Welcome back MATTador I certainly have missed not receiving your musical insights the past two weeks.....
THe Music MATTador:
Sorry for the absence - life gets in the way of everything sometimes - hopefully this weeks artist makes up for it.
It's always very exciting to witness the very beginnings of something that in the back of your mind you believe could be a real success. There's something about the anticipation of what's to come and the knowledge that you were a part of the initial fan base. Imagine how the people in the crowd of 'The Beatles' or Nirvana's first gig's would feel today being able to tell there grandkids 'how amazing' they were (even though they were probably pretty bad). Now i'm not predicting that these kids will reach any where near the heights of these bands that are now legendary but I am telling you they are very impressive, and the fact that they are all still in high school and producing such well rounded indy pop in such a heavily soaked market.... well lets just say they stand out in a crowd.
This week I am very excited to reveal an artist that has won it's place on JJJ radio by winning the 'Unearthed High' competition, a comp that invites all high school bands and musicians to enter for one major prize, radio air play and recording of their debut release.
From Rudolf Stiener School Melbourne - Snakadaktal (Snack-a-dak-tl) formed in 2010 as a group of friends with similar interests in discovering and experimenting with sound. What developed was a tight dream pop sound with extremely solid and perfectly matched vocals. For a band at such an early stage of their existence they offer a wonderful refreshing style of indy pop, at times they have you fixated on lyrical delivery while almost simultaneously leaving you with a feeling of freedom and weightlessness.
Richard Kingsmil (JJJ musical director) has nailed this one!
Chosen from a group of very talented finalists I must admit I didn't even pick them as the winners, however I am very pleased they did. The JJJ recording of their first single 'AIR' is below and sure you will all agree these kids are very very impressive.
Please enjoy........................................... http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=35551
(look at the bottom right of the page for the cue to play)
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