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Noodle Gumble’s Weekly Tunage…

Almost let the week slip without some music. Tsk… Tsk… Tsk… I’m gonna blame the weather or perhaps that much of my day is taken up with work (ala corporate day slave type) and nights hanging with mates and/or seeing Girl Talk and/or Them Crooked Vultures. The latter being an absolute monster gig in some rather disgusting heat at Festival Hall. I am working on a YouTube page for the site so I can upload my shitty mobile videos of such gigs up. Can’t be a paparazzo at every gig…

Anyway, my selection of tracks for the past fortnight (well, I did miss out on last week’s post…) is after the jump…

Tim & Jean – Come Around
One of the finalist in this year’s Triple J Unearthed High competition. Nice bit of synth pop goodness which reminds me a bit of Passion Pit or of Walter Meego. You can’t help but think happy thoughts and good times. Kinda like the summer holidays really…

Cassian – Fuck Song
Yes, I know, I wrote about Cassian last week and yes, it’s been floating around the web for a while now but it’s so damn groovy! Think more 80s funk/porn groove though and let’s be honest, deep down we all love it. I guess it makes the name of the track that much more appropriate.

Big Scary – Hey Somebody
Ah, Big Scary. Not a true description of the duo. Scary? No.., Big? Very soon I think . With vocals that remind me of a mix of Jeff Buckley and Robert Smith and a wicked indie garage rock sound, think a bit of Strokes, Whites Stripes and even Kings Of Leon. They’ve even supported the Editors during their nation tour earlier this month. A big thanks to our music mole, Hall-E for introducing these guys to my ears.

Alberta Cross – Song Three Blues
Some more blues/rock/croon for your ears. This is the opening track to their debut ‘Broken Side Of Time’ and really sets the mood of an album full of epic riffs and brooding blues. One of my favourite albums from last year.

Miike Snow – Silvia (Sinden Remix)
Something a bit different from Sinden here. Normally one would expect a fidgety ghetto house killer but what you get here a piece of I guess you could call blissful progressive house. The vocal track is kept to minimum here but when it is introduced it is a nice compliment to the rest of the music.

Bag Raiders – Nil By Mouth (Knightlife Remix)
Gonna throw it out there that this track probably isn’t the most well known of the Raiders tracks. When you take two of the big breakout local electronic acts from last year and let them flex their synthy space disco muscles you will eventually finish with something a bit special.

Broken Bells – The High Road
Another collaboration band here. Broken Bells is a new project between Danger Mouse who is one half of Gnarls Barkley amongst other things, and James Mercer of The Shins. This track is the opening single to their forthcoming album in March and I’ve gotta say I like what I hear.

Grizzly Bear – Boy From School (Hot Chip Cover)
Wow! What a cover! 2009 indie darlings Grizzly Bear have recently in the country on tour and popped into Triple J for their ‘Like A Version’ breakfast segment and decided to cover this Hot Chip classic. Funnily enough, Hot Chip are also the feature artists this week also.

And done! Hope that covers everyone for last and now this week’s music fix. Now to gear up for Calvin Harris tonight and the monstrosity that is the Big Day Out tomorrow. As always, if you dig the artist/music the go buy it whether physical/digital and go see them live. Your conscience and the artists will love you more for it!