Hyped #3

Round 3 of hyped for 2010 begins with Dante Nou. Coming all the way from Adelaide, Dante Nou makes rather blissful electronic music. It has a huge amount Kraftwerk in there, but could also be seen to take influence from early Air and even Portishead. It is extremely hopeful and put together beautifully. Found on Hype Machine, check out Reb lb in particular.

Dante Nou

Up next - The Sticks. Loud, brash and from Brighton, these boys make noisy garage music and with great success. Think Black Lips and Velvet Underground but with a punkier edge and you are just about there. I found this lot through No Pain In Pop, which if you don't already follow, you definitely should. Its far better than the tripe you read on here! http://nopaininpop.com

The Sticks

Last up is Magic Castles. I first heard their track Emorys Memories on the Dont Die Wondering blog and I instantly loved it. Its sort of noisy, droney american psych but with a real distinctive hook. They have some other tracks on their myspace, most of which are a little softer but its the heaviness of this track that I really like. Check them out..

Magic Castles