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| The Hilltop Hoods Following up a successful album is a difficult thing for any artist. But what about when it�s considered an epochal release in the history of your chosen musical genre? Such is life for Adelaide born-and-bred three-piece hip-hop group The Hilltop Hoods. While many consider their previous release, �The Calling�, as they�re big breakthrough, it was �The Hard Road� that has come to represent the modern sound of Aussie hip-hop, garnering not just critical kudos with 5 ARIA nominations (and two wins for Best Hip Hop Group and Best Independent Release), a J Award, an APRA Award for Best Upcoming Group, but mega-success as well. The album debuted on top of the charts, and the subsequent national tours were near-instant sell-outs. The band are getting set to blow people�s minds yet again with their dynamic and powerful live show, and drummer Ben Hall elaborates. �We have always found from the very start that people were much more interested in our live product than our recorded product. I don�t know how or why, maybe we just have never got it right on our recordings, but people say that same thing and they always have said it since the very start. They�d say �I heard your songs on the radio but then I came and watched you played and it was great!��
| Black Moth Super Rainbow Eating Us Graveface/ Spunk Born On A Day The Sun Didn�t Rise, the lush opening track on �Eating Us� is the kind of song that ensures mp3s will never take over entirely. The easiest reference point is Air, but in comparison the French duo sound positively stripped back and it�s a beautiful way to begin an album that sees Black Moth Super Rainbow abandoning their lo-fi past for a new sound (if not a new approach). This is largely thanks to producer Dave Fridmann, who has in the past worked with the likes of Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips, and he imparts the same hazy, dream-like quality to the music of Black Moth Super Rianbow by adding layer upon layer of sound to their autotuned psychedelia. | |
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