Jimmy Eat World - Get Right

Hands will take their place
Far from intentions made
Disguised as patience, time gets wasted
Now is for the now, so get loud

I'm, I'm destination addicted
I just gotta be some place else
Never good time, never feel the space to get it right
Get right

When I saw there was a new JEW song I thought to myself, as I often do when my older favorites release new music, "I'll give that a listen, how bad can it be?"

Well, color me pleasantly surprised. "Get Right" is a fairly straightforward rock track: short, punchy and crunchy. It's good and makes me a bit excited for their new album which drops in October.

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The Dirty Nil - Zombie Eyed

I hope it comforts you to know that I'm alone
Morphine has lied to me, saying: 'it'll be alright"
But I feel I've come to terms with myself and I belong away from your baton, babe

Me and my friends don't feel that weighed down
Work, tear, Lie, fear. I'll be right here

If I'm a dog, then you're a swine
And I'll be clean when you fly

I'm back from Sydney and feeling pretty damn rested. This, after being under the influence of jet lag for over two weeks, has me in a bit of a rockin' mood. Both in that I feel good and that I feel like rocking. Lately, I've been exploring the heavy hitting punk-ish-ness of Canada's The Dirty Nil, so let's start there. "Zombie Eyed" is a like a nice fun spill in the gravel. It might hurt a little bit, but you'll come up smiling and glad you took a spin.

Their latest release, Higher Power, is more of the same. If you dig this, give it a listen.

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Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best

Put me on a pedestal and I'll only disappoint you
Tell me I'm exceptional, I promise to exploit you
Give me all your money, and I'll make some origami, honey
I think you're a joke, but I don't find you very funny

It was only a matter of time before Courtney Barnett's work was featured as a Most Important Song. Her lyrics, in a word (ok, two) are the best. And, that guitar? Classic. She's Austrailian and I've spent quite a bit of time in Oz lately, so I guess I felt this was the right time. I head home from Sydney to Austin today and as much as I love it down here, I'm so happy to be going home.

Keep it cool down here Courtney, I hope to be back before too long and I'm pretty sure I'll see you in Austin in November. :)

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Slingshot Dakota - Wave

There is a wave
And it’s 40 feet tall
And we watch it crash together

I’ve been dreaming the strangest dreams
I guess it’s all these changes

And we watch it crash together

I've made an executive decision that we're going round out the week with some more lo-fi rock. This time from Slingshot Dakota, who remind me a bit of Matt & Kim and Diet Cig. I guess if you mix keyboards and drums you get a similar sound. In this case, it's layered with a subtle sophistication and some really killer instrumentalisation.

Like what you hear? Check this out, it's awesome:

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Waxahatchee - Under A Rock

Maybe you got your head caught in a ditch last night
I got to you, imparting
Now you're someone else's mess tonight

I've never been to Waxahatchee Creek, which is, yeah, you guessed it, a creek. In Alabama. Waxhatchee is also the work of Katie Crutchfield; well written and arranged vocal-heavy lo-fi/folk rock with a little something special that I can't quite put my finger on. 

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