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Archive for April, 2010

Gorillaz stream Roundhouse concert on MTV

Tomorrow, MTV will be streaming a Gorillaz gig from the Roundhouse in London… cool huh!?

To celebrate the release of their critically-acclaimed album Plastic Beach MTV.com.au will be streaming Gorillaz sold-out Camden performance around the world on Saturday, April 31 @ 7am (AEST).

With their new offering being hailed “a mind-bending feast for the ears” by critics, the performance, which will be teeming with dazzling video animation and artwork by Jamie Hewlett, promises to be typically brilliant and like nothing you’ve ever seen!

Check these out these for a sneak peak at what you can expect from their recent appearance on the fabulous Jools Holland show:

Gorillaz Roundhouse poster

Plastic Beach is out now

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Operator Please – The Gloves Are Off & The Review Is In

Hey ho! I am in a state of super-cool-niiiiice-ness! The kind of super-cool-niiiiice-ness that comes with listening to a band that just sounds… just right. It fits. Like a glove. (Ba-doomsh!)
You see, while Yes Yes Vindictive was obviously a strong album in its own right… Gloves fits Operator Please. It suits them right down to a tee, just like their sexy new Viktor & Rolf garb. (Which, by the way, looking hawwwt peeps!)

Them crazy little talented outsiders from the Gold Coast have grown up. And dang nam it, they have cool-ness there in spades – because magic self-confidence is just oozing out of their pores and pulsating right through the airwaves. It is this sassy chutzpah and mean swagger that really makes this album, in the wise words of Jason Coleman, *POP* (in the active sense of the word AND as a noun).

Operator Please - Gloves
Even better than this is the fact that Gloves is yet another signal that pop music is becoming truly exciting again – people with brains rejoice, substance has made a comeback! It’s coming out of the closet, it’s OKAYY! Just because you like quality with your spaghetti, doesn’t mean you are expected to listen to daft experimental music (or “pretentious codswallop” as my dad calls it) – pop can feed your soul, too. Really! Just listen to this album…

… and you’re dodging bullets. Strutting down the street like a Bee Gee. From the get go tight beat of Catapult, the album cuts like a knife. Sexy, vampy, gorgeous pop. Disco, 80s, bass, drums, synths, hot tamale train (yes I have been watching waaaay too much So You Think You Can Dance), elegant, sassy, smart, saucy. And most importantly, you bite and it’s TASTY & SATISFYING! Miz Amandah Wilkinson is becoming a megawatt frontwoman, and the rest of the band are right there with her spark for spark. Standout tracks for me include Just Kiss (beautiful vocal arrangement & chorus!), singles Logic & Back And Forth (bang bang, score!), and Loops (love a heavy 80s rock beat with yet more of that wicked vocal harmony!).

So put yo’ gloves on fool! And enjoy this super fine album of goooood pop. Brought to you by Operator Please.

Gloves is out now!

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Hot Hot Hot new Miami Horror ‘Moon Theory’ Sam La More remix

In clubs across Australia, and now on TheInSound, here is a very cool remix of Miami Horror’s single Moon Theory by none other than Sam La More.

Miami Horror – Moon Theory (Sam La More Remix) by theinsound

The guys have just announced a headline tour along side their Groovin The Moo and now Splendour appearance.

Moon Theory  Tour

Moon Theory is available now and if you buy it from our sister store The In Song you will get a bonus track of a Sometimes (Shazam Remix) which is in very high rotation on my iPod!

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WOW! Gorillaz close Coachella with RAVE reviews

Gorillaz closed this year’s Coachella and the reviews have of course been incredible! Murdoc Niccals, 2D and Cyborg Noodle were supported by real life artists such as Clash members Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, Little Dragon, De La Soul, Bobby Womack and of course mastermind Damon Albarn.

White Flag! Gorillaz @ Coachella
image courtesy of pedestrianrex

BOY OH BOY how we wish we were there, me hearties – fingers & toes crossed those tour rumours come true, and the band of misfits & miscreants make it over to Oz sometime very very sooooon!!

Check out the beautiful On Melancholy Hill:

The gorgeous To Binge with Little Dragon (red-blooded girls the office over are imagining Damon singing just like that to us…sigh!!)

And, of course, epic & awesome favourite Feel Good Inc:

Just amazing. If everyone collectively wishes on a star tonight, the unbelievable Gorillaz live show might just make it to our shores! In fact, I’m gonna go put a note in a bottle and send it off via the Pacific Ocean to Plastic Beach. “Dear Murdoc…”

Plastic Beach is out now!

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The Cat Empire… get a taste of what’s to come

For those who listen to Triple J you would have heard them playing a new track from The Cat Empire called Beyond All from their 4th studio album Cinema due out June 25. This is a little taster the band have given Triple J and their online fans in the lead up to the first single which will be released May 14.

The Cat Empire

If you want to own Beyond All you can, for FREE, jump over to triple j to download it for free!

Also on triple j, this morning The Cat Empire’s Harry announced their massive August national tour - dates on thecatempire.com

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Grab your 360 “Please Be Seated” Mixtape!

A short while back, we very proudly announced our partnership with Soulmate Records… and today we taste the first fruit of those endeavours.

The incredible Please Be Seated mixtape by 360 features his original electro-infused-Aussie-hip-hop take on tracks by MGMT, Justice, Lisa Mitchell, Broken Bells, Tinie Tempah, B.o.B, and Ellie Goulding. Who would have predicted that Lisa Mitchell’s Coin Laundry could be mixed into a scathing (though ultimately foot-tappingly-addictive) critique on treatment of war veterans and homelessness!?

360 Please Be Seated Mixtape

The Please Be Seated mixtape is filled with all types of these unpredictable gems – and you can download all six tracks from 360music.com.au now now now for free free free.

Tracklisting is below:

  • Electric Feel – 360 x Justice x MGMT
  • Do You Have A Dollar? (Coin Laundry) – 360 x Lisa Mitchell
  • The Ghost Inside ft Pez – 360 x Broken Bells
  • Starry Eyed – 360 x Ellie Goulding x Jakwob
  • Pass Out – 360 x Tinie Tempah
  • Nothing To Lose – 360 x B.o.B

Please Be Seated is a precursor to 360’s Falling and Flying album, which arrives very soon. In the meanwhile, follow 360 on twitter and kick back with a beer.

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Into The Cold – Another stunning video from NZ’s Artisan Guns

Every now and then a special band comes along.
Unassuming and humble, just doing what they do, which just happens to be making great music.
Auckland’s Artisan Guns are one of those bands.

Artisan Guns - Into The Cold

Following the delicious first taste Autumn, this new single Into The Cold boasts a fantastically simple video that shows off some of that stunning Kiwi landscape.

Taken from their second EP Hearts, set for release on June 18th

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Operator Please warming up with Gloves out this Friday + a MySpace Secret Show!

Operator Please don’t mind being in your face… in fact that’s that whole point this week, really.

We’re ramping up for a big Gloves album release this Friday, and we’ve all banded together to make sure you can’t escape the O.P. synth-pop number they’re unleashing on the world. If you’ve somehow missed the album so far, Gloves is streaming in full from myspace.com/operatorplease and operatorpleaseband.com (where you can also pre-order 1 of 3 packages including signed albums, cassette remix mixtapes, & tote bags).

Operator Please

Listening to the album is only half the package though… Operator Please recently performed Blondie’s Heart Of Glass for Triple J’s Like A Version – listen below!

Tonight the band will be performing Logic on Hey Hey It’s Saturday on air (please don’r mention the Wednesday thing…) and recording an exclusive live version of Back and Forth for Hey Hey online. And NEXT week, they’ll give their hometown fans the chance hear the new album tracks live at an exclusive free and all ages MySpace Secret Show in Brisbane on Friday April 30. You have to register at myspace.com/secretshowsau to get your invite.

THEN  they’re off on their Gloves Off tour with Tim & Jean and Chaingang across June & July… somebody tell these guys to take a nap.

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