Albums of the Year 2016

Just in time for Christmas - here is Old Indie Kid's Top Ten Albums of the Year 2016


# 10 Hills End by The DMAs

From Sydney 2016 comes the sound of Manchester 1992 - Think Oasis if they were Shoegazers



#9 Waiting For The World To Turn by Winter Palace

An Australian/Danish band that are making epic tunes similar to The War On Drugs.



#8  Room To Breathe by Andy Cooper

MC from US Hip Hop's Ugly Duckling made an excellent solo album.



#7 Belgica Soundtrack by Soulwax

Soulwax have made a fantastic movie soundtrack under the guise of multiple imaginary artists.



#6 Nonagon Infinity by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Sydney's King Giz release an album every year.  This one merges all nine songs and can be played on an infinite loop if you have nothing better to do with your life.
Warning: crazy strobe effects for first ten seconds of the below video.



 #5 Honey Bones by Dope Lemon

Australia's Angus Stone has a new band and its so good that you won't even miss Julia Stone.



#4 Meet The Humans by Steve Mason

Steve Mason is the former frontman of The Beta Band and he has released a solo album to rival his best work from the 1990s.


 #3 Everything You've Come To Expect by The Last Shadow Puppets

Alex Turner and Miles Kane have reunited to produce another classic album. 



#2 Prospect of Skelmersdale by The Magnetic North

An album about 1960s utopian housing developments in Lancashire.  Better than it sounds!



#1 Weezer by Weezer (The White Album)

Perfect Indie Pop from the American band who have been crafting such gems for over two decades.



And here is the playlist if you want to check out these ten recommended albums.

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Mixtape April 2016

Old Indie Kid's Mixtape April 2016

Welcome to April's monthly roundup of new songs from old bands, old songs from new bands and everything else that made my radar lately.

20 tracks to ease you into April in the Spotify playlist and a small blurb for each.

1) Gamma Knife by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard.
New single from Melbourne's prolific Psych Rockers.

2) High Hopes by La Sera.
Taken from the new album "Music For Listening To Music To"produced by Ryan Adams.

3) For Good by REMI featuring Sampa the Great.  Fresh Aussie Skip Hop.
Sampa the Great features twice in this playlist also popping up on Urthboy's track.

4) Another Day by Steve Mason.
Taken from the excellent new album "Meet The Humans". This album is highly recommended - winner of the inaugural Old Indie Kid's Album of The Month.  Some of his catchiest tracks since his early work with the Beta Band in the late Nineties.

5)  Aviation by The Last Shadow Puppets.
Alex Turner and Miles Kane drop another track from their long awaited second album.

6) 1955 by Hilltop Hoods featuring Montaigne.
Kick back and dare I say "chillax"? with Adelaide's finest.

7) Today by The Billy Rubin Trio featuring Lady S.
A prime cut taken from the vaults of the 1930's grunge scene.

8)  California Kids by Weezer.
Joyous Indie Surf Pop taken from Weezer's long awaited White Album.

9) Caught By My Shadow by Albert Hammond Jr.
The Strokes' guitarist rocks out! (Or "disappears up his own arse" as my wife put it).

10) Human Ceremony by Sunflower Bean.
Reminds me of a trippier 80s R.E.M. Great album just released by this Brooklyn trio.

11) Second Heartbeat by Urthboy featuring Samba the Great.
The man behind the Aussie Hip Hop Elephant Traks label and The Herd requires no introduction...damn he just got one.

12) Jigsaw Falling Into Place by Off The Beat.
To celebrate Radiohead's tiny world tour, here's an A Capella cover version.

13) Bitch by James.
James released their 14th studio album of their 30 year career.  Nice to know they are still out there.

14) Sometimes You Win by Soul Elixr.
Another uplifting slab of skip hop to nod your heads to.

15) Menton by Palace Winter.
In the same ilk as The War On Drugs are Denmark's Palace Winter.

16) Nylon String by Underworld.
Underworld have released a new album called "Barbara, Barbara, We Face A Shining Future" and are going strong twenty years after Born Slippy.

17) Private Wars by Primal Scream.
An acoustic track lifted from the new Scream album "Chaosmosis".  Private Wars is untypical of the album which frankly left me cold for the most part.

18) White Winter Hymnal by Birdy.
Birdy is a twenty year old singer from Lymington in Hampshire's New Forest.  Here she covers a classic song originally by Fleet Foxes.

19) Big Jet Plane - Live by Tuka featuring Sarah Corry.
Tuka is a member of Thundamentals having a solo career with a cover of Angus & Julia Stone's hit.

20) Can You Kick It (J. Cole Remix) by A Tribe Called Quest.
In remembrance of  MC Phife Dwag a self proclaimed Funky Diabetic. 1971 - 2016 R.I.P.

Mixtape Feb '16

Alright Music Lovers!

Hardest of all months to spell - Welcome to Febuary!

This is a new mix of indie shmindee dance and rock n roll.
Some great new tracks from the end of last year and the beginning of this one.
It is also a leap year so you can enjoy it for an extra day.

1) Too Soon by DMA's.  Hopeful of a debut album this year from these Sydney Rockers.

2) You Ruined My Chippy Thursday (Should Have Gone to Codrophenia) by The Eccentrontic Research Council.  Weirdest thing from Yorkshire since Pulp.

3) Hold It by The Allergies.  I know very little about this group apart from their funkiness.

4) Greasy Mind by Slug.  Slug evolved from Sunderland's Field Music to make this seedy funk.

5) Float On by Ben Lee.  Cover of the classic 2004 indie hit by Modest Mouse.

6) Makin' Babies by Reverend and the Maker.  Taken from the album Mirrors - a collection of great and very short songs.

7) Fast and Slow by Sons of the East.  The Aussie Mumford and Sons.  Better than it sounds!

8) The Man Who Sold The World live version by David Bowie R.I.P.

9) Out of my Mind by The Arcs.  The talented Dan Auerbach from the Black Keys knocked out this side project in his spare time last year.

10) Wide Open (Kolsch Remix) by The Chemical Brothers featuring Beck.  A widescreen remix.

11) Virtue by Bloc Party.  Taken from their 5th album Hymns released in January 2016.

12) Bad Habits by The Last Shadow Puppets.  2nd Album coming 8 years after their debut.

13) Silver Bullets by The Chills.  These guys are not Big In Japan they are Small in New Zealand.

14) Three Packs A Day by Courtney Barnett.  New tune from Australia's finest whinger.

15) Feel Free (Pianna Version) by Groove Armada.  House music with pianos - lush!

16) Tomorrow by The Skints.  Final track from the excellent album FM from these London reggae allstars.

17) Take It There by Massive Attack,Tricky & 3D.   More reasons to be cheerful in 2016

18) Cool Out by Matthew E. White & Natalie Prass.  Laid back duet.

19) T Shirt Weather by Circa Waves.  The sound of Summer.

20) Blaze Up The Fire by Major Lazer featuring Chronixx.  Lets go out with a banger!