Husky

Keeping with a vague theme of local amazing bands, introducing Husky. And it seems yes, that is his real name.

If beautiful, melodious, easygoing, folky music is your thing, check out http://www.huskysongs.com/

My favourite is Dark Sea, and has been at the top of my most played charts for about a year. But you can download 3 songs here and suss it out for yourself.
http://www.triplejunearthed.com/HUSKY

He's been around for at least a year, and has just recorded his debut album with producer Noah Georgeson (of Joanna Newson and Devendra Banhart fame.) This is due to be released in July.

Interestingly, he's performing a couple of shows with John Butler Trio over the next month or so. Hopefully the exposure does good things, and you can tell all your friends you first heard about him here.

The Beginnings + Mojo Juju and the Snake Oil Merchants

Hi all.

this is the beginnings of a Melbourne-based music blog. The music I'll be focusing on will be coming from a wide range of areas, but will be generally (though not always) local, with a focus on alternative music genres.

To get an idea of my musical taste, you can check out my last.fm - http://www.last.fm/user/lifesaverdan

More substantial posts to follow!

For now, I'll leave you with a song from a Newcastle/Melbourne band, Mojo Juju and the Snake Oil Merchants. These guys are definitely one of the best bands to see live. While they've broken up recently, you can still catch Mojo Juju live every now and again.