hatrick

i'm not the sportiest ball in the net, and this blog does not have anything to do with cricket. but the ashes did start last night and it would appear that i am getting really good at terrible wordplay in my blog titles.

so, my hatrick has nothing to do with the australian cricket team, but 3 super talented artists who will knock you out for 6 once you give them a listen. i wanted all of them to be australian to really make my pun pack a punch, but grouper is from oregon. oh well. my top picks from each artist are, surprise surprise, quite introspective, but perfect for today's rainy skies. x

kinematic - pinpoints

kinematic is a band from melbourne, and by the looks of both their myspace and official websites, they have been pretty busy kids over the past few years. i have used my magical powers for good to give you an amazing track from their forthcoming album - which on the down-low, i believe will be called kites. hence the cute cartoon above. like pinpoints, this song will prick you and then stay under your skin from the first tinkle, i'm looking forward to more from these guys this year - shows in melbourne in august, get down there 4 seasoners!

grouper - heavy water/i'd rather be sleeping

liz harris has a dreamy, breathy voice and as the guitar strums open up this song, it feels ethereal. which is good, because sometimes i get stuck on the point that grouper's are big, ugly fish. for just one little lady, grouper has a big sound, but there's nothing ugly about it - this is from the album dragging a dead deer up a hill, and you can listen to all of it to your heart's content right here.

kid sam - the sunday bus

melbourne keeps coming up with the goods, these guys are from there also. 2 cousins, kieran and kishore are the most excellent boys who make up kid sam. they released their self-titled debut a couple of months ago and it's really lovely to listen to when it's rainy. lucky for these boys, it's been wet wet wet lately. although, i would actually listen to kid sam in any climate - i couldn't even pick just one track - here's another one for you. sneaky. kid sam are also doing shows in various places around australia right now - go and see them.