Grinderman – ‘Get It On’

Since I last blogged about Nick Cave’s stripped down side project, this album has grown to become one of my favourites of the year. This opening track lays out the intentions of the project, the array of instruments Cave has at his disposal, the tone of songwriting and mood of the narrative throughout the rest of the album. In short, it is the perfect opening song to a pretty great album. One that goes unmentioned in the recent Triple J Album of the Year ‘J’ Award. I wonder if there is some snobbery towards albums made overseas by Australian expats? Who cares really. Listen to this song, it makes you want to listen to the rest of the album. And you should.

www.myspace.com/grinderman

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Die! Die! Die! – ‘Death to The Last Romantic’

New Zealand noisemakers Die! Die! Die! return with a new song off a new album Promises! Promises! They are playing a few Big Days Out and then heading to South by South West yet again to try their luck in the US.

www.myspace.com/diediedienz

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Riot In Belgium – ‘La Musique’ Ooee & Loot Remix

Melbourne Serato expert Ooee teams up with his mate Loot to remix another Melbourne duo, Riot in Belgium. This club staple track just keeps on going..

www.myspace.com/djoohee

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We don’t do outright promotions of CD releases very often, but this one perfectly suits our purpose: an all Australian (ok a bit of NZ) Indie mixtape. Brought to you by Mr. Purple Sneakers himself Martin Novosel aka PhDJ. I’m sure many of you have spent many nights at Purple Sneakers. Who hasn’t gone through that 3am music debate next to the pokies? Or have spilled beer/have beer spilled in the ‘beer garden’? Or waited too long in the queue wondering why you’re willing to pay $15 to get into a pub? Like it or not, Purple Sneakers are responsible for bringing a lot of Indie music into the mainstream clubbing crowd that frequent it now.

Click here to listen to a review copy of Purple Sneakers Mixtape of Indie Joy. And so to celebrate this release, PhDJ is touring across the country doing club nights across the five states. Try catching him he’s good.

TOUR DATES

Sat 24 Nov @ Abercrombie Hotel – SYDNEY *Official Launch Party
Sat 01 Dec @ Inferno – TRARALGON
Sat 08 Dec @ Kink/Valve – MELBOURNE
Fri 14 Dec @ Empire – BRISBANE
Fri 21 Dec @ Berlin Lounge – GOLD COAST

www.myspace.com/welovephdj

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Van She – ‘Cat and the Eye’

So we finally have some new material from Van She after over a year. I’m not sure why they waited so long to follow up on an EP that got pretty good exposure. Maybe there were some band troubles? Record company complications? Or maybe the strategy was to do as many Van She Tech remixes as they could to get some blog attention, build up the myspace audience, whilst using that same time to write some good material for a second EP. Or is it album? There’s no mention. This song is instantly memorable thanks to the liberal use of flange-swoosh-effect hook.

www.myspace.com/vanshe

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Like Woah! – ‘Oh I Like’

Aptly named for a Friday night post, this Sydney duo made themselves heard on the clubbing blogosphere a few months ago with their track ‘Oh I Like’. Better late than never eh. This single is out on those ravers Bang Gang 12″.

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