I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel that the musical side of this blog is tending toward electro-indie. Unfortunately this entry isn’t an exception. =D 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 [...]

“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 [...]

Frankie is an almost-A4 sized glossy Australian magazine printed with aesthetically pleasing, brightly coloured inks. The perfect accessory to keep in your bag with textbooks for the student needing some alternative cred, the cover usually features a sweet, well-dressed girl with an outfit that the struggling indie girl (or cross-dressing boy) can emulate. Featuring reviews, [...]

The Slow Beings are another artist on amazing label Hidden Shoal recordings – for those of you who don’t remember the entry where we gave links to their free compilation albums, here it is. They are launching their album (we know why the earth moves) tomorrow! At 8 pm on saturday the 28th of June [...]

Sexy awesome indie electro band from Brazil are raging across the world, gaining publicity from an apple add that featured one of their songs (music is my hot, hot sex + the ipod touch) Colourful and fun, these guys do a mad live show and make music that makes you want to have sex. They’ve [...]

Looks like Radiohead really has set a trend. Girl talk are releasing their album (Feed the Animals) over the internet with the ‘pay what you want’ scheme that Radiohead pioneered. The only difference is that regardless of what you pay, you still get top quality 320kbps tracks – and if you pay more than $5 [...]

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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 [...]

… is a great Audiosurf song. That’s right ladies and gentlemen. It makes for a bouncy, fast paced and fun experience with this brilliant game. That’s wild strawberries by Pnau. Have a go

By “weekly”, I didn’t actually mean “spontaneously, or on a schedule of whenever the fuck I can be bothered” – but internet access in my house has been non-existent (I came home and someone had buttraeped my router). Plus I’ve been having trouble with file hosting websites so you can just find and download the [...]

Yeah it’s one word. Funny how there are so many references in pop culture to tokyo. There’s the Tokyo Police Club, Tokyo Blonde, Birds of Tokyo, the song ‘Tokyo Moon’ by Windmill and the song ‘Bitches in Tokyo’ by stars. Anyway these guys are an experimental/jungle band carrying elements of post punk (and hailing from [...]

A real jewel among artists, Shara Warden (the magician behind My Brightest Diamond) mixes genres in a melting pot of wonders, and with a beautiful voice to top it off makes music that is as delectable as it is varied. As an ex-music student myself, I am well equipped to appreciate the finer elements of [...]

First up: Fiona Apple PeTA may use celebrity culture in the hopes of wooing the impressionable masses, which I can sort of see the value in, but it is a bit of a double-edged sword (who’s going to take Steve-O srsly?) I’m not going to insult anybody’s intelligence or preach to the (sadly minority of) [...]

Ok so I’m a bit late with this but hey. It has to be said, better now than never. I’m a big fan of these guys, ever since I saw them at the big day out ’07. So when I saw them playing with Little Birdy in Forrest Chase early last year, I bought their [...]

I’m probably biased in favour of Swedish bands but oh well, two for you today. Firstly let’s have a look at the adorable Hello Saferide. Honestly you couldn’t much sweeter even if you tried really, really hard. Her voice is candy and the music is just lovely Have a listen to The best Night of [...]

The Tigers’ newest release ‘Beautiful Forest’ is an oh so delicious cake. Songs firmly grounded in twiny guitar and complimented by brass make up the majority of the tracks, but in no way does this limit the artists’ capacity for a large spectra of variety in both the subject matter and tone of each slice [...]

Your beat kicks back like death. Wouldn’t have thought so huh? When I first heard this song I thought it must have been by the Smiths, so similar is it in style esp. vocals. So it’s no wonder that Jens Lekman often gets compared to Morrisey. Your beat kicks back like death is truly a [...]

Living in Perth, the opportunity to tick an artist off of any “Bands to See Before I Die” list happens quite rarely, with Summer festivals the main opportunity to see acts not played on commercial radio. But in the same week, Indie ‘royalty’ Interpol and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah each played to a packed [...]

AaRON stands for ‘Artificial Animals Riding on Neverland’. Quite a whimsical name for a dreamy french duo. Some lovely music here. Get into it if you liked the Amelie soundtrack O-Song – AaRON (mp3)

I must admit I have never been to an event by RTRfm but I look forward to this one – a celebration of talented indie bands. Gonna be held in the Somerville Auditorium at UWA, ringed by pine trees so it should be lovely. Tickets up for $25 – get them at 78′s, concert on [...]