I can't think of an Australian band that I ever loved. It's not that I heard too many of them, but all my life I've been searching & discovering music and I honestly can't think of any Australian band that I found good. That's why it was so weird to find out that my latest joy, Love of Diagrams, comes from Australia. I wouldn't have guessed that in a million years.

Love of Diagrams are making music that mixes two very similar genres – New York's new wave and UK's post punk. That makes sense, because when I think about it, Australia is a mixer of England & the United States: they are part English for obvious reasons, and they have a real California feel, with the whole surfing-beach-blonde thing.

Anyway, Love of Diagrams are active since 2001, and after they have secured spots supporting many bands, including Death Cab for Cutie, Electrelane, Les Savy Fav, Stereolab, The Rogers Sisters and Sonic Youth, They have finally signed with Matador.

With Matador they've release their second album, "Mosaic", which is an amazing dark album, that lives the 1980's in a much more authentic way than most of the current post-punk scene - I'll leave you to decide if that's a good thing or not, but while you are considering the two, listen to the magnificent song "The Pyramid", it will probably make the answer clear.