Brendan Maclean - Free To Love

     1.    Whose the knob wearing a bowtie? 

     Behold the majesty of Australian electro pop singer Brendan Maclean. The man began releasing tunes in 2007 and has five short players and a string of singles behind him. Free To Love (July'16) bounces off his fifth E.P. funbang1 (Aug'16). 

     2. What kind of track is it? 

     Free To Love is fat beats, smooth as velvet vocals, alternating with falsetto, and liberal lashings of jangly guitar and sparkling synths. Magic. Decadent. 

     3. Who does Brendan Maclean sound like? 

      Scissor Sisters. Even Ok Go. Pedestrian TV compared Free To Love to Prince, Nile Rogers and Justin Timberlake.  

     4. What have the papers said about Free To Love? 

“Infectious and undeniable” – The AU Review. 

“A perfect dance pop banger” – Projectu TV. 

“An upbeat pop song in the style of a disco anthem” – Air It. 

 

   

     5. Which bands get Brendan Maclean on the good foot? 

Brendan Maclean is influenced by ABBA, Gwen Steffani, Rufus Wainwright, Daniel Johns and Regina Spektor.


6. Why should I give Free To Love a whip past my brain holes?

Free To Love is an arse shaker with a touch of fairy dust.


7. Does Brendon Maclean have any more hot numbers?

You're asking the wrong man.

    
 8. Any more words squire?

Brendan Maclean endeavours to write pop songs with a folk heart.

“You’re giving me attitude”

   

Vita Bergen are an electronic indie rock band from Gothenberg, Sweden. They have released one album Disconnection (2015). They are a band who went park on their first at bat and have never got a run since. Squandered their bloody talent. Their first single Curtains (2014) is the home run. It is an epic, brooding, Joy Division-esque song that builds to a vertiginous sonic wall and then breaks out into jubilant pop. And boy does it bubble. Curtains is an unequaled joy to behold, a song The Best Indie Songs called “cerebral and passionate.”

“I just had to fuck up,

To find out we were right”

Holy Ghost! - Crime Cutz

1. Who are these clean cut chaps?

Holy Ghost! are an indie dance rock duo from New York City who have been making music together since 2007 and have one long player to pin to their pole. Crime Cutz (Feb'16) bubbles off their E.P. of the same name Crime Cutz (April'16).

2. What kind of tune are we rolling with?

Crime Cutz is a dance groove with all the best disco trimmings.

3. Who do Holy Ghost! sound like?

Holy Ghost! have been compared to LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Depeche Mode and Talking Heads.

4. What do the cut and paste brigands have to say about Crime Cutz?

“Super funky beat that builds to a monstrous crescendo before a cool down with soothing oohs and pretty synths” – Stereogum.

“A seven minute space fun jam” – Consequence Of Sound.

“One of the catchiest blasts of indie rock disco you’ll ever hear” – Stereo Embers.

 

 

 

5. Who put the funk in Holy Ghost! groove?

The drummer Nick Millhiser mentioned having Nirvana, ABBA and Chic in mind when crafting Crime Cutz.

6. Why should I give Crime Cutz a whip past the brain holes?

Crime Cutz has more angles than a Compton pimp. Innovative dance music that keeps surprising you.

7. Do Holy Ghost! have any more bangers?

It Gets Dark is good as gold.

8. Any more grist for the machine?

Holy Ghost! are signed to DFA Records part owned by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. Holy Ghost! have remixed LCD Soundsystem songs and James Murphy has had input into Holy Ghost! recordings.

“You lift me up and up”

Empires are an indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois with three albums to their credit. How Good Does It Feel (2014) comes off the E.P. of the same name and is a tune COS compared to The Killers.

“The raw night holds a different kind of man”