Melbourne, Australia's Buckley Ward excel at that particular brand of sunny jangle pop reminiscent of The Sundays, Prefab Sprout or any number of 80's-styled (sm)art/pop combos where chiming guitar lines and sharply hooked choruses trump any semblance of brooding, angst-driven mopeyness. Frontman Jimmy Allen's thin, boyish vocals don't exactly pop off the production board but each listen to their April 24 album's title track "So Pretend" and newest single "Into the Darkening Blue" reveals another interesting new, smile-inducing wrinkle. Written, produced and recorded by the band, So Pretend promises intricate rhythmic thrust, [...]
Things just seem to be going from strength to strength for Melbourne's Chet Faker , so it's only right that we give his video a good floggin' like everyone else is. He will be playing at The Toff In Town on the 21st of April as part of his ' Terms and Conditions' EP Launch, supported by local ledgends I'll's . You can grab tickets here . Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders can do no wrong. In this installment is his clip from 'Short Memory' [...]
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'So Pretend' (mp3) A coasty slice of indie-pop from Melb 5 piece Buckley Ward. Clean harmonies + chilled percussion; this is a modest track that sounds good without trying too hard. Cruisy vibes and the airy arrangement here makes this a nice prelude to the warmer months. Some 'jungle' dabblings at the bridge, but here's hoping this stays an 'ugly dancing'/navaho hat free zone in the future. Catch Buckley Ward this Saturday at Yah Yah's in Melbourne. The guys are also doing a run of dates supporting Big Scary on [...]
ok. Buckley Ward. Not one dude but four dudes and a chick (all of whom are hot mind you). They do some really nice indie pop - almost a little tropical feeling at times. The track we got below, So Pretend feels kinda comforting, although the track seems to be about anything but. If you [...]

Round two of this little mixtape. There are some absolute gems in here. Again, i give credit where credit is deserved, thanks goes out to Who The Bloody Hell Are They, Life Aquatic, East to West. By far some of the best spots to source mind blowing Australian music online. This edition features the likes of; Buckley Ward , Chet Faker , King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard , The Delta Riggs , Velcro , Broken Chip , Unknown Mortal Orchestra , Little Scout , Kins , and last but not [...]

Here's the title track to Buckley Ward's new album. It's called 'So Pretend' and it's a gentle flower, combining some subtle percussion with shades of alt country and West African guitar work to create a dreamy indie pop song.

Buckley Ward is yet another great band making their way from the Land Down Under. This Melbourne 5-piece are bound to make a name for themselves based on their new track "So Pretend". I wish that I could say there was more out there to wrap your ears around but there just doesn't seem to be. That's not to say that "So Pretend" isn't please, exactly the opposite. "So Pretend" is so pleasing in fact that I'm overly anxious to hear what all their other works sound like. See for yourself below and head over to their [...]