Tim Derricourt has been a busy little bee whipping up a solo EP (possibly in spurts) while writing a new Dappled Cities record. It’s hard not to listen to this stuff without listening out for Dappled, mainly because of Tim’s such distinct vocals. If explaining it to a n00b you’d say it’s Zonoscope-era Cut Copy meets the often emotional delivery of DC. There are four tracks and they’re all strong the only exception disc opener Nowhere To Run – the windyness of Easy High and Knocks got me a touch more excitable.

You can download The Kissing Machine EP from Swimwear’s bandcamp.

Knocks – Swimwear

Remember Sydney indie band Soft Tigers (Mr Icecream and M.A.R.I.A. should jig ya memory). Well Bucky Toller from that band and Mark Falkland from Young and Restless teamed up with their tax lawyer pal Nick as OADC (or Old Ace Dads Club).

They’ve all got proper jobs (example Nick the lawyer) and kids. They’re calling themselves a “daggy dad garage band” – I love it. It’s way more than that though- they recorded this rollicky jam with Bruce Callaway – often credited as being an early member of The Saints – disputed by the man himself, but you get the idea. Yeah that this is gonna be awesome. It’s off kilter vocal drawl and horn hoedown makes ita super addictive jam. There’s an album on the way too so keep your ears out for OADC.

Starions – OADC

“If you’re listening to this EP keep listening this is my story … moving to a place like Australia from Nigeria was tough you know.”

Stino’s My Story (My Life) is a rough around the edges, sorta innocent take on the fat and greasy stuff from o’ USA way. It’s wants to be one of those super produced hip hop jams with a massiv orchestra arrangement – but to tell you the truth the best thing about Stino is that the boy’s got flow and I wanna listen again.

I have no idea where you can find Stino’s online presence – but he handed this in to FBi and we played it so now I’m blogging about it yo.

My Story (My Life) – Stino

Guerre – River Hymnal from No Dice Paradise on Vimeo.

[Cue addictive EP. Begin gushing.] Tim Fitz is a solo music man from Sydney with a thing for the ephemeral pop song. Conjuring up a likeness to fellow city dweller Jono Boulet with his all-consuming percussive milieu, Fitz has more awareness of the space around him I feel.

Floating vocal melodies, delicate piano touch and a sense for the unusual fill these songs with delight, all in the right quantities too. L’esprit de Escalier is one of my picks, with dissonant flamenco chords and a balmy summers night haze – it’s a winner.

Name your price for his Infinite EP here (don’t put $0 then you’ll be cheating a great local talent!)

L’esprit de Escalier – Tim Fitz

Sydney’s Mere Women have a hautin new song, these three sure make me nervous. Listen to their ominous burner Indians and tell me you wouldn’t do whatever it took to escape their haunting wrath!

Indians – Mere Women

Melbourne’s Magic Silver White (aka Jojo Petrina and band) hold the love of the pretty pop ditty close to their hearts, combine that with their sense of otherworldliness and you get the latest offering from their debut record Over Under. Cornel Wilczek’s solo moniker Qua you may well be familiar with and it’s his guitar that agitates MSW’s sound to become something quite hypnotising.

MSW’s debut long player will be with us just in time for mid winter, July. In the meanwhile grab the song over at their Bandcamp.

Over Under – Magic Silver White

Jack Ladder (Sydney’s Tim Rogers) has returned promising a cataclysmic followup to his 2008 record Love Is Gone. Slowly turning into this mysterious 80s incarnation of a teddy boy, Ladder’s music is becoming far more unsettling. He’s transformed that innate pastoral bluesman into something much more haunting and powerful.

Cold Feet sees Ladder take on his inner Ian Curtis, mixing it with Kirin J. Callinan’s undulating guitar drones and PVT drummer Laurence Pike’s 70s snare punches. It’s super evocative and the dark video clip has the right idea, apart from the horrendous acting from the gaunt model (Roger’s gf?).

Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders “COLD FEET” from Jack Ladder on Vimeo.

Cold Feet – Jack Ladder

Thy New Sound - Whyte Fang

Thy New Sound by Whyte Fang

That Sydney bunch Bon Chat Bon Rat, have a new single w/ remixes. Two of which come from blogger de jour Jarred Beeler (Life Aquatic) (here known as Marseilles) plus Sydney/Adelaide beatsmiths Collarbones with their own take on Blackbird.

The four track release is available for free over at Bon Chat Bon Rat’s Bandcamp.

Blackbird - Bon Chat Bon Rat (Marseilles remix)

Blackbird - Bon Chat Bon Rat (Collarbones remix)