If I’d taken physics, this post would have a clever title.

Sufjan Stevens once said, “Sometimes I worry that the ever-increasing trend toward excessive innovation has pushed the art and music world into a slapstick exhibition of dog breeding, generating increasingly newer, more contemporary fashions: gothic folk, for one. Or Afro-beat Ivy League pop.” He has a point. It seems the indie music scene is becoming increasingly cluttered with those striving to out-bizarre each other in the name of alternative innovation. As a hipster extraordinaire, I know it can be easy to give in to peer pressure and search for the most god awful, obscure band you can find just so you can claim that you are the only one who understands true, progressive, modern art in musical form. So let’s take a time-out from being pretentious–or at least from being excessively pretentious–and discuss honest indie pop rock without any trace of pretense.

Kinematics. What is a branch of dynamics which describes the motion of objects without consideration of the circumstances leading to the motion? Incorrect! Thank you for playing. The correct answer was: What is pure, simple indie pop rock at its best? This Australian quartet crafts beautifully simple, yet complex, smartly arranged pieces. The first song I heard of theirs was ‘The East Seventies.’ It caught my attention, but I thought little of the band. As with many indie unknowns, I figured this was the one song that really came together from their catalog clogged full of messy, fuzz-boxed, whispery-vocaled compositions with banal lyrics. But I liked this one song so much that I contemplated making it a Hipsters Don’t Lie pick. In searching for an MP3 version of it, I came across the rest of their musical repertoire. I was instantly hooked. Every song was like the pinnacle of indie pop perfection that bands achieve usually, if at all, just once.

So what is my pick? I don’t know. I couldn’t pick just one. In all honesty, any Kinematic song you stumble upon, listen to it. It’s worth it. But I’ll pick one. Uh. Since ‘1964‘ is on YouTube, it is my pick for today:

Their sound is so classic–vintage, almost–yet it simultaneously sounds fresh, new and original. And still it sounds so familiar. I’m in awe that Kinematic isn’t more of a hipster household name. My other highly recommended tracks include, ‘Championship Vinyl,’ ‘Oregon,’ ‘Ponderosa,’ and the gorgeously evocative acoustic tune ‘Are You Leaving?‘ which borders on something undeniably Beatles-esque. But seriously, just listen to anything you can find.

The band makes it more than simple to do so, giving free downloads of many, many tracks on their site (http://www.kinematic.info/) out of the goodness of their unselfish, indie hearts. Also, check them out on myspace (http://www.myspace.com/kinematicmusic)– <shameless plug> and while you’re there, be our friend, too (http://www.myspace.com/hipstersdontlie)! My favorite Kinematic tunes can also be found along with some other elite tracks on our ProjectPlaylist account (http://www.playlist.com/user/27788262). </shameless plug>