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I confess to being a tad embarrassed with this one. Caribou came to my notice (and MP3 player) about 5 or 6 months back. And I misplaced them. Sorry. Fortunately I was trawling through indiemuse today, noticed the name, sat there going “I know this guy’s stuff” and then the penny dropped. When I changed [...]

I spotted Laura B over at the Guardian – Band Of The Day back in September. The line that caught my attention was :Laura B (The Fantastic to her friends) is that rarity, a woman who not only writes, sings and performs her own material but also handles all the gadgetry in the studio and [...]

Flicking through the channels this week I was galvanised by the video of The Galvatrons. This four piece is from my hometown of Melbourne and I can’t quite put my finger on what it is about them that jars though, it’s almost as though they are laughing through all that hair. Some hype from the [...]

While checking out some recent additions to the NPR Second Stage RSS feed, I spotted  Absentee and their song “Shared“. Now on paper, if there was ever a band that I shouldn’t like, these guys would be right up there near the top. Why? Well let’s see.. They’re a countryish band As a rule I [...]

Susanna And The Magical Orchestra are a duo from Oslo, keyboard player Morten Qvenild and singer Susanna Karolina Wallumrød. Susanna And The Magical Orchestra can be found at the place where popmusic, electronica and jazz all intersect. Have a listen to “Believer” over at http://www.myspace.com/susannamagical. Its a wonderful languid piece that just unfolds at it’s [...]

Bloody TV ads. First it was Sony and Jose Gonzalez, next up it was Apple with Feist, then it was Vodafone with  Charlie Parr and now it’s Vodafone again, this time with Pearl and the Puppets and “Because I Do”. (For those of you from overseas here is a link to the ad in question. [...]

To quote from Wikipedia… Efterklang (the Danish word for remembrance and reverberation) is a post-pop group formed on January 2001 in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. The group consists of five core members (Mads Brauer, Casper Clausen, Thomas Husmer, Rune Mølgaard & Rasmus Stolberg). OK, I still haven’t figured out “postrock” and now I have to [...]