pain remains,” Des sings with ardent emotion and crackling falsetto notes. “Close your eyes and make it go away.” The circular rhymths and steel-guitar riffs conjures up images of driving along empty highways; the slide guitar the sound of dry desert winds blowing in through the open window. A folk song should always spin a good yarn, especially one with a country inflection. This is Western saloon music at its best. Grab a whiskey and settle in.

http://www.myspace.com/desmiller

The Tigers – ‘Names & Things’

“When you cop a dick square in the eye, it’s called the angry pirate…”

www.myspace.com/thetigersofperth

Photo by Andrzej Liguz

Cog – ‘Bird Of Feather’

Brand new single from Cog off their forthcoming album, Sharing Space, which is due out in April. Word is the album’s out of this world, despite the fact that the recording process was so tough that the three-piece started to question whether it was all worth it. ‘Bird of Feather’ is a far more literal and structured Cog; Flynn Gower wrote this song about being away from his 3 year old daughter for long periods of time.

http://www.cog.com.au
http://www.myspace.com/cogrockmusic

Can you say “Donnie Darko”?

http://www.gyroscope.com.au
http://www.myspace.com/gyroscope

Don’t get the ringtone, OK? Sorry about the stupid ad, but I really love this song and this is the only copy of the clip on YouTube.

http://www.myspace.com/the3basics

Bagraiders – KIM’s ‘By The Time They Reach You’ (The Bagraiders Would Have Stolen Your Wallet And Changed All Your Money To Euros And Gone Shopping In Paris Remix) (mp3)

I met these guys last week at the Good Vibrations festival, really nice dudes. I do admit I wanted to blog this just to post the ridiculously long remix name.

http://www.myspace.com/bagraiders

Iron On – ‘One Man Band’

This is a real dirty indie track, fusing together Death Cab for Cutie melodies, Sleater-Kinney female fiestiness and ’90s indie rock energy – you can hear the Superchunk and Shellac influences here. Hell, they even named themselves after a Shellac song! Kate Cooper and Ross Hope are the stars of this show: their dual vocals bring ‘One Man Band’ to life; a ditty about a relationship collapsing under the weight of a partner’s negativity. Perhaps that accounts for the abrasive bridge section. The raucuous climax bites in hard and the drums thump, thump, thump! Great work.

http://www.myspace.com/ironon