VALLIS ALPS :: THRU & everything else they've ever even looked at

 Seriously, nothing interesting or important has ever come out of Canberra (let's not get political, ok?) .. until this. (And Jessica Fairburn, but whatever)

Vallis Alps is making me choke on my sandwich and shake my ass down here. They're sticky sweet and simple songs are hooky as hell - don't let their super chill starts catch you at a place you don't want to be seen bouncing your sexy ass around (where would that even be??), each of their 4 released songs build up to bust out serious grooves that beg booty shaking.

I'm apparently within the first 3 million people to discover this bi-hemispheric duo (hailing from Seattle/Canberra according to their soundcloud page), which means that you are now among the chosen and the few. If you like them, give them some love on their TripleJ Unearthed page  - which by the way is an awesome resource for finding evermore aussie talent.

You're welcome.

And I love you.








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JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW - Higher Love and Wicked Game

I love the 80s, and pretty much andything that ever makes me think of the 80s. Remarkably, James Vincent McMorrow's cover takes Steve Winwood's big huge band-tancular song and makes it shine even brighter with a gentle and synth-less call for connection.




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INCREDIBLE :: Obadiah Parker - Hey Ya Cover

Hey Ya

OK, I'm obsessed with this Hey Ya cover by Obadiah Parker. Of course, I love the original by Outkast (Andre 3000), which was voted best song of the millennium at Grantland.com ... but Obadiah's version is much better in my opinion. Obadiah a.k.a. Mat Weddle is a singer/songwriter from Scottsdale, Arizona.



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Balmorhea - Pyrakantha

Like some kind of Tolkien epic, Pyrakantha kind of charges along a journey discovering many different moods and having adventures along the way. It almost sounds, dare I say it, improvisational.

The Avett Brothers - the folks aren't all old

I'm so over sons... lets get brotherly seriousstuff

James Wallace & the Naked Light - More Strange News From Another Star

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PREACH ON :: Sheraton Commander - Lighten The Load

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Mumford and Sons - Awake My Soul

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Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong

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The Evening Cast - love'em

Yep - another Aussie band post!

The Evening Cast has just released their first EP and it's fab. They're in my hometown in Australia - you can see my local pub in the video for "Love is Mine"... and local vegetation in "The Rest" :)





http://www.triplejunearthed.com/TheEveningCast

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