Cloud Control EP Review

Indie shoegaze bands abound in this country, as the 70s Renaissance reaches a head with the success of international acts like psych-tinged MGMT and pop-driven The Shins. So is there any place for a cute little group like Cloud Control in this already over-cluttered playing field? [Read more]

The second coming of Cut Copy

Along with just a small handful of bands who’ve been most successful in bringing rock together with dance music, Australia’s Cut Copy are your quintessential indie/electro band. But don’t mistake that for saying they’re your ‘average’ indie/electro band. Instead, they’ve been responsible for creating the blueprint everyone else has tried to follow. It’s been a while between drinks, but in 2008 the ‘Cutters’ are back with a national tour to show the wannabes how it’s done.

By Angus Paterson

“We’re actually in Texas at the moment,” Tim Hoey says down the phone line. Hoey plays guitar with Cut Copy, and was largely responsible for bringing such an authentic indie rock sound to the group when he hooked up with vocalist, dance music producer and founding member Dan Whitford in Melbourne back in 2003 (drummer Mitchell Scott joined shortly after). But it’s where Hoey is located that throws me off just a little as we begin our conversation, because at the time of speaking, Cut Copy’s sophomore album In Ghost Colours is on the cusp of its Australian release. You’d expect that they’d be locked and loaded back home for local promotional duties. Not so. But this demonstrates just how international the band’s appeal is. [Read more]