| Major Tom & The Atoms - Mockingbird Rock, Pop, Blues, Psychedelic | 15/05/2012 |
Featuring ex-Little Red baritone crooner Tom Hartney on vocals, Major Tom & The Atoms are an explosive rhythm'n'blues orchestra set to release debut EP Shake It Til You Break It.
Opening with an instantly infectious beat, ‘Mockingbird’ is a dancefloor favourite with a catchy chorus and swinging sax solo that’ll get even the shiest feet tapping.
Other tracks by Major Tom & The Atoms: The House That Love Built
| The Rubens - Don't Ever Want To Be Found Blues/Roots, Rock | 14/05/2012 |
Forming in early 2011 and hailing from Menangle in country NSW, The Rubens are brothers Sam, Elliott and Zaac Margin and good friend Scott Baldwin.
The new single from Sydney four-piece The Rubens is ‘Don’t Ever Want To Be Found’, a blues soaked number with copious amounts of soul.
| Papa Pilko & The Binrats - The Gambler Blues/Roots, Blues, Alternative Country, Rock | 14/05/2012 |
Papa Pilko & The Binrats are an Alternative Blues band hailing from Sydney, Australia. Blending Juke Joint Blues with the sounds of New Orleans.
The Gambler is a song derived from past experiences with a strong rhythm and screaming harmonica.
Other tracks by Papa Pilko & The Binrats: Bar Fight Blues - I Demand Satisfaction
| Super Raelene Bros - Nuclear Kop Rock, Roots, Cover Version, Folk | 14/05/2012 |
Fresh from the desert a sonic waterhole of sweet harmony and funk that never fails to fill the dance floor. Nuclear Kop EP takes on the Uranium Industry and more!
A spanner in the works of the Uranium spin machine since Wiya Angela Pamela went number one on JJJ unearthed this version of Redgum's classic "Nuclear Kop" promises to do the same.
"the Super Raelene Brothers version is better than ours. And I don't say that lightly." John Schumann, Redgum
"the Super Raelene Brothers version is better than ours. And I don't say that lightly." John Schumann, Redgum
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Other tracks by Super Raelene Bros: I Wanna Live With Kofi Annan - Darwin Song
| Liz Stringer - Glutton Blues/Roots, Alternative Country | 11/05/2012 |
Acclaimed songwriter Liz Stringer (Melb) tours her fourth album “Warm In The Darkness”, a melodic ride that bursts from the gates without conceding the emotive storytelling at its heart.
"Glutton" is taken from Liz Stringer's latest album Warm In The Darkness - out now through Vitamin Records. Currently on a National Tour In Support of this wonderful release,
Warm In The Darkness is a joyful, guitar-laden homage to great pop-rock traditions & Stringer’s most confident and accomplished album yet.
ON TOUR:
JUNE/JULY
NT/VIC/NSW/WA
Warm In The Darkness is a joyful, guitar-laden homage to great pop-rock traditions & Stringer’s most confident and accomplished album yet.
ON TOUR:
JUNE/JULY
NT/VIC/NSW/WA
| The Falls - Home Pop, Folk | 10/05/2012 |
They met. They fell in love. They wrote songs.They fought. They made up. They broke up,They wrote songs.Gorgeous folk pair The Falls deliver a stunning debut EP.
“This is the first I've heard form these guys - hopefully not the last. One for fans of indie-folk.” - Dan Buhagiar, triple j
“This is so close to perfect.” - Dave Ruby Howe, triple j
“So sublime. Those harmonies are just gorgeous.”- Dom Alessio, triple j
“This is so close to perfect.” - Dave Ruby Howe, triple j
“So sublime. Those harmonies are just gorgeous.”- Dom Alessio, triple j
| Rebecca Ireland - Take Me Out Pop, Rock, Roots | 10/05/2012 |
Wielding an electric guitar with shards of a broken heart, singer songwriter Rebecca Ireland sings of the dark side of domestic bliss in her crunchy new single, 'Take me out!'.
Take Me Out is the first single from Rebecca Ireland's upcoming new EP - and follow up to her mesmerising latest release Love & Stickytape (Vitamin Records).
'Rebecca's original, poetic and lyrical slant on life is inspirational and poignant', Marika Bryant, ABC Arts Hub.
'Rebecca's original, poetic and lyrical slant on life is inspirational and poignant', Marika Bryant, ABC Arts Hub.
| Texas Tea - I Don't Write No Sad Songs Country, Alternative Country, Blues, Roots | 07/05/2012 |
Alt country goodness from Brisbane Australia.
The first single from Brisbane alt country royalty Texas Tea's third album. Recorded by Magoo (Tex Perkins, Midnight Oil, Regurgitator etc.)
| Dan Rolls - Forever Hunted Blues/Roots, Folk, Alternative Country, Pop | 06/05/2012 |
Ballarat musician Dan Rolls is a unique Australian artist. Each song he creates is complete with impressive re-inventive guitar-work, African drums, trumpets and much more.
A song about finding a place to call home, yet a feeling of being hunted by the unknown. Interesting tempo change halfway through the song.
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| Dallas Frasca - One Man Woman Rock, Blues, Roots, Pop | 04/05/2012 |
Dallas Frasca is a hard working independent juggernaut who, with her band and this yet to be released album, is carving her own path, both in Australia and internationally.
With no click tracks for that true honest rock sound, all the guitars, drums and vocals were live takes and most songs were captured in their first or second takes. The entire record features no bass; just Dallas and Jeff duelling gargantuan slabs of riffs on 2 Les Paul’s.
| Flap! - The Boogieman Pop, Roots, Jazz, Folk | 04/05/2012 |
A fiery yet charming ensemble featuring brass, guts, and words, Flap! have been described as music that is both old and new, English folk, gypsy brass and Trinidadian calypso influences.
Musically corner-stoned by Eamon McNelis’ pivotal trumpet, Jess Guille’s dulcet vocals, slinky upright bass and watertight drums, "The Boogieman” sets up a riot of colour and rhythm right from onset. A song that is a raucous, sweet, frivolous, frenetic and deliciously irrepressible affair.
| The Royal Artillery - Waiting for the Weekend Rock, Grunge, Blues, Garage | 03/05/2012 |
The Royal Artillery is a band that lives to play live. It’s a big Hendrix-meets-Kyuss sound that’ll resonate in even the sternest, arms-folded audience member.
Their new single Waiting on the Weekend showcases the fuzz-blues guitar work of straight shooter Zed Charles, with an extended intro of Clapton-esque jam, which segues into his vocal, a complaint about an over-entitled, tickets-on-herself girlfriend. Verse, Chorus, Verse doesn't apply here.
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| Phillip Michael Vasiliades - Bangalow Blues/Roots, Jazz, Country, Blues | 01/05/2012 |
Phillip Michael's original music has been described as soulful, classic rock with universal themes. He draws his influences from many styles including rock, soul, blues, jazz and Eastern European melodies.
Bangalow is a road song about love gone wrong. Two travellers paths cross at a moment in time.
It has a definite Australian flavour with place names like Orbost, Rockhampton, New Zealand, HQ wagons, Highway No. 1 and truck stops. Memorable chorus.
It all happens in Bangalow, Northern NSW, Australia.
It has a definite Australian flavour with place names like Orbost, Rockhampton, New Zealand, HQ wagons, Highway No. 1 and truck stops. Memorable chorus.
It all happens in Bangalow, Northern NSW, Australia.
Other tracks by Phillip Michael Vasiliades: Road Warrior - Alluvial Plain
| Lucas O'Connell - Information Overload Folk, Acoustic, World | 01/05/2012 |
Lucas plays a fast dreamy fingerpicking guitar style with eerie, sexy vocals. His songs often explore political and societal themes. Influences include Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, and Jack Kerouac.
Information Overload is a criticism on the false ideals of society that often go unnoticed.
| Mia Dyson - Tell Me Blues/Roots, Rock, Roots | 30/04/2012 |
Mia Dyson returns from the US with a wealth of experience stories of life on the road and a taste of her forthcoming album.
Tell Me is a preview track from Mia Dyson's forthcoming album, released in August 2012.
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| Joel Barker - Into the Storm Folk, Rock | 27/04/2012 |
Joel Barker is a folk/rock singer songwriter from Bridgetown, Western Australia who searches for nuance in everything he sees and hears, turning his observations into beautifully considered and crafted songs.
'Into the Storm' is a delicate piece of documentation that toils of emotional hardships within a sea of adversity and hope.
| David Garnham & the Reasons to Live - Here We Go Blues/Roots, Alternative Country, Country, Acoustic | 27/04/2012 |
Country tinged ballads about booze and women, fueled by isolation and self loathing.
Wrote most of this one in the studio - was based on a fresh love interest and being excited about it - shortly after the song being written, the girl in question 'un-friended' Dave on facebook
| Zeptepi - Girls of Old Maui Folk, Roots, Acoustic, Rock | 27/04/2012 |
Zeptepi are a gloriously apocalyptic folk-rock band for the 21st century. Pogues meets Waterboys meets Weddings Parties Anything.
A re-writing of Rolling Down to Old Maui, a traditional sailor's song dating back to the middle of the 19th century. This version retains the original melody, but tells a new story.
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Other tracks by Zeptepi: No Respect - Ace of Spades
| Sarah Humphreys - Jesus Etc Blues/Roots | 27/04/2012 |
Sarah Humphreys takes the ingredients of the classic songwriter and combines these with a sense of spontaneity, ukeleles and a love of old vinyl.
Sarah’s endearing rendition of Wilco’s “Jesus Etc.” shows her indelible stamp and expert musicianship.
| Guthrie - You Just Want Blood Blues/Roots, Rock, Hardcore | 20/04/2012 |
If you insist that your music must have foot stompin’ drums, loud guitar played with a slide and a voice larger than life, Guthrie is one not to be missed.
Guthries brand new single to kick off their 60+ stop tour. If this is any indication of the shows, they are going to be loud and riotous.
