Originally leaked as just "Баллада Военной Машины Клип" with no other explanation, this new video from Midnight Juggernauts was meant to look like it was from some long lost Russian pop band. "Ballad of the War Machine" definitely has that early 70's psychedelic pop sound, but the decidedly un-Russian sounding Aussie accents give away that this ( Read more... )

Jamaica's kind of become the "it" place for hip indie bands right now, even if you're an Australian band like the always amazing Van She. Kinda makes you want to plan a vacation, no?

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Despite having only released one song thus far, Saint Lou Lou have already made me a fan with their beautifully dreamy, "Maybe You". The band consists of twin sisters born and raised in Sweden and Australia, which as far as I'm concerned is the holy grail of pop music heritage. I've been consistently coming back to this song again and again for ( Read more... )

Australia's Michelle Jenneke became internet famous this week when this video of her winning the 110 meter hurdles last weekend at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona went viral for the little dance she did pre-race to stretch/get rid of the jitters. It's only the cutest, most adorable things you've ever seen this side of a box of ( Read more... )

I can't really think of a better idea for a music video for a song whose only lyrics are "I'm looking at you / You look at me" than to set it to Sergio Leone's frequent and multiple close up shots on people's eyes from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. I mean, Leone basically made his career on people looking at one each other. I guarantee that you ( Read more... )

Have you ever thrown a random song you know nothing about from a band you've never heard of before into iTunes only to have you mind blown almost immediately after you hit play? That was my experience just now after picking out "Pan" at random from my download folder. I'm not even sure where I originally downloaded this song, but man, am I glad I ( Read more... )

Yay! Van She are back! I thought the band had broken up for good when they all split up to do their own things, but not only are they back with a new video but apparently there will also be a second album out this summer too. This is very good news indeed. The song is classic retro 80's Aussie dance pop and the video, well it's pretty much ( Read more... )

Although I've heard of them before, I hadn't actually heard anything by Architecture In Helsinki until their new single "Contact High" came out. The song starts out with a very heavy electro sound, almost like Green Velvet with vocals by Mika, but by the time you get to the chorus it sounds more like Tahiti 80 with synth. I can't get this catchy ( Read more... )

Cut Copy has an amazing new video for an amazing new song called 'Need You Now'. It's the kind of epic that Cut Copy does so well. The video starts out semi-normal enough, with various athletes running in slow motion but as it goes on it just gets more and more ape shit crazy. This is a really fun video to watch.

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Dance music out of Australia right now hits just the right balance between 80's New Wave nostalgia and modern electronic club music in a way I've absolutely fallen in love with. Right up there with a band like Cut Copy is Bag Raiders, who finally after what's felt like years of great singles released their self-titled debut in Australia back in ( Read more... )