Following the split of Australian black metal band Baal Gadrial in 2003, vocalist Azgorh created Drowning the Light. Four demo tapes were recorded and given extremely limited distribution, being given out only to close friends. From 2003 to 2009 Azgorh has recorded 10+ demos, 10 full-length albums (5 of which were released in the same year: 2007) and material for a number of split albums under the Drowning the Light moniker.
Lee Kernaghan (born April 15, 1964 in Corryong, Victoria, Australia, is one of Australia's most popular and influential country singers and songwriters. Born in the bush, Corryong, Victoria, in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains high country is where Lee's life began. The son of a truck driver and later multi-platinum recording artist Ray Kernaghan, Lee spent his formative years growing up in the Riverina country of Southern NSW.
"women in docs" are an independent folk act based in Brisbane, Australia. With a reputation for stirring and humourous live performances and a vigorous touring schedule, "women in docs" have spent six years building a fiercely loyal following throughout Australia, as well as touring internationally to win over audiences throughout North America, Europe and Asia. "women in docs" have accrued an impressive array of career benchmarks. They’ve played major festivals throughout the world.
Blkout are a hardcore band from Perth, Western Australia, Australia formed in 2007. Originally the band was signed to Perth label Suppression Records, however, just before the release of their debut LP Total Depravity in mid 2009, they signed to Australia's long serving, and arguably best hardcore/punk label, Resist Records. Blkout have supported numerous international and Australian bands on tour, including Parkway Drive, Rise and Fall, Miles Away, Fc Five, 50 Lions, Break Even and Trash Talk among others.
HEAD FILLED ATTRACTION is made up of four musical athletes from various musical backgrounds driven by the mutual determination to craft raw, heart-bleeding material. With a burning desire to push boundaries, the quartet, with their high level, and heart pumping alt/electro metal, posses an uncanny ability to connect with a live audience. The music is hand crafted and driven by the low tuned tools of guitar, bass, and a wide range of orchestrated electronic samples.
Rapskallion is an Australian vaudeville group formed in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia describing their music as "a vaudevillian carnivalesque shotgun marriage between Tom Waits and Edith Piaf." The group has released one 11-song LP, "One Up For The Little Man" independently in 2009. The album spawned a number of singles, some of which have received airtime on Australian alternative radio station, Triple J.
Sarah Hopkins is a unique Australian composer-performer, highly acclaimed for her visionary music and inspiring performances for cello, harmonic overtone singing, handbells, choir and the celestial Harmonic Whirlies of her own creation. With a strong background and training in classical music, over the years she has moved into the realm of holistic music and developed a very distinctive compositional voice.
O.B. has been rapping for about 10 years in Sydney, and has now played across Australia. He was a mumbling presence alongside DJ A.L.F. at the legandary Joined at the Bass sessions at the Cricketer's Arms, until the Rum Corps (aka the NSW Police Force) and a yuppie shut down the live music one fateful Christmas eve. They could not, however, stop Alf and Ozi from forging a musical partnership that has taken them everywhere from dingy suburban pokie palaces, bush doofs, kiddiecore raves and the metro's stage.
Hardcore band from Byron Bay, Australia. Released a Demo in 2007, Holy Moley Demo in 2008 and Chillmatic LP in 2009.
BAG RAIDERS Sydney dancefloor princes Chris Stracey and Jack Glass have already built up a Bag Raiders hype storm. Here's why. "Fun Punch", the lead single from the Bag Raiders EP, was resolutely flogged by all those in the know and landed the duo on "best of 2007" lists and compilations galore. The Power Rangers inspired film clip received over 700,000 views on YouTube! The Raiders then forward-rolled into 2008 with the release of a second EP on the Bang Gang label, "Turbo Love".