I have seriously got to get myself down under. The majority of music that has been coming out of Australia for the past decade has been amazing. More recently, electro and indie pop has been dominating the music scene but a large handful of these artists never make it out of the Southern Hemisphere since their music isn’t available to North America. A perfect example of this phenomenon is Tim & Jean‘s utterly amazing debut album, Like What, being exclusively available for purchase on Itunes Australia for the time being. You have no idea how many people have asked me how I managed to get the album myself. It helps to have hook-ups.
Xavier Bacash and Lionel Towers create music that is an awesome example of the mad talent coming out of Australia. The duo, better known as Gypsy & The Cat, are originally from the massive city of Melbourne but spend the majority of their time in the UK. They’ve only been around for the better part of a few years, but have been getting massive amounts of coverage on both islands since the release of their debut album, Gilgamesh, last November. The album is a smörgåsbord of super catchy, upbeat, perfect-for-summer tunes. If these guys are news to your ears, you’re in for a treat.
Speaking of treats, I just learned how to use Mediafire for all you lovely readers. If the songs I post aren’t downloadable via SoundCloud, click on the link below it and voila. I promise I won’t give you a virus or something.
I am still in shock as to how the concert I went to on Tuesday night sold out.
When I first heard that LA based Foster The People were coming to Vancouver, I was ecstatic. I had gotten wind of the fifteen-ish dollar tickets going on sale about three weeks after they were released. I asked a handful of my friends if they’d be interested in coming with me, but only one actually knew who they were and the rest didn’t want to go to a show where they didn’t know the artist. A couple months later, I went back to the record store to get a few more tickets for my now interested friends but only to find that the show was sold out. I couldn’t believe it. When I first bought the tickets and would tell people that I was excited for the concert, they would look at me with a completely blank face, saying that they’d never heard of the group. Now, all I can hear about is how jealous everyone is that I managed to get tickets. Weird.
Needless to say, it was an amazing day of music for me. It started off in the afternoon when a local radio station announced the location of a secret acoustic show. We managed to get down to the closed off and completely packed street in the middle of the rainy city just in time for the short set. Long story short, I seriously hope these guys will consider releasing an acoustic album. They were absolutely phenomenal raw and without all the added synths and electricity.
Several hours later, my friend and I headed to the obviously originally named Venue, and got ourselves comfortable at the front. After a bit of standing around, the crowds started to gather around us. Minutes later, a group of guys who looked like they were straight out of the 80’s walked on stage and the lead singer quietly said “We are The Chain Gang Of 1974.” Once again my day got even better. The group that was now rocking their hearts out on stage are the live version of the music from the incredibly passionate Kamtin Mohager. I don’t think I have ever seen someone with as much energy and love for what they were doing on stage before in my life. Even when I was talking to him after the show, it was blatantly obvious how much he puts into his work and how thankful he was to hear that people enjoy it. Be on the lookout for his upcoming album Wayward Fire that will be released later this month.
The incredible high energy of the show continued as Mark Foster and the gang took to the stage. They opened with the epic song Waste and cycled through their entire album for the duration of their set. One thing that I loved so much about their performance was that nobody ever stood still. Everyone was constantly moving around and playing different instruments, trading off, sharing drums etc. It was really a truly entertaining thing to see. The show ended when the boys decided to leave the stage and come back for an encore to play their incredibly popular tune Pumped Up Kicks. I’m pretty sure that every person in the venue was singing along to it, hopefully knowing that the lyrics aren’t really all that happy.
If Foster The People and TCGO1974 are coming to your city on this tour, I highly suggest you get some tickets ASAP. They were both incredible performers and from the looks of it, on their way to a completely sold out tour.
Gotta love the three for one deals,
Grant.
The Chain Gang Of 1974 – Matter Of Time
The Chain Gang Of 1974 – Hold On
Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks (Live Acoustic Session)
I don’t usually post on Sundays, so consider this a little treat for you lovely internet folk.
Today I’m going downtown for a friend’s birthday. Strange right? Strange for the fact that I’m going out for once (I’m kind of a loser), the fact that it’s a Sunday, and the fact that I work in exactly twelve hours.
Since the sun is shining and it’s been a pretty chilled out day, I’m going to set you up with a chilled-out-but-yet-exciting-enough-to-get-you-dancing version of the ever popular Phoenix song, Lisztomania to match the weather here in the city. This surfaced on the wide open web a few weeks back and if you didn’t catch it, you can download it below.
If you happen to be up at 5:30 AM tomorrow morning, please send me an email to make my phone buzz so I wake up for work on time,
Grant.
SomeSortOfMusic(at)gmail(dot)com
Edwin Van Cleef – Lisztomatia (ft. Jane Elizabeth Hanley)
Bonus
For those getting stoked for his upcoming EP in in July.
I swear that the UK is just an island of talent and is a breeding ground for incredible musicians. It started with The Beatles and The Stones and hasn`t stopped since.
Graeme Shepherd is yet another product of the island of accents. You`ve probably never heard the name, but have heard his music before. If I refer to him as his stage name, GRUM, you might be a bit more familiar with him. His debut album, Heartbeats, was released almost exactly a year ago and was taken very well by the electronic music fans of this silly little world. The album was even compared to the likes of Daft Punk`s Discovery, for it`s disco groove and timeless sound. Aside from the album, he has reworked many other tracks from other artists and is just as good at that.
Ah yes. Once again, songs that I have kicking around with a completely unknown story behind them.
From what I could find, Kamtin Mohager is the name of the guy behind the music. He was born in San Jose and raised in Hawaii. You would have never guessed that from listening to these songs which are awesome I might add. The first one makes me think that it would be the result if Passion Pit, Tears For Fears, LCD Soundsytem, and Justice had created a baby of sound, born into the 80’s. The rest are just super catchy, upbeat, disco electro gems.
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