Love?

With all the Ellie Goulding on the 1'' right now you'd think I had some sort of stalker tendencies towards the English lass. Perhaps I do. I do want to be the little spoon while we lay in bed and she sings sweetsweetlullabies to me...  

Why all the hype? Well, apart from stellar remixes of late, her debut album 'Lights' leaked yesterday, and it's full of gorgeous electropop melodies and sweet harmonies. In particular 'The Writer', which has the sweetest refrain in pop music, "Why don't you be the artist, and make me out of clay? Why don't you be the writer, and decide the words I say?" is an emotion-sickening, heart-melting tune of twenty10. Need I say more?

Dwnld: The Writer

And just because I'm a lovely person, have this amazing cover of The Temper Trap's 'Sweet Disposition' she did for the Brits. MWAH. X

Dwnld: Sweet Disposition (The Temper Trap Cover)

Bang Gang Fun.

I have a Bang Gang 12 Inches fetish, so when ever there's a new release via the Bangers I must have it. Latest in the long line of perfection is Hystereo's 'Cityspeak', that is an absolute monster of a track. Highlight of the release for certain is the Arveene & Misk remix of said track, turning a monster into an absolute horrific mess of destruction. Expect blood. X

It's incredible how one label can continue to get things so right. I (hart) the Bang Gang.

Dwnld: Cityspeak (Arveene & Misk Remix)

On A Saturday Night.

Van She-gone-solo-Modular-playboy Matt Van Schie is hitting all the right notes with his debut EP 'Balmy Nights', out now on iTunes. Lead track 'Saturday Night' is a must-play every Saturday by DJ's, the underground 'I Gotta' Feelin' if you will, but it's the tragic 'Two Love' that tickled my fancy, being a hopeless romantic afterall. Get on it. X

Dwnld: Two Love

Sex With Yr DAdelaide On The Scene.

South Australia's never been known for it's musical exports, nor it's originality or, in fact, it's never been known for anything positive. Until now that is, with the creative kids shirking from the hip hop bullies and expressing themselves.

The Swiss are a band on everyone's lips, after playing the Big Days Out and Laneway Festivals all over Australia, they dropped their 'Bubble Bath' EP a couple weeks ago and it's been destroying dancefloors. Bringing disco back to the clubs, the Knightlife remix of 'Bubble Bath' is utterly incredible, with loads of laidback beats and improvised synths, with the added cowbell, brings a joy to my heart.

Dwnld: Bubble Bath (Knightlife Remix)

The Shiny Brights are a personal favourite of mine, being the first act I ever seen live (in support of The Wombats), and have stuck in my mind ever since. Their debut EP was full of upstart indie pop, and their latest track, courtesy of the jjj Unearthed website, continues with the frenetic pace and shouty-shout vocals, 'Not Too Old'

Dwnld: Not Too Old

Electro-fused-indie-rock-twats The Touch are another amazing live act, who I've seen multiple times but can never seem to get my hands on any of their tracks. Everyone's favourite EC DJ's Loot & Plunder have done up their new track 'Shot' to great effect, adding to the already sharp beats and yelly-yell vocals, L&P dress down with their lovely synth work and ear for a break.

Dwnld: Shot (Loot & Plunder Remix)

New kids to the Adelaide scene, or new to me anyway, perhaps I've been a little slow on the uptake, are jjj Laneway Unearthed winners The Salvadors. Akin to The Holidays, Salvadors cling to their rocky/bluesy type tone and deliver a kicker in 'Atacama Disco'. Get on it. X

Dwnld: Atacama Disco

So We Burst Into Colours.

I'm loving the dreamwave/pop shazam business that's in the scene, and right now I can't think of anyone doing it better than than the Monarchy boys. Hitting it with Gold In The Fire, followed up by some stellar remixes (including this one of Ellie Goulding's 'Starry Eyed') and the hype that surrounds them at the moment, don't be suprised if they aren't on everyone's lips come the Winter chill. 

Let's not forget the lovely Ellie Goulding either, who is utterly delectable on 'Starry Eyed', which will probably be the new 1901 and get remixed by absolutely everyone on the Internet. 

Dwnld: Starry Eyed (Monarchy 'The Horse Head Nebular' Remix)

And for good measure, have a bit of swirl in yr life with the Monsieur Adi remix.

Dwnld: Starry Eyed (Monsieur Adi Remix)

The Good & The Bad.

I despise David Guetta, but I’d give my left testicle to be Kid Cudi. Don’t get me wrong, that Guetta lad’s done some good stuff in the charts lately, but it doesn’t do it for me. So, to my absolute shock horror, I seen he hooked up with the oh-so-trendy Kid Cudi, and they produced a club-smashing, floor-filling, romper-stomper of a tune.


Dwnld: Memories (Feat. Kid Cudi)

Yeah, I Forgot...

Yep, I totally forgot about my committments to the cause of bringing this shitely run blog to the people who follow it religiously, which is about 0 of you at this stage. However, this is all about to change when I mention the improvements I've made:

1.) It's wittier than ever.
2.) New colours!
3.) Uploads to MediaFire instead of the headfook that is RapidShare.
4.) I'm going to be giving you everything I find, not just the golden wasteland that is Australian music, so be prepared for the best things that tickle my fancy.


However, for now be content with the shite design and the somewhat obnoxious ramblings of myself. Anyways, here's a golden track from Art Vs Science. I love the French language, and to hear a bunch of Aussie lads shout to me over loud crashing noises makes me happy.


Dwnld: Parlez Vous Francais? 

I would like to point out, I draft this about four months ago, but thought it was too good to delete whilst cleaning up. As well, I'm seeing Art Vs Science next week, and I absolutely adore them.

Ping Pong's Shite.

If you had a world-wide smash with a song about the art of table tennis, tour with some of the world's biggest acts, play festivals all over the globe, lose a member to the pornography business, allow the fit one in yr group go from blonde to black and above all, have the world on yr shoulders to produce a stellar second-album, how would you react? That's right, you'd kill all expectations and throw out 'Logic', a more mature, polished sound to let everyone know yr not just that band that wrote a song about ping pong. Get on it. X

Dwnld: Logic

I'm Obsessed...

"... with the mess that's America-ah-ahhh." And the lovely Marina of course, the 'it' girl of twenty10. Ride the Diamonds train and get on Hollywood, her latest NME Chart Topping success. 

Dwnld: Hollywood

Also, an extra incentive, The Juan MacLean destroy the pop and implement the house with their lush remix.

Dwnld: Hollywood (The Juan MacLean Remix)

Slight Return.

"Another single you say? Half the album been's released you think? Well, they've definitely sold out." Get to fook haters, EotS are making sure people are still considering them for their best of lists two years after the initial release of Walking On A Dream with this stunning re-record of Half Mast.

Following suite from the heartbreaking new version of Without You, Luke sharpens the production and adds some flavour to give Half Mast (Slight Return) a serious kick in the clubs. Taking away from the nostalgic, belearic feel, EotS destroys the original with a stunning break at 1:50 and prove their dominance in the Australian electronic scene.

With a headlining act at Future Music coming up, as well as a new EotS, PNAU, Sleepy Jackson and a solo record from Luke, the duo will be off their feet in 2010 to maintain their stay at the top of the pile.

Dwnld: Half Mast (Slight Return)

Miami Whore-or.

Miami Horror can do wrong at the moment. Their first EP Bravado went bananas in the electronic world, and now a delightful follow up with Sometimes has generated huge anticipation for the debut album, dropping sometime in Twenty10.

Recently, I found a new release of the Sometimes EP (having already been released last year), dubbed Sometimes Remixed, featuring a huge mix from Sydney's own Hook 'n Sling. H'n'S strip back the vocals, add their own blips here and swirly, disco-tinged pop beats there and result with the best remix I've heard this year.

Make sure to pick up the original Sometimes EP with lovely remixes courtesy of G.L.O.V.E.S. and Fred Falke, as well as getting on the new Ministry Of Sound: Clubbers Guide to 2010 which features a Hook 'n' Sling disc in amongst it. Get on it. X

Dwnld: Sometimes (Hook 'n' Sling Remix) 

This is the moment.

And as the dust settles from a soon forgotten decade, Twenty10 rises from the ashes, promising so much, the price fatal if it cannot deliver. With so much expectation, can we really pin our hopes on the fresh sounds of RAdelaide duo 'Get Stellar' on the oh so cool 'Hindley Records' label (I love it when my hometown throws up things liek this).

Honestly, probably not, but by fook is their EP a killer. Already with huge remixes from 'G.L.O.V.E.S.' and fellow RAdelaide boys 'Def Starr', 'The Moment' induces that swirly, disco-tinged feelings of optimism that this could be your year.

However, it's the b-side that steals the show on this release. 'Believe' smacks you in the face with sounds from the skies, mixing it with pornobeats that can only be made with experience. Buy this from you local iTunes retailer. Get on it.

Dwnld: Believe

The 1'' is back! REJOICE. X 

1, 2, 3, mothaaafuckahhhhhhhhhh!

Could you ask for anything more to start your weekend than the new Bloody Beetroots track with Steve Aoki and Boberman (Bob Rifo)? It's another installment in the 'Warp' series, this one being dubbed 'Warp 1977'. It contains all the usual Warp samples and repeated "I just warp, I just warp," as well as the shouted counting we've come to love from the Warp's. However, this one is darker, scarier, something you'd hear at 3 in the morning walking through Elizabeth South.

Fuck me writing anymore tbh, im'a just get the track up. Get on it MOTHAAAFUCKAHHHHHHHHHH! X

Dwnld: Warp 1977 (Feat. Steve Aoki & Boberman)

La Roux 2do RAdelaide.

Yes, you heard right, the fiery red head herself is back down under to perform at the Thebby Theatre and various other realms throughout Australia sometime next year (information below). Part of her reasoning in returning to Adelaide (I mean, liek fuck, nobody comes to Adelaide more than once every four years) is surely to make right her now infamous AWOL appearance at Parklife earlier this year due to *COUGHillnessCOUGH*.

Her debut, self-titled album has been met with world-wide acclaim, with singles In For The Kill, Quicksand and most prominently Bulletproof killing it throughout the globe. Finally, the people of RAdelaide will have a chance to see the English lass doing her thang.

What have we got to offer apart from boring bollocks about how much I fancy the English accent? Well, here we have an outstanding remix of my favourite track from her album  'Colourless Colour', getting the work done by The Subs. Get on it. X

Dwnld: Colourless Colour (The Subs Popup Mix)

And I know this has been blogged to bits, but the Alex Metric mix of Quicksand is a joy to listen.

Dwnld: Quicksand (Alex Metric Remix)

Pocket rocket.

Don't you love waking up to surprises? I'm not talking about that time I rolled over to find a dead prostitute beside me, but this morning when I seen the lovely Pocket 808 had left me a cheeky bootleg of the whimsical 'My Girls'. The original is so perfect in almost everyway any touch up could end in disaster, but Pocket 808 turn this brief moment of ecstasy into a journey of delirious proportions. Basically, made the sex even sexier.

This 8 minute stomper retains all the best elements of 'My Girls', however slowing the tempo and adding the fast becoming trademark sounds of the Pocket, resulting in (L). X

Dwnld: My Girls (Pocket 808 Bootleg)

Wait about 4 minutes for the chorus to kick, it' epic.

Exams. FML.

So, whilst I've been busily studying for exams and attempting to pass year 11 (quite well, I'd like to add), I've managed to neglect music through this 'stressful' period. Hence, the big fuck off post of huge tunes, each one better then the last. Get on it. X

PS. The picture, in case you didn't get it, Peter's prostate exam. Geddit? Ah, get to fuck. Just enjoy the music.

Dwnld: Bag Raiders - All The Girls (Feat. Donnis)
Dwnld: Children Collide - Skeleton Dance (Ladytron Remix)
Dwnld: MONARCHY - Gold In The Fire (Diamond Cut Remix)

More to come, keep tuned!

I wish it could last forever.

Now, I don't usually jump on the Ministry Of Sound train too often, but when they've got an artist as talented as Sam La More here it's hard to resist. He's done work for Empire Of The Sun previous, remixing a couple of their tracks to good effect, but his new EP (with Hook 'n' Sling Dub and Vocal remixes on it I should add) has absolutely knocked me about. 'I Wish It Could Last' is a swirling, electronic journey that takes you from the bottom of your heart to the edges of your mind, before collapsing into perhaps the sweetest refrain of 2009. If you've just got out of  relationship, Sam La More knows how you're feeling. Get on it. X

Dwnld: I Wish It Could Last Forever

Here comes the disco!

And by fuck does the disco come! This Disco Villains remix of Violca I stumbled across hits you in the face harder than Vinnie Jones, but at the same time is perhaps the lushest thing I've heard all year. The drop at about two minutes is simply devine, and when you think you've missed it, the "REPEAT" lets you enjoy it all over again. Absolute magic, get on it. X

Dwnld: Empire (The Disco Villains Remix)

I saw your sister in the Cornerstone.

Moving away from the recent electronic posts, the delectable new single from indie rock legends 'Arctic Monkeys' is due to be released, with three gorgeous b-sides on the 10''. The single 'Cornerstone', is a piece of rock wizadry, weaving Alex's tantalising vocals in out of melodic grooves and proper-English-attitude. Today however, as good as the single is, I want to share 'Catapult', one of the gorgeous b-sides previously mentioned. I won't dare describe it, just listen, love and wonder why on Earth it wasn't on the record. X

Also, be sure to get on the video for 'Cornerstone', featuring Alex above in a lush red sweater.

Dwnld: Catapult

Ellie Goulding & Jakwob at it again.

Do I have an exclusive for you, or waht?! Here is the brand spanking new remix of Ellie Goulding's first single proper 'Under The Sheets', been given the dub-dub treatment of the spectacular Jakwob. Like Starry Eyed, which you can find all ovre the .com, Jakwob whisks in and turns a masterpiece into a piece of genius. The swirling in my stomach whilst listening is enough to warrant a download methinks. Get on it. X

Dwnld: Under The Sheets (Jakwob Remix) *256* 

Yr Ghostship.

Following on from Stoney Roads' own post on this new Australian electronic act, Pocket 808 have burst on to the scene with the help of Nathan Hudson (Faker's own, just to band drop) and have hit it hard on Triple J and the like. Blips and blops all over the place, whilst being strung together with Hudson's vocals makes it for a lovely summer hit. For the fear of re-posting the original (follow the link to Stoney Roads and a couple of other remixes), I present to you the Jump Jump Dance Dance remix, which fucks it right up, but in a good way. Get on it.

Dwnld: Ghostship (Feat. Nathan Hudson) (Jump Jump Dance Dance Remix) *128*

Edit: The link is now a 128 by request, so for those who were lucky enough to get initial 320, well played, and you best be buying the full EP though iTunes. X

Ke$ha is shite.

Don't get me wrong, I like the whole electro-pop-autotune to fuck business, but not when it's such a blatant rip off of Ed Banger bbz Uffie. (L) However, as much as I detest Tik Tok, when I saw the legendary Fred Falke had dropped a mix I had to listen, and oh was I in love. The 6-minute club remix is worth buying the EP or whatever release Tik Tok relies upon, but for now the public can enjoy the radio edit. Get on it.

Dwnld: Tik Tok (Fred Falke Remix)

Talk Like This.

No, The Presets are not splitting up, but even if they did happen to, we have unearthed one of Australia's most unique and exciting dance God in Kim Moyes, or KIM as he's known by. His solo debut, Selected Jerks 2001-2009, is an electronic masterpiece, full of bleeps, blops and a shitload of crazy beats. There are so many from his record I could share with you, which I should add everyone will purchase, but this track in particular made my skin crawl with absolute satisfaction. Could this be the record of 2009?

Dwnld: Wet 'N Wild
 

We're back, with nu-Van She!

I can't think of a better way to welcome back your nu-favourite blog, with a name change I might add, then me presenting the world with a radio rip (not exclusive I should add, I nicked it from nightmagnets) of the nu-Van She! It gives me goosebumps, liek, srsly.

And to keep adding the pleasure, why not have a little Matt Van Schie as well.

Dwnld: Don't Fear (The Reaper)
Dwnld: Saturday Night

Minimalistic.

No longer a blogging virgin, and what better way to begin but with 80's hair-metal revival lads The Galvatrons. Their legendary new single 'Cassandra' is just waiting to be hyped to fuck by all in the industry. I expect massive, massive, like fuck off massive things for their upcoming debut 'Laser Graffiti'.

Dwnld: Cassandra