Collarbones Collaboration

Collarbones' debut album Iconography was released earlier this year, a collaboration between Sydney boy Marcus Whale and Adelaide's Travis Cook. What first intrigued me to look into their music was the fact that the two constructed and created the album over the internet using file sharing.  Described as objectively as 'Great late night, sample-heavy electronica',  but Travis had a something a little more fittingly obscure to say...
'In an old interview I described Collarbones as "what it sounds like when you stick a second-hand Rihanna CD into your stereo and it skips every now and again. You're not sure whether you like it or not." That tired smile is okay, except now maybe there are a couple of other CDs battling for supremacy in the disc charger. Instead of skipping, the CDs melt together and morph into a hologram of JonBenet Ramsey's disembodied head.' http://collarbonesband.tumblr.com/
In my opinion, I think Iconography as collective of songs is a little disjointed, but I like the experimental kind of journey it takes you on.  The songs on the album are based on the foundations of samples of beats, synths and instrumentals all mixed and matched together in a colliding fashion which suprisingly manages to flow and the more I listen to it the more I get it. Their sound is more atmospheric and doesn't really coincide with a song or genre structure. Considering all of this was made without face-to-face contact, I think we will be hearing a lot more from Collarbones in the future. Here's a few I enjoy.

Tashkent- Collarbones
Malone- Collarbones
Don Juan- Collarbones

Gotye Gets Animated



Awesome official film clip for Gotye's Bronte, from the new album Making Mirrors. This unique film clip reminds me of Where The Wild Things Are and is some amazing animation accompanying an equally amazing song.
Directed and animated by Ari Gibson at Mechanical Apple. Background art by Jason Pamment.

High-five for lo-fi

I've been sick of the squeaky clean indie pop sound that typically presents itself to me just a little too much on the radio lately which has lead me to a phase of dabbling in the lo-fi, grunge/garage rock movements of the 80s and 90s. I was probably in the same boat as majority of the population when faced with the question of my favourite grunge/lo-fi rock bands from this era- maybe Silverchair? Nirvana? Incubus? I was satisfied with what I knew from growing up with Rage on Saturday mornings and still enjoyed them. BUT I've looked further past the 'familiar' exterior of the 90s for something refreshingly different and I've rediscovered the delight of the slack attitude, rough edges, likeable imperfections and lyrical focus of the 90s. Here are some shining examples.

Hey- Pixies (1989)


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