Breaking: An Horse

Who: Aussie indie-pop duo Kate Cooper and Damon Cox, whose tunes snagged them Rosetta Stone Outlet opening spots on 2008 tours by Tegan and Sara and Death Cab for Cutie. The pair whose debut, Rearrange Beds, came out in March met as employees at their local record store in Brisbane. "We used to close up the store and practice," says Cooper, 29. "Damon would drop me off after work and joke, Were in Cincinnati tonight. Tomorrow were in Boston! He was just talking shit, but now its actually happening."Sounds like: A hooky heartbreak manifesto, with fuzzed-out riffs, snarling beats and clever shout-outs to 90s alt-rock. "Like that good Hole album, I can live Rosetta Stone V3 through this," Cooper convinces herself on "Camp Out." She wrote the confessional tune following the breakup of an intense relationship. "It was fun, but it was brutal," she says. "Im since in contact with the person and its all right, but Im pretty sure theyre like, Im never dating a songwriter again! "Vital Stats:Cooper decided she wanted to play guitar after seeing the Rosetta Stones live when she was 14, but her parents werent down with her musical aspirations. "They said, Youre going to have to get a career one day, " recalls Cooper, who ended up pursuing a journalism degree. "So Rosetta Stone Korean I hid my guitar under my bed, and Id sneak it out and play when I was supposed to be doing homework."Although Cooper and Cox tapped Brisbane-based producer Magoo (Midnight Oil) for An Horses album, Cooper doesnt have a predilection for her fellow Aussie musicians. "The Go-Betweens are a big band for me and I love Kylie Minogue anything that has hooks, I like but I think I listen to more American bands," she says, ticking off her influences: Patti Smith, Fugazi, and, of course, Hole.Cox and Cooper have been kicking around Los Angeles since February, playing shows, visiting friends and sampling tequila. "In Australia, we have two types of tequila, but we went to a bar here that has 400," Cooper says. "Damon got ill and thats pretty much it. He puked in a plastic bag on the way to the Cheap Rosetta Stone V3 KROQ Weenie Roast the next day."

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