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Flicking through the channels this week I was galvanised by the video of The Galvatrons. This four piece is from my hometown of Melbourne and I can’t quite put my finger on what it is about them that jars though, it’s almost as though they are laughing through all that hair. Some hype from the [...]

This Melbourne Indie crew play smooth Reggae/dub. A big part of their sound includes the trumpet playing of Richard Burns and (Adam)A13 who plays samples and turntable. The dynamics will change with their departure to pursue other options. Meanwhile that still leaves James Orr on sax and Adrien Shaw on trumpet; so they still have [...]

I have no idea how I came across the The Red Sun Band, but let’s just say that I am really glad I did. They are brilliant. A Sydney based trio “who play pretty loud, dark, heavy, sad dream-pop” and all three of them sing. So after endless touring (which they claim to love… I [...]

A work colleague pointed me in the direction of this band Brightwater. They are a contemporary folk band writing and performing their own music and located in Melbourne, Australia. From their website: Award winning songwriters, ‘Brightwater’, have been playing folk clubs, acoustic music venues, bush dances and festivals from Port Fairy to Loch Sport since [...]

We last mentioned Dan Warner back in early 2007 and mentioned that his new album was coming. It’s finally arrived. If you listen to Jonnie Von Goes’ show on Melbournes 3RRR you will have heard Dan’s Warner Corner segment. For those of you that haven’t, the short version is that Jon picks a theme for [...]

Heard these guys recently on Channel 31 – at least the singer and guitarist did a couple of live acoustic tracks. Lead vocalist Andy Rosier has a mighty pop voice which tends to gets swamped amid the band’s jangly guitars and drums. Red Season is a Melbourne outfit as previously stated Andy Rosier on lead [...]

Shellie Morris is an indigenous Darwin based singer/songwriter who has been performing her songs throughout Australia for the past couple of years. She has scored the odd Deadlies nomination for her  songwriting and singing  abilities. Shellie Morris describes herself as an Australian Indigenous Singer/Songwriter performing and recording earthy and honest acoustic songs with contemporary instrumentation [...]