12 Jul
Australia's latest purveyors of all things indie disco

Following in the disco-infused indie rock of its Aussie compatriots Cut/Copy, Midnight Juggernauts and Empire of the Sun comes Strange Talk, who just released their self-titled debut EP on Neon Gold Records. The first single from the record, “Climbing Walls”, shimmers with all the swagger, melody, rhythm and background vocal textures that have made Australia […]


22 Jun
The basic elements of creativity: copy, transform and combine

Just as we noted previously with Part 2, Everything Is a Remix is a 4-part series exploring the pervasive remix/copy/sample techniques involved in every field from film to music to pure industry. In part three, series creator Kirby Ferguson explains how innovation really take place, describing the basic elements of creativity as: copy, transform and […]


28 Mar
A documentary on the creative minds behind advertising culture

Yesterday I caught the film Art & Copy by Doug Pray, his latest documentary in a career dissecting underground art forms that end up heavily influencing mainstream culture. But unlike his previous films (Surfwise, Scratch, Hype!), Art & Copy is about one of the most mainstream and pervasive forms of art there is: advertising. The […]


24 Feb
A new mix, plus tour dates, from Melbourne with love

Fresh off the success of their A Tale of Two Journeys Mixtape, the Cut/Copy boys are delivering another mix today. A ton of people re-Tweeted the crap out of it, so we know that was a favorite. Well lucky for you, Our boys from Melbourne are at it again. As they explain, “A couple of […]


21 Feb
First video from Zonoscope LP

If you enjoyed the Cut/Copy‘s mixtape A Tale of Two Journeys from last week (which a lot of you apparently did), peep their latest video for “Need You Now” from their brand new LP Zonoscope (Modular Records). The video was directed by Keith Schofield. Cut Copy – Need You Now from Cut Copy on Vimeo.


15 Feb
Download the Melbourne quartet's latest mix

Melbourne’s Cut/Copy celebrate the recent release of their new album Zonoscope (Modular Records) with this set-the-pan-to-simmer mixtape, A Tale of Two Journeys. Cut/Copy not only craft some great electropop but they’ve always excelled as DJs as well, as their earlier mixes like So Cosmic prove. The new A Tale of Two Journeys mix is a […]