Today's Swell Tune: Riptide

Artist: Vance Joy

Album: God Loves You When You're Dancing

From: Melbourne, Australia

Sound: Bon Iver meets Mumford & Sons, but Mumford & Sons has a ukelele instead of a banjo and does not suck; folk pop 

Website: vancejoy.com

Social: facebook

Today's Swell Tune: Winter on the Weekend

Julia Stone - Winter On The Weekend

• Artist: Julia Stone
• Album: The Memory Machine
• From: Sydney, Australia
• Sound: Joanna Newsom on Quaaludes. Also, the track's artwork warns: “This film contains scenes which are shocking. No one should be afraid though as most things in life are shocking and strange, and it is a good way to grow.” There's that; folk, piano pop
• Website: angusandjuliastone.com
• Social: facebook, myspace, twitter

Today's Swell Tune: Open Season

High Highs - Open Season by dangervillage

• Band: High Highs
• From: Sydney, Australia
• Sound: Wes Anderson surely has it on his "use in a soundtrack" list; pop-folk
• Website: http://highhighs.com/
• Download Free: from bandcamp

Today's Swell Tune: Pee Green Bote

• Artist: Fishing
• Album: b- side to Oooo (buy it from Waterfront Records)
• From: Sydney, Australia
• Sound: The musical version of that cigar box from your childhood filled with pebbles, pictures, trinkets, baseball cards...; beats, pop, glitch
• Website: http://www.myspace.com/fishinggg

Boss Stuff on the Interwebs: Wednesday Links 15/12/10

Artist's Rendering: Australian Link.

• This week High Fidelity became my favourite only means of keeping up with Australian music. Take a gander at Boy and Bear and Megan Washington, at the very least.

• When I was 16, my badassery was fairly limited to chopping off all my hair and sneaking gin. At the same age,  Zoo Kid is putting out impressively mature, dark-wavy singles. Whatever. I also skipped class and made out with boys. (Thanks to guerolitomusic for this one.)

• Four artists I think you should listen to-- Shapers, La Femme, Tristen, and Pujol--are all in one post. Indie Surfer Blog just saved me a pile of writing. 

• ThisBonusTrack wants you to listen to The Steelwells and it's worth a visit, if only for the super-duper video.

• The Good, The Bad, and The Unknown has their list of the 11 best Daft Punk tracks. Some things never sound old.

• Electric Comic Book reports that the outgoing Florida governor has pardoned Jim Morrison. In related news, you can now tell people that you spent some time today reading about an important legal clemency case. That should shut them up.

• And rock nyc shows what happens if you don't die before you get old. Warning: it involves making painfully crappy videos. Might be the cataract.

Today's Swell Tune: One in a Million Does

One in a Million Does (Hancock Basement) by Mr.Shuffleupagus

• Band: Hancock Basement
• From: Canberra, Australia
• Sound: Like Freddie Mercury's indie side project; pop rock
• Website: http://www.myspace.com/hancockbasement