Peppercorn
Early 90s Brit vibes all over this tune from Sydney band Peppercorn. Wailing ‘Edge’ guitars and some very Thom Yorkey vocals at times, get it for free at their bandcamp.
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City Of Satellites
Here’s some super seductive 80s driving music from all over the place band City Of Satellites. As their name suggests all three band members live 1000s of kms apart: Adelaide, NYC and Spokane (USA).
This song has a great vibe with big chunky prog riffs, icy drum stabs and ethereal vocals.
Gnome
Freya Berkhout of kyü renown has formed a new band with her brother Elias and together with third member Danny Keig (ex Megastick Fanfare) they are Gnome. On Jump (4-7) the opening drum thuds are very quickly met by some warped synths and the Berkhout twins buttery vocal harmonies. Stereolab x early Goldfrapp is what to expect and much more.
Gnome’s debut EP See in Walk, will be out independently April 5.
Tomas Strode & The Tour Guides
A real pretty and delicate acoustic number from Melbourne’s Tomas Strode & The Tour Guides. It features the sounds of this beatiful a-cappella trio called Aluka, also from Melbourne. It’s super lush.
Honeymoon
This is something brand new from two of the guys of Melbourne band Miami Horror now living in LA. Benjamin Plant as that band’s main songwriter slash producer has formed the duo Honeymoon with fellow Miami Horror bandmate Aaron Shanahan. I’m guessing it’s more of a collaborative thing, it’s sounding great! Really psychedelic but totally funky as well. There’s so much going on in this new one, shows how strong their love of colourful psychedelic 60′s-70′s pop is.
Stream it below or buy it on iTunes.
Josef Salvat
Self deprecating lyrics and general overtones of melancholy are somehow brought together to make for one addictive pop song. It’s all the work of Josef Salvat a Sydney guy living in London building some pretty serious hype for himself right now. He’s also got the mysterious persona thing going on which can come off as pretentious but seems to be working for him.
This Life is equal measures 80s prom dance and thudding R’n'B bass. You can buy his EP with a couple of remixes on iTunes before the dude blows up.
FORCES
FORCES have got a real rave cave banger in Overland (Out Of Mind), blending some new and old sounds but it’s all about the throwback to late 80s early 90s dance music really. Cue Severed Heads.
Buy it at their Bandcamp!
Wax Witches
Do you like Bleeding Knees Club? If you said yes, you probably like their snotty nose take on stuff right? This is BKC’s singer, Alex Wall gone solo under the name Wax Witches. He’s just released an LP of bratty noise pop with an even more lo-fi garage vibe. Check out this very early Pumpkins soundin’ tune which is all about being alone, well that’s just perfect cause he recorded the whole thing all on his lonesome in his GC bedroom.
London Grammar
A lot of people have been loving the new tune Hey Now by mysterious UK band London Grammar. Well now they’ve got another song dubbed Metal & Dust which is apparently the single… Hey Now was just the B-side! I think a lot of people are going to love this second offering too. It’s still really chilled but definitely doesn’t smoulder as much and has a bit of a skittering drum and bass beat to it that’ll suck you right in…