The Holidays and similar artists

Sounds like: Two Door Cinema Club, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Holidays

Has it really been a year and a half since we heard the sweet uplifting tones from Sydney's New Navy? I believe so, but never fear, for they have...

The Holidays

Home

Sounds like: Placebo, The Horrors, City Calm Down

Electronic indie rock indie pop alternative death cab for cutie

The re-introduction of Sydney band The Holidays has been one of my favorite stories over the past 12 months. The (now) three-piece have taken their ti...

The Holidays

All Time High

Sounds like: Placebo, The Horrors, Kasabian, Joe Goddard

indie pop synth-pop dream pop alternative pop death cab for cutie

Back in July, we received the first step in what fellow writer Hugh called a "new direction" for Sydney-based band The Holidays.Typically known for th...

Elroy 4.0 & The Kite String Tangle

Trinkets

Sounds like: Active Child, Nosaj Thing, Charles Murdoch

chillout chill beats chillwave electronic R&B

The best thing about musical collaboration is the new fans that artists can reach. This is exactly what has happened on this track for me. One of 2013...

Hoodlem

Firing Line

Sounds like: James Blake, Charli XCX, Lorde, MNDR

Electronic female vocalist electro-pop synth-pop R&B

Mysterious Melbourne producer Hoodlem really grabbed my attention a few months back, and it doesn't seem that I was the only one. The fact that nobody...

MTNS

Lost Track of Time

Sounds like: Active Child, Grimes, Purity Ring

dream pop chillout ambient electronic Australia active child

MTNS is a brand new project out of Brisbane; the trio (Tom Eggert, Joseph Thiang, Robbie Hellberg) are trying their hand at the ambient electronic pop...

The Holidays

Voices Drifting

Sounds like: Placebo, The Horrors, Kasabian

indie rock psychedelic Australia shoegaze electronic-rock

Sydney's The Holidays were one of the first bands I ever reviewed on Indie Shuffle; their 2010 Post Paradise album was one of my favorites of that yea...

Made in Japan

Follow the Fool

Sounds like: Radiohead, Bloc Party, Doves, Mesita

indie rock dream pop rock psychedelic psych-rock

It seems like forever since we've had new music from one of my favorite local acts, Made in Japan. While they released an album last year (their AMP-n...

POND

Giant Tortoise

Sounds like: Tame Impala, MGMT, Unknown Mortal Orchestra

indie rock rock psychedelic Australia psych-rock

As big a year it was for Tame Impala, their "side project" POND (which also features members of other noted Australian bands) was right there with th...

Hungry Kids of Hungary

Sharp Shooter

Sounds like: The Boat People, Yves Klein Blue, Ball Park Music, Last Dinosaurs, Big Scary

indie rock indie pop australian Last Dinosaurs 60's

If you haven't heard of the Hungry Kids of Hungary prior to today, you might find their name quite amusing. Contrary to popular belief, they aren't ac...

New Navy

Zimbabwe

Sounds like: Foals, Friendly Fire, The Holidays, The Whitest Boy Alive

indie pop Australia foals Sydney Summer

Writing about Australian music on an American website is somewhat confusing. As my American counterparts are battening down the hatches for winter, us...

Young the Giant

Islands (Polaris at Noon Remix)

remixes downtempo indie rock remixes dreamscape young the giant

Almost one year ago, Young the Giant released their debut self-titled full-length album. With it came a whirlwind of publicity, including some fantast...

The Holidays

Golden Sky

Sounds like: Placebo, The Horrors, City Calm Down

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The Holidays

Golden Sky (The Temper Trap Remix)

Sounds like: Cloud Control, Temper Trap, The Holidays

remixes The Holidays

The Temper Trap have put an ambient twist on The Holidays' "Golden Sky" that makes it almost unrecognizable from the original. All that remains is the...

The John Steel Singers

Overpass

Sounds like: The Holidays, The Polyphonic Spree, Cloud Control, Arcade Fire

indie rock blues rock arcade fire brass The Holidays

The John Steel Singers (JSS) have someone who likes to be called Trimmington in their band... need I go on?Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, they have...

The Holidays

Broken Bones

Sounds like: Vampire Weekend, the Police, Friendly Fires, Little Red

electro-pop synth-pop The Holidays

In my short time as a blogger with Indie Shuffle, I've developed a bit of a common theme, writing about upbeat summer styled music, and this review wi...