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Georgia Fair

Jordan and Ben first became mates when their mutual passion, in exploring and writing new music, yearned to be shared. When not playing and writing, they were raiding their father’s album collections for inspiration and direction. With the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Crowded House and Simon and Garfunkel they were in good stead for the future. Also drawing from contemporary artists such as Fleet Foxes, Angus Stone & Bon Iver they have developed a great, fresh sound.

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A Death In The Family

Forming in Melbourne (Australia) in mid-2004. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY play unique blend of sonic rock & melody driven punk inspired by bands like Leatherface, Husker Du and Hot Water Music. After releasing a 5-track demo EP (now out of print) in Dec 2004, ADITF have spent the past 12 months playing alongside bands such as Blueline Medic, The Nation Blue, Ted Leo (USA), The Explosion (USA), Bodyjar, Sommerset (NZ), Away From Now and were lucky enough to support Leatherface (UK) on their first Australian tour in mid-2005.

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Spit Syndicate

Heralded by many throughout the scene as Australian hip hops next big thing, Spit Syndicate, comprised of MCs Just Enuf and Nick Lupi, have garnered a wealth of hype in recent months. The Sydney duos brand new promotional mixtape, The Futures Bright, showcases the reason for this, presenting a refreshing, high-quality and truly promising collection of music which is sure to only accelerate the buzz.

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Phrase

Harley Webster (born 1981), better known as Phrase is an Australian hip hop MC, originating from Melbourne, Victoria. Growing up in the suburbs of Melbourne, Phrase’s love of hip hop kicked off in his early teens when he started listening to Ice T, NWA, Ice Cube, and 2Pac. Whilst he was a certified fan of these US rappers, it wasn’t until he began listening to community radio and new Australian rappers that he started to feel a real affinity with hip hop as an art-form. “These dudes were rapping about issues that I relate to like cops, graffiti, and crime in Australia.

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Hold Your Own

Hold Your Own is a hardcore band hailing from the Central Coast, NSW Australia. They have released their debut EP What To Call A World and a second EP Dead Days.

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Sacriphyx

Sacriphyx of Australia is a Death Metal band in the old Greek style formed in 2007. Band Members:
~ Anthony Till (Vocals, Guitars & Bass)
~ Neil Dyer (Drums) Discography:
~ <a title="Sacriphyx - Lone Pine" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Sacriphyx/Lone+Pine" class="bbcode_album">Lone Pine</a> (Demo) 2007
~ <a title="Sacriphyx - split with Stargazer" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Sacriphyx/split+with+Stargazer" class="bbcode_album">split with Stargazer</a> (Split) 2009
~ <span title="Unknown album" class="bbcode_unknown">Split with Resuscitator</span> (Split) 2010 <a href="http://sacriphyx.abysmalsounds.com/" rel="nofollow">http://sacriphyx.abysmalsounds.com/</a>

Mojada

MOJADA are the 2010 MusicOz Australian Independent Rock Artists of the year. After being nominated as Top 5 finalists in both the ‘Rock’ and ‘Dance’ categories MOJADA joined this years winners list which included Art vs Science, The Jezabels and Dallas Fresca. The win has topped an impressive start to 2010 after their recent single release ‘Find A Way’ became the #6 most added track to radio in Australia & spent 5 weeks on the AIR Top 20 Radio charts.

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