Archive for March, 2013
Australian doesn’t really do soul. Sure, some folk will have you believe that simply sampling a vocal cut from Otis Redding on an instrumental hip-hop track was enough to allow an entire record to be dignified ‘soul’ but I spit on that. I spit right on it and I show such opinions a fundamental degree of disrespect. Walk away, opinion, you’re not wanted here. Let’s all be real, that’s called a hook (a sampled hook, at that) and there’s not much more to it than that. Jones Jnr. Can respectably called soul. It’s not a stretch and it’s not one of many genres that they traverse (despite some strong hip-hop influence), they are indisputably making soul music.
They’re a two piece made up of Thundamentals man Morgs and Ev Jones (Rumpunch) hitting vocals. He’s pretty on point too because the combination of traditional doe eyed lyricism and crooning vocal makes for a sultry good time. On the beat end of things you’ll find a steady stream of clicks, snaps, claps and groooooove. I’ve got a feeling you’ll be hearing a whole lot more about these here gentlemen over the coming months as the Soultape eventually does the rounds. I’m surprised it hid itself from me as long as it did, the rascal. The whole thing is free right here.
I’ve had this one brewing for quite some time now and it’s time to let the proverbial hounds loose on the not as proverbial public except in this instance the hounds represent prizes. The public still represents the common man though, so this is your chance to win what I believe is one of the best prizes in the history of competition. I lay before you ten, count ‘em, TEN different 7″ vinyls from an assortment of Australian musicians. I have two copies of each 7″ so that means there can be two winners. It’s a pretty awesome kick way to kickstart your record collection / a great addition to your already excellent record collection. Here are the 7 inches at stake:
Pond - You Broke My Cool / Moth Wings 7″
Boomgates – Bright Idea 7″
Fishing – Choy Lin/White Sheet Beach 7″
Jeremy Neale – Darlin’ 7″
Psuche / Kid Sam – Tell Tell/We’re Mostly Made of Water Split 7″
Harts - All Too Real/Back To The Shore – 7″
Inland Sea – Word Are Circles 7″
Fox + Sui - Summer Storm / Moon Nightclub 7″
Courtney Barnett / Jen Cloher – History Eraser/Mount Beauty Split 7″
Twerps – Work It Out 7″
Apparently there are strict rules governing competitions on facebook so I’ve decided it was probably past time I invested in a platform that wasn’t facebook. So that’s why I’ve started a mailing list that I’ll use to send out very rare but very exciting updates about things that are cutting edge and fresh and edgy and so on.
To enter, sign up to the Sound Doctrine mailing list below. On Friday the 15th of March I’ll choose a winner from all those who have signed up over the course of this here period and hit you up via email. Ain’t no vinyl like free vinyl, am I right!?
Artists you need to know rn
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| 2. Voidhood | |
259 | 3. jamesjamesjames | |
186 | 4. Zan | |
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| 5. Sesame Girl | |
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