Cut Copy – ‘Hearts On Fire’ (Midnight Juggernauts remix) (mp3)
This song is pretty old now, coming out almost a year (or is it over a year?) ahead of the no.1 album, being reworked and remixed by DFA generals over that time. It’s still one of the highlights of the really good album, which I admit I didn’t expect much of but really enjoyed once I had a listen through. Seeing it get a treatment from another of great Australian export of Midnight Juggernauts is reason enough for another post.
Gin Wigmore – ‘Hallelujah’
Upon further googling, Gin Wigmore turns out to be a more experienced songwriter than I originally thought. In 2004 at just the age of 18 she won the Grand Prize in the International Songwriting Competition with this song. It was written for her father who died of cancer, and it is pretty amazing for a then-18 year old to be able to capture her grief in such remarkably simple but mature goodbye.
Wellyn – ‘The White House’
This band isn’t exactly new though I just found out about them, Wellyn has been around for six years. In that time they’ve recorded a debut album full of collaborations of Melbourne indie identities such as Dan Kelly, Ollie Brown (Art of Fighting), Andrew Coates (Black Cab), Danny Griffith (SubAudible Hum), Ned Collette, and Chris Altmann (The Vandas). This choir-like singalong starts of slowly and builds into a big jam of multiple guitar harmonies and rhythms that eventually overlap the singing to a climatic end, a good way to be introduced to their music.
Lauren Horton – ‘Silence In a Can’
One of those rare direct submissions which I thoroughly enjoy. Lauren Horton posses a beautiful classic voice that would please fans of Holly Throsby and Jack Ladder. Her songs are perfect for those rainy solitary nights when you’re just happy with the company of yourself. She’s recorded an album over the last 18 months and is trying to get it released by end of year. Go check out her gig at the Hopetoun on the 20th of June.
Gin Wigmore – ‘These Roses’
One of my random discoveries while trawling through the internet, 22 year old Gin Wigmore has the very enviable combination of a unique voice and songwriting experience that so many singer-songwriters crucially lack. This New Zealand born young artist is signed to a rather big major label, so I hope that she is marketed the way that she is personally comfortable with, and not another nu-soul angle. Not that anything is wrong with that, I am a fan of Amy Winehouse and Adele, but if Gin were to take the same positioning she could be in danger of missing the whole soul revival and be dismissed unfairly by the listening public. But I’m sure the powers that be know this already.
photo by Boudist
Pnau – ‘With You Forever’
Yes yet another post of Pnau. Why? Cos they’re GOOD. This time Nick Littlemore collaborated with Sleepy Jackson’s Luke Steele. As weird as Luke’s singing style is, I’m quite the fan. And the good news here is that turns out this collaboration went further than just one song: Steele and Littlemore, along with Pete Mayes have started their own project entited Empire of the Sun, and I am privileged enough to have listen to snippets of the new album even though it was over the long distance phone line. Can’t wait to hear more.
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Still trying to purchase!!!ANTHONY J LANGFORD
Cool track. Congrats Joshua. Hope the release is a success.Tristan
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Read your review then listened to the EP. Fantastic ! Different to most hardcore punk I listen to. Somewhat more…