Art vs. Science – ‘Flippers’

Sydneysiders Art vs. Science seem to have a very clear game plan. They make upbeat music for excitable people. Their style is uncomplicated, energetic and most critically, fun. They even provide simple to follow instructions on how best to enjoy it. This, for example, is what you should do when listening to Flippers:

1) I see you dancing with your flippers
2) I see you swimming with your flippers
3) I see you clapping with you flippers
4) Getting Happy with your flippers.

Of course you don’t have to follow these rather cryptic instructions. You could just wave your hands and feet in a way that would look unbelievably stupid if you were to do it in any other context. Ah, the liberating quality of music. Everybody should know what it feels like to dance like a giant penguin in the snow.

www.myspace.com/artvsscience

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www.myspace.com/musclesmusic

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Cut Copy – ‘Hearts On Fire’ (Midnight Juggernauts remix) (mp3)

This song is pretty old now, coming out almost a year (or is it over a year?) ahead of the no.1 album, being reworked and remixed by DFA generals over that time. It’s still one of the highlights of the really good album, which I admit I didn’t expect much of but really enjoyed once I had a listen through. Seeing it get a treatment from another of great Australian export of Midnight Juggernauts is reason enough for another post.

www.myspace.com/cutcopy

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1-2-3 Amazing – ‘Tender Is’

It’s always great to see a new local band, and even better if they show the potential of Sydney’s 1-2-3 Amazing. Their natural presence onstage gives them the appearance of a much more established band, and with only a handful of songs to their name to date we expect big things to come. Sadly they’ve had to cancel their next gig due to injury, so how about a spin of ‘Tender Is’ to tide you over until they’re back on their feet again?

www.myspace.com/onetwothreeamazing

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Gin Wigmore – ‘Hallelujah’

Upon further googling, Gin Wigmore turns out to be a more experienced songwriter than I originally thought. In 2004 at just the age of 18 she won the Grand Prize in the International Songwriting Competition with this song. It was written for her father who died of cancer, and it is pretty amazing for a then-18 year old to be able to capture her grief in such remarkably simple but mature goodbye.

www.myspace.com/ginwigmore

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Wellyn – ‘The White House’

This band isn’t exactly new though I just found out about them, Wellyn has been around for six years. In that time they’ve recorded a debut album full of collaborations of Melbourne indie identities such as Dan Kelly, Ollie Brown (Art of Fighting), Andrew Coates (Black Cab), Danny Griffith (SubAudible Hum), Ned Collette, and Chris Altmann (The Vandas). This choir-like singalong starts of slowly and builds into a big jam of multiple guitar harmonies and rhythms that eventually overlap the singing to a climatic end, a good way to be introduced to their music.

www.myspace.com/wellynwellyn

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