Yelle - Safari Disco Club

  

I can't believe I haven't already posted this.  Yelle has a new album errbody! Gawwwwn git it! This is the first album I've actually 'bought' in a long time! It was definitely worth the $16.99. 
Safari Disco Club. Now doesn't that just sound like a great time? She's throwing down a fresher, even more electric-disco feel on this one, going a little less hip-hop though sometimes getting a little more pop. As per usual, I can't understand a word she says but that just makes it all the more cool, and from what I've heard translated for me, she's a pretty kinky little thing.
Here's the title track. It's sexy.

David Bowie - Is There Life On Mars?

Did anyone really ever do it like The Thin White Duke did it?  I think probably not. The most original artist the world has seen, freaking people out with his 'new look' every other month, and genuinely still redifining style and the limits of being cool. I think this is one of his best moments. 

Bill Withers - Use Me

Was there ever anyone better?
This song is, quite possibly my FAVOURITE SONG OF ALL TIME. EVER. That is possibly the hardest thing I've ever had to admit, considering I've got like a million favourite artists, let alone songs. Being someone who doesn't watch TV, just puts on music when I wake up, when I got to bed, when I come home from work, I chuck on the iPod, not the news. I've always got a song stuck in my head, at all hours of the day. Just ask anyone I've ever worked with. And to be able to pinpoint one song and say that it's my favourite of all time, well, it's gotta be a f***ing good one. Here's to you Mr Withers.
This song is just gets me every time, the groovy keyboard melody, the acoustic guitar and that damn high hat after the pause "*tshhh! *tshhh! *tshhh! DANG.

It always puts me in a good mood, gets me groovin away.
Well, that's enough fawning from me. Just listen to it and see if you don't agree.

Wu-Massacre - Criminolgy 2.5

The BEST FUCKING NEWS I'VE HEARD ALL YEAR... was news I should've heard last year.   Rae, Ghost and Mef. One album. Fucking amazing.
Criminology 2.5, the first track and the best track. It's super rare that an album will kick things off with such a banger, but damn this is a good way to get things moving.
Ghost and Rae are as good, maybe better than ever, but man, Mr Mef is aging like single malt whiskey.
His flow, his lyrics, all of it. He's just one of those MC's that'll never get old and you'll never tire of.
This album came out last year and heck knows how it slipped under my radar, along with Ghostface's 'Apollo Kids', also another good'un.
I apologise for the shitty writing, it's hard to blog while Hank Moody is slaying womans all across TVLand.  So I'll stop and let you listen. Download here.

Lia Ices - Half Life

I came across this just moments ago via Indie Shuffle. I read about her, clicked through to the first youtube clip I could find which was the song I've posted above. As I type this I am still listening to this song for the first time. The moment her voice appeared on the track I knew it was something special, and it keeps getting better.  This song is absolutely beautiful and I can't wait to see what else she has in store. Exciting!

Download here.

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Summer Of All Dead Souls

I reviewed this album for a mates magazine (www.surfinglife.com.au) which should come out in a month or so. I have around several hundred favourite bands, so I have to put them into categories. These kids have long held the title of Favourite Alt-Rock band of all time. Here's the review I wrote (pre-edit) for the mag:

In recent years it has become the wont for surf movies to be drowning in electro and hip hop. I for one have no problem with that,though it is at high risk of becoming played out. So if you need to inject a little rock back into your pre-surf psych up, here's the perfect remedy ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are back with a new EP that rocks as hard as you can possibly rock without being a metal band.
I don't usually like throwing around the term 'genius', but when these four dudes from the musical mine-field that is Austin,TX (responsible for other game-changing bands like Spoon and Okkervil River) pool their grey matter, there's a waterfall of fucking alt-rock brilliance that is unparralleled. When it comes to poetic, volitional lyrics and arrangement, originality and pure intensity of sound, ...Trail of Dead cannot be matched.
When there's music like this kicking around it makes one wonder, what's wrong with the world when there's dead-set retards like Ke$ha and Nickelback getting filthy-rich and while these guys remain relatively unknown.
"Tao Of The Dead: Part I" begins with a intro that's a somewhat slower, more instrumental affair, softening you up before they slug you with ten bruisers that'll thump you back to school. Rounding out the EP with "Tao Of The Dead: Part II", a  5-song combination-knock-out-epic. I believe, nay, guarantee that this will be the best rock album you will hear in for several years to come. 
Disclaimer: Listening to tis album may result spontanious brain implosions and cause cranial fluids ooze from your eye sockets.


Click here to download.

Grouplove - Gold Coast

Minimal posts lately. No excuses, just laziness. But plenty of fresh new cuts for y'all. This is a song from a band that I've been hearing a little of on Triple J lately. It's not the one that's been lots of airplay, I tend to avoid posting those to try & expand horizons and spark interest a little more. The band is called Grouplove -great name- and the song is called 'Gold Coast'.  A slightly slower one, and this band has a really cool sound. Most bands for me, are made or broken depending on the the voice of the singer and this is one of those bands whose sound is complemented so perfectly by this dude's drawly, broken voice. The imperfections are perfect and fitting, and the same goes for the music, it ain't perfect but it works so damn well. I'm babbling but I really like this band and sort of struggle to explain why. If you're into Modest Mouse then you'll most definitely like this band. I'm rather excited to hear what they have in store for us.