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Blending pulsing synths with a simple beat, this song is reminiscent of something Passion Pit could have done, but without the sometimes high and grating vocals and the overly layered messiness inherent in some of their songs. It’s not overdone.

The bridge’s piano line is catchy and provides a bit of light relief from the repetitive but infectious synth lines.

It’s basically a great catchy pop song.

Grab a free download from Spinner here.

Score: 8/10

additional tags: Miike Snow, Animal

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Which is lucky on more than one level, seeing they’re my ISP.
But more importantly, the ramifications this has for the way ISP’s deal with the downloading of illegal content are serious.
Justice Dennis Cowdroy ruled and set the precedent that ISP’s are not responsible for their customers downloading habits.
This means that the “3 strikes” proposal is basically made impossible to implement, which is good. On the surface.
Speculation is pointing towards copyright owners now – instead of warning users and disconnecting their internet temporarily – moving straight to suing individuals. Which is not good.

I’m still wondering…

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Friendly Fires released their successful debut self-titled album in September of 2008, and re-released it in August of 2009 containing an extra 3 songs, remixes, and a live DVD. “Jump In The Pool” is the second single from the album.

Opening with light, floating synths, drums enter in a manner akin to something you would expect to hear in a tribal ritual on some far-flung exotic corner of the earth (albeit one possibly stereotyped by Hollywood, the only type I know having experienced none first-hand). It all sounds very tropical, the throbbing base emphasising certain lyrical points…

Looking back on this year’s list, personally, I thought it was pretty good. A lot of the songs I voted for got in, but there were also a lot of great songs that I was pleased got a placing that I didn’t vote for. I also heard a few cool songs I hadn’t heard before, which is always good. I was happy with number 1 too. “Little Lion Man” is a great song

That said, I will admit, it seemed like there was a lot more electronic/techno music, which might not have been to everyone’s tastes. But this is a…

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The noise pop duo involving Brian King on guitar and David Prowse on drums are known as Japandroids, and are another excellent example of how two musicians can buck misconceptions in the musical community about the size of bands and their potential. They create a raw, distorted, expansive sound, with both members sharing vocal duties for the band.

Their debut album, "Post-Nothing", is currently up on my "need-to-acquire-desperately-soon" list, and received some very good reviews on it's release mid last year. The "Post-Nothing" wiki page classifies them as "Garage Rock" as well, but I'm going to…

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Pure light-hearted catchy indie-rock fun. It's the kinda track you forget exists sometimes.

It bursts out with ascending guitar riffs that pave the way for the "Oh oh oh"'s throughout the song. Simplistic drumming keeps you tapping along, with captivating rhythms and melodies flying throughout the whole song, never relenting or letting up for a moment.

Bass lines fill the void in some verses, but it's really the hooks in the vocal parts and the guitar riffs that drag you in. The layered shouting from various members brings the song to a close, but leaves you wanting more and…

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With great precision, this track from Oxford 5 piece Foals seems to have a mechanical balance about it. Lightly dispersed pop-sensible guitar lines move over the top of a catchy drum beat, but it isn’t the individual parts that define this song. It’s how it’s executed.

With the introduction of some ascending trumpets in the background, the repeated lyrics (“We fly balloons on this fuel we call love”) build up to a breaking point in the bridge. It’s very climactic, and despite it’s use of repetition, it’s very infectious. Warning you of my lack of in-depth genre knowledge, I’m…

Is going to be where I duplicate posts from my music blog. I've got quite a few back ones, so I highly doubt I'll be importing all of them. I'll just chuck the last few in.

This is all basically because I don't wanna get in trouble for "spamming" shout boxes with links to relevant articles.