#29: Magic Happens - Use Your Illusionist
From a young age Magic learnt the values of drawing a line in the sand without putting all your eggs in one basket. After initially falling in amongst a rag-tag bunch of misfits with nothing to lose and something to prove, a youthful Magic Happens would soon reach a point of inconsolable disillusion and eventually come to formulate his own system of beliefs and ideals, ultimately arriving at the notion of doing what's best for the party.
Upon this moment of clarity he ruthlessly fled Adelaide for the open pastures of Darlinghurst. It was here that he emerged as a legend and got 'pretty anthemic' in the face of adversity. An epicentre of taste, Magic Happens then went on to get real smooth and hit the disco tip, at the time one of few to do so in a landscape dominated by murky swamp-house. Which brings us to the present, a temperate climate in which Magic Happens flourishes heaps all the time.
Use Your Illusionist kicks off with Windsurfer's Vapour Trails, and ends with Juan Maclean's One Day; and everything else in between. Full track listing can be acquired by contacting Magic Happens directly. Or if you're a fully sick Internet bro, send him a D on Twitter. FTW!
Photo: Dumbo the Flying Elephant, Joe Penniston.
March 30, 2009 at 10:24am in modcast
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.
March 20, 2009 at 3:36pm in audio, The Tough Alliance
#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.
March 4, 2009 at 2:14pm in news, Wolfmother
#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.
February 28, 2009 at 10:00am in modcast
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.
February 27, 2009 at 9:01am in videos, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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."
February 26, 2009 at 11:21am in news, Tame Impala
#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.
February 17, 2009 at 10:18am in modcast
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.
February 13, 2009 at 11:36am in news, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
#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.
February 1, 2009 at 10:17am in modcast
#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.
January 30, 2009 at 10:16am in modcast
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