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Old Mate – ‘I Got Fired’

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Old Mate – ‘I Got Fired’ (mp3)

This one reminds me of Tex Perkins’ ‘Better Get A Lawyer’. Straight forward riff with lyrics that go something like “I got fired. I didn’t know why. So I stayed home. And I got too high”… what’s not to like. Old Mate is Pat Telfer of Bitch Prefect who had previously worked on this as a solo thing but is now performing with full band.

Check the ‘Word Is Bond’ ep here – http://oldmate.bandcamp.com/album/word-is-bond-ep

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Harts – 'All Too Real'

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Harts – ‘All Too Real’ (mp3)

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Darren Harts is Harts, a one man show out of Melbourne. Lars Stalfors from the Mars Volta somehow got his hands on some demos and offered to mix his EP. This sound ain’t no gamechanger, but gamechanging is irrelevant when you can get down and BOOGIE. This kid WILL kick some serious goals overseas, just you wait. And when he does – I would love to see him bring out a full piece brass band Friendly Fires style. ‘All Too Real’ has that whole Streetparty era vibe right down – adequate synth hooks, bites of face melting guitar (post. 2:46) and a good dose of indie peacocking to keep all the kids happy.

Hart’s EP Offtime will be released soon. Keep in the loop here and here.

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The Ocean Party – ‘In A Knot’

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The Ocean Party – ‘In A Knot’ (mp3)

‘In A Knot’ is the new single from the Ocean Party that is available as a free download and comes with a few B-sides as well. This track has a 90’s throwback to the Dinosaur Jr. era. There is something country about the deep vocals and a spoken verse/sweet melodic chorus sounds. ‘In A Knot’ has a warmth that feels familiar and a real catchy hook. The understated tone disguises the maturity of this band and I find this sound really comforting. The B-sides are well worth checking out too, in particular ‘Young Love’ which has a real dreamy peculiarity.

I didn’t bother rewriting this stuff lifted from their FaceBook – To celebrate the release of In A Knot, The Ocean Party will play a Saturday front-bar residency at the Tote Hotel in Collingwood throughout July, joined by two guests each week.

7th. W/Autoportraits & Extreme Wheeze
14th W/Full Ugly & Palm Springs
21st W/Cat Cat & Grand Prismatic
28th W/MSG & Wild Oats (Adelaide)

Check out their page here – http://www.facebook.com/theoceanparty

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Collarbones – ‘Missing’

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‘Missing’ is taken from the forthcoming Collarbones record, ‘Die Young’ due out September 2012.

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Water Music – 'Wayward'

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Water Music – ‘Wayward’ (mp3)

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Matthew Barker first dropped us a line about his other project, The Gypsy Curse, with NY born wife Beth. They’ve put out a great melodic country/folk record which they recorded over four days in a little log cabin in Sweden which you can hear over here. I did do some link surfing to his other project Water Music, and I was immediately taken by this track when I heard it.

If you’re Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes inclined, or sway towards a bit of alt-country and drawn out tales about life on the road, you’ll enjoy this. This is mega lo-fi, but all that distortion seems to stand stoic against Barker’s fragile vocals. A warning though, this is epic sad-time music. Not feeling suitably emo or probably just hormonal today, but the record feels like the post-breakup companion you need to console with greasy food, several wines and a few bouts of weeping your life story to. Enough about that though, there are a lot of good things to say about Mountains. Spend a little time with this release. Beautiful, honest music worth it’s weight.

Hear Mountains in full at Water Music’s soundcloud.

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The Jungle Giants – ‘She’s a Riot’

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The Jungle Giants – ‘She’s a Riot’ (mp3)

Tra La La, La La La La… oh what a Monday afternoon ditty. ‘She’s a Riot’ is a little piece of bubble gum from the pretty Jungle Giants. A sweet melody that tingles the back of your tongue as you blow smiles of happiness, dancing around you bedroom in your underwear like Cameron Diaz in Charlie’s Angels. The Jungle Giants EP “She’s A Riot” is out on Friday, July 27 and will be launched with a run of shows and a slot at the BigSound Music conference.

Tour runs by Melbourne, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Bondi, Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney.

Check out their page for details here – http://www.facebook.com/thejunglegiants

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