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Hermitude's infectiously upbeat single "Speak Of The Devil' came out in September of 2011 and we only just discovered it (considering it won Triple J's Award for best film clip last year there's no excuse). Damn. What a freaking amazing song!

Speak Of The Devil's righteous departure from instrumental hip hop (in which Hermitude made their name) into glorious pop/dance territory is just one of the highlights off their soon-to-be-released album HyperParadise. Featuring a glorious mix of synth pop, electronica, dance, hip hop and soul, it shows just how creative, talented and tasteful these dudes are.

Sometimes with instrumental or sample based music there's a danger that in avoiding repetition, the music becomes a victim of its own hyperactivity, too many samples, glitches and zig zigs at the expense of any overiding structure. Hermitude have never had that problem, each track stands alone as a memorable track.

From the filthy synth and snare of opening track "Engage" through to the sleepy pitter patter subtlety of "Let You Go", a track that wouldn't be out of place on Seekae's Jagermeister Independent Music Award winning +Dome album, Hermitude have come up with their best release yet. An exciting, engaging, enchanting listen. Killer stuff.

When a press release concludes with the words "make no mistake, this is an important Australian Record" it's tempting to write it off as hyperbole... By whose standard is it important? Are we really breaking new ground?

Well, yes, in this case we really are breaking new ground.

The Last Kinection's album 'Next Of Kin' is stunning in its musicality and fiece in its intentions. 'Next Of Kin' fizzes with the unique world view of a politically savvy generation of proud indigenous artists. The album features party bangers (check out the totally rad 'Happy People' featuring Lotek) and stunning political R&B. Lead single 'Are We There Yet' should be adopted as the anthem for the Close The Gap Campaign. It's a song that also captures the zeitgeist of the #Occupy movement beautifully... The Last Kinection really do represent the exploited 99%.

Next Of Kin was created in the aftermath of a horrific car accident in 2008 - where MC Nay (Naomi) was pronounced dead at the scene until her brother Weno (Joel Wennitong) noticed that the blanket covering her was moving. From staring down the barrel of never walking or talking again to leading her fellow band members to win 5 Deadly Awards and release  a truly stunning album, the story of The Last Kinection's is already one of triumph over adversity. A beautiful (and yes, important) album full of amazing songs, one after the other...