For something a little different, here’s a nice little remix courtesy of Boys Noize.

Scissor Sisters – Invisible Light (Boys Noize Remix) (320)

Enjoy peeps!

Mmmm…. 360 camera work. Directed by Clemens Habicht. ‘Expectation’ is off Tame Impala‘s debut album Innerspeaker.

Sydneysiders Canyons and their music video to the single ”My Rescue”. Directed by Kphu Shameer aka Kphu the Killer.

Epic. Epic. Epic. The single EP is out now on Kitsuné. Grab it HERE.

Jump for joy because it’s the end of week and you’ve earned the right cut loose. This week see’s a me indulging a bit on my love of emotional shoegazing psychedelic tribal synth pop house music. yes, as you may have gathered, that isn’t really genre… Anyway, this week’s faves and download links are after the jump.

Gypsy & The Cat – Jona Vark

“Her name is Jona. Jona Vark…”

Ah, some more indie synth pop goodness! After listening to this track I can definitely feel a bit of Empire Of The Sun (the guitar riff = a little bit of ‘We Are The People’), M83, anything from a John Hughes movie, but a lot more Fleetwood Mac. Yes, I like Fleetwood Mac. Not just like, probably love. There I said it… There are definitely elements of ‘Little Lies’ and ‘Dreams’ in this track, especially in the chorus.

While most of the major blogs, Mark Ronson on his East Village radio show and even the late DJ AM were all over the local duo from the middle of last year, they’ve only now started to get a little more radio airplay and more importantly, gotten themselves ingrained into me! Head over to their MySpace and give the rest of their stuff a listen. Hanging out big time for this LP release…

Caribou – Odessa

Now this is an interesting bit of music, quirky and haunting at the same time. It’s fairly heavily layered, so you’re ears will have fun deciphering all the sounds here.  I swear when I first heard the vocals in this track I thought that perhaps Erlend Øye of Kings of Convenience and the Whitest Boy Alive fame had contributed. So if you like that kind of minimal-esque type of chill-house you’ll probably like this latest offering from Caribou.

Breakbot – Baby I’m Yours (Featuring IRFANE)

Unadulterated disco pop funk fun! When you hear this track you can’t help but bounce and boogey. If you’re a fan of the works of Shazam, Cassian, The Twelves etc., I think you’ll did this track.

The Jezabels – Hurt Me

“C’mon evil hurt me, hurt me, hurt me…”

Wow. What a track. Powerful and achingly beautiful at the same time. The track sucks you in with Hayley’s haunting vocals/lyrics, complemented by the frenetic drumming and strumming from band members Sam and Nik respectively, intertwined with Heather’s graceful piano work. Don’t forget to add a bit of reverb and swooping strings for effect during the bridge and chorus.

Throw all of this together and you get a rolling wall of big sound that builds and builds till it smacks you right in the face and just like that, disappears as quickly as it arrives. I’m not surprised to see that the Arcade Fire are listed as an influence to the Jezabels on their MySpace page.

Might as well add the music video here since it was just released last month:

Unfortunately there appears to be no Victorian shows lined up in the near future but if you are in Queensland or NSW you can catch them this month at the Playground Weekend festival February 21st or at the Enmore Theatre on the 24th supporting Placebo.

Yeasayer – Ambling Alp

A nice pysch-alt-electro-pop ditty here from NY group Yeasayer. Like any good song (or at least the ones that I like anyway…), it’s instantly catchy and just downright fun. The little synth solo breakdown at the end is just freakin’ awesome!

Douster – King Of Africa

Yes, this track has been floating around the interwebz for a while now, and yes, Douster is no n00b to the scene. These “weekly” posts however are purely an avenue for me to write about the songs that I like at a moment in time and why they got me hooked that first time.

So pretentious rant aside (hehe!), this track features some great sampling from the Lion King’s opening, the powerful ‘Circle of Life’. What you’re left in store for is five minutes of catchy, fun afro-funk-house. I could see this being a nifty opener to a set or bridge/tone shift for all you wheels of steel traders… Speaking of which, Douster is playing at the Espy on February 20th for us local kids wanting to catch him in the act.

So that’s it! Another week done and only one more away till Classixx are in town… Did I mention that I CAN’T FUCKIN’ WAIT TO SEE CLASSIXX?!?!

Have a good weekend folks and we’ll see ya next week where I guess I could try and make it a lovers themed tunage… Or a happy new year to all the chinky readers out there haha! Peace out!

That’s right, everyone’s favourite A.D.D. party masher Girl Talk has announced two Big Day Out sideshows for next year in Melbourne and Sydney.  Read on for the dates.

Wednesday 20th January
Melbourne – The Palace

Monday 25th January
Sydney – Enmore Theatre

Tickets go on sale this Friday 13th November at 9am over at Ticketek so don’t muck about as this will sell out much like the Big Day Out festivals have…

To sign off, enjoy one of Bunny Greenhouse’s music video for the track “In Step”. Do check check out the rest of the videos in his ambitous project of mashing up all the music videos  to the tracks off Girl Talk’s album, Feed The Animals.

One can dream right?

Or a reflection on the past… You decide…

Our very own music mole Hall-E, Ajax’s man The JZA and myself are off to see these stoners in January at good old Festival Hall. With a pedigree that comprises of bands such as Led Zeppelin, Queens Of The Stone Age, Foo Fighters etc. this should be pretty epic.

Go HERE for their official site, HERE for their MySpace and good old wiki for everything else…

Almost let this week get away without some music, though if Sunday is the art of your week I’m up shit creek… Anyway, just a mini tunage post as a result of a rather crummy week I had past so excuse that. Hmm… Maybe take it as a post that focuses on quality and not quantity. Actually, if you’re here you’re probably not looking for a quality read… Onwards towards the tunes:

Tame Impala – Remember Me

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As the Voice Of Reason would say about the guys,

“Hey Tame Impala! Cream called, they want their fucking fuzz back…”

Anyway, I think this is an awesome cover of Blue Boy’s early 90s hit of the same name but with Tame’s/Cream’s distinctive sound and finish. Tame Impala is touring around the country in support of their “Sundown Syndrome” single launch. Check the sidebar under “upcoming events” for further info and get yourself a ticket. I guarantee this tour will sell out. I already have learnt the hard way with Children Collide… Seriously, a Tuesday night show?!

MayBB – Touring In NY (Blatta & Inesha Street Meat Remix)

MayBB aka Benny Benassi

MayBB (May Be Benny? May Be Benassi? ) is the pseudonym that Benny Benassi and his brother are running around with at the moment. The duo’s release on the Kitsune label “Touring In NY” I have to admit is quite the banger with Benny’s trademark voice sampling and solid thumping bass line. Blatta & Inesha’s remix however takes the original, sucks it up and churns out an absolute monster with plenty of fidge, glitch and dub to have King Kong and Godzilla cowering in fear… I should’ve made this a Blatta & Inesha as I’m also digging their trashup of Eminem’s “Without Me” and their dub/rave/step hack and slash of Rampage’s “War”.

The Count & Sinden – Mega

The Count & Sinden - Either you love 'em or hate 'em...

Yep this track has been floating around interwebblogosphere for a while now but hey that’s what hypem and the rest of the web is for. Anyway, the boys had a pretty big track last year in “Beeper” and “Hardcore Girls” which really, really polarised crowds. This time round they’ve got “Mega” which I suspect will do the same. Personally I’ve got no dramas as I’m a big fan of the fidget/glitch/dance hall/B-More sound. And for you’re viewing pleasure here’s the video from the boys:

The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother

The Dead Weather get their angst on

This feature is for you Hall-E and I agree it’s a fuckin’ awesome tune. Latest side-project/supergroup band featuring Jack White (The White Stripes/The Raconteurs) plus Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Dean Fertita (Queens of The Stone Age) and Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs/The Greenhornes). Anyway, word is the group formed after an impromptu jam session in January this year and two weeks later most of the album was written and recorded. Love the shreddy guitar riffage in this track and the shift in tempo after the second verse gets a big thumbs up. Definitely the pick of the albums I picked up over the weekend.

That’s it for this mini post… 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!