Gideon Bensen is a singer songwriter from Sydney. His Indie/Folk sound is reminiscent of the late sixties/early seventies with a delightful, and occasionally jaded, contemporary spin.  He tells stories through his ballads that linger long after the song has finished.

I was lucky enough to catch him playing a set at Cosy Band Night ‘08, and bully him into a short interview afterwards.  Gideon has even been generous enough to supply us with his track “The 8th Day” for you listen to!

Gideon Bensen - The 8th Day

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ThatIndieShop.com Interviews Gideon Bensen at Cosy Band Night ‘08

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You can find the transcript for the interview under the break! (more…)

Not to push this guy down your throat any further, im sure our last gushing post was enough to get you feeling our enthusiasm for this LA DJ, but damn it if he hasn’t done it again! Jumping over here you will find a remix of Tears for Fears Shout (as in Shout, Shout, let it all out… you know the one)

In a first for ThatIndieShop.Com we have an original track by On Off On for your listening pleasure. He brings his signiature glitch/electronic style blended with vocoded vocals in the vein of Daft Punk, an homage that I am sure was intentional.

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Moving Forward - On Off On - Download Link

Then there is the rest of his back catalogue we asked for permission to post but never got round too, after the jump (more…)

Last Sunday night, I had the good fortune to attend Cozy Band Night ‘08 in West Pymble, which is near Sydney.  There were eight acts in total, a showcase of true indie talent.

In short, it was awesome.

We were even able to catch a few of the acts for some quick interviews!  We were able to catch up with:

Gideon Bensen

Mitch Grainger

Nick Foran

Samara Divulgence

The Naked Parade

I haven’t quite recovered from the night yet, but when i do, I’ll start posting some of the interviews I recorded, and when I get the artist’s permission, some clips of them playing.

Special thanks to The Naked Parade for organising the event and inviting us, and to Deon from Sound Scaping, who was our cameraman for the evening.

Hey all, I was just in Queensland for a long weekend to escape the pilgrimage to my home town. Now a few brain cells lighter we return, with some ridiculously good news. We have some indie band interviews undertaken by my fearless friend Mitch that will be available just as soon as we figure out which of the buttons on our mastering software makes everything sound good… But onwards we march. Today’s pick of delicious tunes is:

Go here now, do it! You will be rewarded with an embarassment of riches. Well, if you scoot past the (to me) unintelligible Swedish(?) you will find some remixes by Yuksek which are sweet indeed.

What do you get when you mix 5 teenage filipino sisters and Eleanor Rigby? A ridiculously cool cover that’s what. Jazzy and haunting by turns, its on that page somewhere. Seek it out and enjoy. Diddy-Wah (the people who posted said track) say “If you know of a better version of this song please get in touch because I’m about to call it. Best version ever.” I prefer the original… but one of the most amazing covers I would agree.

Jump back in a bit for those interviews and maybe a free sample or two…

(Edited much later: I realise I never came back with the full review of David Ford’s music, wouldja believe they wont sell it to Australian Citizens? *sigh*)

Shameless re-posting of other peoples fine investigative efforts is what music blogging is all about. Right? Well maybe not, but this collection of remixes by On Off On may be just too good to ignore. Check it out here Welikeit.indie.

On Off On are on myspace here: myspace/onoffonmusic

We caught up with the artist himself in a mini email interview, enjoy it after the jump

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