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Backyard Business

Backyard Business are a 4-piece Indie-Rock/Aussie-Emo band from Launceston, lutruwita (Tassie). The boys strive to put on the best show that they can with catchy melodies, high energy riffs, pumping rhythms and energetic stage presence.

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Berkeley Band

Indie rockers Berkeley are known for their energetic live performances. With a surf rock sound, they deliver fast paced indie tracks such as fan favourites 'Suits' and 'Ain't No Romance'.

With inspirations such as The Arctic Monkeys, Skegss, The Strokes and Dice, they deliver a energetic summer sound.

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Emma Volard

Deity, the debut album by Melbourne-based vocalist and songwriter Emma Volard, is a record of tensions: caught in the push-pull between light and shade, joy and sorrow, chaos and order, it’s an album that draws power from the divine messiness of the human experience. Synthesising acid jazz with modern R&B, dub with pop, and future soul with old-fashioned grooves, it’s a statement of profound artistic intent for Emma: a 12-part journey of self-expression and hard-won self-determination that combines the classic and the cutting edge to build something sleek and scintillatingly new. “This album is a revolt against oppressors, particularly those in the music industry — an f-you to anyone who tries to tear us down,” she says. Cathartic, vulnerable, and deeply, defiantly empowered, it’s a definitive document of feminist soul: a call for listeners to “discard the judgement of others, and embrace their bodies, their minds, and their souls.”

Raised between the hustle-and-bustle of inner-city Melbourne and the organic serenity of the coastal town of Philip Island, Emma’s upbringing provided the kind of musical education money can’t buy. Singing and dancing along to pop classics like “Spinning Around” and “I’m Blue” as a toddler snowballed into drum lessons from the age of eight, which turned into vocal training in high school and a voracious appetite for all the classics she could get her hands on, plumbing the depths of her grandma’s record collection to unearth gems by Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Joe Cocker, and Ella Fitzgerald. Emma’s training continued while studying music at university, where she discovered luminaries like Etta James and Erykah Badu, the latter of whom would become a clear guiding light in her journey towards a place of gleaming fusion jazz music.

This omnivorous upbringing is written between the lines on Deity, which embraces the fullness of Emma’s multihyphenate musical upbringing, touching on breathless polyrhythms and indelible hooks, a clear-eyed political bend and, at the centre of it all, Emma’s sublime, silken vocal. It’s a potent combination that Emma has showcased with her band during live sets at Meadow, Leaps & Bounds, and Brunswick Music Festival, as well as in support slots for celebrated artists like REMI, Emma Donovan, and Horatio Luna.

Deity was led by “Femininity”, a powerful statement of intent that encapsulates Emma’s devoutly feminist politic with the cutting-edge bricolage of her music, which was praised by tastemakers including Double J’s Zan Rowe, Triple J’s Nkechi Anele, and Gilles Peterson. Combining cinematic strings and a motorik guitar groove with Emma’s plush, soulful vocal, it’s a jaw-dropping introduction to a record that touches on loose, acidic techno (“My Desire”), ambient spoken-word (“Searching”) and, in its spectacular, dynamic coda, the kind of darkly-toned avant-garde jazz practised by UK luminaries like Moses Boyd. Above all, though, Deity is a statement record, one that positions creativity as a brazen political act, a mode of self-expression that can’t be silenced or diminished. “Deity is a love letter to myself,” she says, “That reminds me to embrace who I am, to break boundaries, to express myself without fear, to allow myself to grow and to love unconditionally.”

Daniel Serpa

Foremost a bass guitarist, producer, and songwriter, the hard-to-categorise 18-year-old Filipino-Colombian musician is from the western suburbs of Melbourne. He released his self-made debut EP from 2022, “Gem”, made entirely on his iPhone and gave listeners a glimpse into the world of his talent and passion for making music, with songs like his fan favourite “Wonchuuu”.

Since then, Serpa has been creating in the shadows, opting to obsess over every new sound that came out of his psyche. Now, his work has paid off and has blossomed into his currently untitled and soon-to-be-released first album, full of tracks that sparkle and get carried away in their inherent smoothness, tight rhythms, and catchy melodies.

“mmmmmm this is cool" - Frank Sativa (365k monthly Spotify listeners) on Serpa’s music.

Tillerman Pete

roots and blues infused.

With a blend of stomping slide guitar and acoustic story telling, Tillerman Pete draws on elements of the Blues, indie rock and folky fingerpicking to create a colourful take on life.

The Lemon Twigs

The Twigs are legends – teen sensations, k pop stars, BrotherLovers, Twiggy Cola Lite. Their songs exist as cultural freebase. Cocaine, water, baking soda, and DNA. (o.k. )
While the White Smile Face People appoint Garage Girl, Digital Bass Face or Shitbag Boy as the new FreakoftheWeek, the Twigs have lived 26 cat lives from here to japan making real life bonafide Humans rejoice in the pagan art of Magick Pop Freebase. There are millions of fans, You see; the twigz are more Popular than You, they are Greater than Your Favorite Band, they are a phenomenon.
And now it’s been more than three years since they showed up with their masterpieces and the kids went berserk.
You loved “Meet the Twigs,” you loved the fucking monkey.
Well Music For the General Public is the ultimate ride cocksucker.
Because the Twigs heated up the bottom of their spoons and let their chemicals morph into oil-slick-rainbow clumps. 12 of them. Each song is Twigs from concentrate: seven times more concentrated than the initial juice.
A noseful for every junkie, sparkling as the cream smeared across the mythical holy Ghost-Teen’s high waisted vintage-ass JEANS.

THE TWIGS are celebs. They are in Rado’s dusty bat cave, one of several spots they’ve been chipping at their fuck puzzle. They have nothing to prove. They don’t care. Everybody who’s the face of a designer clothing campaign is because the twigs passed first.
//~ Michael lives in the studio and lays down his tracks at night. He has become a reluctant studio engineer in the Twigs’ home studio in Long Island and can run the machines himself. He is working on the album’s opener, ‘Hell on Wheels,” in which His searing cartoon visions of dirty screaming teenage deathkids ripping down the Strip parade us into into the throb of the album. He mopes around. The subject matter of his songs is dark. His songs are Masterful and bombastic, exploding and shining black, while his lyrics seem preoccupied with incest, broken homes, loneliness. Welcome.
Now It’s daytime. Brian’s in love. He and his girlfriend Anastasia have shown up after her shift at Squaresville vintage clothing store. Brian sprinkles sweetgrass around. Brian’s songs have become Too Good – they are DMT jesters of themselves, cartoon crack. You can wind a Brian Song up and watch it go BOING BOING BOING down the hallway with art deco birds towering above, snirting their snorters into snakey red inkwater.
And here you are, in your stupid fake clown costume, with your Twigs merch, hitting your vein again.
You clown, you fanboy. you love this shit.
Admit it sucker. you need this shit.

Husky

Husky are an indie folk band from Melbourne, Australia. They have opened for Neil Young, Devendra Banhart, Gotye, The Shins.

In 2007, the band recorded and mixed an album at Sing Sing Recording Studios in Melbourne, with all songs written and produced by Husky Gawenda. The album was released in 2008 under the title Quiet Little Rage. In 2011 and prior to release of Forever So Gawenda said "Unfortunately that record didn't get a proper release. We didn't have a label, didn't have any money, didn't know what we were doing. We did everything ourselves, even publicity. It never really got heard [so] to call that our first album would be inaccurate; it's more like a demo, even though we put a lot of work into it."

In March 2011, Husky uploaded "History's Door" onto Triple J Unearthed, which gained attain. Gideon Preiss said "Things started to escalate after Unearthed; we had been doing everything ourselves for a while, but we couldn't be across everything any more; there was too much happening. That's a great problem to have" and the band signed manager, Bonnie Dalton, who looks after record label Liberation.

The band's official debut singles were "Dark Sea" and "History's Door" in August 2011.[5][6] In October 2011 Husky released Forever So, which was recorded in Gawenda's backyard. The album debuted at number 33 on the ARIA Charts.

Beat Magazine said "Husky's official debut album Forever So is intimate, affecting and richly textured. Drummer Luke Collins and bassist Evan Tweedie provide deft touches to these carefully-crafted songs, while Californian producer Noah Georgeson captures Husky's aesthetic superbly by working closely with Gawenda and Preiss in the mixing of the album."

At the J Awards of 2011, Husky were nominated for Unearthed Artist of the Year at the J Awards of 2011.

In February 2012 Husky became the first Australian band to be signed to Sub Pop records, who released Forever So internationally. Husky Gawenda appeared on RocKwiz on 14 July 2012.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2012, Forever So was nominated for an ARIA Award.

On 25 March 2013, Husky Gawenda won the bi-annual Professional Development Award at the APRA Awards (Australia).

Lewis Coleman

Lewis Coleman has been DJ'ing internationally now for over 12 years. Lewis's music has naturally taken a progression starting in the UK Garage scene before moving on to where he found his love for House music. With success in the studio starting for Le..
Lewis from Studio B began DJ'ing in 1999, playing at local bars on the outskirts of London - his talent was soon spotted and he was offered a residency for Teendreem - the UK's best under 18 club brand. He has played at major clubs internationally with regular gigs in Australia, Poland, Dubai, New Zeland, Canada & Russia to name a few. Lewis can play a versatile selection from vocal house to tech minimal and deep house beats.

Not content with his success behind the decks he felt that he had to get into the studio and let a wider audience hear his ideas - so in 2004 he teamed up with producer/dj/writer Si Hulbert and singer/songwriter Harry Brooks their first Studio B production was the massive 'I See Girls.'

They knew this track was going to be huge as soon as they had finished it and, along with Tom Neville's remix; it became an instant underground club hit. Quickly snapped up by Ministry of Sound, the track became a firm favourite with all the UK's top radio jocks including Pete Tong, Dave Pearce, Judge Jules, Fergie, Annie Mac, Tall Paul and more. Gaining No.1 positions in Music Week, DMC Club and DMC Mainstream charts the record entered the national charts at No 12 and jumped to the top of the Radio 1 play list. It then spent 13 weeks in the Top 40 - an amazing achievement for a dance single! The second Studio B second single, "C'mon Get It On," was snapped up by Skint records home of Fatboy Slim and X-press 2. It then shot straight to No.1 in Music Week, DMC Club and DMC Mainstream charts again, and was play listed on Radio 1 and Kiss 100 amongst many others. Achieving yet another Top 40 UK chart hit, "Cmon Get It On," then hit the Australian ARIA charts aided by a superb remix by Slugs and Jugs (who are in fact Top Aussie remixers Hook n Sling). Studio B's newest single 'Spanked By You' is fresh for 2007. With another Australian tour booked entirely off the back of this single, and with remixes by Mind Electric (Dirty Cash, Vicious Records) amongst others, it's going to be big. Fat, dirty and very hooky- it's what Studio B are all about!

Studio-wise, the boys have been busy, with Si & Lew producing new Studio B tracks with Tara McDonald remixing for amongst others Audiofreaks & Robbie Craig and the legendary ODB (Wu Tan Clan), and production for the mighty Toolroom boys (Dave Spoon, Mark Knight).

Lewis has also made a massive impact on the London club scene regually playing in all of London's major clubs for all of the top promotions.

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Atomic Entourage

A Ballarat-based Alt Rock indie band-bringing new energy on tracks and stage with catchy melodies, ripin' solos, and engaging live performance. Able to perfectly transfer their released EPs from speakers to stage, Atomic Entourage promises an unforgettable experience when seen live.

Having played insane gigs at iconic venues like The Espy and Fed Square-Atomic Entourage is renowned for massive rock intros adapted to live performances. Unable to stop moving on stage, the audience falls into a trance, feels the groove and matches their unstoppable energy. Atomic Entourage has carved its name as one of Ballarat's favourite live bands.

Des Cortez

Spending the last year honing their skills, Des Cortez are a force to be reckoned with. Comprising of high school friends Devlin (drums) Paddy (bass) and Sam (guitar/vocals) the trio developed their unique hazy indie sound in the summer after their year 12 year, cumulating in the release of their debut EP ‘Burn After Listening’ in 2021 that launched them into the Melbourne scene.

Since then, Des Cortez have taken Melbourne by storm, releasing a string of beloved singles and regularly playing in front of huge crowds including a recent sold-out single launch in the Espy’s Gershwin room. The band also frequently support larger acts, such as Agung Mango, Dear Sunday, Summer Thieves, South Summit and The Rions.

Their live sets have been described as intimate and mesmerising due to their high energy as well as catchy rhythm and melodic sections that reflect the nuance of their recordings.

Members:
Sam Knight
Devlin McCarthy
Paddy McPhee