Monthly Archives For September 2008

The Hungry Kids of Hungary

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The Hungry Kids of Hungary – ‘Set It Right’ (mp3)

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Little more than a year old, Brisbane’s Hungry Kids of Hungary are winning hearts with their unique blend of soul, blues and sweet vocal harmony.

If The Shins had formed in London circa 1968, this is what they would have sounded like.

The Kids’ self-titled debut EP bounces from the sparkling pop of ‘Arrest This Heart’ to the loping swagger of ‘One By One’.  The highlight though is ‘Set It Right’ which leaps from from its bed of handclaps and electric strums transforming into a foot-stomping sing-a-long replete with falsetto chorus and shimmering keys.

www.myspace.com/hungrykidsofhungary

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Sia – 'Academia'

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Sia – ‘Academia’

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One of our favourite expatriates are back with a track that featured other than Beck in backing vocals. Since gaining fame and moving to the States thanks to Six Feet Under soundtrack inclusion Sia has added famous artist types such as Kirsten Dunst, Ryan Gosling and Beck to her fan base. This song is proof that amidst all the spotlight she has not lost any edge in her songcrafting; only Sia can make numbers theory mathematics sound so appealing.

www.myspace.com/siamusic

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The Maple Trail

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The Maple Trail – ‘New York’

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I’m pretty excited to blog about The Maple Trail, the solo guise for Aidan Roberts, the Blue Mountains songsmith who’s more known for his work up the front of psych-indie troupe Belles Will Ring. Roberts has just released his debut record entitled Dirty Echo Spark, a beautifully well-worn piece of music that evokes images of 1960s Americana and pastoral folk in the vein of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young while simultaneously tipping its hat to recent players Grizzly Bear and Broken Social Scene.

‘New York’ is engaging without being overly complicated. It’s a simple, cyclical tune built around the mantra “here comes the winter pretty baby, let’s go to New York.” Which is kinda where I’d like to be, too. Dirty Echo Spark is replete with myriad instruments which create a luscious garden of textured, melodic music that you could easily wander through all day. A real gem of an album.

http://www.myspace.com/themapletrail

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Van She – 'Changes' (G.L.O.V.E.S remix)

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Van She – ‘Changes’ (G.L.O.V.E.S remix) (mp3)

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G.L.O.V.E.S is the one-man remix/electronic side project of Yama from Damn Arms. His first few remixes that came out were pretty whack but recently he has taken a more disco flavour to his reworkings, his original G.L.O.V.E.S track (see hisspace) and reversedly, Damn Arms‘ new track. It’s only fitting then that Van She (non tech)’s catchiest new track from their album is Yama’s latest remix output and it sounds like a winner.

www.myspace.com/allyouneedisgloves

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Lenka – 'The Show' video

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I’m a fan of Lenka‘s work back from her Decoder Ring days. She’s been away travelling the world writing songs and signing deals with Epic records and recording and .. making a video. This clip shows a side of Lenka that hasn’t been really shown on her public work and I’m not too sure if I like it that much. I thought the song would end somewhere at 2:45 and the video is a bit too aimed at the Saturday morning Video Hits audience. I hope she’s got something else out soon because I’m a fan of her voice.

www.myspace.com/lenkamusic

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