 |
 |
 |
 DAVID McCORMACK The Good Times (Keep Following Me Around) (Das Kong/MGM) Kicking in with a jerky Kinks-styled guitar riff and confidently morphing into the pop simplicity of some of his earliest songs, ‘The Good Times (Keep Following Me Around)’ is the latest long-titled-track from singer/songwriter and former frontman of bands with excellently shortenable names such as The ‘Tard, The ‘Tits and The ‘Roids. It’s the forthcoming single from a new album entitled Little Murders which suggests more of the same, in the best way possible. As usual, there are more gems hidden in the margins as well and the second b-side, whatever it’s called, is very good. Maybe it will be one of the 20 that make it to the album, and the mystery of the missing track titles will be solved forever. RUSHCUTTER Call High Water (Mercury/Universal) Holy shit! James Reyne has a kid that sounds exactly like him, and he’s in this band called Rushcutter. His name is Jaime Robbie Reyne, and seriously, it’s the most amazing impersonation I’ve ever heard. Much better than that one the D-Generation did many years ago on ‘Five In A Row’, but not as funny. The songs are actually quite decent country-tinged pop numbers even if they are a little beige, but damn, that voice! Amazing. I wonder if David Reyne has a kid who is equally as good at hosting trivial morning TV segments between infomercials. THAT would be amazing. Glenn Wheatley’s son is in this band as well, time will tell if he has his father’s gift for tax evasion. DIRT CHILD Rat King (Climbing Hill Records) More left-field sucker punches from my usual pile of garbage I get to wade through each week. Dirt Child is a female rapper from Mudgee who is awesome. There, I said it. ‘Golden Tooth’ sets the pace, which includes the amazing lyric “Don’t bunch me with Trent from Punchy”, in reference more to Shane Skillz then Trent himself I would imagine. The lyrics are jokey yet not pisstakey, the beats are lo-fi and minimal with nice little rumbly synth lines. But it’s her voice which makes the whole thing sound distinctive – a whiny, screechy, twisting squeak spitting raps that really are quite brilliant, and though it’s not the highlight, it’s still awesome to hear disses on the Brand Power lady and Hilltop Hoods. YOUNG HERETICS The Dreamers (Staple/Shock) Young Heretics play a moody blend of weird piano music, soundtracky synths, spiky disjointed beats, occasional messy guitars and quirky pop on The Dreamers, their debut EP. They are a two-piece consisting of twins Matthew Wright and Kitty Heart who clearly had a very specific vision for their project, and it’s very well realised and cinematic in scope. The melodrama and self importance projected is completely over the top, but this is actually their best asset and takes it out of the dreary boredom of run-of-the-mill singer-songwriter boy/girl duos. It may be a little ridiculous, but at least it’s interesting. ROKEBY VENUS Rokeby Venus (Independent) ‘Party Song’ kicks off the CD and is an amazing amalgamation of some of the most disparate influences and segments from a bizarre assortment of tracks boiled down into a hippy acoustic jam. It’s like The Cat Empire or something, but also sounds like ‘Ride With Me’ by Nelly or some shit played by someone on an acoustic guitar at a bbq. Then the second song sounds like Irish folk reggae played by someone on an acoustic guitar at a bbq. Rokeby Venus are not at all earnest or pretentious which is definitely their strength, this EP is practically wearing thongs. Personally, I’m against thongs, and even sandals for that matter. I think it shows disrespect for people who have to look at your toes. But that’s just me. |
