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Here’s a lone song from Alberta Cross called Low Man. I have the containing record from which this song has come and it’s not much to write home about but this song is heartbreak riddled dynamite. Johnny Cash once sung, “Hard times, hard times, come again no more” but hard times, they never end. This tracks a little something something to push us through said times.
I really want to give you a free download but I don’t have it in me. Maybe you can buy it on iTunes or something? Is it too much to ask you to find your own link? (yes, it is)
Alberta Cross – Low Man
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I know a girl. More than that (though that itself is significant for me this year) I know a girl who knows music. She said this about New Animal.
“It’s different to all the repetitive “we’re artsy surf-pop” unearthed stuff that’s everywhere at the moment. That’s probably because they’re not australian- and we all know Australians are nothing on Great Mother America (although, at least we don’t kill palestinians*). It’s definitely not happy music. It’s interesting music. I can’t really think of any music that it ‘sounds like’ but that could be because Justin Vernon is constantly on repeat on my itunes, which doesn’t leave much opportunity for me to appreciate anything other than folksy “I’ve-lost-all-faith-in-love” genres. Or maybe they’re just new and different.“
*She has retrospectively apologised for how grossly uninformed this comment was. She’s taking a Middle Eastern studies class this semester. Things are looking up.
New Animal – Nightmares of Candy Yang and the Black Italian
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Also, I recognise that I shamelessly work a Valar reference into a good portion of my posts about other bands but does the production here remind you a little bit of Make No Sound? I argue that it should. If you like what you’re hearing (or you don’t but you like the thought of a free album that you’ll never listen to) then download the full album right here. No charge.
Here’s a band whose major single, Young Blood, I was pretty familiar with. It’s upbeat, it’s catchy, it makes you want to dance. Something I didn’t know however, is that their target demographic is 30-something year old drunken, obnoxious, average white folks. The crowd at their show last night were something of a cross between an aged, Riverview formal afterparty and the regular clientel of an Outback Steakhouse.
I had more beer spilled on my ankles than I’ve had at any other show in my life and I’ve seen my fair share of shows. Lyn suggested that we’d have saved money on drinks if we’d attached capture bags to our thighs and drunk of our pals’ spillage. A disgusting idea, given, but economically sound. They weren’t even dancing, they just didn’t possess the fine motor skills to perform the basic glass to mouth maneuver.
I think we realised it was going to be a bizarre night when we brought the wrong tickets to the show yet were allowed in nonetheless. Here’s a song you’ve no doubt heard from the strongbow ad.
The Naked & Famous – Young Blood
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Two things have hit me hard today: the sheer intensity of this Sydney heat and this brand new track from the ever glorious Fleet Foxes. While other artists have tried to outgun them with the sheer quantity of hamonising voices (Brisbane’s Inland Sea representing with a whopping five vocalists) it’s nice to see that they’re still on top of the game. Classic Pecknold vocals can’t be beat.
Helplessness Blues is like many of the tracks on their first full length in that it’s divided into two clear separate sections. I guess the difference between Fleet Foxes and most other bands is that they’ve effectively managed to write two outstanding songs and release them as one. Even as I write this I recognise that I’m talking nonsense but my eagerness for you to hear this track overrides my desire to be eloquent. Here’s the track. It’s a free download. The new records drops of May 3. Viva Fleet Foxes.
Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
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Remember High Highs? Here’s another free track from… them. It’s not much in the way of structure but if you’re looking for something to set your nerves at ease then this could be your goldmine. Whoa. I almost wrote “you’re goldmine”. That would have frazzled all my grammar fans out there.
High Highs – Flowers Bloom
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