Lazy Days

By
Alyssar Helweh
– December 31, 2008Posted in: Music, Reviews

Dear Trespassers,

This is arguably the best time of the year for Australians. It is summer and thus beach weather, most of you have some much needed time away from work and we deem it mandatory to drink to excess, eat to excess and be excessively merry. The New Years count is on and for some, the best part is yet to commence – that being festival season. Festival season means (among many other activities) impressive musical line ups, infectious tunes and big beats.

So this week I’m paying homage to festival season and sharing 5 super catchy summer tunes that offer a fantastic soundtrack to summer 09.

1. Pez – Festival Song

Well, I think the title is self explanatory. It is very fitting for the festival season. We are loving the clean piano, catchy chorus and smooth female vocals. Guaranteed to be a summer anthem. Check him out at the Odyssey Festival in Queensland and supporting Lupe Fiasco late January. 

Image courtesy of Pez’s Myspace

2. Lady GaGa – Eh Eh (nothing else I can say)  

Oh look love her or hate her…she knows how to make a tune stick in your head. This is Lady GaGa’s third release off her CD, The Fame. The song is reminiscent of music circulating late 90′s but just so damn catchy.

3. The Transients – One Day 

For those of you who enjoy their electro pop, then you are going to love the MusicOz Awards Artist of the Year. The Transients pay a lot of attention to creating their brand of unique electronic music with catchy pop melodies and tight polished production. Currently they are unsigned but are turning a lot of heads in the music industry. Hear them at the Summerdayze Festival and Good Vibes this summer.

Amazing flashing image (clearly all the rage) courtesy of The Transient’s Myspace

 4. Jay Z ft Santogold – Brooklyn Go Hard 

This is the 3rd single released off Jay Z’s forthcoming 11th studio album, The Blueprint III. We are loving the heavy drums and the loud organ synthesizer setting a perfect canvas for Jay Z’s impeccable lyrics and Santogold’s unique vocal stylings. Santogold will be performing at the Future Music festival this year.

 5. Vampire Weekend – A Punk

Jess the Film Editor opened my eyes to this New York band. You can’t help but find these four uni mates endearing. Their sound is an unusual mix of Brit-pop and New-Wave with an African influence as well. Whatever you classify their sound, it just works. Their lyrics are refreshing, clever and witty. Go listen to Oxford Comma and Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa too. 

Next week we are back into full swing, 2009 is set to be huge. Look out for a spotlight on a Trespass fave Andy Bull next week, a look at Maroon 5′s new project and a whole lot more.

Happy New Year Trespassers!

Dee xx

About Alyssar Helweh

Alyssar Helweh works in a music booking agency, spent time as our Music Editor and has done a stint as a band manager. She has a background in Psychology and a wealth of knowledge regarding the human race. Whether this is because of her Psychology degree or her years spent in retail, is unknown. With a Diploma in Marketing, majoring in Entertainment and Music Management, she is fully equipped to unearth fresh sounds on the music scene, something she takes great delight in doing. A proud Newcastle Knights supporter and obsessive fragrance collector, she plans on retiring early and trotting the globe…a plan that may require inventing something or robbing a bank. Either one. She has a soft spot for bad reality TV, enjoys red wine, is an Earl Grey tea fan, owns a ridiculous amount of dresses and would like to be fluent in five languages by the time she's forty.