Tame Impala – ‘Remember Me’

Streaming removed on request of label.

Since we’re on the topic of psych bands I thought I should mention that I heard some certain people in the industry are trying to pick on the next trend and they’ve decided that psychedelic bands could-just-be the next big retro revival. And that this Tame Impala band is the one they’ve picked on to capitalise on that could-just-be true trend return. When I got to their MySpace, the first song that came on was a cover of Blue Boy’s 1999 ‘Remember Me’, which uses a sample of an obscure 1970s song called Woman of the Ghetto sung by Marlena Shaw. In all it’s fuzzy demo glory, this cover is pretty enjoyable.

www.myspace.com/tameimpala

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Wolf & Cub – ‘One To The Other’

Adelaide psych rockers have come back with a new song that is actually better than what I thought it was gonna be. I had reservations when I was told that Christopher Colonna of the Bumblebeez was recording their next album. I mean no disrespect to the man but since he took so long to finished his own debut album I didn’t really think much of his production skills then, but seems like he’s pulled it off here. This song is unexpectedly more approachable and probably somewhat more Triple J / community radio / blog friendly. I’m quite interested to hear the new album now.

www.myspace.com/wolfandcub

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teenagersintokyo – ‘Very Vampyr’

teenagersintokyo – ‘Robocat’ (Knife Machine remix) (mp3)

I’m very late on this one, but in case you haven’t heard our friends teenagersintokyo are finally making headway into the UK scene where they just finished their first tour. They’ve signed to BackYard recordings, the UK home of Chromeo and The Gossip. Their latest single is a good old fashioned dancy grrl riot anthem. Sydney based remixers Knife Machine have also made a banging electro incarnation of the track ‘Robocat’ fit for the best of ravers out there.

www.myspace.com/teenagersintokyo

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theredsunband – ‘The Eagle’

Sydney based indie fuzz band theredsunband returns with a not-so-shoegaze quickie ‘The Eagle’. They’re down to a two piece now to siblings Sarah and Lizzie Kelly, which is good because they’ve been so quiet I was under the impression that they disbanded, especially seeing that Sarah is in Dappled Dave’s new venture The Curse Of Company. I liked a few songs from their last album but as a whole it was a bit of a let down. Let’s see where the new songs takes us this time.

www.myspacepage.com/theredsunband

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The Curse of Company – ‘All The Mines’

Well! Dappled Dave has created himself a new band with a few of his fellow musician friends and they call themselves The Curse Of Company. It’s very conceptual and if you do get into the arty cue card and the cleverly designed website and the beautiful photos before listening to this song then it’s an easy ride to their collective musician minds. What? Oh, you probably haven’t got the instructions. I’ll just cut and paste it down below here then:

Hey Bloggers, With the amount of support you’ve shown Dappled Cities over the last few years, I wanted to not-so-formally introduce you to my brand-spanking-new band The Curse of Company. It’s a real band (not a supergroup!), and one that I’m hugely proud of, and it’s sightly birth is quite exciting! So call this a make-shift advance press release if you will; some info on the band to be used at your mercy:

The Curse of Company consists of myself as Wiley Rennick (songwriter, co-producer), the redsunband’s Sarah Kelly, Tim “Jack Ladder” Rogers, Mr Bungle and Secret Chief 3’s Danny Heifetz, and Gerling’s Burke Reid (co-producer). The debut album, titled Leo Magnets joins a gang, is due for release later this year in Australia and USA through Hollywood-based indie label Dangerbird Records.

The debut single, All The Mines, was taken to JJJ and FBI last week and was immediately slapped on high rotation on both. RRR are also in the loop. And just and hour ago, I put the All The Mines Single Bundle up on www.thecurseofcompany.com for FREE DOWNLOAD for the duration of one month. The bundle includes the single, the filmclip, the demo, and the photographic artwork files. And yes, the free download is literally ‘buried” in the site, so only the cluey visitors may actually find it… ummmmm good luck!

The Curse of Company play our debut full-band show next Tuesday 27th May at the Hopetoun Hotel, with special guests Adrian Deutsch and Des Miller, $8 tix. There will not be many shows like this for us – I imagine the next batch will occur later in the year following the release of the album.

That’s it! A press shot is attached, as is a bio card with some more formal info. Go crazy…

thanks, dave wiley rennick

http://www.myspace.com/thecurseofcompany

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