Well, they’ve put together a clip for their single Ticky Ticky Boom. And it comes complete with new-wave clothes and 80′s dance moves. Good times guaranteed*.

* “Good times” is a subjective term and no refund is offered in case of dissatisfaction with the “good time” you may experience.

There’ll be food and refreshments, so head on down for your chance at fame.

indiekids.org

I did, when I came across the blog “Teaching the Indie Kids To Dance Again” @ indiekids.org

Sadly, it’s no longer updated, but it’s still a small mine of information about obscure artists and reviews of songs. (The MP3s linked on the site are now non-existent but it’s still worth a read. The last post features Australia’s own Augie March, who were obscure in the US at the time. At 53,634 listeners I think they may still be.)

I don’t really need to continue to talk the blog up, do I?

Too bad if I do.

It’ll be your loss if “Check it, yo!” isn’t enough motivation for you.
* Pro-tip: indiekids.com is currently available, I don’t love it enough to actually purchase it. GO GO

Confused? Don’t be. Just watch and let the anxiety melt away…

(Tom’s 8-bit cover of The Magnetic Fields‘ All My Little Words. mp3. More free tracks.)

INFURMASHUNZ
Indieduction
tommilsom.com
myspace.com/tomandhisuke
youtube.com/user/hexachordal
dailybooth.com/hexachordal

Tickets are $20 for unenlightened souls who dont have an RTRfm subscription, $15 for those who do. Doors open at 11:30 (at the Somerville Auditorium, UWA) and the show goes to 10pm.

See here for the RTRfm page on it – with full lineup and details

There’s something about this band that just makes dancing, jumping or simply smiling a necessity, and so far the only means of a BBB! fix has been at one of their few gigs or listening to one of the two downloads available free from their triple j unearthed profile. Finally a debut is upon us and ready to be launched:

Event on facebook

Date: 28th March 2009
Time: 8PM – 11:35 PM
Description: 
Boys Boys Boys! will raise the disco ball and polish the dance floor for their album launch on 28 March at Amplifier Bar Perth.
The album YES was lovingly recorded at Sumo Sound Studio by Laurie McCallum and is the first release for Boys Boys Boys!

Warming the stage for the Boys! will be Perth favourites New Rules for Boats for their first show after an 8 months hiatus.

And getting the party started will be the charming Hayley Beth and band The Hayley Beth Love Affliction, followed by JJJ Unearthered featured artists Voltaire Twins.

Boys Boys Boys! on triplejunearthed.com
Boys Boys Boys! page on facebook
http://www.myspace.com/boysboysboyz

Everyone’s talking about the Black Kids – Rolling stones named them as a band to watch in 2008, their ads are all up over last.fm etc.
Haven’t found myself a fan of this indie pop/rock outfit, just didn’t hit the spot with me. However I found an awesome remix of ‘I’m not gonna teach your Boyfriend how to dance with you’ that really made an impression on me. You decide whether the original’s better than the remix.

Get the Remix here (at the bottom of the post)
Watch the original -

Now for the Black Ghosts – great stuff, just brilliant. A joint project between past members of Simian and The Wiseguys, they already have a fair bit of experience behind them. The duo aims to be Gothic;

Gothic (adj). (often initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a style of literature characterized by a gloomy setting, grotesque, mysterious, or violent events, and an atmosphere of degeneration and decay

This is as opposed to gothic as a genre of music. This has a lot to do with the childhood of both members of the duo. So check out the vid of Any Way You Choose to Give it ->

If you’re itching for some remixes though, check out Missingtoof’s collection.

“Obsessively chosen Band line ups from perth and abroad, aligned with the grandest of DJ’s Playing the classics alongside the hottest new selection of underground indie rock music, all compiled with passion to make you dance to the death and shake your skulls off.
The Horror Shop is an environment, forged from the underground to cater to a whole new breed of kids with a passion for party…So come, sell your soul and become a part of THE HORROR SHOP.”
Sounds enticing doesn’t it? It should be. The Horror Shop is an awesome setup, facilitating the promotion of awesome local and Australian indie bands.

Opening last week with a lineup that featured Ichi the Killer, Boys Boys Boys, Wales, and Bamodi, The Horror shop is set to terrify this week with The Voltaire Twins, Shock!Horror! and Team Sport, alongside local DJs Brendan Jay, DJ Bloody Skull and ‘RTR’s main music man’, Dave ‘the Cutter’ Cutbush.

So. Every Saturday night from ten till late, upstairs at Shape (that’s 237 Hay St). Check it out.

Event on Facebook
Official Website

Frankie

Featuring reviews, interviews, intelligent and interesting journalism, advertisements that actually appeal and features on the designers, musicians and artists you wish you’d heard about before, Frankie is the magazine your art-school friends all dream of writing for.

For those too poor or cheap to actually buy a copy, their website is more than an advertisement for the latest issue. The blog contains entries about the kind of art, music, fashion and craft you’ll find in the “official” magazine, but it’s free to read, print and compile for a homemade-looking homage.

Equal in taste to Frankie magazine but richer in calcium, folate and vitamin A are the black-eyed beans (so titled to avoid confusion with and Google hits for the band the Black-Eyed Peas [Actually, we could use the search hits, we need the exposure]). If you happen to be stuck for inspiration at your next dinner party, perhaps you could try a dish featuring one of the ingredients mentioned in this entry. Consider especially the impression you’d like to make on your guests. The decision between a gourmet roulade de papier mache and an ethnic black-eyed bean hummus or dal could make or break your reputation as a host.

Even if you’re not waiting for their sophomore LP,”Teeth Lost, Hearts Won”, triple j favourites The Grates’ blog, FUTURE OR OTHERWISE is worth checking out. Full of their typical shenanigans and studio progress, it might even make you want to listen to their music. For those who can’t get enough of their video diary entries (unlikely), they also have a YouTube channel.

If you need to fill the gap in your indie music collection, Pae has pretty much done the work for me this post and reviewed some songs on the triple j Unearthed website (charmedquark: check out Tokyo Spares).

/laziest post ever