Youth Group are from Australia and I became enamored with the band when I first listened to 2004's (2005's US?) " Skeleton Jar ". "Casino Twilight Dogs" is their third release ( Ivy League Records ). The single "Catching & Killing" is a track brought together by experimentation. According to the bands website, Cameron Emerson-Elliott came up with the title and riff for the song. The process involved creating a drum loop derived from samples of The Stone Roses and Arab Strap. He then produced guitar tracks to lay over the background samples. Lyrics were added to the mix [...]

I have been listening to the latest CDs by these bands all day yesterday. I've put them on Winamp and let it shuffle. And I did notice something: three of the albums are quite similar, and one is a bit of an exception. Let's start off with this one: OMR - Superheroes Crash This French duo contacted me on MySpace [...]

The Wrens - Grey Complexion Phoenix - One Time Too Many Youth Group - Let It Go Camera Obscura - Sugar Town (Peel Sessions) The Fiery Furnaces - Here Comes The Summer Phoenix @ Mod Club on September 8th & V Festival on September 9th.
Youth Group's sophomore album is out in Australia . I'm still running through it for the first time, but I rememer this song from their live show and remember mouthing Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" over the chorus. You will too. Youth Group - Let It Go (mp3) The similarities are too close to ignore. It would almost be a good song otherwise. Maybe it wouldn't be bothersome if the very next song didn't start off sounding like Radiohead's "High and Dry." [...]
I'm one tired little blogger boy right now, so this will be somewhat of a short post. I'm not one for words, so why don't we just get straight to what we both love best: the music. Forever Young - Youth Group Hard To Explain (Acoustic Version) - The Strokes Rear Moth - Psapp Tundra - Squarepusher Just A Ride - Jem LA Correction Exchange [...]
If you're like most people out there, Youth Group are that band that covered "Forever Young" and it got on the OC. If you're like me, they're that group that Patrick Matthew left The Vines for. But however you know them, Youth Group's new album, Casino Twilight Dogs, is a ...