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Charlie Mayfair – 'Tell Her'

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Tell Her by Charlie Mayfair

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Queensland seems to be suffering from a relentless flood of fantastic music. Riding high on the wave are Charlie Mayfair, a folk-rock six piece based in Brisbane. They’re notorious for incredible live shows, filled with rolling drums, soaring multi-part harmonies and undeniable indie charm.

I heard Tell Her for the first time in a dingy alley in Brisbane after a gig. Someone threw me a rough mix and I’ve had it on loop ever since. It’s a track for dark days and harsh nights, filled with those pounding drums and heart breaking vocals. It’s a drug you can’t deny, filled with raw emotion and soul. It’s currently unreleased, but you’ll be able to get it right here in about a fortnight – and it’s so very worth the wait.

Charlie Mayfair are hopping around the country over the next few months, supporting Skipping Girl Vinegar & Emma Louise. They’re also joining Tin Sparrow for their EP launch tour – and all of that in the next month. Make the time to catch them live.

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DZ Deathrays – ‘Brutal Tapes’

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Known also as ‘those dudes who make killer filmclips’, Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley/DZ/DZ Deathrays’ Brutal Tapes marks the second EP for the thrash punk (thrush?) dance DUO.

I bold/caps duo as they make more noise than that plane Snoop Dogg piloted in one of his acting career ‘highpoints’ if it cut laps on [insert relevant street] on a Friday. In a good way.

Compiled of studio recorded, house party (complete with rowdy bro crowd vocals) recorded and remixed tracks, Brutal Tapes is a polished, harder, sexier offering of dirty-glorious guitar riffs and belting drums from the Brisvegans.

It is about 5/7ths killer, though, with the two remixes taking some punch out, but to be fair it’s a tough ask to make it any more danceable. To be unfair they should’ve left it at five tracks.

The filler isn’t unlistenable, but the remixes seem limp compared to the rest of Brutal Tapes, really just showing that these two don’t require anything else added to their formula.

They even slip in bongos, and it fits. It fits so damn well you won’t look at bongos the same way. Amazing.

And live? Fuck. They’re even better in all their ear smashing glory.

Dananananaykroyd picked them up for another bout of Splendour sideshows when they get back to our shores after tearing the UK a new one, so if you haven’t already hit that then make it happen.

I’mma go ahead and put Gebbie St. up for the sexiest song of 2010/11. This (NSFW) fan made clip captures all of that.

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YesYou – 'Half of It'

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YesYou – ‘Half of It’ (mp3)

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Anthemic synth stylings hailing from Brisbane. Featuring James O’Brien from The Boat People, Half of It is warm and fuzzy, ready to roll up in your bits like a freight train of summer goodness. Think MGMT versus Passion Pit, but a tad more sun-touched and addictive.  Simple, chilled, fantastic.

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