In my day job I'm a sub-editor I have developed a dislike of bands with non-band-like simplistic names that are difficult to fact check. Like Songs for example: a band name that defies any useful google/bing search, even if you are as specific as possible (unsurprisingly, a search like "songs band music sydney" yields no useful results).
But I shouldn't judge by name alone, because if I did I wouldn't like half the bands I do; and its also quite unfair for a band like Songs who, once you manage to locate their presence on the internet, are actually quite good. A little on the experimental indie side, they remind me of a more laid back Velvet Underground, a more cohesive Sonic Youth. There is a lovely lo fi quality about them - gives their music a nice raw quality. Could this be the return of true 'indie' music? Songs seem to be doing a lot of shows around town lately; ample opportunity to check them out.
To save you from performing a fruitless net search like myself, here is where you can find this awesome four-piece on the interwebs:
Official website: http://www.songssongs.net/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Songs/38313259952?ref=ts#
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ssongsssongs
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