Archive for July 2013

Listen: She's So Rad - Last Dance EP

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Auckland shoegazers She's So Rad are taking a different tack on a new EP for Japanese label Wonderful Noise. The Last Dance EP sees songwriter/producer Jeremy Toy (Sommerset, Open Souls) taking an analogue dominated walk down the path of disco and boogie, finding itself somewhere between ESG and Talking Heads' funkier productions. It was recorded in 24bit and at 88.2khz (for you non-sound nerds out there, they're measurements of sound resolution - similar to how a photo can be taken in a high resolution) to give it the highest fidelity possible, so that the vinyl pressing will be drawing its reproduction from the highest quality source material. 

While the full EP isn't up online, here's a digest of it via Wonderful Noise's Soundcloud.









Listen: The Naked and Famous - Hearts Like Ours

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About to release a follow-up to their highly successful record Passive Me, Aggressive You, The Naked and Famous have released a single from the forthcoming In Rolling Ways. After releasing a series of EPs (and first appearing on Awesome Feeling - see our post on the 2007 compilation here), the band made it big in 2010, with their youth anthem Young Blood hitting #1 on the NZ singles chart and going on to chart in various places worldwide.

Hearts Like Ours isn't the immediate rush of Young Blood, but that would be asking a lot. It's still a dreamy, cinematic track that oozes youthful nostalgia. Pre-orders of the album are available on iTunes and the song was premiered by Zane Lowe at BBC Radio 1 in the UK last night. Check it out via the Soundcloud widget below.




Via Under The Radar

Listen: Unknown Mortal Orchestra cover Otis Redding's (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

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Check out Unknown Mortal Orchestra's flawless cover of (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay. The band is on tour this month and the Auckland show is reportedly just a few tickets away from selling out, so get in quick and grab tickets at Under The Radar.

Thursday July 18 - ReFuel, Dunedin
Friday July 19 - Kings Arms, Auckland
Saturday July 20th – Bodega, Wellington