Lions At Your Door – ‘LAYD (Mailer Daemon Mix)’ (mp3)

Visceral and thumping, ‘LAYD’ was a vociferous opening statement that was more startling than an unexpected punch to the back of the head. Lions At Your Door, you funky, foot-loose bastards. ‘LAYD’ went straight onto infinite repeat on my iPod and in my head. I love the 3 minute mark in the song when catastrophy ensues.

Remixes of indie bands are ubiquitous these days so they can be fairly banal but Mailer Daemon has done a great job in turning these dance-punk rockers into salacious dancefloor drawcards, giving a Gossip-esque feel to ‘LAYD’. Heavy on the hi-hats, processors and moments of electro-freakout, there was so much indie gold on offer with the original that it would be really hard to fuck it up. But here’s another song that’s going straight onto my iPod.

http://www.myspace.com/lionsatyourdoor

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Brilliant Fanzine – ‘Change For You’

Tinkling piano flanks this Britpop-tinged number from Melbournites Brilliant Fanzine. Totalling a mammoth seven members means ‘Change For You’ is garnered with a lush instrumental bed which Matt O’Neill’s creamy, harmonised vocals can lay on. They try and mix some difficult elements, like pop and hallucinogenic noise breakdowns, but somehow it works in the heat of the moment. Around the 2 minute mark, the electric guitars and synths go spastic while the acoustic guitar strums along oblivious to the chaos. It’s Elastica, Blur and Bends–era Radiohead sandwiched together. Rather tasty too.

http://www.myspace.com/brilliantfanzine

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Des Miller – ‘Lucy’

Melancholic and reflective, ‘Lucy’ is Des Miller at his most narrative, assuming the role of storyteller about our titular protagonist who’s the victim of some bad shit, though what it is is never clear. “Time wounds all heals, but pain remains,” Des sings with ardent emotion and crackling falsetto notes. “Close your eyes and make it go away.” The circular rhymths and steel-guitar riffs conjures up images of driving along empty highways; the slide guitar the sound of dry desert winds blowing in through the open window. A folk song should always spin a good yarn, especially one with a country inflection. This is Western saloon music at its best. Grab a whiskey and settle in.

http://www.myspace.com/desmiller

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The Tigers – ‘Names & Things’

“When you cop a dick square in the eye, it’s called the angry pirate…”

www.myspace.com/thetigersofperth

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Photo by Andrzej Liguz

Cog – ‘Bird Of Feather’

Brand new single from Cog off their forthcoming album, Sharing Space, which is due out in April. Word is the album’s out of this world, despite the fact that the recording process was so tough that the three-piece started to question whether it was all worth it. ‘Bird of Feather’ is a far more literal and structured Cog; Flynn Gower wrote this song about being away from his 3 year old daughter for long periods of time.

http://www.cog.com.au
http://www.myspace.com/cogrockmusic

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Can you say “Donnie Darko”?

http://www.gyroscope.com.au
http://www.myspace.com/gyroscope

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Don’t get the ringtone, OK? Sorry about the stupid ad, but I really love this song and this is the only copy of the clip on YouTube.

http://www.myspace.com/the3basics

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