Simple Minds back in the day were amazing. Before they went all poppy ‘Breakfast Club’ with ‘(Dont You) Forget About Me’, they were actually quite experimental and produced some dance punk gems, namely on their third album, ‘Empires and Dance’.
MP3: Simple Minds – This Fear Of Gods

ZE Records, back in the late 70’s and early 80’s, released some of the best and most iconic No Wave and Mutant Disco tracks of the time. Not just from New York (such as the founders Partner, Lizzy Mercier Descloux) where the label was based, but all over. It pretty much died in the late [...]

So I haven’t posted diddly for awhile, real sorry. I some how fumbled myself into a 9 to 5 job. Bazaar, I know but I’ve learnt some valuable adult life skills by working an honest job. For Example. The majority of middle aged people are the most ridiculous people alive. Vent. Ok, now that ive [...]

Songs are a Sydney based band (featuring members of New Zealand’s post-punk wailers This Night Creeps and Ela Stiles of sisterly-duo The Said Sos) that do only simple things. From their single-syllable handle to their hand-drawn artwork to their music itself; it all has to be simple. Their debut LP makes a smooth transition from [...]

One of the best eclectic mixes I have heard in ages. As good as/better than most Optimo or Glimmers mixes. Huge props to Tosh Ohta (and to one of the best blogs around for the link, The Beat!).
Tracklisting:
# Happy Mondays – Wrote for Luck (Tribute edit) / Tribute
# Moloko – Sing It Back (Mousse T’s [...]

Highly anticipated track by German producer Tensnake, “Coma Cat” will be out very soon on Permanent Vacation so keep your eyes peeled very, very closely. Tensnake also just recently did a RA Podcast (# 187) which features “Coma Cat” in full – the mix is worth checking out.
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“Coma Cat” loosely samples Anthony [...]

Indian Ocean is the brain child of Luke Bacon and John Connell. The Sydney duo describe the piece as a meditative journey from deep sea to open air. Indian Ocean are currently recording their second release.
MP3: Indian Ocean – Indian Ocean

Arthur Russell. Avant garde composer, disco pioneer, and buddhist cello player.
To celebrate the upcoming release of the radio documentary ‘Arthur Russell: Tapes of Thought’ by documentary maker John Connell, Waves at Night received two very rare, previously unreleased and unheard recordings of Arthur Russell – and you guys will be able to stream and hear [...]

[ January 16, 2010; 10:00 pm; ]

Andrew Hogge, otherwise known as Lovefingers, is currently down-under catching waves, eating pies, et. al. and also playing some gigs (hopefully some of you saw him at the Toff on NYE or that Picnic Warehouse party in Sydney). If you missed him (like I did since I was up in sunny QLD), then you should [...]

Well, to be honest this is no real surprise but it is still a sad moment for Australian music. Rowland S. Howard (Boys Next Door, Birthday Party, and his much revered solo work) passed away this Wednesday due to cancer. Its no real secret the man was sick; at his last show in Melbourne he [...]