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Next year is almost here so I thought I'd share some of the bands we're really excited about for 2010. Release dates aren't upon us but click the links and you'll get to hear their respective sounds.

From The USA I've been well and truly head over heals for A Grave With No Name and Sister Crayon. They have both had high rotates in my car, my house and my soul these past few months. We'll have the debut full length from A Grave With No Name and an ep from Sister Crayon. 

Closer to home, well New Zealand to be exact, we fell for Dear Times Waste. Check out Claire and her band. They are something else and we'll have an ep for them sooner rather than later and a full length later in the year. 

Seriously close to home is I.D.I.T. I think these guys and gal might be the one and only band we've signed from a demo. They're from Sydney and are fucking bleak in that I will listen to you now and forever kind of way. They look set to release a bunch of things across the year. So look out.

On top of new things there is of course the brilliant 3rd record from Midlake, the 2nd albums from both Fionn Regan and also Cut Off Your Hands. Castratii have a brand new ep in the bag called "Telling Of The Bees" that pretty much sounds like the end of time. It should be due in Feb.

2010. You're sounding great already.

Fuck. Yes. 

Monster Children - WEBUYYOURKIDS from Monster Children on Vimeo.

Yep, the lovely enigmas have offered up their track 'Colours' off of their current release, The Music Of Chance.

You'll soon find it all over the place, at Those Wall, Your Ears and White Hart Lane, but right now there's a nice little message up on Who The Bloody Hell Are They?  Cheers guys!

http://whothehell.net/archives/6368

Castratii is finally out. If you're interested in a new Sydney project from some people you may or may not know. Click here and buy some digital madness to your hearts content.

jw

Sure, it's taken me two weeks to post something here. But what can I say, I'm a man who likes to choose his words carefully. With that in mind, this is what I've come up with...

I love Sleeping States. His new album "In The Gardens Of The North" is a godsend.

I also love our latest release by a Sydney based trio called Castratii. I’m allowed to say that because I mean it. This video/song also has me falling into a trance - Hell's teeth, it's some powerful pop-juju...

josh

I had this thought while driving home yesterday. The music world in 2009 can be summarized by the Dark Crystal. Maybe I've been spending too much time in my car, or not sleeping enough? Maybe I'm crazy? Anyway, I actually think its pretty simple. One side the Skeksis (industry) and the other the Mystics (artists). Two very different races that used to be one, kind of like music in the 50's. Split down the middle when the Crystal cracked. I kind of think as the crystal cracking was the birth of file sharing. I guess we're all just waiting for a gelfling to come along and repair the Crystal and put it all back together again.

Labels want to invest and artists need investing in.

In other news, we just released the debut ep from a new Sydney based project called Castratii. Its pretty close to home for some of us... Hope you like it

I'm starting to get the the hang of this blog. We have some incredible music for you over the next few weeks. We just released one of my favourite new bands. They are ZAZA and if you haven't heard Cameo click on the link and you can listen, see and buy the ep. There is a a few copies of the vinyl floating about our country. Tell us how much you love them so we can convicne them to come on their merry way here.

Look out for releases in the coming days, weeks, months by Castratii, Three Trapped Tigers, skullsquadron, White Rose Movement, Sleeping States and CFCF to name a few.

So listen up and look out...