The Middle East – ‘The Darkest Side’ (mp3)

It’s hard to overstate how good these guys are. I’ve seen them twice now and both times they had the rooms’ fullest attention; the crowd hung on to every word and even get hysterical . I’m not exaggerating here, when they play The Darkest Side, girls in the front row weep. Whether they like it or not, they have created a very strong following over a very short time. It won’t be long before the rest of the international indie blogosphere fall in line and praise this band, I’m just glad I got here fairly early.

www.myspace.com/visitthemiddleeast

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We are now on twitter! Follow us: twitter.com/whothehellnet

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Boat Beam – ‘The Rain Pauly’

So it turns out that Josephine of Sparkadia is now in this gorgeously gentle folky trio in Madrid called Boat Beam, and they seem to be kinda popular (check their Myspace). How crazy is that?

p.s. I could listen to this song for days.

myspace.com/boatbeam

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No Device – ‘We Were Lions’ (mp3)

A couple weeks ago we posted a remix from this newlyish formed two piece band slash producer outfit from Sydney. They just sent us an original and it sounds pretty good for debut.

www.myspace.com/nodeviceband

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Love Of Diagrams – ‘Forever’

Love Of Diagrams’s debut Mosaic was a solid album that definitely contained moments of greatness hinting at amazing things. Their music was certainly intelligent but the album wasn’t quite consistently engaging; as though the scales weighed too much toward head over heart. I don’t want to shit on that album since I still think it was great but now, having heard ‘Forever,’ I realise it was missing the euphoria that this song is dripping with. Where Mosiac was built predominantly on wirey, post-punk ‘live’ sounds, ‘Forever’ has filled out the negative spaces with feedback and distortion, making this an urgent and unforgiving but glorious guitar punk track. It’s like something off Crystal Antlers’s EP, with plenty of wah-infused squall and power chords driving the song over buried vocals that gradually work their way near the front. Though less subtle and overtly calculated , it’s no dumber than their previous work. Simply great. Their impending album ‘Nowhere Forever’ is out later this Winter and is now officially my most anticipated Australian release (move over, Lost Valentinos). Listening to it again yeah, like the seventh time in a row…

www.myspace.com/loveofdiagrams

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Teeth & Tongue – ‘Stacey Come Over (Outrun remix)’ (mp3)

Melbourne’s Teeth & Tongue aka Jessica Cornelius has sent in a remix of her song Stacey Come Over by another Melbourne artist Outrun aka Josh Armistead. Catch Jess touring Teeth & Tongue’s debut album Monobasic with Jack Ladder and Kid Sam throughout July.

www.myspace.com/teethandtongue

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Washington: 80 Miles from shoottheplayer.com on Vimeo.

Megan Washington joins Shoot The Player by Harry’s Cafe de Wheels to treat locals and tourists in an impromptu performance at one of Sydney Festival’s public pianos. January 2009

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