School of Seven Bells to tour Australia

New York psychedelic group School Of Seven Bells are venturing out to the Australian shores in April. The trio, of which two are twins, will play shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.

Late last year the group delivered their delicious debut album, 'Alpinisms', so expect lots of goodness from them live.

School Of Seven Bells play the following shows in April. Tickets on sale Friday 13 February.

Thursday 23 – The Gaelic Club, Sydney
Friday 24 – The Zoo, Brisbane
Saturday 25 – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne

www.schoolofsevenbells.com

Who we are hyped about for 2009...

A little while ago we put together a little article about the top aussie prospects for 2009 including the great Tame Impala, the exciting Empire of The Sun and the ever-so-wonderful Temper Trap. (Read more here)

Well, after extensive research and hours of listening, we believe we may have found the next batch of international acts to make some hype in 2009. We believe that we first mentioned the likes of MGMT, The Ting Tings, Vampire Weekend and Fleet Foxes here at Music Universe and look how their 2008 turned out. Well, here's the list we believe will be raging this year:

1. White Lies
Summed up: Think Joy Division, Interpol and Editors shoved into a blender.
Website: www.myspace.com/whitelies

2. Florence and The Machine
Summed up: Like when the sun sets over the sea on a summer's day- just beautiful.
Website: www.myspace.com/florenceandthemachinemusic

3. First Aid Kit
Summed up: Two teenage girls from Stockholm who do an amazing cover of Fleet Foxes
Website: www.myspace.com/firstaidkit

4. School of Seven Bells
Summed up: A good looking dreamy kind of band formed by dude out of Secret Machines.
Website: www.myspace.com/schoolofsevenbells

5. Hockey
Summed up: If James Murphy produced The Strokes and met Dylan and The Hold Steady during lunch.
Website: www.myspace.com/hockey

6. La Roux
Summed up: An electro-pop version of Annie Lennox playing the synthesizer. Mark my words...she' ll be big.
Website: http://www.laroux.co.uk/

7. Boy Crisis
Summed up: If MGMT ceased to exist, these guys would fill their shoes easily.
Website: www.myspace.com/boycrisis

8. Everything Everything
Summed up: Unconventional UK pop that makes you think whilst you move on the dancefloor.
Website: www.myspace.com/everythingeverythinguk

9. Mumford & Sons
Summed up: Think Coldplay turned hillbilly whilst enjoying an enchanting and unique experience
Website: www.myspace.com/mumfordandsons

10. Passion Pit
Summed up: File them next to Flaming Lips, MGMT, The Go! Team and expect your body to not stop moving
Website: www.myspace.com/passionpitjams

Honourable mentions:
- Amazing Baby (www.myspace.com/theamazingbaby)

- Chairlift (http://www.chairliftmusic.com/)

- Golden Silvers (http://www.goldensilvers.co.uk/)

- Rye Rye (www.myspace.com/tharealryerye)
- The Dø (www.myspace.com/thedøband)