WALTER MEEGO

I'm loving the new direction Walter Meego has taken on their new record, Wondervalley. The duo have moved towards a more matured pop sound and shows them departing from their previous synth saturated endeavors. Lead single 'Starlight' is the perfect example of this where the synths are still there, but it's the guitars that take control. Currently label-less, the guys have placed the whole album up on their souncloud for free, which kinda blows my mind.

WALTER MEEGO - STARLIGHT

TROPHY WIFE

Trophy Wife were undoubtedly one of the biggest and brightest new acts to come out of 2010 and are certainly a force not to be reckoned with in 2011, their brand of minimalistic indie really struck a chord with me and I've really become quite the fan. The Oxford band are set to release the follow up to their incredible debut, 'Microlite' in the form of a double A-side single, 'The Quiet Earth / White Horses' which is due February 28th through Moshi Moshi.

Stream The Quiet Earth below.
Trophy Wife - The Quiet Earth by Anorak London

FOSTER THE PEOPLE

Foster The People's "Pumped Up Kicks" was one of the highlights to 2010, a very accessible pop debut that had everyone talking about the LA trio, so popular in fact that they managed to sign a deal with Columbia. Since then the band have been working on recording new music and have just dropped their latest track, "Helena Beat", a crazy follow up that's going to have you spinning and bouncing for the rest of the Summer. With their debut EP, Pumped Up Kicks just around the corner (Jan 25), the band are set to tour Australia in February with three dates across the east coast- get on it!

FOSTER THE PEOPLE - HELENA BEAT


AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES

Sun Feb 13 BRISBANE, AUS The Zoo
thezoo.com.au

Mon Feb 14 SYDNEY, AUS Oxford Art Factory oxfordartfactory.com

Wed Feb 16 MELBOURNE, AUS Northcote Social Club northcotesocialclub.com

WOLF GANG

Here's the new vid for Wolf Gang's undeniably catchy single, 'Lions In Cages' which was released late last year (still getting used to saying 'last year', quite surreal.)

YOUNG EMPIRES GUEST LIST

On the eve of the Falls Music & Arts Festival (which was fucking rad by the way), I was severely rushed in posting my top albums of 2010 and amongst the chaos of packing and trying to get some sleep I managed to leave out a guest list from those ridiculously talented Canadian lads, Young Empires.
Now that it's 2011 and I'm back into the swing of things, I've had the chance to finally post it and get an insight into what albums made up the year for them.

Behold, Young Empires Top Albums of 2010

#1 Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
#2 Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
#3 Crystal Castles (21)
#4 These New Puritans - Hidden
#5 Caribou - Swim
#6 Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
#7 Broken Bells (album)
#8 Foals - Total Life Forever
#9 Yeasayer - Odd Blood

MYSTERY JETS w/ THE HOLIDAYS AT THE HI-FI BAR, MELBOURNE 05/01/11

I seriously need to upgrade my camera at some point this year, but until then i'll have to settle with what I've got. Here are some snaps from The Mystery Jets show last night with The Holidays supporting; amazing performances and was happy to see the guys throwing in their 'After Dark' collab that they did with the Count & Sinden.