FBi's BeforeCast

EP38 - Jinja Safari – Peter Pan, Fishing – OOOO, Kyü – Pixiphony, The Laurels – Turn On Your Mind, Toni Toni Lee – Feelin’ Real Good

EP37 - Luke Steele – Accidents Happen, Step-Panther – Fight Like A Knight, Faux Pas - Dawson Mode (Radio Edit), The Joysticks – It Makes Me Sick, Via Tania – Fields (Lemonade Remix) (Australian Exclusive)

Mother & Son – Dead Yellow Moon, Romy – Sleep, Know-U - Triptych (Monk Fly Remix), Calvin – Both Kinds of Music, Light Year – Night / Vision.

EP34 - HOLLY THROSBY - I'm Drunk And You're The Star (Live) EXCLUSIVE; CLOUD CONTROL - Gold Canary (Danimals Remix); FAUX PAS - Silver Line (Skwee Remix - "Skwlver Line"); LOVE CONNECTION - I Know You're Real; CASSIAN - Friday Night.

6 exclusive live recordings by some of our favourite bands to celebrate the release of FBi's Live Feed compilation featuring recordings by 18 International and Aussie acts. The Live Feed, available on CD and digitally from November 13 2009

1. GLOVES - PYX (Golden Bug Remix)

2. Hey Today - If i Was Wonderman (Vanshe Tech Remix)

3. Lowbrows - Dream In The Desert (Hystereo Remix)

4. Cassian - Final Round

5. Mystery Machine - Shake This

6. Bag Raiders - Turbo Love (Jan Driver Remix)

7. Toecutter - Best Party Ever (Shazam Remix)

8. Doom & Hoodrat - The Concubinus

9. Bag Raiders - Shooting Stars (Cassian Remix)

10. Golden Bug - Lords of Pleasure

11. Lowbrows - Melody & Shudder

12. Polargeist - Home From The Can (Tensnake Remix)

13. Damn Arms - Destination (Mitzi Remix)

Fresh from the stage of The Save FBi fundraiser shows we have an unreleased Dappled Cities song called Birds. A tribute to influential krautrock band Neu who featured 2 original members of Kraftwerk in the 1970’s. A recent compilation called Brand Neu featured tracks from LCD Soundsystem, Foals, Fujiya and Miyagi, Cornelius and even Oasis, alongside some other great contemporary bands who all cite Neu as an influence. If you want a history lesson from a band that sounds as good today as when they started, check out Neu’s back catalogue. This track from Dappled Cities didn’t end up on the CD, but is well worth a listen. Dappled cities have just dropped album number three called Zounds which they recorded between 4 studios in Sydney and New York, the album was co produced with Chris Coady who has previously engineered TV on the Radio’s hit album “Dear Science” along side many others. Dappled Cities are really busy launching the album, on the road with Philadelphia Grand Jury. Here is Dappled Cities with their tribute to Neu a track titled Birds.

That was 5 lads from Sydney, that have been experimenting with the bizarre side of hip- hop for the past 5 years, they are called Old Men Of Moss Mountain and they recently released the Swamp EP, which is now available for download for free on their myspace page. In 2009 they are putting their production hat on and working on their Debut album to be released later this year. The guys are currently in rehearsals putting together a live show. That was Old Men of Moss Mountain and their song Cabin Fever from the Swamp EP.

The Black Ryder is a duo comprising Aimee and Scott, two former members of The Morning After Girls in their brand new project. Burn & Fade is the first taste of what’s to come from their debut album ‘Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride’. The track is not for sale and is only available through free download here on the Beforecast. The band are headlining their own shows in Sydney & Melbourne and are doing some support for like minded US bands the Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Warlocks. Black Ryder’s album is out October 2009 but here is their new song Burn and Fade.

That was Le Kingste made up of 3 brothers Paul, Caleb, and Arthur along side one honorary brother Jack. Originally from Tamworth, they then moved to Newcastle and now firmly based in Sydney. They’re currently unsigned and have independently released their debut self titled e.p.

In 2009 they also won the NSW Garage 2 V band competition, which saw them win a spot opening at the V Festival. Le Kingste are currently writing material for their debut album which is being recorded later this year and is due for release early in 2010. Album is tentatively title 'Deep Sea Diver' but that is a bit of and exclusive for you on the Beforecast. More to come from Le Kingste and their debut album in 2010, but until then that was “The Way The World Turns” brand new single from those boys.

And the final offering for this month’s Beforecast is an exclusive live recording from the Fbi studios. A medley from Liam Judson from Belles Will Ring and Alastair Wright from Cloud control. An exclusive live performance that we captured here at FBi in the lead up to the very successful and special FBi fundraiser hosted by Ivy League records, called A League of Their Own. Ivy League records and all their artists getting together to play a gig at the Gaelic Club to help raise some money for FBi it was a fantastic night and in the lead up we had these guys on air playing this song. Both bands are planning on spending the rest of 2009 getting busy writing new material for new albums both due in 2010. From Liam of Belles Will Ring and Alastair of Cloud Control here is an FBi exclusive live medley.

To kick us off a Sydney band that tries very hard and succeeds to defy categorisation. The Fourplay String Quartet started life in late 2006 as a classical string outfit, originally made up of friends from the Australian Youth Orchestra. They are as much a band as they are a string quartet and constantly blur the boundaries between styles and genres while maintaining their own original and true sound. They decided to record 3 separate shows at Canberra’s intimate Street Theatre, the result is the hotly anticipated album “Fourthcoming”, its available now, you can catch them at the Basement here in Sydney at the end of July / early August, this is their tune “Everything Was Going Fine”.

That was 5 lads from Sydney called Bird Automatic, with the first single from their second EP, called “Not Morning People” and the track we listened to is “About The Money”. Their plans for the rest of 2009 are to play as many shows as possible and write an album, which they plan to record over the summer of 2009/2010, that was Bird Automatic and their song, “About The Money”.

Up nest is a Sydney producer who picked up sticks and now bases himself in Jakarta, Indonesia, he is called Unkle Ho and he is a founding member of the hip hop act The Herd. He is predominantly a producer of electronic beats, those who have enjoyed the sounds of Unkle Ho’s previous albums like “Roads To Roma” and ¬“Circus Maximus” will not need much convincing to check this one out. Unkle Ho’s brand new EP is called “Subterranea” its out now and from it, this is “Kindergarten”.

That was a very new band from Sydney called Winter People, there are 6 of them all together and they describe their sound as post rock folk. Born from the tradition of distorted pedals and amplifiers, their debut EP “Dog Years” has been receiving positive reviews from their fans around the Sydney scene. The EP is downloadable entirely for free, the track that you just heard and more at winterpeople.com.au . In 2009 Winter People are going to be recording a follow up to this their debut EP and will be coming to a venue near you, an act to keep an eye out for on the live scene and in terms of recorded music. Sydney’s Winter People and My Town.

Last cab off the beforecast rank is a track called Blackbird by Melbourne band the Rectifiers, its been reinterpreted and remixed by a Melbourne artist that we like very much here on FBi, he is called Faux Pas. Tim Shiel is the brain behind Faux Pas, he delivers another sprawling technicolour soundscape from his modest home studio in Melbourne. Fans of Faux Pas can download his Waterfalls EP for free from his website iamfauxpas.com . Intended to be a thankyou from to those who are patiently waiting for the follow up to his excellent 2006 album “Entropy Begins At Home”. From the Rectifiers album “Playtime for John Mountain” this is the Faux Pas remix of “Blackbird”.

Space Invadas is a new collaboration made up of Australia’s renowned producer and DJ Katalyst with UK vocalist Steve Spacek, who has been based in Sydney for a while now. Been hosting parties all around the city everything from soul, dub step and disco nights. The Duos first release together got the attention of BBC Radio 1 announcer and influential club DJ Giles Peterson. Giles called Steve Spacek the voice of modern soul. Steve has had a long career, in which he has worked with the likes of J Dilla, Slum Village, Mos Def, and Common, just to name a few. ARIA nominated artist and local boy Katalyst produces the catchy danceable and futuristic beats on this project. This is the first singe from Space Invadas, it’s called Original, it’s from their new album called Soul Fly, which will be out later this year. The track features MCs Buff 1 from Detroit and RuCL from Melbourne. Apparently the boys let us know that it is inspired by the idea of striving for originality in what you create. Heres Space Invadas and Original.

That was a demo from a new Sydney band called Zeahorse, they were a three piece adding a fourth member on bass very recently. They have been tearing the roof off their live shows with their screamy, grungy, garagy, punk sound and at the moment gearing up for their first tour of Melbourne. Then they will be heading back to Sydney for a month long residency every Wednesday night during September at the Hopetoun Hotel in Surry Hills a new initiative at the Hopetoun called 4 bands, 4 weeks, 4 free, 4 you. Zeahorse are looking to record a brand new EP later in the year but until that comes around, that was Zeahorse and a demo called Wrong.

Coming up next were going to visit our southern cousins in Melbourne. Black Cab is comprised of two key members, singer and producer Andrew Coates and guitarist James Lee. The lads are in the process of recording album number 3, which will be called “Call Sings” when it’s out later this year on Laughing Outlaw Records, which is a Sydney based independent label. The first single form will be called “Rescue”, going be launched in mid July. But first just to wet your appetite this is an FBi exclusive the alternate mix of Black Cab’s “Lost and Falling”.

That’s a very new and unsigned duo from Melbourne called young Heretics, made up of Matthew Wright, who used to play with the Getaway Plan, and his offsider Kitty Hart. Lost Loves which was the track we just heard is a sneak peak at their debut album called “We Are The Lost Loves” due to be released Winter 2009. Their music could be described as warped pop, they have being playing a bunch of shows in Melbourne over the last month or so and we are hoping for much, much more from Young Heretics including hopefully a Sydney visit very soon. That was a demo from Young Heretics called Lost Loves.

The final offering comes in the shape of Damn Arms their a Melbourne band who FBi listeners will be well familiar with. For the uninitiated, Damn Arms used to be a four piece based in Melbourne, recently shedding a couple of members to streamline the outfit and also update their sound. Their recent single Destination was their first foray into the Yacht House sound, it was also the subject of a remix competition organise by their label Bang Gang 12 inches in association with Spank records and excellent record store here in Sydney. The competition was won by Jad Lee and Dominiqe Bird, going under the name Mitzi, from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. For their efforts Mitzi won a $6000 prize pack and their remix will also be part of the upcoming digital release “Destination Remixes” alongside reworkings from Munk, Bang Gang, Cassian, and more to be release early July on Bang Gang 12 Inches. So here it is Damn Arms remixed by Mitzi winner of the Bang Gang 12 Inches and Spank records remix competition.