Dappled Cities – ‘Fire Fire Fire’ (Death From Above remix) (mp3)

You guessed it, the boys have been remixed by New York Based Death from Above label crew. Only a matter of time before they score some high profile remix I suppose.

www.myspace.com/dappledcitiesfly

The Emergency – ‘Spending Time’ (mp3)

Melbourne’s The Emergency is back with the same bass heavy groove but lighter sounding single than their previous single ‘We Got the Horror’. This time they have released the single on New York based Metal Postcards label

www.myspace.com/theemergency

Silverchair held a competition to re-edit this video, the winner’s video is displayed on their myspace: www.myspace.com/silverchair Just saw them performed this song at the MTV awards tonight, fantastic vocal work by Daniel Johns. I was never that big of a Silverchair fan but now I’m keen to see a show.

http://www.myspace.com/ninamaymusic

The Cops – ‘Cop Pop’

Straight outta Sydney, the resurrected The Cops return with their second single, and the most difficult song title to say on radio without sounding like you’re saying “cock” – ‘Cop Pop’.  It’s from their brand new album Drop It In Their Laps which follows on from the popularity of their last EP 80 In The Shade. 

It’s a really catchy, infectious ditty and you’ll be singing the damn “do do do” hook for days.  There is an 80s pop/new wave feel to a fair few of the songs on the new album, which moves away from the more garage rock-based music of their debut record Stomp On Tripwires – which I reckon is a good move, mainly because I didn’t like their first album at all.

http://www.thecops.com.au
http://www.myspace.com/copsaustralia

Where’s Jerome? – ‘Rescue’
*MP3 removed from record label request – we don’t want no Perez vs Britney shit going on here*

No photo and a cryptic name like Where’s Jerome?. So who the hell is this guy? Well, it’s actually Jeremy Smith, better known for his vocal and guitar work in Sydney outfit Altona. With the help of a computer, an acoustic guitar and the must-have Casio keyboard, Jeremy’s crafted himself a number of rather endearing tunes that marry acoustic guitar and clear vocals with smooth, funky electronic backings.

He’s compiled them altogether into an EP entitled Dreamboat (hence the illustrations I guess). The first single ‘Ashtray’ floated onto my lap the other day and I was so taken by it, mainly because I had never heard of the outfit before. Judging by the bio, Jeremy’s other passion is food: the bio is filled with refernces to cooking and the kitchen and writing songs in his kitchen.

There’s a couple of tracks on the MySpace page, and ‘Rescue’ was the only one I could download, so here it is! Expect to hear a lot more courtesy of Where’s Jerome? very soon.

http://www.myspace.com/wheresjerome

Expatriate – ‘Are You Awake’

Finally, two years after releasing that much loved 2005 Lovers le Strange EP, Expatriate have released their debut long player In The Midst of This. After spending a whole week with this record, I’ve come to like a number of the songs. It’s a stellar recording with plenty of atmospheric synths, effected guitar and dreamy vocals. The themes are rather sorrowfully romantic, and watching them at an intimate album launch party in Sydney, I noted how much the band has changed since that first EP and when I saw them over a year ago supporting The Presets at the Gaelic Club.

Not only is Expatriate looking like a major label band (Note: Ben Kings transformation into an Australian equivalent to The Killers Brandon Flowers) but they are sounding like one too, the album being incredibly polished and professional. They collaborated with producer John Goodmanson of Wu-Tang Clan and Blonde Redhead fame in Seattle and the results are evident, and honestly- quite good. There are some cheesy moments too (The intro to ‘Are You Awake?’) but the “I truly love you I do…” lyric in ‘The Spaces Between’ gets me every time. *Sigh*

www.myspace.com/expatriateband