Van She

I’ve been cleaning out all the mp3s I was supposed to check out before deciding whether I like a band enough to buy their album or whatever. In reality, I ended up with an 85-song playlist that was completely overwhelming. So while finally sorting through it, I came across Van She’s “Kelly”, which I had totally forgotten that I loved. Like fellow Australians Cut Copy, Van She take everything fun about the ’80s and turn it into modern dance-pop (with some Van Halen-esque guitars thrown in as well). “Kelly” is, as far as I’ve heard, their best by far - it’s like time travel back to my childhood in the form of a perfect pop song.

According to their website, Van She is working on some new stuff right now and you can hear a few songs over at myspace. Or you can download the whole Van She EP at emusic.