Irene - Keys, Shaker, Vox and doing the arm dance.
Julia - Drum, Beer and sweet sweet Cowbell.
Scott B - Guitar, Bass, Vox and lots and lots and lots of pedals.
Scott S - Vox, Tambourine, Handclaps and a distinct lack of understandable onstage banter.
Influences
the formula works like this:
strong coffee + fringes + cheese
divided by: truckin’ cassettes, closely followed by c86 mix tapes and sweet sunshine pop compilations.
times:
peppermint trolley company, the modern lovers, the dream syndicate, p.f. sloan, the bats, mccarthy, stereolab, the cannanes, galaxie 500, the go-betweens, the left banke, talulah gosh, france gall, rondelles, the chills, cub, zombies, razorcuts, the sea urchins, the byrds, saturday looks good to me, the pastels, the feelies and, of course, the cat’s miaow
We've put up a tune or two on the youtube machine...they all tend to look like this (you know cinematic and highly polished though not all feature scott dancing!)
BUYING TREATS:
We finally have our first 7" here for people to buy! That's a picture of it over there on the left, it is a split 7" with Eux Autres, from Portland, OR. We're very excited by it. We do a nice rendition of "Hush Puppy", Eux Autres do "Other Girls". You can buy it from us for $10 Australian, shipped within Australia, or $9 US shipped anywhere else in the world. Just simply click on the button of your choice:
Australian shipping:
Worldwide shipping:
'scratching post' our first australian release is now out on popboomerang. you have at least two choices if you plan to use some form of currency to grab the ep: digital or a tasty compact disc!
for more info (you know where to buy, how to buy) go to the popboomerang website or just head straight to your favourite store and confuse them by asking if they have the smash hit ep 'scratching post' in stock!
Or purchase it from CD Baby.
Or purchase it on itunes!
I'm actually not sure unsigned Australian band Summer Cats' "Hush Puppy" has much to do with either cats or dogs, but it's way better than goldfish. Played by three boys and three girls, the song's fizzy guitars, dreamy keyboards, and straight-ahead drums melt together in a happy lo-fi haze that makes it hard to pick out instruments. "Get lost," singer Scott Brewer suggests. Thankfully, that's much easier.
"Hush Puppy" started circulating on indie-pop mailing lists in mid-November, but so far only a pair of Spanish-language blogs (and lucky Victoria concertgoers) seem to have caught on. That, like Brewer's maturing narrator, could change, as new listeners discover the band's sound: a messy melange with hints of countrymen the Go-Betweens as well as the post-C86 bands. As for Brewer, he sounds almost giddy in his lovesickness. "Disappointment turns to laughter now," he sings. It's almost summer Down Under, and I'm a cat person.
Stream: Summer Cats: Hush Puppy
Posted by Marc Hogan in indie pop on Fri: 12-01-06: 04:00 AM CST | Permalink'
How are you doing? Japan is hot and terrible humid season still now.
Today, I'd like to introduce my favorite Swedish indie artist "Peace in Our Time". Peace In Our Time is running on by a Swedish singer / songwriter "Johan Regner". His new full length album "A Glimpse Of Happiness" has been released by US indiepop CD-R label "Series Two Records".
The album has wonderful heartwarming acoustic sound and funny electronica popbeats tunes. As soon as you listen to the album title song "A Glimpse Of Happiness", you will fall in love with his tunes. But first of all, you need to listen to his 4 songs on his MySpace page. Because the album is including the 4 songs. Maybe, if you listen to the 4 songs, you will want to listen to more his songs.
His gentle singing voice wraps you soft. His beautiful melody makes your heart warm. His funny electronica popbeats give you tiny pop feelings. And when we listen to the album can share love of music with him. It's just "Peace In Our Time" !!!
I think we are happy. We can listen and enjoy his songs.
How are you doing? Do you enjoying your music life? So I have a recommendation for you, today.
BALTIMORE, Maryland,US band, "Hearts By Darts" is my new musicfriend. I love them. I love their sounds. Please listen to their songs. Their "cumulus" is one of my best song.
just recieved your new EP from weePOP.and it's so great as usual :) in Japan,Summer has already come because of your sunshine-pop :D best wishes from Tokyo,Japan. Takashi
