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TOP FIVES: Hugh McClure From Indie Shuffle

5 March 2012 | 2:00 pm | Staff Writer

We're bringing back Top Fives, so every week you get to hear what our our music lovin friends are listening to...

Do you like turtles? Well, that's one thing you have in common with Sydney-based writer, Hugh McClure. He's an international correspondent for San Francisco music blog, Indie Shuffle; a good excuse to spend all his time going to gigs and listening to new music.

We're bringing back Top Fives, so every week you get to hear what our music loving friends are listening to. Let's find out about McClure's top 5s...

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Top 5 Albums

The Roots- Things Fall Apart

Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest

SBTRKT- SBTRKT

Tame Impala- Innerspeaker

Toro Y Moi- Causes Of This

Australian Artists

Last Dinosaurs

Oliver Tank

Cut Copy

Husky

Belles Will Ring

Tracks you have on repeat now

Tune-Yards- 'Gangsta'

Real Estate- 'Easy'

Last Dinosaurs- 'Andy'

Neon Indian- 'Polish Girl'

Chairlift-'Amanaemonesia'

Gigs you’ve been to

The Roots @ Enmore Theatre

Sufjan Stevens @ Sydney Opera House

Laneway Festival '11

Unknown Mortal Orchestra @  Oxford Art Factory

Grizzly Bear @ City Recital Hall

Places to go for a night out in Sydney/Australia/The World

Pianos, Manhattan (New York)

Sister Bella, Melbourne CBD (Melbourne)

Purple Sneakers @ The Abercrombie, Chippendale  (Sydney circa 2004)

The Standard, Darlinghurst (Sydney)

Hive Bar, Erskineville (Sydney)

Music/Entertainment Websites (apart from Purple Sneakers of course!)