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Music can be live or recorded, it doesn’t matter how it finds us. What matters is if it has the ability to stir us, make us think and make us feel. We search for the different, the new, the inspiring, the upcoming and the underground. If it makes our knees tremble with excitement and our skin shiver with pleasure, we’ll share it.

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Video medley for the new Flaming Lips album, Terror

Annie Churdar Contributor

By Annie Churdar in New Music on Thursday 25 April 2013

This is four minutes in the mind of a mad genius. Between the abstract color display, the hidden, changing track titles at the bottom, and the constantly changing melodies, this album preview of the Flaming Lips’s latest release, Terror, is all the glory of the full length set packed into only 4 minutes. When I watch this [...]

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Hip-hop Doo-wop: cute rap music by Wally Clark

Annie Churdar Contributor

By Annie Churdar in New Music on Wednesday 24 April 2013

What could be better than the grit of gangster rap mixed with the sweet bubblegum pop of the doo-wop generation? This is the soundtrack for you and your sweetheart to take a cruise down Lovers Lane with, hold hands on the beach, or buy a milkshake at the soda shop. Young lovers of today can enjoy a [...]

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Optus RockCorps: 5 questions with The Potbelleez

Cormack O'Connor Contributor

By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Wednesday 24 April 2013

AdvertisementLast week we were hanging out at Sydney’s Optus RockCorps to bring to bring you all of the action from in the crowd and backstage.

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Wendel Patrick’s New York State of Mind

Nini Baseema Contributor

By Nini Baseema in New Music on Tuesday 23 April 2013

Wendel Patrick is making a name for himself as a producer, fusing different elements of jazz, electronica and Hip Hop to create lush musical collages. In this video, he reworks DJ Premiere’s instrumental track from Nas’ classic Illmatic in his studio without the use of samples. Most brilliant.

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Black Sun: the new album from Australian band Gold Fields

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By Gold Fields in New Music on Saturday 20 April 2013

We recorded our debut album in Mark’s parents’ garage at home in Ballarat. After initially recording the bulk of the album in expensive studios in LA and Sydney, with producers like Mickey Petralia (Ladytron, The Dandy Warhols) and Scott Horscroft (The Preserts, Silverchair, The Sleepy Jackson), we realised that what we were doing wasn’t us. [...]

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LIve three song set from Canadian band Great Lake Swimmers

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By Alicia Thompson in New Music on Friday 19 April 2013

I came across this Ontario band thanks to NPR’s awesome Tiny Desk concerts. Built around singer and songwriter Tony Dekker, this is music that really touches the soul. This video is a three-song set which includes Everything is Moving So Fast, Pulling on a Line and Various Stages. His voice and music makes me wonder [...]

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Stream Descender, the new album by Andrew Wyatt, from Miike Snow

Annie Churdar Contributor

By Annie Churdar in New Music on Friday 19 April 2013

Andrew Wyatt (from Miike Snow) enlisted the entire Prague Philharmonic Orchestra for his new album. It’s amazing. It feels vintage and cinematic, yet new and fresh all at once. The album, Descender, won’t be released until April 30 in the States, but in the meantime, you can stream the full saga in all its glory here.

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Shangri LA: the new album by LA buzz band, West Indian Girl

Nini Baseema Contributor

By Nini Baseema in New Music on Friday 19 April 2013

After what has been reported in European media as the darkest winter for the past seventy years, I feel like every fiber of my body is craving light and warmth. The perfect remedy: the new album from Los Angeles buzz band, West Indian Girl. Shangri La is an ecclectic mix of musical influences, perfectly capturing [...]

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Shout Out Louds promote new release Optica with a frozen album promo

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By Joyce de Gruiter in New Music on Friday 19 April 2013

Swedish indie band Shout Out Louds developed an extraordinary, funny, and clever marketing strategy for their latest album, Optica. They gave selected fans and press members a limited edition box to make their own record on ice. In the video that came with the box, users got production instructions and were told that after six [...]

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Plastic World: a new boutique electronic label out of Sydney

Cormack O'Connor Contributor

By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Thursday 18 April 2013

Australian electronic music got a kick along this week with the arrival of boutique record label Plastic World, helmed by former Future Classic label man, James McInnes, and Vic Edirisinghe, part owner of cult touring/management group Astral People (the guys behind this little gem), Plastic World is all about pushing forward-thinking Australian music on an [...]

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Optus RockCorps – 5 questions with The Script

Cormack O'Connor Contributor

By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Wednesday 17 April 2013

Last week we were hanging out at Sydney’s Optus RockCorps to bring to bring you all of the action from in the crowd and backstage.

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Review: The Lumineers at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre

Cormack O'Connor Contributor

By Cormack O'Connor in New Music on Wednesday 17 April 2013

Denver five piece, The Lumineers, have been creating quite a buzz lately with their debut album reaching gold certification not only in Australia, but in the UK, USA and Canada, as well. With this in mind, I wasn’t surprised to find out that their first Australian show had to have a venue upgrade due to [...]

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New music by Master Musicians of Bukkake

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By Travis Lawrence in New Music on Friday 12 April 2013

Do not be fooled by the name. Master Musicians of Bukkake are no joke. Coming out of their priceless Totem trilogy, Master Musicians of Bukkake are about to drop their next full length, Far West. The Seattle mystery group is composed of various established artists from the Northwest shrouded behind shamanic garb. Pulling the listener [...]

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Folk music by all sister band, The Staves

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By Ed Tucker in New Music on Friday 12 April 2013

The Staves are three sisters, singing folk. It sounds great, and the advantage of sisterly proximity whilst growing up really shows in their gorgeous harmonies. There’s some lovely instrumentation going on, too, as well as some fine songwriting. Perfect for these chilly days we’re having here in Blighty at the moment.

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Demons: the new music video from The National

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By Darwin Cosico in New Music on Friday 12 April 2013

The National has shared the video for their Trouble Will Find Me opening track, Demons. In the clip, Azar Kazimir, Creative Director at the Michelberger Hotel, paints a mural of the cover artwork on a wall, filmed using time-lapse techniques. The Brooklyn band will release their highly anticipated album on May 20 in Europe and May [...]

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