Top 25 - 25 April, 2016

Garbage!

1. Little Earthquake - Honest





2. The Raffaellas - Control (Had It, Lost It) (NEW)





Matt's Pick of the Week: It feels like it's been forever since we've heard something new from The Raffaellas. But in good news for fans of the quality musics, the Melbourne four-piece are back with a new EP, Dreams Out of Reach and it is a good'un. Second single 'Control (Had It, Lost It)' stands alongside hits from local contemporaries like Birds of Tokyo and The Temper Trap, which is why you'll ask yourself why you haven't heard it getting played to death on radio. When it comes to Australian rock outfits, it's the quality tracks that tend to get a ton of radio play. And 'Control' has all the hallmarks of a radio-worthy track. It's guitar driven, lightly bluesy and likely to find itself stuck in your head long after you've finished listening. Mostly, it's just a great song you're going to be coming back to for more listens. A most very welcome return from The Raffaellas indeed. (Matt Bond)


3. Phebe Starr - Feel My Love





4. Auguste - Kingdom





5. Garbage - Empty (NEW)


 


6. Landings - My Bones





7. Sarah Blasko - I Wanna Be Your Man





8. Alex Watts - Hopeful (NEW)





Jo's Pick of the Week: Alex Watts wrote this cute little ‘Hopeful’ song with all its retro inspired melodies and drum breaks, but I’ll be honest and say it wasn’t until I saw the clip that I was really addicted. I couldn’t decide if it was more awesome than awkward or more awkward than awesome, but the concept of trying to hook up with oneself is a conversation I had with a very good friend only days ago, so I’ve pretty much decided that Alex dating himself up has to be an awesome thing. I said the same thing about my friend dating himself. Hot? Also, the slightly awkward dance moves of a man who seems to be able to move his arms and legs while keeping his hips completely and totally still has pretty much blown my mind which equals awesome, and just to add to that whole awesome concept, I need to know where to get myself one of those black and white spot skirts, because I’d totally hook up with myself in one of those. (Jo Michelmore)


9. Gordi - Wanting (NEW)


 

10. Seavera - Caving





11. Youngsmith - Red (NEW)


 

12. Emily Wurramara - Ngerraberrakernama (Wake Up)





13. The Temper Trap - Fall Together





14. Sara Hartman - Monster Lead Me Home (NEW)


 


15. Juke Jaxon - Memory Man





16. Alex Lahey - You Don't Think You Like People Like Me





17. Emma Louise - Talk Baby Talk





18. Clare Maguire - The Valley (NEW)


 


19. Winterbourne - Shape





20. Old Sault - Ghost





21. Sneaky Sound System - I Ain't Over You (NEW)


 


22. Flume ft. Tove Lo - Say It (NEW)


 


23. Darling James - The Itch





24. Sun Sap - Mexico (NEW)


 


25. Jesse Redwing - Crawlin' Up The Walls

Top 25 - 17 August, 2014

Harts looking left... MKO looking right.

1. Tkay Maidza - U-Huh (3 weeks at #1!)





2. Harts - Red and Blue (NEW)





3. Curxes - Valkyrie





4. MKO - Puddles (NEW)





5. #1 Dads ft. Ainslie Wills - So Soldier





6. Bec Sandridge - Over The Sea





7. Little May - Dust





8. Montaigne - I Am Not An End (NEW)





9. Coach Bombay - Girls (NEW)





10. The Griswolds - Right On Track





11. Kimbra - Miracle





12. Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me (NEW)





13. Mirror Talk - 1997





14. Jim Lawrie - Just Like Normal





15. Tulane - But I Say (NEW)





16. Amy Shark - Spits On Girls





17. The Twoks - Hey





18. The Lumineers - Visions of China (NEW)





19. Babaganouj - Bluff





20. Royal Blood - Figure It Out (NEW)





21. Alex Watts - Reunited (NEW)





22. Clairy Browne and the Bangin' Rackettes - Jenny





23. Bear's Den - Elysium (NEW)





24. LIGHTS - Portal (NEW)





25. HOWQUA - Fishing For Gold

Video Review - Reunited

Reunited

by Alex Watts

EP: Sing Strum and Strut (available now)

When I think about some of the most memorable music clips, some of them are all action and drama and bam and dancing and cigarettes and alcohol and...wait, maybe that's just a blur of memories combined with something I saw in a movie once. Ok, start again, when I think about some of the most memorable music clips, some are all action, but the ones that seem to stick are the more subtle ones; I'm thinking the likes of Radiohead's 'No Surprises', Janelle Monae's 'Cold War', Jessie Ware's 'Wildest Moments', even the much copied and sometimes now kind of dull Sinead O'Connor's 'Nothing Compares 2U' are all clips that use the simplest shots and let the songs they represent do the talking. It's not a new trick, but when it's done well, it's a perfectly stunning trick. Which brings me to a clip which came to my attention this week, by Melbourne's Alex Watts. 

'Reunited' is the third song on Alex Watt's EP, Sing Strum and Strut and what a song it is. A story of love, lust and love and lust lost, the clip is shot simply in black and white, a close up of Alex showing the pure emotion behind the first beautiful lyrics, his eyes closed; is that a sense of desperation or depression one is watching? Either way, it's hard to look away and when I realise there is another person behind him, I know this is a clip I won't be skipping through, this is a simple story that I need to see and my eyes are desperate to know where I'm going to be led. Guest vocalist Seri Vida is the voice beside and behind his; her gorgeous, strong tones complimenting Alex's and the uncomplicated scene that is being created resting back to back in combination with the complexity of the song's themes is absolutely magnificent, exactly as it should be. This is a perfectly stunning song and a perfectly stunning clip to match. It's this type of clip that stays in the mind and this type of song that sticks in the memory and the fact that I'm still singing the chorus to myself a day later is a testament to the talents of Alex, his songwriting and his clip making abilities. Perfectly simple, perfectly perfect.

Jo Michelmore gives the 'Reunited' clip four Thom Yorke heads out of five... 


Alex Watts is playing shows all over the country right now and if you head over to our gig guide you can check out all the dates and venues, then head over to his facebook page and hit like, because you do, right?