This morning, an NZ ex-pat introduced you to a handful of new bands you should know about.
Dave Benge also explained why the scene there is so community based, and the cross-pollenation that creates bands with more genres than you can poke a stick at. Dave has grown up in the scene, touring bands and managing Fur Patrol and Cut Off Your Hands. He has his eye across the new stuff, and this morning he brought in five of 'em.
Miss it? Nah, stream it below! And check out the Cheese On Toast blog for some more tips on good NZ musical fare.
Here's what he played:
1. Collapsing Cities - Fear of Opening My Mouth
2. HDU - Stupormodel
3. Round At Bays - Mangi Mangi
4. The Naked and Famous - Meeting People Sucks
5. Connan and the Mockasins - Sneaky Sneaky Dogfriend
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This fella is one of my new favourite discoveries.
Hailing from Sweden, with a thin moustache and a voice that belies his age, he sings like early Dylan and plucks like John Fahey. He calls himself The Tallest Man On Earth, and while I don't know if that's accurate, he sure knows how to write a tune.
His record comes out locally at the end of August, and for now The Blizzard's Never Seen the Desert Sands is my catch of the day. Now I can't find a stream of that song online, but check out his Myspace for more really stunning songs.
Sigh.
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Melbourne's kings of downbeat hip-hop are back with their third LP. And it kills.
Muph & Plutonic know their way around a song, with Plutonic Lab's ace production and Muph's tales of the everyday. This new record is a dark one, with some sad tales but a lighter side as well.
I caught up with the duo recently and asked Muph asked if he was attracted to writing about the normalities of life.
Miss it? Then stream it on demand below.
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He's back, and he's doing the robot dance.
American MC Common will give us his new record Invincible Summer in September, and he reckons it's unashamedly inspired by barbeques and strippers. Yeah, nothing too heavy here. But he's got a bunch of guests on board, including Cee-Lo, Santogold and Pharrell Williams who helps him out on Universal Mind Control.
It's fun, it's got a totally new sound for Common, and it's my catch today.
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Drummer, producer and emo-tronica purveyor of prettiness, Martin Dosh, has been tickling my ears with good sounds for years now.
He's a killer drummer, and knows his way around a studio. Dosh has this great way of creating layered, electronic sounds with multiple instruments and plenty of heartbreaking chords. On his latest record, Andrew Bird, Bonnie Prince Billy and Odd Nosdam help him out too. It's tops. And Bury the Ghost is my catch today.
Now I can't find a stream of that song, but check out some of his other good stuff here.
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It's been a big week of religion here at triple j, so what better way to see it out than have Safran in to walk us through some musical belief moments.
He does it every week on Sunday Night Safran with his religious song of the week, but today he showed you a handful of hip-hop tunes that are more than meets the eye.
Miss it? It was funny, scary and educational all at once. Best of all, you can stream it below whenever you please.
Here's what he played:
1. Nas - Queens Gets The Money (Nation of Islam)
2. Ja Rule - The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Jehovah's Witness)
3. Aviad Cohen - Hooked On The Truth (Messaniac Jews)
4. Doug E. Fresh - The Joy of Creating (Scientology)
5. Jay-Z - D'Evils (Freemasons)
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The heartfelt croon of Hamilton and co is back, and The Walkmen are shimmering again.
Pretty soon you'll hear their new record You And Me for yourself, but this first taste is vintage Walkmen. Laidback playing dripping in reverb and jangle. Sweet! And In the New Year is my catch today.
Click here to stream it for yourself.
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This morning I took you back to 1982 on The Reel.
You headed backstage at Sydney's Horden Pavillion, and Jerry and Mark from Devo weretalking with triple j freelance reporter Russell Guy.
As you probably know, Devo are heading back to Australia to play Splendour in the Grass in a couple of weeks time, but 26 years ago they were in the country after the release of The New Traditionalists, and had plenty to say about the state of the world they were living in. This was the early 80's, a time when greed was good, and corporate life was really starting to take over.
Did you miss it? Ready for some time travel? Then stream The Reel below, and fly back to '82.
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They're a colourful bunch, those BnE boys. And easily one of the most shambolic and nutty co-hosts I've shared a studio with.
So what better idea, than to get them to show your the shades of Bliss n' Eso, across five songs. And much frivolity.
Miss it? Nah... you can stream it below!
Here's what they played:
1. Outkast - Bombs Over Baghdad
2. White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
3. Redman - Put it Down
4. K'Naan - What's Hardcore
5. Cypress Hill - Hits From the Bong
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Today you met our feature artists – from Seattle, a five piece called Fleet Foxes.
The band have only been around for a couple of years, but two of the members – Robin and Skye – have been playing music together since they were kids growing up in a suburb just east of Seattle. In such a rainy part of the world, there was plenty of time to head to their respective basement's and fiddle around on their guitars.
These days, with three extra members and the help of Modest Mouse and Shins producer Phil Ek they’ve made one of the albums of the year. Just recently I caught up with the head songwriter and lead singer of the band, Robin Pecknold, to talk to him all about Fleet Foxes, and that real love of 60’s west coast pop that flows through their sound. I began by asking him if he'd raided his parent's record collection when he was a little kid...
Miss it? Hear it repeated on 2008 with yours truly this Sunday, or stream it below at your convenience.
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