Tiny Little Houses - Milo Tin

1.    Who are these merchants of melody?

Tiny Little Houses are an indie folk, pop, rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Playing together since 2014 Tiny Little Houses have one short player and four singles to their name. Milo Tin (March'16) is a stand alone single.


2. What kind of slop is the chef serving today?

Milo Tin isn't instant gratification. A mid-tempo indie pop rock song with a kooky, airy riff and arresting vocals. Milo Tin is indespensable indie that captures the heartland of Australia, wherever it is, in a melancholic song about gap years, nostalgia and finding yourself.

 
3. Who have Tiny Little Houses been compared to?

Indie Shuffle compared Tiny Little Houses to Built To Spill, Real Estate and Neutral Milk Hotel.

4. What is the good word from the fine folk in the press?

“A brilliantly melodic track” – NME.

“Jangly guitars and swirling pop riffs” – The AU Review.

“A beautiful crooner of a song” – Pile Rats.

5. Which bands have given the glimmer of genius to Tiny Little Houses?

Tiny Little Houses love 90’s lo-fi folk/rock bands in general and Neutral Milk Hotel, The Microphones, Modest Mouse and Elliott Smith in particular.


6. Why should I give MiloTin a crack?

Milo Tin captures the essence of Australian experience wrapped in a universal message and the vocals are deadly.


7. Do Tiny Little Houses have any more great tunes?

Every Man Knows His Plague And You Are Mine has shuffle and a stiff backbone.


8. Any more words fool?

NME put it best, “Triple J have been hammering new band Tiny Little Houses back in their native Australia.”

“I don’t wanna be a cultural cringe,

Don’t you miss the summer?”

 

The Big Moon are an alternative rock band from London, England. DIY compared The Big Moon to The Arctic Monkeys. The Road (Sept'15) is The Big Moon's third single and a tune The Line Of Best Fit felt “is a tangled web of riffs, church organs and Warpaint-y harmonies.” The Road is a chill track with bite from the guitar.

 

“Heaven help me, now I’ve got no good reason to stay”

 

 

 

 

 

Tropical Zombie - Call The Police

1.    Who are these barber dodgers?

Tropical Zombie are a surf rock band from Sydney, Australia. Tropical Zombie have a short player and a few singles hidden under the bed and Call The Police (Feb'16) is the lead single from their debut album due in 2016.


2. What kind of favor are Tropical Zombie offering?

Call The Police has an Australian country rock vibe and earnest, entreating vocals backed by a tight, light, rocking band. Instantly lovable melody, lyrical gravitas, harmonica and a tight break on the outro combine to make Call The Police tighter than a nun's nasty.


3. Who do Tropical Zombie sound like?

Bruce Springsteen, John Cougar Mellencamp, and Little Bastard.


4. What have the high lords and ladies of the press said about Call The Police?


“Marries bittersweet lamentations with chiming guitars” – Mucho Bravado. 

“Scuzzy beach rock” – Pile Rats.

“Another non-stop carefree party tune” – Music Feeds.

5. Which bands put the wind beneath Tropical Zombie’s sails?

The bands that influenced Tropical Zombie are Modest Mouse, Crystal Fighters, The Pixies, The Clash and older rock'n'roll.


6. Why should I give Call The Police a whirl?

Call The Police is top shelf story-telling with a passion, uniquelly flavored by the great Australian land and sea.


7. Do Tropical Zombie have any more pearlers?

Waterslides is the cracker you want.


8. Any more words?

Tropical Zombie have expressed love for Blue Vein cheese, Emu pies, surfing and piss.

“Give me another chance” 

Little Bastard are a country punk band with fiddles, banjo, mandolin and you name it they play it. These heroes kicked it off in 2012 and have one long player on their roll of honor the self-titled Little Bastard (2014). From that stroke of genius came Be My Kind a slice of Australian straight from the gut story-telling matched with musical heaven that inherits the throne vacated by Paul Kelly and Hunter and Collectors.

“It’s just a matter of time,

Before I feel you wrapped in my bones”