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Lions At Your Door

August 3, 2009 · 1 comment

lions at your door

The long-awaited debut EP for Australian band Lions At Your Door is finally out and it’s a very happening dancefloor filling indie-punk-jazz-rock recording which captures the raw energy of their live shows. Recorded at Sydney’s Linear Recordings (Teenager, Empire of the Sun, Lost Valentinos, INXS) the independently funded release was produced and mixed by the band themselves. Working with engineer Chris Vallejo, all tracks on the EP were recorded live to tape using analog recording equipment.

Beck / Lost Cause
Apparently Beck wrote most of the Sea Change album after breaking up with a long-term girlfriend. I don’t wish ill on the guy, but if songs like this come out of his broken relationships, I hope it happens again.

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gang gang dance

Named after the patron saint of outsiders, taboo subject matter and general disorder, Gang Gang Dance’s new album, Saint Dymphna is a stunning follow-up to the critically acclaimed, God’s Money. With cinematic production — characterised by 1970s Brian Eno intricacy and 2000s Timbaland immediacy — Saint Dymphna is Gang Gang Dance’s finest work to date.

Ryuichi Sakamoto / Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
From the soundtrack with the same name as this. It’s just an amazing piece of music: serene, austere (in a heavy, beautiful way), emotional, a great mix of electronic sounds, patient, and a wonderful melody, with a quality of yearning for a better place. Every time I listen to this song, it puts me in a trance.

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