Listen: The Tough Alliance - "Hung Up On A Dream"
From the misty highlands of Sweden, the bat wielding, lip synching, genre bending whores that are The Tough Alliance smash us with a new joint for our friday freebie. This cover of The Zombies' hit "Hung Up On A Dream" is sweeter than a fistful of fairy floss delivered by a friendly liger.
#28: Canyons
On a lazy Friday afternoon, the newly signed Canyons boys, Ryan and Leo, entered the Modular boardroom to lay down some of their favourite disco jams alongside some "mic breaks", resulting in some fairly hilarious calls. Best listened on a sunny afternoon, shirts-off, with an ice-cold jug of Pimms.
Wolfmother Returns
Frontman Andrew Stockdale has emerged from his self-built home studio and is due to head to LA to record the second Wolfmother album with producer Alan Moulder in April. Wolfmother stepped out earlier in February to play two shows in Brisbane and Sydney to roadtest the new material prior to recording. Billed as White Feather, the shows at the Valley Studios in Andrew's hometown of Brisbane and The Oxford Arts Factory in Sydney sold out within minutes of word leaking online, and Wolfmother ripped through a set of old gold and new magic to those quick enough to be there.
#27: Allez Allez
Thats right, we've another ModCast filtering out onto the internets as we speak, this time by the genial lads at Allez Allez.
Sam Willis and Steve Nolan have been curating an equisite selection of mixes online for the last few years from folks as diverse as Joakim, Four Tet, Animal Collective and Samim to name just a handful, in between their special guest mixes knocking out the occasional master blaster themselves, just as they've done for us.
Video: Yeah Yeah Yeahs "It's Blitz!" Webisode
"Also, take an intimate look into the making of our new record It's Blitz! One man armed with a camera documenting our day to day recording activities, from the mundane to the not so mundane. There's never been a more candid portrait of us "doing our thing" as the following series of teasers, for the visual journey into our sonic crusade, that we call SNAKESWEAT. Up first, tender moments with the inscrutable Nick Zinner". Karen O.
Tameimpala.com Hits The Web
"Hello internet friends / fans / people vaguely interested. We are a psychedelic rock band called Tame Impala. We're really good and awesome and we like to play gigs in paddocks and other large areas of grass in the sun. We like to record music at home. We wrote a bio a while ago but lost it, I'll put it up when I find it."
#26: Lover the Label
A new Modcast has eeked it's way out into the ether, hosted by Sydney-based fashion label Lover®.
Kicking off with the elegaic tones of one John Coltrane and running the gamut from Cypress Hill to Elliot Smith, along the way tackling heavy issues ranging from Barack bonging on, to the big guy in the sky himself.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "It's Blitz!"
Ready yourself! The third studio album from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs titled It's Blitz!is set for release in Australia this coming April 10 on Modular.
The follow-up to 2006's acclaimed Show Your Bones, It's Blitz! (spelt with an exclamation mark) is the first full-length album from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in three years. New York trio Karen O, Nick Zinner & Brian Chase will unveil their all-new & more experimental sound when the lead single "Zero" smashes radios from February 23.
#25: Dreamtime - Dream On
A little light listening for the weekend, the latest from DJ Dreamtime, the tantalisingly titled Dream On mix. This one runs the gamut from klassic Kraut to mystic Chicago and a fabulous secret gem. Recorded live from Narrabeen, with 2 turntables and a six pack.
#24: Pilooski
Pilooski aka Edit Master recently bugged out our ears with a spacey modcast filled with his fave joints and edits from around the globe. As an independent artist, member of Discodeine, and editor of the D-I-R-T-Y crew, Pilooski is one busy dude. With a French feel and a global theme, this modcast is one for the musical connoisseur in you.
Cut Copy Go Gold
The delightfully ethereal vibes of Cut Copy's sophmore album,
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