{"id":2289,"date":"2013-09-18T11:55:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T15:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2013-09-15T23:54:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T03:54:59","slug":"australia-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2013\/09\/18\/australia-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"AustraliA, Robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?attachment_id=2290\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2290\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Australia-Copertina.jpg\" alt=\"Australia Copertina!!\" width=\"457\" height=\"457\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Australia-Copertina.jpg 457w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Australia-Copertina-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay, so, first things first: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/australiaband\">AustraliA<\/a> is Olga (drums\/bass\/synth) and Mr. Xicano (guitar\/vocals) and they are not Australian. They&#8217;re from Pisa, Italy, and they play synth-heavy, hard-fuzz punk rock. <\/p>\n<p>I like them because they&#8217;re brash and refreshing and just <i>going for it<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>Here are two of my favorite tracks from <i><a href=\"http:\/\/australiaband.bandcamp.com\/\">Robot<\/a><\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><i>Hotter Than Me<\/i>, where they stomp on the fuzz pedal and then drop in some jaggedly perfect synth arpeggios just to keep things interesting:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2036602414\/size=medium\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/t=1\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/australiaband.bandcamp.com\/album\/robot\">Robot by AustraliA<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<i>It Will Be<\/i>, where the steady, distorted, surfy chug of the guitar is the background against which the bright sharp clean synths sparkle and shine:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2036602414\/size=medium\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/t=3\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/australiaband.bandcamp.com\/album\/robot\">Robot by AustraliA<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so, first things first: AustraliA is Olga (drums\/bass\/synth) and Mr. Xicano (guitar\/vocals) and they are not Australian. They&#8217;re from Pisa, Italy, and they play synth-heavy, hard-fuzz punk rock. I like them because they&#8217;re brash and refreshing and just going for it. 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