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Melbourne Madness

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Cut Copy may be the best of the bunch, but a whole slew of knob-twiddling Melburnian electro-rock acts are hot on their heels and worth checking out. Here’s a few bringing the dance floor thunder from down under:

Midnight Juggernauts

Widely know as the BFFs of French dance music monarchs Justice, this electro-synth rock trio of Vincenzi Vendetta, Andrew Juggernaut and Daniel Stricker are currently riding high on the just-dropped Dystopia, an 80s-inspired concoction that sounds something like the Robocop soundtrack scored by Can.

www.myspace.com/midnightjuggernauts

The Presets

These labelmates of Cut Copy are actually Syndey-based, but let’s not nitpick. Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes first turned heads with their hard-thumping debut Beams, and now they’re back with the equally heavy Apacalypso, which, it should be noted, has the involvement of fellow countryman Mel Gibson.

www.myspace.com/thepresets

Muscles

Not as juiced up as his name and debut album title, Guns Babes Lemonade, might suggest. Muscles (also on Modular) is an electro-pop crooner with a distinctive Antipodean element to his vocals. Because of his lyrical storytelling approach, he’s been called the Aussie Mike Skinner.

www.myspace.com/musclesmusic

Miami Horror

The only connection Miami Horror has with the schlocky sci-fi cop movie it’s named after is that one is Italian and the other loves Italian disco. MH is definitely the weirdest of the lot, but possibly the most cutting-edge, as his cinematic remixes have shown. An album/EP is reportedly in the works.

www.myspace.com/miamihorror

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