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The Ripe team tracks down the best new music floating around the interwebs and blogs it for you in one place. Listen and share the musical love.
CHROMEO – Hot Mess (The Bright Shades remix)
There have been a million remixes of Chromeo’s Hot Mess and a million posts about them, but seriously, this track deserves to be number one million and one. The Bright Shades are Tikkanen and
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STREAMER BENDY – Boy, Oh, Boy
What do the following names have in common? Lily Collins, Lily Atkinson and Erinn Swan. They are all the ridiculously attractive daughters of famous old men! (Phil Collins, Rowan Atkinson and Wayne Swan.)
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PORCELAIN RAFT – Unless you speak from your heart
From the very first moment you hear this song you are overcome with a soulful synth, one that many bloggers are deeming reminiscent of Grizzly Bear’s ‘Two Weeks’. To be honest the first time
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FOTOSHOP – Becoming Zen
There seems to be an uncanny fascination with a revival of 1980s and 90s UK New Wave Synthesiser bands, and I am not at all disappointed. Bands such as New Order and Tears For
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COACH BOMBAY – Waterfall
“A clumsy juxtaposition of world-travel and project-management contexts for the word Waterfall” in this bright, electro pop anthem that will put the sunshine in the cloudiest of days. Terry Mann is no stranger to
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HALLS – Lifeblood
It is humbling when musical endeavours are replicated by obvious fans of the original artist. It is hard to deny a Radiohead influence on an artist such as Halls as his ambient electronic productions
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PLUTO JONZE – Plastic Bag In A Hurricane
I get a little reminiscent of my first musical experiences when I hear Pluto Jonze’s ‘Plastic Bag In A Hurricane’. It reminds me of simpler times; listening to countless 90s Alt Rock tunes and
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PLAYWRITE – Animals Housed
Hailing from the streets of Melbourne, Playwrite create a wild and haunting wall of sound that is galvanised through harmony, sampling and chanting to form a very addictive sound. I have to admit, on
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LANA DEL REY – Video Games
Who is Lana del Rey? Just another Internet sensation? She recently caught my attention with the combination of her deep heart-wrenching soulful voice and her structural/alternative music video that consists of snippets of home
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GOLD FIELDS – EP Launch at the Corner Hotel
After being a very welcome guest on the national Parklife tour this year, the Gold Fields boys had the whole of the Melbourne scene abuzz talking about their eagerly awaited EP launch at the
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KUBIK – Launch at Melbourne Music Week
Are you sick of watching live music in your standard pub? Then maybe you should check out the temporary open-air venue (and art installation) that has been put up for the Melbourne Music Week
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LOUIS LA ROCHE – Gimme Gimme/ The Wall
There’s something about Louis La Roche’s sound that justifies the online hype he has been receiving lately; it’s fun, it’s catchy, it’s rich. Basically, it’s just damn good. The latest Ep. release from the
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ARGENTINA – Bad Kids
The moment this song started playing for the first time, I couldn’t help gradually cranking up the volume up as the alluring synths grew on me, amping me up as the song builds… and
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THE PAPER KITES – Bloom
Picture Spring 2010, a few friends and I are sitting in sun at our University’s bar sipping on beer. There is a band playing mellow folk music, everyone is watching them. It begins to
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JINJA SAFARI – Mermaids (video)
Before performing ‘Mermaids’ leadsinger Marcus Azon simply puts it, “Here is a song about mermaids”. Jinja Safari are one of those bands that your ridiculously hipster friend loves but you have never heard a
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SNAKADAKTAL – Chimera
There is a great sense of pride amongst Melbournians and a great ‘air’ of expectation for us to keep producing great musicians. Last year Iotah (now Stonefield), won the Triple J Unearthed High competition
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FLORENCE + THE MACHINE – What The Water Gave Me
It seems as though Florence Welch can do no wrong. Florence + The Machine’s sophomore release ‘Lungs’ was an instant success, with now producer Paul Epwoth pronouncing that their were no weak tracks on
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WAVVES – I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl
Wavves reminds me of a pop influenced bunch of Kurt Cobain wannabes with a beach boys twist. I find their ignorance as a bout as refreshing as a punch in the face, with the
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POOLSIDE – Harvest Moon
I’ll be honest, who are Poolside? I had never heard of them before this track of a Neil Young cover hit my inbox. A song’s success can be measured by the approval of
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