Author Archives: ned
Rdio/Vice Party feat. Twin Shadow, Collarbones & Das Racist
This Saturday Feb 4th Vice and music streaming service Rdio are taking over Bondi’s Beach Road Hotel and cramming it full of bands including Das Racist, Canyons, Alpine, Collarbones and Jonti with DJ sets from Twin Shadow & Austra. Better yet it’s a free gig – you just need to win one of the 300 [...]
Vice Record & Release
If you’ve seen the programme for Melbourne Music Week already, you’ll probably agree it’s banging. There’s Kubik, the Labels Live series and oh so much more. Take Record & Release. The guys at VICE are dropping a recording studio in Racing Club Lane, with Parking Lot Experiments, Absolute Boys, Electric Smile Band, //ThisThing// Collective (and [...]
Lykke Li’s Wounded Rhymes
Lykke Li’s first album Youth Novels was one of the albums that became a gateway for me between electro and indie rock. Well the album itself wasn’t anything to do with electro but the remixes (almost all of them posted on this blog) were what first sucked me. The pop hooks kept me there. The [...]
Kids of 88 – My House (Polygon Palace remix)
It seems like Melbourne-based Polygon Palace have been off the radar for a long time but the reality is that it was only a couple of months ago that we got our hands on their excellent Human Life remix for In It Together – the best remix on that pack. Now they’re back with a [...]
Laneway 2011 Lineup
It takes a lot to get me out to a festival. Thousands of drunks crushing together isn’t usually my cup of tea. But last year Laneway converted me. Not only did I get to catch the XX live but it was whilst sitting on a grassy hillside overlooking the sunny stage and the Maribyrnong river [...]
Miami Horror – I Look To You (feat. Kimbra)
There is little not to like about this track and video for Miami Horror’s “I Look To You” featuring the incredible Kimbra. “I Look To You” is taken from Miami Horror’s debut album Illuminations released on the 20th of August via EMI. Pick up a copy at JBHIFI or iTunes. x Ned
Cullen – Easily Impressed
Melbourne lad Cullen has been getting a fair bit of blog love lately, being described as everything from “Australia’s answer to the Postal Service” to “one for fans of synth laden disco and leather shoes”. On the back of the success for this first single he’s put together a music video for Easily Impressed which [...]
Tame Impala – Innerspeaker
This album comes out today in Australia. Fucking buy it, it is incredible. Tracklist 1. It Is Not Meant To Be 2. Desire Be Desire Go 3. Alter Ego 4. Lucidity 5. Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind? 6. Solitude Is Bliss 7. Island Walking (iTunes bonus track) 8. Jeremy’s Storm 9. Expectation 10. [...]
Human Life – In It Together
I woke up fucking early this morning and plugged these remixes in. I’d watched the video earlier in the week, Electrorash writer Luke’s chop-up is in it, and heard massive things about the Polygon Palace remix. Human Life – In It Together (Acid Girls remix) Human Life – In It Together (Polygon Palace remix) <= [...]
The Swiss Melbourne Show – This Saturday!
I first got my hands on the Swiss via their first label, Really Real Records. I was so impressed by their understated disco-infused melodies that I bought everything I could get my hands on – which at the time consisted of four different colourways of the Really Real label shirt. I was just as excited [...]
Mark Dodds’ Top 100 Tracks of 2009
Mark Dodds is not only an awesome dude but also knows a shitload about music. Really cool music as well. I first met him at the end of 2008 when Electrorash had been running for about 15 months or something. At the time I was working on a niche music ad network and Mark was [...]
Bikes Rock
The Bicycle Film Festival rolls back into town with the launch night on the 11th of November in Sydney. Think Nicole Kidman, BMX, fixies, bike polo and even recumbent cycling. Yes, even recumbents will be there – for better or worse. To make up for the recumbents the launch night will see Bridezilla, Jonathan Boulet, [...]
The Hype Fm Relaunch
TheHype.fm have just hit the relaunch button! TheHype.fm is an online radio station with a focus on dance music from around the world. Disc jockeys include Big Stereo, Discodust, Palms Out Sounds, Red Threat and Discobelle – basically all of the Grindin crew. Electrorash have our own radio show which will be broadcast twice a [...]
John Talabot hits Melbourne