digging the debut lps from two good young australian bands: rufus - atlas, and snakadaktal - sleep in the water.

rufus is a dance/house group who write really catchy tunes. might have heard them a few weeks back on the j's as they had the feature album. saw them last year at the cambo and they were great.

snakadaktal's album has really impressed me. i'd heard "air" and always dug it, not a huge fan of the single "dance bear" from last year and didn't really know what to expect from their album. very pleasantly surprised that it's a real atmospheric, dream pop/shoegaze outing which is exactly what i'm in to right now. great vocals. check it out qmun.