Melbourne, Australia
There is no doubt about it, the scene is moving faster than Carl Lewis on roids. Why for a mid-20 something it only felt like yesterday that I was gorging on Brit-pop anthems from the likes of The Libertines, The Rakes, Futureheads and even The Strokes (want to know one great local act that has the sound down pat? Check out Marching Room). Then someone had the balls to pull out a synth and it was all over. Electronica came back and I was having mad flash backs of the eighties... playing with transformers in kindergarten.
Whether it be good or bad electronic pop/rock/punk is here for the time being and it's making for many an interesting sound. One such group I'm particularly into at the moment is Foxx On Fire from Melbourne. In keeping with the sound of the day, there's plenty of synths, handclaps and a little distortion but I feel this band has a sound that even the rock purists would love. By the way, check out the percussion in both these tracks - there's some awesome tribal thing going on...