If life is a constant battle and love is a battlefield...What then do we brand music? The answer for Brisbane pop/rock band Rawr Vanity is simple. Music is the frontline to all of these battles, the one thing that can get us up, pull us through and help us strive for the greatness hidden within all of us. We just need to fight for it. Rawr Vanity has two kings and two queens standing tall on their own frontline.
Little Casino is a 5-piece Alternative Rock band from Brisbane. Playing a unique form of music that fuses 60's melodies, reverberated guitars and beautiful vocal melodies that swings from punchy pop to ambient noise, it's hard to not to enjoy a Little Casino set. After forming in late 2010, Little Casino released an independent EP mid-2011 which got nation wide indie and JJJ radio play, and are in the process of tracking a second record that's sure to take the band to the next level. Stay Tuned.
After suffering a near-fatal seizure, visionary performer Trash McSweeney now sees colour in his music and has set out to share with the world all the ideas about what he has seen and felt. By taking to his guitar, piano and notebook, The Red Paintings were officially born upon the dawn of the new millennium. Based in Australia and Los Angeles
Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, the 9 piece Reggae, Dancehall, Electronic/Acoustic mash up and sound blasting festival favourite have honed the deep down, high energy sound that has become instantly recognisable and slated as a must see act on the live music calendar. Combining fat electronic and acoustic drum rhythms, horns, synths, guitars and the completely unique vocal gynmastics of indigenous superstar D- Kazman, Dubmarine have vibe by the bucketload.
Tin Can Radio are a band like no other. Their infectious flavour of indie-inspired art rock takes listeners on a sonic journey through dreamy landscapes, sing-along hooks, punchy guitar driven riffs and grinding dubstep breakdowns. Their ambitious sonic approach to songwriting, coupled with their engaging live performance, has whipped up a whirlwind of support and captivated audiences nationwide.
An Australian Youth Crew Hardcore band, disbanded in late 2007.
Sing-a-long oriented. In late 2003, 4 kids got together in a small practice space in Brisbanes Fortitude Valley with the intentions of having fun and playing hardcore with heart and message. Drawing influences from the likes of Gorilla Biscuits, Insted, Bold, Chain of Strength, In My Eyes, Time Flies, Mouthpiece, and other youth crew bands, led to a fast paced, energetic sound.
Eclectic pianist-composer Erik Griswold embraces experimental, jazz and pop traditions, multi-media and cross-cultural collaborations to create works of striking originality. Often employing prepared and toy pianos, he performs as a soloist, with his ensembles Clocked Out Duo and bluepoles quartet, and with En Rusk quintet and the Intergalactic Contemporary Ensemble. He has composed a substantial body of chamber music for a variety of instruments, but especially for percussion and piano.
Brisbane's 12 piece garage monster of legend.
November '89. A haze of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll mistakenly leads Lemmy Kilmeister towards a group of long-haired louts the world now knows as Metallica. In the distance, someone drops the needle on a wornout copy of 'The Number of the Beast', clashing magnificently with an already-blasting 'Best of the Ozzman'. Somewhere in the midst of this veritable orgy, the lethal combination explodes outwards, rending the musical world apart.
.. ... Someone said MZO sounded like: "Techno Jungle Sixties Hardcore Punk from Outa Space! " ... Someone else said : "Mental ragga rave n bass with zigzag bass lines and the kind of free spirited abandon guaranteed to ram a dance floor in 10 seconds flat! " Biography 2009 From the cultural swamps of Australia