Melbourne, Australia supergroup of sorts. Adam Cooper of Hardware, Dan McKay of The Nation Blue and Brett O'Riley of Warped plus occasional guest Spod. No nonsense hard rock. Familiar to fans of Drive Like Jehu.
A five-piece band originally from all over the world, but now Sydney-based. Their music is described as complex but catchy rock with a progressive edge...together they are Mending Melissa. With regular fixtures on the Sydney music scene since late 2009, they've played venues like The Annandale, The Excelsior, Manly Fisho's and The Landsdowne. They supported the Salvation Army Oasis Youth Initiative with an outdoor concert as part of the Surry Hills Festival and were the headline act for the Bring It On! Festival 2010 in Sydney.
Folk Uke is Cathy Guthrie, daughter of Arlo Guthrie, and Amy Nelson, daughter of Willie Nelson. The duo has a unique folk-pop sound and catchy lyrics, creative lyrics, notably on their original song, "Shit Makes the Flowers Grow."
For Our Hero is an unsigned pop rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The band formed two years ago and have recently released their debut EP 'Threw the Looking-Glass'. Taplin brothers Jay, on vocals and Beau who writes the band's lyrics, Dave Tran and Leon Blair on guitar, while Geoff Taylor and Nax Vee complete the six piece band, play bass and drums. With pitch perfect melodies, beats and rythym as rocking as they come, lyrics as witty and fresh as the song names, For Our Hero's sound is sure to get anyone up jumping and dancing.
Dud is a french local band, that hangs around Aix-en-Provence, near Marseille. Formed at the end of the last century, Dud mixes a lot of different influences from PJ harvey and the black keys to Nirvana, Noir désir and Bérurier Noir. The result is a punk-blues-approximative rock, in english as well as in french .
They have three DIY démos at this time, "First" (2002), "Cut and Paste" (2004) and "Potato" (2006)
Jack Ladder (b.1983) is the alias of Tim Rogers, a songwriter, musician and artist from Sydney, Australia. His music is characterised by his baritone voice and poignant observations on love and death. His songs often feature a black humour and deeply personal revelations.
He has released three albums "Not Worth Waiting For" (2006), "Love is Gone" (2008) and "Hurtsville" (2011) . An alternative version of songs from Love Is Gone "Counterfeits" was self released in 2009. Love is Gone was short listed for the Australian Music Prize and won the Red Bull Music Award. It was also selected Album of the Year by Who Weekly magazine.
His live shows are a constant reinvention, involving improvisation and deconstruction of his own material. Early shows were strictly acoustic featuring cello and upright bass. This was followed by a long period of electric trio and full band shows. He is currently performing with vintage drum machines, delays and the guitar sonics of Kirin J Callinan (Mercy Arms). His live band, The Dreamlanders, regularly features Laurence Pike (PVT, Triosk) on drums. Though evolving and experimental his performances are always passionate.
Ladder has toured and opened for artists as diverse as John Cale, Wolfmother, Feist, Bill Callahan and Okkervill River for whom he contributed to The Stand Ins (2008). He features on the live Bill Callahan record "Rough Travel For A Rare Thing" (2010) playing bass guitar.
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There are two bands called Sadhana. Both of them are in Australia. Sadhana 1 - Combining over decade of collective experience from a variety of projects, SADHANA was originally formed in late 2006 and now, with a vocalist completing the line-up in late 2008, SADHANA are ready to take on the world. SADHANA consists of 4 musically diverse and dedicated players from various musical influences and extensive backgrounds that have converged to create a massive, dynamic and distinctive sound that conveys intensity, emotion and meaning.
Polygon Palace formed after a chance encounter between recreational time-traveller Adam Ferns and future-street-tough Gabriel Crossan, at The Polygon Palace Of Time Adventure ($5 Wednesdays), when both decided to go for the 'Super Saver Spin'. Several random eras and misadventures later, they placed their arms outside the ride and crash-landed in Melbourne in the early 21st century. Determined to raise enough money for a ticket home, they formed a band, harnessing the medium of popular song to share their experiences of vampire-hunting robots...
