Plug-In City

Plug-In City – ‘Broke On A Wheel’ (mp3)

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Plug-In City have all the characterists to become the new darlings of the sometimes fickle indie music scene.  They’ve got “cool” written all over them - be it in their promo photos, their influences and especially in their music.  It’s minimal, with enough keys and bleach-clean guitar to keep those eighties lovers happy.  Yeah, it’s one of those bands.

It’s getting to the stage where we can see over the hill of the indie scene.  Bands are all starting to sound the same and in my opinion, the beginning of the end is near for the minimalist electro/indie scene.  But amongst the tonne of mediocrity and clones, some gems do appear.  I don’t think this Melbourne group is doing anything extraordinary – in fact, I don’t really like most of what I’ve heard of these guys .  So why am I blogging about them? Well, I quite like their track ‘Broke On A Wheel’.  The limited-range vocals leave a fair bit to be desired, but they’re better on this track than the others.  But the music is catchy, and I can easily picture the indie guys and gals packed like sardines in Sydney’s fave indie spots like Candy’s Apartment and all the 34 Oxford St clubs going off to this track. 

Hey, it’s fun and we might as well enjoy it now before the scene implodes upon itself and all we’re left with is nü-rave.  And you don’t want that, do you?

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