Bluejuice

bluejuice is a rock band based in Sydney, Australia. The group consists of Jake Stone, Stavros Yiannoukas, Jamie Cibej, Jerry Craib and new drummer James Hauptmann. Original drummer Ned Molesworth left in December 2008 to move to New York. The musical style of bluejuice has variously been described as "punk-hop", "downtempo hip hop, ska-tinged pop and pounding disco" and "too straight for funk, too groovy for indie rock and too sweaty for pop". bluejuice released the album Problems in 2007. Problems was iTunes album of the week in April 2008 and was given a 4 star rating when reviewed by Rolling Stone. The first single, "Vitriol", enjoyed wide airplay on the Australian national radio network Triple J, being the second most popular track in 2007 and ultimately reaching #11 in the annual Triple J Hottest 100 countdown in 2007[5]. "Vitriol" was the iTunes Single of the week in January 2008 and ranked number 67 in the Australian Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Best songs of 2007. The video clip for "Vitriol" won best clip at Sunscreen Video Awards in 2007. In 2009 they signed to the Australian label Dew Process and recorded their second album with producer/mixer Chris Shaw, which is expected to be released in the second half of 2009.