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Mt Augustus

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Mt Augustus – ‘The Warmest Winter’ (mp3)

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Brisbane based label Incremental Records and their studio have been associated with a lot of great Brisbane bands recently, including DZ, No Anchor, Little Scout, and The John Steele Singers. The label is having their Xmas party this Friday (ie. tomorrow) night at Brisbane’s Club House (the Empire Corner Bar) and it features one of the label’s flagship acts, Mt Augustus, alongside Velociraptor, Lion Island, Ambitious Lovers, and No Anchor.

Mt Augustus are a trio whose music extends from the folk-pop of the above track to some more ‘out there’ stuff. The band have made a name for themselves in Brisbane because they play a shitload of shows. ‘The Warmest Winter’ is from their sophomore EP released earlier this year, but they’ve got a debut album in the works for early 2010. It’s shaping up to be a bit different – if you’re in Brisbane and keen to see where this band are heading then get yourself down to the Club House tomorrow night. It’s free!

www.myspace.com/mtaugustus

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Willows – ‘You Said You’d Leave, But Our Houses Are Still Haunted’

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Willows – ‘You Said You’d Leave, But Our Houses Are Still Haunted’ (mp3)

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Describing music is hard enough at the best of times, let alone when I’m put up to the task for a band like Willows.

Filing them under the catch-all sub-genres of “post-rock”, “post-hardcore” or “post-metal” seems inadequate, even though their music displays elements of all the above – quiet, clean delayed bits like Explosions in the Sky, sludgy power chords like Neurosis and ISIS and the atmospherics of A Perfect Circle.

Well, I tried my best. Just click the little triangle up there, or cosy up to them at the next gig they play. Watch out for flying guitar headstocks.

www.myspace.com/willowsaustralia

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Paper Scissors – ‘T-T-Time’

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Paper Scissors – ‘T-T-Time’ (mp3)

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The Paper Scissors have been around for a while, but 2009 has been particularly active. The ‘Howl’ EP, national tours, securing a a slot at Falls, and now the ‘T-T-Time’ single.

‘T-T-Time’ is light, short, and vibrant, bounding about on the back of some great drumming and affected vocal stutters. You could imagine Hungry Kids of Hungary or someone of that ilk putting out a smoother version of this song. ‘T-T-Time’ is better than most of that clean indie pop because because of its ‘rock’ moments, combining rough, guitar-heavy passages with bouncing melodies, handclaps and fun backing vocals (the intentionally-droll “ba-da-ba-da-ba” that repeats throughout). There’s a touch of twee to proceedings, and it’s the heavier parts of the arrangement that keep things in balance.

This recording is brimming with energy and ‘T-T-Time’ largely succeeds because of the great performance they managed to capture.

www.myspace.com/thepaperscissors

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