Top 25 - 28 February, 2016

Ngaiire, Sans Parents, Chris Watts + Harts!

1. Ngaiire - Diggin (NEW)





Jo's Pick of the Week: Yes. Yes! YES. Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. That’s still not enough. So, so, so, so, so, so very happy to finally hear a new track from one of our very favourites, Ngaiire and while I’m going to type a bunch of words about ‘Diggin’ what I really want to say is just…YES. Yes because the wait for new material has seemed so long, but I guess that’s partly because her previous track ‘Once’ and the album Lamentations before that were so, so, so, so, so, so very good but let’s just say the wait was so worth it. Yes because this is everything we love about Ngaiire – yes there’s a groove that can’t be denied, yes there’s the beats that can’t be held down, yes there’s those powerful vocals of Ngaiire’s (and I can’t help but mention the incredible backing singers that are definitely not part of the background) and yes because the words, while we’re all dancing ‘cause we can’t stop and we won’t stop there’s the fabulous Ngaiire telling a tale of so much more than our dance moves. There is nothing and I mean nothing not to love about this track. Love, love, love, love, love, love, loveloveloveloveloveLOVE and one more: yes! (Jo Michelmore)


2. Ella Hooper - Monkey Mind





3. Sans Parents - Can't Stop Moving (NEW)





Matt's Pick of the Week: If you were looking for a song that was a 2010s indie interpretation of 60s doo wop and smooth teen rock... well you've got it. So all of your dreams have come true. Get excited. Get more excited, because this new track from Sans Parents is genuinely a lot of fun. The Brisbane based four piece have received some love from the likes of triple J in the past with their easily likeable brand of rock, but 'Can't Stop Moving' is sure to become their most loved track thus far. You can sing along to it, you can dance to it, you can play it to all of your friends and make them love it too. And what's not to love? Nothing. That's what. Keep your eyes on Sans Parents. It looks like they've got a big year ahead. (Matt Bond)


4. Montaigne - In The Dark





5. Babaganouj - Do Rite With Me Tonite (NEW)





6. Little May - Remind Me





7. Hayden Calnin - Cut Love





8. Matt Gresham - Small Voices (NEW)





9. Lanks - Golden Age





10. FKA Twigs - Good To Love





11. Chris Watts - Let Go (NEW)





12. Julien Baker - Something





13. The Love Junkies - Nobody (NEW)





14. Hedge Fund - Summer's Getting Shorter (NEW)





15. Two People - Fading





16. Gypsy and The Cat - Inside Your Mind





17. Harts - Peculiar (NEW)





18. Major Leagues - Better Off





19. Gretta Ray - Unexpected Feeling





20. Motez ft. Tkay Maidza - Down Like This





21. Ecca Vandal - End Of Time





22. Daughter - How (NEW)





23. Violent Soho - Viceroy





24. Dinner - Turn Me On





25. PASSERINE - Lost In Each Other

Song Review - Small Voices

Small Voices

by Matt Gresham

Every year at about this time I wonder what I’m doing with my life and why it is that I’m not about to get on a plane to Texas to go to the SXSWs and listen to all the musics from all the peoples I’ll be loving for the next couple of years. Hearing this track from WA’s Matt Gresham isn’t helping this issue, as I’m pretty sure these beats are going to be stuck in my head for the next couple of days and I’ll be wishing I could make it to Austin to see him play this year’s edition of SXSW (he’s on at midnight on March 18, if anyone wanted to buy me a flight and a ticket, by the way). Such a simple but addictive little tune, ‘Small Voices’ is a perfectly written pop tune, starting small, slowly building to a hook I can’t seem to get outta my head and that voice of Mr Gresham’s that is anything but small. (See what I said there? I know, you’re welcome.) Looking forward to hearing more with the release of an EP sometime (hopefully!) soon and if anyone who knows someone is reading this, someone book this guy for BIGSOUND!

Jo Michelmore gives 'Small Voices' three and a half cheers beers emoji out of five...