Concrete Playground

Midnight Juggernauts steamed ahead of the pack of indie/electro bands way before it became the flavour of 2009. Before The Presets were winning ARIAs, while Ladyhawke was still eating fush'n'chups in NZ and before New Rave came and (thank god) went, the Juggers were slogging between Sydney and Melbourne as a two-piece, playing every show they could gnash their teeth into. When they poached Dan Stricker from The Valentinos and released their debut album Dystopia, they went gangbusters. Sold out show after sold out show ensued, as well as tours through the US with Justice, remixes for almost everyone, being featured on über cool French dance label Kitsune and even programming a Fabric Live mix. They really thought outside the box, and, to their credit — thought outside Australia — which made them even more desirable and respected here.

This New Technology is the first single off their forthcoming second album, and it's a bit of a departure. Leaving aside the oonce-oonce disco beat, the Melburnians do a bit of a psychedelic synth thing, over a soul style back beat before fading out with an ELO inspired outro. So it should be interesting to hear what else they've got in store for us when they hit The Metro on the 6th of November.

NZ indie rockers Cut Off Your Hands, a great live act, will be opening.